10-Chandler WC 22-24 Specs.pdf

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SECTION 01000

SUMMARY OF WORK

PART 1: GENERAL

1.1 WORK COVERED UNDER THIS CONTRACT

A. Description

The work covered under this Contract shall consist of the installation of picnic tables, trees, bike repair stations, concrete, and other miscellaneous park work as shown on the Plans and as called for in these Specifications in Chandler Park.

B. Alternates

The Alternate work is described under Section 01100, "Alternates".

C. Incidental Work

The Contractor shall be responsible for any and all incidental work which may be deemed necessary for proper and complete performance and installation of the specified work items.

1.2 DIVISION OF CONTRACT DOCUMENTS

A. The work is described by the Contract Documents in three parts:

Part 1: Contract Forms Part 2: General Requirements and Technical Specifications Part 3: Drawings

B. Part 1 is separate from Part 2 and contains the required Proposal Forms to be used in the submission of a Bid for the Project. It also includes other information relative to the preparation and submission of a bid, bonds and general conditions, EEO Requirements.

C. Part 2 consists of separate specifications for the Construction Contract. For the contract, Part 2 is divided into two divisions per the CSI format.

1. Division 1: General Requirements

The General Requirements cover matters generally applicable to more than one phase of the work, i.e. meetings, submittals, temporary facilities project close out and the General Specifications.

2. Division 2: Technical Specifications

a) The technical specifications are subdivided into sections corresponding to a particular aspect of work. It is not the intent

Chandler Park 01000 -2 nor shall it be so construed that work included in any one Section be performed by a particular trade or subcontract. Likewise, the work to be performed by a particular trade is not necessarily restricted to that of any one Section. Any item mentioned under any heading must be supplied though it is not called for again under the heading for that respective work.

b) Specific requirements stated in the various sections as though applicable to a single item or one unit of work shall also apply to all additional like items or units of work required by the Contract Documents, and shall not be interpreted as designating that only a single item or unit is required.

c) Where reference is made in the Technical Specifications to

Publications, such as specifications or standards of a technical society, trade association, governmental agency, and the like, it is understood and agreed that such publications are a part of the Technical Specifications, to the extent indicated by the specific references thereto, as though fully repeated therein.

d) A copy of each referenced publication at file in the City

Engineering Department is available for inspection by the Contractor. However, it is assumed that a Contractor experienced in the type of work involved will have his own source of access to the referenced publications.

e) The Contractor shall comply with all rules, regulations, orders, etc.

of any governmental agencies applicable to the work under this Contract. The Contractor shall cooperate with the City in promptly furnishing any information required by such agencies. It shall be an obligation of the Contractor to keep himself informed of governmental rules, regulations, orders, etc., which are applicable to his work. The Contractor shall make the requirements of this article a part of any subcontract he may enter into.

1.3 CONTRACT

A. Contract Award, if made, is for a complete project in accordance with the plans and specifications under a single lump sum bid. Proposals will be reviewed based on the evaluation criteria provided in the Request for Proposal There will be a pre-award meeting to assist in the review process prior to award.

1.4 FIELD ENGINEERING

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A. All necessary surveying points and grade stakes are to be provided by the Contractor. The grades and staking maintenance is the responsibility of the Contractor.

1.5 PERMITS

A. The general building permit will be obtained and paid for by the Contractor. The

Contractor is also responsible for obtaining and paying for all trade or other special permits and related inspection and any other costs under the permits for the work. Final permit clearances/acceptances is a condition of final payment.

1.6 PREPARATION OF SITE

A. Providing and maintaining all security fencing around the area, barricades, warning signs, lights, danger signals, for the protection of life, work and adjacent property and so as not to affect adjacent property owners is the sole responsibility of the Contractor.

B. Protecting and maintaining all conduits, wires, pipes, sewers and other utilities and structures that are to remain on the property is the sole responsibility of the Contractor.

C. Removing all protection and guards when the work is completed or when directed by the City Representative is the sole responsibility of the Contractor.

1.7 EXISTING UTILITIES

A. Contractor shall contract "MISS DIG" prior to construction in order to accurately locate all public utilities present on the site.

B. Contractor shall notify all public utilities owning conduits, wires, cables, pipes, poles or lights running through the property and arranging for the removal of such utilities that must be temporarily or permanently moved or abandoned and paying all costs, if any are required, for such work.

*END OF SUMMARY OF WORK SECTION*

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SECTION 01300

SUBMITTALS

1.1 DESCRIPTION

A. In general, the work under this Section includes, but is not limited to the following:

1. Submission of concrete mix designs, and concrete cylinder test results.

2. Submission of shop drawings, catalog cuts, numbers, and manufacturer’s information for all site improvements listed, called for or required. In the beginning the Contractor shall submit a list of submittals, no later than the Pre Construction Meeting.

3. Submission of Schedule of Values, Construction Schedules and hours of work, no later than the Pre Construction Meeting.

B. Whenever possible throughout the Contract Documents, the minimum acceptable quality of workmanship and materials has been defined by the Manufacturer's name and catalogue number, reference to industry or governmental standards, or description of required attributes and performance.

