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    This document provides specifications for stone masonry construction. It describes the materials, construction requirements, and procedures for stone selection and placement, use of headers and backing, pointing of joints, weathering, weep holes, cleaning, and curing. Representative stone samples must be approved before use. Inspection and testing will be conducted during layout, excavation, material delivery, sand bed placement, and every 1.2 meters of installed height.

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    Prepared by : Adi Gunawan TP

    Doc. No : CGS/CE/SPEC
    Spec. No : 04400
    Date : 5/6/2015
    Rev. : 0

    SPECIFICATION 04400

    STONE MASONRY

    1.0. DESCRIPTION OF WORK.

    This work shall consist of the construction of those structures as shown in the
    Drawings or as determined by the Engineer to be made in stone masonry, such as
    retaining walls, culvert, boulder foundation, ditches, headwalls and the like.
    The work shall include but not necessary be limited to supplying all materials, labour
    and all work required to complete the work in conformity with the lines, grades,
    sections and dimensions as shown in the Drawings.

    2.0. REFERENCE STANDARDS.

    2.1. Peraturan Beton Bertulang Indonesia (NI-2, 1971).

    2.2. Specification 04100 - Cement Mortar.

    3.0. GENERAL PROCEDURES.

    3.1. Samples.

    Representative samples of stone of 20kgs shall be submitted to the


    Engineer and approved by the Engineer.

    3.2. Inspection and Testing.

    Inspection and testing shall be done, upon particular jobs as follows :

     Lay out,
     Excavation.
     Material on site includes tools and equipment,
     Sand bed placing,
     For every 1.20m in height installed.

    During the testing, the Contractor shall provide qualified Quality Assurance
    personnel and facilities to the Engineer without extra costs to the Owner.

    4.0. MATERIALS.

    4.1. Stones.

    All stones shall be river stone and shall have the maximum size of 15cm,
    unless otherwise determined by the Engineer.

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    Material shall be sound, durable, tough, dense and shall not break into
    pieces, due to excessive spalling or flaking.

    4.2. Cement Mortar.

    Cement mortar for stone masonry work shall be in accordance with


    Specification 04100.

    5.0. CONSTRUCTION REQUIREMENTS.

    5.1. General.

    All equipment such as concrete mixers for this construction shall be


    approved by the Engineer prior to operation. It shall be new, with standby
    machine or available spare parts.
    All operational equipment, tools and parts implicated therewith, shall be fairly
    new and good quality. They are subject to approval or rejection by the
    Engineer.

    5.2. Selection and Placement of Material.

    5.2.1. When stone masonry is to be placed on a prepared foundation


    bed, the bed shall be firm and well compacted, and normal to the
    face of the wall, and shall be approved by the Engineer.
    Care shall be taken to prevent bunching of small stone or stones
    of same size. Large stone shall be used for the bottom courses
    and large, selected stones shall be used in corners.

    5.2.2. All stones shall be cleaned thoroughly and wetted before setting
    and the bed which is to receive them shall be cleaned, free of
    inorganic matter, and moistened before the mortar is placed.
    Stones shall be laid with the longest faces horizontal in full beds
    of mortar, and the joints shall be flushed with mortar.

    5.2.3. The exposed faces of individual stones shall be set parallel to the
    faces of the walls in which the stones set.

    5.2.4. During construction, the stones shall be handled in such manner


    which shall not disturb or displace the stones already set.
    Suitable equipment shall be provided for setting stones larger
    than those that can be handled by two (2) masons.

    Rolling or turning of stones already installed on the walls shall not


    be permitted. If a stone is loosened after the mortar has set
    initially it shall be removed, mortar cleaned off and relaid in place
    with fresh mortar.

    5.2.5. Tolerances of finished level of ditches shall vary not more than

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    1cm above or below the design level at any point.

    5.3. Beds and Joints.

    Bed for face stones shall vary from 20mm to 50mm in thickness. They shall
    not extend in an unbroken line through more than five (5) stones.
    Joints may vary from 20mm to 50mm in thickness. They shall not extend in
    an unbroken line through more than two (2) stones.
    It shall be at angles with the vertical from 0 to 45. Face stone shall bond at
    least 150mm longitudinally and 50mm vertically. At no place, shall corners of
    four (4) stones be adjacent to each other.
    Cross beds for vertical face shall be level, and for battered walls may vary
    from level to normal to the batter line of the face of the wall.

    5.4. Headers.

    Headers shall be distributed uniformly throughout the walls of structures so


    as to form at least one fifth (1/5) of exposed faces.
    They shall be of such lengths as to extend from the front face of the wall into
    the backing at least 300mm. When a wall is 450mm or less in thickness the
    headers shall extend entirely from front to back face.

    5.5. Backing.

    The backing shall be built of larger stones and shall be installed in


    workmanlike manner. Stones composing the wall backing must be properly
    bonded with stones forming the wall facing. All cavities or small openings
    shall be filled with mortar. Stones showing minimal spalling shall be
    consolidated by, and surrounded with mortar, tamped into spalls.

    5.6. Pointing.

    Bed and vertical joints shall be filled with mortar and finishing must be
    flushed with the exposed stone faces.

    5.7. Weathering.

    All stone masonry walls shall be weathered on top with the addition of 2cm
    thick layer of mortar finished to an even surface as shown in the Drawings,
    and finished with chamfered edges.
    The weathering shall be inside the dimensions of the walls.

    5.8. Weep Holes.

    All retaining walls and abutments shall be provided with weep holes.
    Unless otherwise shown in the Drawings, weep holes shall be located at the
    lowest points where free outlets can be obtained and shall be spaced not
    more than 200cm of 50mm in diameter maximum.

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    Aggregate suitable for filter shall be placed behind each weep hole.

    5.9. Cleaning Exposed Faces.

    Immediately after the mortar is laid, all exposed stone faces shall be
    thoroughly cleaned of mortar stains and shall be kept until work completed.

    5.10. Curing.

    The stone masonry described herein shall be protected from the sun and
    continuously wetted by any approved means within a period of not less than
    three (3) consecutive days after completion.

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