City of San Marcos Project Special Provisions
Greenbook
2015
PROJECT SPECIAL PROVISIONS
Project specific amendments to the
2015 Standard Specifications for Public Works Construction “Greenbook” and
City of San Marcos Standard Special Provisions
The City of San Marcos hereby requires that these Project Special Provisions be used with the SAN MARCOS 2022 ANNUAL SURFACE SEAL CIP # ST001 project and Agreement to which they are attached. The modifications, additions, or deletions shall take precedence as indicated in the Section 2 -5.2 of the Standard Special Provisi ons. All work performed will be done in accordance with the Contract Documents.
Isaac Etchamendy, City Engineer Date:
R.C.E No. 81294, Expires 09-30-2023
City of San Marcos Project Special Provisions
Greenbook
2015
PART 1- GENERAL PROVISIONS
SECTION 6 – PROSECUTION, PROGRESS, AND ACCEPTANCE OF WORK 6-7 TIME OF COMPLETION
ADD THE FOLLOWING SUBSECTION
6-7.2 DELAY START
Contractor will be issued a delay start for this project. The delay start will be for duration of 30 calendar days. The delay start duration will begin on the date the Notice to Proceed is issued. The Notice to Proceed shall indicate the Date of Commencement which will be the start of the Contractors Working Days. The Contractor may only pursue the activities listed below during the delay start period. Once the delay start period has passed the Contractor must pursue completion of the Work to completion. The Contractor may elect, by written request, to end the delay start period earlier or waive the delay start period completely. Allowable Activities during delay start period:
Traffic Control and Material Submittals
Procurement of Materials
Submission of Requests for Information
Administrative Work
Project signage and message board deployment
Public Notification
Field Investigations
Pre-construction meeting
Project Site Walk
Other activities as approved by the Engineer
SECTION 7 – RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE CONTRACTOR
ADD THE FOLLOWING SUBSECTION
7-17.1 PROJECT SITE WALK
Contractor shall walk the project site with the Engineer and/or Agency representative one week prior to commencement of Work. The limits of “Grind and Overlay” and ‘Dig-out” areas shown in Appendix A will be confirmed and be more precisely defined during the walk. The Contractor will document the limits of the pavement repair areas.
Payment for the Project Site Walk shall be inc luded in the Mobilization lump sum Bid price and shall include full compensation for all labor, materials, tools, and equipment as specified in these Special Provisions, the Greenbook, and as directed by the Engineer, and no additional payment will be made therefor. 7-19 PROJECT SIGNAGE
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Project signage shall be printed on engineering grade film affixed to aluminum panel. Signage shall be placed on type III barricades. Signage on type 3 barricades shall be weighed down or anchored so as to not move, fall or migrate from their original position.
City of San Marcos Project Special Provisions
Greenbook
2015
Signage shall be posted 10 days prior to the start of construction and remain for the duration of the project. The Contractor shall use the Agency provided design or design as specified in the Project Special Provisions.
All locations of signage shall be approved by the Engineer.
The project is funded with RMRA funds and a project sign shall be posted along the project site. The contractor shall supply two (2) project signs for the Project located along the project site. The signs shall be five feet (5) tall by eight feet (8) wide. Sign imagery and further information can be found at https://dot.ca.gov/programs/trafficoperations/pfi.
PART 3 – CONSTRUCTION METHODS
SECTION 300 – EARTHWORK
300-1 CLEARING AND GRUBBING
300-1.1 GENERAL
ADD THE FOLLOWING
Clearing and Grubbing shall also include, but is not limited to, the following items:
Removal and disposal of raised pavement markers (RPMs) located on curbs adjacent to the roadway. Removal of all items necessary to complete the work including items not specifically shown on the construction drawing plans but discoverable through site visit or other reasonable means at time of bid. The Engineer shall have sole discretion in determining what items were “discoverable” but will generally be defined as items that could be seen, measured, and/or otherwise identified through surface investigation.
300-1.4 PAYMENT
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Payment for clearing and grubbing shall be made at the contract lump sum price for “CLEARING AND GRUBBING” for all Work within the Project Site and at stockpile locations and shall include full compensation for all labor, materials, tools, and equipment as indicated in the Specifications and as directed by the Engineer, and no additional payment will be made therefor. The lump sum Bid price shall include full compensation for removal and disposal of all the resulting materials.
