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Massachusetts Department Of Transportation Highway Division Proposal No. 614074-135792

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DOCUMENT A00807

MBTA SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS

Massachusetts Department Of Transportation Highway Division

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April 1, 2003

APPENDIX M

MBTA SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS

MARCH 2003

Table of Contents

LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL REGARDING SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS…………………….. 2

1. ACCESS TO AUTHORITY PROPERTY………………………………………………

2. INSURANCE REQUIREMENTS………………………………………………………….6

3. SUBMITTAL OF SPECIFICATIONS, DRAWINGS, DESIGN AND METHODS OF

CONSTRUCTION………………………………………………………………………….6

(Applies to non-MBTA Construction Contracts. MBTA Construction Contracts are covered under Division I)

4. OPERATIONAL RESTRICTIONS……………………………………………………..… 7

5. PROTECTION SERVICES………………………………………………………..………. 10

6. ANNUAL CERTIFICATION OF HI-RAIL EQUIMPMENT……………………..……… 11

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MBTA SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS

APRIL 2003

LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL REGARDING SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS

The Subway Operations, Bus Operations, Safety, Systemwide Maintenance & Improvements, Operations Support, and the Design and Construction Departments of the MBTA have determined that certain limitations regarding Contractor’s activities are required while working on a construction project.

These Supplementary Conditions are included herein to augment the MBTA Standard Specifications, Division I - General Requirements, Section 00700 - General Conditions, Article 6 - Prosecution and

Progress, Paragraph 6.04 - Limitations of Operations with additional information, which is applicable to construction projects.

However, for non-MBTA construction projects where Division I does not apply, such as in the case of rights to construct on MBTA property granted under a lease or license agreement, the enclosed Special

Instructions are still applicable unless otherwise directed.

Contract drawings and specifications for non-MBTA construction projects, relative to all work that will be performed within or directly adjacent to MBTA property, must be submitted to the Authority’s .

Chief Engineer of Design and Construction, Director of Subway Operations, Director of Bus

Operations, Director, of Systemwide Maintenance & Improvements, Director of Operations Support, Director of Safety, and the Director of Real Estate. The addresses and phone numbers are listed on. the next page. The, special instructions contain information to be complied with by the owner, contractors, and others associated with the project.

Applicable provisions of the special instructions plus additional requirements from other MBTA departments must be included in the contract specifications as instructions to the contractor when performing work on or adjacent to MBTA property. Permission to perform work on MBTA property will be granted by the Director of Real Estate only when contract plans and specifications are approved by the MBTA.

The enforcement of any of the following conditions shall not be construed as waiving any of the rights of the Authority in any of the other conditions of an MBTA contract.

A meeting to further discuss MBTA requirements may be arranged by contacting the offices of those listed in Article l.a. and/or b. herein.

1. ACCESS TO AUTHORITY PROPERTY

A. For MBTA Contractors Only: An owner or Contractor who wishes permission to enter upon or perform work over, on, under or adjacent to Authority property shall submit to the offices of the Authority’s Chief Engineer of Design and Construction, the Director of

Bus Operations, the Director of Subway Operations, Director of Systemwide

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Maintenance & Improvements, and the Director of Operations Support, a request in writing, a minimum of forty-two (42) days prior to the owner or the Contractor’s planned commencement of any of the above stated activities. Addresses of the above are as follows:

MBTA’ s Chief Engineer of Design and Construction th

Floor

10 Park Plaza

Boston, MA 02116

617 222-3116

Director of Systemwide Maintenance & Improvements

500 Arborway

Jamaica Plain, MA 02130

617 222-5454

Director of Subway Operations th

Floor

45 High Street

Boston, MA 02110

617 222-4554

Director of Bus Operations th

Floor

45 High Street

Boston, MA 02110

617 222-3368

Director of Operations Support

10th Floor

45 High Street

Boston, MA Q2110

617 222-5460

Director of Safety nd

Floor

21 Arlington Avenue

Charlestown, MA 02129

617 222-4244

B. Non-MBTA Construction Contractors For Lessees or Licenses of the MBTA Only: An owner or

Contractor who wishes permission to enter upon or perform work over, on, under or adjacent to

Authority property shall submit to the offices of the MBTA’s designated representative for real estate listed below, a request in writing, a minimum of forty-two (42) days prior to the owner or the

Contractor’s planned commencement of any of the above stated activities. The designated representative will distribute plan sets to the above MBTA departments and will coordinate departmental approvals. Application forms and instructions for obtaining access to MBTA property

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“MBTA” and “Licensing.”

