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AS 3798-1996

AS 3798-1996

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Guidelines on earthworks for commercial and residential developments

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Superseded date

25-07-2024

Superseded by

AS 3798-2007

Language(s)

English

Published date

01-01-1996

Publisher

Standards Australia

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1 - AS 3798-1996 GUIDELINES ON EARTHWORKS FOR COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS
4 - PREFACE
5 - CONTENTS
7 - SECTION 1 SCOPE AND GENERAL
7 - 1.1 SCOPE
7 - 1.2 REFERENCED DOCUMENTS
7 - 1.3 DEFINITIONS
7 - 1.3.1 Cohesionless soils
7 - 1.3.2 Cohesive soils
7 - 1.3.3 Collapsing soil
7 - 1.3.4 Dispersive soil
7 - 1.3.5 Foundation
7 - 1.3.6 Pavement materials
7 - 1.3.7 Reactive soils
7 - 1.3.8 Relative compaction
7 - 1.3.9 Rockfill
8 - 1.3.10 Structural fill
8 - 1.3.11 Subgrade
8 - 1.3.12 Topsoil
8 - 1.4 DESIGNATION OF PERSONNEL
9 - SECTION 2 INVESTIGATION, PLANNING AND DESIGN
13 - SECTION 3 DOCUMENTATION
13 - 3.1 GENERAL
13 - 3.2 INVESTIGATION AND PLANNING
13 - 3.3 DESIGN AND SPECIFICATION
14 - 3.4 CONSTRUCTION
15 - SECTION 4 MATERIALS
15 - 4.1 GENERAL
15 - 4.2 UNSUITABLE MATERIALS
15 - 4.3 SUITABLE MATERIALS
16 - 4.4 PAVEMENT MATERIALS
17 - SECTION 5 COMPACTION CRITERIA
17 - 5.1 GENERAL
17 - 5.2 COMPACTION OF SOILS
19 - 5.3 COARSE MATERIAL
19 - 5.4 TEST ROLLING
20 - 5.5 OTHER MATERIALS
20 - 5.6 TRENCHES
21 - SECTION 6 CONSTRUCTION
21 - 6.1 SITE PREPARATION
21 - 6.1.1 General
21 - 6.1.2 Fencing
21 - 6.1.3 Drainage, erosion and sedimentation control
21 - 6.1.4 Site clearing
21 - 6.1.5 Stripping
21 - 6.1.6 Slope preparation
21 - 6.1.7 Foundation preparation
22 - 6.2 FILL CONSTRUCTION
22 - 6.2.1 General
22 - 6.2.2 Placing fill
23 - 6.2.3 Fill moisture control
23 - 6.2.4 Fill compaction
24 - 6.2.5 Surface heaving
24 - 6.2.6 Fill against structures
25 - SECTION 7 METHODS OF TESTING
25 - 7.1 GENERAL
25 - 7.2 FIELD DENSITY
25 - 7.3 ESTABLISHMENT OF A REFERENCE DENSITY FOR CALCULATION OF RELATIVE COMPACTION
26 - 7.4 SAMPLE SELECTION FOR REFERENCE DENSITY
27 - 7.5 USE OF DIFFERENT TEST PROCEDURES
27 - 7.6 PERMISSIBLE OVERSIZE
27 - 7.7 PREPARATION OF LABORATORY REFERENCE DENSITY SAMPLES
29 - SECTION 8 SUPERVISION, INSPECTION AND TESTING
29 - 8.1 GENERAL
29 - 8.2 TESTING
31 - APPENDIX A - LIST OF REFERENCE DDOCUMENTS
33 - APPENDIX B - COORDINATION OF GEOTECHNICAL TESTING
33 - B1 INTRODUCTION
33 - B2 GEOTECHNICAL TESTING AUTHORITY
34 - APPENDIX C - TYPICAL SITE RECORD SHEETS
40 - APPENDIX D - STATISTICAL METHODS IN EARTH WORKS
40 - D1 GENERAL
40 - D2 LOTS
41 - D3 SELECTION OF TEST SITES IN A TEST LOT SAMPLING
41 - D4 ACCEPTANCE
41 - D5 OUTLIER RESULTS
42 - APPENDIX E - SUITABILITY OF COMPACTION EQUIPMENT FOR VARIOUS TYPES OF FILL MATERIALS

Specifies guidelines for the execution and control testing of earthworks and associated site preparation works within commercial and residential developments.

