2007 STANDARD SPECIFICATIONS FOR HIGHWAY …

1 2007 . STANDARD . SPECIFICATIONS . FOR. HIGHWAY . CONSTRUCTION. The south carolina department of transportation 2007 STANDARD SPECIFICATIONS for HIGHWAY Construction is hereby approved for application on HIGHWAY and related construction contracts as referenced in the Contract and the Plans, and applies as noted and amended by those documents. Approved, D. R. Shealy, Director of Construction I hereby certify that The south carolina department of transportation 2007 . STANDARD SPECIFICATIONS for HIGHWAY Construction was prepared under my direct supervision and that I am a duly registered professional engineer under the laws of the State of south carolina . G. A. Peck, Construction SPECIFICATIONS Engineer COPIES OF THIS BOOK MAY BE OBTAINED FROM: south carolina department of transportation Engineering Publications Office 955 Park Street Columbia, south carolina 29201.

2 Telephone 803-737-4533. Fax 803-737-4530. E-mail: All orders must be prepaid. We accept payment by check, US Postal money order, Visa or Mastercard. Shipping and handling are separate from the price of the book. A street address is required for shipping for tracking purposes. TABLE OF CONTENTS. south carolina department OF transportation . 2007 STANDARD SPECIFICATIONS . FOR HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION. DIVISION 100. GENERAL PROVISIONS. SECTION 101. DEFINITIONS AND TERMS. General ..1. Abbreviations and Acronyms ..1. Terms and General ..4. Acceleration and Deceleration (the) Advertisement ..5. Base Course ..5. Bid Proposal ..5. Bidder ..5. Bridge ..5. Calendar Change Order ..6. Channel ..6. (the) Commission ..6. Construction Estimate ..6. (SCDOT) Construction (the) Contract Contract Item (or Pay Item or Bid Item) ..7. Contract Time ..7. Contract Completion Date.

3 7. (the) Contractor ..7. (the) County ..7. Crossover ..7. Culvert ..8. (the) department ..8. (the) Designer (of Record)..8. (the) (the) Engineer ..8. Engineering District ..8. Extension ..8. Extra Work ..8. Force Account Work Order ..9. HIGHWAY ..9. (the) Letting ..9. Lump Sum ..9. Materials ..9. Median ..9. i TABLE OF CONTENTS. Optimum Moisture Content for Compaction ..9. Parking Lane ..9. Pavement Structure ..10. Payment Bond ..10. Performance and Indemnity Bond ..10. (the) Plans (or Design Plans) ..10. Preconstruction Conference ..10. Prequalification ..10. (the) Project ..10. Proposal (or Contract Proposal) ..11. Proposal Guaranty ( or Bid Bond) ..11. Ramp ..11. Road ..11. Roadbed ..11. SC-T-XXX ..11. SC-M-XXX(MMYY) ..12. Shop Plans ..12. Shoulder ..12. Sidewalk ..12. Skew or Skew (the) Special Provisions ..12. (the) SPECIFICATIONS ..13. Specified Completion Date.

4 13. (SCDOT) STANDARD Drawings ..13. (these) STANDARD (the) State ..13. State HIGHWAY Engineer ..13. Street ..13. Structure ..13. Subbase ..14. Subcontractor ..14. Subgrade ..14. Substantial Completion of Work ..14. Substructure ..14. Superintendent ..14. Superstructure ..14. Supplemental SPECIFICATIONS ..14. (the) Surety ..15. Temporary Traffic Travelway or Traveled Unit Price ..15. (the) Work ..15. Working Drawings ..15. SECTION 102. BIDDING REQUIREMENTS AND CONDITIONS. Prequalification ..16. Interpretation of Quantities ..17. Examination of Plans, SPECIFICATIONS , Work Site, etc ..17. Electronic Bidding ..17. Counterproposals ..17. Qualifying Letters Prohibited ..17. Irregular Bids ..17. Proposal ii TABLE OF CONTENTS. Withdrawal of Bids ..18. Public Opening of Bids ..19. Disqualification of Bidders ..19. SECTION 103. AWARD AND EXECUTION OF CONTRACTS.

5 Consideration of Proposals ..20. Award of a Contract ..20. Cancellation of Return of Proposal Bond Requirements ..20. Execution of the Contract ..21. Failure to Execute the Contract and Provide Bonds and Insurance Contractor's Liability Insurance ..21. Deferral and Cancellation of Contract ..23. Measurement and Payment ..24. SECTION 104. SCOPE OF WORK. Intent of Contract ..25. Alteration of Plans or Character of Work ..25. Value Engineering ..26. Extension of the Contract ..30. Extra Work ..30. Detours and Haul Roads ..30. Maintenance and Maintaining Removal and Disposal of Structures and Obstructions ..31. Rights In and Use of Materials Found on the Final Cleaning Up ..32. SECTION 105. CONTROL OF WORK. Authority of the RCE ..33. The Design Plans, Shop Plans, and Working Conformity with Plans and Coordination of Plans, SPECIFICATIONS , and Special Cooperation by Cooperation with Utilities.

