SS9402C-LR 980629Compaction
Test Report
Patton, Burke & Thompson
10555 Newkirk Street
Suite 530
Dallas, Texas 75220
CLIENT:
CITY OF COPPELL
225 PARKWAY BLVD.
P. O. BOX 478
COPPELL, TEXAS 75019
DATE 06/29198 JOB NO ;L532
REPORT NO t8 SHEET 1OF I
SUBJECT BETHEL ROAD SEWER LINE BACKFIL£ REPAIRS
COPPELL, TEXAS
UTILITY TRENCH
BACKT:ILL OBSERVATION
LABORATORY FIELD
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SPECIFICATIONS: t00- % OF MAXIMUM ASTM D 698
MOISTURE WITHIN % OF OPTIMUM
1YPE OF COMPACTION EQUIPMENTAND NO OF UNITS:
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MOISTURE ADDED BY
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THIS REPORT PRESENTS OPINIONS FORM ED AS A RESULT OF OUR OBSERVATION
OF FILL pLACEMENt AS WELL AS THE TESTS SHOWN ABOVE. WE HAVE RE LIED
UPON THE CONIRACTOR TO APPLY THE NECESSARY COMPACTIVE EFFORT AN D
MOISTURE TO ACHIEVE SPECIFIED COMPACTION DURING TIMES WHEN OUR
OBSERVER IS NOT PRESENt AND AT LOC~TIONS OTHER THAN THOSE TESTED
TEST DATA ARE NOT THE SOLE BASIS FOR OPINIONS ON WHETHER TH E FILL ME ETS
SPECIFICATIONS.
PROGRESS REPORT A~ REQUESTED. PBT MADE A SITE VISIT TO OBSERVE AND TEST THE UT1LIIY TRENCH
REC~I~,~1L'RUCTION.~I:~L MATERIAL WAS PLACED IN TI'~E TRENCH IN APPROXIMATELY 8' LIFTS BETWEEN bi"A.
~16~ 8TA. I~/~ID STA' 17+~,~AN~ ¥~'~. 1HE CONTRACTOR EXCAVATED ADDmONAL TRENCH BEIWEEN
STA~ 26+00 AND 29+80. THIS SECTION OF TRENCH WAS EXCAVATED TO A DEPTH OF 4" FROM TOP OF ASPHALT
A~D TO A WIDTH OF APPROXIMATELY 11 '. ~¥ERAL SECTIONS OF CTB ~ WERE ESTIMATED TO BE AT LEAST
3 I'HtCKWERE LEFT IN PLACE BElWEEN ~ 27+65 AND 28+9~-/,AND ~A~ ~+30 AND 29+70. THE,~,,E~.
CONTRACTOR WAS ADVISED TO APPLY ADDmONAL COMPACTIVE EFFORT TO THE AREA OF TESTS~ _~... 1..~?~
P I T ETESTING. .,' ~..'~.,' "~c'
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~] ~!~l OUR OPINION, FILL COMPACTION DOES NOT MEET SPECIFICATIONS AS INDICATED aY OUR OBSERVATIONS AND TEST NO.(S)1~./126
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FIELD ~'PI~S~TATIVE ~PP~OVE/~//:R,CHARD J. ~BERG,