Appendix C Table 1: Marine Piling

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Appendix C Table 1: Marine Piling -Cont.

APPENDIX C

TABLE 1: MARINE PILING

Marine pilings are timbers, usually round, that will be used in or near salt

water as a support for a pier or wharf, or as a dolphin or camel-log.

Marine piles are generally subject to attack by marine organisms.

Treatment Standard: AWPA C3 - For Marine Piles

Brands: The producer shall brand each pile at points 5 feet and 10 feet

from the butt end (larger end) of the pile. Each brand shall show as min-

imum:

Example Interpretation

Code Letters

Brand Information

Company name or logo

ABCO

Supplier's Brand

Plant Designation

and Year of

Location & date treated

D-86

Treatment

Species of Timber

and Preservative

Southern pine treated

Treatment

SPCM

marine creosote

20 pcf (per spec.)

Preservative

Retention(s)

60 feet (per spec.)

Length

Code

Acceptable Species

Southern Pine

Coastal Douglas Fir

Code

Acceptable Preservatives (Check Specifications)

C, CM, TM, CC

Creosote (Code indicates types of creosote)

Ammoniacal Copper Arsenate (ACA)

SK, SC, SJ

Chromated Copper Arsenate (CCA)(Types C, A, B)

Ammoniacal Copper Zinc Arsenate (ACZA)

Dual treated with creosote and waterborne

CSB, CSK, CSZ

preservative Creosote/ACA, Creosote/CCA

Creosote/ACZA

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