FLH PDDM Chapter 9 - Eastern Federal Lands Highway Division

9.4.K. Specifications. (continued)Construction Requirements. Describe the sequence of construction operations, special equipment, controls,limitations, tolerances, and acceptance criteria in chronological order. Use multiple subsections withsubheadings.Use imperative mood, active voice whenever possible. Instead of saying, "The Contractor shall build theroad." or "The road shall be built." say "Build the road." In sentences using the imperative mood, thesubject, the Contractor, is implied. Actions of the Government should be written in the active voice usingthe work "will." For example, " The Government will approve the road." Subsection 101.01 of the FPmakes this interpretation a part of FLH contracts.Use sufficient specification requirements to ensure quality of workmanship and satisfactory completionof the work. Minimize specific requirements about methods and equipment to permit improved equipmentand to encourage contractors to apply new and advanced ideas and methods in construction. Specify theallowable tolerances and applied penalties, if any, for exceeding these tolerances.The last subsection under Construction Requirements is used to describe how the work under that Sectionwill be accepted. This usually includes references to the following four methods of acceptance:Subsection 106.02, Visual Inspection; subsection 106.04, Certification of Compliance; Subsection106.04, Measured or Tested Conformance; or subsection 106.05, Statistical Evaluation of Work andDetermination of Pay Factor (Value of Work).Measurement. Since the Contractor performs the measurement under FLH contracts, use the activevoice, imperative mood. Specify the components of the completed work item to be measured forpayment and the units of measurement to be used. Use the measurement terms and definitions containedin Subsection 109.02 of the FP. Establish where, when and how to measure the work item. List anyexception that will or will not be included in the measurements.Payment. This subsection should consist of the following wording: "The accepted quantity, measuredas provided above, will be paid at the contract price per unit of measurement for the pay items listedbelow that are shown in the bid schedule. Payment will be full compensation for the work prescribedin this Section. See Subsection 109.05." followed by a list of the pay item numbers, names, andcorresponding pay units.Pay items with their unit bid prices subject to adjustment under Subsection 106.05 should be included asexceptions in the above paragraph. The subsection will also need to describe the method for adjusting thecontract unit bid price.Subsection 109.05, Scope of Payment, includes the general rules for measurement and payment of work.There is no need to restate these rules in each individual Section. However, all exceptions or neededclarifications of these rules should be stated in the Measurement or Payment subsections of the individualSection.When writing a special contract requirement which adds to a standard specification, use the following phrase:Subsection ( ) is supplemented as follows:When writing a special contract requirement to delete a standard specification for a contract, use the followingphrase:Subsection ( ) is deleted.9 - 148