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GENERAL REQUIREMENTS FOR DESIGN SERVICES ........................................................................................ 4
1. DEFINITIONS ....................................................................................................................................................... 4
2. GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF SERVICES ......................................................................................................... 4
3. DESIGN STANDARDS AND PROCEDURES ..................................................................................................... 7
4. DESIGN TASKS ...................................................................................................................................................12
4.1 PROJECT DEVELOPMENT/IDENTIFICATION .........................................................................................12
4.1A DESIGN REPORT .........................................................................................................................................14
4.2 TOPOGRAPHIC SURVEY ............................................................................................................................14
4.3 TRAFFIC STUDY PROGRAM ......................................................................................................................23
4.4 HARDWARE AND BASIN CONDITION INVENTORY.................................................................................25
4.5 SUBSURFACE EXPLORATION PROGRAM................................................................................................26
4.6 VAULT PROGRAMS .....................................................................................................................................27
4.7 RAILROAD AND ABANDONED TROLLEY FACILITIES RESEARCH .......................................................34
4.8 ROADWAY PAVEMENT DESIGN ................................................................................................................34
4.9 EMBANKMENT PROTECTION STUDY ......................................................................................................35
4.10 SCHEMATIC GEOMETRIC DESIGN ...........................................................................................................36
4.11 ACQUISITION STUDY AND MAPPING ......................................................................................................37
4.12 QUANTITY AND COST ESTIMATING .........................................................................................................39
4.13 SEWER DATA SURVEY, AREA DRAINAGE AND GRADE STUDY, DRAINAGE PLAN ............................41
4.14 HAZARDOUS WASTE AND SITE CONTAMINATION ................................................................................45
4.15 STREET DESIGN INCLUDING STUDY AND DESIGN OF STREET GRADES, STUDY AND DESIGN OF
STREET DRAINAGE, PERMANENT STREET SIGNS AND PREPARATION OF GRADE CHANGE EXHIBIT ....46
4.16 TREE INVENTORY .......................................................................................................................................58
4.17 TREE IMPACT MITIGATION AND TREE PLANTING PROGRAM ............................................................58
4.18 SEEPAGE BASIN AND/OR HIGHWAY DRAIN DESIGN ............................................................................60
4.19 SEWER DESIGN ...........................................................................................................................................62
4.20 WATER MAIN DESIGN ................................................................................................................................63
4.21 STREET LIGHTING SYSTEM DESIGN ........................................................................................................64
4.22 TRAFFIC SIGNALS SYSTEM DESIGN ........................................................................................................65
4.23 DESIGN OF RETAINING WALLS AND BULKHEADS................................................................................65
4.24 CONSTRUCTION STAGING AND MAINTENANCE AND PROTECTION OF TRAFFIC ..........................66
4.25 PREPARATION OF SPECIFICATIONS .......................................................................................................68
4.26 REVIEW AND ANALYSIS OF BIDS ..............................................................................................................69
4.27 ELECTRONIC ARCHIVING AND INDEXING .............................................................................................69
4.28 SIDEWALK CELLAR DOORS CONDITION INVENTORY ..........................................................................71
4.29 BUILDINGS RESEARCH ..............................................................................................................................72
4.30 CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT DURATION/SCHEDULING STUDY .........................................................72
4.31 SCHEMATIC LANDSCAPE/URBAN DESIGN .............................................................................................73
4.32 FINAL LANDSCAPE/URBAN DESIGN ........................................................................................................75
4.33 LANDSCAPE/URBAN DESIGN CONSTRUCTION SUPPORT SERVICES .................................................76
4.34 DESIGN OF MODIFICATIONS TO SUBWAY VENTILATORS ...................................................................77
4.35 ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT STATEMENT (EAS) .............................................................................78
4.36 UNIFORM LAND USE REVIEW PROCEDURE (ULURP)..........................................................................81
4.37 CLEANING, TELEVISION INSPECTION AND VIDEO TAPE RECORDING OF SEWERS .......................83
4.38 DRAINAGE PLAN GRADE IMPACTS AND GRADE IMPACTS MITIGATION STUDIES .........................86
4.39 FINAL DESIGN OF STEP STREET ..............................................................................................................87
4.40 FINAL DESIGN OF GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE.......................................................................................89
5. CERTIFICATION OF COMPLETENESS ............................................................................................................89
NYC Department of Design and Construction
Infrastructure, October 2012
GR-3