License Administrator

Massachusetts Realty Group

20 Park Plaza, Suite 1120

Boston, MA 02116

617-316-1654 www.mbtarealty.com

The designated representative reports directly to:

MBTA Director of Real Estate th

Floor

10 Park Plaza

Boston, MA 02116

617 222-3255

C. Requests shall specify the name of the owner or the contractor, the reasons for entering the property, where the property will be entered, each individual location where work of a different nature is to be performed, the nature of such work, and the number of days, including time schedule, the owner or the contractor intends to remain on the property at each location. The

Authority will process such requests and meet with the owner or contractor to work out a schedule and phasing .for the work plus other arrangements including financial. The Authority shall request a list of the names of each individual who will enter upon or perform work on Authority property.

D. The owner or contractor shall. notify the representative of the Design and Construction Department and the appropriate Operations Director at least seventy-two (72) hours prior to entering the property as agreed upon earlier with the Authority. The owner or contractor shall notify the Design and Construction, and Operations Departments immediately if the job is to be closed down unexpectedly and shall again notify the Authority as specified above when work will commence.

E. The owner or contractor shall make all necessary arrangements with the Authority before entering upon the property and perform the work in accordance with an MBTA approved work schedule.

The owner or contractor shall not enter MBTA property or perform any work on Authority property without the presence of an assigned MBTA representative from the Design and

Construction Department or the Operations Department who is responsible for monitoring the work of that owner or contractor for the Authority. Working on Authority property without an assigned

MBTA representative present shall be cause for immediate eviction from the property.

F. The owner or contractor must have in place a method of payment for all Authority support services such as flagging, work trains, power shut offs, etc., prior to commencement of any work. This will be processed through a written force account agreement between the Authority and the owner or contractor prior to commencement of work. Direct billing to contractors for Authority support services requires the contractor’s authorized representative to agree in writing that the company will reimburse the Authority for those support services, including overhead and fringe benefits.

Once the Authority receives the signed statement from the contractor, the General Accounting

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Office will open a reimbursable account for specific Authority department(s) to charge costs, and the contractor will be billed directly.

G. The work associated with this project, except as hereinafter expressly provided, will be done without interruption of or change in the regular work or operation of vehicles of the

Authority. No work shall be done affecting the operations of vehicles or operations of stations until the contractor has submitted details of his procedures to the Design and Construction and the applicable Operations representatives thirty (30) working days prior to start of work and has secured written permission to proceed.

H. The Authority reserves the right to require work affecting the safety of the operations to be performed at prescheduled non-operating periods from approximately 1:30 a.m. to 5:00 a.m. daily

(1:30 a.m. - 4:30 a.m. effective); 1:30 a.m. to 6:00 a.m. Sunday (1:30 a.m.-5:30 a.m. effective).

The contractor will not be permitted to remain within the track right-of-way after 5:00 am. (6:00 a.m. Sunday). The Authority may, during emergencies or at times when the Authority work forces are required to work in the area of the contractors work, order the contractor to cease work and remove his work forces and equipment from the property leaving the right-of-way in a safe operating condition. The Authority also reserves the right to stop or postpone any contractor’s previously approved work if, in the Authority’s opinion, such work is being performed in a manner that will endanger and/or delay the Authority’s regular work or operations.

I. The owner or contractor shall make their own provisions for electric power, compressed air, water, ventilation, and disposal of seepage water. No use of existing MBTA utilities will be permitted unless approved in advance by the Authority.

J. The owner or the contractor’s attention is directed to other projects that will be ongoing simultaneously in the work area. The Authority will determine priorities for site access between this project and others.

K. The Authority reserves the right to deny the contractor access to the right of way because of operational requirements, adverse weather conditions or emergency track, signal, and power repairs. The contractor shall reasonably expect to be denied access to the site a total of 10 (ten) days per calendar year, this does not include the following holidays; New Year’s Day, President’s

Day, Patriot’s Day, Memorial Day, Bunker Hill Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Columbus

Day, Veteran’s Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day. In addition, right of way access may be denied on days when various Special Events impact service as well as during Red Sox home games on the Green Line.

Furthermore, the contractor shall also expect to have his access to the site delayed a total of 4

(four) times per month. Each delay shall be 60 (sixty) minutes or less. The contractor shall make allowances for these possible events in their bid. Due to increased stopping distances associated with slippery rail conditions, non-emergency access will not be allowed within ten (10) feet of the centerline of the track under adverse weather conditions.