C. To ensure that the specified products are furnished and installed in accordance with the design intent, the Contractor shall submit the various product samples, catalog cuts, descriptive literature and required drawings as called for in this article and in the various specification sections.

D. The Contractor shall make all required submittals, revise and resubmit as necessary to establish compliance with these specifications in sufficient copies to allow the Recreation Department to retain four copies. All submittals shall be accompanied by a transmittal indicating the specifications section, submittal number, sub-contractor or supplier name and a brief description. Submittals shall be made to the designated City Representative at the Office of the Detroit Recreation Department, Planning & Capital Development Division, Landscape Design Unit, 18100 Meyers, Detroit, Michigan 48235, or as otherwise directed.

1.2 QUALITY ASSURANCE

A. The Contractor shall, prior to making each submittal to the City Representative, review and coordinate all aspects of each item being submitted and verify that what is being submitted complies in all respects with the requirements of the Contract Documents. The contractor shall affix his signature stamp to each submittal, certifying that this coordination has been performed.

B. No materials for which samples or shop drawings are required for approval shall be delivered to the site until they have been approved, unless such requirement is

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C. Samples: All samples shall be taken in such manner as to be truly representative of the entire lot and shall not be worked on in any way as to alter the quality or appearance. The samples shall be of such size; quality or number as to permit the City Representative to properly judge their acceptability and make such tests as may be required.

Samples shall be so packed that they reach their destination in good condition.

All samples shall be properly labeled, or otherwise marked, to show the material or product represented, its place of origin, the name of producer, the name of contractor, and the contract number for which it is intended.

The samples shall be delivered with all transportation charges prepaid by the Contractor to the location designated.

D. Certificates: When stipulated in the Technical Specifications or required by the City Representative, a certificate shall be submitted to the City Representative in triplicate, attesting that the materials, equipment or accessory submitted complies with the contract requirements. The certificate shall include the following information:

1. Name and brand of the product, name of the manufacturer, location of the plant.

2. If the statement originates with the producer, the Contractor shall endorse all claims and submit the statement, in his own name. The Contractor shall also guarantee that all materials furnished for use under the contract will be in compliance with the samples and certificates.

3. An outline giving the chemical and physical properties of the material represented by the sample properties of the material represented by the sample submitted, and giving the name of the testing laboratory which made the test, and the dates of the tests. This information may be omitted in the case of materials required to conform to Federal Specifications or ASTM Standards, provided a certified statement by an acceptable testing laboratory is furnished in lieu thereof.

E. Tests: Tests will be made by such methods and in such numbers as the City Inspector shall determine to be adequate and equitable. Whenever materials are required to conform to Federal Specifications or ASTM Standards, and such specifications are accepted as establishing the technical qualities and testing methods, they shall not necessarily govern the number of tests required to be made. The City Representative may require laboratory tests on samples submitted or may approve materials on the basis of data submitted in certificates with the samples.

If the tests of the samples submitted indicate that the proposed material will not conform to the contract requirements, the City Representative will notify the Contractor that the proposed material is unacceptable and rejected and will furnish the Contractor the basic reasons for such rejection.

F. City's Approval: Approval by the City Representative shall be general only and shall not constitute a waiver of the City's right to demand full compliance with the contract requirements. When a material has been approved, no change in brand or make will be permitted unless:

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1. The Manufacturer cannot make satisfactory delivery; or

2. The material as delivered fails to comply with the contract requirements.

G. Field Check Test: After actual deliveries of materials to the site, the City

Representative will make such check tests as they deem necessary to ensure compliance with the materials delivered or used with the contract requirements.

The City Representative may reject such materials for cause even though such materials have previously been given general approval.

If materials which fail to meet field check tests have been incorporated in he work, the City Representative shall have the authority to require their removal and replacement with proper materials conforming to the contract requirements, at no cost to the City.

PART 2: PRODUCTS

2.1 SUBMITTALS

A. Submittal Schedule, in the form of a material status report shall be submitted to the City Representative within three (3) weeks, twenty-one (21) days, of contract award indicating submittal date(s) and expected fabrication and delivery dates to job site. The material status report shall be kept current and updated every two

(2) weeks during the early stages of the contract submittal period, then as required thereafter.

B. The successful contractor shall submit a list of material suppliers for the City Representative’s approval. Written notification and approval is required for any subsequent change to the original approval list.

C. The Contractor shall also submit his detailed billing breakdown on the standard AIA Project Billing forms for approval of the City Representative prior to the pre construction meeting and commencement of the work.

D. Prior to commencing work, the Contractor shall submit a preliminary construction Progress Schedule. Contractor shall make any revisions deemed necessary and resubmit it to the City Representative for final approval. The final Construction Progress Schedule shall include the following:

1. The anticipated date of commencement and completion of the various operations to be performed under the Contract, including submission of shop drawings and other information requiring approval of the City Representative which directly controls the key operations.

