Section_01_10_00_General.pdf

FY16 MURRELLS INLET W912HP-16-B-0003

MAINTENANCE DREDGING

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GENERAL

PART 1 GENERAL

1.1. SUMMARY

1.2. PAYMENT

1.3. SUBMITTALS

1.4. PRECONSTRUCTION CONFERENCE

1.4.1. Conference

1.4.2. Letter of Record

1.5. CONSTRUCTION PROGRESS CHARTS

1.4. Submittal of Construction Progress Chart

1.5. Preparation of Construction Progress Chart

1.6. Modifications to Construction Progress Chart

1.6. CERTIFICATES OF COMPLIANCE

1.7. PHYSICAL CONDITIONS AND DATA

1.7.1. General

1.7.2. Physical Conditions

1.7.3. Weather Conditions

1.7.4. Transportation Facilities

1.7.5. Channel Traffic

1.7.6. Obstruction of Channel

1.7.7. Condition of Site

1.8. As-Built Drawings

1.9. Access Routes

1.10. Datum and Bench Marks

1.11. Storage Areas

1.12. Contractor Furnished Placement Areas

1.13. Construction Schedule Constraints

1.14. Public Access

1.15. Quality Control

PART 2 PRODUCTS (Not Applicable)

PART 3 EXECUTION (Not Applicable)

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PART 1 GENERAL

1.1. SUMMARY

This section requires the Contractor to implement practices and procedures for general contract requirements.

1.2. PAYMENT

Separate payment will not be made for general contract requirements, and all associated costs therewith shall be included in the applicable unit prices or lump sum prices contained in the Bidding Schedule.

1.3. SUBMITTALS

Government approval is required for submittals with a "G" designation;

submittals not having a "G" designation are for information only. When used, a designation following the "G" designation identifies the office that will review the submittal for the Government. Submit the following in accordance with this section.

SD-01 Preconstruction Submittals

Construction Progress Charts (Reference Subsection CONSTRUCTION

PROGRESS CHARTS); G

1.4. PRECONSTRUCTION CONFERENCE

1.4.1. Conference

A Preconstruction Conference will be arranged by the Contracting Officer's

Representative after award of contract and before commencement of work. The

Contracting Officer's Representative will notify the Contractor of the time and date set for the meeting. At this conference, the Contractor shall be oriented with respect to Government procedures and line of authority, contractual, administrative, and construction matters. Additionally, a schedule of required submittals will be discussed. The Contractor shall bring to the preconstruction conference the required preconstruction submittals in completed form.

1.4.2. Letter of Record

A Letter of Record will be written documenting all items discussed at the conference and a copy will be furnished by the Contracting Officer's

Representative to all in attendance.

1.5. CONSTRUCTION PROGRESS CHARTS

In accordance with Contract Clause SCHEDULES FOR CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS, the

Contractor shall be guided by the following requirements and procedures as pertaining to submission of an initial and subsequent periodic construction progress chart. These charts as accepted and updated shall provide the basis for determination of the amounts of progress payments.

(a) The Contractor shall within five days after the Notice to Proceed prepare and submit to the Contracting Officer for acceptance three copies of a practicable schedule showing the order in which the Contractor proposes to perform the work, and the dates on which the Contractor contemplates starting and completing the several salient features of the work (including acquiring

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materials, plant, and equipment). The schedule shall be in the form of a progress chart of suitable scale to indicate appropriately the percentage of work scheduled for completion by any given date during the period. If the Contractor fails to submit a schedule within the time prescribed, the Contracting

Officer may withhold approval of progress payments until the

Contractor submits the required schedule.

(b) The Contractor shall enter the actual progress on the chart as directed by the Contracting Officer, and upon doing so shall immediately deliver three copies of the annotated schedule to the

Contracting Officer. If, in the opinion of the Contracting

Officer, the Contractor falls behind the approved schedule, the

Contractor shall take steps necessary to improve its progress, including those that may be required by the Contracting Officer, without additional cost to the Government. In this circumstance, the Contracting Officer may require the Contractor to increase the number of shifts, overtime operations, days of work, and/or the amount of construction plant, and to submit for approval any supplementary schedule or schedules in chart form as the

Contracting Officer deems necessary to demonstrate how the approved rate of progress will be regained.

(c) Failure of the Contractor to comply with the requirements of the

Contracting Officer under this clause shall be grounds for a determination by the Contracting Officer that the Contractor is not prosecuting the work with sufficient diligence to ensure completion within the time specified in the contract. Upon making this determination, the Contracting Officer may terminate the

Contractor’s right to proceed with the work, or any separable part of it, in accordance with the default terms of this contract.

