Loading...
HomeMy WebLinkAbout#175 Concrete Approaches to Courthouse-Lamp Post Plans~ ~ _ ~p~~~~r~sc~~~o,~s rar ~~ ce~~~ ~pcs~ a ~~ ~a~~r ~~~s~ o er o 0 o a pffice aF the faun lneer, part ~arrr~.send, ~+$h- ~/q~3 ©~n~c~~c~. 3,s9s L z 7'• ~~ ~epte~ber~ 19'~ • 0 0 o v o 0 t~RA~ i3~~RIFTTt~" {?p 'r~,~4~C. ~h~.~3 i~prave~ent ar ~ro~K car~siat8 in aa~8trut~ting concrete tralk any. herb bet~aat afethepet ps ~t~t2,1e ~a~,n~ lea+di frame SefZersan street to ~ fib. e~it3'a Ott the 3"ef~'Br~tiA CO~nty Court $auee. '~ar~ eh~.3i include ttie turnip' of alb taol~~ i~p1effients, ~:terial and lobar Aeceeea~'3~' to build anti p'Ct~ in Cc~tplete ardBT, B+CCardln~ td the~te BE'e~~,1"~C:St~.AAB ~tt~d acaac~pa~y~:~ plans a~,d to t3t~3 eatlsfactiaA of ~~~ dat~nty ~agineer the pSeCe Af Q4~lCrete 1~a1k aB hereinat"LeT deSCribBd. #~h~ ~I ~~. Bidders tat exa~irie far thelves and ~u~e fc~r Lh+~33e1'~es as to the lacatiax~ ©~' t1~e prAgas~ed e~rk antl the nature Qf the wary to be dame. ~'he cc3ntraeLt3r shall mat assi.t cr transfer the e€~try~44at}'~~'ary~t~{~.s yi~~pry/r~.av+0e~;t`~a#ry~~~bl~e7tya{n~~q' ofQ~t~l~~~/~~yar.~~~/~r/yre'cail e~nYa ~~t ~R~t LS3~ ~lr~Li~~id tFV~~4~~ ai YZ.L~i ~+~,-~ii~"~i 4 .K Llii Vwei~lfiai/64Ii tc~ the d3rectl.ons of the ~ineer as to the artier of ti~sHe in which the ~lii"le~rent gams of Lh8 '~ 8he11 ~e Mane. '1'~1l~ caIItraetar 1rh!!Ii net '~re~en't on Lhe e'ar~ sP~11 ha~'ts $ Ca 1ti~eth® supersnte~~eat ar st taTn~ th@re, Atha ~h~31~, .I,~'ye~Ce1®'~~'Q c~3d C+4}~,p~t' Qire~ian8. A,x~ ~3Br8t3Yl ei~~ilfl~ed aI3 t~'3e 1-ar~. is+~a i9.~~1.`'E. rQ~`Llf~® Ql' ITt@t~,~.~C°~ to ®b~ty the di,rectiar~e of the B~gix~eer in s~r~t2~in,~ relati~ to the e~ark, ar shall appear ~ncc~peter~t , dis©rder~.y ar unt'ait3~.andeno~ll upoe. the requisition ~~' the ~.neer be at sacs d3~6ChargeQR min e~tglayt'ed aR and' parC ©P the xo~~. ~`he Ca~traCta~' Bt~~3. praVide g~.1f~1~t+~r+C'a~t1rSl3~~, Se~Brl~ ar draixl~B, i~rte3'Cepteet during the pra$re8$ t~~ the ~'O3`3t, and. replace the a in 88 geed Ca~tditio~3 aB ?~® f+c~nd theme or Shalt' ~~e such ff]. praitisian 1~ar ths'a a8 '~ B1neBr .shall $1~`E't~t. ~e u8e of and?' 'p47Ct~a~.B of ~t~h rFar~c eh~t11 net be~ canfltrued s.s the aeCeptance off' '~F~e e • '~"h8 ~ CtisntraCt mill be a lump evntraat • 3it3n~hi~' e8tf~tras ®f ~ l~FaZ'~ dan8 Mill he ~tde h~ the engineer in ehar~e: and patent still be o~ t~ glue of the r~car3~ dtate ~ ~5~ to be retained ut~ttil the aa~- tar treat ~e ~~~~.eted and aeaepted by the jaunty 3x~eer and das~isSiar~erss pt+~~'c~s experience and respa~ib3lity, ~8 ~e11 as the grew a~allit~' of the bifldez will b8t canaidered In deter~ttr~~n~ ~t9:eh is t~ best bidt. a Buccesstul bidder gill requite tv furr~sh, befar~e enter~t upon the wary, a eQrparate surety tea ar priYaLe bt~na, iu tie P . equal to the aautraat pr~.ce, far tie fath~il peirl`Qance t-t the ~-mr~c. xn ease of uan~a~p].etlc~n og the Qa~rac't ~rithirt six ~'eek8 after e1 the #ttiAtX~t, tie