2013_Supplemental_Technical_Specifications.pdf

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Preface

101 - Terms, Format, and Definitions

101.01 Meaning of Terms

101.03 Abbreviations

101.04 Definitions

102 - Bid, Award, and Execution of Contract

102 Bid, Award, and Execution of Contract

103 - Scope of Work

Deletions

106 - Acceptance of Work

106.07 Delete

107 - Legal Relations and Responsibility to the Public

107.05 Responsibility for Damage Claims

107.06 Contractor’s Responsibility for Work

107.09 Legal Relationship of the Parties

107.10 Environmental Protection

108 - Prosecution and Progress

108 Delete

109 - Measurement and Payment

109 Deletions

109.02 Measurement Terms and Definitions

155 - Schedules for Construction Contracts

155 Delete

703 - Aggregate

703.05 Subbase, Base, Surface Course, and Screened Aggregate

Table 703-3. Gradation TV ranges for surface courses

Table 703-3. Gradation ranges for Size Ratio surface courses

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704 - Soil………………………………………………………………………………….20

704.07 - Select Borrow……………………………………………………………20

705 - Rock

Preface

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Delete all but the first paragraph and add the following:

The Forest Service, US Department of Agriculture has adopted FP-03 for construction of National

Forest System Roads.

101 - Terms, Format, and Definitions

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101.01 Meaning of Terms

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101.03 Abbreviations.

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AFPA

MSHA

NIST

NESC

WCLIB

American Forest and Paper Association

Mine Safety and Health Administration

National Institute of Standards and Technology

National Electrical Safety Code

West Coast Lumber Inspection Bureau

Add the following to (b) SI symbols:

mp Milepost ppm Part Per Million

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101.04 Definitions.

Delete the following definitions and substitute the following:

Bid Schedule--The Schedule of Items.

Bridge--No definition.

Contractor--The individual or legal entity contracting with the Government for performance of prescribed work. In a timber sale contract, the contractor is the “purchaser”.

Culvert--No definition.

Right-of-Way--A general term denoting (1) the privilege to pass over land in some particular line

(including easement, lease, permit, or license to occupy, use, or traverse public or private lands), or (2)

Real property necessary for the project, including roadway, buffer areas, access, and drainage areas.

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Adjustment in Contract Price--“Equitable adjustment,” as used in the Federal Acquisition

Regulations, or “construction cost adjustment,” as used in the Timber Sale Contract, as applicable.

http://www.nist.gov/

Change--“Change” means “change order” as used in the Federal Acquisition Regulations, or “design change” as used in the Timber Sale Contract.

Design Quantity--“Design quantity” is a Forest Service method of measurement from the FS-96 Forest

Service Specifications for the Construction of Roads and Bridges. Under these FP specifications this term is replaced by the term “Contract Quantities”.

Forest Service--The United States of America, acting through the Forest Service, U.S. Department of

Agriculture.

Neat Line--A line defining the proposed or specified limits of an excavation or structure.

Pioneer Road--Temporary construction access built along the route of the project.

Purchaser--The individual, partnership, joint venture, or corporation contracting with the Government under the terms of a Timber Sale Contract and acting independently or through agents, employees, or subcontractors.

Protected Streamcourse--A drainage shown on the plans or timber sale area map that requires designated mitigation measures.

Road Order--An order affecting and controlling traffic on roads under Forest Service jurisdiction. Road

Orders are issued by a designated Forest Officer under the authorities of 36 CFR, part 260.

Schedule of Items--A schedule in the contract that contains a listing and description of construction items, quantities, units of measure, unit price, and amount.

Utilization Standards--The minimum size and percent soundness of trees described in the specifications to determine merchantable timber.

Add Figure 101-1—Illustration of road structure terms:

Figure 101-1—Illustration of road structure terms.

102 - Bid, Award, and Execution of Contract

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102 Bid, Award, and Execution of Contract

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103 - Scope of Work

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Deletions

Delete all but subsection 103.01 Intent of Contract.

106 - Acceptance of Work

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Delete subsection 106.07.

107 - Legal Relations and Responsibility to the Public

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107.05 Responsibility for Damage Claims.

Delete the entire subsection.

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107.06 Contractor’s Responsibility for Work.

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“except as provided in Subsection 106.07”.

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107.09 Legal Relationship of the Parties.

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107.10 Environmental Protection.

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Design and locate equipment repair shops, stationary refueling sites, or other facilities to minimize the potential and impacts of hazardous material spills on Government land.

Before beginning any work, submit a Hazardous Spill Plan. List actions to be taken in the event of a spill.

Incorporate preventive measures to be taken, such as the location of mobile refueling facilities, storage and handling of hazardous materials, and similar information. Immediately notify the CO of all hazardous material spills. Provide a written narrative report form no later than 24 hours after the initial report and include the following:

Description of the item spilled (including identity, quantity, manifest number, and other identifying information).

Whether amount spilled is EPA or state reportable, and if so whether it was reported, and to whom.

Exact time and location of spill including a description of the area involved.

Containment procedures.

