Section 101 - Final Version
2016 VDOT Road and Bridge Specifications
SECTION 101DEFINITIONS OF ABBREVIATIONS, ACRONYMS, AND TERMS6
SECTION 102BIDDING REQUIREMENTS AND CONDITIONS18
SECTION 103AWARD AND EXECUTION OF CONTRACTS25
SECTION 104SCOPE OF WORK30
SECTION 105CONTROL OF WORK33
SECTION 106CONTROL OF MATERIAL57
SECTION 107 LEGAL RESPONSIBILITIES65
SECTION 108PROSECUTION AND PROGRESS OF WORK96
SECTION 109MEASUREMENT AND PAYMENT106
SECTION 200GENERAL121
SECTION 201MINERAL FILLER124
SECTION 202FINE AGGREGATE125
SECTION 203COARSE AGGREGATE127
SECTION 204STONE FOR MASONRY, RIPRAP, POROUS BACKFILL, AND GABIONS130
SECTION 205CRUSHER RUN AGGREGATE131
SECTION 206LIGHTWEIGHT AGGREGATE133
SECTION 207SELECT MATERIAL134
SECTION 208SUBBASE AND AGGREGATE BASE MATERIAL138
SECTION 209OPEN-GRADED SHOULDER MATERIAL143
SECTION 210ASPHALT MATERIALS144
SECTION 211ASPHALT CONCRETE150
SECTION 212JOINT MATERIALS169
SECTION 213DAMP-PROOFING AND WATERPROOFING MATERIALS176
SECTION 214HYDRAULIC CEMENT177
SECTION 215HYDRAULIC CEMENT CONCRETE ADMIXTURES178
SECTION 216WATER FOR USE WITH CEMENT OR LIME180
SECTION 217HYDRAULIC CEMENT CONCRETE181
SECTION 218HYDRAULIC CEMENT MORTAR AND GROUT200
SECTION 219RIGHT-OF-WAY MONUMENTS201
SECTION 220CONCRETE CURING MATERIALS202
SECTION 221GUARDRAIL204
SECTION 222MASONRY UNITS206
SECTION 223STEEL REINFORCEMENT207
SECTION 224CASTINGS209
SECTION 225STEEL FORGINGS AND STEEL SHAFTING210
SECTION 226STRUCTURAL STEEL211
SECTION 227STEEL GRID FLOORING214
SECTION 228STEEL PILES215
SECTION 229ALUMINUM ALLOY216
SECTION 230BRONZE AND COPPER ALLOY217
SECTION 231PAINT218
SECTION 232PIPE AND PIPE ARCHES223
SECTION 233GALVANIZING228
SECTION 234GLASS BEADS FOR REFLECTORIZING TRAFFIC MARKINGS229
SECTION 235RETROREFLECTORS230
SECTION 236WOOD PRODUCTS232
SECTION 237STRUCTURE BEDDING MATERIAL AND BEARING PADS234
SECTION 238ELECTRICAL AND SIGNAL COMPONENTS237
SECTION 239SODIUM CHLORIDE AND CALCIUM CHLORIDE244
SECTION 240LIME245
SECTION 241FLY ASH246
SECTION 242FENCES247
SECTION 243EPOXY-RESIN SYSTEMS251
SECTION 244ROADSIDE DEVELOPMENT MATERIALS257
SECTION 245GEOSYNTHETICS AND LOW PERMEABILITY LINERS274
SECTION 246PAVEMENT MARKING278
SECTION 247REFLECTIVE SHEETING294
SECTION 248STONE MATRIX ASPHALT CONCRETE298
SECTION 249FLOWABLE BACKFILL304
SECTION 250 - CARBON FIBER MESH305
SECTION 251 - GALVANIC ANODES306
SECTION 252 - GRAVITY-FILL POLYMER CRACK SEALERS307
SECTION 301CLEARING AND GRUBBING308
SECTION 302DRAINAGE STRUCTURES310
SECTION 303EARTHWORK325
SECTION 304CONSTRUCTING DENSITY CONTROL STRIPS343
SECTION 305SUBGRADE AND SHOULDERS345
SECTION 306LIME STABILIZATION349
SECTION 307HYDRAULIC CEMENT STABILIZATION352
SECTION 308SUBBASE COURSE357
SECTION 309AGGREGATE BASE COURSE359