Payment for abandonment of facilities will be made at the lump sum Bid price, or the Contract Unit Price indicated on the Bid for the items being abandoned. Payment for abandonment shall include all work to cap, backfill, remove, reconfigure, slurry fill, or any other work required to properly abandon the facility.
The Contractor shall provide the Schedule of Values for Clearing and Grubbing to the Agency at the pre-construction meeting for review and approval by the Engineer in accordance with Section 9 -2.1 Schedule of Values of the City of San Marcos Standard Special Provisions. Schedule of values will also be used for payment of additional items above the original estimate.
City of San Marcos Project Special Provisions
Greenbook
2015
SECTION 302 – ROADWAY SURFACING
302-1 COLD MILLING OF EXISTING PAVEMENT
302-1.1 GENERAL
ADD THE FOLLOWING:
Cold milling existing asphalt concrete pavement, also referred to as Grinding, to the depth and limits as designated on the Plans or as directed by the Engineer. Removed millings shall be disposed of per Subsection 300-1.3, “Removal and Disposal of Materials,” of the Standard Specifications.
The entire surface area of pavement in areas designated for cold milling shall be ground to the depths shown on the plans. Care shall be exercised not to damage adjacent concrete gutters and curbs. Gutters or curbs damaged shall be replaced at the Contractor’s expense.
Contractor shall be responsible for locating and protecting manhole, water valve, utility access frames and covers or other metal appurtenances buried below the existing pavement surface, whether shown on the plans or not.
Residue from grinding shall not be permitted to flow or travel into gutters, onto adjacent street surfaces or parkways. All residue shall be completely removed by sweeping and properly disposed. Sweeping is to take place immediately after the grinding has been completed and as directed by the Engineer. A vacuum sweeper is to be used for the residue sweeping. No washing of any residue into gutters and/or drainage structure shall be allowed.
The Contractor shall be responsible for recycling and for obtaining a suitable disposal site for the material not suited for recycling, and pursuant to Subsection 300-1.3, “Removal and Disposal of Materials,” of the Standard Specifications, shall, upon request, file with the Engineer the written consent of the owner of the property upon which he intends to dispose of such material.
During temporary conditions, cold mix AC shall be placed and maintained at the interface between milled and non- milled areas to eliminate the hazard caused by sudden elevation differences, especially in pedestrian path of travel areas adjacent to wheelchair ramps. Prior to AC paving, cold mix used for temporary conditions, shall be removed.
Pavement transitions after cold milling, both transverse and longitudinal, shall be per Section 302-5.7, “Joints,” of the Standard Specifications. The temporary pavement shall be absorbed into the unit costs for cold milling and no additional compensation shall be allowed. All pavement transitions and temporary striping/markings shall be in place prior to the opening of a lane for traffic. Any pavement grade differential between adjacent lanes that, with City’s approval, will remain overnight shall be indicated with the appropriate warning signage.
The Contractor is to notify the City at least two (2) working days prior to and immediately after the cold milling operations so that observations and measurements may be made of areas before the placement of permanent asphalt.
302-4 SLURRY SEAL SURFACING
302-4.10 MEASUREMENT
DELETE THE FIRST SENTENCE AND ADD THE FOLLOWING:
“SLURRY SEAL (TYPE II-CQS-1H-EAS) WITH 2.5% LATEX ADDED” will be measured by the square foot (SF). The Contractor shall provide the Engineer at the time of delivery of the material to the job site a legible copy of a licensed weigh master’s certificate showing gross, tare and net weights of each truckload of emulsion -aggregate slurry mixture, as well as jobsite location, time and temperature. Failure of the Contractor to provide a certificate to Engineer by the City of San Marcos Project Special Provisions
Greenbook
2015
end of the day on which the material represented by such certificate is delivered to the job site may, at the discretion of the Engineer, result in the forfeiture of all payment for such material, including any labor and equipment costs included in the price for furnishing and placing the emulsion-aggregate slurry seal (EAS).
