SECTION 937 — FURNISH, INSTALL, MAINTAIN, AND MOVE TEMPORARY TRAFFIC PROTECTION — FURNISH, INSTALL, MAINTAIN, AND MOVE TEMPORARY TRAFFIC PROTECTION
937.01 Description.
This work includes furnishing, installing, maintaining, and moving all traffic protective devices and associated personnel. Also encompassed in storing, covering and uncovering, relocating, re‐erecting, replacement (in the event of unacceptable damage), and removing as necessary all existing and/or temporary traffic control devices (TTCDs). This work includes associated personnel, sign mountings, portable barricades, traffic cones, barrels, delineators, temporary construction signs, temporary barrier, temporary attenuators, truck mounted attenuators, other traffic warning devices, arrow boards, message boards, and any job specific devices for compliance with the MUTCD and the traffic‐related work restrictions included in the Transportation Management Plan (TMP). All maintenance and movement work on these devices occurs after the initial installation on the Project and before the final removal. Comply with Subsection 104.09.
937.02 Materials.
Submittals. Submit a Shop Drawing for any alteration to the approved TMP and/or TTCDs. Ensure that the Shop Drawing provides a detailed Temporary Traffic Control Plans for review and approval before starting work. Ensure that the Shop Drawing submission adheres to Subsection 105.02 and the following requirements: • Provide for the safe and efficient movement of traffic. • Prepare a p lan that meets or exceeds all standards in the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD), the Contract Documents, and the Department ’s Standard Specifications. • Address expected delay to vehicular traffic through the work zone. • Address any delays to the Project’s substantial completion date. • Provide for the safe and efficient movement of pedestrians and bicycles. • Meet all requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). • Provide barrier and crash cushions to provide protection as required for hazard mitigation for workers and to shield all hazards to motorists within the appropriate AASHTO clear zone including bridge parapets, barrier blunt ends, poles , and large equipment. See Subsection 106.05(a). • Provide pavement marking removal. • Incorporate traffic signal phasing, timing, and detection plans. • Provide all necessary traffic counts that are required as backup. • Signed and sealed by a registered P rofessional Engineer licensed in the State of Rhode Island.
Part 900 — Incidental Construction and Services August 2025
SECTION 937 — FURNISH, INSTALL, MAINTAIN, AND MOVE TEMPORARY TRAFFIC PROTECTION 900-103 • Include at least the following information necessary to successfully complete the Plan: ○ Description of each phase of work, including all elements of work to be accomplished in each phase ○ Contains Plans showing each traffic control phase that is planned for the duration of the Project ○ Documents expected duration of each traffic control configuration ○ Use CAD for the basis of any drawings. ○ Uses the same or greater level of detail as in the MUTCD and RIDOT Standard Specifications. ○ Shows taper lengths and lane shift widths, TTCD spacing, and sign locations for temporary and existing signs. ○ Documents removal or masking of items such as existing traffic signs, traffic signals, and markings. ○ Documents worker parking, work vehicles access, and equipment access. Temporary Traffic Control Implementation Manager. Employ a Temporary Traffic Control Implementation Manager (TTCIM) responsible for maintaining the portion of the Project being used by the public traffic in a safe condition, adequately accommodates traffic, and is according to the approved Plans and TMP. Ensure that the TTCIM has successfully completed the Traffic Control Supervisor training course provided by the American Traffic Safety Services Association (ATSSA) and is trained according to Subsection 104.08 (d). Submit the documentation to certify the TTCIM’s compliance to the Department. The TTCIM shall perform the following responsibilities and duties: • Oversee all traffic control operations. • Have direct supervision of the installation, maintenance, and removal of all TTCDs. • Include a template for a daily report verifying the inspection and installation of any required TTCDs. • Begin corrective action on any deficiencies immediately upon notification from the Engineer. • Inspect and document the traffic control setup for conformance with the approved P lans and TMP on a daily basis. Submit a daily report to the Department upon request documenting the inspection using the Inspection template supplied by the Department. • If the TTCIM is not available for any portion of the Project , notify the Engineer in writing and provide an interim TTCIM that meets the training course requirements.
