TE-02 Standard Specification Book Rev 9 June 2025.pdf

United States Army Garrison Dugway Proving Ground

Technical Exhibit 02 Paving IDIQ Contract – Roadway and Parking Specifications FY 2027 – FY

Directorate of Public Works 6-9-2025

2026 Standard Specifications

For Road and Bridge Construction

The Department’s Deputy Director of Engineering and Operations and Director of Project Development have reviewed the Standard Specifications included herein and approved them for use with the Department’s construction projects and inclusion in the Department’s construction contracts on the 1st day of January , 2026.

Carmen Swanwick, Director of Project Development

Lisa Wilson, Deputy Director of Engineering and Operations

04/29/2025

04/29/2025

UTAH DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

4501 South 2700 West P.O. Box 141200 Salt Lake City, UT 84114-1200

(801) 965-4000 | contactudot@utah.gov

Introduction

These Standard Specifications are for use in Utah Department of Transportation and are for use in construction contracts at US Army Garrison Dugway Proving Ground.

The Standard Specifications are written to the Contractor. They define the Contractor’s responsibility, what the Contractor is expected to provide, and the Department’s expectations. All actions are to be performed by the Contractor unless otherwise noted.

A Special Provision may revise the Standard Specification for a specific contract.

Signature Sheet

The Signature Sheet on Page 2 of the 2026 Standard Specification book shows the approval for all Standard Specifications included herein for use with the Department’s construction projects and inclusion in the Department’s construction contracts. The signatures are made by the Department Deputy Director of Engineering and Operations and the Department Director of Project Development.

Specification Index

The Specification Index lists all 2026 Standard Specifications.

The Index also lists the date of the last approved change to each specification.

The date is a weblink to the Standards Committee Meeting Agenda where a redlined version of the Specification can be viewed with an explanation of the change on the agenda Submittal Sheet. This same link can also be found in the footer of each Specification.

References

Web references within these Standards are listed at http://www.udot.utah.gov/go/standardsreferences.

Reference to external publications in any 2026 Standard is to the most recent version, issue, or edition in effect on the date of the Notice to Bidders, unless stated otherwise.

Layout

SECTION NUMBER

TITLE

PART (1, 2, or 3) ARTICLE (such as 1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1, 3.2) Paragraph (such as A, B, C under an article)

Example:

PART 1 GENERAL

1.1 ARTICLE

A. Paragraph

1. Subparagraph

a. Subparagraph

1) Subparagraph

a) Subparagraph

Page Numbering

The Standard Specifications of this book each have separate numbering. There is no cumulative page numbering.

