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2. Sub-cellar/sub-basement vaults shall be considered as separate individual vaults.
3. Underground vaults, chambers or enclosures owned and operated by private utilities shall NOT be considered
a vault except as herein stipulated.
C. To determine precisely the existence and nature of building vaults the Consultant shall develop a program to
research, inspect and reinspect, as necessary, all properties and/or buildings along the project streets that have or
may have vaults constructed within the limits of the adjacent right of way. The Consultant shall identify all
properties on which buildings are constructed up to and abutting the right of way line by Lot and Block Numbers,
and by street addresses, and shall prepare a list of all such properties for inclusion in the proposed Levels I and II
Vault Program. Subject to approval by the Commissioner, buildings that are set back from the right of way line may
be omitted from the program.
D. To assist the Consultant in completing the full requirements of the Level I Program, the Department will provide the
Consultant with any available preliminary vault study information prepared in conjunction with this project, including
all available notes, reports, information, measurements, etc., compiled in conjunction with said studies. The
Consultant shall review the data contained in preliminary vault studies to ascertain the type and level of work
required, and shall proceed with the verification and completion of any additional Level I and Level II requirements
of this task, as stipulated herein. Any such preliminary vault study information provided to the Consultant is not
intended to substitute for the requirements of the vault program.
E. The scope of work for the Level I Program shall include the performance of the following services:
1. Level I Program - Research and Inspection. The Consultant shall ascertain the existence of active, inactive
or abandoned below-surface vault spaces for all properties listed in the program and shall make inspections
and/or take measurements as herein stipulated.
a) The Consultant shall make every reasonable effort to research all available sources for existing vault
records. Particular attention shall be given to, but not be limited to, the following sources: The New
York City Buildings Department; The New York City Department of Transportation's Division of Legal
Affairs - Office of Litigation Services and Records Management, [55 Water St. new York, Phone (212)
839-9847]; The New York City Department of Transportation's Bureau of Highway Operations (Permit
Management Office/Plan Examination Unit), building owners and/or management agents, tenants, and
the New York City Department of Finance.
b) The Consultant shall perform visual field inspection of the sidewalk condition(s) and sidewalk features
fronting each building face and/or vacant parcel for the purpose of making an "engineering judgment"
regarding the existence of below-surface vault spaces.
c) The Consultant shall enter and/or inspect the interior of all buildings/structures that are listed for the
vault program, as required, for the purpose of determining the existence of cellar/basement entrances
thereto.
d) The Consultant shall enter and visually inspect all accessible basements, cellar and subcellar spaces
within all contiguous buildings/properties/structures for the purpose of ascertaining the existence of
active, inactive and suspected and/or abandoned building vault spaces, including Transit Authority
facilities where applicable.
e) The Consultant shall be solely responsible for obtaining permission from owners and/or tenants for
entry into building cellar/basement areas or other areas of the site, as required, to perform the
necessary inspections and/or measurements required in this and subsequent phases.
f) Since access to cellar/basement areas will require multiple attempts, the Consultant shall be solely
responsible for developing optimum schedules for access in performing the inspections and/or
measurements required in this and/or subsequent phases.
NYC Department of Design and Construction
Infrastructure, October 2012
GR-28