STANDARD SPECIFICATIONS for CONSTRUCTION and …

1 Maryland Department of Transportation State Highway Administration STANDARD SPECIFICATIONS for CONSTRUCTION and MATERIALS July, 2019 TABLE OF CONTENTS GENERAL PROVISION 1 GP - SECTION 1: DEFINITIONS AND TERMS 1 GP - SECTION 2: BIDDING REQUIREMENTS AND CONDITIONS 6 GP - SECTION 3: AWARD AND EXECUTION OF CONTRACT 13 GP - SECTION 4: SCOPE OF WORK 14 GP - SECTION 5: CONTROL OF THE WORK 18 GP - SECTION 6: CONTROL OF MATERIAL 24 GP - SECTION 7: LEGAL RELATIONS AND RESPONSIBILITY TO PUBLIC 26 GP - SECTION 8: PROSECUTION AND PROGRESS 37 GP - SECTION 9: PAYMENT 45 TERMS AND CONDITIONS 52 TC - SECTION 1: REFERENCES AND DEFINITIONS 52 TC - SECTION 2: BIDDING REQUIREMENTS AND CONDITIONS 57 TC - SECTION 3: SCOPE OF WORK 63 TC - SECTION 4: CONTROL OF WORK 65 TC - SECTION 5: LEGAL RELATIONS AND PROGRESS 68 TC - SECTION 6: RESTRICTIONS AND PERMITS 73 TC - SECTION 7.

2 PAYMENT 79 CATEGORY 100 - PRELIMINARY 91 101 CLEARING AND GRUBBING 102 REMOVAL AND DISPOSAL OF EXISTING BUILDINGS 103 ENGINEERS OFFICE 104 MAINTENANCE OF TRAFFIC 105 AGGREGATE FOR MAINTENANCE OF TRAFFIC 106 ASPHALT MIXES FOR MAINTENANCE OF TRAFFIC 107 CONSTRUCTION STAKEOUT 108 MOBILIZATION AND DEMOBILIZATION 109 CRITICAL PATH METHOD PROJECT SCHEDULE 110 ACTIVITIES CHART PROJECT SCHEDULE 111 SAMPLING DEVICES, TESTING AND SAFETY EQUIPMENT 114 TRUCK STAGING AREAS AND IDLING REQUIREMENTS 120 TREE PRESERVATION 91 94 95 101 139 140 141 144 145 157 159 163 164 CATEGORY 200 - GRADING 166 201 ROADWAY EXCAVATION (CLASS 1, CLASS 1-A, CLASS 2) 202 CHANNEL OR STREAM CHANGE EXCAVATION (CLASS 5) 166 171 203 BORROW EXCAVATION 204 EMBANKMENT AND SUBGRADE 205 TEST PIT EXCAVATION 206 REMOVAL OF EXISTING PAVEMENT, SIDEWALK, PAVED DITCHES, CURB, OR COMBINATION CURB AND GUTTER 207 REMOVAL OF EXISTING MASONRY 208 SUBGRADE PREPARATION 209 TRIMMING EXISTING DITCHES 210 TAMPED FILL 211 GEOSYNTHETIC STABILIZED SUBGRADE USING GRADED AGGREGATE BASE 174 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 CATEGORY 300 - DRAINAGE 184301 CLASS 3 EXCAVATION FOR INCIDENTAL CONSTRUCTION 302 SELECTED BACKFILL 303 PIPE CULVERTS 304 STRUCTURAL PLATE PIPE AND STRUCTURAL PLATE PIPE ARCH CULVERTS 305 305 MISCELLANEOUS STRUCTURES 306 UNDERDRAINS, SUBGRADE DRAINS.

