834.05 Storing and Handling Steel Piles.
832.07 Blank.
LUMBER AND TIMBER - UNTREATED AND TREATED
833.01 Structural Lumber and Timber.
Structural lumber and timber shall be Southern Yellow Pine, unless otherwise noted on the plans or in the proposal, meeting the requirements of AASHTO M 168 “Standard Specification for Wood Products”. The grade of structural wood shall be as shown on the plans.
833.02 Preservative Treatment.
Preservatives for treated wood shall meet the requirements of AASHTO M 133 “Preservatives and Pressure Treatment Processes for Timber”. SECTION 834 PILING MATERIALS
834.01 Concrete Piles.
Precast prestressed concrete piles shall be manufactured in accordance with the requirements given in Section 513.
834.02 Steel Pile Point Protectors.
The pile points shall be fabricated from cast steel meeting or exceeding the requirements of AASHTO M 103M. The pile points shall be properly identified as to the heat from which they were fabricated, either by this number being cast into the point or by being legibly stenciled on each point. Certified mill test reports shall be submitted for the pile points in accordance with the requirements given for the submittal of certified mill test reports for Structural Steel.
834.03 Steel Bearing Piles.
The material in rolled steel piles and splices shall conform to the requirements of AASHTO M 270 {AASHTO M 270M}, unless otherwise specified by plan details. All piles shall be rolled steel sections of the section number, size, and weight per foot {mass per meter} indicated on the plans and shall be fabricated in conformity with the requirements of ASTM A 6 {ASTM A 6M}. The heat number and section size shall be legibly marked on each piece by stamp, paint, tag, sticker or other industry acce pted method. Any piece that can not be properly identified at time of use will be rejected.
834.04 Steel Sheet Piles.
Permane nt steel sheet piling shall be of the type called for on the plans and shall conform to the requirements of AASHTO M 202 {AASHTO M 202M} and its supplementary requirement, S1. Temporary steel sheet piling shall conform to the requirements of AASHTO M 202 { AASHTO M 202M} and its supplementary requirement, S1 and may be either new piling or used piling, acceptable to the Engineer for the intended function. The temporary steel sheet piling shall be interlocking type piles having a 3/8 inch {9.4 mm} minimum web thickness.
834.05 Storing and Handling Steel Piles.
When placed in the leads, the pile shall conform to camber and sweep permitted by allowable mill tolerance. The method of storing and handling shall be such as to avoid undue bending stresses or other injury. Piles bent, cracked, or otherwise injured will be rejected.