556 Where steel surfaces have been painted with the full paint system and the paint coatings have been damaged, the affected steel surface areas shall be cleaned in accordance with 619.08(i). Stru ctural steel paint system shall then be re-applied. For weathering steel girders, caulk shall be applied to act as a drip bead as shown on the plans. 650
619.13 Painting Existing Steel Bridges
The surfaces to be cleaned and painted shall include the surfaces of all steel members of the superstructure, substructure, floor beams, stringers, plates, castings, bearing assemblies, ornamental handrails, lattice work, and other steel appurtenances. When shear connectors have been specified, the top of the top flange shall not be painted. If the contract specifies clean steel brid ge, the bridge steel shall be cleaned in accordance with 619.08(a) and either 619.08(e) or 619.08(i). The structural steel paint system in accordance with 619.09(a) shall be used for painting. 660 If the contract specifies cl ean steel bridge, partial, the bridge steel shall be cleaned in accordance with 619.08(a) and either 619.08(e) or 619.08(h). The partial paint system in accordance with 619.09(b) shall be then used for painting. When the plans show encasing the ends of existing structural steel members in concrete, all beams and girders, cross fram es, diaphragms, stiffeners, and all other appurtenances located within the limits of the partial painting zone as shown on the plans shall be cleaned in accordance with 619.08(a) and either 619.08(e) or 619.08(h) and shall receive the partial paint system in accordance with 619.09(b). If the contract 670 also includes pay items for clean steel bridge and paint steel bridge, all exposed structural steel shall be cleaned in accordan ce with 619.08(a) and either 619.08(e) or 619.08(i), and painted in accordance with 619.09(a), from the face of concrete encasement to opposite face of concrete encasement.
619.14 Handling of Steel Bridge Superstructure to be Removed If the Contractor elects to take ownershi p of the steel in accordance with 202.03,
a QCP shall be submitted in accordance with 619.03. Th e entire surface area of the steel shall be cleaned in accordance with 619.08(d) prior to the steel leaving the construction limits and becoming the property of the Contractor. Mill scale shall be 680 assumed to be present on the existing steel . Cleaning in accordance with 619.08(a) shall not be performed. A level of containment in accordance with 619.07(a) shall be used. Testing of the waste stream and disposal of the waste produced by this cleaning shall be in accordance with 619.07.
619.15 Drain Castings Treatment Roadway drain castings located in a bridge deck shall be satisfactorily cleaned in 619.13
557 accordance with 619.08(c) or 619.08(g). The castings shall not be shot-blasted. 690 The roadway drain castings shall be painted with a black finish coat in accordance with 909.02(c). If a roadway drain casting extension pipe is damaged or missing, it shall be replaced. The extension pipe shall be in accordance with 715.
619.16 Clean and Paint Bearing Assemblies
When shown on the plans or a pay item is included in the schedule of pay items, all bearing assemblies including top and bottom plates of each assembly shall be 700 cleaned in accordance with 619.08(a) and 619.08(d). Pollution control shall be in accordance with 619.07. If the pay item clean and paint bearing asse mblies is listed in the schedule of pay items for a particular structure, the entire bearing assembly shall be painted with the structural steel paint system in accordance with 619.09(a). If the pay item, paint steel bridge, or paint steel bridge, partial, is listed in the schedule of pay items for a particular stru cture, the entire bearin g assembly shall be painted with the structural steel paint system that is being used on the rest of the bridge. 710
619.16.1 Clean and Paint Steel Piling
All exposed steel piling shall be cleaned in accordance with 619.08(a) and either 619.08(e) or 619.08(i). The structural steel paint system in accordance with 619.09(a) shall be applied. The color of the top coat shall be SAE-AMS-STD-595, color No. 13711. 619.17 Responsibility for Damage Unless otherwise specified by the Engineer in writing, full containment shall be provided when performing the surface prepar ation operation and when applying all 720 coats of paint, except primer coats, with spray equipment. All persons and property shall be protected from damage or injury from the surface preparation operations and painting operations by providing containment as described in the QCP. Persons and property shall include, but not be limited to, pedestrians, vehicles, and other traffic upon or underneath a bridge, all portions of th e bridge superstructure and substructure, and all adjacent property. The Contractor shall be responsible for damages in accordance with 107.17.
619.18 Top of Top Flange of Steel Structural Members
When shown on the plans or a pay item is included in the schedule of pay items, 730 the top of the top flange of steel structur al members shall be cleaned in accordance with 619.08 by a contractor certified as SSPC-QP 2. The Contractor shall assume the existing coating on the top of the top flange contains hazardous materials and mill scale and shall use pollution control and containment in accordance with 619.07(b)1. A QCP shall be prepared and submitted in accordance with 619.03. The steel shall be 619.18 558 cleaned to a level of cleanlin ess in accordance with 619.08(e) or 619.08(h), however solvent cleaning in accordance with 619.08(a) shall not be performed. Each bridge shall generate a separate waste stream and shall not be commingled with other materials. The waste stream sh all be sampled in accordance with 619.07 740 and all other requirements of 619.07 shall be followed. Once the result from the waste stream sampling is known and the waste st ream is appropriately characterized as hazardous or non-hazardous, all waste sha ll be disposed of in accordance with 619.07(b).
