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General Provisions (100-199)

187Material overlying the peat deposits which is excavated and used in embankment

IN · 2024 Standard SpecificationsBook pages 203206View official source ↗

deposits which is excavated and used in embankment will be considered as common excavation and will be paid for as such. Excavation for standard side ditches or other side ditches which are constructed through peat areas at locations shown on the plans, or where directed, will be paid for at the contract unit price per cubic yard for common excavation. Mechanical treatment of embankment foundation soils will be paid for by the square yard as embankment foundation soils treatment. 1500

Cased test holes and exploratory drilling will be paid for at the contract unit price per linear foot. If there is no pay item for borrow, the costs of identifying the borrow areas, the archeological investigation, all required permits, and the opening and closing of the borrow area will be included in a change or der developed in accordance with 109.05 and paid for as borrow area. If the contract documents do not identify excess excavation or require removal of 1510 any items from the site, the cost of identifying a disposal area, archeological investigation, all required permits, and the opening and closing of the disposal area will be included in a change order devel oped in accordance with 109.05 and paid for as disposal area. If a type of excavation for which no pay item exists is required and the new type of excavation requires the Contractor to use equipment not otherwise being used on the contract, all cost involved in determining the type of equipment necessary to complete the work and making this equipment available for the project will be included in a change order developed in accordance with 109.05 and paid for as 1520 additional mobilization and demobilization. If a type of excavation for which no pay item exists is required and the new type of excavation requires additional traffic control not shown on the plans or results in traffic control being required for an additional period of time, all cost involved in providing the additional traffic control will be included in a change order developed in accordance with 109.05 and paid for as additional maintaining of traffic. Coal ash used as borrow will be paid for at the contract unit price for borrow. 1530 Excavation of coal ash will be paid for at the contract unit price for common excavation. Payment will be made under:

Pay Item Pay Unit Symbol Borrow ....................................................................................... CYS 203.28 188 Breaking Pavement .................................................................... SYS Cased Test Holes ....................................................................... LFT 1540 Embankment Foundation Soils Treatment ................................ SYS Embankment .............................................................................. CYS Excavation, Common ................................................................ CYS Excavation, Peat ........................................................................ CYS Excavation, Rock ....................................................................... CYS Excavation, Unclassified ........................................................... CYS Excavation, Waterway ............................................................... CYS Excavation, Y ............................................................................ CYS Exploratory Cores ...................................................................... LFT Exploratory Drilling .................................................................. LFT 1550 Linear Grading .......................................................................... LFT Water for Shale .......................................................................... kGAL.

If embankment is specified as a pay item, borrow and common excavation, unless otherwise specified, will not be paid for directly. The costs thereof shall be included in the cost of embankment. Such price shall be full compensation for preparation of the natural ground on which the embankment is to be placed and excavating, hauling, placing, spreading, and compaction of mate rials in accordance with 203.23. The costs of labor, equipment, tools, and necessary incidentals shall be included in the cost of embankment. The cubic yards of suitable material used in the embankment excavated 1560 from the right-of-way and paid for under a specific pay item will not be deducted from the embankment quantities. The quantity of material to be paid for as B borrow and placed within the embankment area as specified will be deducted from the quantity of embankment. The costs of excavating, backfilling, disposal of surplus material, labor, equipment, tools, and necessary incidentals necessary shall be included in the cost of excavation required to seal sinkholes or explore underground damage. The costs of all excavated or displaced p eat, regardless of de pth, peat disposal, 1570 temporary surcharge, machine operation, and machine availability shall be included in the cost of peat excavation. However, the Department may provide temporary right-of-way for peat disposal when so specified. Cost for providing additional lighting for grading operations shall be included in the cost of other pay items in this section. No payment will be made for the construction or restoration of borrow or disposal sites. 1580 No payment will be made for the inspection of disposal and borrow areas for wetland identification, obtaining of permits, the development and construction of all mitigation measures, or the fulfillment of permit requirements. 203.28 189 The cost of boring the holes, casings and fittings, labor, equipment, tools, and all necessary incidentals shall be included in th e cost of cased test holes or exploratory drilling. The cost of reshaping scoured or eroded ar eas shall be included in the cost of other pay items. 1590 The cost of surface roughening shall be included in the cost of other pay items.

The cost of identification of borrow areas, archeological investigations, and changes to construction operations caused by the identification of an archeological site shall be included in the cost of borrow, unless otherwise agreed to in writing. The cost of all classes of excavation, ex cept required borrow, within the limits of linear grading shall be included in the cost of linear grading. 1600 The cost of geotextiles shall be included in the cost of other pay items. The costs for the use of coal ash in embankment construction, including, but not limited to testing of the material, encasement, additional erosion and sediment control measures, lateral underdrains and all incidentals shall be included in the cost of other pay items in this section.

Source: Indiana Standard Specifications, 2024 Edition. Pages 203206 of 1,248.