2026 Specification Index Specification Number Specification name Date = Change Approved

00100 GENERAL PROVISIONS 2/18/2021

00570 DEFINITIONS 2/16/2023

01501 MOBILIZATION 11/18/2021

01554 TRAFFIC CONTROL

9/14/2023

01558 TEMPORARY PAVEMENT MARKINGS 2/17/2022

01571 TEMPORARY ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROLS 2/17/2022

01572 DUST CONTROL AND WATERING 9/14/2023

01721 SURVEY

01741 FINAL CLEANUP 9/14/2023

01891 MOVE SIGNS

6/8/2023

01892 RECONSTRUCT CATCH BASIN, MANHOLE, AND

MISCELLANEOUS BOXES

6/17/2021

02056 EMBANKMENT, BORROW, AND BACKFILL 2/20/2025

02072 GEOSYNTHETICS 2/17/2022

02075

GEOTEXTILES

9/16/2021

02216 TEST-HOLE UTILITY 2/28/2019

02221 REMOVE STRUCTURE AND OBSTRUCTION 9/14/2023

02231 SITE CLEARING AND GRUBBING 9/14/2023

02316 ROADWAY EXCAVATION 9/14/2023

02317 STRUCTURAL EXCAVATION AND BACKFILL 2/17/2022

02318 DITCH CONSTRUCTION 11/18/2021

02342 SHOTCRETE 9/16/2021

02372 GABIONS AND REVET MATTRESSES 9/16/2021

02373 RIPRAP 10/25/2018

02376 ROLLED EROSION CONTROL PRODUCTS 2/17/2022

02610 DRAINAGE PIPE 9/12/2024

02613 DRAINAGE PIPE END SECTIONS 11/18/2021

02618 DRAINAGE PIPE LINER 12/7/2023

02620 CONCRETE LINED PIPE INVERT 6/8/2023

02622 PIPE UNDERDRAINS 9/16/2021

02633 CONCRETE DRAINAGE STRUCTURES 11/18/2021

02635

GRATES, COVERS, FRAMES, TRASH RACKS AND MANHOLE

STEPS

11/18/2021

02645

PRECAST CONCRETE BOX CULVERT AND THREE-SIDED

STRUCTURES

9/16/2021

02701 PAVEMENT SMOOTHNESS 12/8/2022

02705 CONCRETE AND ASPHALT CUTTING 11/18/2021

02721 UNTREATED BASE COURSE (UTBC) 11/18/2021

02732 CRACK SEALING (NEW) 2/20/2025

02735 MICRO SURFACING 11/18/2021

02741 ASPHALT MIX 11/18/2021

02743 ASPHALT MIX FOR BIKE AND PEDESTRIAN PATHS 11/18/2021

02744 STONE MATRIX ASPHALT (SMA) 2/28/2019

02745 ASPHALT MATERIAL 11/18/2021

02746 HYDRATED LIME 11/18/2021

02748 PRIME COAT/TACK COAT 2/15/2024

02750 PARTIAL DEPTH REPAIR FOR CONCRETE PAVEMENT USING

HOT APPLIED REPAIR MATERIALS

6/9/2022

02751

PARTIAL DEPTH REPAIR FOR CONCRETE PAVEMENT USING

PORTLAND CEMENT CONCRETE

6/9/2022

02752

PORTLAND CEMENT CONCRETE PAVEMENT

11/18/2021

02753 FULL DEPTH SLAB REPLACEMENT FOR CONCRETE

PAVEMENTS

6/17/2021

02754

DOWEL BAR RETROFIT

2/20/2025

02755 CONCRETE SLAB JACKING 9/14/2023

02761 LONGITUDINAL RUMBLE STRIP 12/5/2024

02765 PAVEMENT MARKING - WATERBORNE PAINT 2/17/2022

02768 PAVEMENT MARKING MATERIALS (Warranty Specification) 6/28/2018

02771 PEDESTRIAN ACCESS RAMP 2/20/2025

02776 CONCRETE FLATWORK 12/7/2023

02785 CHIP SEAL COAT 2/15/2024

02786 OPEN-GRADED SURFACE COURSE (OGSC) 9/8/2022

02787 BONDED WEARING COURSE (BWC) 6/9/2022

02821 CHAIN LINK FENCING AND GATES 6/28/2018

02825 CATTLE GUARD 12/7/2023

02841 W-BEAM GUARDRAIL 12/7/2023

02842 DELINEATORS

02843 CRASH CUSHIONS AND BARRIER END TREATMENTS 12/7/2023

02844 CONCRETE BARRIER 12/5/2024

02845 HIGH TENSION CABLE BARRIER 12/7/2023

02890 RETROREFLECTIVE SHEETING 2/16/2023

02891 TRAFFIC SIGNS 2/20/2025

02894 PRECAST ROADSIDE SIGN FOUNDATIONS

02911 HYDRAULIC EROSION CONTROL PRODUCTS 12/8/2022

02912 TOPSOIL 6/8/2023

02922 SEED, TURF SEED, AND TURF SOD 6/8/2023

02961 ROTOMILLING 9/8/2022

02963 PROFILE ROTOMILLING

02981 GRINDING PAVEMENT 9/12/2024

02983 GRINDING FOR GROOVED-IN PAVEMENT MARKINGS 2/17/2022

03055 PORTLAND CEMENT CONCRETE 2/17/2022

03056 SELF-CONSOLIDATING CONCRETE (SCC) 10/25/2018

03058 RAPID STRENGTH CONCRETE (RSC) 6/17/2021

03152 CONCRETE JOINT CONTROL 12/5/2024

03211 REINFORCING STEEL AND WELDED WIRE 11/18/2021

03390 CONCRETE CURING

03575 FLOWABLE FILL

03605 APPROACH SLAB JACKING 9/16/2021

06055 TIMBER AND TIMBER TREATMENT

09981 CONCRETE COATING 9/12/2024

13431 PRECAST CONCRETE FIBER OPTIC AND UTILITY VAULT 12/8/2022

General Provisions 00100 - Page 1 of 7

Latest Revision: February 18, 2021

SECTION 00100

GENERAL PROVISIONS

PART 1 GENERAL

1.1 SECTION INCLUDES

A. Provisions related to the interpretation of the contract.

1. Includes document organization, language, and communication.

1.2 RELATED SECTIONS

A. Section 00570: Definitions

1.3 REFERENCES

A. UDOT Structures Design and Detailing Manual (SDDM)

1.4 DEFINITIONS Not Used

1.5 SUBMITTALS Not Used

1.6 GENERAL

A. The plans and specifications are expressed in US customary units except where a referenced document uses the International System of Units as the standard.

1.7 ORGANIZATION

A. Specifications

1. The specifications are organized by sections.

a. Each section defines a portion of the project requirements and is identified by a number and a title.

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b. References to specification sections use section numbers.

1) Section references apply to the complete specification section consisting of the Standard Specification and Special Provision for the referenced section.

2. Sections up to and including Section 01499 are general specifications applicable to every contract unless specified as applicable under certain conditions.

a. General specifications include administrative requirements applicable to the contract and apply without reference.

b. General specifications apply to and govern the work of all

Sections of the specifications

3. Sections beginning with Section 01500 through the end of the specifications are technical specifications for specific pay items.

a. The pay items in a contract designate the technical specifications that apply to a specific contract.

4. Section numbers of Special Provisions indicate the extent of the revision to the Standards.

a. A section number followed by “S” (for example, “01234S”), indicates a new section or a complete replacement of a Standard Specification section.

b. A section number followed by “M” (for example, “01234M”), indicates that part of a Standard is changed, added, or deleted.

5. Specification sections are written in a three-part format. Each Section contains the following primary PARTS:

a. PART 1 GENERAL

1) Describes administrative and procedural requirements unique to the section.

b. PART 2 PRODUCTS

1) Describes systems, assemblies, equipment, products, materials, fabrications, and mixes.

c. PART 3 EXECUTION

1) Describes site installation or application, including preparatory actions and post-installation cleaning and protection.

2) Includes site-built or site-manufactured assemblies.

6. Information describing the section format related to articles, paragraphs, and sub-paragraphs is shown in Figure 1.

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Figure 1 Specification Layout

SECTION NUMBER

TITLE

PART (1, 2, or 3) ARTICLE (such as 1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1, 3.2) Paragraph (such as A, B, C under an article)

Example:

1.1 ARTICLE

A. Paragraph

1. Subparagraph

a. Subparagraph

1) Subparagraph

a) Subparagraph

B. References

1. Reference to external publications is to the most recent version, issue, or edition in effect on the date of the Notice to Bidders, unless stated otherwise.

