Reviewing Construction Specifications (Specs)

we go down we're going to go over to the Architects and Engineers section of their specs we're going to go over to project specs and then here this gives us all of the spec specifications for each kind of block in today's block we're using the standard unit so we're going to pop that bad boy open and then we're going to open this up and then we have I don't know how many pages upon pages of specs and this is exactly what we need to access now as we dive into this even closer the thing that we need to understand is spec section 4.08 only hand operated compaction equipment shall be allowed within 3 ft of the back of the wall units compaction within the 3 ft behind the wall units shall be achieved by least three passes of a lightweight mechanical tamper plate or roller that's critical to make sure that we keep that in mind okay so here's where we also need to understand it even says in the spec 4.10 construction adjacent to completed wall the owner or owner's representative is responsible for sure ensuring that construction by others adjacent to the wall does not disturb the wall or place temporary construction loads on the wall that exceed design loads including load such as water pressure temporary grades or equipment loading heavy Paving or grading equipment shall be kept a minimum of 3 ft behind the back of the wall face equipment with wheel loads in excess of 150 lb per square foot live load shall not be operated within 10 ft of the face of the retaining wall during construction adjacent to the [Music] wall now if you work in commercial construction understanding the specs that oversee your specs on a project become critical now in this case right here you can see where this other contractor is running a wheel machine too close to the backside of the retaining wall we've already encountered an issue with it right here where you can see that we are going through and repairing that we should not be going through and repairing that but we are doing that but things get even worse in just a few moments [Music]