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iSECTION 02202 <br /> EXCAVATION <br /> L SCOPE <br /> A. The Contractor shall furnish all necessary labor, equipment, and <br /> transportation to excavate and haul material in accordance with the Plans 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 any <br /> portion of the excavated material at a job site location designated by the Owner, for <br /> later use or disposal . The stockpiled material shall be piled in an orderly manner <br /> so as not to endanger the work or obstruct roadways or drainage within the <br /> designated job site location . All excavated unsuitable material shall be disposed <br /> 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 <br /> the property of the Owner and shall be disposed of as directed by the Owner. <br /> 4 . SHEE'T'ING AND BRACING <br /> A . Where excavations may endanger workmen <br /> y , existing structures, utilities or other <br /> facilities , it shall be the Contractor's responsibility to immediately install and <br /> maintain adequate sheeting and bracing per OSHA specifications in order to <br /> protect said facility . No work shall proceed in such excavations until the sheeting <br /> and bracing has been properly and completely installed . The sheeting thus <br /> 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 <br /> may be either 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 <br /> without injuring or endangering workmen, the work, adjacent structures, and the <br /> like . Voids caused by withdrawal of sheeting shall be promptly and <br /> completely filled with sand and compacted to a degree equal to the <br /> surrounding soil . <br /> C : \ Down1oad \ techspec - 02202 . doc 02202 - 1 <br />