TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS for - City of West Palm Beach

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1.12 TRENCH SAFETY ACT:All work shall conform to the Trench Safety Act. Contractor shall include in his price the cost ofconforming to the Trench Safety Act.1.13 PRECONSTRUCTION CONFERENCE/PROJECT PROGRESS MEETING:A. Before the Contractor starts the work, a conference will be held to establish procedures forhandling Shop Drawings and other submittal, and for processing Applications for Payment,and to establish a working understanding among the parties as to the work.B. At each project progress meeting, the Contractor shall develop and submit for approval aprogress schedule and phasing plan demonstrating complete fulfillment of all contractrequirements including all activities of subcontractors, equipment vendors and suppliers. Anupdated schedule shall be submitted with each pay request.1.14 TEST OR OPERATION:All tests and analyses which are called for in the Specifications and/orDrawings(geotechnical,concrete, bacteriological, pressure and leakage, etc.) are to be performed by anIndependent Testing Laboratory, (approved by the City) and shall be at the Contractor’s expense.1.15 REMOVAL OF ALL TEMPORARY FACILITIES & RESTORATION OF SITE:Upon completion of the work, it shall be the responsibility of the Contractor to remove all temporaryfacilities including but not limited to pumps, fences, signs, temporary power, materials or other debris.The site, adjacent properties and Owner facilities, shall be restored to their original condition.1.16 VIDEO-TAPINGAt least one (1) week prior to start of construction, the Contractor shall have video tapes taken of allareas where construction is to take place. Such video tapes shall be provided to the Engineer beforeconstruction commences. These video tapes shall serve as a record of the existing conditions fordisputes arising from restoration, and should therefore be taken along the line of construction atsufficient detail as necessary to clearly depict details of existing conditions. The video tapes shall bestandard 3/4" VHS cassette type tapes in color. The Contractor shall be responsible for providing thenecessary equipment for the viewing of the video tapes at the Engineer’s office for the duration of theproject. All video tapes shall be indexed and catalogued in such a manner that each photographedarea is readily identifiable and shall also indicate the date and time (hour, minutes & seconds) onwhich the photograph was made. The Contractor shall also have video tape taken of any unusualconditions encountered during construction that are not already a matter of photographic record. Inany area where existing conditions cannot be determined by means of video tapes, the area shall berestored as approved by the Engineer at the Contractor’s expense. All video tapes shall become theproperty of the Owner. Construction shall not begin until video tapes have been delivered andapproved by Owner.1.17 RECORD DOCUMENTS:A. The Contractor shall maintain on site one set of the following record documents for use torecord actual revision to the Work:1. Construction Drawings2. Specifications3. Addenda4. Change Orders and other modifications to the Contract5. Approved Shop Drawings, product data, and samplesGeneral Requirements Section 01019-3
B. The Contractor shall provide record drawings for partial releases and final release submittals.With each submittal provide survey data, signed and sealed by the Contractor’s Surveyor, tosupport elevation information depicted or the record drawings.The record drawings shall be correctly and accurately show all changes made duringconstruction from the Contract Documents and shall reflect surveyed information which shallbe performed, signed and sealed by a professional land surveyor registered in the State ofFlorida. The drawings shall be neat and legible. All elevations shall be based on State PlaneCoordinates NGVD-29 Datum. Record drawings, at the minimum, shall show the followinginformation:1. Piping - Record drawings shall show the following field information:a. Materials used to construct lines, including invert elevations.b. Station, offset, and top of pipe and roadway elevation at 100 foot intervals,at each change of grade valves, fittings, and at the point of utility crossings.Show all variations in required cover over pipe.c. Station and offset of water services, valves, fittings, hydrants, terminal ends,blow-off points, sampling points, etc.d. Station, offset, and length of all sleeves and casing pipes.e. Detailed sketch for each tie-in point, and utility crossings.f. Location and/or clearances of utilities (gas main, electrical andcommunication conduits, telephone conduit/duct bank, TV cables, etc.) andmiscellaneous structures crossed or otherwise exposed during construction.2. Structures - Record drawings shall show the following information:a. Station, offset, top of grate, and invert elevation of structures includingstructure dimensions and wall thickness.b. Influent and effluent pipe inverts.C. Upon completion of the project, final record drawings will be provided to the City on CD-Rom,Autocad Release 2000 DWG format, along with one set of blueprint (24”x36”), and one setMylar, along with a complete set of all survey data, signed and sealed by a professional LandSurveyor in the State of FloridaD. Engineer-of-Record\Owner (City) reserves the right to review Contractor’s As-Built drawingsduring course of construction.F. Final pay and connections to any existing utility main will not be approved until RecordDrawings are approved and accepted by Engineer-of-Record\Owner (City).1.18 PROVISION FOR THE CONTROL OF DUST:The Contractor shall take the necessary steps to prevent objectionable blowing or drifting of dust,sand, and other debris where the construction occurs in residential, commercial, or other developedareas.Extreme precautions shall be taken during construction to minimize the amount of dust created.Wetting the site or other means as directed by the City, may be required for control of dirt.1.19 OBSTRUCTION:A. The attention of the Contractor is drawn to the fact that during excavation at the project site,the possibility exists of the Contractor encountering various water, chemical, electrical, gas,or other lines not shown on the drawings. The Contractor shall exercise extreme care beforeand during excavation to locate and flag these lines so as to avoid damage to the existinglines. Should damage occur to an existing line, the Contractor shall repair the line at no costto the City.General Requirements Section 01019-4
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