3-2026 Road Improvement Measurement and Payment.pdf

Measurement and Payment

2026 Road Improvement Program Chester County Solid Waste Authority

1 – General Payment shall be made only for work completed in accordance with the Contract Documents and accepted by the Owner. Bid quantities are estimates. Unit-price items shall be paid based on actual accepted quantities.

Lump-sum items shall be paid based on the accepted percentage of work completed.

Unless expressly paid under another bid item, each price shall include all labor, materials, equipment, transportation, installation, and incidental work necessary to complete the item. Work shall not be paid under more than one item. Unauthorized work, wasted or rejected materials, and correction of defective work shall not be eligible for payment.

The Contractor shall submit information on all materials proposed for incorporation into the project for final approval by the Owner before use. Material approval does not constitute acceptance of installed work. Materials incorporated without approval shall not be eligible for payment unless subsequently accepted by the Owner.

2 – Division 1 General Requirements Item 1 - Mobilization and Demobilization (LS). Payment shall cover mobilization, site setup, traffic control and coordination with landfill operations, demobilization, and final cleanup. Payment shall be proportional to completion of these activities. The portion attributable to demobilization and final cleanup shall be payable after those activities are complete.

Item 2 - Site Clearance (LS). Payment shall cover clearing and removal of vegetation, debris, and obstructions necessary within the construction limits, including hauling to Owner-designated locations. Excavation and pavement removal paid under other items are excluded.

3 – Division 2 Erosion and Sedimentation Control Item 1 - 18-Inch Filter Socks (LF). Measurement shall be the accepted length installed, measured along the sock alignment without additional allowance for overlaps. Payment shall include anchorage, inspection, maintenance, sediment removal, replacement necessary to maintain service, and final removal.

Item 2 - Inlet Protection (EA). Measurement shall be the number of accepted inlet protection installations.

Payment shall include installation, inspection, cleaning, maintenance, necessary replacement, and final removal. Replacement at the same inlet shall not constitute an additional payable installation.

Item 3 - E&S Blanket (LS). Payment shall cover accepted installation over all required areas, including anchoring, overlaps, maintenance, and repairs until final stabilization.

Item 4 - Mulch and Seeding (LS). Payment shall cover seedbed preparation, seeding, mulch, soil amendments, maintenance, and reseeding necessary to achieve accepted permanent stabilization. Topsoil placement included in a grading item shall not be paid again under this item.

4 – Division 3 Site Work Items 3.1.1, 3.2.1, and 3.3.1 - Grading and Compaction (CY). Measurement shall be the volume of excavation within approved limits, calculated using field dimensions, cross-sections, or other quantity records accepted by the Owner. Volumes shall be measured in their original position without allowance for swell, shrinkage or re-compaction. No excavation quantity shall be measured or paid more than once.

Payment shall include excavation, approved unsuitable-material removal, loading, on-site hauling and stockpiling, placement and compaction of suitable earth fill, shaping, subgrade preparation, and proof-rolling.

Item 3.2.1 shall also include required slope topsoil filling and compaction. Aggregate replacement shall be paid under the applicable 2A stone item. Undercutting beyond the planned limits requires Owner authorization before proceeding and documentation before backfilling.

Items 3.1.2, 3.2.2, and 3.3.2 - 2A Stone (TON). Measurement shall be accepted tons incorporated into the work, supported by delivery weight tickets. Payment shall include aggregate furnished, delivered, placed, graded, and compacted for the specified base, shoulders, and authorized unsuitable-material replacement.

Excavation shall be paid under the applicable grading item. Compaction testing shall be paid separately.

Rejected material, waste, and excess placement outside approved limits shall not be payable.

Items 3.1.3 and 3.3.6 - Nonwoven Geotextile (SF). Measurement shall be the accepted surface area covered, without additional allowance for overlaps, folds, or waste. Payment shall include furnishing, quality inspection, placement, securing, and incidental work.

Item 3.1.4 - Aluminum Gravel Edge (LF). Measurement shall be the accepted installed length. Payment shall include edging, overlaps, anchors, connectors, cutting, fitting, and installation.