619.19 Method of Measurement
Cleaning and painting of steel structural members, cleaning the top of the top flange of steel structural members, clean ing and painting of bearing assemblies, and cleaning and painting of steel piling will not be measured for payment. Cleaning areas around bridge joints and other areas with visible corrosion pitting a second time will 750 not be measured for payment. Disposal of the waste generated by the cleaning operation will not be measured for payment. Cleaning roadway drain castings, caulking joints of lapping members, and caulking on weathering steel will not be measured for payment. For steel that will become the property of the Contractor, cleaning existing steel, removal of mill scale, testing, disposal of the waste, containment, and all other items involved with this work will not be measured as per 202.13. 760 If a structure is shown in the contract documents as being built before 1995, no measurement will be made of the area covered by mill scale. Otherwise, the area of structural steel covered by mill scale wi ll be measured for payment after a proper cleaning of the entire containment area or an agreed large portion thereof and removing all other existing materials, including all paint and rust. The percentage of the area of structural steel covered by existing mill scale will be representative of this entire area. The pre-established remedies for this changed condition apply in accordance with 104.02(d) and 619.20. Roadway drain casting extension pipe will be measured in accordance with 770 715.13. The estimated weight, length, number of steel spans, surface area of steel, and type of primer shown on the plans or in the Proposal is incidental information. Such information is approximate only. The Department will not guarantee its accuracy. 619.20 Basis of Payment Existing steel bridges to be cleaned, or partially cleaned, whichever is specified, will be paid for at the contract lump sum price for clean steel bridge or clean steel bridge, partial, at the bridge number specified. Cleaning the top of the top flange of 780 existing steel bridges will be paid for at the contract lump sum price for clean steel 619.19 559 bridge, top flanges, at the bridge number spec ified. Existing steel bridges to be painted, or partially painted, whichever is specified, will be paid for at the contract lump sum price for paint steel bridge or paint steel bridge, partial, at the bridge number specified. When specified as a separate pay ite m in the contract, cleaning and painting bearing assemblies will be paid for at the contract lump sum price for clean and paint bearing assemblies, at the bridge number specified. When specified as a separate pay item in the contract, cleaning and painting steel 790 piling will be paid for at the contract lump sum price for clean and paint steel piling, at the bridge number specified. (a) Pre-Established Remedies for Changed Conditions
1.Discovery of Hazardous Materials but No Mill Scale on a Structure Shown in the Contract Documents as Being Built After 1994 The payment will be an additional 25% of the clean steel bridge item as computed in 619.20(b)1 in accordance with 109.05 as pa yment for all additi onal costs incurred.
2.Discovery of Mill Scale but No Hazardous Materials on a Structure Shown in the Contract Documents as Being Built After 1994 If, on a structure shown in the contract documents as being built after 1994 and the presence of hazardous materials has not been confirmed by laboratory analysis, the area of structural steel covered by mill scale comprises greater than 25% of the area of structural steel in accordance with 619.19, additional compensation for the removal of the mill scale will be made as an adjustment to the clean steel bridge item. The adjustment will be an additional payment of 30% of the clean steel bridge item as computed in accordance with 619.20(b)1 will be made.
3.Discovery of Hazardous Materials and Mill Scale on a Structure Shown in the Contract Documents as Being Built After 1994 If the laboratory analysis of a waste stream sample on a structure shown in the contract documents as being built after 1994 yields results indicating the presence of hazardous materials, the entire bridge shall be considered as having mill scale and the following pre-established remedy for this changed condition in accordance with 104.02(d) shall apply. If agreed to in writing between the Contractor and the Department, the work shall proceed with th e Contractor assuming all risks for removal of mill scale. An additional 55% of the clean steel bridge item as computed in 619.20(b)1 in accordance with 109.05 will be pa id as additional compensation for the 820 removal and disposal of the hazardous mate rials, the removal of the mill scale, the additional containment required, and all other incidental items associated with the removal of the hazardous materials and mill scale.
