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  1. kurtjfred

    failing compaction efforts in silty/sandy material

    You guys are confirming my complaints! BUTT!!! The county is pounding a curve on EVERY test taken. Every time that nuke gauge hits the ground, they take a sample and go back to the lab and pound out a curve on it. The guys in the lab are pissed about having to pound out this many, they...
  2. kurtjfred

    failing compaction efforts in silty/sandy material

    Hey Darth, thanks for your input. I'll give you some more info to try and clear up any more confusion. The project is a sewer line being installed for the county. The county put the job out to bid, are paying for the installation and will own the line. They are the inspection, and code...
  3. kurtjfred

    failing compaction efforts in silty/sandy material

    Thanks for the input so far guys. I guess I could have offered some more info to make things a little clearer. I am the contractor and the county is the inspection/code enforcement agency/customer. The job specifications spelled out the testing method they would use and it is the CalTrans test...
  4. kurtjfred

    failing compaction efforts in silty/sandy material

    Hi all. Newbie here and first post ever. Working in Southern Cal and getting my ass kicked trying to achieve 95% compaction on some very silty/sandy material in trench backfill. County inspection is using a caltrans wet density test with a nuke gauge and not getting results until following day...
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