L. The contractor shall perform his work at all times so as to cause no interruption of service during operating hours and shall at all times after performing work during either operating hours or non-operating hours leave the Authority’s property in a clean and safe operating condition.

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M. On occasion, the Authority will operate work cars, test trains, security trains, and/or hirait Vehicles in, the area of the work. At no time during these occurrences will the contractor be allowed to work on the right-of-way, except with the approval of the Authority or the Authority personnel providing protection services as defined in Protection Services.

2. INSURANCE REOUIREMENTS

A. The owner or Contractor’s for MBTA Construction Contracts insurance requirements shall conform to the latest version of MBTA Standard Specifications, Division 1 - General

Requirements, Section 00700 - General Conditions, Article 5 - Legal Relations and Responsibility to the Public, Paragraph 5.04 - Insurance Requirements. Owners or Contractors under a lease or license agreement with the MBTA shall provide insurance in accordance with the requirements of said agreement.

3. SUBMITTAL OF SPECIFICATIONS DRAWINGS. DESIGN AND METHODS OF

CONSTRUCTION

(Applies to non-MBTA Construction Contracts. MBTA Construction Contracts are covered under

Division I)

A. An owner or contractor or others performing a non-MBTA construction contract that requires performing construction over, on, under or adjacent to the Authority’s property shall submit to both the Design and Construction Department and to the appropriate Operations Department two (2) sets each of contract drawings and specifications at the 30%, 60%, 90% and 100% phases of design of the project. 100% drawings and specifications must be submitted forty-two (42) days prior to the planned commencement of any work.

B. The contractor’s drawings and specifications shall define the work in detail and a Professional

Engineer registered in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts shall stamp the final drawings. The contractor or owner shall also submit a crane or heavy equipment location, if used, with dimensions to the face of abutments and structures and calculations of crane equipment loading on

Authority structures showing no adverse effect on any structures. All calculations shall be stamped by a Professional Engineer registered in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The drawings must include any excavation support systems, shoring, underpinning, protective shielding, or any work required for the protection of MBTA property.

C. Unless otherwise agreed to in advance, the owner or contractor’s structures shall not attach to, be placed against, pass through, or impose any loads upon any structures or facilities owned by the

MBTA.

D. All construction work shall be performed in strict conformity with final plans and specifications that have been reviewed and approved by the MBTA. Any changes requested by the owner or contractor which affect MBTA property or operations must be submitted to the MBTA for review and approval at least 30 days prior to the planned commencement of the work. Approvals or rejections shall be submitted by the MBTA within thirty (30) days following submission to the

MBTA for review.

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E. The owner or the contractor performing construction work over, on, under, or adjacent to Authority property shall submit to the Director of Design four (4) sets each of the design, drawings and specifications of any earth support system, shoring, underpinning, protective shielding, or any work required for the protection of the Authority’s facilities and property, a minimum of forty-two (42) working days prior to the planned commencement of any of the above work. The design, drawings and specifications shall define in detail the methods of construction and materials to be used. The design and drawings shall be stamped and signed by a Professional Engineer registered in the

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

F. Unless otherwise agreed to in advance, earth support structures or shoring systems shall not be attached to any structure owned by the MBTA, nor shall MBTA structures be use to support loadings or be used for excavation support.

G. Engineering drawings of MBTA structures are available for reference or duplication at the MBTA

Plan Room, 500 Arborway, Jamaica Plain, MA 02130. For information call the Technical Librarian at 617-222-5285.

4. OPERATIONAL RESTRICTIONS

A. The owner or contractor is made aware that the work will be performed adjacent to or over operating tracks, signal lines, communication lines, power lines, cables and other facilities belonging to the Authority. The owner or contractor is to take all due precautions to protect the

Authority’s facilities, utilities, and operations during the course of his work. When in the opinion of the Authority’s Chief Engineer of Design and Construction, Director of Subway Operations, Director of Systemwide Maintenance & Improvements, Director of Operations Support, or their representatives, the contractor’s work would cause hazard to the Authority’s facilities, infrastructure, or to the safe operation of the transit system, the Authority will assign qualified personnel deemed necessary to protect the property, facilities and operations, all at the expense of the contractor.

B. The contractor is specifically prohibited from conducting any operations next to or over the right-of-way that have the potential to adversely impact the operations of Authority revenue service during normal operating hours (approximately 5:00 a.m. to 1:30 a.m.). Certain work adjacent to the right-of-way, described below as hazardous work, may take place during restricted revenue hours at the discretion of the Chief of Orange, Red, Green, or Blue Line Operations as applicable and require flagmen present.

