658TRANSPLANTING PLANT MATERIAL

SECTIONS 650

New Hampshire Department of Transportation Standard Specifications – 2016 Description

1.1This work shall consist of digging up plant material consisting of trees, shrubs, and vines, and tra nsplanting such at the

locations shown or ordered. If temporary storage is necessary, care shall be taken to heel -in or plant the material where it can receive proper care until the permanent site is ready. Materials

2.1Materials shall conform to the req uirements of 650.2, except that the plant material shall consist of the existing plants

designated. 2.1.1 Where plant materials are designated to be moved and insufficient root systems or other faults are found in the existing plants, the Engineer may direct that new plants from nursery stock of similar or approved species be substituted. Construction Requirements

3.1Construction requirements shall conform to the applicable construction requirements of 650 through 657 for the type of plant

material being transplanted. Method of Measurement

4.1Transplanting plant material will be measured as prescribed in 650.4.

Basis of Payment

5.1The accepted quantities of plant material transplanted will be paid for at the Contract unit price per each complete in place .

5.2When new plant material has been ordered, payment will be made for furnishing and planting such plants under the

appropriate item. Pay item and unit: 658. Transplantation (Specific Plant Material) Each

New Hampshire Department of Transportation Standard Specifications – 2016

Description

This item shall consist of preparatory work and operations, including, but not limited to, those necessary to the movement of

personnel, equipment, supplies, and incidentals to the site of the work; and for all other work and operations which must be performed or for costs which must be incurred prior to beginning work on the various items. Method of Measurement

This item will be measured as a unit.

Basis of Payment

Partial payments for this item will be made approximately as follows:

amount bid, or 2-1/2 percent of the original Contract amount, whichever is the lesser.

amount bid, or 5 percent of the original Contract amount, whichever is the lesser.

amount bid, or 6 percent of the original Contract amount, whichever is the lesser.

amount bid, or 10 percent of the original Contract amount, whichever is the lesser.

Upon completion of all work, payment of any amount bid for this item in excess of 10 percent of the original Contract amount

will be paid.

5.3Upon written request by the Contractor made within 30 days of the Award of Contract, an amount equal to 25 percent of the

amount bid for this item or 1 percent of the Contract amount, whichever is lesser, will be paid. Further partial payments will be made according to the schedule in 5.1.

5.4The total sum of all payments will not exceed the original Contract amount bid for this item, regardless of the fact that the

Contractor may have, for any reason, shut down his work on the project or moved equipment away from the project and then back again.

5.5When the item for mobilization is not included in the Proposal Form, the costs as described in the item will not be paid for

directly, but shall be considered incidental to other items in the proposal. Pay item and unit: 692. Mobilization Unit