Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT) · KDOT Standard Specifications for Road & Bridge Construction

Section 101 — Definitions and Terms

Kansas KDOT Standard Specifications for Road & Bridge Construction, Section 101. Full text, cross-references and related pay items on BuildSpec.

101- DEFINITIONS AND TERMS 100 - 1 SECTION 101 DEFINITIONS AND TERMS 101.1 RULES OF INTERPRETATION Use of Imperative Mood. KDOT has generally written the standard specifications in the imperative mood, so the subject and helping verb are implied. Example: “Provide supervision” rather than “The Contractor shall provide supervision”. The word “will” generally pertains to the Kansas De partment of Transportation’s decisions or actions. When used before a list, the word “include”, “includes”, or “including” means “including but not limited to” the items in the list. Although the Contractor is the…

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