Part 900 — Incidental Construction and Services August 2025
900-104 SECTION 937 — FURNISH, INSTALL, MAINTAIN, AND MOVE TEMPORARY TRAFFIC PROTECTION
937.03 Construction.
Normal Operations. Maintain all signs, barricades, and other TTCDs in a sturdy, clean, and legible condition. In this regard, maintenance involves the following: repairing, adjusting, washing, repainting, and the reapplication of reflective sheeting. Locate the various TTCDs in their proper positions so that they reflect existing traffic conditions. As conditions change, remove or cover conflicting or unnecessary signs and TTCDs so that the respective messages are not visible to approaching traffic. Where changed conditions warrant, provide new TTCDs. When construction operations are not in progress, remove or cover all unnecessary signs. This item of work also includes covering and uncovering any existing permanent signage that may conflict with the temporary construction signage. Ensure that weeds, shrubbery, and construction materials, equipment, and spoils do not obscure the view of any sign, light, barricade, or other temporary traffic control device. R emove obstructions at no additional cost to the Department. Do not install any defective and/or damaged devices. Repair or remove and replace any TTCDs showing defects or damages as a result of the Contrac tor’s operations or negligence at no additional cost to the Department. When the Engineer determines that a sign or TTCD has been severely damaged by causes other than the Contractor ’s operations, replace these signs and TTCDs, which will be paid for according to Subsection 104.05. The Engineer must approve any modifications made to Contract Documents ( i.e., Plans, Shop Drawings, TMP) and the applicable references for this Section (e.g., MUTCD). Emergencies. At the preconstruction conference, provide the Department with both the home telephone and cell phone numbers of at least three personnel who are available on a 24‐hour basis for the duration of the Contract in the event of an emergency. These persons shall constitute the contacts in the event of an emergency, to be assigned as such in the PMP. Upon notification by the Engineer, respond to the site of an emergency within 90 minutes and immediately take steps to commence repair operations.
937.04 Method of Measurement.
Provide, Install, Maintain, and Move Traffic Protection will not be measured for payment.
937.05 Basis of Payment.
The Department will pay for the completed and accepted quantities as follows: Pay Item Pay Unit Furnish, Install, Maintain, and Move Temporary Traffic Protection LS
Part 900 — Incidental Construction and Services August 2025
SECTION 937 — FURNISH, INSTALL, MAINTAIN, AND MOVE TEMPORARY TRAFFIC PROTECTION 900-105 Payment for Full Compliance. The price constitutes full compensation for all labor, materials, and equipment ; furnishing and installing all TTCDs, including maintaining, moving, and removing the TTCDs from their initial installation locations; handling, maintaining, transporting and relocating all TTCDs to storage or to subsequent intermediate locations where they will be used for traffic control; and all incidentals required to finish the work, complete and accepted. Monthly progress payments under this item will be made at a rate determined by dividing the Contract lump sum price by the number of months allocated for completion of the Project . The number of months shall be equal to the difference between the Contract completion date and the date of the Notice to Proceed. At the discretion of the Engineer, payment for authorized C ontract time extensions will be made at the rate as defined above or on a Force Account basis according to Subsection 109.04. If the Engineer orders maintenance of traffic not included within the original Contract or subsequent change order(s) that nets additional costs to the Contractor, then the Contractor will be paid for the maintenance and movement of traffic protective devices according to Subsection 104.05. No payment will be made for unauthorized Contract time extensions, punch list work, or corrective activities. Submit an itemized cost breakdown of the lump sum price provided for all work per the Basis of Payment associated with each of the following Specifications: 914 – FLAGPERSONS 916 – CRASH CUSHIONS 922 – TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION SIGNS 923 – PORTABLE CHANNELIZING DEVICES AND BARRICADES 924 – ADVANCE WARNING ARROW PANEL 925 – PORTABLE CHANGEABLE MESSAGE SIGN 926 – ANCHORED AND UNACHORED BARRIER FOR TEMPORARY TRAFFIC CONTROL 928 – SHADOW OR ADVANCE WARNING VEHICLE WITH CRASH CUSHION AND FLASHING ARROW BOARD OR CHANGEABLE MESSAGE SIGN No payment will be made for unauthorized Contract time extensions , “punch list” work or corrective activities.
Part 900 — Incidental Construction and Services August 2025
900-106 SECTION 937 — FURNISH, INSTALL, MAINTAIN, AND MOVE TEMPORARY TRAFFIC PROTECTION Failure to Comply.
a.Maintenance. If, in the judgment of the Engineer, the Contractor fails to adequately install and/or safely maintain TTCDs along any portion of the Project, the appropriate charge(s) in the Table of Fines in SECTION 110 will be deducted from monies due to the Contractor.
b.M ovement . If, in the judgement of the Engineer, the Contractor fails to remove and/or relocate TTCDs for compliance with the traffic ‐related work restrictions included in the approved TMP or to otherwise meet changes in traffic conditions, construction operations, or other conditions affecting the safety and/or mobility of the traveling public, the appropriate charge(s) in the Table of Fines in SECTION 110 will be deducted from monies due to the Contractor. Emergencies. If emergency repair work has not been initiated within the 90-minute time frame specified above, the charge set forth in the Table of Fines in SECTION 110 will be deducted from monies then due the Contractor until the repair work is completed.
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Source: Standard Specifications for Road and Bridge Construction (Blue Book), 2022 (Aug 2025 compilation) Edition. Pages 709–713 of 951. View official source ↗