Special_Project_Specifications_176.doc

SPECIAL PROJECT SPECIFICATION

SECTION 176 – CONSTRUCTION STAKING FOR ROAD RECONDITIONING

DESCRIPTION

This work shall consist of all construction survey staking necessary for road reconditioning. Major items include but are not limited to resetting the reconstruction survey line, setting clearing limits (stakes and flags), staking widths for reconstructing roadbeds and reconditioning, staking drainage structures such as culverts, rolling dips, waterbars, roadside and leadoff ditches, and riprap structures, providing horizontal and vertical control for the placement of all types of aggregate base and surface courses and bituminous surface treatments and miscellaneous items such as cattleguards, gates, fences, pits and quarries. Work includes furnishing all labor, equipment, instruments, materials, transportation, and other incidentals necessary to complete the finish staking in accordance with these specifications and acceptable engineering practices.

MATERIALS

All stakes shall be 4’ lath with the information from the Reconstruction Log for each mile post written on the lath in black water proof marker. Attach/tie orange flagging to the top of the lath.

All staking concerning the reconstruction survey line, reconstruction and/or reconditioning of the roadbed aggregate base and surface and bituminous surface treatments shall be placed at the mile posts locations designated on the Reconstruction Log for the entire length of the project and marked as described in the paragraph above.

All staking concerning drainage and other miscellaneous structures and item shall be placed at the appropriate mile post as listed in the Reconstruction Log and shall be marked as described above.

SURVEY NOTES

The Contractor shall record all staking activities as listed above including but not limited to staked lengths, widths and depths in field books; these books shall be of a type accepted in the industry and shall protect the contents and retain the pages in numerical sequence during field use. This pay items where the method used by the Contractor for the computation of quantities on those pay items where the method of measurement is actual quantities. The field books shall be furnished by the Contractor.

DOCUMENTS

All notes become property of the Forest Service.

STAKE APPROVAL AND MAINTENANCE

Construction work for any particular item shall not begin within a roadway segment until the stakes, marks, and controls established by the Contractor have been approved in writing by the Engineer. The minimum segment for approval shall be 1 mile or the length of the project, whichever is less.

Construction staking is the responsibility of the Contractor and shall be maintained in good repair during the contract. Any construction stakes found missing or damaged shall be repaired and or replaced immediately. The construction staking shall remain in place on the ground until final acceptance of the project. Then removed by the Contractor after final acceptance of the project.

R5-17 176-1 February 2016

PAYMENT

The accepted quantities will be paid for at the contract unit price for the pay item shown in the SCHEDULE OF ITEMS.

Payment will be prorated on the percentage of work accomplished on the related pay item that meets the specifications.

Pay Item

Pay Unit

175 (01). Construction Staking, ……………………….……………..……………………….MI.

R5-17 176-2 February 2016