Car park - Construction issue

[dig dug dan]

I am overseeing works on the installation of a new burial ground for the local parish council i sit on .

They have laid terram, then a good 6" of hardcore, but they are topping this of with what i can only describe as "crushed sandstone". It looks like soft sand, with the odd small lump in it.
He claims it is self binding gravel, but it is not something i am familiar with.
He claims he can't get type one, or type one crushed as its "too wet" at the moment.

I am concerned that this "sandstone" will mix with the final 20mm shingle topping and become a mess

as I am not familiar with this, can someone shed some light as to wether its any good?

I have yet to meet the guys on site, as I have been liasing with the architect to date.

[Dave_L]

Ah, a fellow Parish Councillor!!

Can't get type1? What a lot of crap!

I fear the same problems as you do - the mixing of this 'sandstone' base and the final shingle surface......

Is there a specification? Surely the architect should have some info/leverage on this?

We've done Church works before.........we might go to heaven, you never know.....

[dig dug dan]

i missed out on this contract by £400 too!

i believe the spec was "subbase"
leads a lot to the imagination

[Dave_L]

Well the architect wants his ass kicked then.

Is he overseeing the project or is it you?

I hope you "declared an personal interest" in this project at
your PC meetings! :p

[matt h]

could end up in one holy mess with that sand....

[dig dug dan]

I hope you "declared an personal interest" in this project at
your PC meetings! :p

i declared an interest , and did not attend the meeting where they decided the contract.
They awarded me the contract for the grass cutting, and named the tenders a,b,c and d, so other councillors did not know who's price was who's.
On this occasion, they named them correctly, and they voted politically. "if we award him both contracts, it might look iffy"

never mind!

[Tony McC]

Sheesh! Just think lof all those motorway repairs and railway upgrades that must be stopped because it's "too wet" to get hold of DTp1 at the moment!

I suspect a financial issue rather than one of a meteorological nature.

[moira]

hi i hope you can advise me and this is also for a car park for a church. 800 sq metres I have been asked to quote for our local church car park, which normally would be quite a straightforward job, however the existing surface is shingle which has been laid over tarmac and is now very uneven. They want me to lay clay pavers but I am going to have to give them a price reality check as i believe that I would have to completely dig out this base first, not only that we would need to consider putting in some drainage and wondered what your thoughts were on whether this should be in connecting gullys.