Summary of any communications the Contractor had with news media, Federal, state and local regulatory agencies and officials, or Forest Service officials.

Description of clean-up procedures employed or to be employed at the site including final disposition and disposal location of spill residue.

When available provide copies of all spill related clean up and closure documentation and correspondence from regulatory agencies.

The Contractor is solely responsible for all spills or leaks that occur during the performance of this contract.

Clean up spills or leaks to the satisfaction of the CO and in a manner that complies with Federal, state, and local laws and regulations.

108 - Prosecution and Progress

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108 Delete.

Delete Section 108 in its entirety.

109 - Measurement and Payment

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109 Deletions

Delete the following entire subsections:

109.06 Pricing of Adjustments.

109.07 Eliminated Work.

109.08 Progress Payments.

109.09 Final Payment.

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109.02 Measurement Terms and Definitions.

(b) Contract quantity.

Add the following:

Contract quantities will be adjusted only when there are errors in the original design of 15% or more.

Change the following:

“(b) Cubic yard” to “(c) Cubic yard”.

Add the following definition:

(p) Thousand Board Feet (Mbf). 1,000 board feet based on nominal widths, thickness, and extreme usable length of each piece of lumber or timber actually incorporated in the job. For glued laminated timber, 1,000 board feet based on actual width, thickness, and length of each piece actually incorporated in the job.

155 - Schedules for Construction Contracts

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155 Delete.

Delete Section 155 in its entirety.

703 - Aggregate

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Delete 703.05 and replace with the following:

703.05 Subbase, Base, Surface Course, and Screened Aggregate.

(a) Subbase or base aggregate. Furnish hard, durable particles or fragments of crushed stone, crushed slag, or crushed gravel conforming the following:

(1) Gradation Table 703-2

(2) Liquid limit, AASHTO T 89 25 max.

(3) Plastic limit, AASHTO T 90 Nonplastic

(4) Los Angeles abrasion, AASHTO T 96 40% max.

(5) Sodium sulfate soundness loss (5 cycles), 12% max.

AASHTO T 104

(6) Durability index (coarse), AASHTO T 210 35 min.

(7) Durability index (fine), AASHTO T 210 35 min.

(8) Fractured faces, ASTM D 5821 50% min.

(9) Free from organic matter and lumps or balls of clay

Do not use material that breaks up when alternately frozen and thawed or wetted and dried.

Obtain the aggregate gradation by crushing, screening, and blending processes as necessary. Fine aggregate, material passing the No. 4 sieve, shall consist of natural or crushed sand and fine mineral particles.

(b) Surface course aggregate. Furnish hard, durable particles or fragments of crushed stone, crushed slag, or crushed gravel conforming the following:

(1) Gradation Table 703-3

(2) Liquid limit, AASHTO T 89 35 max.

(3) Plastic Index, AASHTO T 90

a) If the percent passing the No. 200 sieve is less than 12% 2 to 9

b) If the percent passing the No. 200 sieve is greater than 12% Less than 2

(4) Los Angeles abrasion, AASHTO T 96 40% max.

(5) Sodium sulfate soundness loss (5 cycles), 12% max.

AASHTO T 104

(6) Durability index (coarse), AASHTO T 210 35 min.

(7) Durability index (fine), AASHTO T 210 35 min.

(8) Fractured faces, ASTM D 5821 75% min.

(9) Free from organic matter and lumps or balls of clay

Do not furnish material that contains asbestos fibers.

Obtain the aggregate gradation by crushing, screening, and blending processes as necessary. Fine aggregate, material passing the No. 4 sieve, shall consist of natural or crushed sand and fine mineral particles.

(c) Screened aggregate – Furnish hard, durable particles or fragments of stone, slag, or gravel conforming the following:

(1) Gradation Table 703-16

(2) Plastic Index, AASHTO T 90 Less than 9

(3) Los Angeles abrasion, AASHTO T 96 55% max.

(4) Free from organic matter and lumps or balls of clay.

Obtain the aggregate gradation by crushing, screening, and blending processes as necessary.

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Table 703-16

Gradation Requirements for Screened Aggregate

Sieve Size

Percent by Mass Passing Designated Sieve (AASHTO T 27 and T 11)

Grading Designation

L M N O P Q R

6 inch 100 100

4 inch 100 100

3 inch 100 100

2 inch 100

No. 4 15-45 15-45 15-45

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Replace Table 703-3 with the following:

Table 703-3. Gradation TV ranges for surface courses.

