AS 3798-2007

1-AS 3798-2007 GUIDELINES ON EARTHWORKS FOR COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS
4-PREFACE
5-CONTENTS
7-SECTION 1 SCOPE AND GENERAL
7-1.1 SCOPE
7-1.2 TERMS AND DEFINITIONS
7-1.2.1 Cohesionless soil
7-1.2.2 Cohesive soil
7-1.2.3 Collapsing soil
8-1.2.4 Compaction
8-1.2.5 Consolidation
8-1.2.6 Dispersive soil
8-1.2.7 Foundation
8-1.2.8 Lot
8-1.2.9 Pavement material
8-1.2.10 Reactive soil
8-1.2.11 Relative compaction
8-1.2.12 Rockfill
8-1.2.13 Structural fill
8-1.2.14 Subgrade
9-1.2.15 Topsoil
9-1.3 DESIGNATION OF PERSONNEL
10-SECTION 2 INVESTIGATION, PLANNING AND DESIGN
14-SECTION 3 DOCUMENTATION
14-3.1 GENERAL
14-3.2 INVESTIGATION AND PLANNING
14-3.3 DESIGN AND SPECIFICATION
15-3.4 CONSTRUCTION
16-3.5 SITE RECORDS
17-SECTION 4 MATERIALS
17-4.1 GENERAL
17-4.2 MATERIALS SOURCED ON SITE
17-4.3 UNSUITABLE MATERIALS
18-4.4 SUITABLE MATERIALS
19-SECTION 5 COMPACTION CRITERIA
19-5.1 GENERAL
19-5.2 COMPACTION OF SOILS
21-5.3 PLACEMENT MOISTURE CONTENT
21-5.4 COARSE MATERIAL
22-5.5 TEST ROLLING
22-5.6 OTHER MATERIALS
22-5.7 TRENCHES
23-SECTION 6 CONSTRUCTION
23-6.1 SITE PREPARATION
23-6.1.1 General
23-6.1.2 Fencing
23-6.1.3 Drainage, erosion and sedimentation control
23-6.1.4 Site clearing
23-6.1.5 Stripping
24-6.1.6 Slope preparation
24-6.1.7 Foundation preparation
24-6.1.8 Off-site disposal
25-6.2 FILL CONSTRUCTION
25-6.2.1 General
25-6.2.2 Placing fill
26-6.2.3 Fill moisture control
26-6.2.4 Fill compaction
26-6.2.5 Surface heaving
27-6.2.6 Fill adjacent to structures and in trenches
28-SECTION 7 METHODS OF TESTING
28-7.1 GENERAL
28-7.2 FIELD DENSITY
28-7.3 ESTABLISHMENT OF A REFERENCE DENSITY FOR CALCULATION OF RELATIVE COMPACTION
29-7.4 SAMPLE SELECTION FOR REFERENCE DENSITY
29-7.5 USE OF DIFFERENT TEST PROCEDURE
29-7.6 PERMISSIBLE OVERSIZE
29-7.7 PREPARATION OF LABORATORY REFERENCE DENSITY SAMPLES
31-SECTION 8 INSPECTION AND TESTING
31-8.1 GENERAL
31-8.2 LEVEL 1 INSPECTION AND TESTING
31-8.3 LEVEL 2 SAMPLING AND TESTING
32-8.4 GEOTECHNICAL INSPECTION AND TESTING AUTHORITY (GITA)
32-8.5 GEOTECHNICAL TESTING AUTHORITY (GTA)
32-8.6 STATEMENTS OF COMPLIANCE
32-8.7 FREQUENCY OF TESTING
34-APPENDIX A - REFERENCED DOCUMENTS
36-APPENDIX B - TYPICAL SITE RECORD SHEETS
42-APPENDIX C - STATISTICAL METHODS IN EARTHWORKS
42-C1 GENERAL
43-C2 SELECTION OF TEST SITES IN A TEST LOT SAMPLING
43-C3 ACCEPTANCE
43-C4 OUTLIER RESULTS
44-APPENDIX D - SUITABILITY OF COMPACTION EQUIPMENT FOR VARIOUS TYPES OF FILL MATERIALS