2. Reference to a specification section incorporates all applicable requirements of the referenced section.

a. Example: A reference in Part 2 of a section to Section

03055 for the product Class AA(AE) Concrete incorporates into the section all General, Products, and Execution requirements in Section 03055 applicable to Class AA(AE) Concrete.

b. Example: A reference in Part 3 of a section that refers to Section 03390 for concrete curing incorporates into the section all General, Products, and Execution requirements in Section 03390 applicable to curing the concrete elements.

c. Example: A reference in Part 3 of a section to Section 03310 for concrete placing and finishing incorporates into the section all General, Products, and Execution requirements in Section 03310 applicable to placing and finishing concrete.

3. References to articles and paragraphs within a section may omit the terms “Article,” “Paragraph,” and “Subparagraph.”

a. Example: A reference to “this Section, 3.2 A4c” means

Article 3.2, paragraph A, subparagraph 4c in the same section where the reference is made.

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4. Applicable requirements in a referenced section or external publication apply the same as if they are included in their entirety in the section from which they are referenced.

a. The requirements of a section take precedence over referenced requirements in the case of conflict.

5. Interpret the words “shown,” “specified,” or “described” without a specified location as follows:

a. “Shown” means “shown in the plans.”

b. “Specified” means “specified in the specifications.”

c. “Described” means “described in the Contract.”

1.8 LANGUAGE

A. The plans and specifications are written to the Contractor.

B. The plans and specifications are written in the active voice where the subject is expressed or implied.

1. Instructions written in the imperative mood are directed at the

Contractor.

a. The subject, “the Contractor,” is implied.

b. Imperative mood statements are considered mandatory.

1) Example: “Place the concrete.”

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2. Decisions and actions by the Department or third parties are written in the indicative mood.

a. The subject, “the Engineer” or a third party, is expressed.

1) Example: “The Engineer will take a sample.”

C. The Contract Documents may omit modifying words such as “all” and “any” and articles such as “the” and “an,” but the fact that a modifier or an article is absent from one statement and appears in another is not intended to affect the interpretation of either statement in the interest of brevity.

D. Refer to Section 00570 for the meaning of abbreviations or terms used in these specifications, the plans, and other contract documents.

1. Refer to the UDOT SDDM for the meaning of abbreviations used in the structure drawings.

1.9 COMMUNICATION

A. Submit documents and direct questions in writing to the Engineer.

B. Orders, approvals, authorizations, and requests to the Contractor are by the Engineer unless specifically described as by another.

C. The following items from the Department are in writing:

1. Approvals

2. Authorizations

3. Decisions

4. Notifications

5. Orders

6. Responses

7. Direction

D. The following items from the Contractor must be in writing:

1. Assignments

2. Notifications

3. Proposals

4. Reports

5. Requests

a. Includes Requests For Information (RFIs), sequentially numbered

6. Subcontracts

7. Test results

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8. Documentation and communication are deemed to be in writing.

9. Approvals and electronic signatures may be required and are deemed to be executed and binding.

1.10 REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION (RFI)

A. Request an interpretation of the requirements in the Contract Documents if:

1. Unable to determine from the Contract Documents the exact material, process, or system to be installed

2. Elements of construction are required to occupy the same space

(interference)

3. An item of Work is described differently at more than one place in the Contract Documents

B. Submission of RFIs

1. Prepare and submit RFIs on a form completely filled in and fully legible after photocopying or scanning

2. Give each RFI a discrete, consecutive number.

3. Provide on each page of the RFI and each attachment to the RFI the project name, project number, date, RFI number, and a descriptive title.

4. Sign all RFIs attesting to a good faith effort to determine from the Contract Documents the information requested for interpretation.

C. Subcontractor-Initiated and Supplier-Initiated RFIs

1. Subcontractors and material suppliers submit RFIs through the Contractor. The Contractor reviews subcontractor- and supplier-initiated RFIs and submits them attached to an RFI form prepared, signed, and submitted by the Contractor.

a. RFIs submitted directly by subcontractors or material suppliers will be returned unanswered to the Contractor.

b. Review all subcontractor- and supplier-initiated RFIs and take actions to resolve issues of coordination, sequencing and layout of the Work.

D. Requested Information

1. Provide the information required to understand and analyze the circumstances causing the RFI and to prepare a clarification or direction as to how to proceed.

2. The RFI may be returned unanswered if the provided information is insufficient.

E. Unacceptable Uses for RFIs

1. To request approval of submittals

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Latest Revision: June 25, 2020

2. To request approval of substitutions

3. To request changes that involve change in Contract Time and

Contract Sum

4. To request different methods of performing Work than those indicated in the Contract Drawings and Specifications

F. RFI Log

1. Prepare and maintain a log of RFIs

a. Furnish copies of the log showing outstanding RFIs if requested by the Engineer.

