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C> a C= 211-EXCAVA QN 1. SCOPE A. The Contractor shall furnish ail necessary labor, equipment, and transportation to excavate and haul material in accordance with the Plans and s Specifications. Z. GENERAL A. The Contractor shall excavate for the roadways, structures, retention areas, i swales, etc., as shown on the Drawings and specified herein. and shall dispose of all materials excavated at a site designated or approved by the Owner. ! 3. DISPOSAL { A. - In all areas where excavation is to be done, all earth, rock, muck and other materials shall be removed and separated as to suitable and unsuitable } material for backfill as defined herein. I B. The Contractor may, for his own convenience, elect to temporarily stockpile I any portion of the excavated material at a job site location designated by the Owner, for later use or disposal. The stockpiled material shall be piled in I an orderly manner so as not to endanger the work or obstruct roadways or drainage within the designated joh site location. All excavated unsuitable material shall be disposed of at a location designated or approved by the Owner. All excavated suitable material that is not reused by the Contractor within the job site shall become the property of the Owner and shall be disposed of as directed by the Owner. 4. SHEETING AND BRACING A. Where excavations may endanger workmen, existing structures, utilities or other facilities, it shall be the Contractors responsibility to immediately install and maintain adequate sheeting and bracing per OSHA specifications in order to protect said facility. No work shall proceed in such excavations s, until the sheeting and bracing has been properly and completely installed. �} The sheeting thus installed shall be removed as the work progresses or, at the discretion of the Engineer, be cut off below finished grade and left in place. Sheeting and bracing may be either steel or wood at the option of the Contractor. B. Sheeting and bracing shall be installed in a manner that will allow for removal without injuring or endangering workmen, the work, adjacent structures, and the like. Voids caused by withdrawal of sheeting shall be promptly and completely filled with sand and compacted to a degree equal to the surrounding soil. 5. DEWATERING A. All water encountered during excavation shall be promptly and completely removed to a depth below the exposed excavation surface sufficient to provide a dry working surface. The excavation shall be kept dry until the work to be built or placed therein has been completed as specified. Dewatering shall be done in a manner that will not cause sloughing or caving of the excavation walls. Water from said dewatering shall be disposed of in a manner as will not result in violations of State water quality standards in receiving waters, nor cause injury to public health nor za•i