Definition of Terms Art. 101.01 DIVISION 100. GENERAL REQUIREMENTS AND COVENANTS SECTION 101. DEFINITION OF TERMS Wherever in these Specifications or in other contract documents the following terms or pronouns in place of them are used, the intent and meaning shall be interpreted as follows.
101.01 Abbreviations. Wherever the following abbreviations are used in
these Specifications or on the plans, they are to be construed the same as the respective expressions represented. AAR Association of American Railroads AASHTO American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials ACI American Concrete Institute AISC American Institute of Steel Construction ANLA American Nursery and Landscape Association ANSI American National Standards Institute ARA American Railway Association AREMA American Railway Engineering and Maintenance of Way Association ASA American Standards Association ASLA American Society of Landscape Architects ASTM ASTM International AWG American Wire Gauge AWPA American Wood Preservers Association AWS American Welding Society AWWA American Water Works Association BWC Bridge Welding Code CRSI Concrete Reinforcing Steel Institute EPA United States Environmental Protection Agency FAA Federal Aviation Administration FCC Federal Communications Commission FHWA Federal Highway Administration FSS Federal Specifications and Standards GSA General Services Administration ICEA Insulated Cable Engineers Association IEC International Electrotechnical Commission IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers IEMA Illinois Emergency Management Agency IEPA Illinois Environmental Protection Agency IES Illuminating Engineering Society IMSA International Municipal Signal Association ITE Institute of Transportation Engineers ITP Illinois Test Procedure MASH AASHTO Manual for Assessing Safety Hardware MSHA Mine Safety and Health Administration MUTCD Illinois Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices NACE National Association of Corrosion Engineers NCHRP National Cooperative Highway Research Program Art. 101.01 Definition of Terms NEC National Electrical Code NEMA National Electrical Manufacturers Association NESC National Electrical Safety Code NFPA National Fire Protection Association NIST National Institute of Standards and Technology NRMCA National Ready-Mix Concrete Association NTPEP National Transportation Product Evaluation Program OSHA Occupational Safety and Health Administration SAE Society of Automotive Engineers SSPC Society for Protective Coatings UL Underwriters Laboratories USASI United States of America Standards Institute USDA United States Department of Agriculture
101.02 Advertisement. The public announcement, as required by law,
inviting bids for work to be performed or materials to be furnished.
101.03 Award. The decision of the Department in the form of a letter of intent
to accept the proposal of the lowest responsible bidder for the work, subject to the approval and execution of a satisfactory contract by the Department, receipt of a bond to secure the performance thereof, and compliance with such other conditions as may be specified or otherwise required by law.
101.04 Bidder. Any individual, firm, partnership, or corporation submitting a
proposal for the work contemplated, acting directly or through a duly authorized representative.
101.05 Bridge. A structure, including supports, erected over a depression or
an obstruction, such as water, highway, or railroad, and having a track or passageway for carrying traffic or other moving loads, and having a length of more than 20 ft (6.1 m). Length. The length of a bridge structure is the overall length measured along the line of survey stationing back to back of backwalls of abutments, if present, otherwise end to end of the bridge floor; but in no case less than the total clear opening of the structure. The length of multiple box culverts shall be between the extreme ends of the openings. Roadway width. The clear width measured at right angles to the longitudinal centerline of the bridge between the bottom of curbs or guard timbers, or in the case of multiple heights of curbs, between the bottoms of the lower risers.
101.06 Calendar Day. Every day shown on the calendar.
101.07 Cataclysmic Event. An occurrence, caused exclusively by any of the
irresistible forces of nature that is an unexpected, singular event without continued, persistent existence or that is irregularly predictable. The event must occur without the involvement of human causative action, and must not be preventable or capable of substantial limitation in its impact by application of human care, skill, or foresight. Cataclysmic events include earthquakes, floods, flash floods of surface water caused by heavy rains and runoff water, tornadoes, or other cataclysmic phenomena of nature. A flood, defined as water elevation in excess of the channel capacity of a Definition of Terms Art. 101.16 river, stream, or other body of water is not a cataclysmic event, unless the flood water elevation exceeds the 100-year flood elevation as defined in the contract.
101.08 Chief, Bureau of Construction. The Engineer in charge of the
Central Bureau of Construction in Springfield.
101.09 Contract. The written Agreement between the Department and the
Contractor setting forth the obligations of the parties thereunder, including, but not limited to, the performance of the work, the furnishing of labor and materials, and the basis of payment. The contract includes the invitation for bids, proposal, letter of award, contract form and contract bond, Specifications, Supplemental Specifications, Special Provisions, general and detailed plans, and any Agreements required to complete the construction of the work in an acceptable manner, including authorized extensions thereof, all of which constitute one instrument.