G. Review Time

1. The Engineer will return RFIs to the Contractor within 14 calendar days of receipt.

PART 2 PRODUCTS NOT USED

PART 3 EXECUTION NOT USED

END OF SECTION

Prosecution and Progress 00555 – Page 8 of 12

Latest Revision: February 20, 2025

Definitions 00570 – Page 9 of 14

Latest Revision: February 16, 2023

SECTION 00570

DEFINITIONS

A. Definitions and acronyms used throughout Department Specifications.

1.2 RELATED SECTIONS

A. Section 00777: Change Management

B. Section 01280: Measurement

1.3 REFERENCES

A. Code of Federal Regulations

1.6 ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS

A. Interpret acronyms and abbreviations used in the Contract as follows:

1. AAR Association of American Railroads

2. AASHTO American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials

3. ACI American Concrete Institute

4. AGC Associated General Contractors

5. AI Asphalt Institute

6. AIA American Institute of Architects

7. AISC American Institute of Steel Construction

8. AISI American Iron and Steel Institute

9. AMRL AASHTO Materials Reference Laboratory

10. ANLA American Nursery and Landscape Association

11. ANSI American National Standards Institute

12. API American Petroleum Institute

13. APL Approved Products List

14. ARA American Railway Association

15. AREA American Railway Engineering Association

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16. AREMA American Railway Engineering and Maintenance-of-Way Association

17. ARTBA American Road and Transportation Builders Association

18. ASCE American Society of Civil Engineers

19. ASLA American Society of Landscape Architects

20. ASTM American Society for Testing and Materials

21. ATMS Advanced Traffic Management System

22. AWPA American Wood Preservers' Association

23. AWWA American Water Works Association

24. AWG American Wire Gauge

25. AWS American Welding Society

26. CCTV Closed Circuit Television

27. CFR Code of Federal Regulations

28. DBE Disadvantaged Business Enterprise

29. DBS Department Business System

30. DMS Dynamic Message Sign

31. DTM Digital Terrain Model

32. ESS Environmental Sensor Sign

33. EUSERC Electric Utility Service Equipment

Requirements Committee

34. FHWA Federal Highway Administration

35. FSS Federal Specifications and Standards (General

Service Administration)

36. GRC Galvanized Rigid Conduit

37. GSA General Services Administration

38. ID Identification

39. IMSA International Municipal Signal Association

40. ISO International Organization for Standardization

41. ITE Institute of Traffic Engineers

42. ITS Intelligent Transportation System

43. LFOT Local Field Operations Test

44. LRFD Load and Resistance Factor Design

45. MIL Military Specifications

46. MMF Multi-Mode Fiber

47. MUTCD Utah Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices

(This applies to all references to the MUTCD in Utah Department of Transportation 2017 Standard Specifications and Drawings, Supplemental Specifications and Drawings, Special Provisions, and Plan Sheets.) Refer to http://www.udot.utah.gov/go/standardsreferences for a link to the Utah MUTCD.

48. NEC National Electric Code

49. NEMA National Electrical Manufacturers Association

50. NIST National Institute of Standards and Technology

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51. NTPEP National Transportation Product Evaluation Program

52. NVLAP National Verification Laboratory Acceptance Program, (Bureau of Standards)

53. OSHA Occupational Safety and Health Administration

54. OTDR Optical Time Domain Reflectometer

55. PM Project Manager

56. PCA Portland Cement Association

57. PDPL Performance Data Products Listing

58. PTI Post-Tensioning Institute

59. RMS Ramp Metering Station

60. RWIS Roadway Weather Information System

61. SAE Society of Automotive Engineers

62. SMF Single-Mode Fiber

63. SSPC Society for Protective Coatings

64. SWPPP Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plan

65. TMS Traffic Monitoring Station

66. TTQP Transportation Technician Qualification

Program

67. UBS UDOT Bidding System

68. UDOT Utah Department of Transportation

69. UFC Unified Facilities Criteria 70 UFGS Unified Facilities Guide Specification

71. UL Underwriters Laboratory Inc.

72. UPDES Utah Pollution Discharge Elimination System

73. USASI United States of American Standard Institute

74. USC United States Code

75. VIDS Video Image Detection System

76. VMS Variable Message Sign

77. WIM Weigh in Motion

78. WWPA Western Wood Products Association

1.7 TERMS

A. Interpret terms used in the Contract as follows:

51. Act of God – Any cataclysmic phenomenon of nature beyond the Government and Contractor’s control. Weather is not considered an act of God unless it can be shown conclusively that such weather could not have been anticipated as a normal hazard of the contract.

52. Actual Cost – Contractor’s cost to provide labor, material, equipment owned or invoiced rental, and administrative overhead necessary for the work. Actual Cost excludes profit.

53. Advertisement – The public announcement requesting proposals for specified work or materials.

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54. Approve or Approval – Formal conditional determination by the Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR) that a particular matter or item is satisfactory for the project. Such determination may be based on requirements beyond those set forth in the contract and may reflect preferences by the Department. Items approved are considered to be as-if part of Department design.

55. Authorize or Authorization – Formal conditional determination by the COR that a particular matter or item designed or produced by others may be used. Such determination may be based on reasonable and accepted engineering principles typical for the work produced. Authorization does not relieve the Contractor from responsibility for negligent acts, errors, correctness of details, conformance to the contract, and the successful completion of the work.

56. Award – The Government’s acceptance of a bid or proposal.

57. Backfill – Material used to replace, or the act of replacing material removed during construction.

58. Bid – Bid proposal. A proposer’s written offer or proposal to perform stated work at the quoted prices.

59. Bid Documentation – All writings, working papers, computer printouts, charts, and data compilations containing or reflecting a proposer’s information, data, or calculations used to determine the bid proposal. Bid documentation includes documents used to decide and apply:

Equipment rates Overhead rates Labor rates Efficiency or productivity factors Arithmetic extensions Subcontractor and material supplier quotations

Bid documentation excludes any Government documents provided to the proposer used to prepare the bid proposal.

60. Bridge – A structure, including supports, erected over a depression or an obstruction such as water, highway, or railway, and having:

a. A track or passageway for carrying traffic or other moving loads or utilities

b. A length measured along the center of roadway of more than 20 ft between under copings of abutments or extreme ends of openings for multiple boxes.