2. The sequence and inter-relationship of each of these operations with the others and, when applicable, with those of other related contracts and;

3. The estimated time required for fabrication or delivery or both, of controlling materials and equipment required for the work.

E. The Schedule shall be predicted on the completion of all the work on or before the date specified herein and as called for in the Bid Documents.. No additional cost will be born by the City should the contractor fall behind the scheduled completion date and schedule timeframe. The Contractor shall take whatever means and methods he deems necessary, should work fall behind schedule, to get it back on schedule, at no additional costs to the City.

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The Schedule, once accepted as satisfactory by all parties concerned shall be strictly adhered to by the Contractor, subject, however, to the provisions below relating to revisions.

The accepted Schedule shall be revised by the Contractor and five copies submitted to the City Representative.

1. If the time allowed for completion is extended by the City.

2. If extra work was ordered by the City, which is not included in the original project scope of work operations originally called for.

3. If the actual progress of the work is such that, in the judgement of the

City Representative, the remaining work to be performed will not be started or completed, or both as indicated by the current schedule.

The revisions shall be made in such manner as to not obliterate the original schedule but will show where and to what extent the schedule has been revised.

Any revised schedule shall, once accepted, be strictly adhered to by the Contractor.

F. Specific Submittals:

1. Stone in Zip lock Bags of Asphalt Trail and Play Area sub base materials, per section 02200.

2. Asphalt mix design, and sealer material, per Section 02740,

3. Play equipment cuts for all new materials called for under Section 02800,

4. Galvanized fence pipe (s), fabric and sureloc materials, per Section

02820,

5. Catalogue cuts, numbers and literature for all site Amenities and other improvements, per Section 02830,

6. Material spec sheets and turf submittals called for under the several

02900 Sections,

7. Concrete mix designs and results to be attained per Section 03300

8. Concrete cylinder test results per Section 03300

9. Any other submittals specifically called for in the General or Technical

Specifications,

10. A List of all sub contractors and suppliers including Company Name, address, contact name and phone number for the Project.

PART 3: EXECUTION

3.1 MATERIALS

A. In general, consecutively number all submittals and forward to the City

Representative with letter of transmittal.

B. All submittals shall be scheduled to allow at least ten (10) working days for the

Review Process by the City Representative.

C. Delays in submission of submittals will not be an acceptable basis for extension of the contract completion date.

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D. City Representative’s review shall not be construed as a complete check, but that the general method of construction and detailing is satisfactory. Review shall not relieve the contractor from responsibility for errors or omissions, which may exist.

Review notations shall be one of the following.

1. "Approved": Contractor authorized to proceed with fabrication, purchase or both.

2. "Approved as Noted": Contractor authorized to proceed with fabrication, purchase or both subject to the items so noted, subject to the revisions, if any, requested by the City Representative’s review comments.

3. Approval as Noted-Resubmit": Contractor not to proceed with purchase or fabrication. Submittal to be revised as called for and re-submitted for approval.

4. Not Approved": Contractor to re-review and re-submit submittal which is in compliance with the Contract Documents and in accordance with any review notations by the City Representative. If the Contractor considers any required revision to be a change, he shall so notify the City Representative as provided under "Changes" in the General Conditions.

*END OF SUBMITTALS SECTION*

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SECTION 01400

CONSTRUCTION STAKING

1.1 RESPONSIBILITY FOR STAKING

A. The Contractor shall establish the property lines and a benchmark on the site, as required by the extent of the work to be performed as indicated on the Drawings. The Contractor shall make and pay all costs associated with the setting of stakes for the grades and layout of the complete work including but not limited to all measurements and establish such points, lines, and elevations necessary for construction. The Contractor shall set all required stakes and markers showing the survey locations and grades for the complete layout of the various parts of the Work.

B. The Contractor shall utilize the proper lasers, or other surveying instruments, run by qualified competent personnel to control the construction installation Work. If the method being used by the Contractor fails to give proper alignment and grade control to the Work, the City shall be empowered to order the Contractor to use such other method(s) as will provide adequate control.

C. The City may require the Contractor, at the Contractor’s expense, to provide such masts, scaffolds, batter-boards, straightedges, templates, or other devices as may be necessary to facilitate laying out the work, and for observing and constructing the Work.

D. The City Representative shall have the right at any time to determine, in accordance with the

Drawings or orders, the correctness and completeness of the measurements taken, or points, lines, and grades established by the Contractor, and any imperfect or incorrect construction resulting from errors in such measurements, points, lines, or grades made or established by the Contractor shall be corrected or replaced by construction which is strictly in accordance with the Contract requirements and at the Contractor’s expense. While the City Representative may draw the Contractor’s attention to errors or incompleteness in the Contractor’s measurements, points, lines, or grades, there is no admission on the part of the City Representative to point out such errors or incompleteness, which would give the Contractor any right to make any claim against the City for additional costs or shall in any way relieve the Contractor of his obligations according to the terms of this Contract.