Items 3.1.5 and 3.3.7 - Riprap (TON). Measurement shall be accepted tons incorporated within the approved limits, supported by delivery weight tickets. Payment shall include furnishing, delivery, placement, and shaping.

Swale excavation and geotextile shall be paid under their respective items.

Items 3.2.3, 3.2.4, 3.3.3, 3.3.4, 3.4.2, and 3.4.3 - Asphalt Binder and Wearing Courses (TON). Measurement shall be accepted tons incorporated into the designated course, supported by delivery weight tickets. Payment shall include furnishing, hauling, surface preparation, placement, compaction, joints, and tie-ins. Tack coat shall be paid separately. Rejected material, waste, and excess placement outside approved limits or thicknesses shall not be payable.

Items 3.2.5, 3.3.5, and 3.4.4 - Non-Tracking Tack Coat (LS). Payment shall cover accepted surface preparation and tack coat application within the respective work area, including contact surfaces and joints.

Tack coat included in road edge restoration or speed bump installation shall not be paid again under these items.

Item 3.4.1 - Milling and Removal of Existing Asphalt (SY). Measurement shall be the accepted pavement area milled to the specified depth, including required transitions. Payment shall include milling, loading, hauling to the Owner-designated stockpile, and cleaning. Additional passes over the same area shall not increase the payable quantity.

Item 3.5.1 - Road Edge Restoration (LF). Measurement shall be the accepted length along the restored road edge. Payment shall include the complete section shown in the detail, including saw-cutting, excavation, material removal, aggregate base, asphalt binder and wearing courses, tack coat, compaction, and tie-ins.

These materials and activities shall not be paid again under other items.

Item 3.5.2 - Speed Bump Installation (EA). Payment shall be made for each complete, accepted installation, including milling, surface preparation, asphalt, shaping, tack coat, joint sealant, and pavement markings.

Item 3.5.3 - Road Rail Reinstallation (LS). Payment shall cover all labor, materials, equipment, and time necessary to perform the road rail work specified in the Contract Drawings, including required removal, handling, storage, reinstallation, anchorage, and alignment. Payment shall be based on completion of the specified work at the lump-sum bid price, rather than reimbursement of actual time and material costs. Damage caused by the Contractor shall be repaired at no additional cost.

Item 3.5.4 - Existing Electrical Rim Adjustment (LS). Payment shall cover the complete, accepted adjustment to proposed finished grade, including excavation, protection during construction, adjustment materials, backfill, compaction, and restoration.

Item 3.5.5 - Gabion Basket Repair and Refill (LS). Payment shall cover all labor, materials, equipment, and time necessary to perform the gabion work specified in the Contract Drawings, including clearing, basket repair materials, stone, fastening, and restoration. Payment shall be based on completion of the specified work at the lump-sum bid price, rather than reimbursement of actual time and material costs.

Item 3.5.6 - 2A Stone Compaction Testings (EA). Payment shall cover all labor, materials, equipment, travel, and time necessary to perform the density compaction testing specified in the Contract Drawings. The Contractor shall submit all construction testing results to the Owner for review. Work shall not proceed to subsequent phases until all test results have been reviewed and accepted by the Owner. One in-place density test for every 2,500 SF of each lift of 2A aggregate placed, with a minimum of one test per day of placement and one test per lift. Areas failing to achieve 100% of the project-specified criteria shall be reworked and retested. All testing shall be performed in accordance with the requirements of applicable local, state, federal and industry standards.

5 – Division 4 As Built Item 1 - As-Built Drawing (LS). Payment shall be made upon Owner acceptance of complete record drawings and supporting quantity documentation covering every bid item included in the Contractor's request for final payment. Records shall identify completed work, locations and extents where applicable, approved field changes, and final quantities. Weight tickets and other applicable payment records shall support quantities that cannot be established from the drawings alone.

Legible marked-up Contract Drawings and accompanying schedules are acceptable. Preparation or certification by a licensed surveyor is not required. Submission and Owner acceptance of these records shall be a condition of final payment.