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Asphalt Base Course

This document specifies requirements for asphalt stabilized base course mix designs. It outlines minimum Marshall stability and air void requirements for two mix types in a table. It also describes the approval process for mix designs submitted by the contractor, including the required submission details and timelines for evaluation and verification by the consultant. The approved mix design will become the job mix formula used for production. The contractor is responsible for producing mixes that conform to the contract specifications.

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Asphalt Base Course

This document specifies requirements for asphalt stabilized base course mix designs. It outlines minimum Marshall stability and air void requirements for two mix types in a table. It also describes the approval process for mix designs submitted by the contractor, including the required submission details and timelines for evaluation and verification by the consultant. The approved mix design will become the job mix formula used for production. The contractor is responsible for producing mixes that conform to the contract specifications.

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Section 3 Specification 3.

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Asphalt Stabilized Base Course

Mix designs shall meet the following characteristic requirements at the design asphalt content:

TABLE 3.5.3.2
MIX DESIGN CHARACTERISTICS

HF-500M MC-250 OR MC-800


Marshall Stability (N) 3000+ 6700+
Air Voids 3% to 6% 3% to 6%

3.5.3.3 Approval of Mix Designs

The Contractor shall submit the mix design to the Consultant for approval. The Contractor's
submission shall include the following information:

(a) The gradation of each aggregate to be used in the mixture;

(b) The percentage by mass of each aggregate to be used in the mixture;

(c) The mix design gradation of the combined aggregate;

(d) Other characteristics of the combined aggregate specified in Specification 3.2, Aggregate
Production and Stockpiling;

(e) All Marshall mix design characteristics, including graphs used in arriving at the final mix
design, the bulk specific gravity of the combined aggregates, and the asphalt absorption of
the combined aggregate; and

(f) The recommended design asphalt content expressed as a percentage of dry weight of the
aggregate.

The Consultant will require up to five working days from the time of receipt of the mix design to
complete the evaluation.

The Consultant may, at any time, require the Contractor to provide representative samples of
the individual aggregates in sufficient quantity that, when combined at the design proportions, a
100 kg sample is achieved. The Consultant will require up to five working days from the time of
receipt of such samples to verify the mix design. The cost of such mix design verification will be
borne by the Department.

Where required by the Consultant because of a change in the nature or source of the
aggregates, or where a new mix design is desired by the Contractor, the Contractor shall
provide a separate and complete mix design. This new mix design shall be subject to the
approval of the Consultant.

The Consultant will not accept any asphalt mix produced prior to the Contractor receiving written
approval of the mix design from the Consultant.

The aggregate proportioning and asphalt content for the approved mix design will then be the
Job Mix Formula for the production of the asphalt stabilized base course mixture.

The Contractor shall be totally responsible for the production of mixes in conformance with the
Contract.

AUGUST 2013 2

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