Stone. Stone for all purposes shall be the best of its kind, sound and durable, free from flaws and from soft, weathered or decomposed parts. In general the stones should be of uniform size to avoid voids between stones. The stone and the quarry from which it is obtained shall be subject to the approval of the Engineer before being used or placed. All the stone shall have a specific gravity of not less than 2.5. Rock used for stone pitching shall be sound durable rock selected from the harder rock from the required excavations or other approved sources. The rock shall not be less than 150 mm thick and shall be properly bedded to a uniform surface on an approved bedding material. The exposed surface of each stone shall be approximately flat and of an area not less than 0.03 m2.
Stone. Minimum stone size for this Project shall be VDOT RBS Class AI. In addition, riprap stone shall consist of fresh, sound, hard, dense, durable rock which shall be separated from bedrock by quarrying. The stone shall be free from open or incipient cracks, seams, fissures and structural planes of weakness, and other defects that would tend to increase deterioration by natural causes. See Plans for stone sizes.
Stone. (a) Stone masonry shall consist of laying all rip rap, rubble work, with or without mortar, setting all cut stone, marble, slate or stone work (meaning as to stone, any work manufactured from such foreign or domestic products as are specified and used in the interior or on the exterior of buildings by architects and customarily called, "stone" in the trade).
Stone. 5.4.1 The Contractor shall visit various stone quarries operating in the nearby region and ascertain the levels and areas in which stone of good and acceptable quality is likely to be available. It is for the Contractor to investigate his own quarries which will yield stone in sufficient quantities and of required quality for the works. However, if a quarry location ascertained by the Contractor does not yield adequate and suitable stone, no claim will be entertained and other quarry locations will have to be investigated and established by the Contractor at his own cost and risk. The quality of stone from all quarries shall be got approved by the Engineer-in-charge before using it on the work. The contractor shall have to make arrangements at his own cost for construction and maintenance of all roads leading to and fro from the stone quarries as required by him.
Stone. Stone shall be of best quality, locally available obtained from approved quarries or from boulders after chiselling and hammer dressing. Stone shall be hard, sound,durable and free from weathering, decay and defects like cavities, crack flaw, sand holes, injurious veins,patches of loose or soft materials and other similar defects that may adversely affect its strength andappearance. It shall be of uniform colour and texture. Generally stone shall not contain crypto crystalline silica or chert, mica and other deleterious materials like iron oxide, organic impurities, etc. Stone boulders (in their original rounded shape) shall not be used in the stone masonry work.the length of stone for stone masonry shall not exceed three times the height and the breadth on base shall not be greater than three - fourth the thickness of wall. Height of stone may be upto 30cm. Stones for random rubble masonry may be of any size and shape but shall be not less than 15 cm inany direction.
Stone. 1 Cut stone to shape and dimensions to match FABRICATION existing and full to square with joints as indicated.
Stone. The stone shall be of specified variety such as granite trap stone quartz or any other type of good hard stones. The stones shall be obtained only from the approved quarry and shall be hard, sound, durable and free from defects like cavities, cracks sand holes, flaws, injurious veins. Patches of loose or soft materials etc. and weathered portion and other structural defects or imperfections tending to affect their soundness and strength. The stone with round surface shall not be used. The percentage of water absorption shall not be more than 5% of dry weight, when tested in accordance with IS-1124. The minimum crushing strength of the stone shall be 200kg/cm2 unless otherwise specified.
Stone. Michael J. Marocco Seth Lieber
Stone. 7-18-06 SPI 10 -01 Description The Contractor shall place #57 stone in accordance with the details in the plans and the following provision. Materials Item Section
Stone clean, repoint, reset stones and xxxxx. [Xxxxxx thinks the Stone walls are in good shape and won’t need much attention]
