Opening of Quotes - Laurel Woods Drainage Improvements Proj No. 121-007 - Selge Construction Co., Inc.

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Version 2/14/2020 Page - 13 Public Works Quote a. Any and all Owner water used by Contractor shall be from a metered supply with an approved backflow device to protect the water supply. Water used to clean the sewer lines may be obtained from South Bend Water Works. The Contractor should contact South Bend Water Works to determine if there will be any charges for using their water. If there are charges from South Bend Water Works, the Contractor shall pay all costs associated with coordinating and obtaining water for the sewer cleaning operations. All metered water supply shall be paid for to OWNER through the regular billing system. b. It shall be Contractor’s responsibility to obtain approval from the South Bend Water Works to use Owner’s fire hydrants. c. Contractor shall be responsible for preventing contamination of the potable water system. d. Contractor when drawing water from any public hydrant shall use a backflow preventer and/or an eighteen (18) inch air gap, or other City-approved back-flow device. e. Contractor shall remove the water meter(s)/piping etc. from all fire hydrants at the end of each working day. f. Any costs of water shall be considered incidental to the Contract. 6. Disposal of Materials a. All materials removed from the sewer lines during cleaning operations shall be trapped and removed from the system at the downstream manhole of the section being cleaned. Passing of debris from upstream manhole section to beyond downstream manhole section will not be allowed. All materials shall be disposed of in compliance with all applicable laws and regulations. b. A suitable dam or weir shall be placed in the downstream manhole to trap all such materials. Passing material from manhole section to manhole section, which could cause line stoppages, accumulations of sand in wet wells, or damage pumping equipment, shall not be permitted. c. All solids or semi-solids resulting from the cleaning operations shall be removed from the site at the end of each workday, hauled to and disposed of in a properly licensed sanitary landfill. Contractor will pay all landfill-tipping fees, if applicable, as an incidental cost to the Work. d. Under no circumstances shall sewage or solids removed in the cleaning process be dumped onto streets or into ditches, catch basins, storm drains, sanitary sewer manholes, cleanouts, or dumps. e. The Contractor shall keep haul route and work area (s) neat and clean and reasonably free of odor, and shall bear all responsibility for the cleanup of any spill which occurs during the transport of cleaning/surface preparation by-products and the cleanup of any such material which is authorized by or pursuant to this Contract and in accord with applicable law and regulations. The Contractor shall immediately clean up any such spill, or waste. If the Contractor fails to clean up such spill, or waste immediately, the Owner shall have the right to clean up or arrange for its cleanup and shall charge to the Contractor all costs, including administrative costs and overhead, incurred by the Owner in connection with such cleanup. The Owner shall also charge to the Contractor any costs incurred or penalties imposed on the City as a result of any spill, dump or discard. Under no circumstances is this material to be discharged into the waterways or any place other than where authorized to do so by the appropriate authority. f. The general requirements for vehicles hauling such waste material are as follows: Transport vehicles must be of type(s) approved for this application by the jurisdictions involved. General requirements are that the vehicles have watertight bodies, that they be properly equipped and fitted with seals and covers to prohibit material spillage or drainage, and that they be cleaned as often as is necessary to prevent deposit of material on roadways. Vehicles must be loaded within legal weight limits and operated safely within all traffic speed regulations. g. The routes used by the Contractor for the conveyance of this material on a regular basis shall be subject to approval by the governing authority having jurisdiction over such routes. 7. Sewer Inspection and Televising a. The Contractor shall furnish all equipment for video recording. b. All inspections shall follow the Pipeline Assessment and Certification Program (PACP) protocol, as established by the National Association of Sewer Service Companies (NASSCO). c. The inspection will be done one (1) reach at a time. The reach being inspected will be suitably isolated from the remainder of the sewer system by restricting all upstream and groundwater flows to allow maximum exposure of the pipe being inspected.