208REMOVAL AND REINTERMENT OF GRAVES

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REMOVAL AND REINTERMENT OF GRAVES

208.01Description

This Section shall cover the services necessary to remove, disinter, and reinter graves or remains found within the limits of the highway right of way. The removal, disinterment, and reinterment shall be in compliance with all State, County, and/or City rules and regulations. Reinterment shall be in approved, established cemeteries or burial grounds. The number of graves specified in the contract is approximate only; the actual number may vary and will depend upon a close investigation of the existing burial site during preliminary grading operations. Only the number of graves moved as directed will be paid for at the contract unit price, and no claim will be allowed for extra compensation due to overruns or underruns of the items provided under this Section.

208.02Materials

All materials furnished for use in connection with work under this item must be acceptable to the Engineer and suitable for the particular work with which it is associated.

208.03Construction Details

In areas where graves or cemeteries have been located or suspected, the Engineer may direct the Contractor to perform such clearing and grubbing, stripping or excavation work as may be deemed necessary in a manner which will allow an examination of the area to ascertain if all graves have been properly located. After the area has been checked and the disinterment of the graves or remains properly accomplished, the Engineer will authorize the Contractor to commence full grading operations. The cost of any clearing and grubbing, stripping, and/or excavation to accomplish the above details shall be considered as a part of the type work under which it is performed, and no additional compensation will be considered.

The removal, disinterment, and reinterment of remains shall be performed under the supervision of a qualified undertaker licensed to practice in the State of Alabama. The Contractor shall be responsible for obtaining all the necessary permits required by State, County, or City Authorities prior to beginning work under this Section. In addition, the following services are considered to be essential and a part of the requirements of this operation:

on the plans or proposal.

original box has occurred, providing a satisfactory new burial box for the displacement of the remains.

exists, providing a granite grave marker of at least 20 inches {500 mm} by 10 inches {250 mm} by 4 inches {100 mm}.

208.04Method of Measurement

The removal, disinterment, and reinterment of graves, when provided by the plans or proposal, shall be measured in individual grave units, with each grave actually removed and relocated considered as a separate individual unit.

208.05Basis of Payment

Each grave directed and actually removed and reinterred shall be paid for at the contract unit price per each which shall be full compensation for furnishing all materials and services necessary to properly remove and reinter the remains on an approved site furnished by the Contractor or, MAILBOX RESET 116

when provided by plans or proposal, reinterment on a designated site all in accordance with State, County and/or City rules and regulations, and for furnishing all equipment, tools, labor, and incidentals necessary to complete the work.

208-A Removal and Reinterment of Grave - per each 208-B Removal and Reinterment of Grave at Designated Site - per each MAILBOX RESET

209.01Description

This Section shall cover the work of permanently resetting mailboxes required to be removed from their original position inside the right-of-way.

209.02Materials

All new mailboxes and new support materials furnished shall meet the requirements shown on the plans. The Contractor may re-use existing mailboxes or support materials if approved by the Engineer. Other materials shall be returned to the property owner if requested or disposed of by the Contractor.

209.03Construction Requirements

All work shall be done in a workmanlike manner in accordance with the requirements of local codes, ordinances, and U.S. Postal Service Regulations. Any materials lost or rendered unfit for re-use on account of negligence or improper handling by the Contractor shall be replaced by him without additional compensation.

209.04Method of Measurement

The number of mailbox reset installations will be the number of each type of installation (i.e. single, double, or multiple) reset as directed and accepted. Mailboxes that are only removed and not reset will be paid for under Item 206-E Removing Mailbox.

209.05Basis of Payment

The number of mailbox reset installations, measured as above provided, will be paid for at the contract unit price each which shall be payment in full for all excavation, backfilling, resetting mailboxes and providing and installing all necessary mailboxes, hardware and support materials, and for all equipment, tools, materials, and labor necessary to complete the work. Materials required for, and the construction of, the specified turnout will be paid for under other items of work.

209-A Mailbox Reset, * - per each * Specify “Single”, “Double”, or “Multiple”, etc. EXCAVATION AND EMBANKMENT

210.01Description

The work under this Section shall cover the excavation, hauling, disposal, or compaction of all material not being removed under some other item which is encountered within the limits of the work and is necessary for all construction in accordance with these specifications and in reasonably close conformity with the lines, grades, thickness, and typical cross sections shown on the plans or established by the Engineer. All excavation covered in this section will be classified as "Unclassified Excavation", "Muck Excavation", "Channel Excavation", or "Borrow Excavation", as described in this Section. Attention is directed to the fact that the roadbed must be treated by one of the methods specified in Section 230, 231 or 232 before the placement of an overlying subbase, base, or paving structure will be permitted.