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SECTION 01500 - TEMPORARY FACILITIES AND CONTROLS

PART 1 - GENERAL

1.1 RELATED DOCUMENTS

A. Drawings and general provisions of the Contract, including Sections A through M of the Contract and other Division 1 Specification Sections, apply to this Section.

1.2 SUMMARY

A. This Section includes requirements for temporary facilities and controls, including temporary utilities, support facilities, and security and protection facilities.

B. Related Sections include the following:

1. Division 1 Section "Summary" for limitations on utility interruptions and other work restrictions.

2. Division 1 Section “Construction Security Requirements”

3. Division 1 Section "Submittal Procedures" for procedures for submitting copies of implementation and termination schedule and utility reports.

4. Division 1 Section "Execution Requirements" for progress cleaning requirements.

C. Temporary utilities include, but are not limited to, the following:

1. Sewers and drainage.

2. Water service and distribution.

3. Sanitary facilities, including toilets, wash facilities, and drinking-water facilities.

4. Electric power service.

5. Lighting.

6. Telephone service.

D. Support facilities include, but are not limited to, the following:

1. Project identification and temporary signs

2. Waste disposal facilities.

3. Field offices.

4. Storage and fabrication sheds.

5. Lifts and hoists.

6. Construction aids and miscellaneous services and facilities.

E. Security and protection facilities include, but are not limited to, the following:

1. Environmental protection.

2. Tree and plant protection.

3. Pest control.

4. Barricades, warning signs, and lights.

1.3 USE CHARGES

A. General: Cost or use charges for temporary facilities are not chargeable to the Contracting Officer and shall be included in the Contract Sum. Water, sewer and power may be utilized as needed but all services utilized are to be connected to the campus systems with connections in their final state. Allow other entities to use temporary services and facilities without cost, including, but not limited to, the following:

1. Government’s construction forces.

2. Occupants of Project.

3. Architect.

4. Testing agencies.

5. Personnel of authorities having jurisdiction.

B. Sewer Service: Contractor will not be able to use the Government's existing sewer system. Contractor to provide portable temporary toilet and wash facilities

C. Water Service: Water is not available from Government's existing water system for use in office or support facilities that require connection to existing system unless such connection is the final condition required by the contract. Water for use in construction is available and may be used from the existing system in a reasonable manner without charge from fire hydrants, hose bibs and similar with approval of Project Officer.

D. Electric Power Service:

1. The contractor is to provide their own meter base at their construction trailer and pay for their own on site power needs.

a. Power that is limited to the immediate work at hand can be obtained from power that is available around campus.

E. The Electrical Sub-Contractors are to include the provision of the temporary power and lights as required by the Section in their bid. The General Contractor will pay for electricity used.

1.4 QUALITY ASSURANCE

A. Standards: Comply with ANSI A10.6, NECA's "Temporary Electrical Facilities," and NFPA 241.

1. Trade Jurisdictions: Assigned responsibilities for installation and operation of temporary utilities are not intended to interfere with trade regulations and union jurisdictions.

2. Electric Service: Comply with NECA, NEMA, and UL standards and regulations for temporary electric service. Install service to comply with NFPA 70.

B. Tests and Inspections: Arrange for authorities having jurisdiction to test and inspect each temporary utility before use. Obtain required certifications and permits.

1.5 PROJECT CONDITIONS

A. Temporary Use of Permanent Facilities: Installer of each permanent service shall assume responsibility for operation, maintenance, and protection of each permanent service during its use as a construction facility before Government’s acceptance, regardless of previously assigned responsibilities.

B. Conditions of Use: The following conditions apply to use of temporary services and facilities by all parties engaged in the Work:

1. Keep temporary services and facilities clean and neat.

2. Relocate temporary services and facilities as required by progress of the Work.

PART 2 - PRODUCTS

2.1 MATERIALS

A. General: Provide new materials. Undamaged, previously used materials in serviceable condition may be used if approved by Contracting Officer. Provide materials suitable for use intended.

B. Tarpaulins: Fire-resistive labeled with flame-spread rating of 15 or less.

C. Water: Potable.

2.2 EQUIPMENT

A. General: Provide equipment suitable for use intended.

1. Field Offices: Prefabricated or Mobile units with lockable entrances, operable windows, and serviceable finishes; heated and air conditioned; on foundations adequate for normal loading.

a. Each trailer and office is to be equipped with a fire extinguisher

B. Fire Extinguishers: Hand carried, portable, UL rated. Provide class and extinguishing agent as indicated or a combination of extinguishers of NFPA-recommended classes for exposures.