1.4. Submittal of Construction Progress Chart

Progress Charts shall be established and maintained within the Quality

Control System (QCS) in accordance Section 01 45 02.00 10 QUALITY CONTROL

SYSTEM. Additionally, a blank ENG Form 2454 is furnished in the ATTACHMENTS for the Contractor’s optional use.

1.5. Preparation of Construction Progress Chart

The Contractor shall indicate on the progress chart the Contract Line Items contained in the contract, showing the amount of the item and its relative weighted percentage of the total contract. The Contractor may separate features of work under each item to show salient work elements such as procurement of materials, plant, and equipment, and supplemental work elements such as excavation, reinforcing steel, backfill, etc. These salient features shall total to the cost and weighted percentages shown for the major

Contract Line Items. When quantity variations impact the weighted percentage of a separate item by five percent or more, the Contractor shall revise the contract progress charts to accurately reflect the impact of such variations.

1.6. Modifications to Construction Progress Chart

Modifications to the contract which are minor in nature shall be listed and scheduled separately in order of their issuance and as reported on the associated request for progress payment. Completion of work on minor modifications shall be noted as work progresses. When major modifications

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are issued in which one or more of the Contract Line Items are significantly changed monetarily or in time of completion, the progress schedule should be revised to incorporate such changes showing revised item completion dates and overall new completion date, as applicable.

1.6. CERTIFICATES OF COMPLIANCE

Any certificates required for demonstrating proof of compliance of materials with specification requirements shall be executed in three (3) copies unless otherwise specified. Each certificate shall be signed by an official authorized to certify in behalf of the manufacturing company and shall contain the name and address of the Contractor, the project name and location, and the quantity and date or dates of shipment or delivery to which the certificates apply. Copies of laboratory test reports submitted with certificates shall contain the name and address of the testing laboratory and the date or dates of the tests to which the report applies. Certification shall not be construed as relieving the Contractor from furnishing satisfactory material, if, after tests are performed on selected samples, the material is found not to meet the specific requirements.

1.7. PHYSICAL CONDITIONS AND DATA

1.7.1. General

In accordance with contract Clause FAR 52.236-4, data and information furnished or referred to below are for the Contractor's information. The

Government shall not be responsible for any interpretation of or conclusion drawn from the data or information by the Contractor.

1.7.2. Physical Conditions

The physical conditions indicated on the drawings and in the specifications are the results of site investigations by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Charleston District (USACE-SAC). It highly recommended that bidders conduct their own investigations and decide for themselves the character of the materials and difficulties of performing the work.

1.7.3. Weather Conditions

The areas in which work is to be done under these specifications are workable during the entire year; however, tropical storms may require that operations be suspended temporarily. The season for tropical storms is during the period

June - November; during such disturbances precaution should be taken to secure all plant and equipment.

1.7.4. Transportation Facilities

The work site is located in Georgetown County in the Murrells Inlet, Huntington Beach, and Garden City areas, as shown on the Location Map and

Vicinity Map. This area is served by U.S. highways and state and local roads.

The nearest port is the Port of Georgetown, which is served by CSX

Transportation’s railroad facilities. Docking and fueling facilities, provisions, and limited marine supplies are also available. Scheduled airline service is available at Myrtle Beach International Airport. There is no direct access to Murrells Inlet from the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway. The

Contractor shall be responsible for knowledge of transportation conditions, such as availability of roads, load limits for bridges and roads, and any other conditions that will affect the transportation of equipment and materials to the work site. It is highly recommended that prospective bidders examine the area of work prior to submission of bids in order to determine

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for themselves accessibility and suitability for transportation of equipment, materials, personnel, and supplies, and also to familiarize themselves as to the nature and general arrangement of the work area.

Tidal benchmark information may be obtained from U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Ocean Service at the NOS website, www.co-ops.nos.noaa.gov.

1.7.5. Channel Traffic

Traffic at Murrells Inlet consists primarily of charter fishing boats, commercial fishing boats, and privately owned pleasure craft.