cantraCLar sha11 be iiSble3- to pad to thls dance ~8 1iQuidited des, anal net as penalty, the sum of tar dam diY ~'6~reen the appe~.a~tsd and the actual date ~ of c~pl~iah u.e8e an e~-- s~ erf t 3.ae ~.1 be ,gated far cause ~y the i14ut~ty E't4~1S8g~Jtr~. • it i8 further s '~ ia1Ty s,~reed that ff at a~ ties the ~r is of the Aplniati tht~t t3~e ~ar~ to uz~neaeeeari3.y dela~'~ en4~ Mill r~:4't b~ P1~#t8d wit3~lm t~'te p~etsr#,3~ed t1s~e, he s~t11 1~tity tale eai7ttt.~r~ in r,~,i to that esfect•~~ ~fa~hwiii~,t ~.ct~er ~ eeQ~ ~~e t~~iter, take such ~ --~ .i. insure the satisfa,etory corripletion or' the work, the County Commissioners may notify the said contractor to discontinue all work under said contract for this improvement; and it is further hereby agreed that the said contractor shall i~iimediately respect such notice and stop work, and cease to have any rights in the possession of the ground, The County Commis.~ianers # may thereupon employ such i'orce a.s the;~~ may deem advisable to complete the work, acid the .charge and expense of all labor a,nd materials necessary far the completion shall be borne by the saki cunt rector. ~Aaud expense so charged shall be deducted in favor of the County out of such money as ma,y be due or may afterwards become due to said contractor, under a,nd by virtue of the contract for ,this improvement. No claim for arly extras under this contract will be considered by the Courit,y Commissior7e>•s or the Dngineer unless the same has been ordered in writing and the price of the same agreed upon before same is furnished or supplied. If for any reasons said extra, work cannot be performed at ari agreed price, it will be paid for at the actual cost ~~f labor and material required together with 10°~ additional. MATERIALS. The cement used in this work shall be hydraulic Portland cement of uniform quality and of rer.ognized standard brand. ~ The cement used shall be subject to the tests aid specifications a.s prescribed by the American Society for 'hest in© tat erials . SAND. The sand used shall be cleanest, if necessary it shall be thor- oughly washed until it is free from loam, clay or earthy particles. Uni- formly fine sand for concrete of any kind may be rejected, sand to be used in any mortar, wearing surface, topping or facing, shall be screened. GFA.VEL. The gravel used in any concrete shall be free from loam, clay or earthy particles,, the gravel may ra,r~~e in size from ~ ~ inch to 2 inches ir_ diameter. The gravel must be so graded that the voids will not exceed 40~. +" SURTNG. Sand and gravel shall be measured loose in boxed of suffi- c~ent size to contair_ ttie requisite quant~,ty of each aggregate used in batch nixing, said boxed must be ~aproved by the ~;ngirleer. The sub--grade of the walk shall be thoroughly tamped, rolled or other- wise thoraughly compacted. No concrete walk shall be constructed upon any fill unless the Engirneer sh«11 consider .the