1. Comply with NFPA 10 and NFPA 241 for classification, extinguishing agent, and size required by location and class of fire exposure.

C. Self-Contained Toilet Units: Single-occupant units of chemical, aerated recirculation, or combustion type; vented; fully enclosed with a glass-fiber-reinforced polyester shell or similar nonabsorbent material.

D. Drinking-Water Fixtures: Containerized, tap-dispenser, bottled-water drinking-water units, including paper cup supply.

E. Electrical Outlets: Properly configured, NEMA-polarized outlets to prevent insertion of 110- to 120-V plugs into higher-voltage outlets; equipped with ground-fault circuit interrupters, reset button, and pilot light.

F. Power Distribution System Circuits: Where permitted and overhead and exposed for surveillance, wiring circuits, not exceeding 125-V ac, 20-A rating, and lighting circuits may be nonmetallic sheathed cable.

G. Hard Hats: Provide color coded system as follows:

White:

General Contractor / Government

Green:

Electrical

Blue:

HVAC / Plumbing

Orange:

Steel and Safety

Yellow:

Process Piping

Gray:

Clean‑up

PART 3 - EXECUTION

3.1 INSTALLATION, GENERAL

A. Locate facilities where they will serve Project adequately and result in minimum interference with performance of the Work. Relocate and modify facilities as required.

B. Provide each facility ready for use when needed to avoid delay. Maintain and modify as required. Do not remove until facilities are no longer needed or are replaced by authorized use of completed permanent facilities.

3.2 TEMPORARY UTILITY INSTALLATION

A. General: Engage appropriate local utility company to install temporary service or connect to existing service. Where utility company provides only part of the service, provide the remainder with matching, compatible materials and equipment. Comply with utility company recommendations. Conditions of FAR 52.236-10 and FAR 52.236-14 shall control.

1. Arrange with utility company, and Contracting Officer, for time when service can be interrupted, if necessary, to make connections for temporary services.

2. Any interruptions are to be done between 5:00 PM and 8:00 AM, Monday through Friday or on weekends. Provide temporary utilities to the affected areas during any interruption at the Contractor’s expense.

3. Provide adequate capacity at each stage of construction. Before temporary utility is available, provide trucked-in services.

4. Obtain easements to bring temporary utilities to Project site where Government's easements cannot be used for that purpose.

B. Sewers and Drainage: If sewers are available, provide temporary connections to remove effluent that can be discharged lawfully. If sewers are not available or cannot be used, provide drainage ditches, dry wells, stabilization ponds, and similar facilities. If neither sewers nor drainage facilities can be lawfully used for discharge of effluent, provide containers to remove and dispose of effluent off-site in a lawful manner.

1. Filter out excessive soil, construction debris, chemicals, oils, and similar contaminants that might clog sewers or pollute waterways before discharge.

2. Connect temporary sewers to municipal system as directed by sewer department officials.

3. Maintain temporary sewers and drainage facilities in a clean, sanitary condition. After heavy use, restore normal conditions promptly.

C. Water Service: Use of Government’s existing water service facilities will not be permitted except from permanently installed facilities or with prior approval from the Contracting Officer.

D. Sanitary Facilities: Provide temporary toilets, wash facilities, and drinking-water fixtures. Comply with regulations and health codes for type, number, location, operation, and maintenance of fixtures and facilities.

1. Disposable Supplies: Provide toilet tissue, paper towels, paper cups, and similar disposable materials for each facility. Maintain adequate supply. Provide covered waste containers for disposal of used material.

2. Toilets: Install self-contained toilet units. Shield toilets to ensure privacy. Provide separate facilities for male and female personnel.

3. Drinking-Water Facilities: Provide bottled-water, drinking-water units.

4. Locate toilets and drinking-water fixtures so personnel need not walk more than two stories vertically or 200 feet (60 m) horizontally to facilities.

E. Electric Power Service: Provide weatherproof, grounded electric power service and distribution system of sufficient size, capacity, and power characteristics during construction period. Include meters, transformers, overload-protected disconnecting means, automatic ground-fault interrupters, and main distribution switchgear.

