Dhofar Power Company SAOG

Mott MacDonald

6.6
6.6.1

Quality Control
General

Type, saInple and routine tests shall be undertaken on all materials used in the construction of the foundations, and where appropriate on the complete foundations, or parts of the complete foundation in accordance with the requirements of this Specification. 6.6.2 Bentonite Slurries

Bentonite slulTies used to support the slides of the drilled shaft foundations shall be prepared and controlled in accordance with the recommendations of BS 8004 Clause 6.5.3.8 and as suminarised below:(a) (b) Bentonite shall be supplied in accordance with the Oil Companies Material Association Specification No. DFCP4; After mixing with clean fresh water the fully hydrate bentonite slurry shall have a density of less than 1.10 g/ml, a viscosity as measured by the Marsh cone between 30 s to 90 s and a 10 minute gel strength in the range of 1.4 to 10 N/m2 ; Iminediately prior to concreting the density of these slurry at a level of 200 mm above the bottom of the shaft shall be less than 1.5g/ml; The pH value of the slurry shall be maintained within the range 9.5 to 12. Reinforcement

(c) (d) 6.6.3

All reinforcement shall be supplied from approved suppliers, complete with the appropriate test certificates in respect of the test requirements of BS 4449 or BS 4483 as appropriate. Copies of these certificates shall be made available to the Owner/Engineer upon request. Where test certificates are not available, the Contractor shall alTange for the tests to be undertaken in accordance with the specified standards. Cost of such tests shall be included in the Contract Price. 6.6.4 Inspection Prior to Concreting

The Contractor shall give the requisite period of notice to the Owner/Engineer of his intention to commence any concreting and shall submit at the Saine time a record of his inspection of completed preparatory works. Which shall include all works related to the fixing of reinforcement. This is a Notification Point. 6.6.5 Trial Mixes

A trial mix will be approved when the requirements ofBS 5328 part 3 Clause 3.4 and 3.5 are met. Copies of the trial mix test results shall be subinitted to the Owner/Engineer. This is a Hold Point. 6.6.6 Workability

The Contractor shall carry out slump or other workability tests as required during concreting of the works in order to relate the degree of workability of the mix with the numerical value obtained during the trial
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Slump tests shall be calTied out in accordance with the procedure laid down in BS 1881: Part 101. A slump test will be accepted as complying with the Specification when the results are within the following limits:

25 mm or one third of the required value, whichever is the greater.

Construction of 132kV Overhead line between Awqad GSS & SFZ GSS and Associated Works (Package-1) Volume 2 Overhead Line Specification Section 6 Foundations
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