1.7.6. Obstruction of Channel

The Government will not undertake to keep the channel free from vessels or other obstructions, except to the extent of such regulations, if any, as may be prescribed by the Secretary of the Army, in accordance with the provisions of Section 7 of the Rivers and Harbors Act approved 8 August 1917. The

Contractor will be required to conduct the work in such a manner as to obstruct navigation as little as possible, and in case the Contractor's plant so obstructs the channel as to make it difficult or endanger the passage of vessels, said plant shall be promptly moved on the approach of any vessel to such an extent as may be necessary to afford a practicable passage. Upon completion of the work the Contractor shall promptly remove his plant, including ranges, buoys, piles and other markers placed by him under the contract in navigation waters or on the shore.

1.7.7. Condition of Site

It is highly recommended that prospective bidders examine the areas of work, prior to submission of bids, in order to determine for themselves the accessibility for transportation of personnel, supplies and equipment and also to familiarize themselves as to the nature and general arrangement of work areas. The Contractor shall obtain any and all right-of-entries across private lands which he may use.

1.8. As-Built Drawings

The Contractor shall maintain a separate set of full-size contract drawings, marked up in red, to indicate as-built conditions. Each as-built contract drawing shall include the Contract Number associated with the contract. These drawings shall be maintained current with the work at all times until completion of the work and shall be available for review by Government personnel at all times. All variations from the contract drawings, for whatever reason, including those occasioned by modification, shall be indicated. These variations shall be shown in the same general detail that is utilized in the contract drawings. Upon completion of the work, the marked-up drawings shall be furnished to the Contracting Officer prior to acceptance of the work. The Government reserves the right to withhold two percent of the total price of the items for which as-built contract drawings have not been submitted.

1.9. Access Routes

Any damage to pavement, structures, or other facilities resulting from the

Contractors construction activities under this contract shall be promptly repaired by the Contractor, as approved by the Contracting Officer. The cost of maintenance and repair of the access routes shall be considered as a http://www.co-ops.nos.noaa.gov/

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subsidiary obligation of the Contractor. The axle load of any heavy equipment operating on paved streets and roads shall not exceed South Carolina State

Highway Department load limits.

1.10. Datum and Bench Marks

Monument records are available for inspection at the Charleston District office, Charleston, South Carolina.

1.11. Storage Areas

No storage areas are provided at the site. The Contractor's equipment storage and staging areas shall be at locations subject to the approval of the

Contracting Officer.

1.12. Contractor Furnished Placement Areas

Trash, debris, and other objectionable matter shall be disposed offsite in an approved landfill in accordance with Federal, state and local regulations.

1.13. Construction Schedule Constraints

The work to be performed is to be accomplished on public beaches either adjacent to residential properties or within a state park that will be occupied and in normal usage during the course of construction. Public access shall be maintained as specified below in Paragraph Public Access. It is the intent of these provisions to provide for maximum coordination between construction activities pursuant to this contract and concurrent use by residents and the public and on-going routine activities of the state park personnel. Interference with and inconvenience to residents and visitors or to the routine of surrounding areas shall be held to an absolute minimum.

1.14. Public Access

Except in the immediate area where beach fill is being placed, beaches shall remain open to the public at all times during project construction. The

Contractor shall provide and maintain barricades, fencing signs, and observers as necessary to keep the public a safe distance from the discharge area of the pipe and shall protect the public from hazards in the other areas of construction. These requirement may be accomplished as the Contractor elects but must be in compliance with the requirements specified in Section

02325 DREDGING; 29 CFR 1910, Occupational Safety and Health Standards; 29 CFR

1926, Safety and Health Regulations; and EM 385-1-1, U.S. Army Corps of

Engineers Safety and Health Requirements Manual. This responsibility shall be included in the Contractor's submitted Accident Prevention Plan and will be discussed at the preconstruction safety conference.

1.15. Quality Control

In addition to the requirements of Section 01451 CONTRACTOR QUALITY CONTROL, the Contractor shall comply with the requirements specified in this paragraph. The Contractor shall establish and maintain a quality control system for all work to ensure compliance with contract requirements and record all inspections and tests under this system, including but not limited to the following:

(a) Fill material is placed within the specified tolerances.

(b) Dredge effluent does not flow landward of the fill section or other limits established by the Contracting Officer.

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(c) Damage to the existing berm and dune is held to the minimum possible.

(d) Adequate control is provided to prevent unnecessary loss of material by seaward flow of pipeline effluent.

(e) The pipeline is periodically inspected for leakage as specified.

(f) All joints of pipe for discharge line are tight and sound.

(g) Safety, including ensuring signs and barriers are in place to keep public away from discharge point and beach fill placement work.

PART 2 PRODUCTS (Not Applicable)

PART 3 EXECUTION (Not Applicable)

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