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General Conditions For Well Foundation
General Conditions For Well Foundation
1.0 The well foundations shall be constructed in accordance with the Railways
drawings. The depths of well sinking shown in the drawing are tentative. The
wells shall be sunk to such depths and founded on such strata as shall be
approved by the Engineer. Plugging of the wells shall not be commenced until it
has been so ordered by the Engineer.
2.0 Pitching of well curbs: For the wells constructed on the dry river the well
curbs shall normally be pitched 300mm above the prevalent sub-water level or
1.00 m below the average ground level whichever is higher. For the wells
constructed in standing/ flowing water the curb shall be pitched at the island top
level. The scheme of the contractor should be got approved by the Engineer –in-
charge.
3.0 Method of pitching well curbs: Before the cutting edge is laid, the ground
should be carefully leveled and rammed. On the area so consolidated, suitably
wooden blocks and sand bags should be placed alternatively along the
circumference of the cutting edge to support it. The cutting edge should be laid
on these sand bags and wooden blocks and welded/ riveted in position taking
care to see that the cutting edge is level. The reinforcement for the well curb
should be tied taking care to see that the cutting edge is not disturbed and
then the well curb concreted. After curing, the inside and outside shuttering shall
be removed before pitching. The wooden blocks under the well curb shall then
be carefully removed by excavating underneath them thus transferring the load
of the well curb on to the sand bags. Thereafter the mouth of the sand bags
shall be cut so that the sand runs out and the well curb gets pitched in position.
ii) Remedial measures required for bringing stresses within permissible limits
such as increasing dimension of well cap, providing dummy weights on well
cap as well as redesign of structure above shall be carried out by the
Signature Not Contractor at no extra cost to Railway. and
Verified
Digitally signed by SD
ZAREENA PRAVEEN
Date: 2018.06.19
14:55:19 IST
Reason: IREPS-CRIS
Location: New Delhi
iii) The Contractor shall agree to any reduction in rate for such defective work.
Tilt observed may, during the sinking, be corrected by one or more of the
following methods, as approved by the Engineer:
lf the well is rejected, the Contractor will dismantle the defective well to the
extent desired by the Engineer, at his cost. Further, the Contractor, at his risk
and cost, will complete the bridge with modified span arrangements.
If any well with tilt and/or shift exceeding beyond permissible values is
accepted by the Engineer, the contractor shall give a reduction in the rates as
follows.
6.0 WELL STEINING AND CURBS: Shall be executed as per IRU Standard
Specifications 2010.
6.1 The shuttering for cement concrete in well steining and well curbs should be
steel shuttering of suitable design so that a true shape of the well is
obtained. The shuttering should have suitable inner star bracing and
bracing between inner and outer walls. The shuttering for each stage
should be fixed with a minimum overlap of 150mm with the previous
completed stage of steining and fixing the shuttering should be checked
with a straight edge. The shuttering for well steining should be carefully
fixed so that a crooked well is and a true shape is obtained.
6.2 A minimum of four gauges should be marked with paint in metric scale
on the face of the well steining, two on the faces along the alignment and
the other two on the circular faces of the well perpendicular to the
alignment. The zero of these gauges will start from the pitching level of
cutting edge.
The bond rods from the well steining should be anchored in the capping slab.
The bottom plugging of the wells should be commenced after ensuring that
there is a positive sump. Concrete for the bottom plug shall be laid by
Tremie pipe with funnel m e t h o d only. Termie concrete when started
shall be continued without interruption for full concreting in the bottom
plug. The concrete placement equipment should be sufficient to
enable underwater concreting within stipulated time. The tremie pipe with
funnel shall be so directed that the concrete can be deposited in the dredge
hole of the well without segregation. It shall be ensured that the pipe is
Effectively sealed against the ingress of the ground water. It should also be
ensured that the end of tremie pipe is always be penetrated in to the
concrete with an adequate margin, if safety against the accidental
withdrawal of the pipe is surged to discharge the concrete. No attempt
should be made to puddle concrete under water.
The concreting for bottom plug when carried out underwater should be done
with 10% extra cement .The quantity of bottom plug concrete will be calculated
as per details to be shown in the detailed drawings up to bottom level of the
cutting edge and for filling the sump portion below the bottom of the cutting
edge of the curb. Payment will be made accordingly. . The work for every well
taken up during the working season shall be completed in the same season
including bottom plugging, sand filling.(capping slab shall be completed
before on set of floods.)
8.1 If for any reason a well could not be plugged before commencement of flood
season, the contractor should provide temporary plugging by filling up with
sand at his cost and well sinking should be continued in the next working
season. All the incidental charges including correction of tilt/shift due to flow
of flood water will be at contractor’s cost.
9.1 If the excavated/ dredged material is found suitable for sand filling and
approved by the Engineer for the purpose, then the same can be used. If the
well is found dry and without water, then water shall be pumped into the well
by the Contractor at his cost and sand filling will be done in water so that
proper consolidation is obtained. The adopted rate for sand filling will be the
same, whether the sand filling is done with the excavated/dredged material
or with Contractor’s sand.
10.0 BED BLOCKS: Shall be executed as per IRU Standard Specifications 2010.
The bed block shall be through and will be with RCC M30/M35. They shall be
cast in situ as per approved drawing for which the contractor will submit the
design and drawing and payment for the design and preparation of drawings
will be made under relevant item in the schedule. The provision for fixing
OHE mast, trolley refuges shall be made as per the details shown in the
General Arrangement drawing and in other relevant standard drawing. Holes
have to be left in the bed block for fixing the anchor bolts required for OHE
mast, steel ladders, etc. The rates adopted for the bed blocks, are inclusive of
cost for provision of the holes complete.