101.10 Contract Bond. The approved form of security furnished by the
Contractor and his/her surety as a guaranty that the Contractor will execute the work according to the terms of the contract.
101.11 Contract Time. The number of working days, calendar days, or
combination allowed for completion of the contract, including authorized time extensions. When a calendar date of completion is shown in the proposal, the contract shall be completed on or before that date.
101.12 Contractor. The individual, firm, partnership, joint venture, or
corporation contracting with the Department for performance of prescribed work.
101.13 Culvert. A drainage structure extending across and beneath a
traveled way and having a tubular or box type cross section.
101.14 Department. The Department of Transportation of the State of Illinois
with principal offices of business at Springfield, when the State is the awarding authority. The County Board, when a County is the awarding authority. The Council, the City Council, or the President and Board of Trustees, when a city, village, or town is the awarding authority. The County or Municipality and the Illinois Department of Transportation when the Illinois Department of Transportation is the awarding agency and the County or Municipality is supervising construction.
101.15 Reserved.
101.16 Engineer. The Chief Engineer/Director of Highways of the
Department of Transportation of the State of Illinois; or authorized representative Art. 101.16 Definition of Terms limited by the particular duties entrusted to that person, when the State is the awarding authority. The County Superintendent of Highways or the County Engineer, when the county is the awarding authority. The County Superintendent of Highways or the County Engineer, and the Chief Engineer/Director of Highways of the Illinois Department of Transportation when the Illinois Department of Transportation is the awarding authority and the County is supervising construction. The City Engineer or Engineer employed by the Municipality, when a city, village, or town is the awarding agency. The City Engineer or Engineer employed by the Municipality, and the Chief Engineer/Director of Highways of the Illinois Department of Transportation when the Illinois Department of Transportation is the awarding agency and a city, village, or town is supervising construction.
101.17 Equipment. All machinery and equipment, together with the
necessary supplies for upkeep and maintenance, and also tools and apparatus necessary for the proper construction and acceptable completion of the work.
101.18 Extra Work. An item of work not provided for in the contract as
awarded but found essential and germane to the satisfactory completion of the contract within its intended scope as determined by the Engineer.
101.19 Inspector. The authorized representative of the Engineer assigned to
make detailed inspection of any or all portions of the work or material.
101.20 Invitation for Bids. The advertisement for proposals for all work or
materials on which bids are required. Such advertisement will indicate with reasonable accuracy the quantity and location of the work to be done or the character and quantity of the material to be furnished and the time and place of the opening of proposals.
101.21 Laboratory. The testing laboratory of the Department or any other
testing laboratory which may be designated by the Engineer.
101.22 Local Traffic. Local traffic is traffic whose immediate destination is
within the limits of construction or closure, limited to use by persons for necessary access to real property not otherwise accessible by another public way.
101.23 Materials. Any substances specified for use in the construction of the
project and its appurtenances.
101.24 Median. The portion of a divided highway separating the traveled
ways for traffic in opposite directions.
101.25 Reserved.
101.26 Pavement Structures. The combination of subbase, base course,
and surface course placed on a subgrade to support the traffic load and distribute it to the roadbed. Definition of Terms Art. 101.40
101.27 Pay Item. A specifically described unit of work for which a price is
provided in the contract.
101.28 Plans. The contract drawings, or exact reproductions thereof, that
show the location, character, dimensions, and details of the work to be done. Contract drawings include, but are not limited to, the approved plans, profiles, typical cross sections, detail drawings, shop drawings, working drawings, layout drawings, supplemental drawings, and Highway Standards.
101.29 Proposal. The offer of a bidder, on the prescribed form, to perform the
work and to furnish the labor and materials at the prices quoted.
101.30 Proposal Guaranty. The security furnished with a bid to guarantee
the bidder will enter into the contract if the bid is accepted.
101.31 Railroad. The Railroad or Railway Company whose property is
involved in the work.
101.32 Railroad Engineer. The Chief Engineer or Superintendent of the
Railroad, or authorized representative limited by the particular duties entrusted to him/her.
101.33 Regional Engineer. The Licensed Professional Engineer in complete
charge of the Illinois Department of Transportation’s Region in which the work under contract is located.
101.34 Resident Engineer/Resident Technician . The authorized
representative of the Engineer in immediate charge of the engineering details of a construction project.
101.35 Right-of-Way. A general term denoting land, property, or interest
therein, usually in a strip, acquired for or devoted to transportation purposes.
101.36 Roadbed. The graded portion of a highway within side slopes,
prepared as a foundation for the pavement structure and shoulders.
101.37 Roadside. A general term denoting the area adjoining the outer edge
of the roadway. Extensive areas between the roadways of a divided highway may also be considered roadside.