Committee
CE-027
DocumentType
Standard
ISBN
0 7337 0355 0
Pages
36
PublisherName
Standards Australia
Status
Superseded
SupersededBy
Supersedes
UnderRevision

This Standard gives guidance on the specification, execution, and control testing of earthworks and associated site preparation works for commercial and residential developments. This Standard does not in itself constitute a specification for earthworks. The Standard also gives guidance on the interpretation and application of the relevant test methods specified in the AS 1289 series of Standards.NOTE: With the appropriate consideration, this Standard may also apply to other earthworks.

First published as AS 3798-1990.
Second edition 1996.

AS 1726-1993 Geotechnical site investigations
AS 1289.C8.2-1980 Methods of testing soil for engineering purposes Soil classification tests - Determination of the percent dispersion of a soil
AS 1289.F3.3-1984 Methods of testing soil for engineering purposes Soil strength and consolidation tests - Determination of the penetration resistance of a soil with a Perth sand penetrometer
AS 1289.1-1991 Methods of testing soils for engineering purposes Preparation of disturbed soil samples for testing
AS 1289.E5.1-1977 Methods of testing soil for engineering purposes Soil compaction and density tests - Determination of minimum and maximum dry density of a cohesionless material
AS 1289.5.2.1-1993 Methods of testing soils for engineering purposes Soil compaction and density tests - Determination of the dry density/moisture content relation of a soil using modified compactive effort
AS 1289.5.4.1-1993 Methods of testing soils for engineering purposes Soil compaction and density tests - Compaction control test - Dry density ratio, moisture variation and moisture ratio
AS 1289.E3.5-1982 Methods of testing soil for engineering purposes Soil compaction and density tests - Determination of the field dry density of a soil - Water replacement method
AS 2870-1996 Residential slabs and footings - Construction
AS 1289.5.1.1-1993 Methods of testing soils for engineering purposes Soil compaction and density tests - Determination of the dry density/moisture content relation of a soil using standard compactive effort
AS 1289.5.7.1-1993 Methods of testing soils for engineering purposes Soil compaction and density tests - Compaction control test - Hilf density ratio and Hilf moisture variation (rapid method)
AS 1289.E8.4-1986 Methods of testing soil for engineering purposes Soil compaction and density tests - Calibration of nuclear surface moisture-density gauge using standard blocks
AS 1289.5.8.1-1995
AS 1289.5.3.2-1993 Methods of testing soils for engineering purposes Soil compaction and density tests - Determination of the field dry density of a soil - Sand replacement method using a sand pouring can, with or without a volume displacer
AS 1289.F5.1-1977 Methods of testing soil for engineering purposes Soil strength and consolidation tests - Determination of the static cone penetration resistance of a soil - Field test using a cone or a friction cone penetrometer
AS 1289.E6.1-1981 Methods of testing soil for engineering purposes Soil compaction and density tests - Compaction control test - Density index method for a cohesionless material
AS 1289.5.4.2-1993 Methods of testing soils for engineering purposes Soil compaction and density tests - Compaction control test - Assignment of maximum dry density and optimum moisture content values
AS 1289.F3.2-1984 Methods of testing soil for engineering purposes Soil strength and consolidation tests - Determination of the penetration resistance of a soil using the 9 kg dynamic cone penetrometer
AS 1289.C8.3-1984 Methods of testing soil for engineering purposes Soil classification tests - Determination of the pinhole dispersion classification of a soil
AS 1289.5.3.1-1993 Methods of testing soils for engineering purposes Soil compaction and density tests - Determination of the field density of a soil - Sand replacement method using a sand-cone pouring apparatus
AS 1289.C8.1-1980 Methods of testing soil for engineering purposes Soil classification tests - Determination of the Emerson class number of a soil

AS 2870-1996 Residential slabs and footings - Construction
HB 28-1997 The design of residential slabs and footings
AS 1289.5.4.1-1993 Methods of testing soils for engineering purposes Soil compaction and density tests - Compaction control test - Dry density ratio, moisture variation and moisture ratio
AS/NZS 2566.2:2002 Buried flexible pipelines Installation (Reconfirmed 2016)

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