C. Access to the MBTA right-of-way, which encompasses all MBTA property (fence to fence, wall to wall, and property line to property line over which Authority vehicles operate, including sidings and yards), is. contingent upon Owner or Contractor compliance with the “MBTA Right-of-Way

Safety Rulebook” that outlines Right-of-Way Safe Practices for Access on or Near the Right-Of-

Way.

As specified in the Right of Way Safety Rulebook, all persons who access the MBTA right of way must attend a one-day, eight-hour training class conducted by Subway Operations Training and the

Safety Department Attendees must successfully complete the Right of Way Safety Training in order to

A00807 - 9 receive a Right of Way license. ... The license is valid for a two-year period after which the person must attend the Authority’s Right of Way re-certification class. To register for the “Right of Way Safety” class, contact:

Supervisor and Chief Rules Examiner of Training

Cabot RTL Training

275 Dorchester Avenue, 2nd floor

South Boston, MA 02127

Telephone: (617) 222-5377

D. The Authority will consider the property; facilities and operations fouled or subject to hazard when the following occurs:

1. When any object or operation is or can be brought nearer than ten (10) feet to the centerline of operating track.

2. When an object or excavation is brought nearer than four (4) feet to a signal or communication line.

3. When an object or excavation is brought nearer than ten (10) feet to a power line or cable.

4. When explosives are used in the vicinity of the premises. Explosives shall not be used on or adjacent to the Authority’s property or facilities without written consent of the Authority’s

Chief Engineer of Design and Construction and then shall be used only by a licensed blaster, licensed in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, at times and under conditions acceptable to the Authority.

5. When cranes, trucks, power shovels, pile driver or any other equipment are working in positions that failure with or without load could occur nearer than 10 feet to the centerline of an operating track.

It shall be the responsibility of the contractor to inform the Chief of Orange, Red, Green, or Blue Line

Operations as applicable in writing thirty (30) working days prior to all times when they intend to perform hazardous work as described above. Submittal must include a site plan, the reasons for entering the property, where the property will be entered, each individual location where work of a different nature is to be performed, the nature of such work, and number of days, including time schedule, the contractor intends to remain on the property at each location. Failure of the contractor to provide the appropriate Line Chief with the specified advanced notice of hazardous work will result in the stoppage of work by the Authority.

D. The Contractor will be allowed on the right-of-way only after normal revenue service

(approximately 1:30 a.m. to 5:00 a.m.). On occasion, the Authority will operate work cars in the area of the project work during non-revenue hours. At no time during these occurrences will the contractor be allowed to work on the right-of-way except with the approval of the Authority. The contractor shall coordinate their schedule at least twenty-four (24) hours in advance with the

Authority.

E. No weekday/weekend transit service interruptions will be allowed on this project. The contractor must schedule all work requiring a shutdown of revenue service and/or station and/or platform operations during non-revenue hours.

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F. Prior to the contractor leaving any work site, at the completion of each workday, the contractor shall ensure that the site is in proper condition to permit normal transit operations to resume. If, in the opinion of the Authority, the site is not suitable for normal transit operations due to conditions caused by the contractor, the Authority will allocate a suitable number of personnel to rectify the site. The owner or his contractor shall be charged full costs of such personnel and necessary equipment, including the full cost of replacement services during the cleanup period.

G. In the event that the contractor does not adhere to the work period limitations of the special conditions and causes delay in returning the right-of-way to revenue service at the end of any work period, the owner or his contractor shall pay the Authority for substitute bus service a sum not to exceed $120.00 per hour per bus for the entire duration of the delay and including mobilization and demobilization of the bus service. The minimum charge shall be (3) hours per bus per delay... The owner or the ‘contractor will reimburse the Authority for the hourly costs of personnel used during such delays (egg., supervisors, officials, gatepersons, flagpersons, and automotive). The required number of buses to adequately accommodate all Authority customers who are inconvenienced by the delay shall be at the sole discretion of the Authority’s Bus Operations Department. Whatever sum of money may become due and payable to the Authority by the owner or his contractor under this article may be retained out of money belonging to the contractor in the hand and possession of the Authority. This article shall be construed and treated by the parties to the contract not as imposing a penalty upon the contractor for failing fully to complete the work within the periods as specified herein, but as liquidation damages to compensate the Authority for additional costs incurred by the Authority because of the failure of the contractor to fully complete said work within the work periods specified.

