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DocuSign Envelope ID: 313DA256 -1EDE- 4396- A716- 4C53B809027E <br />JERRY M. PASSMORE CENTER ADDITION AND RENOVATION <br />HILLSBOROUGH, NORTH CAROLINA <br />SECTION 312000 - EARTH MOVING (UNCLASSIFIED) <br />PART 1 - GENERAL <br />1.1 RELATED DOCUMENTS <br />A. Drawings and general provisions of the Contract, including General and Supplementary <br />Conditions and Division 01 Specification Sections, apply to this Section. <br />1.2 SUMMARY <br />A. Section Includes: <br />1. Preparing subgrades for slabs -on- grade,walks, pavements, turf and grasses. <br />2. Subbase course and base course for asphalt paving. <br />3. Excavating and backfilling trenches for utilities and pits for buried utility structures. <br />1.3 DEFINITIONS <br />A. Backfill: Soil material or controlled low- strength material used to fill an excavation. <br />1. Initial Backfill: Backfill placed beside and over pipe in a trench, including haunches to <br />support sides of pipe. <br />2. Final Backfill: Backfill placed over initial backfill to fill a trench. <br />B. Base Course: Aggregate layer placed between the subbase course and hot -mix asphalt paving. <br />C. Bedding Course: Aggregate layer placed over the excavated subgrade in a trench before laying <br />pipe. <br />D. Borrow Soil: Satisfactory soil imported from off -site for use as fill or backfill. <br />E. Drainage Course: Aggregate layer supporting the slab -on -grade that also minimizes upward <br />capillary flow of pore water. <br />F. Excavation: Removal of material encountered above subgrade elevations and to lines and <br />dimensions indicated. <br />1. Authorized Additional Excavation: Excavation below subgrade elevations or beyond <br />indicated lines and dimensions as directed by Architect. Authorized additional <br />excavation and replacement material will be paid for according to Contract provisions for <br />unit prices. <br />2. Unauthorized Excavation: Excavation below subgrade elevations or beyond indicated <br />lines and dimensions without direction by Architect. Unauthorized excavation, as well as <br />remedial work directed by Architect, shall be without additional compensation. <br />EARTH MOVING (UNCLASSIFIED) 312000-1 <br />