b.Prices used in Pre-Establis hed Remedies to Changed Conditions The following prices will be computed and used as the price for the pay item identified below in all pre-established reme dies to changed conditions referenced in this section. 619.20 The price for the clean steel bridge item, per bridge, used in all pre-established 830 remedies to changed conditions referenced in this section will be limited to the lesser of the following: 1. 70% of the sum of the clean steel bridge item and paint steel bridge item for that bridge; or
2.the actual amount for the clean steel bridge item for that bridge shown in the Schedule of Pay Items. Roadway drain casting extension pipe will be paid for in accordance with 715.14. For steel that will become the property of the Contractor, payment for cleaning existing steel, removal of mill scale, testing, disposal of the waste, containment, and all other costs involved this work will be in accordance with 202.14. The cost of transportation and disposal of waste materials, waste, waste containers, and all other debris generated from pollution control and cleaning that is disposed of will be paid for at the contract lump sum price for disposal of cleaning waste, hazardous or non-hazardous, at the bridge number specified. Payment will be made under: 850 Pay Item Pay Unit Symbol Clean and Paint Bearing Assemblies, Br. No. ____ .................. LS Clean and Paint Steel Piling, Br. No. ____ ................................ LS Clean Steel Bridge, Partial, QP- ____, Br. No. ____ ................ LS Clean Steel Bridge, QP- ____, Br. No. ___ ............................... LS Clean Steel Bridge, Top Flan ges, QP-2, Br. No. ____ .............. LS Disposal of Cleaning Waste, ______, Br. No.____ ................... LS waste type 860 Paint Steel Bridge, Br. No.____ ................................................ LS Paint Steel Bridge, Partial, Br. No.____ .................................... LS The cost to prepare a QCP shall be included in the cost of the pay items of this section. The cost of providing the Department with access to the bridge and seasonal or weather limitations shall be included in the cost of the pay items of this section. If a structure is shown in the contract documents as being built before 1995, no additional payment will be made for the removal of mill scale. The cost of the removal of mill scale shall be included in the cost of clean steel bridge, clean steel bridge, 870 partial, clean and paint bearing assemblies, clean and paint steel pilling, or clean steel bridge, top flanges. If a structure is shown in the contract documents as being built after 1994 and the 619.20 561 percentage of the area covered by mill scale is less than or equal to 25% of the total structural steel surface area of a bridge measured in accordance with 619.19 no additional payment will be made for the removal of mill scale. The cost of the removal of mill scale shall be included in the cost of clean steel bridge or clean steel bridge, partial. 880 The cost of furnishing all materials, equipment, and labor required for solvent cleaning, scraping, steel brus hing, or other acceptable methods for removing paint in the locations directed shall be included in the cost of clean steel bridge, clean steel bridge, partial, clean and paint bearing assemb lies, clean and paint steel piling, or clean steel bridge, top flanges. The cost of clea ning roadway drain castings shall be included in the cost of clean steel bridge or clean steel bridge, partial. The cost of providing containment in accordance with 619.07 and 619.17 and personal protective equipment shall be included in the cost of the pay items of this section. 890 The cost of furnishing all materials, equipment, and labor required to perform the quality control tasks outlined in 619.03 shall be included in the cost of clean steel bridge or clean steel bridge, partial, clean and paint bearing assemblies, clean and paint steel piling, or clean steel bridge, top flanges. The cost of furnishing all materials including caulk, equipment, and labor to perform caulking and painting, including the stripe coats, with the structural steel paint system or the partial paint system shall be included in the cost of paint steel bridge or paint steel bridge, partial. The cost of switching stripe coat application methods shall 900 be included in the cost of paint steel bridge or paint steel bridge, partial. The cost of furnishing all materials, equipment, and labor to perform painting of the roadway drain castings shall be included in the cost of paint steel bridge or paint steel bridge, partial. The cost of all equipment, material, la bor, testing, use of special cleaning methods, and shipping of waste stream samples shall be included in the cost of the clean steel bridge or clean steel bridge, partial, clean and paint bearing assemblies, clean and paint steel piling, or clean steel bridge, top flanges, pay items. The cost of dust removal, wetting, and within the cross-sectional area measuring 910 5 ft longitudinally on both sides of a bridge deck joint as well as all areas of visible corrosion pitting, a second time shall be included in the clean steel bridge, clean steel bridge, partial, clean and paint bearing asse mblies, or clean steel bridge, top flanges, pay items. When a pay item is included in the schedule of pay items for clean and paint bearing assemblies, all costs associated w ith cleaning and painting bearing assemblies, except disposal of cleaning waste, shall be in cluded in the cost of the pay item. If clean steel bridge, clean steel bridge, partial, paint steel bridge, or paint steel bridge, partial, are included as pay items in the schedule of pay items, no separate payment will be 920 619.20 562 made for cleaning and painting bearing assemblies on that bridge number. The cost of cleaning and painting bearing assemblies shall be included in the cost of the respective clean steel bridge, clean steel bridge, partial, paint steel bridge, or paint steel bridge, partial, pay items for that bridge number. When a pay item is included in the schedule of pay items for clean and paint steel piling, all costs associated with cleaning and painting steel piling, except disposal of cleaning waste, shall be included in the cost of the pay item. When encasing the ends of existing structural steel members in concrete is shown 930 on the plans, all costs associ ated with cleaning and painting all structural steel within the limits of the partial painting zone, including but not limited to, equipment, material, labor, testing, use of special cleaning methods, and shipping of waste stream samples, shall be included in the cost of clean steel bridge, partial, and paint steel bridge, partial, pay items. If the contract also includes pa y items for clean steel bridge and paint steel bridge, all costs associated with cleaning and painting all exposed structural steel, including but not limited to, equipment, material, labor, testing, use of special cleaning methods, and shipping of waste stream samples, shall be included in the cost of clean steel bridge and paint steel bridge pay items. 940
Source: Indiana Standard Specifications, 2024 Edition. Pages 554–562 of 1,248.