Clearing and Grubbing
201.01 DESCRIPTION. Clear, grub, and remove vegetation and debris
within the limits of the right -of-way and easement areas, except such items that are designated to remain or to be removed under other pay items. Cut trees, logs, brush, stumps and debris; excavate and remove stumps, roots, submerged logs, snags, and other vegetative or objectionable material; dispose removed material in accordance with 202.02 ; and clean the area. Quality assurance requirements shall be as specified in the latest edition of the Department’s publication titled Application of Quality Assurance Specifications for Embankment and Base Course. Erosion control shall be in accordance with Section 204 .
201.02 MATERIALS. Vacant
201.03 GENERAL CONSTRUCTION REQUIREMENTS. Preserve
the items to remain as designated by the engineer. Do not store equipment, materials, and supplies in proximity of items designated to remain. Remove trees without damaging items marked to remain. Repair damage to bark, trunks, limbs, or roots of vegetation marked to remain using horticultural and tree surgery practices published by the American Association of Nurserymen (AAN) under the supervision of a licensed landscape arborist at no cost to the department. Do not fell trees outside of the right -of-way. Damage outside the right -of-way caus ed by the contractor’s operations shall be the contractor’s responsibility.
201.04 CLEARING AND GRUBBING. Clear and grub to the limits of
the right -of-way, or to the construction limits, whichever is greater, unless otherwise designated on the plans. When fen cing or utility relocation is required, an area 10 foot wide, adjacent to and inside the right -of-way line, shall be cleared and grubbed. Mow when required by the engineer. Some loose limbs and roots approximately 2 inch x 2 foot and smaller may be allow ed to remain; however, excessive amounts will not be allowed. Explosives, when used, shall be in accordance with 107.11 . Fill stump holes and other holes left from clearing and grubbing by blading the area and backfilling with existing materials or soil complying with 203.06.1 and compact to a condition similar to surrounding soils. Clearing and Grubbing
201.01 DESCRIPTION. Clear, grub, and remove vegetation and debris
within the limits of the right -of-way and easement areas, except such items that are designated to remain or to be removed under other pay items. Cut trees, logs, brush, stumps and debris; excavate and remove stumps, roots, submerged logs, snags, and other vegetative or objectionable material; dispose removed material in accordance with 202.02 ; and clean the area. Quality assurance requirements shall be as specified in the latest edition of the Department’s publication titled Application of Quality Assurance Specifications for Embankment and Base Course. Erosion control shall be in accordance with Section 204 .
201.02 MATERIALS. Vacant
201.03 GENERAL CONSTRUCTION REQUIREMENTS. Preserve
the items to remain as designated by the engineer. Do not store equipment, materials, and supplies in proximity of items designated to remain. Remove trees without damaging items marked to remain. Repair damage to bark, trunks, limbs, or roots of vegetation marked to remain using horticultural and tree surgery practices published by the American Association of Nurserymen (AAN) under the supervision of a licensed landscape arborist at no cost to the department. Do not fell trees outside of the right -of-way. Damage outside the right -of-way caus ed by the contractor’s operations shall be the contractor’s responsibility.
201.04 CLEARING AND GRUBBING. Clear and grub to the limits of
the right -of-way, or to the construction limits, whichever is greater, unless otherwise designated on the plans. When fen cing or utility relocation is required, an area 10 foot wide, adjacent to and inside the right -of-way line, shall be cleared and grubbed. Mow when required by the engineer. Some loose limbs and roots approximately 2 inch x 2 foot and smaller may be allow ed to remain; however, excessive amounts will not be allowed. Explosives, when used, shall be in accordance with 107.11 . Fill stump holes and other holes left from clearing and grubbing by blading the area and backfilling with existing materials or soil complying with 203.06.1 and compact to a condition similar to surrounding soils. Clearing and Grubbing
201.01 DESCRIPTION. Clear, grub, and remove vegetation and debris
within the limits of the right -of-way and easement areas, except such items that are designated to remain or to be removed under other pay items. Cut trees, logs, brush, stumps and debris; excavate and remove stumps, roots, submerged logs, snags, and other vegetative or objectionable material; dispose removed material in accordance with 202.02 ; and clean the area. Quality assurance requirements shall be as specified in the latest edition of the Department’s publication titled Application of Quality Assurance Specifications for Embankment and Base Course. Erosion control shall be in accordance with Section 204 .
