2-26 235-5 Measu Rement and Payment
Payment will not be made for embankment construction. Payment at the contract unit prices for the various items covered by Sections 225, 226, 230 and 240 will be full compensation for all work covered by this section. Repairs to embankments caused by Contractor carelessness or negligence will be incidental to the work of Sections 225, 226, 230 and 240. Repairs to embankments as a result of natural causes will be at the contract unit price for the excavated material required to ma ke the necessary repairs. Borrow Excavation for surcharge material and additional material for maintaining embankment grade elevations will be measured and paid in accordance with Article 230- 5. Unclassified Excavation for surcharge material, additional material for maintaining embankment grade elevations and removing surcharges will be measured and paid in accordance with Article 225 -7. When there is no pay item for Borrow Excavation or Unclassified Excavation in the contract, surcharge material and rem oving surcharges will be included in the lump sum payment for Grading. Additional material for maintaining embankment grade elevations will be paid as extra work in accordance with Article 104- 7. Embankment Settlement Gauges will be measured and paid in units of each. Settlement gauges will be measured as one per gauge location. The contract unit price for Embankment Settlement Gauges will be full compensation for fabricating and installing settlement gauges including placing and compacting fill material around gauges, adding pipes and couplers until embankment monitoring ends and any incidentals necessary to monitor settlement. No payment will be made for interfering with the Contractor’s operations due to embankment monitoring or damaged settlement gau ges as determined by the Engineer. Payment will be made under: Pay Item Pay Unit Embankment Settlement Gauges Each
240-1 Description
Excavate and satisfactorily dispose of all materials excavated in the construction of ditches except silt ditches.
A.Drainage Ditches Define “drainage ditches ” as inlet and outlet ditches for pipe culverts and structures, changes in channels of streams, ditches draining borrow and material sources and parallel or lateral ditches when such ditches are separated from the roadway slope by an area of natural ground or berm. Unless otherwise classified in the plans, parallel or lateral ditches constructed as an integral part o f the graded roadbed, having a continuous slope from the outer limit of the shoulder to the bottom of the ditch, will be considered to be within the roadway grading limits and will be part of the work covered by Section 225.
B.Berm Ditches Define “berm ditch es” as ditches constructed by either excavation or the construction of earth berms along the top of cut slopes. The location of berm ditches will be as shown in the plans or as directed by the Engineer .
240-2 General
Excavate to the lines, grades, typical sections and details shown i n the plans or established. Coordinate all work covered by this section with the grading, construction of drainage
Source: North Carolina Standard Specifications for Roads and Structures, 2024 Edition. Pages 118–118 of 857.