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Utility Trench repair

Utility Trench repair

Utility Trench repair

(OP)
One of my clients has asked for a detail that shows trench repair with concrete reinforced with #10 mesh with 6"x6" openings tied into the existing concrete by dowels.  Any thoughts or sources on this?

RE: Utility Trench repair

Is this a trench repair in a concrete roadway pavement? It's sounds similar to NYCDOT practice, which uses unreinforced concrete.

RE: Utility Trench repair

(OP)
Large automaker plant expansion--continual semi traffic.  Owner wants concrete repair whether ashpalt or concrete surrounding.  Dowel only if connecting to concrete.

RE: Utility Trench repair

I just looked at some NYCDOT trench repair details (Drawings HB1042 A & B) - unfortunately the copies are not good quality.

For pavement reinforced with WWF they don't dowel the new into the old. The detail calls for using the same size mesh and cutting a dovetail  in the existing base. The patch width is the full width of the traffic lane; in the opposite direction it is the trench width + 1'-6" each side of the trench (W+3' total).

Similar for unreinforced pavement or asphalt pavement except the W+3 is reduced to W+2'.

Patch thickness for concrete pavement is the same thickness as the existing; for asphalt pavement it is 6" of asphalt on 6" of stone.

RE: Utility Trench repair

(OP)
Thanks for the info, bridgebuster.  What is NYCDOT?  New York City DOT?  

RE: Utility Trench repair

Yes, sorry about that.

RE: Utility Trench repair

(OP)
Are the drawings you refer to available online?  The website doesn't appear to link to any digital files.

RE: Utility Trench repair

No. I'm not in the office today but I can post them tomorrow. The quality of the drawings is quite poor.

RE: Utility Trench repair

One important consideration is the preparation of the existing face. Scarifying and grooving of the older face may be required to provide a sfficient joint, if the numbers of your keyway are insufficient. Roughening to a 1/4" amplitude can provide shear transfer by shear friction across the joint.

Daniel Toon

RE: Utility Trench repair

(OP)
Thank you, bridgebuster.  Also, thanks to DTGT2002.

RE: Utility Trench repair

you're welcome.

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