jhark123
Well-Known Member
Hi all, I’ve never failed a compaction test before but I guess there’s a first time for everything. We had a spot repair job with a bunch of locations and the compaction results are coming back at around 90%. They are mostly ductile iron pipe installs about 4 to 5 feet deep. I’m not sure where it went sideways if we didn’t use enough water or too much bedding rock or too big of lifts. It was 5/8 chip for bedding and 5/8 minus for backfill mostly tight areas in the road compacted with a jumping jack. I am thinking of running around with a vibratory plate mounted on a 5 ton mini. Will compacting from the surface do anything or am I going to need to take out material. Opinions are appreciated!