H. The contractor shall assume full responsibility for the safety of all their work. They shall perform the work in a manner that will ensure the safety of both personnel and property. The contractor shall prevent against safety hazards, and the exposure of persons and equipment to hazardous and/or potentially hazardous conditions. All, work in the construction of the project shall comply with the requirements of the Authority, Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health

Administration (OSHA) provisions, as well as those of state and local regulations. Safe breathing levels must conform to the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) standards. In the case of conflict of regulations, the most stringent will apply. If the standards are not met, the Authority has the right to stop the work until such time as the contractor is in compliance with standards.

5. PROTECTION SERVICES

A. When the contractor is performing work in the vicinity of Authority rights-of-way or public areas, the Authority will require the contractor to have at the site such authorized and qualified personnel as may be required to adequately protect the Authority’s customers, employees, property, facilities and operations from hazardous conditions.

B. The need for protection services is outlined and described in the Authority’s Right-of-Way Safety

Rulebook. The appropriate Line Chief, or their representative, shall determine what protection services are required and assign flagging personnel, officials, supervisors, coordinators or any other such personnel as may be required to ensure the safety of the Authority’s operations. Personnel shall be provided from the Authority’s workforce in such numbers as the Line Chief determines.

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Costs for all protection services and supplies shall be the responsibility of the owner or contractor.

No work will be allowed if flagmen are required, but not on duty.

C. When it is determined that protection services are required, the contractor must notify the Authority twenty-four (24) hours in advance and before 10.00 a.m. on the workday preceding the day that protection services will be required. Requests for protection services for weekends and/or holidays, must be made on the preceding Friday before 10.00 a.m., or before 10.00 a.m. on the workday preceding the holiday.

Requests for protection services for Non-Operating hours 1.30 a.m.—5.00 a.m. and in order for the work to be included on the Night Orders you must contact the:

Planning and Scheduling Coordinator

Maintenance of Way

617-222-5419.

Requests for protection services for Operating hours 5.00 a.m.-l.30 a.m. and in order for the work to be included on the Day Orders, you must contact:

Orange, Red, Green, or Blue Line Superintendent as applicable.

617-222-5844 (Orange); 617-222-5099(Red);

617-222-5982 (Green); 617-222-5532 (Blue).

It will be at the sole discretion of the Authority whether the contractor will be allowed to perform work on any particular day or night.

D. The contractor will be required to provide each flagperson on duty with properly functioning safety equipment as approved by the Authority’s Safety Department. This equipment includes but is not limited to: orange safety cones, red, yellow, and green flags, airhoms, hardhats, safety goggles, and hearing protection. The contractor will not be allowed on or adjacent to the right-of-way if flagging personnel are not equipped with required safety personal protective equipment.

E. The contractor will supply properly functioning Authority-frequency portable radios to each flagperson on duty on a daily basis.. The contractor will be responsible for storing and maintaining radios throughout the life of the contract.

F. All workers employed by the contractor who are to work within the Authority’s stations, track area, right-of-way or adjacent to the traction power system or any high voltage electrical cables, shall be required to attend a safety awareness course at the Authority’s Subway Operations Training

School. The course is to make the contractor’s personnel aware of the particular hazards related to the Authority’s operations.

G. All personnel working on the project site in the immediate vicinity of, or within the right-of-way, are required to wear orange reflective safety vests, similar to standard Authority equipment as specified in the Right-of-Way safety Rulebook.

H. Work activities necessitating the traction power system (third rail and catenary) deenergization will require the services of an Authority power lineperson on site at all times and the contractor is responsible for any. costs incurred by the Authority as. a result of this action.

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I. Prior to the implementation of the contracted work, and throughout the life of the contract, the contractor will be required to supply professionally rendered signs, as directed by the Authority’s

Marketing Department. These signs will include, but are not limited to, the following:

1. Informational signs for revenue service diversion.

2. Station directional and stairway, platform, exit closing signs.

3. General project informational signs for Authority customers.

J. Upon the direction of the Authority’s Chief Engineer of Design and Construction, Director of

Safety, and or Director of Subway Operations or their representatives, the contractor will be required to supply and install partitions and wooden barricades to cordon off the work site; such partitions and barricades shall be maintained and remain graffiti free by the contractor for the duration of the project.