1.2 STAKING SCHEDULE

A. The Contractor shall submit a completed staking schedule on a form acceptable to the City Representative showing the order in which the Contractor proposes to conduct the construction operation prior to the starting of any Work. The schedule shall be submitted to the City Representative a minimum of three (3) working days prior to the start of construction.

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1.3 LINE AND GRADE

A. The Contractor shall be responsible for any additional line and grade stakes that need replacement regardless of the reason or need. The Contractor shall provide proper protection and preserve all established lines and grade stakes, including any permanent benchmarks.

1.4 RELOCATION AND RE-ESTABLISHMENT

A. Construction Stakes - Where change of location of stakes has been requested by the Contractor, or where the Contractor fails to properly preserve the original construction survey stakes, such resetting or relocations of stakes shall be promptly done by the Contractor and at his expense.

B. Survey Control Points - The Contractor shall bear all expense involved in re-establishing and/or resetting any survey control point, land survey point or monument lost or disturbed during his construction operation. Such Work shall be done under the direct supervision of a licensed land surveyor.

1.5 STAKING PIPELINES

A. Provide sufficient staking at all pipelines to properly install the piping to required slope and grades. Line and grade points shall be established at each structure and at not less than 100 -foot intervals, with benchmarks at maximum 1/4-mile intervals.

1.6 STAKING EXISTING DRAINAGE

A. Unless otherwise indicated on the Plans or specified herein, the Contractor shall bear all expenses including the staking of lines and grades required to restore proper grading of all surface drainage, including swales and ditches disturbed during the construction operation.

1.7 STAKING EARTH WORK

A. Parks, Parking Lots, Or Other Site Improvements -First staking: Line points at 100 - foot intervals for clearing and grubbing. Subsequent staking: Final grade points on 50-foot grid or less as necessary for all grade changes and as necessary to layout and construct the complete Work.

B. Site Improvement Paving - First staking: Line points at 100-foot intervals for clearing and grubbing. Subsequent staking: Final grade points at 50-foot intervals or less on centerline and proper offsets, and at grade changes.

1.8 STAKING ROADWAY & PATHWAYS

A. Line and grade points for walking trail centerline finish surface at 50-foot intervals and at grade changes, points of curve and at 25-foot intervals or less on curves.

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1.9 STAKING OF BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES

A. Initial staking of two (2) intersecting base lines and a minimum of two bench marks on the site. Thereafter as required to establish and construct the work.

PART 2 NOT USED

PART 3: EXECUTION

3.1 STAKING GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS AND INTENT

A. Walking Trail and Football Field Area

1. The general intent for the walking trail is to be not more than 1-inch above finish lawn grades. Minor surface irregularities are to be smoothed out with the walking trail finish grade generally following the existing grade with smooth vertical and horizontal alignment contusive to the activities that will be taking place upon the surface, namely walking, jogging, and roller blading if installed in asphalt. The areas immediately adjacent shall be smoothed out to allow for easy mowing and maintenance activities when the lawn fine grading is completed.

2. The walking trail shall be first staked for alignment down the centerline and the City Representative’s approval called for as to alignment. Any adjustments in the alignment shall be done promptly and at no additional costs to the City, until alignment approval is obtained.

3. Once the alignment has been approved, the walking trail have grade stakes established along with necessary off set staking in preparation for the excavation of the walking trail. Once the grade stakes have been set, final approval shall be called for.

4. The football field shall be layed out by staking at the four corners of the field and as called for on the drawings. Once the layout stakes have been set, approval shall be called for.

5. Following the field layout approval permanent irons shall be set at each corner, and all additional staking shall occur for the setting of the football fields goal line pylons, posts and the field stripping for the Football Field game. The surveyor shall check the layout work of the stripping prior to the actual stripping to insure that the fields are properly marked, whenever that activity is scheduled to take place.

B. Play Areas

1. The Play Areas shall have all play equipment appropriately staked to allow for the proper protective zones that are required around each piece of the play equipment. The Contractor shall coordinate this portion of the work with the vendor manufacturer representatives to insure that the layout between the various equipment pieces is correct. The Contractor, at his expense, is responsible for any final revisions to the AutoCAD drawings based upon the various equipment manufacturers used for the project. It is anticipated that there could be more than one company’s equipment being used on the site. Coordination between the

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2. No additional costs of any kind will be allowed because the selected equipment might require additional space and thus require additional excavation and protective surfacing underneath the equipment.

C. Other Park Survey Work

1. Various site amenities will need to be located and staked per the drawings.

2. If the contract includes trees, the City Represenatitive will work with the

Contractor in the staking of all locations for the trees. The Contractor shall provide the stakes and labor to place them.

*END OF CONSTRUCTION STAKING SECTION*

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SECTION 01700

PROJECT CLOSE OUT

PART 1: GENERAL

1.1 DESCRIPTION

A. In general, the work under this Section includes the following items:

1. Project cleanup.

2. Operation and maintenance data.

3. As built drawings.

4. Guarantees and warranties.

5. Permit clearances/or acceptance.

PART 2: PRODUCTS

2.1 CLEANING MATERIALS AND EQUIPMENT

A. Provide all required personnel, equipment and materials needed to maintain the specified standard of cleanliness. Use only materials and equipment, which are compatible with the surface being cleaned as recommended by the manufacturer of the material or as approved by the Owner.