SECTION 310TACK COAT361
SECTION 311PRIME COAT364
SECTION 312SEAL COAT366
SECTION 313ASPHALT-STABILIZED OPEN-GRADED MATERIAL368
SECTION 314PENETRATION SURFACE COURSES371
SECTION 315ASPHALT CONCRETE PLACEMENT374
SECTION 316HYDRAULIC CEMENT CONCRETE PAVEMENT387
SECTION 317 STONE MATRIX ASPHALT CONCRETE PLACEMENT398
SECTION 401STRUCTURE EXCAVATION402
SECTION 402SHEET PILES407
SECTION 403BEARING PILES409
SECTION 404HYDRAULIC CEMENT CONCRETE OPERATIONS426
SECTION 405PRESTRESSED CONCRETE442
SECTION 406REINFORCING STEEL451
SECTION 407STEEL AND OTHER METAL STRUCTURES454
SECTION 408BEARING DEVICES AND ANCHORS468
SECTION 409STEEL GRID FLOORS483
SECTION 410RAILINGS AND PARAPETS485
SECTION 411PROTECTIVE COATING OF METAL IN STRUCTURES488
SECTION 412WIDENING, REPAIRING, AND RECONSTRUCTING EXISTING STRUCTURES504
SECTION 413DISMANTLING AND REMOVING EXISTING STRUCTURES OR REMOVING PORTIONS OF EXISTING STRUCTURES525
SECTION 414RIPRAP528
SECTION 415CONCRETE SLOPE PROTECTION533
SECTION 416WATERPROOFING535
SECTION 417DAMP-PROOFING537
SECTION 418TIMBER STRUCTURES538
SECTION 419BRIDGE CONDUIT SYSTEMS AND LIGHTING SYSTEMS542
SECTION 420ADHESIVE-BASED JOINT SEALING SYSTEMS543
SECTION 421ELASTOMERIC EXPANSION DAMS546
SECTION 422NAVIGATION LIGHTS547
SECTION 423 TOOTH EXPANSION JOINT ASSEMBLY548
SECTION 424 - ASPHALT PLUG JOINTS549
SECTION 425RIGID CONCRETE BRIDGE DECK OVERLAYS552
SECTION 426REPAIRING EXISTING STEEL STRUCTURES559
SECTION 427SILICONE JOINT SEALANTS569
SECTION 428CONCRETE SURFACE PENETRANT SEALER572
SECTION 429BRIDGE DECK WATERPROOFING MEMBRANE SYSTEMS573
SECTION 430NBIS INSPECTION USING UNDER BRIDGE INSPECTION DEVICE582
SECTION 431EPOXY BRIDGE DECK OVERLAYS584
SECTION 501UNDERDRAINS, CROSSDRAINS, AND EDGEDRAINS587
SECTION 502INCIDENTAL CONCRETE ITEMS590
SECTION 503CONTRACTOR BOUNDARY SURVEYING597
SECTION 504SIDEWALKS, STEPS, AND HANDRAILS599
SECTION 505GUARDRAIL AND W-BEAM MEDIAN BARRIERS603
SECTION 506RETAINING WALLS609
SECTION 507FENCES612
SECTION 508DEMOLITION OF PAVEMENT AND OBSCURING ROADWAY615
SECTION 509FLOWABLE BACKFILL PLACEMENT617
SECTION 510RELOCATING OR MODIFYING EXISTING MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS618
SECTION 511ALLAYING DUST619
SECTION 512MAINTAINING TRAFFIC620
SECTION 513MOBILIZATION641
SECTION 514 FIELD OFFICE642
SECTION 515PLANING OR MILLING PAVEMENT646
SECTION 516DEMOLITION OF BUILDINGS AND CLEARING PARCELS649
SECTION 517CONTRACTOR CONSTRUCTION SURVEYING651
SECTION 518TRAINEES ON CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS656
SECTION 519SOUND BARRIER WALLS658
SECTION 520WATER AND SANITARY SEWER FACILITIES668
SECTION 521MAILBOX POST678
SECTION 601SELECTIVE TREE REMOVAL, TRIMMING, AND CLEANUP679
SECTION 602TOPSOIL680