201.02 MATERIALS. Vacant
201.03 GENERAL CONSTRUCTION REQUIREMENTS. Preserve
the items to remain as designated by the engineer. Do not store equipment, materials, and supplies in proximity of items designated to remain. Remove trees without damaging items marked to remain. Repair damage to bark, trunks, limbs, or roots of vegetation marked to remain using horticultural and tree surgery practices published by the American Association of Nurserymen (AAN) under the supervision of a licensed landscape arborist at no cost to the department. Do not fell trees outside of the right -of-way. Damage outside the right -of-way caus ed by the contractor’s operations shall be the contractor’s responsibility.
201.04 CLEARING AND GRUBBING. Clear and grub to the limits of
the right -of-way, or to the construction limits, whichever is greater, unless otherwise designated on the plans. When fen cing or utility relocation is required, an area 10 foot wide, adjacent to and inside the right -of-way line, shall be cleared and grubbed. Mow when required by the engineer. Some loose limbs and roots approximately 2 inch x 2 foot and smaller may be allow ed to remain; however, excessive amounts will not be allowed. Explosives, when used, shall be in accordance with 107.11 . Fill stump holes and other holes left from clearing and grubbing by blading the area and backfilling with existing materials or soil complying with 203.06.1 and compact to a condition similar to surrounding soils. Clearing and Grubbing
201.01 DESCRIPTION. Clear, grub, and remove vegetation and debris
within the limits of the right -of-way and easement areas, except such items that are designated to remain or to be removed under other pay items. Cut trees, logs, brush, stumps and debris; excavate and remove stumps, roots, submerged logs, snags, and other vegetative or objectionable material; dispose removed material in accordance with 202.02 ; and clean the area. Quality assurance requirements shall be as specified in the latest edition of the Department’s publication titled Application of Quality Assurance Specifications for Embankment and Base Course. Erosion control shall be in accordance with Section 204 .
201.02 MATERIALS. Vacant
201.03 GENERAL CONSTRUCTION REQUIREMENTS. Preserve
the items to remain as designated by the engineer. Do not store equipment, materials, and supplies in proximity of items designated to remain. Remove trees without damaging items marked to remain. Repair damage to bark, trunks, limbs, or roots of vegetation marked to remain using horticultural and tree surgery practices published by the American Association of Nurserymen (AAN) under the supervision of a licensed landscape arborist at no cost to the department. Do not fell trees outside of the right -of-way. Damage outside the right -of-way caus ed by the contractor’s operations shall be the contractor’s responsibility.
201.04 CLEARING AND GRUBBING. Clear and grub to the limits of
the right -of-way, or to the construction limits, whichever is greater, unless otherwise designated on the plans. When fen cing or utility relocation is required, an area 10 foot wide, adjacent to and inside the right -of-way line, shall be cleared and grubbed. Mow when required by the engineer. Some loose limbs and roots approximately 2 inch x 2 foot and smaller may be allow ed to remain; however, excessive amounts will not be allowed. Explosives, when used, shall be in accordance with 107.11 . Fill stump holes and other holes left from clearing and grubbing by blading the area and backfilling with existing materials or soil complying with 203.06.1 and compact to a condition similar to surrounding soils. Submit a plan for burning operations to the engineer for review and comment. Burning of materials shall not jeopardize anything designated to remain on t he right -of-way, the surrounding forest cover, or other adjacent property. Burn in accordance with all laws and ordinances, including, but not limited to, the current regulations of the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality and 107.13 and 107.14 . Remove materials and debris which cannot be burned and materials which are not burned from the right -of-way and dispose of in accordance with 202.02 . Merchantable timber in the area to be cleared, not removed from the right - of-way pri or to the beginning date stipulated in the Notice to Proceed, becomes the property of the contractor. Remove low hanging branches and unsound or unsightly branches on trees or shrubs designated to remain as directed. Trim branches of trees extending over the roadbed to a height of 20 foot above the pavement in accordance with accepted horticultural and tree surgery practices published by AAN.
201.05 MEASUREMENT. No measurement of area will be made for
payment.