1. Install electric power service underground, unless overhead service must be used.

2. Install power distribution wiring overhead and rise vertically where least exposed to damage.

3. Connect temporary service to Government's existing power source, as directed by electric company officials.

F. Electric Power Service: Use of Government's existing electric power service will be permitted within Building 13B, as long as equipment is maintained in a condition acceptable to Government.

G. Electric Distribution: Provide receptacle outlets adequate for connection of power tools and equipment.

1. Provide waterproof connectors to connect separate lengths of electrical power cords if single lengths will not reach areas where construction activities are in progress. Do not exceed safe length-voltage ratio.

2. Provide 4-gang outlets, spaced so 100-foot extension cord can reach each area for power hand tools and task lighting. Provide a separate 125-V ac, 20-A circuit for each outlet.

H. Computer: Provide a computer on site with e-mail capability. Note requirement for phone lines listed below.

I. Facsimile Machine: Provide a facsimile machine on site. Note requirement for phone lines listed below.

J. Telephone Service: Provide temporary telephone service throughout construction period for common-use facilities used by all personnel engaged in construction activities. Install separate telephone line for each field office and first-aid station.

1. Provide additional telephone lines for the following:

a. In field office with more than two occupants, install a telephone for each additional occupant or pair of occupants.

b. Provide a dedicated telephone line for each facsimile machine and computer with modem in each field office.

2. At each telephone, post a list of important telephone numbers.

a. Police and fire departments.

b. Ambulance service.

c. Contractor's home office.

d. Contracting Officer's office.

e. Architect’s office.

f. Engineers' offices.

g. Government's office.

h. Principal subcontractors' field and home offices.

3. Provide an answering machine on superintendent's telephone.

4. Provide a computer on site that has e-mail capability.

3.3 SUPPORT FACILITIES INSTALLATION

A. General: Comply with the following:

1. Locate field offices, storage sheds, sanitary facilities, and other temporary construction and support facilities for easy access.

a. Field office trailers are to be numbered as directed by the Contracting Officer.

b. Trailers and sheds are to be anchored to resist wind and seismic forces.

1) Trailer anchorage shall meet BOCA National Building Code. Specifically, Paragraph 420.3.1(of the 1999 edition, under Section 420.0 Mobile Units) stating that “Every parking space for mobile units shall be provided with devices for anchoring the unit to prevent overturning or uplift.” Also “The anchorage shall be adequate to withstand wind forces and uplift as required in Chapter 16 for buildings and structures, based upon the size and weight of the units.”

2. Provide incombustible construction for offices, shops, and sheds located within construction area or within 30 feet of building lines. Comply with NFPA 241.

3. Maintain support facilities until near Substantial Completion. Remove before Substantial Completion. Personnel remaining after Substantial Completion will be permitted to use permanent facilities, under conditions acceptable to Government.

B. Temporary Signs: Install signs where indicated, or as needed to inform public and persons seeking entrance to Project. Do not permit installation of unauthorized signs.

1. Prepare temporary signs to provide directional information to construction personnel and visitors.

2. Construct signs of exterior-type Grade B-B high-density concrete form overlay plywood in sizes and thicknesses indicated. Support on posts or framing of preservative-treated wood or steel.

3. Paint sign panel and applied graphics with exterior-grade alkyd gloss enamel over exterior primer.

C. Waste Disposal Facilities: Provide waste-collection containers in sizes adequate to handle waste from construction operations. Containerize and clearly label hazardous, dangerous, or unsanitary waste materials separately from other waste. Comply with Division 1 Section "Execution Requirements" for progress cleaning requirements.

1. If required by authorities having jurisdiction, provide separate containers, clearly labeled, for each type of waste material to be deposited.

D. Lifts and Hoists: Provide facilities necessary for hoisting materials and personnel.

1. Truck cranes and similar devices used for hoisting materials are considered "tools and equipment" and not temporary facilities.

3.4 SECURITY AND PROTECTION FACILITIES INSTALLATION

A. Environmental Protection: Provide protection, operate temporary facilities, and conduct construction in ways and by methods that comply with environmental regulations and that minimize possible air, waterway, and subsoil contamination or pollution or other undesirable effects. Avoid using tools and equipment that produce harmful noise. Restrict use of noisemaking tools and equipment to hours that will minimize complaints from persons or firms near Project site.