City of San Marcos Project Special Provisions
Greenbook
2015
302-16.8 MEASUREMENT AND PAYMENT
Grind and Overlay shall be incidental to “CLEARING AND GRUBBING” and “ASPHALT CONCRETE PAVEMENT”. Grinding shall include sawcut and milling of the existing AC surface and shall be paid for at the Contract unit price incidental to Clearing and Grubbing. Overlay shall be incidental to Asphalt Concrete Pavement and shall be paid for at the Contract unit price per Ton and shall include full compensation for all labor, materials, tools, and equipment for doing all work involved in completing tack coat, asphalt concrete overlay per the construction drawings to a minimum depth of 2” or thicker, as specified in the Specifications and as directed by the Engineer, and no additional payment will be made therefor.
Dig-Outs shall be incidental to “ASPHALT CONCRETE PAVEMENT” and shall be paid for at the Contract unit price per Ton and shall include full compensation for all labor, materials, tools, and equipment for doing all work involved in completing dig-outs, tack coat, asphalt concrete overlay per the construction drawings to a depth of 5” or 1” thicker than existing AC section , as specified in these Special Provisions and as d irected by the Engineer, and no additional payment will be made therefor.
ADD THE FOLLOWING SECTION
SECTION 313 – SIGNING
313-2.5 MEASUREMENT AND PAYMENT
Permanent signing and appurtenances thereto shown on the plans or required in the specifications shall be paid as part of the lump -sum unit price bid for “TRAFFIC SIGNING AND STRIPING” and shall include full compensation for furnishing all labor, materials, tools, equipment, and incidentals and for doing all work involved in supplying and installing permanent signing, striping, and appurtenances, complete in place, as shown on the plans, as specified in the Standard Specification and these Special Provisions, and as directed by the Engineer.
SECTION 314 – APPLICATION OF TRAFFIC STRIPING AND CURB AND PAVEMENT
MARKINGS
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314-2.3 PAYMENT
Payment for striping removal shall be considered included in the lump sum unit price f or “TRAFFIC SIGNING AND STRIPING” and shall include full compensation for furnishing all labor, materials, tools, and equipment for the removal and disposal of striping, pavement markings, and pavement markers. 314-4.3.7 PAYMENT
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Payment for the application of traffic striping and curb and pavement markings shall be made at the lump sum Contract Unit Price for “TRAFFIC SIGNING AND STRIPING”. 314-4.4.6 PAYMENT
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City of San Marcos Project Special Provisions
Greenbook
2015
Payment for thermoplastic traffic striping and pavement markings will be made at the lump sum Contract Unit Price for “TRAFFIC SIGNING AND STRIPING”.
314-5.7 PAYMENT
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Payment for retroflective and non-retroflective pavement markers will be made at the lump sum Contract Unit Price for “TRAFFIC SIGNING AND STRIPING” and shall include full compensation for all labor, materials, tools, and equipment for doing all work involved in a complete installation or removal of existing pavement markers (all types) per the construction drawings, as specified in these Special Provisions, the Green Book and as directed by the Engineer, and no additional payment will be made therefor.
PART 7 – ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS
86-2.01C CONSTRUCTION
86-2.01C(2)(H) CONDUIT INSTALLATION BY THE TRENCH-IN-PAVEMENT METHOD DELETE PARAGRAPH 7 AND ADD:
When conduit sits within the roadway including driveways, the Contractor shall backfill the trench with concrete in the pipe zone. Trench backfill will conform to Section 217-2. Concrete shall be 560-C-3250. Concrete encasement for traffic signal system conduit located behind the curb is not required. 86-2.04 SIGNAL AND LIGHTING SYSTEMS
ADD THE FOLLOWING
86-2.07 PAYMENT
The contract lump sum price paid for “ Traffic Signal Modifications” shall include full compensation for furnishing all labor, materials, tools, equipment, and incidentals including, but not limited to, pull boxes, conduit and wiring, trenching and backfill, testing, pavement, curbing, and sidewalk patching and reinstallment, pai nting, retouching, seeding, landscaping, and repair of irrigation facilities impacted during construction, clean-up, temporary traffic signal measures, reconnection of existing traffic signal systems, all connections, grounding conductors, and for doing all the work involved in installation of new traffic signal loop detectors, as shown on the Plans, as specified in the Standard Specifications and these Special Provisions, and as directed by the Engineer.
The Contractor shall provide the Schedule of Value s for the Traffic Signal Modifications to the Agency at the pre - construction meeting for review and approval by the Engineer in accordance with Section 9-2.1 Schedule of Values of the City of San Marcos Standard Special Provisions. Schedule of values will also be used for payment of additional items above the original estimate.