61. Bridge Length – The measurement taken at the centerline of the roadway between front faces of bridge abutments, spring lines of arches, or extreme ends of openings for multiple

00570 – Page 13 of 14 boxes; bridge length can also include multiple pipes, where the clear distance between openings is less than half of the smaller contiguous opening.

62. Bridge Roadway Width – The clear width measured at right angles to the longitudinal centerline of the bridge between the bottom of curbs or in the case of multiple height of curbs, between the bottoms of the lower risers or if curbs are not used, between inner faces of parapet or railing.

63. Certification – A written document or affidavit officially declaring confirmation of a statement or information as being true, accurate, or genuine.

64. Calendar Day – Every day shown on the calendar, beginning and ending at midnight.

65. Certificate of Compliance – A certification, including a signature by a person having legal authority to act for the manufacturer, stating that the product or assembly to be incorporated into the project was fabricated according to the applicable requirements.

66. Certified Test Report – A test report from the manufacturer or an independent testing laboratory, including a signature by a person having legal authority to act for the manufacturer or the independent testing laboratory stating that the test results show the product or assembly to be incorporated into the project has been sampled and tested and the samples have passed all the specified tests.

67. Change Order – An order issued by the Government that alters the original contract and is agreed to by the and Contractor.

68. Construction Limits –The established boundaries within the right-of-way or construction easements that define the construction area.

69. Contract – Written agreement between the Government and the Contractor establishing the obligations of the parties for the performance of the work prescribed. The contract includes the following, all of which constitute one instrument:

a. Specifications and Plans

b. Materials Minimum Sampling and Testing

c. Notice to Contractors

d. Bidding Schedule

e. Measurement and Payment

f. Bid Conditions Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (federal project)

1. Contract DBE Goal Percentage

2. DBE Bid Assurance

g. E.E.O. Affirmative Action Requirements (federal project)

h. Specific E.E.O Opportunity Responsibilities (federal project)

1. Apprentice Training Hours

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i. Equal Opportunity (state project)

j. Title VI Appendix A & E

k. FHWA – 1273 (federal project)

l. Cargo Preference Act (federal project)

m. Wage Rates (when applicable)

n. Notice of Award

o. Notice to Proceed

p. Authorized contract time extensions

q. Change orders, directives and agreements required to complete the work in an acceptable manner

70. Contract Amount (price component) – The summation of the products of the quantities shown in the bid schedule multiplied by the unit bid prices for the items in the Contractor’s bid proposal.

71. Contract Bid Item – A specific unit of work for which a price is provided in the contract.

72. Contract Bonds – The approved form of security, executed by the Contractor and the Contractor’s surety or sureties, guarantying complete execution of the contract, including change orders, directives, and agreements, and the payment of all legal debts pertaining to the construction of the project.

a. Contract Payment Bond – The security executed by the Contractor and furnished to the Government to guaranty payment of all Contractor legal debts pertaining to the construction of the contract.

b. Contract Performance Bond – The security executed by the Contractor and furnished to the Government to guaranty completion of the work under the contract.

73. Contract Completion – The day, determined by the COR, when all work specified in the contract is satisfactorily completed and all obligations of the Contractor under the contract are fulfilled.

74. Contract Time – The substantial completion date or number of working days or calendar days allowed for substantial completion of the contract, including authorized time extensions.

75. Contracting Officer (KO) – The individual authorized by the Government to sign a contract with the Contractor and make changes to the contract. No Government individual other than the KO is authorized to make changes to the Contract requirements.

76. Contracting Officer’s Representative – The individual authorized in writing by the KO with the technical expertise to monitor Contractor performance and compliance with the Contract requirements.

77. Contractor – The individual or legal entity contracting with

00570 – Page 15 of 14 the Government for performance of prescribed work.

78. Debarment – Action taken by the Government or federal government pursuant to policies or regulations that prohibits a person or company from performing work on a public project.

79. Delay – An event, action, force, or factor causing work to extend beyond the specified contract time.

80. Differing Site Conditions – Subsurface or latent physical conditions at the project site that:

a. Differ significantly from those indicated in the contract.

b. Present unknown physical conditions of an unusual nature that differ materially from those normally encountered and generally recognized as inherent in the nature of the required work.

81. Digital Terrain Model (DTM) – A topographic model of the bare earth that can be manipulated by computer programs. The data file contains the spatial elevation data of the terrain in a digital format.

82. Electronic Communication – A communication transmitted through e-mail, or other electronic means where a hard copy can be produced.

83. Equipment – All machinery, tools, apparatus, and the fuels, lubricants, batteries, and other supplies and parts needed to use, operate, and maintain these items for use in constructing and completing the work.

84. Extra Work – Work not provided for in the contract but found by the COR to be essential for the satisfactory completion of the contract within the contract’s intended scope and said work is authorized by the KO prior to the work being performed.

85. Falsework - A temporary structure that supports structural elements of concrete, steel, masonry, or other materials during their construction or erection.

86. Forms, Formwork - The enclosures or panels that contain the fluid concrete and withstand the forces due to its placement and consolidation. Forms may in turn be supported on falsework.

87. Geotextile – Any permeable knitted, woven, or nonwoven textile material used with foundation, soil, rock, earth, or any other geotechnical engineering related material, as an integral part of a man-made project, structure, or system.

88. Holidays Table 1

New Year’s Day Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

Presidents’ Day Memorial Day

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Independence Day Juneteenth Day

Labor Day Columbus Day Veterans Day

Thanksgiving Day Christmas Day

Holidays that fall on a Friday or a Saturday will recognize the preceding Thursday and the Friday or Saturday as holidays.