SECTION 603SEEDING681
SECTION 604SODDING685
SECTION 605 PLANTING687
SECTION 606ROLLED EROSION CONTROL PRODUCTS (RECP)701
SECTION 607HERBICIDE SPRAYING703
SECTION 608MOWING704
SECTION 609TREE WELLS AND TREE WALLS705
SECTION 610GABIONS706
SECTION 700GENERAL708
SECTION 701TRAFFIC SIGNS727
SECTION 702DELINEATORS732
SECTION 703TRAFFIC SIGNALS735
SECTION 704PAVEMENT MARKINGS AND MARKERS768
SECTION 705LIGHTING SYSTEMS776
SECTION 801 ITS INFRASTRUCTURE COMPONENTS780
SECTION 802 - UNINTERRUPTIBLE POWER SUPPLY FOR ITS APPLICATIONS797
SECTION 803 - CCTV VIDEO EQUIPMENT801
SECTION 804 DYNAMIC MESSAGE SIGNS817
SECTION 805 VEHICLE DETECTION AND DATA COLLECTION845
SECTION 806 - ENVIRONMENTAL SENSOR STATIONS855
SECTION 807 WIRELESS TRANSCEIVERS863
SECTION 808 - FIBER OPTIC CABLE AND INTERCONNECT873
SECTION 809 MANAGED FIELD ETHERNET SWITCH882
SECTION 810 - PRIMARY NETWORK SWITCH AND LAYER 3 FIELD AGGREGATION ETHERNET SWITCH887
SECTION 811 ETHERNET TERMINAL SERVER898
SECTION 812 - ITS CONDUIT902
SECTION 101DEFINITIONS OF ABBREVIATIONS, ACRONYMS, AND TERMS
101.01Abbreviations and Acronyms
In these Specifications and other Contract Documents, the following abbreviations and acronyms shall be interpreted as follows:
AAR
Association of American Railroads
AASHTO
American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials
ABS
Acrylonitrilebutadienestyrene (an elastomer)
AC
Alternating current
ACI
American Concrete Institute
ADT
Annual average daily traffic
AED
Associated Equipment Distributors
AISC
American Institute of Steel Construction
AISI
American Iron and Steel Institute
ANSI
American National Standards Institute
APA
Engineered Wood Association
API
American Petroleum Institute; American Pipe Institute
ASCE
American Society of Civil Engineers
ASME
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
ASTM
American Society for Testing and Materials
AWG
American wire gage
AWPA
American Wood Preservers Association
AWS
American Welding Society
AWWA
American Water Works Association
BOCA
Building Officials and Code Administrators
C
Celsius, when preceded by "degree(s)"
CABB
Contractor Advertisement Bulletin Board
CBR
California bearing ratio
CRSI
Concrete Reinforcing Steel Institute
DBE
Disadvantaged Business Enterprise
DC
Direct current
DHV
Design hourly volume
ECTC
Erosion Control Technology Council
EEI
Edison Electric Institute
EEO
Equal employment opportunity
EIA
Electronic Industries Alliance
EPA
Environmental Protection Agency
EPDM
Ethylenepropylenedienemonomer (an elastomer)
ESCCC
Erosion and Sediment Control Contractor Certification
F
Fahrenheit, when preceded by "degree(s)"
F/A
Filler/asphalt ratio
FHWA
Federal Highway Administration
FS
Federal Specifications, General Services Adminis
