Project_Notes.pdf

12034318Q0260

Gravel Crushing and Stockpiling

Project Notes

1. Section 106 – Acceptance of Work

All quality control and quantity measurements are the responsibility of the Contractor and are subsidiary to Item 32001. No separate payment will be made.

Do not haul material or perform any work that closes a road to public travel between

5:00 p.m. Friday and 6:00 a.m. the following Monday.

2. Section 108 – Prosecution and Progress

NFSR 468 is closed to vehicular traffic from December 1 to March 31 each year.

Do not haul material or perform work that closes a road to public travel during the General

Big Game Season. Probably September 15 through November 29, check with COR for precise dates.

3. Section 151 – Mobilization

Remove all mud, dirt and plant parts from all equipment, i.e. excavator/loader, dozer, before moving into any project area. Cleaning must occur off National Forest lands. This does not apply to service vehicles that will stay on the roadways, traveling frequently in and out of the project areas.

4. Section 156 – Public Traffic

(a) Signing during operations shall be as follows.

A 48” x 48” TRUCKS HAULING sign shall be placed as follows:

Nez Perce Road # 468 – at the intersection with the West Fork Highway and 200 feet west of the CCC (Stockpile Site).

Note: Signs are required at any site only when hauling is taking place.

All signs shall conform to MUTCD standards.

(b) Nez Perce Road #468 shall remain open to public travel during Contractor’s operations.

(c) Contractor is responsible for public safety of vehicles driving open roads while trucks are hauling. Contractor may use flaggers and or pilot cars if necessary. No separate payment shall be made and any costs associated shall be incidental to Item 32001.

12034318Q0260

Gravel Crushing and Stockpiling

5. Section 158 – Watering for Dust Control

Temporary dust abatement shall be provided as needed for safety visibility during hauling and shall be subsidiary to Item 32001 and no separate payment will be made.

6. Section 320 – Stockpiled Aggregates

All tests listed in Special Project Specifications 703.05 (b) Surface Course Aggregate are required. Testing frequency is described in Section 301, Table 301-1, in the FP-03 Standard

Specifications for construction of Roads and Bridges on Federal Highway Projects.

The material source (Contractor’s pit) for the aggregate shall be free of the presence of the following weeds of concern: Blueweed, Hawkweed, Dalmation Toadflax, Yellow Star

Thistle, Leafy Spurge, Common Bugloss, Rush Skeleton weed, Spotted Knapweed, and

St. John’s Wort (Goat weed).

The new stockpile created by this contract shall be kept separate from any other existing gravel pile present in the Tough Creek Pit.