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.. <br />THE DESCRIBED MATERIAL SHALL <br />LA PORTE OR PICKED UP AT POII <br />• Item <br />FLEXIBLE <br />(Crushed <br />• <br />BE PRICED PER TON F. 0. B. <br />VT OF ORIGIN. <br />242 <br />BASE <br />Stone) <br />242,1 Description. "Flexible Base (Crushed Stone)" shall consist <br />of a foundation course for surface course or for other base courses; <br />shall be composed of Crusher-run broken stone. <br />242.2 Material. The material shall be crushed and shall consist <br />of durable particles of stone mixed with approved binding material. <br />The material source shall be approved by the City. Only such <br />material removed from the pits as directed and considered unaccept- <br />able by the City shall be classified and paid for as "Stripping". <br />Samples for testing the material shall be taken prior to the com- <br />paction operations. <br />Type A. Type A flexible base shall consist of crushed material <br />as described in "Material" above. <br />Grade 2. When properly slaked and tested by standard Texas <br />Highway Department laboratory methods, the flexible base material <br />shall meet the following requirements: <br />Retained on 1-3/4 inch sieve ~ 0% <br />Retained on No. 4 sieve .•.•.•. .•,......•.45 to 75% <br />Retained on No. 40 sieve 60 to 85% <br />Material passing the No. 40 sieve shall be known as "Soil Binder" <br />and shall meet the following requirements when prepared in accord- <br />ance with Test Method Tex-101-E procedure: <br />The liquid limit shall not exceed 40 <br />The plasticity index shall not exceed 12 <br />Tolerances: The limits establishing reasonably close conformity <br />with the specified gradation and plasticity index are defined by <br />the following: <br />The City may accept the material, providing not more than 2 <br />out of 10 consecutive gradation tests performed are outside the <br />specified limit on any individual or combination of sieves by no <br />more than 5% and where no two consecutive tests are outside the <br />specified limit. <br />The City may accept the material. providing not more than 2 <br />out of 10 consecutive plasticity index samples tested are outside <br />the specified limit by no more than 2 points and where no two con- <br />secutive tests are outside the specified limit. <br />Price per ton picked up ~ 9.85 <br />Price per ton delivered $ 11.96 <br />($) <br />