APPENDIX A. 
Typical Specifications for Constructing Brick Roads. 
SPECIFICATIONS * FOR GRADING AND SURFACING WITH BRICK THE 
ROAD. 
Location. — The work referred to in these specifications is to be done on the 
road, beginning at and extending in a 
direction through to , a 
distance of miles. 
Work to be clone. — The contractor shall do all clearing and grubbing, make 
all excavations and embankments, do all shaping and surfacing, (construct all 
drainage structures and other appertaining structures), 2 move all obstructions 
in the line of the work, and, unless otherwise provided in these specifications, 
shall furnish all equipment, materials, and labor for the same. In short, the 
contractor shall construct said road in strict accordance with the plans and 
specifications and shall leave the work in a neat and finished condition. 
PLANS AND DEAWINGS. 
The plans, profiles, cross sections, and drawings on file in the office of 
at . show the location, profile, de- 
tails, and dimensions of the work which is to be done. The work shall be 
constructed according to the above-mentioned plans, profiles, cross sections, 
and drawings, which shall be recognized as a part of these specifications. Any 
variation therefrom which may be required by the exigencies of construction 
will in all cases be determined by the engineer. On all drawings, figured 
dimensions are to govern in cases of discrepancies between scale and figures. 
GEADING. 
Grading shall include the moving of all earth, stone, and any other material 
that may be encountered, all filling, borrowing, trimming, picking down, shaping, 
sloping, and all other work that may be necessary to bring the road and sub- 
grade to the required grade, alignment, and cross section, the clearing out of 
waterways and old culverts, the excavation of all necessary drainage and outlet 
ditches, the grading of a proper connection with all intersecting highways, the 
grubbing up and clearing away of all trees, stumps, and boulders within the 
lines of the improvement, and the removal of any muck, soft clay, or spongy 
material which will not compact under the roller, so as to make a firm, unyield- 
ing subgrade. 
All trees, stumps, and roots within the limit of the improvement shall be 
grubbed up so that no part of them shall be within six (6) inches of the surface 
of the ground or within eighteen (18) inches of the surface of the subgrade. 
1 These specifications are substantially those prepared in the fall of 1913 by the Office of 
Public Roads for a project of considerable magnitude. 
2 The clause in parentheses should be omitted if plans and specifications for drainage 
structures are not included. 
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