FLORIDA DEPARTMENT

OF TRANSPORTATION

STANDARD SPECIFICATIONS FOR

ROAD AND BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION

JULY 2017

These Florida Department of Transportation Standard Specifications for Road and Bridge Construction, July 2017, are hereby approved for application on highway and related construction contracts as referenced in the contract plans or specifications, and they shall apply as noted and amended by those documents.

Stefanie Maxwell, P.E. Manager, Program Management Office

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I hereby certify that these Standard Specifications were prepared by me or under my responsible charge, compiled from specifications prepared, examined, adopted and implemented by the Florida Department of Transportation in accordance with established procedures, and as approved by the Federal Highway Administration.

The official record of this document is the electronic file signed and sealed under Rule 61G15-23.004, F.A.C.

Dan Hurtado, P.E. State Specifications Engineer

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

DIVISION I

GENERAL REQUIREMENTS AND COVENANTS Section Page

1 Definitions and Terms ................................................................................................ 1 2 Proposal Requirements and Conditions .................................................................... 10 3 Award and Execution of Contract ............................................................................ 16 4 Scope of the Work .................................................................................................... 20 5 Control of the Work .................................................................................................. 32 6 Control of Materials .................................................................................................. 52 7 Legal Requirements and Responsibility to the Public .............................................. 57 8 Prosecution and Progress .......................................................................................... 82 9 Measurement and Payment ....................................................................................... 95

DIVISION II CONSTRUCTION DETAILS

GENERAL CONSTRUCTION OPERATIONS 100 Construction Equipment - General Requirements ............................................... 106 101 Mobilization ......................................................................................................... 108 102 Maintenance of Traffic ........................................................................................ 109 103 Temporary Work Structures ................................................................................ 129 104 Prevention, Control, and Abatement of Erosion and Water Pollution ................. 130 105 Contractor Quality Control General Requirements ............................................. 138 107 Litter Removal and Mowing ................................................................................ 153 108 Monitor Existing Structures ................................................................................. 155

CLEARING CONSTRUCTION SITE 110 Clearing and Grubbing ......................................................................................... 158

EARTHWORK AND RELATED OPERATIONS 120 Excavation and Embankment .............................................................................. 166 121 Flowable Fill ........................................................................................................ 183 125 Excavation for Structures and Pipe ...................................................................... 186 145 Geosynthetic Reinforcement ................................................................................ 195 160 Stabilizing ............................................................................................................ 201 162 Prepared Soil Layer ............................................................................................. 209 163 Landscape Soil Layer ........................................................................................... 212 175 Cracking and Reseating Existing Concrete Pavement ......................................... 213

BASE COURSES 200 Rock Base ............................................................................................................ 215 204 Graded Aggregate Base ....................................................................................... 223

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210 Reworking Limerock Base .................................................................................. 226 230 Limerock Stabilized Base .................................................................................... 228 234 Superpave Asphalt Base ...................................................................................... 230 283 Reclaimed Asphalt Pavement Base ..................................................................... 233 285 Optional Base Course .......................................................................................... 235 286 Turnout Construction ........................................................................................... 240 287 Asphalt Treated Permeable Base ......................................................................... 242 288 Cement Treated Permeable Base ......................................................................... 247 290 Granular Subbase ................................................................................................. 251

BITUMINOUS TREATMENTS, SURFACE COURSES, AND CONCRETE PAVEMENT 300 Prime and Tack Coats .......................................................................................... 253 320 Hot Mix Asphalts Plant Methods and Equipment ............................................ 257 327 Milling of Existing Asphalt Pavement ................................................................. 266 330 Hot Mix Asphalt General Construction Requirements ..................................... 270 334 Superpave Asphalt Concrete ................................................................................ 282 337 Asphalt Concrete Friction Courses ...................................................................... 303 338 Value Added Asphalt Pavement .......................................................................... 312 339 Miscellaneous Asphalt Pavement ........................................................................ 319 341 Asphalt Membrane Interlayer .............................................................................. 321 346 Portland Cement Concrete ................................................................................... 324 347 Portland Cement Concrete - Class NS ................................................................. 345 350 Cement Concrete Pavement ................................................................................. 347 352 Grinding Concrete Pavement ............................................................................... 360 353 Concrete Pavement Slab Replacement ................................................................ 365 355 Value Added Portland Cement Concrete Pavement ............................................ 371 370 Bridge Approach Expansion Joints...................................................................... 375

STRUCTURES 400 Concrete Structures .............................................................................................. 376 407 Three-Sided Precast Concrete Culvert ................................................................. 416 410 Precast Concrete Box Culvert .............................................................................. 423 411 Epoxy Injection of Cracks in Concrete Structures ............................................... 431 413 Sealing Cracks and Concrete Structure Surfaces ................................................. 434 415 Reinforcing for Concrete ..................................................................................... 441 416 Installation of Post-Installed Anchor Systems and Dowels ....................................... for Structural Applications in Concrete Elements ............................................... 448 425 Inlets, Manholes, and Junction Boxes ................................................................. 451 430 Pipe Culverts ........................................................................................................ 454 431 Pipe Liner ............................................................................................................. 466 435 Structural Plate Pipe and Pipe Arch Culverts ...................................................... 468 436 Trench Drain ........................................................................................................ 470 440 Underdrains .......................................................................................................... 472 443 French Drains ....................................................................................................... 474 446 Edgedrain (Draincrete) ........................................................................................ 476 449 Precast Concrete Drainage Products .................................................................... 478

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450 Precast Prestressed Concrete Construction .......................................................... 482 451 Prestressed