Specification Compliance

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South Australia
Part 215 Master Road Specification PM1, PM2, PM 3
Particle Size Distribution PM1/20 PM2/20 PM3/20 Typical Result
Sieve size (mm) Percent Finer Percent Finer Percent Finer
26.5 100 100 100 100
19 95-100 90-100 90-100 98
13.2 77-93 74-96 87
9.5 63-83 61-85 70
4.75 44-64 42-66 40-65 56
2.36 29-49 28-50 35
0.43 13-23 11-27 20
0.08 5-11 4-14 5-15 7
Atterberg Limits
Liquid Limit (LL) max 25% max 28% 35 25
Plasticity Index (PI) 1%-6% 1%-8% 15 2
Linear Shrinkage (LS) max 3% max 4% 8 1
Los Angeles Abrasion
max 30 max 45 max 45 37
Foreign Materials
High density materials, brick, glass 20 20 20
Low density materials such as plastic, rubber, plaster, clay lumps and other friable material max 1% max 1% max 1% OK
Wood and other vegetable or decomposable matter max 0.5% max 0.5% max 0.5% OK
Bitumen Content max 1% max 1% max 1% Nil

Victoria
Section 820 Light Duty Basecourse CC2, CC3, CC4
Particle Size Distribution CC2 CC3 CC4 Typical Result
Sieve size (mm) Percent Finer Percent Finer Percent Finer
26.5 100 100 100 100
19 95-100 95-100 98
13.2 78-92 75-95 87
9.5 63-83 60-90 70
4.75 44-64 42-76 56
2.36 30-48 28-60 42-76 35
0.43 13-21 10-28 10-28 20
0.08 5-9 2-10 2-10 7
Atterberg Limits
Liquid Limit (LL) 35 35 40 25
Plasticity Index (PI) 6 10 20 2
Los Angeles Abrasion
max 35 max 40 max 45 37
California Bearing Ratio (CBR)
min 100 min 80 min 20 120
Foreign Materials
High density materials such as metal, brick and glass 2 3 5
Low density materials such as plastic, rubber, plaster, clay lumps and other friable material 0.5 1 3 OK
Wood and other vegetable or decomposable matter 0.1 0.2 0.5 OK


New South Wales
Specification R1, R2 (2009 greenspec)
Particle Size Distribution R1 R2 Typical Result
Sieve size (mm) Percent Finer Percent Finer
26.5 100 100 100
19 95-100 85-100 98
13.2 70-90 70-90 87
9.5
6.7 50-70 45-70 60
4.75
2.36 35-55 30-55 35
0.43 10-30 10-30 20
0.08 5-15 5-15 7
Atterberg Limits
Liquid Limit (LL) 27 25
Plasticity Index (PI) 5 2
Strength Characteristics
Wet Strength min 70 min 50 57
Wet Dry Strength variation max 35 max 40 23
Max Dry Compressive Strength min 1.7 min 1.0 2.4
Unconfined compressive strength max 1.5 max 1.5 0.5
Foreign Materials
Metal, glass and ceramics 3 5
Plaster, clay lumps and other friable materials 0.2 0.2
Rubber, plastic, bitumen, paper, cloth, paint, wood and other vegetable matter 0.1 0.1

Western Australia
Particle Size Distribution Limits Typical Result
Sieve size (mm) Percent Finer Percent Finer
26.5 100 100
19 71-100 98
13.2
9.5
6.7
4.75 36-65 56
2.36
0.43
0.08 2-14 7
Atterberg Limits
Liquid Limit (LL) 45 25
Plasticity Index (PI) 2
Linear Shrinkage 4
Strength Characteristics
California Bearing ratio (CBR) min 50 120
Unconfined compressive strength max 1.0 0.5
Foreign Materials
High Density Materials (brick, glass, etc) 15
Low Density Materials (plastic, plaster, etc) 3
Wood and other vegetable matter 1
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