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C] <br />r <br />i SEC'T'ION 02202 <br />EXCAVATION1. SCOPE <br />1 A. The Contractor shall furnish all necessary labor, equipment, and <br />transportation to excavate and haul material in accordance with the flans and <br />Specifications. <br />2. GENERAL <br />A. The Contractor shall excavate for the roadways, structures, swales, etc., as <br />shown on the Drawings and specified herein, and shall dispose of all materials <br />excavated at a site designated 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 <br />materials shall be removed and separated as to suitable and unsuitable <br />material for backfill as defined herein. <br />B. The Contractor may, for his own convenience, elect to temporarily stockpile <br />any portion of the excavated material at a job site location designated by the <br />Owner, for later use or disposal. The stockpiled material shall be piled in an <br />orderly manner so as not to endanger the work or obstruct roadways or <br />drainage within the designated job site location. All excavated unsuitable <br />t material shall be disposed of at a location designated or approved by the <br />Owner. All excavated suitable material that is not reused _by the Contractor <br />within the job site shall become the property of the Owner and shall be <br />i disposed of as directed by the Owner. <br />d. SHEETING AND BRACING <br />A. Where excavations may endanger workmen, existing structures, utilities or <br />other facilities, it shall be the Contractor's responsibility to immediately install <br />and maintain adequate sheeting and bracing per OSHA specifications in <br />order to protect said facility. No work shall proceed in such excavations until <br />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 <br />discretion of the Engineer, be cut off below finished grade and left in place. <br />i . Sheeting and bracing may be either steel or wood at the option of the <br />Contractor. <br />B. Sheeting and bracing shall be installed in a manner that will allow for removal <br />without injuring or endangering workmen, the work, adjacent structures, and <br />the like. Voids caused by withdrawal of sheeting shall be prcnptly and <br />completely filled with sand and compacted to a degree equal to the <br />i surrounding soil. <br />5. DEWATERING <br />i <br />A. All water encountered during excavation shall be promptly and completely <br />removed to a depth below the exposed excavation surface sufficient to <br />provide a dry working surface. The excavation shall be kept dry until the work <br />02202-1