B. Storm Water Control: Provide earthen embankments and similar barriers in and around excavations and subgrade construction, sufficient to prevent flooding by runoff of storm water from heavy rains. Obtain a “General Permit for Storm Water Discharges Associated with Construction Activity” from Montana Department of Environmental Quality, Water Protection Bureau, Storm Water Program, PO Box 200901, 1520 East Sixth Ave., Helena, MT 59620-0901, 1-406-444-3080. Follow state and federal regulations for storm water discharges.

C. Security Enclosure and Lockup: Install substantial temporary enclosure around partially completed areas of construction. Provide lockable entrances to prevent unauthorized entrance, vandalism, theft, and similar violations of security. The enclosure is to be secured each night at the cessation of construction activities.

D. Provide personnel to produce photo identity badges and to administer an identity system. Submit procedures to Contracting Office for review. All visitors and workers must wear the photo identity badge while on the site.

E. Barricades, Warning Signs, and Lights: Comply with standards and code requirements for erecting structurally adequate barricades. Paint with appropriate colors, graphics, and warning signs to inform personnel and public of possible hazard. Where appropriate and needed, provide lighting, including flashing red or amber lights.

1. For safety barriers, sidewalk bridges, and similar uses, provide minimum 5/8-inch- thick exterior plywood.

F. Temporary Enclosures: Provide temporary enclosures for protection of construction, in progress and completed, from exposure, foul weather, other construction operations, and similar activities. Provide temporary weather tight enclosure for building exterior.

1. Where heating or cooling is needed and permanent enclosure is not complete, provide insulated temporary enclosures. Coordinate enclosure with ventilating and material drying or curing requirements to avoid dangerous conditions and effects.

2. Vertical Openings: Close openings of 25 sq. ft. or less with plywood or similar materials.

3. Horizontal Openings: Close openings in floor or roof decks and horizontal surfaces with load-bearing, wood-framed construction.

4. Install tarpaulins securely using fire-retardant-treated wood framing and other materials.

G. Temporary Fire Protection: Install and maintain temporary fire-protection facilities of types needed to protect against reasonably predictable and controllable fire losses. Comply with NFPA 241.

1. Prohibit smoking in hazardous fire-exposure areas.

2. Supervise welding operations, combustion-type temporary heating units, and similar sources of fire ignition according to requirements of authorities having jurisdiction.

3. Develop and supervise an overall fire-prevention and -protection program for personnel at Project site. Review needs with local fire department and establish procedures to be followed. Instruct personnel in methods and procedures. Post warnings and information.

4. Provide temporary standpipes and hoses for fire protection. Hang hoses with a warning sign stating that hoses are for fire-protection purposes only and are not to be removed. Match hose size with outlet size and equip with suitable nozzles.

3.5 OPERATION, TERMINATION, AND REMOVAL

A. Supervision: Enforce strict discipline in use of temporary facilities. To minimize waste and abuse, limit availability of temporary facilities to essential and intended uses.

B. Maintenance: Maintain facilities in good operating condition until removal. Protect from damage caused by freezing temperatures and similar elements.

1. Maintain operation of temporary enclosures, heating, cooling, humidity control, ventilation, and similar facilities on a 24-hour basis where required to achieve indicated results and to avoid possibility of damage.

2. Prevent water-filled piping from freezing. Maintain markers for underground lines. Protect from damage during excavation operations.

C. Termination and Removal: Unless the Contracting Officer requests that it be maintained longer, remove each temporary facility when need for its service has ended, when it has been replaced by authorized use of a permanent facility, or no later than Substantial Completion. Complete or, if necessary, restore permanent construction that may have been delayed because of interference with temporary facility. Repair damaged Work, clean exposed surfaces, and replace construction that cannot be satisfactorily repaired.

1. Materials and facilities that constitute temporary facilities are the property of Contractor. The Contracting Officer reserves right to take possession of Project identification signs.

2. Prior to Final Acceptance, clean and renovate permanent facilities used during construction period. Comply with final cleaning requirements in Division 1 Section "Closeout Procedures."

END OF SECTION 01500

RML INTERIM SIDEWALKS ( NIH-NIAID RML ( HAMILTON, MT

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