SPECIAL_PROJECT_SPECIFICATIONS.pdf

SPECIAL PROJECT SPECIFICATIONS

The following Special Project Specifications are applicable to this contract and are physically included:

SPS 101 Terms, Format & Definitions 5/15/ DPG SPS 102-109 General Requirements 5/15/ DPG SPS 203 Removal of Structures and Obstructions 5/15/ DPG

STANDARD SPECIFICATIONS

Standard Specifications for Construction of Roads and Bridges on Federal Highway Projects – “FP-03” (2003) are included in this solicitation by reference only. The requirements contained in these specifications are hereby made a part of this solicitation and any resultant contract.

The “Standard Specifications for Construction of Roads and Bridges on Federal Highway Projects FP-03” (2003) are available electronically from the Federal Highways website: http://www.wfl.fha.dot.gov/design/specs/fp03.htm The current version of the FP-03 is out of print and Federal Highways does not plan on printing more.

The following Standard Specifications are applicable to this contract.

101 Terms, Format and Definitions 102-109 General Requirements 151 Mobilization 203 Removal of Structures and Obstructions

Note: Any additional specifications referenced in the above standard specifications are also applicable to this contract.

SPECIAL PROJECT SPECIFICATION

Section 101 – Terms, Format and Definitions

101.03 Abbreviations

Available Avail Coating Coat Construction Const

Contracting Officer Representative COR Government Gov’t.

Includes Culvert Excavation Incl Culv Exc Individual Removal of Trees Ind Removal/Trees Large Lg Left Lt Logs Log Medium Med Millimeter Mil One Thousand Gallons Mile M.Gals.MI. or MGM Options Opt Placement Method P.M.

Right Rt Slash Treatment S.T.

Small Sm Steel Stl Structure Str Timber Tbr Treatment Treat

Typical Typ

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Section 101 – Terms, Format, and Definitions

101.04 Definitions

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”Noxious Weeds or Weeds. Any exotic plant species established or that may be introduced in the State which may render land unfit for agriculture, forestry, livestock, wildlife or other beneficial uses and which is designated by the State’s Department of Agriculture, or by the County’s weed management district, or by other appropriate agencies having jurisdiction.

Weed Management District. A weed management district is any area of land identified for the purpose of weed management or control. Such an identified land area may be, but is not limited to one of the following: a project or job site, a County, two or more Counties or a National Grassland.”

Section 102 – Bid, Award and Execution of Contract

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Section 103 – Scope of Work

Delete Subections 103.02 – 103.05

Section 104 – Control of Work

Delete Subsections 104.03 and 104.04

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Section 106 – Acceptance of Work

106.05 Statistical Evaluation of Work and Determination of Pay Factor (Value of Work)

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106.07 Partial and Final Acceptance

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Section 107 – Legal Relations and Responsibility to the Public

107.04 Railroad Protection

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107.05 Responsibility for Damage Claims

Section 108 – Prosecution and Progress

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Section 109 - Measurement and Payment

109.06 Pricing of Adjustments

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109.07 Eliminated Work

109.08 Progress Payments

109.09 Final Payment

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Section 203 – Removal of Structures and Obstructions

Delete the entire FP-03 specification and replace it with the following:

Description

203.01 This work shall consist of the requirements for the removal and disposing of the buildings, structures, obstructions, concrete vaults and slabs and the backfilling of resultant holes and compaction requirements.

Material

203.02 Conform to the following:

Backfill material to be obtained from Government designated sources. Material to be free of excess moisture, muck, frozen lumps, roots, sod or other deleterious material.

Construction Requirements

203.03 Removing Material

Construct structurally adequate debris shields to contain debris within the construction limits. Do not permit debris to enter waterways, travel lanes open to public traffic, or areas designated not to be disturbed.

Raze and remove all buildings, foundations, structures, concrete slabs and other obstructions interfering with the work and not designated to remain.

In excavation areas, backfill and compact cavities left by structural removal with backfill material to the level of the finished ground and landscape so that water will drain away from the excavations. In the resultant excavations of the foundations for Items 203A, 203B, 203C, 203D and the septic vaults, compact the backfill by two (2) passes of mechanized, vibratory compaction equipment. One (1) pass is down and back on each twelve (12) inch lift at the width of the compactor. In the other items, compact the backfill with the hauling and spreading equipment.

203.04 Disposing of Material

Dispose of all materials and debris off the National Grasslands according to Federal, State and local regulations. Recycle or dispose of material legally off the project. No burying of materials to be disposed is allowed on National Grasslands.

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203.05 Acceptance

Removal of structures and obstructions will be evaluated under Subsection 106.02

Measurements

203.06 Measure the Section 203 items listed in the bid schedule according to Subsection 109.02

Payment

203.07 The accepted quantities will be paid at the contract price per unit of measurement for the Section 203 items listed in the bid schedule. Payment will be full compensation for the work prescribed in this Section.

See Subsection 109.05.

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