B. Obtain from the City the necessary manufacture cleaning kit for the Gametime slide.

2.2 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE DATA

A. The Contractor shall obtain from the various sub-trade contractors various operation and maintenance data, replacement parts lists, maintenance schedule requirements, etc., and bind into a notebook. Two sets shall be turned over to the Owner prior to request for final payment.

2.3 AS BUILT DRAWINGS

A. Final record "As Built" drawings shall be neatly prepared on copies of the contract drawings by the Contractor and turned over to the Owner. The Owner will provide one reproducible copy of each drawing to the Contractor for his purpose and at his request.

2.4 GUARANTEES AND WARRANTIES

A. The Contractor shall also, once the work has been completed and the work in its totality accepted by all parties, forward a general guarantee for the project as indicated under the General & Technical Specifications.

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B. Subcontractor's guarantees, equipment and material warranties shall also be included as part of the guarantee submittal for the time length pertaining to each Section of the work.

C. The general guarantee should specifically identify individual portions of the work, which receive greater than that indicated in the individual Sections of the Specifications.

2.5 PERMIT CLEARANCES/ACCEPTANCES

All permits shall have final clearances or acceptances issued as a condition for final payment.

3.1 PROJECT CLEAN - UP

A. Proper cleaning shall be done periodically so as not to allow the accumulation of scrap, debris, waste materials and other items on the project site.

B. In general, the site and storage areas should be kept in a reasonably neat and orderly condition at all times.

C. Construction shall be cleaned on a daily basis to ensure workman safety. Waste materials shall be deposited in an approved container such as a dumpster.

D. Clean up shall include that which is called for individual sections of the Technical

Specifications

3.2 FINAL CLEANING

A. Final cleaning shall be construed to mean a level of cleanliness generally provided by skilled cleaners using commercial quality, site maintenance equipment and materials.

B. Final site cleaning shall consist of hosing down and sweeping all hard surfaced areas including any public roads, which shows visible signs of dust and debris from construction traffic. All debris shall be removed and disposed of off site.

C. The Contractor shall schedule final cleaning as approved by the Owner to enable the Owner to accept a completely clean project, and prior to the established Dedication Date.

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3.3 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE MANUAL

A. Operation and maintenance manuals shall be neatly bound into a loose leaf style notebook with each trade so indexed. In some cases, approved shop drawings and submittals may suffice for use in this regard.

B. Equipment parts lists for replacement purposes shall be included wherever possible.

B. Equipment subject to winterization procedures shall be accompanied with both winterization and spring start-up instructions.

3.4 AS BUILT DRAWINGS

A. Final "As-Built" drawings shall be prepared by the Contractor from the job set maintained on the job. All markings showing changes should be shown in colored pencil. If the job set has been kept in a neat and orderly condition throughout the progress of the work, and they are acceptable to the Owner, they may be used as the record "As-built" drawings submittal.

*END OF PROJECT CLOSE OUT SECTION*

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SECTION 02100

CLEARING AND DEMOLITION

A. In general, the work under this Section includes all clearing, removals and grubbing work indicated on the Plans and as required, complete with cutting and removal of trees, shrubs, other vegetation, stumps, logs, brush, roots and undergrowth, removals of sidewalks, curbing, rocks, boulders, metals and other types of debris, footings and foundations, old wood structures, old posts and signs, and any other items called for on the drawings. All items of clearing, removals and demolition shall be legally disposed of offsite.

1.2 RELATED WORK SPECIFIED ELSEWHERE

A. Summary of Work, Section 01000 B. Measurement & Payment, Section 01025 C. Alternates, Section 01100 D. Earthwork, Section 02200 E. Hot-Mix Asphalt Paving, Section 02740 F. Play Area Site Improvements, Section 02800 G. Landscape Work, Section 02900 H. Lawn Hydro-Seeding & Landscape Maintenance Work, Section 02931 I. Concrete Work, Section 03300

2.1 Provide all necessary permits, equipment, tools, labor, supervision and disposal necessary.

3.1 EXECUTION

A. Contract "Miss Dig" prior to beginning any work in order to locate any underground utilities.

B. Unless otherwise noted, demolition shall include the removal of all items as shown on the drawings and indicated above or in other Sections of these specifications.

C. Demolition Material: All materials removed during the construction as, indicated on the Drawings shall be removed from the site and legally disposed of at an approved dumping site within two days time. No burning of rubbish or debris will be permitted. No large quantities of debris shall be allowed to accumulate on the site.

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3.2 CONCRETE SIDEWALK & MISC. DEMOLITION

A. The Contractor shall remove and dispose of damaged existing concrete sidewalks and any small foundations or footings that may be encountered in the site prep and installation work and/or as indicated on the plans for the construction of all work as shown on the Drawings. Once removed the Contractor shall erect appropriate barricades and maintained them until sidewalk flag replacement work is completed.