201.06 PAYMENT. When a pay item is included in the contract,
payment for clearing and grubbing will be made at the contract lump sum price. Partial payment will be limited to 10 percent of the original total contract amount until the contractor has earned 40 percent of the original total contract amount. When clearing and grubbing consists of more than 50 percent of the contract amount, payment will be made for the work completed. Payment will be made under: Item No. Pay Item Pay Unit 201-01 Clearing and Grubbing Lump Sum Submit a plan for burning operations to the engineer for review and comment. Burning of materials shall not jeopardize anything designated to remain on t he right -of-way, the surrounding forest cover, or other adjacent property. Burn in accordance with all laws and ordinances, including, but not limited to, the current regulations of the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality and 107.13 and 107.14 . Remove materials and debris which cannot be burned and materials which are not burned from the right -of-way and dispose of in accordance with 202.02 . Merchantable timber in the area to be cleared, not removed from the right - of-way pri or to the beginning date stipulated in the Notice to Proceed, becomes the property of the contractor. Remove low hanging branches and unsound or unsightly branches on trees or shrubs designated to remain as directed. Trim branches of trees extending over the roadbed to a height of 20 foot above the pavement in accordance with accepted horticultural and tree surgery practices published by AAN.
201.05 MEASUREMENT. No measurement of area will be made for
payment.
201.06 PAYMENT. When a pay item is included in the contract,
payment for clearing and grubbing will be made at the contract lump sum price. Partial payment will be limited to 10 percent of the original total contract amount until the contractor has earned 40 percent of the original total contract amount. When clearing and grubbing consists of more than 50 percent of the contract amount, payment will be made for the work completed. Payment will be made under: Item No. Pay Item Pay Unit 201-01 Clearing and Grubbing Lump Sum Submit a plan for burning operations to the engineer for review and comment. Burning of materials shall not jeopardize anything designated to remain on t he right -of-way, the surrounding forest cover, or other adjacent property. Burn in accordance with all laws and ordinances, including, but not limited to, the current regulations of the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality and 107.13 and 107.14 . Remove materials and debris which cannot be burned and materials which are not burned from the right -of-way and dispose of in accordance with 202.02 . Merchantable timber in the area to be cleared, not removed from the right - of-way pri or to the beginning date stipulated in the Notice to Proceed, becomes the property of the contractor. Remove low hanging branches and unsound or unsightly branches on trees or shrubs designated to remain as directed. Trim branches of trees extending over the roadbed to a height of 20 foot above the pavement in accordance with accepted horticultural and tree surgery practices published by AAN.
201.05 MEASUREMENT. No measurement of area will be made for
payment.
201.06 PAYMENT. When a pay item is included in the contract,
payment for clearing and grubbing will be made at the contract lump sum price. Partial payment will be limited to 10 percent of the original total contract amount until the contractor has earned 40 percent of the original total contract amount. When clearing and grubbing consists of more than 50 percent of the contract amount, payment will be made for the work completed. Payment will be made under: Item No. Pay Item Pay Unit 201-01 Clearing and Grubbing Lump Sum Section 202 Removing or Relocating Structures and Obstructions
202.01 DESCRIPTION. This work consists of the removal or the
relocation of structures, facilities or obstructions, hereinafter referred to as “structures” from the project right -of-way unless specified otherwise. The removal of a structure from the project right -of-way is the razing, demolishing, and disposal of the structure after salvageable parts, components, and materials, as designated on the plans, have been recovered by the contractor. The relocation of a structure from the project right -of-way is its movement, reassembly, restoration, reconstruction, or equivalent replacement at a new location outside of, and adjacent to, the project right -of-way including all service connections, appurtenances, and accessories as directed. For the purposes of this section, remove structures and obstructions visible at the time of bid, including all related structures or as designated in the plans. Structures may include buildings, floor slabs, foundations, fuel tanks, septic tanks, fences, pipes, bridges, drainage structures, pavements, walks, curbs, abandoned pipelines and other similar facilities, or obstructions not designated or permitted to remain within the project right -of-way. This work also includes backfilling of resulting trenche s, holes, and pits. If structures or obstructions are encountered which differ materially from those ordinarily encountered, the provisions of 105.18 shall apply. Quality assurance requirements shall be as specified in the latest edition of the Department’s publication titled Application of Quality Assurance Specifications for Embankment and Base Course. Erosion control shall be in accordance with Section 204 .
202.02 GENERAL CONSTRUCTION REQUIREMENTS. Remove
and dispose of all portions of structures or obstructions on the right -of-way, except items for which other provisions have been made for removal or relocation. When specified, remove structures and appurtenances that extend beyond the right -of-way or that are entirely on private property. Remove specified salvageable material in sections which may be readily transported wit hout unnecessary damage. Stack salvageable material at specified storage areas. When no storage sites are specified, deliver