SECTION 923 — PORTABLE CHANNELIZING DEVICES AND BARRICADES 900-61 — PORTABLE CHANNELIZING DEVICES AND BARRICADES
923.01 Description.
General. This work includes providing portable barricades of various types and configurations at the required locations and conforming to the RIDOT Standard Details and the currently adopted edition of the MUTCD. Types of Portable Channelizing Devices and Barricades. The following types of portable barricades are currently in use by the Department: • PVC Plastic Pipe Barricade (MUTCD, Type III) • Plastic Pipe Barricade with Sandbag Base (MUTCD, Type III) • Polyethylene Drum Barricade • Fluorescent Traffic Cones
923.02 Materials.
PVC Plastic Pipe. Use plastic pipe that is white polyvinyl chloride that complies with the RIDOT Standard Details. Polyethylene Plastic Pipe. Use pipe that is white, rotationally molded polyethylene plastic conforming to ASTM D1248, Class II A3-E4 or Class II A4. Polyethylene Drum. Use a drum that has been manufactured from polyethylene plastic according to the details indicated on the Plans and conforming to the MUTCD. Fluorescent Traffic Cones. Use cones made of a plastic, fluorescent, commercially produced product. Ensure that the conical upper portion is 100 percent polyvinyl chloride having a highly pigmented, fluorescent red-orange color that complies with the RIDOT Standard Details. Ensure that the upper section is fused to a non-painted white base according to the manufacturer’s recommendations.
923.03 Construction Methods.
Design and Fabrication. Ensure that barricades are sturdily constructed, freshly painted, and present a clean and neat , like-new appearance. Ensure that m essages are clearly legible. Use barricades painted and reflectorized according to the requirements in other paragraphs of this Section.
Part 900 — Incidental Construction and Services August 2025
900-62 SECTION 923 — PORTABLE CHANNELIZING DEVICES AND BARRICADES Placement. Erect barricades and devices before initiating construction work. Ensure that barricades remain in place until the Engineer determines that they are no longer needed at a given location. Reuse and relocate the barricades as shown on the Plans and at other locations as the sequence of construction progresses.
923.04 Method of Measurement.
Plastic Pipe Barricades. Plastic pipe barricades and plastic pipe barricades with sandbag bases will be measured by the number of units used on the Project site. Drum Barricades. Polyethylene drum barricades will be measured by the number of barrel-days the barricades are in place according to the Plans and/or as directed by the Engineer. Fluorescent Traffic Cones. Fluorescent traffic cones will be measured by the number of cones provided.
923.05 Basis of Payment.
The Department will pay for the completed and accepted quantities as follows: Pay Item Pay Unit Plastic Pipe Barricades EA Drum Barricades BDAY Fluorescent Traffic Cones EA Plastic Pipe Barricades. The price constitutes full compensation for all labor, material, and equipment, including placing barricades and devices at their initial locations and for removing the barricades and devices from their final locations, and all incidentals necessary to finish the work, complete and accepted. Payment for temporary work is included under SECTION 937. Drum Barricades. The price constitutes full compensation for all labor, material, and equipment including fabrication, reflective sheeting, placing drum barricades at their initial locations and for removing the drum barricades from their final locations. Payment for temporary work is included under SECTION 937.
Part 900 — Incidental Construction and Services August 2025
SECTION 923 — PORTABLE CHANNELIZING DEVICES AND BARRICADES 900-63 Fluorescent Traffic Cones. The price constitutes full compensation for all labor, material, and equipment, including placing cones at their initial locations and for removing the cones from their final locations, and all incidentals necessary to finish the work, complete and accepted. Payment for temporary work is included under SECTION 937. Maintaining and Moving. Payment for removing barricades , pipe barricades, and traffic cones from their initial locations and for hauling, maintaining, transporting, and relocating barricades and traffic cones to storage or to subsequent intermediate locations at which they are to be used for traffic control is not included in this Section but is included under SECTION 937.
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