Attachment D Surveillance Plan.pdf

Surveillance Plan

Pay Item Work Description

% of Pay Item Performance Standard

Inspection and Evaluation of Performance

Quality

Control F eed b ack M eth o d

F in al A ccep tan ce, W ritten

W o rk O rd er, o r N o tice o f N o n co m p lian ce Cause for Rejection and Failure

Criteria

Surveill-ance

Method

15102

Equipment

Washing

100%

Contractor shall employ cleaning methods as necessary to ensure equipment is free of noxious weeds. Equipment shall be free of soil, seed, and other such debris. Disassembly of equipment is not required. Contractor shall give the Forest

Service 24 hours notice of the location for equipment inspection.

Seeds, soil, roots, and other debris are seen upon visual inspection.

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M easu rem en ts, P h o to s, an d D aily D iaries

Q u ality C o n tro l P lan In co rp o rated fro m

C o n tracto r’s P ro p o sal.

21103 Earth Berm

100%

Contractor shall effectively close to public use the contract roads. Existing gates will be closed and locked until a berm is constructed by the

Contractor.

Vehicles are able to pass through or drive around berm.

21104

Pipe Excavation –

Channel Bottom

15%

Excavate below culvert invert to natural ground or as day lighted. Comply with drawings on channel size, shape, and width.

Improper width, depth or shape, over excavation, sloppy, unskilled, no reported measurements, workmanship, and/or lacking neat lines.

Pipe Excavation –

Channel Gradient

15%

Perform excavation to the lines, grades, and elevations indicated by drawings and field stakes.

Channel deviates from the straight-line gradient of the natural stream channel.

Excavation lacks straight neat lines, gradient deviations, no reported measurements.

Pipe Excavation –

Channel Cut Slopes

15%

Channel shall have smoothly excavated sides with a maximum slope as shown on drawings.

Roadbed material perched steeply near natural stream channel. Excavated slopes do not match the original natural terrain of the crossing. Catch point station not measured or reported.

Pipe Excavation –

Shot-gunned

Culverts

10%

Channel bottom shall be excavated to the natural stream channel grade. Shot-gunned streams may require de-watering upon discretion of the COR.

Insufficient dewatering measures.

Improper depth or gradient.

Pipe Excavation --

Slash Placement

10%

Slash shall be placed on 25-50% of all cut slopes. Insufficient slash coverage.

Pipe Excavation –

Erosion Control

Blankets and

Wattles

10%

Protect stream habitat by reducing erosion into excavation. Protect seeded slopes with blankets installed according to manufacturer’s specifications. Seed must be blue tag certified, and accompanied by an analysis report.

Evidence of soil leakage, slumping, or erosion into streams. Loose ends of blankets and gaps between blankets.

Lack of rocks/slash/staples to hold blankets in place.

Embankment Area

– Slash Cover

5%

Cover 25-50% of area with slash. Insufficient or lack of slash coverage.

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M easu rem en ts, P h o to s, an d D aily D iaries

Q u ality C o n tro l P lan In co rp o rated fro m

C o n tracto r’s P ro p o sal.

F eed b ack

M eth o d

F in al A ccep tan ce, W ritten

W o rk O rd er, o r N o tice o f N o n co m p lian ce

Embankment Area

– Materials Pile

Setbacks

10%

Meet or exceed minimum required setbacks.

Little or no effort made to smooth and shape piles. Slopes steeper than 4:1. Edge of pile too close to excavation.

Embankment shaped with peaks, and chunks of consolidated material.

Embankment Area

—Seed and Mulch

10%

Seed must be blue tag certified, and accompanied by an analysis report. Mulch must be air-dry, clean, mildew and weed-free native straw.

Mulch coverage less than 1 ½-inch depth of

100% of slopes.

Embankment Area

– Water Block

5%

Waterbar on downhill side of excavation embankment.

No waterbar causing erosion into stream channels.

21106

Type I

Type I Waterbar

100%

Contractor shall effectively waterproof the contract roads. Place waterbars at listed mileposts.

Water is not contained in the waterbar, leaks through the ditch block, and down the road. Insufficient coverage with seed and mulch. Not counted and reported.

21106

Type II

Type II Waterbar

100%

Contractor shall effectively waterproof the contract roads. Place waterbars at listed mileposts.

Water is not contained in the waterbar, leaks through the ditch block, and down the road. Insufficient coverage with seed and mulch. Not counted and reported.

21110

Re-Establish Road

Stakes

100%

Contractor shall locate and replace existing stakes in accordance with the drawings and road logs.

Waterbars are missing due to non-conformance. Excavated slopes are steeper than 4:1. Measured catch point of excavation is short of drawings.

25103 Rock Placement

100%

Haul and place riprap for stabilization of soil, streams, and streambanks. Construct weirs as needed.

Insufficient amount of rock. Improper size of rock. Riprap must be angular with breadth and thickness ≥ 1/3 its length.

Vehicle counts not recorded and reported

62215 Equipment Rental

100%

Item will be utilized as directed by the

Government. Work can include placing logs, transplanting vegetation and building weirs.

Equipment is broken down, non-operable, or operator is not cooperating. Start, end, and supplied times not recorded.

81501

Noxious Weed

Treatment

100%

The roads shown in the contract shall be treated with herbicide to remove seed-bearing noxious weeds. 10 days after herbicide application road work may begin.

Failure to have 48-hour notification by a

MT licensed commercial applicator.

Failure to inspect for leaks in equipment.

Spraying within 20-feet of open water.

Failure to properly open roads for equipment access. Reports not turned in.

Insufficient applications widths and rates.