CHAPTER 20-ROAD WORK

Notes: 1.
Rates do not include cost of collection of boulders, metal, moorum and
bitumen unless otherwise specified.
2.

Rates however include lead Up to 100 m and all lifts for all materials
including cost of water unless otherwise specified.

3.

Open season means the period between 1st November to 15th June. No
payment for lead of water shall be made for consolidation done in wet
season, i.e. from 16th June to 31st October.

4.

For open season consolidation no lead of water is payable Up to 100 m,

for payment beyond 100 m lead for water "for departmental works"
specific permission of the Superintending Engineer/Chief Engineer is
necessary.

5.

Oversize metal means metal of nominal size 60 mm to 100 mm.

6.

The following Indian Road Congress publications may be referred to: -

7.

IRC No.

Title

14-2004

Recommended practice for 2 cm thick bitumen and tar

carpets (third revision).

17-1977

Standard specifications and Code of Practice for water

bound macadam (second revision).

The following Indian Standards may also be referred to

I.S. No.

Title

73-1992

Specifications for paving bitumen (Revised) (with

amendment No. 1). (Reaffirmed1998)

215-1995

Specifications
for
Road
(Reaffirmed2000)(third revision)

217-1988

Specifications for cut back bitumen (Revised)(second

revision) (Reaffirmed1999)

454-1994

Specifications for cut back

(Revised). (Reaffirmed1999)

3117-2004

Specifications for bitumen emulsion for roads (anionic

type).

Item No.
2001

2002

tar

(Revised)

bitumen-Digboi

Item

Unit

Rate

Labour only for boulder soling

hand
packed
excluding
consolidation
Moorum or sand spreading
including dressing.

cum

52.80

cum

16.40

type

Remark

Item No.
2003

2004

2005
2006

2007

2008

Item
(a) Consolidation of boulder soling
by SRR/ DRR
including
spreading of moorum and lead of
water up to 100 m:(i)including hire and running
expenses of roller.
(ii)excluding hire and running
expenses of roller.
(b)Consolidation of oversize metal
by SRR/ DRR including spreading
of moorum and lead of water up to
100 m:(i)including hire and running
expenses of roller.
(ii)excluding hire and running
expenses of roller.
(c)Consolidation of moorum by
SRR/ DRR including spreading
moorum, excluding watering(i)but including hire and running
expenses of roller
(ii)and hire and running expenses
of roller.
(a)Watering
for
moorum
consolidation with lead of water up
to 100 m.
(b)Labour for watering only in Item
2004(a).
Picking
old
surface
for
consolidation.
Labour only for metal patch repair
of WBM surface including picking
of old surface.
(a)40 mm size and below metal
spreading for consolidation.
(b)Spreading
including
hand
packing and dressing of oversize
metal for consolidation.
80 mm thick water bound
macadam coat in wet season by
SRR / DRR including spreading of
metal and moorum, watering,
korebandi (40 mm metal)-

Unit

Rate

cum

41.00

cum

24.00

cum

98.00

cum

37.40

cum

26.00

cum

16.40

cum

17.60

cum

3.50

sqm

2.20

cum

134.00

cum

25.00

cum

30.00

Remark

Item No.

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

Item

Unit

Rate

(a)including hire and running

expenses of roller.
(b)excluding hire and running
expenses of roller.
40 mm thick water bound
macadam coat in wet season by
SRR / DRR including, picking old
surface, spreading of metal and
moorum, watering, korebandi (40
mm metal)(a)including hire and running
expenses of roller.
(b) excluding hire and running
expenses of roller.
(a)Deduct from item 2009 for
consolidation of metal without
picking up old surface.
(b)Labour only for korebandi in
item 2008 (size 300 mm x 80
mm).
c)Labour only for korebandi in
item 2009 (size 300 mm x 40
mm).
Labour only for putting blindage
for road topping from road side
stacks of moorum or sand
Labour only for cleaning of old
surface of water bond macadam
for base coat including, removing
caked earth and other foreign
matter with wire brushes or small
picks, sweeping with brooms or
soft brushes and finally dusting
with sacks or old gunny begs etc.
Labour only for cleaning the old
black topped surface for renewal
including removing caked earth
and other foreign matter with wire
brushes or small picks sweeping
with brooms or soft brushes and
finally dressing with sacks or old
gunny bags.

cum

167.00

cum

77.00

cum

265.00

cum

129.00

cum

24.00

cum

5.80

cum

5.80

sqm

0.10

sqm

1.30

sqm

0.70

Remark

Item No.
2014

2015

2016

2017

2018
2019

2020

2021

2022

2023

Item

Unit

Rate

Labour only for cleaning black

topped road surface for seal coat
laid simultaneously after base
coat.
Heating binder up to required
temperature including fuel for
heating.
Heating binder up to required
temperature excluding fuel for
heating.(a) Labour only for applying tack
coat on water bound macadam
surface.
(b) Labour only for applying tack
coat on existing black top surface.
Labour only for applying binder for
first coat of surface dressing.
Labour only for applying binder for
second coat of surface dressing or
seal coat.
Labour only for spreading metal
chips, including screening and
dressing.
Labour only for mixing and
spreading and rolling for premix
carpet 20 mm thick excludingtack coat and heating of binder(a)but including hire and running
expenses of roller.
(b) and also hire and running
expenses of roller
Rolling for first or second coat or
renewal coat of surface dressing(a) including hire and running
expenses of roller
(b) excluding hire and running
expenses of roller.
Rolling for seal coat
(a) including hire and running
expenses of roller.
(b) excluding hire and running
expenses of roller.

sqm

0.20

tonne

446.00

tonne

272.00

tonne

592.00

tonne

458.00

tonne

592.00

tonne

592.00

cum

99.00

sqm

11.90

sqm

6.20

sqm

6.00

sqm

0.70

sqm

3.60

sqm

0.60

Remark

Item No.
2024

2025

Item
Labour for mixing and spreading
and rolling for premix carpet 25
mm thick excluding tack coat and
heating of binder(a) but including hire and running
expenses of roller.
(b) and also hire and running
expenses of roller
Add for miscellaneous materials
required for cleaning
(a) For item 2012
(b) For item 2013
(c) For item 2014

Unit

Rate

sqm

14.10

sqm

7.20

sqm
sqm
sqm

0.30
0.20
0.10

Remark