660.01 673 ITEM 660 SODDING
660.01 Description
660.02 Materials
660.03 Lifting Sod
660.04 Preparation of Areas to be Sodded
660.05 Placing Sod on Slopes 3 to 1 or Flatter
660.06 Placing Sod on Slopes Steeper Than 3 to 1 But Flatter Than 2 to 1
660.07 Placing Sod in Ditches
660.08 Placing Reinforced Sod On Slopes 2 to 1 or Steeper
660.09 Watering
660.10 Method of Measurement
660.11 Basis of Payment
660.01 Description. This work consists of furnishing, hauling, excavating for
and preparing the bed, and placing sod.
660.02 Materials. Furnish sod consisting of well -rooted Kentucky Blue Grass
(Poa pratensis) or Canadian Blue Grass (Poa compressa) containing a growth of not more than 30 percent of other grasses and clovers, and free from all noxious weeds such as wild mustard, thistles, quack grass, and Johnson grass, and reasonably free from dandelions and crab grass. Ensure that all so d is certified by the sod supplier that it complies with this item. Ensure that the sod was recently mowed to a height of not more than 3 inches (75 mm). Furnish a certificate with each shipment, and furnish the following additional information from the sod supplier:
A.The name of the producer.
B.The amount of sod shipped in square yards (square meters).
C.The location of sod field.
D.The location of job site.
E.The date sod was cut.
F.The thickness the sod was cut. Furnish wood stakes that are at l east 1/2 3/4 12 inches (13 19 300 mm). Furnish T -pins that are 18 -inch (450 mm) in length and ¼ inch (6 mm) in diameter and have a 3 -inch (75 mm) tee. Furnish round pins that are 18 -inch (450 mm) in length and ¼ inch (6 mm) in diameter and have a 1.5-inch (38 mm) washer. Furnish galvanized poultry netting 50 inches (1200 mm) wide with 2 -inch (50 mm) mesh and No. 20 gage minimum wire. Furnish fertilizer and lime according to Item 659. Furnish sod materials according to the Department’s Qualified Product List (QPL) . 660.03 674 660.03 Lifting Sod. Furnish sod strips that are not less than 3 feet (0.9 m) and not over 6 feet (1.8 m) in length with a uniform width of not over 24 inches (0.6 m). Furnish sod strips that lay flat on skids. The Contractor may elect to deliver sod rolls of up to 25 feet (7.6 m) in length. Furnish sod rolls that are pre -rolled on skids. Furnish sod cut to a depth equal to the growth of the fibrous roots but in no case less than 1 inch (25 mm). Deliver sod to the job within 24 hours af ter being cut, and install it within 48 hours after being cut. During wet weather, allow the sod to dry sufficiently to prevent tearing during handling and placing. During dry weather, water the sod before lifting to ensure its vitality and to prevent the dropping off of the soil in handling.
660.04 Preparation of Areas to be Sodded. Before placing the sod, excavate
the sod bed to a depth that when the sod is in place the top of the sod is flush with the surrounding grade and conforms to the typical cross -section. If specified, place the topsoil according to Item 659. If specified under Item 659, apply commercial fertilizer and agricultural liming material. Incorporate these materials in the areas to be sodded at the rate specified in 659.03 and 659.04 to a depth of not less than 1 inch (25 mm). Incorporate these materials within 48 hours prior to placing the sod. Immediately before placing the sod, rake the area or otherwise bring it to an even surface forming a proper sod bed. If the area is dry, th oroughly water the sod bed.
660.05 Placing Sod On Slopes 3 to 1 or Flatter . Do not place any sod when
the temperature is below 32 F (0 C). Do not place any frozen sod, and do not place any sod upon frozen soil. When placing sod between June 1 and October 15, cover it immediately with straw mulch 1 inch (25 mm) thick, loose measurement. Lift sod from trucks or storage piles, and place it by hand with close joints and no overlapping. Plug all gaps between sections of sod and openings at angles with sod. After laying, thoroughly water the sod, and tamp the sod with approved sod tampers sufficiently to bring the sod into close contact with the sod -bed and to ensure tight joints between the sections or strips. Upon placing the sod, ensure that the surface of the sodded areas coincides with the finished grade.
660.06 Placing Sod on Slopes Steeper Than 3 to 1 But Flatter Than 2 to 1.
Place sod on slopes steeper than 3 to 1 but flatter than 2 to 1 according to 660.05, with the following modifications. Lay sod with the long edges of the strip parallel to the contour starting at the bottom of the slope. Neatly match successive strips, and stagger all joints by at least 12 inches (300mm). For sod placed 6 feet (1.8 m) or greater in height (measured along t he slope), stake each strip or roll securely along all sides with stakes not more than 2 feet (0.6
m.apart with the flat side against the slope or with pins not more than 2 feet (0.6 m) apart. Drive the wooden stakes so that the last 1 inch (25 mm) rem ains above the top of the sod. Drive pins 1 inch (25 mm) below the top of the grass. After laying, thoroughly water the sod, and tamp the sod with approved tampers sufficiently to bring the sod into close contact with the sod -bed and to ensure tight joints between the sections or strips.
Source: Ohio Construction and Material Specifications, 2019 Edition. Pages 0–0 of 928.