% by Mass Passing Designated Sieve (AASHTO T 27 and T 11)

Grading Designation

Sieve Size F G H S T U

1 ½ in. 100 100

1 in. 97-100 100 72-92 (6) 100

¾ in. 76-89 (6) 97-100 97-100 - - 100

½ in. - - - - 71-91 (6) -

3/8 in. 56-68 (6) 70-80 (6) 80-92 (6) 51-71 (6) - 71-90 (6)

No. 4 43-53 (7) 51-63 (7) 58-70 (7) 36-53 (7) 43-60 (7) 50-68 (7)

No. 8 - - - 26-40 (6) 30-46 (6) 34-51 (6)

No. 16 23-32 (6) 28-39 (6) 28-40 (6) - - -

No. 30 15-23 (5) 19-27 (5) 16-26 (5) - - -

No. 40 - - - 14-25 (5) 16-28 (5) 19-30 (5)

No. 200 10-16 (4) 10-16 (4) 9 14 (4) 8-15 (4) 8-15 (4) 8-15 (4)

Note: Allowable deviations (±) from TV are shown in parentheses. If the plasticity index (PI) is greater than 0, the TV range for the No. 200 sieve size is 6-12 (4).

Table 703-3. Gradation ranges for Size Ratio surface courses.

% by Mass Passing Designated Sieve (AASHTO T 27 and T 11)

Grading Designation

Sieve Grading Grading Grading Grading

Size F-SR F-SR with

Bentonite

G-SR G-SR with

Bentonite

1 ½ in. 100 100

1 in. 97-100 97-100 100 100

¾ in. 70 - 98 70 - 98 97-100 97-100

½ in. 58 - 88 58 - 88 70 - 98 70 - 98

No. 4 36 - 60 36 - 60 44 - 70 44 - 70

No. 16 25 - 47 25 - 47 30-54 30-54

No. 30 12 - 31 12 - 31 15 - 34 15 - 34

No. 200 8 –20 (a) 6 - 15 8 – 20 (a) 6 - 15

Note: SR and PI are abbreviations for Size Ratio and Plasticity Index.

(a) If the minus No. 40 material in finished product has a PI greater than 0, the percent pass

No. 200 range is 6 to 15%.

The gradation shall closely parallel the specification gradation curves. Percent passing ½ inch, No. 4, and No. 30 sieves shall all be in either the upper, middle, or lower portion of the specification band.

Size ratios, as defined below, shall be determined for each sieve analysis test. The maximum difference between the ½ inch and No. 4 size ratio, the No 4 and No. 30 size ratio, and the ½ inch and No. 30 size ratio, shall not exceed 0.50.

½ inch size ratio = (Test % Pass ½ inch) - (Min % Pass 1/2 inch)

(Max % Pass 1/2 inch) - (Min % Pass 1/2 inch)

No.4 size ratio = (Test % Pass No.4) - (Min % Pass No.4)

(Max % Pass No.4) - (Min % Pass No.4)

No.30 size ratio = (Test % Pass No.30) - (Min % Pass No.30)

(Max % Pass No.30) - (Min % Pass No.30)

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Table 703-16

Gradation Requirements for Screened Aggregate

Sieve Size

Percent by Mass Passing Designated Sieve (AASHTO T 27 and T 11)

Grading Designation

L M N O P Q R

6 inch 100 100

4 inch 100 100

3 inch 100 100

2 inch 100

No. 4 15-45 15-45 15-45

704 – SOIL

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704.07 – Select Borrow Furnish granular material free of excess moisture, muck, Frozen lumps, roots, sod, or other deleterious material conforming to the following:

(a) Gradation Table 704-1

(b) Liquid limit, AASHTO T 89 30 max.

Table 704-1 Select Borrow Gradation

Sieve Size

Percent by Mass Passing Designated Sieve

(AASHTO T 27 & T 11)

3 inch 100

1 inch 70-100

No. 4 30-70

No. 200 0-5

705 - Rock

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705.02 Riprap Rock.

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Gradation Requirements for Riprap Class Percent of Rock by Mass Mass

(pounds) Approximate Cubic

Dimension b,c

(inches)

20 22 to 33 6 to 8

30 11 to 22 5 to 6

40 1.1 to 11 2 to 5

0 to 1.1 0 to 2

20 55 to 110 8 to 10

30 22 to 55 6 to 8

40 2.2 to 22 3 to 6

0 to 2.2 0 to 3

20 220 to 330 14 to 16

30 110 to 220 10 to 14

40 11 to 110 5 to10

0 to11 0 to 5

20 550 to 770 18 to 20

30 220 to 570 14 to 18

40 22 to 220 6 to 14

0 to 22 0 to 6

4a

20 770 to1353 20 to 24

30 330 to 770 16 to 20

40 33 to 330 7 to16

0 to 33 0 to 7

20 1540 to 2200 26 to 28

30 770 to 1540 20 to 26

40 55 to 1100 8 to 20

0 to 55 0 to 8

20 1870 to 3520 28 to 34

30 1100 to 1870 22 to 28

40 110 to 1100 10 to 22

0 to 110 0 to 10

20 4400 to 5940 35 to 39

30 2200 to 4400 28 to 35

40 220 to 2200 14 to 28

0 to 220 0 to 14

20 7000 to 10000 42 to 47

30 4000 to 7000 35 to 42

40 400 to 4000 16 to 35

0 to 400 0 to 16

(a) Furnish spall and rock fragments graded to provide a stable dense mass.

(b) The volume of a rock with these cubic dimensions has a mass approximately equal to the specified rock mass.

(c) Furnish rock with breadth and thickness at least one-third its length.