3 AND SPRING CONTROL 307 PREFABRICATED EDGE DRAINS 308 EROSION AND SEDIMENT CONTROL 309 CONCRETE DITCHES 310 CONCRETE SLOPE AND CHANNEL PROTECTION 311 RIPRAP DITCHES 312 RIPRAP SLOPE AND CHANNEL PROTECTION 313 GABIONS 314 FLOWABLE BACKFILL 315 INFILTRATION TRENCHES 316 STORMWATER MANAGEMENT (SWM) FILTRATION FACILITIES 317 STORMWATER MANAGEMENT (SWM) FACILITY AS-BUILT CERTIFICATION 184 185 186 190 193 196 199 200 211 213 215 216 218 219 220 221 226 CATEGORY 400 - STRUCTURES 231 401 MAINTAINING EXISTING BRIDGE DECK DURING LIFE OF CONTRACT 402 STRUCTURE EXCAVATION (CLASS 3) 404 PROTECTION OF EXISTING STRUCTURES 405 REMOVAL OF EXISTING STRUCTURES 406 DRILLED HOLES IN EXISTING MASONRY 410 PILING 411 PILE LOAD TEST 412 DRILLED SHAFTS (CAISSONS) 418 PROTECTIVE JACKETS FOR PILES 419 SUBFOUNDATION INVESTIGATION 420 PORTLAND CEMENT CONCRETE STRUCTURES 231 232 235 237 240 241 249 251 254 257 258 172 421 REINFORCING STEEL 422 DAMPPROOFING AND MEMBRANE WATERPROOFING 423 PNEUMATICALLY APPLIED MORTAR 425 LIGHTWEIGHT SUPERSTRUCTURE CONCRETE 426 LATEX MODIFIED CONCRETE OVERLAY FOR BRIDGE DECKS 430 METAL STRUCTURES 431 STEEL STUD SHEAR DEVELOPERS 432 BEARINGS 433 BRIDGE MOUNTED SIGN SUPPORTS 435 CLEANING AND PAINTING NEW STRUCTURAL STEEL 436 CLEANING AND PAINTING EXISTING STRUCTURAL STEEL 440 PRESTRESSED CONCRETE BEAMS AND SLAB PANELS 450 RETAINING WALLS 455 NOISE BARRIERS 456 ARCHITECTURAL TREATMENT 460 EXPANSION JOINTS IN STRUCTURES 461 METAL RAILING 462 TIMBER STRUCTURES 463 BRICK MASONRY 464 EPOXY PROTECTIVE COATINGS FOR CONCRETE 465

4 MISCELLANEOUS COATINGS FOR METAL (STEEL) 469 POROUS BACKFILL 470 UTILITIES ON STRUCTURES 495 APPLICATION OF BRIDGE/STRUCTURE NUMBERS 499 WORKING DRAWINGS 276 279 281 284 285 293 302 303 305 307 312 330 341 344 350 354 356 358 361 363 365 368 369 370 371 CATEGORY 500 - PAVING 373 501 AGGREGATE BASE COURSES 502 SOIL-CEMENT BASE COURSE 503 CHIP SEAL SURFACE TREATMENT 504 ASPHALT PAVEMENT 505 ASPHALT PATCHES 506 GAP-GRADED STONE MATRIX ASPHALT 507 SLURRY SEAL AND MICRO-SURFACING 508 MILLING ASPHALT PAVEMENT 509 DIAMOND GRINDING 510 FILLING AND SEALING CRACKS AND JOINTS IN ASPHALT PAVEMENTS 511 OPEN GRADED FRICTION COURSE 512 SURFACE ABRASION 513 FOAMED ASPHALT STABILIZED BASE COURSE 373 376 379 381 392 395 398 404 407 409 412 414 416 520 PLAIN AND REINFORCED PORTLAND CEMENT CONCRETE PAVEMENTS 420 521 CONTINUOUSLY REINFORCED PORTLAND

