636.01 Description.
furnishing and installing gates together with all necessary fittings, hinges, braces, locks, keys, and other specified accessories, and for all materials, equipment, tools and labor necessary to complete the work.
b.Payment will be made under Item No .: 635-A Woven Wire Fence - per linear foot {meter} 635-B Gate, ___ feet {m} Wide - per each BARBED WIRE FENCE
636.01 Description.
This Section shall cover the work of furnishing and erecting barbed wire fences of the type and size shown on the plans and/or proposal. Posts shall be wood in accordance with details shown on the plans and/or proposal. Fences shall be erected at the locations and elevations shown on the plans or designated and shall comply with these specifications.
636.02 Materials.
Materials shall conform to requirements of Division 800, Materials, with specific reference to Section 871 and the details shown on the plans.
636.03 Construction Requirements.
a.Clearing Fence Line . All brush, stumps, logs, large roots, humps of earth, boulders or debris whic h would interfere with proper installation of fence in the required location and present a pleasing and acceptable profile along the tops of posts shall be removed before starting fencing operations. Sound standing trees in the fence line shall be removed or trimmed as directed to provide adequate working room. The clearing and/or grading of the fence line and the disposal of material removed shall be accomplished in such a way that trees and shrubs on the remainder of the right of way will not be damaged.
b.Setting Posts . All posts and braces shall be set to the required depths and intervals. The posts shall be set plumb and in true alignment on the side on which the wire is attached. Holes shall be dug to the minimum diameter and depth shown on the plans except that special treatment may be authorized when the fence is over solid rock. Posts may be driven if the soil conditions are suitable. Methods shall be used to protect the posts during the driving operations. The heads of all posts shall be protected by a suitable cushion of wood, rope or like material and by a metal driving head. Posts that are damaged in any way shall be removed and replaced without additional cost to the State. The backfill shall be well tamped into place.
c.Installing Wire . The barbed wire shall be stretched taut and securely fastened to each post by use of wire or staples and an approved fencing tool so that the lines of barbed wire are properly spaced on each post as shown on the plans. The stretching shall be done with an app roved stretcher that will produce equal tension on each line of wire. At each end or corner post each strand or line of wire shall be wrapped around the post and securely fastened near the post by winding the end about the same wire. Where the fence crosses short depressions, longer posts may be required and the space below the bottom strand of the fence filled with additional strands of wire tied to the posts as directed.
636.04 Method of Measurement.
All barbed wire fences completed in compliance with these specifications and details shown on the plans at designated locations, and accepted will be measured in place along the top of the posts in linear feet {meters} to the nearest 0.1 foot {0.1 m}.
636.05 Basis of Payment.
a.Unit Price Coverage . Barbed Wi re Fences constructed and measured as provided above will be paid for at the contract unit price per linear foot {meter} for barbed wire fence complete in place, which shall be payment in full for clearing, grubbing and preparatory shaping for the fence li ne; for disposing of waste materials,
637.03 Construction Requirements.
for excavating for posts and braces; for furnishing all materials; for setting posts and braces, installing wire and other incidentals and for all equipment, tools, and labor required to complete the work.
b.Payment will be made under Item No .: 636-A Barbed Wire Fence, ____ Strands ____ feet {m} High - per linear foot {meter} SECTION 637 FENCE RESET
637.01 Description.
This Section shall cover the work of the resetting of fences, gates, stiles and cattle chutes, required to be removed from their original position inside the right of way, or erecting fence, gates, etc. using new material of the type furnished to the Contractor (usually by the owner of the abutting land) instead of material s removed from the right of way.
637.02 Materials.
Existing materials shall be utilized to the fullest extent possible; replacements for materials damaged or destroyed due to negligence on the part of the Contractor shall be of at least the same grade of material used in the original fence. Approval of the replacement material shall be made by the Engineer; no testing of this material will be required unless such is ordered by the Engineer.
637.03 Construction Requirements.
a.General . Attention is directed to the general construction requirements for construction of Chain Link Industrial Fence, Section 634; Woven Wire Fence, Section 635; and Barbed Wire Fence, Section 636. The Contractor will be required to remove and reset the fence to the location on and beyond the right of way lines as designated, using the material from the original fences, and shall leave all fences in as good condition as before removal from their original location. In case resetting of a fence will completely re- enclose a previously enclosed area, the Contractor shall be responsible for all damages of any nature arising from the removal of the fence or delay or negligence in resetting. No such fence shall be cut or disturbed until the Contractor has made adequate provision for immedia te repair or reconstruction. Watchmen to control livestock where fence is being reset shall be provided by the Contractor as necessary without extra compensation. In case resetting of a fence will not re -enclose a previously enclosed area, it shall not be cut or moved without a written order from the Engineer. Pending issuance of such written order, the Contractor will be permitted to install at his expense, temporary fences and gates or other means of access. The Contractor, provided reasonable caution is used, will not be held responsible for damage arising from removing and resetting fence after receiving a written order for its removal.
b.Installation . Reset fences shall be true to line and grade with all wires taut and well fastened, and shall present a workmanlike appearance.
c.Gates . All gates shall be moved and made serviceable at the new location. All damage to fence and gates due to moving operations shall be repaired by the Contractor. All posts and gates not in serviceable condition shall be replaced with posts and gates of serviceable materials. The cost of such replacements shall be included in the price bid for Fence Reset and no direct payment will be made for such replacements. The Contractor will not be required to furnish any additional material, except posts and gates, as above provided, and such materials as may be necessary to replace any and all parts of the fence and gates unnecessarily damaged in removing and handling and resetting. Should the owners or the lessees of the abutting p roperty desire to improve any fence or portion thereof which is designated to be reset, and the said owners or lessees agree to furnish the Contractor, at the site of the work, the necessary material similar in character to that in the original fence, the Contractor will be required to rebuild and reset such fence using the material furnished by the owners or lessees in lieu of the original material. The Contractor will be responsible for such materials delivered on the site until incorporated in the fence. The original material so replaced may be recovered by the owners or lessees.
Source: Alabama Standard Specifications for Highway Construction, 2022 Edition. Pages 523–523 of 934.