Holidays that fall on Sunday will recognize both the Sunday and the following Monday as holidays.

89. Inspector – The COR or an authorized DPW Quality Assurance Specialist (QA) assigned to inspect work and materials.

90. Liquidated Damages – A predetermined sum assessed the Contractor. This sum is not considered a penalty, but as liquidated damages due the Department Government by reason of added cost of engineering, supervision, contract administration, and other items for extra expenditures of public funds for the Contractor’s failure to perform as required.

91. Major Contract Item – An individual pay item, or item added by change order, having a contract value in excess of five percent of the original contract amount.

92. Notice to Proceed – Written notice to the Contractor to begin the contract.

93. Pavement Structure – The combination of subbase, base course, and surface course placed on a subgrade to support and distribute the traffic load to the roadbed.

a. Surface Course – One or more layers of a pavement structure designed to accommodate the traffic load, the top layer that resists skidding, traffic abrasion, and the disintegrating effects of climate. The top layer is sometimes called the wearing course.

b. Base Course – One or more layers of specified material and thickness placed on a subbase or a subgrade to support a surface course.

c. Subbase – One or more layers of specified material thickness placed on a subgrade to support a base course.

94. Pay Item – A specific unit of work where a price is provided in the contract and paid, subject to contract provisions, to the Contractor for the accepted quantities

95. Physical Completion – The day when all construction work required by, or incidental to, the contract is satisfactorily

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96. Plan Quantity – A designer generated quantity for a portion of the work designated as the pay quantity for the contract.

97. Plans – Contract drawings showing the location, type, dimensions, and details of the required work including any combination of the following:

a. Standard Drawings – Detailed drawings approved for repetitive use.

b. Supplemental Drawings - Approved additions and revisions to the Standard Drawings.

c. Project Plans – Drawings applicable to a specific contract or delivery order.

d. Digital Delivery Documents – Digital files classified as legal documents applicable to a specific contract

98. Project – The specific section of the roadway or other specific property where construction is to be performed together with all work constructed under the contract.

99. Proposal – A Proposer’s written response to a Government request for proposals.

100. Proposer – An individual or individual’s legal entity submitting a proposal in response to a request for proposals; also defined as an offeror in response to a request for proposals

101. Request for Proposal – A document used to solicit proposals including all other documents that are attached to that document or incorporated in that document by reference.

102. Responsible Proposer – A proposer capable in all respects of meeting all the requirements of a request for proposal; and fully performing all the requirements of the contract, including being financially solvent with sufficient financial resources to perform the work.

103. Responsive Proposal – A proposal conforming in all material respects to the requirements of the request for proposal.

104. Resources – The labor, equipment, materials, and incidentals necessary to perform work on a contract bid item or other element of work.

105. Right-of-Way – A general term denoting land, property, or interest acquired for or devoted to transportation purposes.

106. Roadbed – The graded portion of highway within top and side slopes, prepared as a foundation for the pavement structure and shoulders.

107. Roadbed Material – Material in cuts, embankments, and embankment foundations from the subgrade down that supports the pavement structure.

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108. Roadside – The areas between the outside edges of the shoulders and the right-of-way boundaries including unpaved median areas between inside shoulders of divided highways and areas within interchanges.

109. Roadway, Road or Street – That portion of land improved, designed, or ordinarily used for vehicular travel.

110. Shoulder – The portion of the roadway adjacent to the traveled way that supports base and surface courses.

111. Site of Work – As defined in Title 29 CFR Part 5.2 (l).

112. Specifications – The compilation of provisions and requirements for the performance of prescribed work, including any combination of the following:

a. Special Provisions – A unique specification or a modification or revision to the standard specifications applicable to an individual contract.

b. Supplemental Specifications – Approved additions and revisions to the Standard Specifications.

c. Standard Specifications – Specifications approved for general application and repetitive use.

113. Stabilization – Modification of soils or aggregates by incorporating materials that increases load-bearing capacity, firmness, and resistance to weathering or displacement.

114. Stop Work Order – Notification from the KO to cease or hold work on a contract when the either the KO or the COR determines that work being performed is not in compliance with the contract or is being performed in an unsafe manner.

115. Structures – Buildings, bridges, box culverts, catch basins, cribbings, drop inlets, headwalls, manholes, overhead sign supports, retaining walls, and other similar features.

116. Subgrade – The top surface of a roadbed upon which the pavement structure, shoulders, and curbs are constructed.

117. Subgrade Treatment – Stabilization of roadbed material.

118. Subcontractor – An individual or legal entity to which a

Contractor sublets part of the work.

119. Substantial Completion – Substantially complete. The day as determined by the COR when all of the following have occurred:

a. The public, (including vehicles and pedestrians), have full and unrestricted use and benefit of the facilities both from the operational and safety standpoint.

b. All safety features are installed and fully functional, including, but not limited to, illumination, signing, pavement markings, all coats of striping paint, barrier, guardrail, impact attenuators, delineators, and all other

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c. All remaining pay items in the contract are complete in addition to safety features. Only minor corrective work and replacement of temporary substitute facilities remains for physical completion.

d. The Contractor and COR mutually agree that all work remaining will be performed without lane closures, trail or sidewalk closures, and further delays, disruption, or impediment to the public.

120. Substructure – The system of bridge elements that support the superstructure. The substructure transfers the loads to the earth and retains material behind the supports. Substructure elements include abutments, bents, footings, piles, wingwalls, backwalls, etc.

