Specification Part 3 - Road & Bridge Works - Urban Administration ...

The floor space for the field laboratory shall include space for the storage of samples. The remaining
space shall be provided for the installation of equipment, laboratory tables and cup boards, working space
for carrying out various laboratory tests, besides a wash basin, toilet facility and a curing tank for the curing
of samples, around 4 m x 2 m x 1 m in size and a fume chamber. Wooden/concrete working table with a
working platform area of about 1m x 10 m shall be provided against the walls, also providing wooden
cupboards above and below the working tables to store accessories such as, sample moulds etc. Atleast 4
racks of slotted angles and M.S. sheets the size 1800 mm x 900 mm x 375 mm and atleast 6 stools for
laboratory test operators of Godrej or equivalent make shall also be provided.
120.3 Laboratory Equipment
For the purpose of establishing laboratory, projects are categorized under following categories:
a) Projects costing Rs 100 crore and above: and
b) Projects costing less than Rs 100 crore.
The items of laboratory equipment shall be provided in the field laboratory depending upon the items to be
executed.
Note : The items and their numbers listed above in this Section shall be decided by the Engineer as per
requirements of the Project and modified accordingly.
120.4 Ownership
The field laboratory building and equipment shall be the property of the Contract or. The Employer and the
Engineer shall have free access to the laboratory during construction and defects liability period of the
Contract.
120.5 Maintenance
The Contractor shall arrange to maintain the field laboratory in a satisfactory manner until the issue of
Taking over Certificate for the complete work. Maintenance includes all activities described in Section
120.4.
120.6 Rate
Provision and maintenance of the field laboratory is not a payable item as it is incidental to the work.
121 SUPPLY OF PROJECT RECORD
121.1 Scope
The work covers the supply digital record of project events in digital format (DVD/Flash Drive) including
coloured photographs mounted on albums to serve as a permanent record of the work needed for an
authentic documentation, as approved by the Engineer.
121.2 Description
The Contractor shall provide the following project records in digital format (DVD/Flash Drive) as directed by
the Engineer :
i) Record of work in each workfront : It shall cover the status of each workfront before start of work, during
various stages of construction and after completion duly including the arrangements made (day & night) for
traffic during construction (This shall be need based or as directed by the Engineer);
ii) Record of quarry sites, plant sites, camp sites including labour camps, haul roads, access roads, etc. on
quarterly basis;
iii) Record of all accidents on project road/ various sites (quarry, plant, camp, etc.)
The record shall be taken by a professional with a digital camera capable of taking still as well as video
images having the facility to record the date and the background commentary. The Contractor shall keep
separate discs/drives, one with the Engineer and the other with the Employer and update the data in these
discs/drives on monthly basis. Separately, a video (in digital format) of maximum one hour duration
covering interesting and novel features of the work duly editing the above master disc/drive shall also be
maintained, one copy each kept with the Engineer and the Employer and updated on monthly basis. All