6 36. Cooperation between Contractors ..36. Construction Stakes, Lines, and Grades ..37. Construction Stakes, Lines, and Grades Partially Provided by the department ..37. Construction Stakes, Lines, and Grades Provided by the Contractor ..38. Construction Stakes, Lines, and Grades Provided by the Contractor for Bridge(s) Only ..39. Authority and Duties of the RCE's Representatives ..41. Inspection of the Work ..41. Removal of Unacceptable and Unauthorized Load Failure to Maintain Roadway or Structure ..43. Termination for Convenience ..43. Acceptance and Final Partial Final Acceptance ..44. Claims for Adjustment and Disputes ..44. General ..44. Delay Claims for iii TABLE OF CONTENTS. Other Recoverable Damages ..46. Non-Recoverable Damages ..47. Required Contents of Required Certification of Claims ..48. Auditing of Remedies Exclusive ..50. General Design Features.

7 50. SECTION 106. CONTROL OF MATERIAL. Source of Supply and Quality of Materials ..51. Local Material Sources ..51. Samples and Tests ..51. Plant Inspection ..52. Field Storage of Materials ..52. Handling Materials ..53. Unacceptable Material ..53. Material Guaranty ..53. Material Pit Acquisition and Testing ..54. Source of Production of Iron and Steel Products ..54. SECTION 107. LEGAL RELATIONS AND RESPONSIBILITY TO PUBLIC. Laws to be Permits, Licenses, and Taxes ..55. Patented Devices, Materials, and Processes ..55. Restoration of Surfaces Opened by Permit ..55. Federal Sanitary Health and Safety Provisions ..56. Air Pollution Control ..56. Quarantine Regulations ..56. Public Convenience and Construction of Bridges Over or Adjacent to Navigable Traffic Control ..58. Measurement and Payment for Traffic Correcting Low Shoulder Conditions ..59.

8 Identifying Existing Low Shoulders Before the Commencement of Work ..59. Maintenance of Low Shoulder Signs During the Project ..59. Work Related to Existing Low Shoulders ..59. Correction of Low Shoulders Created by Resurfacing ..59. Railway/ HIGHWAY Use of Explosives ..60. Preservation and Restoration of Property, Trees, Monuments, Forest Protection ..61. Responsibility for Claims, etc..61. Third Party Liability ..62. Opening of Section of HIGHWAY to Traffic ..62. Contractor's Responsibility for the Contractor's Responsibility for Utility Property and Furnishing Right-of-Way ..63. Personal Liability of Public No Waiver of Legal Rights ..64. Environmental Protection and Water Pollution Control ..64. Hazardous and/or Toxic Waste ..65. iv TABLE OF CONTENTS. SECTION 108. PROSECUTION AND PROGRESS. Subletting of Contract ..67. Preconstruction Conference.

9 67. Prosecution of the Work ..68. Limitation of Operation ..68. Character of Workers, Methods, and Equipment ..69. Determination and Extension of Contract Temporary Suspension of Work ..70. Failure of Contractor to Maintain Satisfactory Progress ..71. Failure to Complete the Work on Default and Termination of SECTION 109. MEASUREMENT AND PAYMENT. Measurement of Quantities ..74. Rounding of Quantities for Scope of Payment ..76. Compensation for Underrun or Overrun of Extra Work and Force Account Work ..77. Eliminated Items ..78. Partial Payments ..78. Payment for Material-on-Hand ..79. Acceptance and Final Audit of Contractor's DIVISION 200. EARTHWORK. SECTION 201. CLEARING AND GRUBBING. Materials ..82. General ..82. Clearing and Grubbing within Right-of-Way ..83. Clearing and Grubbing within Roadway ..83. Clearing and Grubbing at Bridge Sites.

10 84. Clearing and Grubbing of Ditches ..84. Removal and Disposal of Clearing and Grubbing SECTION 202. REMOVAL OF STRUCTURES AND OBSTRUCTIONS. Materials ..87. General ..87. Removal and Disposal of Bridges, Culverts, and Other Drainage Structures ..88. v TABLE OF CONTENTS. Removal and Disposal of Pipe and Tile Drains ..90. Removal of Existing Guardrail ..90. General ..90. Guardrail that Remains the Property of the department ..90. Guardrail that becomes the Property of the Removal and Disposal of Pavements, Sidewalks, and Removal and Disposal of Underground Storage Tank (UST) ..91. SECTION 203. ROADWAY AND DRAINAGE EXCAVATION. General ..96. Materials ..96. Site Excavation ..96. Unclassified Muck Excavation ..96. Surplus Watercourse and Drainage Ditch Rock Excavation ..97. Borrow Station General ..100. Excavating Rock ..102. Maintenance of Excavation.