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Bridgestone Retail Operations, LLC<br />

PROJECT MANUAL<br />

Version: January 2012<br />

SECTION 02225<br />

STRUCTURAL EXCAVATION AND BACKFILL<br />

PART 1 GENERAL<br />

1.01 GENERAL REQUIREMENTS<br />

A. This specification shall govern for all work necessary to accomplish the structural<br />

excavation required to complete the project.<br />

PART 2 MATERIALS<br />

2.01 GENERAL<br />

A. Structural excavation shall include all material encountered including earth, asphalt,<br />

base material, concrete, masonry, rock, trees, stumps, and roots.<br />

PART 3 EXECUTIONS<br />

3.01 STRUCTURAL EXCAVATION EXCEEDING 5 FEET IN DEPTH:<br />

A. Excavation Safety:<br />

1. The Contractor's excavation safety procedures shall, in all respects, meet<br />

the current standards established by the U. S. Department of Labor,<br />

Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) on excavation,<br />

trenching and shoring.<br />

B. Responsibility:<br />

1. Contractor has the sole and exclusive responsibility for the sufficiency of the<br />

trench excavation safety systems utilized.<br />

2. The Contractor shall specifically agree that neither the Owner nor the<br />

Engineer has such responsibility, and Contractor will not rely on the Owner<br />

or the Engineer or any of their representatives for inspection, design,<br />

supervision, construction or any other aspect of trench excavation safety<br />

protection.<br />

3. Contractor shall fully indemnify, safe and hold harmless Owner and<br />

Engineer, their employees and agents (hereinafter the Indemnities) against<br />

any and all liability, damage, loss, claims, demands and actions of any<br />

nature whatsoever on account of personal injuries (including, without<br />

limitation on the foregoing, workers' compensation and death claims), or<br />

property loss or damage of any kind whatsoever, which arise out of or are in<br />

any manner connected with, or are claimed to arise out of or be in any way<br />

connected with, the negligence of the Contractor in the inspection, design,<br />

engineering, supervision, construction, safety devices or other activity<br />

connected with the trench excavation safety protection under this<br />

Agreement.<br />

4. Contractor shall, at his own expense, investigate all such claims and<br />

demands, attend to their settlement or other disposition, defend all actions<br />

based thereon and pay all charges of attorneys and all other costs and<br />

expenses of any kind arising from any such liability, damage, loss, claims<br />

demands, and actions.<br />

STRUCTURAL EXCAVATION AND BACKFILL 02225 – Page 1 of 4

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