3.3 TREE, STUMP AND VEGETATION REMOVAL

A. Remove and dispose of all vegetation, and stumps growing within the existing fence lines, necessary for the construction of all work, unless otherwise directed by the City Represenatitive. This includes the clearing of any trees or shrubbery roots that are in and along the fence lines. All existing stumps shall also be removed by grinding or other approved means.

B. Protect existing trees, which are to remain. Contractor shall protect all trees to remain by the erection of protective fencing as indicated in the Demolition and Tree Protection Plan, or as further directed by the City Represenatitive.

3.4 MISCELLANEOUS

A. The work shall include all protection, clearing, demolition and disposal as necessary for the complete implementation of the work as shown on the Drawings, and as recommended by the City Representative without any additional cost to the Owner.

*END OF CLEARING, DEMOLITION AND RELOCATION SECTION*

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SECTION 02830

SITE AMENITIES

The work in general included under this section provides all necessary materials, tools, equipment, labor and supervision required for the work related to the installation of the site amenities called for on the drawings.

B. Measurements & Payments, Section 01025

C. Alternates, Section 01100

D. Earthwork, Section 02200

E. Ball Diamond Construction, Section 02210

F. Prefabricated Park Shelter, Section 02875

G. Horseshoe Courts, Section 02840

H. Concrete, Section 03300

1.3 SUBMITTALS

A. Catalogue cuts and numbers and manufacturer's literature are required for all site improvements amenities listed below. Shop drawings, catalogue cuts, CAD drawings, specifications, color selectors for all of the amenities that are required for all items listed, or any "or equals," that were approved during the bid process for review and approval by the City Representative, prior to installation.

B. During the bid process submit manufactures detail specification and shop drawings of the product to be considered, which must meet or exceed that specified for consideration, for review and approval.

1.4 KNOWN SOURCES:

A. The sources indicated below under Section 2 have or represent the necessary products as specified under this section of the specifications. Alternate “or equal” manufactures maybe considered if approved and done prior to the receipt of bids.

2.1 EQUIPMENT

A. Galvanized or stainless steel screws, nuts, washers & bolts etc. shall have an application of a product equal to “Lock Tight” applied to threads.

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3.1 GENERAL

A. All amenities that require a concrete footing or concrete pads shall be set in concrete, as specified within the concrete section of these specifications. All posts, poles or other embedded items necessary to install all called for site amenities shall be set in concrete as detailed and or called for by the manufacturer.

B. Contractor shall provide barricades or other such means to prevent usage or pedestrian traffic upon freshly installed site elements until they have developed sufficient strength to avoid damage and/or personal injury.

C. Any settlement, damages, or defects occurring in any portion of the work shall be repaired or that portion of the work replaced as directed by the City representative prior to and as condition of final acceptance (end of one-year guarantee period).

D. Any existing site elements damaged or destroyed during site amenities installation shall have new parts installed or old parts fully repaired so as to be returned to their original condition and shall be done prior to substantial completion and acceptance by the City

E. All site amenities shall be installed plumb and/or level, at the locations shown on the plan.

F. Bollards as called for and shall be set plumb, in straight lines and alignment as indicated on the drawings.

3.1 INSPECTION

A. Examine final grades and installation conditions. Do not start installation of site amenities until unsatisfactory conditions are corrected.

3.2 PREPARATION & LAYOUT

A. The Contractor shall contact the City Representative prior to starting layout and installation operations. The contractor shall measure in all site amenities and stake them as appropriate.

B. The City Representative will check all site amenities layout with the contractor, prior to the installation of each item.

3.3 SITE AMENITY INSTALLATION

A. Assemble and install all site amenity components and items as specified herein in strict accordance with manufacturer's instructions, as located and detailed on drawings, or as may be adjusted by the City Representative during the staking layout process.

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B. Layout of all site amenities and anchoring devices, footings and or other components shall be in strict accordance with the manufacturer's instructions and as detailed on drawings.

C. Embedded items, anchor bolts, and anchor plates shall be carefully installed so as to receive the site amenity as intended, and properly secured in accordance with the manufactures intent.

D. Surface mounted amenities as called for shall be securely anchored into place.

Improperly set items shall be removed and re done or corrected to the satisfaction of the City.

E. Concrete shall be allowed to cure sufficiently before commencing assembly or erection of other site amenity components.

F. Lawns adjacent to the concrete pads shall be sloped away from each amenity item at no greater slope than six (6”) inches in ten (10’) feet as called for elsewhere.

G. All concrete footings shall be not less than 42” deep and of the sizes called for on the drawings, details or as required by the manufacturer, which ever is the greater.

H. All site amenities shall be installed true to alignment called for and in a plumb, straight, and clean (of concrete splatter) or other surface blemishes or scratches condition indicative of a new item, properly installed.

I. All fasteners shall be at a minimum hot dipped galvanized, and stainless steel where called for. Contractor shall use the locking type nuts or pliable type of

“lock tight” to insure that the nuts and bolts are installed firmly.