121. Superintendent – The Contractor’s authorized employee in responsible charge of work.

122. Superstructure – The system of bridge elements that spans the feature being crossed. The superstructure rests on the substructure. The superstructure includes the deck, parapets and girders, or other support elements (for example, trusses, arches, box girders).

123. Surety – The legal entity or individual, other than the Contractor, executing a bond furnished by the Contractor.

124. Suspend Work – Notification to cease or hold work on a contract when the KO determines that delaying the work would be beneficial to both the Contractor and the Department.

125. Temporary Works – Facilities that are generally designed by the Contractor and employed by the Contractor in the execution of the work and whose failure to perform properly could adversely affect the character of the contract work or endanger the safety of adjacent facilities, property, workers, or the public.

Such facilities include but are not limited to falsework, forms and form travelers, cofferdams, shoring, water control systems, and temporary bridges.

126. Traveled Way – The portion of the roadway designated for the movement of vehicles, excluding shoulders and auxiliary lanes.

127. Unsuitable Material - Material not meeting specifications, organic materials, materials that are soft, springy or otherwise yielding, frozen lumps, soils such as peat or bog, and over-saturated silts, clays, or sands whose water content prevents appropriate compaction.

128. Unusually Severe Weather – Adverse weather (such as unusually heavy rain or snow, or unusually high or low temperatures) which at the time of year in which it occurred is

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129. User Costs – Costs incurred, directly or indirectly, by the traveling public due to construction activities.

130. Utility – All privately, publicly, or cooperatively owned lines, facilities, and systems for producing, transmitting, or distributing communications, power, heat, gas, oil, water, waste, and storm water not connected with the highway drainage, signal systems, and other products that directly or indirectly serve the public.

131. Value Engineering Change Proposal – A change proposed by the Contractor and considered by the Government intended to result in project cost savings to contract pay items without reducing the essential functions and characteristics of the project. Refer to Section 00725.

132. Well-Graded Material – Material having an even distribution of different particle sizes. This even distribution of particles of different sizes results in a dense mass upon compaction.

133. Work – The elements, activities, and incidentals necessary to complete a project (including labor, materials, equipment, and the interim products and stages attained in the course of reaching completion), and all alterations, amendments, or extensions made by change order or other written orders of the Engineer.

134. Working Day – Any calendar day, except:

a. Contract designated holidays or days restricted in the contract.

b. Days when the Contractor is specifically required by the contract or letter from the KO to suspend operations through no fault of the Contractor.

c. Days when the COR determines that inclement weather or adverse conditions interfere with the progress of the work.

1) When the COR determines that inclement weather prevents the Contractor from working for at least 50 percent of the normal working day.

2) The day may be considered a working day exception even though conditions may improve, and the major portion of the day could be considered suitable for operations if weather stops the Contractor's crew from beginning work at the normal starting hour and the crew is released as a

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d. Submittals and notification requirements are based on a standard Monday through Thursday 4-day each 10-hour days work week.

135. Working Drawings – Drawings produced by the Contractor that supplement the contract drawings to provide information not included in the contract documents but that is required to fabricate, erect, transport, or temporarily support the structure or structural elements in the completion of the work. Working drawings do not supersede the contract drawings.

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Schedule and Narrative 00700 – Page 22 of 12

Latest Revision: June 17, 2021

Aggregate Source Control 01457– Page 23 of 3

Latest Revision: August 29, 2019

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Latest Revision: September 14, 2023

SECTION 01501

MOBILIZATION

A. Mobilization and preparatory work necessary to become ready to perform the work and final cleanup necessary to complete the work.

1.2 RELATED SECTIONS

A. Section 01741: Final Cleanup

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1.6 GENERAL

A. Includes the moving of personnel, equipment, supplies and incidentals to each work site before beginning the work.

B. Includes the establishment of offices, buildings, and other facilities necessary for the work.

C. Includes labor and operations that must be performed before beginning other items under the Contract.

D. Includes removal of personnel, equipment, and supplies from each work site at the completion of the work.

E. Includes work that is not included with other items under the Contract such as cleanup and restoration of disturbed areas. Refer to Section 01741.

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Latest Revision: January 1, 2017

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SECTION 01554

TRAFFIC CONTROL

A. Temporary traffic control requirements, signs, devices, and personnel necessary to control vehicular and pedestrian traffic flow in a safe and efficient manner in construction zones.

B. Work zone traffic control devices, arrow boards, and pilot cars.

1.2 RELATED SECTIONS

A. Section 00555: Prosecution and Progress

B. Section 02890: Retroreflective Sheeting

1.3 REFERENCES

A. AASHTO Roadside Design Guide, Current Edition

B. American National Standards Institute (ANSI)

C. Americans with Disabilities Act

D. ATSSA: American Traffic Safety Services

Association Quality Standards for Work Zone Traffic Control Devices

E. UDOT Flagger Training Handbook

F. UDOT Guidelines for Crash Cushions and Barrier End Treatments

G. International Safety Equipment Association (ISEA)

H. NCHRP Report 350: Recommended Procedures for the

Safety Performance Evaluation of Highway Features

I. Utah Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (Utah MUTCD)

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J. MASH 2016: AASHTO Manual for Assessing Safety Hardware published 2016

1.4 DEFINITIONS

A. Peak Hours –Peak hours are 6:00 a.m. to 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. to

6:30 p.m., Monday through Thursday unless otherwise defined by the COR or in the contract documents.

B. TPAR – Temporary Pedestrian Access Route – A temporary detectable pedestrian route that is provided when existing routes are disrupted, closed or relocated and includes accessibility features present in the existing facility.

C. TPRS – Temporary Portable Rumble Strips – An array of three heavy rubber strips that create noise when they are run over and are used to alert drivers to the presence of road construction.

