Amendment_0002.pdf

VA Grand Junction Seismic Corrections, Building 1 1679 transporting materials, equipment and personnel.

1) Contractor makes all arrangements with the Contracting Officer for use of elevators. The VA Representative will ascertain that elevators are in proper condition.

2) Contractor covers and provides maximum protection of following elevator components:

(a) Entrance jambs, heads soffits and threshold plates.

(b) Entrance columns, canopy, return panels and inside surfaces of car enclosure walls.

(c) Finish flooring.

3) Place elevator in condition equal, less normal wear, to that existing at time it was placed in service of Contractor as approved by Contracting Officer.

1.12.13 Occupied and Existing Buildings

The Contractor shall be working in and around existing buildings, which are occupied.

The existing buildings and their contents shall be kept secure at all times.

Provide temporary closures as required to maintain security, as directed by the Contracting Officer.

Provide continuous, floor to ceiling dust barrier separation of construction areas from occupied areas of the hospital, except for those construction areas where only light refinishing work is required (no dust generation).

Provide dust covers or protective enclosures to protect existing work and Government material that remains in the hospital during the construction periods.

Leave attached equipment in place and protect it against damage or temporarily disconnect, relocate, and re-install it at the completion of the work.

Coordinate with the Contracting Officer before disconnecting any equipment.

Contractor traffic through occupied areas shall be restricted, both in terms of time and in location, including transport routes and methods of containment for demolition debris. Coordinate with the Contracting Officer and the VA Representative.

The Contractor shall schedule work for weekends and/or night shifts as required to accomodate the VA operations. Pile driving shall commence on a Saturday morning to lessen the impact on patients and staff. Contractor shall sequence work to begin pile driving at the Main Entrance - East Tower location first.

Coordinate with the Contracting Officer and the VA Representative.

Contractor shall preserve the operation of life safety, air conditioning, power, and communications services to occupied areas, throughout the project, excepting short duration, previously approved outages.

1.12.14 Night Work

Contractor shall supply all necessary lighting for night work. Contractor

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VA Grand Junction Seismic Corrections, Building 1 1679 the site shall interfere as little as possible with public traffic. The Contractor shall investigate the adequacy of existing roads and the allowable load limit on these roads. The Contractor shall be responsible for the repair of any damage to roads caused by construction operations.

1.5.1 Haul Roads

The Contractor shall as required, at its own expense, construct access roads necessary for proper prosecution of the work under this contract.

The Contractor shall provide necessary lighting, signs, barricades, and distinctive markings for the safe movement of traffic. The method of dust control, although optional, shall be adequate to ensure safe operation at all times. Location, grade, width, and alignment of construction and hauling roads shall be subject to approval by the Contracting Officer.

Lighting shall be adequate to assure full and clear visibility for full width of haul road and work areas during any night work operations. Upon completion of the work, haul roads designated by the Contracting Officer shall be restored to pre-construction conditions as required.

1.5.2 Barricades

The Contractor shall erect and maintain temporary barricades to limit public access to hazardous areas. Such barricades shall be required whenever safe public access to paved areas such as roads, parking areas or sidewalks is prevented by construction activities or as otherwise necessary to ensure the safety of both pedestrian and vehicular traffic. Barricades shall be securely placed, clearly visible with adequate illumination to provide sufficient visual warning of the hazard during both day and night.

1.6 CONTRACTOR'S TEMPORARY FACILITIES

1.6.1 Administrative Field Offices

The Contractor shall provide and maintain administrative field office facilities within the construction area at the designated site. Government office and warehouse facilities will not be available to the Contractor's personnel.

1.6.2 Storage Area

The Contractor shall construct a temporary 6 foot high chain link fence around trailers and materials. The fence shall include plastic strip inserts, colored brown, so that visibility through the fence is obstructed. Fence posts may be driven, in lieu of concrete bases, where soil conditions permit. Trailers, materials, or equipment shall not be placed or stored outside the fenced area unless such trailers, materials, or equipment are assigned a separate and distinct storage area by the Contracting Officer away from the vicinity of the construction site but within the VA campus boundaries. Trailers, equipment, or materials shall not be open to public view with the exception of those items which are in support of ongoing work on any given day. Materials shall not be stockpiled outside the fence in preparation for the next day's work.

Mobile equipment, such as tractors, wheeled lifting equipment, cranes, trucks, and like equipment, shall be parked within the fenced area at the end of each work day.Please note that the Staging Area indicated on Sheet G-002 will be shared with another Contractor.

1.6.3 Supplemental Storage Area

Upon Contractor's request, the Contracting Officer will designate another

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