J. The contractor shall store, handle and assemble all site amenities carefully to prevent damage. In the event that damage the contractor shall immediately repair with new part or parts to the full satisfaction of the City and with no additional costs to the City.

3.4 CLEANING

A. Perform cleaning operations during installation of work and upon completion of work so as to have a clean site amenity. The contractor shall not allow debris to accumulate from the installation operation. Promptly remove daily from the site all packing protective items or any other debris from whatever the source.

* END OF SITE AMENITIES SECTION *

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SECTION 02900

LANDSCAPING WORK

A. The work included under this section provides all necessary materials, labor, equipment, tools, watering, trash clean up, maintenance and supervision required for the execution of all plantings, installation of lawn turf areas and related work as shown on the drawings and as noted in these specifications.

1. The shade trees are subject to the two-year warrantee provisions indicated below.

2. The perennials, ground covers, flowering ornamentals and any evergreens plants are subject to only a 1-year warrantee.

3. All plant materials, plant beds and lawn areas shall be fully watered, mowed and otherwise fully maintained until accepted by the City Represenatitive.

B. The work includes only those things called for on the drawings & specifications, or as otherwise called for under the alternates section of these specifications and in general may include the installation of called for plant materials, hydro-seeding, or turf blanket and/or sodding of lawn areas and areas disturbed during the construction process, the procurement and transportation of all materials to the site, the preparation of and installation of all lawn turf areas, planting beds and planting of all materials, including: mulching, watering, protection, replacements and a maintenance guarantee period; including the edging of sidewalks and weed removal, plant material care, lawn area care and miscellaneous landscape materials and other items of work, as required to complete the landscape work in strict accordance with the drawings and specifications.

A. Summary of Work, Section 0100 B. Measurement & Payment, Section 01025 C. Alternates, Section 01100 D. Clearing & Demolition, Section 02100 E. Earthwork, Section 02200

1.3 SUBMITTALS AND INSPECTION

A. Plant Materials:

1. The contractor shall deliver to the City Representative, a sample of the planting mixture and topsoil in a re-sealable one-gallon bag accompanied with an analysis report and source obtained from. Approval of the reports, source and samples are required prior to delivery of any materials to the job site.

2. The contractor shall submit a small sample of the planting bed and tree mulch material.

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3. The contractor shall notify the City Representative, to go out into the plant nursery to select and tag the plant material stock for the project, if called for.

All plant materials shall be subject to inspection and approval at the nursery, contractor's yard and upon delivery to the job site for quality, condition, size, shape, variety and overall appearance by the City Representative. At no time shall any approval impair the right of further inspection and rejection at the park site during the progress of the work or contract life for failure to conform to the listed size and condition requirements or latent defects, diseases or injuries. Rejected plant materials shall be promptly removed from the site by the contractor.

B. Other Materials:

1. Submit product literature and other relevant data sheets for proposed weed killer, fertilizer, and weed and feed, hydro-seed materials, turf restoration blanket materials and/or sod source.

2. Hydro-seeding, turf restoration blanket and/or sod materials shall be subject to inspection and approval at the contractor's yard or upon delivery to the job site for quality, condition, and overall appearance by the City Representative. At no time shall any approval impair the right of further inspection and rejection at the park site during the progress of the work or contract life for failure to conform to the listed condition requirements. The contractor shall promptly remove rejected lawn turf materials from the site.

1.4 QUALITY ASSURANCE

A. All landscape work shall be performed only by skilled persons with satisfactory record of performance on completed projects of similar size and quality.

B. The contractor shall provide all required soils testing for the purposes of determining the correct chemical analysis of fertilizers to be used as required for completion of the work covered under these specifications including the Landscape Maintenance Guarantee Period indicated later in this specification section.

C. “Certificates of Inspection” for all plant materials provided by the contractor shall be furnished as may be required by any Federal, State, or other authorities to accompany shipments. Inspection certificates shall be turned over to City Representative.

D. Any materials delivered to job site, which does not conform to the approved samples shall be grounds for rejection by the City's Representative.

E. The contractor shall advise the City's Representative of his/her schedule for placement of topsoil, fertilizer, and landscaping work operations so a representative can be present as may be desired for observation.

F. The contractor shall submit a written description of means and methods of transplanting/handling operations to the City Representative for approval.

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G. The contractor shall provide the City Represenatitive with all topsoil delivery tickets, which must be obtained from the trucker hauling topsoil to the site.

H. The contractor shall have the following current licenses and submit a copy of each:

1. Nurseryman, State of Michigan License

2. Economic Poison Application License (State of Michigan)

3. City of Detroit Landscape License

I. Trained personnel using current, acceptable horticultural practices shall perform all landscaping services.

J. All chemical applications shall be performed in accordance with current county, state, and federal law, utilizing EPA-approved materials and methods of application. These applications shall be performed by or under the supervision of a Licensed Certified Applicator.

1.5 GENERAL SITE OBSERVATION

A. The contractor shall immediately report any damage, which has occurred to any site items such as pavement areas, walks, signage, play equipment or surfacing, fencing, site amenities and plant materials, etc.

