DOT_Montgomery_Area_Storm_Drain_Service_Specs.pdf

SPECIFICATIONS

Roadway Pipe Rehabilitation

Southeast Region Montgomery Area

Autauga, Bullock, Butler, Dallas, Elmore, Lee, Lowndes, Macon, Montgomery & Russell

1.0 CONTRACTOR REQUIREMENTS – GENERAL

1.1 All documentation MUST be available prior to initiating the work. All insurance certificates and bond instrument shall indicate State of Alabama, Department of Finance, and Division of Purchasing as certificate bond holder.

1.2 In accordance with Section 41-16-59 of the Code of Alabama, the successful bidder in this solicitation is restrained from assigning or sub-contracting any portion of the work under this contract.

1.3 Unit prices for work items shall include costs for materials, hardware, supplies, tools, equipment, labor, transportation, and any other essentials necessary for the completion of each respective pay item. Unit prices shall include costs for the removal and disposal of any refuse generated by pipe rehabilitation operations, to include any brush cleared from openings to access pipe outfalls/inlets as well as any debris removed to restore drainage or that would prevent proper liner installation.

1.4 The responsible bidder shall provide a copy of video inspection logs to the corresponding district administrator for any structure so inspected. Once pipe repairs are complete, a second video inspection should be made to provide a comparative record of conditions before and after repairs. The district administrator or his/her agent shall review each video log to determine what repairs, if any, are warranted for each specific

Specifications for location. No repairs will be made until approval by the appropriate district administrator or designee.

2.0 WORK SCOPE

2.1 All work shall be done in compliance with applicable sections of the Alabama

Department of Transportation Standard Specifications for Highway Construction, 2018 Edition, Alabama Department of Transportation Standard Drawings, and the MUTCD.

The materials used shall be chosen from the Materials, Sources, and Devices with Special Acceptance Requirements Manual

2.2 The contractor will be responsible for all traffic control measures. Attention is drawn to the fact that this work will be performed under traffic conditions requiring special care to expedite the work and prevent undue hazardous conditions. The contractor will be responsible for all traffic control devices in accordance with chapter 6 of the most recent Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices. The responsible bidder shall provide a detailed traffic control plan to the ALDOT district administrator for review and approval prior to commencing work. All contractor employees who are exposed to the risks of moving roadway traffic or construction equipment must wear high visibility apparel meeting the standards of ANSI/ISEA 107-2015 Class 2. Any ALDOT area engineer, district administrator, or project manager shall have the right to suspend any work being performed under non-compliant or unsafe conditions.

2.3 During bid evaluation, references may be required of any prospective bidder in order to determine experience, expertise, and performance capability in jobs of similar size, scope, and nature. Failure of any bidder to present evidence of acceptable qualifications and experience will result in rejection of the bid.

2.4 All workmanship shall be of a professional quality and standard as generally accepted in the trade. All workmanship is subject to the inspection and approval by the district administrator, or his designee, and must meet the requirements of the Alabama Department of Transportation Standard Specifications for Highway Construction, latest edition, corresponding special provisions.

3.0 Control of Materials

3.1 All liner materials incorporated into pipe rehabilitation shall meet the requirements set forth in section 538.02, Materials, of the State of Alabama Department of Transportation 2018 Standard Specifications for Highway Construction. The responsible bidder is permitted to submit an alternate product not listed in this section should field conditions dictate. Such a substitution must be approved and accepted by the engineer prior to installation.

3.2 The responsible bidder shall submit copies of product data for each type of cured-in-place liner or PE liner proposed for use during the life of this contract.

3.3 All erosion control methods shall be the responsibility of the contractor in accordance with ALDOT Special and Standard Highway Drawings and will be a subsidiary obligation.

3.4 The following is an index of pertinent publications related to the composition, production, and placement of pipe rehabilitation liners and shotcrete:

ASTM C-1140 “Standard Practice for Preparing and Testing Specimens of Shotcrete

Test Panel” ASTM F-585 “Insertion of Flexible Polyethylene Pipe into Existing Sewers” ASTM F-1216 “Rehabilitation of Existing Pipelines and Conduits by the Inversion and

Curing of a Resin-Impregnated Tube” ASTM F-1743 “Rehabilitation of Existing Pipelines and Conduits by the Inversion and

Curing of a Thermosetting Resin Pipe (CIPP)” ASTM F-2019 “Rehabilitation of existing Pipelines and Conduits by the Pulled in Place

Installation of Glass Reinforced Plastic (GRP) Cured-In-Place Thermosetting Resin Pipe

(CIPP)”

ASSHTO M 326 “Polyethylene (PE) Liner Pipe, 300 to 600 MM Diameter, Based on Controlled Outside Diameter”

ACI 506R “Guide to Shotcrete” ASTM F3709-24 “Standard Practice for in Field Applied Mortar Linings for Stormwater and Sewer Conduits”.

4.0 PERFOMANCE REQUIRMENTS

4.1 Bid price shall include all materials, hardware, supplies, tools, equipment, labor, transportation and other necessary incidentals required for the completion of the work in an approved and satisfactory manner.

4.2 If required, on-site storage of job materials and/or equipment is to be coordinated with the District Administrator prior to the beginning of work. The security of any material and/or equipment left on-site will be the responsibility of the contractor.

4.3 The performance of any work under these specifications will not be deemed complete until the contractor has satisfactorily removed all debris and cleaned up the work site. At no time during the performance of work will materials, debris, or trash be allowed to accumulate in such a manner as to endanger the safe performance of the work or the safety of the traveling public.

5.0 UTILITES

5.1 It shall be the contractor’s responsibility to determine the exact location of all underground utilities before commencing work. The contractor agrees to be fully responsible for any and all damages which might be occasioned by failure to exactly locate and preserve any underground utilities.