101.38 Roadside Development. Those items necessary to the complete
highway which provide for the preservation of landscape materials and features; the rehabilitation and protection against erosion of all areas disturbed by construction through seeding, sodding, mulching, and the placing of other ground covers; and such suitable planting and other improvements as may increase the effectiveness and enhance the appearance of the highway.
101.39 Roadway. The portion of the right-of-way within limits of construction.
101.40 Shoulder. The portion of the roadway contiguous with the traveled
way for accommodation of stopped vehicles, emergency use, and lateral support of base and surface courses. Art. 101.41 Definition of Terms
101.41 Sidewalk. That portion of the roadway primarily constructed for the
use of pedestrians.
101.42 Special Provisions. Additions and revisions to the Standard and
Supplemental Specifications covering conditions peculiar to an individual contract.
101.43 Specifications. The body of directions, provisions, and requirements
contained herein, or in any supplement adopted by the Department, together with written agreements and all documents of any description made or to be made pertaining to the method or manner of performing and paying for the work, the quantities, and the quality of materials to be furnished under the contract.
101.44 State.
(a) The State of Illinois, when the State is the awarding authority. (b) The County, when a County is the awarding authority. (c) The Municipality, when a city, village, or town is the awarding authority.
101.45 Structure. Unless otherwise defined in the Specifications, structures
shall comprise all objects constructed of materials other than earth, required by the contract to be built or to be removed, but not including surfacings, base courses, subbases, gutters, curbs, sidewalks, and driveway pavement.
101.46 Subcontractor. An individual, firm, partnership, or corporation who,
with the written consent of the Engineer, assumes obligation for performing specified work.
101.47 Subgrade. The top surface of a roadbed upon which the pavement
structure and shoulders are constructed.
101.48 Substructure. All of that part of the structure below the bearings of
simple and continuous spans, skewbacks of arches, and tops of footings of rigid frames, together with the backwalls, wing walls, or wing protection railings.
101.49 Superstructure. The entire structure, except the substructure.
101.50 Supplemental Specifications. Additions and revisions to the
Standard Specifications contained herein that are adopted subsequent to issuance of this book.
101.51 Surety. The corporation, partnership, or individual, other than the
Contractor, executing the Contract Bond.
101.52 Traffic Control Plan. Those portions of the contract plans, Special
Provisions, Specifications, and Supplemental Specifications having to do with temporary traffic control.
101.53 Traveled Way. The portion of the roadway for the movement of
vehicles, exclusive of shoulders and auxiliary lanes. Scope of Work Art. 104.01
101.54 Utility. The privately, publicly, municipally, or cooperatively owned
line, facility, or system for producing, transmitting, or distributing communications, cable television, power, electricity, light, heat, gas, oil, crude products, water, steam, or waste water. The term “utility” shall also mean the utility company, inclusive of any wholly owned or controlled subsidiary. Utility, as defined here, includes street lighting systems, traffic signal systems, railroad warning device systems, or fire/police pre-emptors, or their collateral cables and conduits.
101.55 Work. Work shall mean the furnishing of all labor, materials, tools,
equipment, and other incidentals necessary or convenient to the successful completion of the project and the carrying out of all duties and obligations imposed by the contract. Work may also be used in context to describe, in whole or in part, the completed facilities to be constructed, altered or removed, as detailed in the Contract. The Engineer will have exclusive authority to determine the intent and meaning of the usage of this term wherever it appears in the Contract. SECTION 102. ADVERTISEMENT, BIDDING, AWARD, AND CONTRACT EXECUTION
102.01 Procedures to be in Accordance with Rules. The procedures for
the advertisement, bidding, award, and contract execution shall be in accordance with the rules of the Department published at 44 Illinois Administrative Code Part 650 and
Part 6 — . The invitation for bids contains additional requirements published in
accordance with the rules. Bidders and the Contractor shall comply with the rules and all procedures published in the invitation for bids. SECTION 103. RESERVED SECTION 104. SCOPE OF WORK
104.01 Intent of the Contract. The intent of the contract is to prescribe a
complete outline of work which the Contractor undertakes to do in full compliance with the plans and specifications. The Contractor shall perform all earthwork, construct all base and surface courses, structures, and such additional, extra, and incidental construction as may be necessary to complete the work to the finished lines, grades, and cross sections in an acceptable manner. The Contractor shall furnish all required materials, equipment, tools, labor, and incidentals, unless otherwise provided in the contract, and shall include the cost of these items in the unit prices bid for the work. The quantities appearing in the bid schedule of prices are estimates prepared for the establishment of pay item prices and the comparison of bids. Payment to the Contractor will be made for the actual measured quantities performed and accepted or material furnished and accepted according to the contract, and the scheduled quantities may be increased, decreased, or omitted as herein provided.
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