Specs - Steel Casing
Specs - Steel Casing
Specs - Steel Casing
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PART 1 - GENERAL
1.1
DESCRIPTION
A.
This section includes the installation of rammed or jacked steel casing pipe
indicated on the drawings.
B.
C.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
Definitions:
1.
1.2
DESIGN CRITERIA
A.
Casing shall be steel with a wall thickness not less than 0.75 inches.
B.
Steel shall be ASTM Specification A-139 Grade B (no hydro) and comply with
ASTM A-36 and ASTM A515 grade 60 or ASTM A572 grade 42.
C.
Casing pipe segments shall be specifically manufactured for pipe ramming and
be either:
1.
2.
Casing for full penetration butt welds. Segments shall be nominal length
not random.
D.
E.
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F.
1.3
1.
Permits the carrier pipe to be installed to the designed line and grade and
provides clearances in accordance with Section 02445; and
2.
The casing shall be round, smooth, and have flush joints from a single
manufacturer.
SUBMITTALS
A.
B.
C.
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General:
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2.
Product Data:
1.
2.
Submit structural and deflection calculations for the pipe rammed casings.
The Contractor shall submit calculations to determine the thickness
required to withstand earth, groundwater, and dynamic impact installation
forces from the pipe ramming operations. Provide calculations signed and
stamped by an engineer registered in the State of California.
3.
QUALITY ASSURANCE
A.
Reference Standards:
1.
B.
Qualifications:
1.
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2.
Welded joints shall be aligned and true so as to not introduce any bias or
unintended steering action.
1.5
1.6
1.7
1.8
PART 2 - PRODUCTS
2.1
MATERIALS
A.
B.
C.
1.
2.
Roundness: Pipe diameter, as measured along any single plane, shall not
vary more than 1% from the specified diameter.
2.
Circumference: Outside circumference shall not vary more than 1% or inch, whichever is less, from the nominal circumference.
3.
Wall Thickness: Steel pipe sections shall not vary more than 5% from the
nominal wall thickness.
4.
Straightness: Deviation shall not be greater than 1/8-inches along any 10foot length.
5.
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PART 3 - EXECUTION
3.1
3.2
3.3
END OF SECTION
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