5 CEMENT CONCRETE PAVEMENT 522 PORTLAND CEMENT CONCRETE PAVEMENT REPAIRS 523 JOINT SEALING OF PORTLAND CEMENT CONCRETE PAVEMENTS 524 DOWEL BAR RETROFIT 535 PAVEMENT SURFACE PROFILE 549 PAVEMENT MARKINGS 550 PAVEMENT marking PAINT 551 PAVEMENT marking TAPE 552 INLAID PAVEMENT marking TAPE 553 EPOXY PAVEMENT MARKINGS 554 THERMOPLASTIC PAVEMENT MARKINGS 555 THERMOPLASTIC PAVEMENT MARKINGS-40 MIL HIGH BINDER 556 PREFORMED THERMOPLASTIC PAVEMENT MARKINGS 557 SNOWPLOWABLE RAISED PAVEMENT MARKERS 558 REMOVAL OF EXISTING PAVEMENT MARKINGS 559 POLYUREA PAVEMENT MARKINGS 428 430 433 435 437 441 444 446 448 451 453 456 459 461 464 466 CATEGORY 600 - SHOULDERS 468 601 EARTH SHOULDERS 602 CURB, COMBINATION CURB AND GUTTER, AND MONOLITHIC MEDIAN 603 SIDEWALKS 604 CONCRETE TRAFFIC BARRIERS 605 METAL TRAFFIC BARRIERS 606 PERMANENT TRAFFIC BARRIER END TREATMENTS 607 CHAIN LINK FENCE 608 WHEEL STOPS 609 SHOULDER EDGE DROP OFF GRADING ADJUSTMENT 610 SHOULDER RUMBLE STRIPS 611 DETECTABLE WARNING SURFACE 468 469 472 474 476 479 482 485 486 487 488 CATEGORY 700 - LANDSCAPING 489 701 SUBSOIL AND TOPSOIL 704 TEMPORARY MULCH AND TEMPORARY SEED 705 TURFGRASS ESTABLISHMENT 706 SHRUB SEEDING ESTABLISHMENT 707 MEADOW ESTABLISHMENT 708 TURFGRASS SOD ESTABLISHMENT 709 SOIL STABILIZATION MATTING 710 TREE.

6 SHRUB AND PERENNIAL INSTALLATION AND ESTABLISHMENT 711 ANNUALS AND BULBS INSTALLATION AND ESTABLISHMENT 712 TREE BRANCH PRUNING 489 493 496 501 507 513 517 522 532 537 539 713 BRUSH REMOVAL 714 TREE FELLING AND STUMP REMOVAL 715 TREE ROOT PRUNING 716 TREE FERTILIZING 541 543 545 CATEGORY 800 - TRAFFIC 547 801 CONCRETE FOUNDATIONS 802 GALVANIZED STEEL BEAM SIGN POSTS 803 OVERHEAD SIGN STRUCTURES 804 GROUNDING 805 ELECTRICAL CONDUIT AND FITTINGS 806 LUMINAIRES AND LAMPS 807 ELECTRICAL SERVICE EQUIPMENT 808 LIGHTING STRUCTURES 809 TRENCHING AND BACKFILLING 810 ELECTRICAL CABLE, WIRE, AND CONNECTORS 811 ELECTRICAL HAND HOLES, MANHOLES, PULL AND JUNCTION BOXES 812 WOOD SIGN SUPPORTS 813 SIGNS 814 SIGNAL HEADS 815 SAW CUTS FOR TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES 816 TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICE CABINETS AND EQUIPMENT 817 PUSH BUTTONS AND PUSH BUTTON SIGNS 818 SIGNAL STRUCTURES 819 STEEL SPAN WIRE 820 GENERAL ELECTRICAL WORK AND TESTING 821 BREAKAWAY BASE SUPPORT SYSTEMS 822 REMOVE AND RELOCATE EXISTING SIGNS AND SIGN STRUCTURES 823 REMOVE AND RELOCATE OR REMOVE AND DISPOSE OF ROADWAY LIGHTING STRUCTURES 824 MODIFY EXISTING SIGN MESSAGES 825 CUTTING AND CAPPING MAST ARMS AND POLES 547 549 550 551 553 555 558 561 562 563 565 567 568 570 571 572 574 575 576 577 579 580 581 582 583 CATEGORY 900 - MATERIALS 584 900 GENERAL 901 AGGREGATES 902 PORTLAND CEMENT CONCRETE AND RELATED PRODUCTS 903 MASONRY PRODUCTS 904 PERFORMANCE GRADED ASPHALT BINDERS AND

