Working Day
Defined in the standard specifications of 6 state transportation agencies. Each definition below is the agency’s own text, with the section it comes from — they do not all say the same thing, and on a contract the difference is the point.
Definitions are quoted from state-authored public specification books. This page carries no I-Code-derived terms.
Any day, exclusive of Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays, that weather and other conditions not under the control of the Contractor will permit construction operations to proceed with the normal working force engaged in performing those items controlling the completion of the work.
Section 101 — DEFINITIONS AND TERMS →Any day charged against the contract time on a working day contract. Working Drawings. Drawings and data not in the contract that the contractor is required to submit to the engineer showing how the contractor will perform specific work such as building cofferdams or falsework. 101.4 Units of Measure. Unless noted below, the engineer will make all measurements and determine all final item quantities to places after the decimal point. Abbreviation Description Measure ACRE acre Two-dimensional area method on the surface to the nearest 0.1 acre.
Section 101 — GENERAL INFORMATION, DEFINITIONS, AND TERMS →Any calendar day, exclusive of Saturdays, Sundays, or a recognized legal holiday, on which weather or other conditions (not under control of the Contractor) will permit construction operations to proceed for not less than 3/4 of a normal work day in the performance of a controlling item of work. Working Drawings. Stress sheets, shop drawings, erection plans, false work plans, framework plans, cofferdam plans, bending diagrams for reinforcing steel, or any other supplementary plans or similar data which the Contractor is required to submit to the Engineer for approval.
Section 1101 — Definitions →Every Day except Saturdays, Sundays, and Holidays. Based on a review of weather conditions and the actual Work performed by the Contractor, the Project Manager will determine (between the end of the Day and noon of the next Day) if the
Section 101 — Abbreviations, Symbols, T erms, and Definitions →A calendar day, exclusive of Saturdays, Sundays, and Holidays, on which w eather or other conditions not under the control of the Contractor will allow construction operations to proceed for at least 5 hours of the day with the normal working force engaged in performing the Work, which are normal to progress at the time, as dete rmined by the Engineer.
Section 101 — DEFINITIONS AND TERMS →A Calendar Day on which conditions within the contractor’s control allow, or would allow, Work on the Controlling Activities for at least five hours with a workforce consistent in size and type for the work to be performed. Saturdays are working days if the Contractor chooses to work. Sundays and Holidays are working days if the Engineer allows the contractor to work. Days in December, January, February, and March are not working days even if the engineer allows the contractor to work and the contractor so chooses. Wor king Drawings. See Contract.
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