- 113 - SECTION 202 -- CLEARING AND GRUBBING
202.01 Description
1.This work shall be describ ed as either "General Clearing and Grubbing" or "Large Tree Removal" in the contract and the bid proposal Schedule of Items.
2.Clearing and Grubbing:
a.Clearing and Grubbing is a lump sum bid item that includes:
1."Clearing" -- removing and properly disposing of all material from the surface, such as trees, vegetation, boulders, and trash unless designated by the Engineer.
2."Grubbing" -- removing and properly disposing of all material from underground, such as sod, boulders, stum ps, roots, buried logs, or other debris unless designated by the Engineer.
b.“General Clearing and Grubbi ng” requires the Contractor to remove all living or dead vegetation, including trees, and trash from within the limits of construction, including borrow pits and channel changes unless designated to remain.
c.If “Large Tree Removal” is not included in the Contract, then no payment will be made for the removal of large trees above and beyond the payment for “Clearing and Grubbing”.
3.Large Tree Removal:
a.If Large Tree Removal is included in the contract, then Large Tree Removal is an Each bid item that includes trees whose circumference exceeds 80 inches (2 m) at 40 inches (1 m) above ground level or stumps whose circumference exceeds 80 inches (2 meters) at (or near) ground level.
b.Large tree removal does not include “General Clearing and Grubbing.”
4.Live trees, hedges, shrubs, or grass designated to remain shall be protected as shown in the contract.
5.Live trees outside the limits of construction shall not be injured or damaged.
202.02 Construction Methods
1.The Contractor shall remove and properly dispose of all unwanted material from the clearing and grubbing operations unless designated by the Engineer.
2.Grubbing: a. All stumps, including large roots, shall be removed to a depth of at least 6 inches (150 mm) below th e preconstruction ground level or the finished grade elevation in cut sections.
b.When authorized by the Engineer, the Contractor may leave stumps, roots, and nonperishable solid objects in place provided that such objects will be a minimum of 36 inches (900 mm) below subgrade or embankment slopes. These st umps will be cut to within 1 foot (300 mm) of the original ground surface.
202.02 Clearing and Grubbing
- 114 - 3. When no other grading is requir ed, the Contractor's clearing and grubbing responsibilities also include filling holes; smoothing and contouring the ground where items have been removed.
4.The following restrictions shall apply to material disposal:
a.Disposal shall be in accordance with all local, State, and Federal regulations.
b.The Contractor shall not leav e material within the floodplain of any channel.
c.The Contractor shall not leave material within 1,000 feet (300 m) of the right-of-way of the project or any public road unless it is not visible from the traveled way.
d.The Contractor may enter into agreements with adjacent landowners or other persons for the disposal of trees after they have been cleared. Any such agreement must be in full compliance with all conditions established in the contract.
202.03 Method of Measurement
1.“General Clearing and Grubbing” will be a lump sum pay item. General Clearing and Grubbing includes removing all trees.
202.04 Basis of Payment
1.Pay Item Pay Unit General Clearing and Grubbing Lump Sum (LS) Large Tree Removal Each (ea) 2. No direct payment will be m ade for tree protection, but shall be considered the duty of the Contractor as described in Subsection 107.09.
3.All tree removal is subsidiary to the pay item “General Clearing and Grubbing”.
4.The pay item “Large Tree Removal” does not include clearing and grubbing.
5.Payment is full compensation for all work described in this Section. - 115 - SECTION 203 -- REMOVAL OF STRUCTURES AND OBSTRUCTIONS
203.01 Description
1.General:
a.This work consists of clearing all tracts, the removal and disposal of all buildings, lighting, tra ffic signals, fences, manholes, gutters, curbs, structures, headwalls, culverts, bridges, pavements, abandoned pipelines or utilities, and other obs tructions not designated to remain. It includes salvaging the designated ma terials and backfilling the resulting cavities.
b.Removal of existing roadway lig hting, sign lighting, and traffic signals shall be accomplished as shown in the contract.
2.Unless structures interfere with the work, they shall not be removed until the new structures replacing them are complete.
3.Lead Plate Recycling: a. If there are lead plates under existing bearings, the lead plates are considered to be “recyclable materials” and “scrap material” in accordance with Title 128, Rules and Regulations Governing Hazardous Waste Management in Nebraska. Lead plates must be recycled in accordance with the requirements of the above noted rules and regulations and as follows.
1.The lead plates must be recycled at a legitimate recycling facility of scrap metal. Disposal of th ese lead plates by any other means is not allowed. The Contractor shall pr ovide documentation to the Engineer that these lead plates have been delivered to a recycling facility. This documentation shall include the following:
i.Number of lead plates delivered to the recycling facility. (ii) Total weight of t he lead plates delivered to the recycling facility. (iii) Name and address of the recycling facility accepting the lead plates. (iv) Date the lead plates were shipped to the recycling facility.
v.Shipment ticket documenting receipt of the lead plates by the recycling facility.
b.The contractor shall provid e for the protection, health and safety of his workers during the handling of the lead plates. This shall be done in accordance with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and Environmental Protecti on Agency (EPA) standards, and all applicable federal, state, and local regulations.
4.Building Removal a. It shall be the responsibility of the Contractor to determine if any of the buildings to be removed have materials containing asbestos. If it is determined that some or all of the buildings contain asbestos, the asbestos shall be removed prior to the building removal. All asbestos shall be removed in accordance with State of Nebraska Health and Human
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Source: Nebraska Standard Specifications for Highway Construction, 2017 Edition. Pages 147–148 of 1,048. View official source ↗