7 ASPHALT MIXES 905 PIPE 906 GABIONS 584 588 592 607 608 615 620 621 622 624 626 628 634 639 641 642 653 654 657 658 660 683 687 688 690 693 695 698 699 907 PILES AND PILING 908 REINFORCING STEEL 909 METALS 910 BEARINGS 911 JOINTS 912 COATING SYSTEMS FOR STRUCTURAL STEEL 913 WATERPROOFING 914 CHAIN LINK FENCE 915 PRODUCTION PLANTS 916 SOIL AND SOIL AGGREGATE BORROW 917 MISCELLANEOUS PROTECTIVE COATINGS 918 TRAFFIC BARRIERS 919 GEOTEXTILES 920 LANDSCAPING MATERIALS 921 MISCELLANEOUS 922 PREFABRICATED EDGE DRAINS 923 SLURRY SEAL MICRO-SURFACING 924 COLD PATCH MATERIAL 925 DETECTABLE WARNING SURFACES 926 FOAMED ASPHALT STABILIZED BASE COURSE MIX 927 OPEN GRADED FRICTION COURSE MIX 950 TRAFFIC MATERIALS 951 PAVEMENT marking MATERIALS 710 GENERALP ortions of Part III Technical Requirements of these STANDARD SPECIFICATIONS for CONSTRUCTION and Materialsare written in the Active Voice writing in these General Provisions or in other Contract Documents the terms or abbreviations are used, themeaning shall be as provided ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTUREThe Maryland Department of Transportation is composed of the following Administrations:(i)Maryland Port Administration [1](ii)Maryland Transit Administration [2](iii)State Highway Administration [3](iv)Maryland Aviation Administration [4](v)Motor Vehicle Administration [5](vi)Maryland Transportation Authority [6].

8 And(vii)Office of the Secretary [7] ORGANIZATIONAL DEFINITIONSA dministration The word "Administration" shall mean any one of the Administrations within the MarylandDepartment of Transportation, as listed in The chief executive officer of an The word "Department" shall mean the Maryland Department of Any person designated by the Administrator or the procurement officer, acting directly or throughhis duly authorized representative, such representative acting within the scope of the particular duties assignedto him or of the authority given The authorized representative of the procurement officer assigned to make detailed inspection ofany or all portions of the work, or materials Officer Any person authorized by a State agency in accordance with law or regulations toformulate, enter into.

9 Or administer Contracts or make written determinations and findings with respect tothem. The term also includes an authorized representative acting within the limits of The chief executive officer of the Maryland Department of STANDARD SPECIFICATIONS for CONSTRUCTION and MaterialsGENERAL PROVISIONGP - SECTION 1: DEFINITIONS AND TERMSGP - SECTION 1: DEFINITIONS AND TERMSGP - SECTION 1: DEFINITIONS AND ABBREVIATIONSAANA merican Association of NurserymenAAPAA merican Association of Port AuthoritiesAARA ssociation of american RailroadsAASHTOA merican Association of State Highway and Transportation OfficialsACIA merican Concrete InstituteAIAA merican institute of ArchitectsAIEEA merican institute of Electrical EngineersAISCA merican institute of Steel ConstructionAISIA merican Iron and Steel InstituteANSIA merican national standards InstituteARAA merican Railway AssociationAREAA merican Railway Engineering AssociationASCEA merican society of Civil EngineersASHRAEA merican society of Heating.

10 Refrigeration and Air Conditioning EngineersASLAA merican society of Landscape ArchitectsASMEA merican society of mechanical EngineersASTMA merican society for Testing and MaterialsATAA merican Transit AssociationAWWAA merican Water Works AssociationAWSA merican Welding SocietyAWPAA merican Wood Preservers AssociationAGCA ssociated General Contractors of AmericaBOCAB uilding Officials Conference of AmericaCOMARCode of Maryland RegulationsCRSIC oncrete Reinforcing Steel InstituteEEIE dison Electric InstituteEIAE lectronic Industries AssociationEPAE nvironmental Protection AgencyFAAF ederal Aviation Administration, Department of TransportationFCCF ederal Communications CommissionFHWAF ederal Highway Administration, Department of TransportationFRAF ederal Railway Administration, Department of TransportationFSSF ederal SPECIFICATIONS and standards , General Services AdministrationFTAF ederal Transit AdministrationIEEEI nstitute of Electrical and Electronic EngineersIESI lluminating Engineers SocietyIMSAI nternational Municipal Signal AssociationIPCEAI nsulated Power Cable Engineers Association2019 STANDARD SPECIFICATIONS for CONSTRUCTION and MaterialsGP - SECTION 1: DEFINITIONS AND TERMS3 IRTI nstitute for Rapid TransitMASHM anual for Assessing Safety HardwareMBMAM etal Building Manufacturers' AssociationMOSHM aryland Occupational Safety and HealthMSMTM aryland STANDARD Method of Tests (as developed by the State Highway Administration)MdMUTCDM aryland Manual on Uniform Traffic Control DevicesNBFUN ational Board o