An examination of the requirements for fill materials included in guide specifications

Guide specifications for fill materials are used in the preparation of the earthwork sections of specifications for individual projects. This report discusses the agencies that produce guide specifications for fill materials and the specific material characteristics that these specifications stipulate. A database of requirements for fill materials taken from 27 sources was compiled for this report. Data from this database were sorted and plotted and conclusions were drawn regarding the material characteristics stipulated by this set of specifications. Recommendations for writing guide specification are presented

Department dc:contributor.department

Engineering

Grantor dc:publisher

Monterey California. Naval Postgraduate School

Year dc:date.issued

1999

Author dc:creator

• Koch, Karsten Matthew.

Statement dc:rights

• This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States.

Language dc:language.iso

en_US

Handle dc:identifier.uri

https://hdl.handle.net/10945/8358

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:calhoun.nps.edu:10945/8358