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EXCAVATION <br /> 1 ) SCOPE <br /> A) The Contractor shall furnish all necessary labor, equipment, and transportation to excavate and <br /> haul material in accordance with the Plans and Specifications . <br /> 2) GENERAL <br /> A) The Contractor shall excavate for the roadways , structures , swales , etc. , as shown on the <br /> Drawings and specified herein , and shall dispose of all materials excavated at a site designated <br /> or approved by the Owner. <br /> 3 ) DISPOSAL <br /> A) In all areas where excavation is to be done , all earth , rock, muck and other materials shall be <br /> removed and separated as to suitable and unsuitable material for backfill as defined herein . <br /> B) The Contractor may , for his own convenience , elect to temporarily stockpile any portion of the <br /> excavated material at a job site location designated by the Owner, for later use or disposal . The <br /> stockpiled material shall be piled in an orderly manner so as not to endanger the work or obstruct <br /> roadways or drainage within the designated job site location . All excavated unsuitable material <br /> shall be disposed of at a location designated or approved by the Owner. All excavated suitable <br /> material that is not reused by the Contractor within the job site shall become the property of the <br /> Owner and shall be disposed of as directed by the Owner. <br /> 4 ) SHEETING AND BRACING <br /> A) Where excavations may endanger workmen , existing structures , utilities or other facilities , it shall <br /> be the Contractor's responsibility to immediately install and maintain adequate sheeting and <br /> bracing per OSHA specifications in order to protect said facility . No work shall proceed in such <br /> excavations until the sheeting and bracing has been properly and completely installed . The <br /> sheeting thus installed shall be removed as the work progresses or, at the discretion of the <br /> Engineer, be cut off below finished grade and left in place . Sheeting and bracing may be either <br /> steel or wood at the option of the Contractor. <br /> B ) Sheeting and bracing shall be installed in a manner that will allow for removal without injuring or <br /> endangering workmen , the work, adjacent structures , and the like . Voids caused by withdrawal of <br /> sheeting shall be promptly and completely filled with sand and compacted to a degree equal to <br /> the surrounding soil . <br /> 5 ) DEWATERING <br /> A) All water encountered during excavation shall be promptly and completely removed to a depth <br /> below the exposed excavation surface sufficient to provide a dry working surface . The <br /> excavation shall be kept dry until the work to be built or placed therein has been completed as <br /> specified . Dewatering shall be done in a manner that will not cause sloughing or caving of the <br /> excavation walls . Water from said dewatering shall be disposed of in a manner as will not result <br /> in violations of State water quality standards in receiving waters , nor cause injury to public health <br /> nor to public or private property , nor to the work completed or in progress . Any and all damage <br /> caused by dewatering shall be promptly repaired by the Contractor at no cost to the Owner. The <br /> receiving point for water from said operation shall be approved by the applicable regulatory <br /> SW-2 - 1 <br />