same sufficiently settled to afford firm foundation. Where pockets of unsuitable material are encountered the same shall be excavated and refilled with suitable ma- terial and tamped at the e}~:ense of the contractor. The contractor shall provide forms not less than ~+ inches in ~.epth, surfaced on orie side and one edge perfectly straight, such forms and sub-grade shall be thoroughly wetted immediately befare pla.c~ng the concrete. Upon the foundation as hereinbefore specified for trie walk is to be laid a concrete base consistirg of concrete spread over the whole space to be filled, thoroughly rammed into a solid mass not less than 3~ inches thick. Upon the concrete base as soon ~.s it is tamped and before it ~ gets the initial set there shall be laid a wearing surface of ~ inch deep consisting of 1 part cement to 1 part sand, the sand and cement shall be thoroughly mixed until a uniform color is obtained. The wearing surface is to be floated to a uniform surface u,nd brou~;h#, to the grade of the sidewalk, free from any depressions, hollow tops or other imperfections, no patcYiin~--; of any kind is to be done. After the wearing surface has been floated it shall be given a brush finish, eV° shaped grooves ~ inch deep shall be made with a suitable tool dividing the side- walk into blocks as shown on the plans in detai$~ The sub-base shall be cut through every six feet acid the e~:pansiori joints be placed as shown on the plans. The joints shall be thoroughly cleaned and ~- inchx~elt expansion material shall be used. Concrete curb shall be built a.s shown on the plans a.zid details herewith. Concrete for curb and first course shall be composed of 1 part cement , 3 parts sand and 6 part s gravel. Present walk shall ~e removed .from the grounds and become the proper- ty of the contractor. - Lampblack shall be used in pPoportion of ~ 1b. to the bbl. of ce- _ ~ ment . ~• ~,R #~ P E) ~ ~: Act ~a ~,t lglb- ~(? ~$~m ~UA~ OF ~:OtI~d~X CdIISu~t3NwR~, arFF~~;~gv~ Gt~cr~, ~A~;~~~~ac~~o~. ~ er.t ~. emen: Tre urxder~~lr zae~3 ner~by eertiP ~ t??at ~,_,_,. nd e~~nir~ed tl~e locat~,ic~n of t~~e proposed i~prc~~'er::ent to be t-an~tr~aeted u:r~aer this coat ra.et, a.z1a ha. re~ca tnorou>t~l~ ar~.r~ understan~.s the plar~g, spec~.2'i.e~.-- tiorts aria contract ,~,overn~.r2 the ~c~rK e~b7race~ in thi.~ imprav~ent aria the ~~ot dio'i F.1~ CS1 ik1 LLB ~~JieS:.~ Ei~~.~ Uk+ UiGi~i~ 1~/1 4.SI6.lY ii r?iyY~ G7~S'i~ i3iJi Lr 4lN ~/..L Le'p~~~V~ to t~r~~ertake arz~ complete the ~~rrk e~br~.cea in the ~ i~pxt~~te~~ent ~z: accord- a~.ce Frith sa,i~. ~alans, speci~'icafiiox~s and enntr~.ct ~'ar tY~e lump: sup: of ~ttac~er~ ~;er~~;ca ~s a r~ert~~~ea check ~'o~ ~ ~'~) payable ro the Treasurer ox" J~:~'Persoxt Cc~ur;LY, ~~.snit~,~;tor~, tris amot~n± being; ten der oer3t . 41(~,~) oi' the lump ~~ 3~id. gar: r~: ss, ©~' Tai ~,ae ~~ ~~ _ ~ ~ ~ ~,r 1 ~~ 3 ,,,~/ 7 v.~ B l ..~ d 1 ~ w.v,....-...,.....- ~. ~ c. ~ .K °~ „~., t ~~ r