K. Upon direction from the Authority’s Chief Engineer of Design and Construction and / or Director of Subway Operations or their representatives, the contractor will supply the following when site conditions warrant:

1. Emergency and temporary lighting.

2. Exhaust fans of sufficient size and numbers to adequately ventilate the work site, tunnel and or adjacent stations.

3. Fire and / or garden hose for the purpose of dust control.

L. It shall be the responsibility of the contractor to keep the Authority informed prior to all times when they intend to perform hazardous work. Failure of the contractor to provide the Authority with suitable advance notice of hazardous work will result in the stoppage of the work by the

Authority until such time as sufficient numbers of protection personnel are on duty at the site.

6. ANNUAL CERTIFICATION OF HI-RAIL EQUIPMENT

A. All equipment used by the contractor on Authority property shall be inspected by the Maintenance of Way engineer and/or the MBTA Safety Department for clearance and safety standards, and shall not be used if considered unsafe. All contractor/ subcontractor equipment (including hi-rail) operators must be trained, certified, and properly licensed. Documentation of same must be readily available and provided to the Authority upon request. If the contractor equipment is involved in a derailment or near miss incident or an accident, which caused injury or exposed personnel to injury and or caused damage to Authority property, that equipment will be subject to the Impound Policy

Procedure.

B. Contractor equipment to be .used on or in the vicinity of the track shall be in first class condition, so as to positively prevent any failure that would cause delay in Authority operations or damage to its property or compromise the health and safety of personnel working on the project. Equipment shall not be placed or operated within the fouling distance of track without first obtaining the permission of the Authority.

C. The contractor shall not, at any time, operate equipment or machinery over Authority’s right-of-

A00807 - 13 way without the use of hi-rail gear. All equipment that the contractor proposes to operate shall ‘be modified to operate over the Authority’s track and special work (e.g., switches, crossover frogs third rail, and restraining rail). Qualified Authority personnel shall control the movement of all hi-rail equipment at all times while operating on the Authority right-of-way. The contractor shall supply a portable radio for each hi-rail vehicle entering the Authority’s right-of-way. No hi-rail equipment will be allowed on Authority’s property without a functioning portable radio tuned to an

Authority frequency.

D. The contractor shall furnish hi-rail equipment capable of operating within the strict confines of the right-of-way. No Authority owned equipment is available for the contractor’s use. In addition to equipment necessary to complete the work on a regular basis, the contractor shall be required to have on site sufficient standby equipment capable of: a) removing disabled equipment from the right-of way, and b) replacing disabled equipment in order to return the right-of-way to normal operating status by the end of the designated work period. As part of the pre-qualification statement, the contractor shall furnish an itemized list of all equipment to be used on the project, including:

1. Type of equipment (e.g., pickup, flatbed or dump trucks, excavator, cranes, etc.).

2. Make, model and date of manufacture.

3. Ownership.

4. Present use and date of availability.

5. Location where equipment may be inspected by Authority personnel during the prequalification period.

E. The contractor shall have proof of competency for hi-rail operators (e.g., documentation, that the operator of hi-rail equipment is certified to operate that specific piece of equipment). The Authority reserves the right to review the lesson plan and audit the training class. The hi-rail operator will be responsible for ensuring and documenting that the vehicle is safe for operation and that all required equipment is present and properly secured. This must be done on a daily basis prior to operating the equipment.

F. The contractor is required to have an Annual Certification of hi-rail equipment (separate form the

Registry Inspection) signed by a competent person (e.g. Manufacturer’s representative) asserting to the fact that the equipment is Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM), that it conforms to the latest standards, was installed per the manufacturer’s specification, and is functioning properly.

G. The contractor must keep a copy of the Manufacturer’s Operating Manual or instructions onboard the hi-rail equipment at all times.

H. The operator shall operate the hi-rail equipment at a reasonable speed for the existing conditions, being alert for another vehicle (or any other obstruction along the right of way).

In addition, said operator must maintain a safe spacing of traveling equipment.

I. The contractor’s hi-rail vehicles must be equipped with a horn (warning device), and an exhaust gas purifier.

J. All equipment when used in tunnels and or darkness must conform to the Authority’s standards for

A00807 - 14 headlights and marker lights. In addition, when vehicles are operating in tandem such as rail carts;

flat cars, etc., such vehicles must be equipped with a flashing/strobe light when the lead vehicle is other than the operating vehicle. Diesel powered equipment only will be allowed in the tunnel and shall be removed from the tunnel each night unless otherwise permitted by the Director of Subway

Operations.

K. Contractors must comply with the Authority’s Propane Gas policy.

L. Contractor’s doing “hot work” must have appropriate permits and follow all applicable rules and procedures for same.

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