B. In addition, the contractor shall immediately notify the City Representative of any damage due to vandalism and any other facilities not necessarily described herein, during his regular site visits to perform maintenance work.

1.6 APPROVALS

A. Any work performed beyond these specifications, which are outlined herein and on the drawings shall only be done upon written approval by the City Representative.

Work preformed with out written authorization, will be at the Contractors sole expense and done so at no additional costs to the City.

PART 2: MATERIALS

2.1 PLANT MATERIALS

A. Contractor supplied plant materials shall conform to the following requirements:

1. Plants shall be true to name. The standard names are those adopted by the

American Joint Committee on Horticultural Nomenclature. No substitution of species or varieties shall be accepted without the written consent of the City Representative.

2. Plants shall have a normal habit of growth and shall be typical of their species unless the general shape and overall character of a particular plant is specifically noted in the Plant List on the drawings.

3. Plants shall be certified healthy, freshly dug, vigorous and free from defects, decay, disfiguring roots, sun scale injuries, abrasions of the bark, plant

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4. All plants shall be northern nursery grown hardiness zone climatic conditions similar to those in the locality of the project for at lease two (2) years and shall have normal healthy root systems, having been subjected to proper transplanting, and shall include all trees, ornamental trees, shrubs, evergreens, and ground cover as called for on the drawings.

5. Plant types shall be as listed in the “Planting Materials List” if called for on the drawings.

6. Measurement: Trees and shrubs shall be measured when their branches are in normal position. Height and spread dimensions specified refer to the main body of the plant, and not from branch or root tip to tip. Caliper of trees shall be taken 6" above ground level.

7. Plants shall not be pruned prior to delivery.

8. Balled and burlapped ("B & B") plants shall have firm, natural balls of soil of a diameter to conform to the above standards, but large enough to encompass sufficient fibrous feeding roots to insure full recovery and development of the plants. Plants grown in sand are not acceptable.

9. All precautions, which are customary in good nursery practice, shall be taken to insure the arrival of the plant material in good condition for successful growth. Plant material which is poorly packed, or which arrives with the roots in a dry condition, as a result of improper packing, delay in transit, or with the leaves in a dehydrated condition, or from any other cause, will not be accepted.

10. All plants shall be freshly dug. All plants shall be typical of their species or variety and shall have a normal habit of growth unless otherwise specified.

Trees shall have straight trunks and all old abrasions and cuts shall be completely calloused over. Trees with multiple leaders will not be accepted.

11. Plants shall have a well-developed fibrous root system.

2.2 OTHER PLANTING & MISCELLANEOUS MATERIALS

A. Fertilizer:

Shall be commercial grade and shall bear the manufacturer's label and guaranteed analysis, fertilizer shall be complete (time-released) fertilizer with a minimum of 50% of the nitrogen derived from natural organic sources; Fertilizer shall be added in proportions determined by soil analysis and per manufacturer's recommendation.

The following is a standard for bidding purposes only:

1. Trees: Use 1/2 lb. of time-released 10-6-4 fertilizer per inch of trunk diameter.

2. Shrubs: Use 1/4 lb. of time-released 10-6-4 fertilizer per foot of height or spread per plant, or 3-5 lbs. per 100 sq. ft. of bed area.

3. Groundcover: Use 3 lbs. of time-released 10-6-4 fertilizer per 100 sq. ft. of bed area.

4. Perennials and annuals: Use 3 lbs. of time-release, high-phosphate fertilizer per 100 sq. ft. of bed area.

5. Bulbs: Use 5 lbs. of bonemeal per 100 sq. ft. of bed area. (If bulbs are to be planted.)

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6. Apply a pre-emergent (soil applied) herbicide such as Preen to all plant beds at rates specified by the material manufacturer.

B. Planting Mixture:

A planting mixture shall be used for all tree, shrub, or plant beds in the planting operations. This mixture shall be composed of three parts sandy loam topsoil and one part shredded leaf humus or equal and one part peat moss. It shall be mixed dry at the Contractor’s yard, or on the site to a uniform texture without lumps and containing no stones, sticks, roots or other foreign material.

C. Topsoil:

The topsoil shall be fertile, friable natural topsoil of clay loam character obtained from a well-drained arable site. It shall contain at least 5% but not more than 20% by weight of organic matter determined by ignition after being dried to a constant weight at 221 F. It shall be reasonably free from heavy clay lumps, coarse sand, stones, plant roots, sticks or other foreign material and shall not be delivered in frozen or muddy condition. It shall be the contractor's responsibility to supply topsoil for all lawn areas with a pH range from 6.0 to 7.0 either natural or corrected for deficiency. Topsoil tests shall yield the following results to be acceptable or be modified at no additional costs to the City per recommendations by the Testing Laboratory: Nitrogen (N), Medium Range; Potassium (K), 180 pounds per acre;

and Phosphorus (p), 30 pounds per acre.

D. Planting bed mulch shall be of the double shredded bark type. Provide enough to insure a 4" depth on all beds and tree pits shown on the…