The City of Concord, NC is currently seeking bids for the construction of four new pickleball courts at Les Myers Park. The goal is to enhance public recreation opportunities within the City by installing and paving these courts.
This “Request for Bid” of four new pickleball courts encompass a range of requisites and factors that guarantee the utmost quality of facilities for the community’s pleasure. The construction of this new pickleball court project is accompanied by a wealth of comprehensive details. Here are a handful of the required particulars:
PICKLEBALL COURT ASPHALT PAVEMENT INSTALLATION
1.0 DESCRIPTION
This special provision shall include all labor and materials to pave the proposed Pickleball Courts. The objective is to provide a properly drained surface without depressions exceeding acceptable tolerances.
This special provision outlines the stone subgrade, intermediate and surface layer thicknesses and tolerances needed for installation of a new pickleball court.
2.0 MATERIALS
A surface course of a hot plant mix having a maximum aggregate size of 3/8″ to ¾” and a minimum aggregate size of 1/4″ should be constructed over the hot mix intermediate course to a compacted thickness of not less than 1-1/2” for a total compacted pavement section thickness of 3”.
3.0 CONSTRUCTION METHODS AND TOLERANCES
1. Slope Requirement: All excavating, filling and grading requirements and compacting work of the sub-base should be performed so that the finished subgrade is 4″-6″ above the surrounding ground and slopes not less than 0.83% (1:120) and not more than 1% (1:100). Each pickleball court must slope on a true plane as shown on the plans.
2. Aggregate Base Course:
a. Material:
1) NCDOT aggregate base course. Compacted thickness will be no less than the equivalent of 8″ of thoroughly compacted stone.
b. Spreading and Compacting:
1) The material should be spread by methods and in a manner that produces a uniform density and thickness. The material thus spread should be compacted to 100% minimum Standard Proctor with equipment that provides uniform density. Each layer of material shall be sampled, tested, compacted, and approved prior to placing succeeding layers of base material or pavement.
2) No base material shall be placed on frozen subgrade or base; no base material shall be placed that will not be covered by a subsequent layer of the pavement structure during the same construction season. Any defects that may develop in the completed base course shall be acceptably repaired at no cost to the Owner.
3) Surface of the base course as compacted should not vary more than 1/2″ from the true plane of the court.
4) Herbicide Treatment: Apply herbicide according to manufacturer’s recommended rates and written application instructions. Apply to dry, prepared subgrade or surface of compacted-aggregate base before applying paving materials
3. Intermediate Pavement Course:
a. This hot plant mix should be spread and compacted by methods and in a manner that produces a uniform density and thickness. The finished intermediate course should not vary more than 1/4″ in 10′, when measured in any direction.
4. Asphalt Surface Course: (Same as Intermediate Pavement Course)
a. A hot plant mix having a maximum aggregate size of 3/8″ to 3/4″ in accordance with NCDOT and ASTM specifications, or the Asphalt Institute, should be constructed over the base course to a compacted thickness of not less than 1-1/2” as shown on the drawings.
5. General Description of Asphalt Mix for Pickleball Court:
a. See Section 2.0, Materials
b. Aggregate Type: Crushed stone, gravel, shale, limestone, etc. Foreign materials, i.e., pyrite, clay, ferrous compounds, dirt and organic material are not acceptable.
c. Cure Time: Minimum 14 days before application of playing surface.
d. Voids Content: Minimum as specified by the Department of Transportation or State Highways Department, but in no case should void content exceed 7%.
e. Recommended Spreading and Compacting (minimum procedures to use if NCDOT does not recommend greater performance) 28
f. This hot plant mix should be spread and compacted by methods and in a manner that produces a uniform density and thickness. The composition of the final pavement shall be (3”) three inches of asphalt placed in two courses.
g. A one-& one-half-inch (1-1/2”) leveling course shall be placed over the aggregate base, allowed to cure to the optimum moisture for compaction and thoroughly rolled with a power steal tandem roller, weighing from 2-4 tons. Compaction shall achieve 98-100% maximum density.
h. A final one-& one-half-inch wearing course shall be applied to the clean and finished leveling course in the same direction, as drainage will occur. This allows drainage to occur with the grain of the court rather than across the grain. Application shall attain the final required slope, pitch and grade, with no variations greater than specified below.
After the mix has cured the surface course shall be thoroughly rolled with a powered steel tandem roller weighing 2-4 tons
6. Surface Tolerance of Finished Pickleball Court
a. The finished surface of the court should not vary more than 1/8″ in 10′ when measured in any direction
For more information and the complete Request for Bids details for the new pickleball courts at Les Myers Park in Concord, click here.
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