D. Traffic Slow Down – An isolated planned event where traffic on a highway is reduced in speed to provide a gap for work to proceed.

1. Examples include the crossing of the roadway with heavy equipment or the adjustment of traffic control devices.

1.5 SUBMITTALS

A. Traffic control plan for review before beginning work.

1. Include at least the following:

a. Traffic control measures for each phase of work in sufficient detail to provide for the safe and efficient movement of traffic, pedestrians, and bicycles during construction.

1) Describe equipment, devices, and implementation instructions.

b. Work elements to be accomplished in each phase.

c. Details for each change to traffic control that is planned for the duration of the project.

d. Expected duration of each traffic control configuration.

e. Length of Need (LON) for temporary barriers.

f. Taper lengths, lane shift widths, device spacing, and sign locations for temporary and existing signs.

g. Removal or masking of traffic control elements that conflict with temporary traffic control measures, such as existing traffic signs, traffic signals, and markings.

h. Worker parking, work vehicle access, and

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i. Location and hours of use for TPRS.

j. TPAR and devices for pedestrian access.

2. Provide supporting engineering calculations.

3. Provide the seal of a Professional Engineer licensed in the

State of Utah on drawings and calculations.

B. Traffic Control Inspection forms weekly for information.

1. Submit to the COR by COB on the Tuesday of the following week.

1.6 REQUIRED MEETING

A. At least the following must attend a meeting before beginning construction at the time and location determined by the EngineerCOR:

1. Contractor’s Traffic Control Designer

2. Contractor’s Traffic Control Maintainer

1.7 DEVICE CRASHWORTHINESS

A. Crashworthiness requirements.

1. Devices manufactured on or before December 31, 2019 and that meet NCHRP 350 crashworthiness criteria may be used until December 31, 2024.

2. Devices manufactured after December 31, 2019 are required to meet MASH 2016 crashworthiness criteria.

B. Devices in the following FHWA device category are required to meet crashworthiness requirements:

1. Category 1 - cones, barrels and delineators

2. Category 2 - barricades and sign stands

3. Category 3 - barriers, crash cushions and truck mounted attenuators

C. Devices in the following FHWA device category are not required to meet crashworthiness requirements:

1. Category 4 - arrow boards and portable variable message signs

1.8 TRAFFIC CONTROL REQUIREMENTS

A. Meet the following requirements for traffic control and document them in the traffic control plan:

1. Meet the requirements in the TC series Standard Drawings, Utah MUTCD, and the Americans with Disabilities Act.

2. Provide for the safe and efficient movement of traffic.

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a. Address expected delay with the Project Public Involvement Team or the Region Communications Manager if the project does not have a Public Involvement Team.

3. Provide for the safe and efficient movement of pedestrians and cyclists when existing facilities are disrupted, closed or relocated by a work zone.

a. Provide detectable temporary facilities that include accessibility features consistent with the features present in the existing pedestrian facility

4. Provide concrete barrier, crash cushions and attenuators including:

a. Protection as required for hazard mitigation for workers. Refer to TC 3 Series Standard Drawings.

b. Protect all hazards to motorists within the appropriate

AASHTO clear zone including bridge parapets, barrier blunt ends, poles, and large equipment. Refer to the Department Guidelines for Crash Cushions and Barrier End Treatments for acceptable devices.

5. Provide temporary pavement markings and pavement marking removal.

6. Incorporate TPRS when there is a change in the width, alignment or number of lanes on freeways or interstates with 2 lanes in a single direction.

1.9 TRAFFIC CONTROL MAINTAINER

A. Provide a traffic control maintainer to install, maintain and remove temporary traffic control devices according to the authorized traffic control plan.

B. Qualifications:

1. Certified by the Department or by the American Traffic Safety Services Association (ATSSA) as a Traffic Control Technician. A list of certifying agencies is available at http://www.udot.utah.gov/go/standardsreferences

C. Authority

1. Obtains and uses labor, equipment, and materials necessary to maintain traffic control.

2. Changes traffic control operations according to the authorized traffic control plan.

D. Responsibilities and Duties

1. Oversee traffic control operations and TPAR devices.

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3. Implement the authorized traffic control plan.

4. Remain available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and can be on- site within 30 minutes of notification.

5. Correct deficiencies immediately upon notification from the Engineer.

6. Manage traffic control inspections.

a. Document inspections on a form acceptable to the COR.

1) Include at least the following:

a) Assessment of device quality.

b) Items in compliance with the authorized traffic control plan.

b. A person with the Government or ATSSA Traffic Control

Technician (TCT) certification performs the inspections and signs the documentation.

1) Persons that have passed TCT certification but do not have the required experience may also perform the inspections and sign documentation.

c. Inspect at least four times each day with at least one of the inspections conducted during nighttime hours when construction work is occurring:

1) Before beginning of shift,

2) At mid-shift,

3) Half-hour after shift ends, and

4) At the midpoint of the off-shift period.

d. Conduct traffic control inspections twice each day when construction is not occurring, but traffic control is present.

1) Once during daylight hours.

2) Once during nighttime hours.

3) At least 8 hours between inspections.

7. Coordinate project traffic control with emergency services and local law enforcement agencies.

8. Monitor traffic queue lengths and adjust advanced warning signs to provide adequate warning of the actual back of queue resulting from construction activities.

9. Adjust the TPRS as necessary to maintain proper alignment, spacing and location.

10. Adjust the TPAR devices as necessary to maintain a detectable route that is consistent with the accessibility present in the existing pedestrian facility.

1.10 PRICE ADJUSTMENTS

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