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buried to accommodate future intermediate splicing. The CONTRACTOR shall take every precaution to ensure that the cable is not damaged. All communication cable installed under this Contract shall be identified with permanently attached plastic labels at each facility, pullbox and storage loop. The labels shall either be permanent non -fading ink, indicating the limit of the intersection indicating the legend "FIBER-OPTIC CABLE". The ENGINEER shall approve the label prior to rmanufacture, The CONTRACTOR shall also place above ground, orange, 3" wide posts spaced every 200' with a label denoting the below grade utility "FIBER OPTIC CABLE". The Contractor shall be responsible for calling Sunshine State Locator Company at 1-800-432- 4770 to coordinate and schedule with all the local utilities and/or service agencies to go the site and locate existing lines/conduit. All cable shall run continuously without splicing from termination point to termination point shown on the plans. The CONTRACTOR shall carefully determine the length of cable necessary to reach from termination Point to termination point. Splicing of cable is not permitted and aeiial junction boxes are not permitted. Should the communication cable be damaged, the entire segment of cable shall be replaced at the expense of the CONTRACTOR; no insulation repair will be permitted. Wherever the communications cable is to be installed inside conduit or poles with other cables, all cables shall be pulled together and no further cables shall be permitted to be installed in the same conduit or pole, unless all cable is removed first and reinstalled. cables during this reinstallation process, the CONTRACTOR shall replace this or her sole expense. Only fiber optic pulling lubricants will be permitted. 3.1.1. Fiber Cable & Fiber Termination's - By County - Not In Contract (NIC) 3.1.2 Aerial Construction - By City of Vero Beach - Not In Contract (NIC) 3.1.3 Above ground Metal Conduit All above ground conduit that is to be placed at the entrance to the North and Hobart Tower sites and Sheriff's Office facility will be 2" galvanized rigid steel conduit. The CONTRACTOR will coordinate the rigid conduit placement with -' representatives from the County Emergency Services Dept. to maintain clearances from electrical ducts and provide for the least obtrusive entrance into the communication rooms of the facilities. All rigid metal conduit and fittings installed on this project shall be galvanized rigid steel. The material shalt conform to Underwriter's laboratories Publication Ui- G for rigid metallic conduit, and to the National Electric Code. All new conduit connecting to existing conduit shall be of the identical size as the existing conduit. No reducing couplings or reduction in the inside diameter of conduit shall be permitted. Any conduit installed which is new from end to end (not coupled to an existing conduit), except for electrical power service and telephone termination's, shall be a minimum of two inches inside diameter.