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Aggregate Base Course

This document describes specifications for aggregate base course material and construction. It includes requirements for material gradation and properties like CBR and wear. It also specifies construction procedures for preparing the existing surface, placing and compacting the material, trial sections, and tolerances. Measurement of the aggregate base course will be by the cubic meter compacted in place based on design volumes.

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AGGREGATE BASE COURSE

Item 201
Description

This Item shall consist of furnishing, placing and

compacting an aggregate base course on a
prepared subgrade/subbase in accordance with
this Specificaton and the lines, grades, thickness
and typical cross-sections shown on the Plans, or
as established by the Engineer.
Material Requirements

Aggregate for base course shall consist of hard,

durable particles or fragments of crushed stone,
crushed slag or crushed or natural gravel and filler of
natural or crushed sand or other finely divided mineral
matter. The composite material shall be free from
vegetable matter and lumps or balls of clay, and shall
be of such nature that it can be compacted readily to
form a firm, stable base.
Material Requirements

In some areas where the conventional base course

materials are scarce or non-available, the use of 40%
weathered limestone blended with 60% crushed
stones or gravel shall be allowed, provided that the
blended materials meet the requirements of this Item.
Material Requirements
-The base course material shall conform to Table 201.1
Sieve Designation Mass Percent Passing
Standard, mm Alternate US Grading A Grading B
Standard
50 2” 100

37.5 1-1/2” - 100

25.0 1” 60 – 85 -
19.0 ¾” - 60 – 85
12.5 ½” 35 – 65 -
4.75 No. 4 20 – 50 30 – 55
0.425 No. 40 5 – 20 8 – 25
0.075 No. 200 0 – 12 2 – 14
Material Requirements

- The fraction passing the 0.075 mm (No. 200)

sieve shall not be greater than 0.66 (two thirds) of
the fraction passing the 0.425 mm (No. 40) sieve.

- The fraction passing the 0.425 mm (No. 40) sieve

shall have a liquid limit not greater than 25 and
plasticity index not greater than 6 as determined by
AASHTO T 89 and T 90, respectively.
Material Requirements

- The coarse portion, retained on a 2.00 mm

(No. 10) sieve shall have a mass percent of wear not
exceeding 50 by the Los Angeles Abrasion test
determined by AASHTO T 96.

- The material passing the 19 mm (3/4 inch) sieve

shall have a soaked CBR value of not less than 80%
as determined by AASHTO T 193. The CBR value
shall be obtained at the maximum dry density (MDD)
as determined by AASHTO T 180, Method D.
Material Requirements

- If filler, in addition to that naturally present, is

necessary for meeting the grading requirements or
for satisfactory bonding, it shall be uniformly blended
with the base course material on the road or in a
pugmill unless otherwise specified or approved.

Filler shall be taken from sources approved by

the Engineer, shall be free from hard lumps and shall
not contain more than 15 percent of material
retained on the 4.75 mm (No. 4) sieve.
Construction Requirements
Preparation of Existing Surface
The existing surface shall be graded and finished as
provided under Item 105, Subgrade Preparation,
before placing the base material.

Placing
It shall be in accordance with all the requirements of
Subsection 200.3.2, Placing.

Spreading and Compacting

It shall be in accordance with all the requirements of
Subsection 200.3.3, Spreading and Compacting.
Construction Requirements
Trial Sections

Trial sections shall conform in all respects to the

requirements specified in Subsection 200.3.4.

Tolerances

The aggregate base course shall be laid to the

designed level and transverse slopes shown on the
Plans. The allowable tolerances shall be in
accordance with following:
Construction Requirements
Permitted variation from design
THICKNESS OF LAYER ± 10 mm

Permitted variation from design + 5 mm

LEVEL OF SURFACE -10 mm

Permitted SURFACE IRREGULARITY

Measured by 3-m straight-edge 5mm

Permitted variation from design ± 0.2%

CROSSFALL OR CAMBER

Permitted variation from design ± 0.1%

LONGITUDINAL GRADE over
25 m in length
Construction Requirements

- Compaction of each layer shall continue until a field

density of at least 100 percent of the maximum dry
density determined in accordance with AASHTO T
180, Method D has been achieved. In-place density
determination shall be made in accordance with
AASHTO T 191.
Method of Measurement