FLOOD00844

• County: Statewide
• Title: Supplemental Specifications to the 1986 Standard Specifications for Road and Bridge Construction
• Date: 9/1/1989
• Prepared For: State of Colorado
• Prepared By: State of Colorado Department of Highways
• Floodplain - Doc Type: Educational/Technical/Reference Information

The Contractor shall take all reasonable pre-
caution to prevent and suppress forest fires and shall
require his employees and subcontractors, both
independently and at the request offorest officials, to
do all reasonably within their power to prevent and
suppress and to assist in preventing and suppressing
forest fires and to make every possible effort to notify
a forest official at the earliest possible moment of the
location and extent of any fire seen by them.

107.14 Interruption of Irrigation Water.
Flow. The Contractor shall arrange the work to
avoid interference with the flow of irrigation water.
If it is impractical to install the structure during the.
time the ditches are not flowing, the Contractor shall .
make arrangements with the ditch owners regarding
temporary interruption of flow or temporary diver-
sion of water. This will require construction of new
ditches with appurtenant structures before old
ditches or canals are altered. The Contractor shall
provide any temporary ditches, canals or structures
necessary for the uninterrupted flow of irrigation
water. Temporary construction and removal shall be .
at the expense of the Contractor.

107.15 Responsibility for Damage Claims.
The Contractor shall indemnify and save harmless
the Division, its officers, and employees, from suits,
actions, or claims of any type or character brought
because of any and all injuries or damage received or
sustained by any person, persons, or property on
account of the operations of the Contractor; or failure
to comply with the provisions of the Contract; or on
account of or in consequence of neglect of the Con-
tractor in safeguarding the work; or through use of
unacceptable materials in constructing the work; or
because of any act or omission, neglect, or mis-
conduct of the Contractor; or because of any claims
or amounts recovered from any infringements of
patent, trademark, or copyright, unless the design,
device, material or process involved is specifically
required by the Contract; or from any claims or
amounts arising or recovered under the Worker's
Compensation Act, or other law, ordinance, order, or
decree. The Division may retain as much of any
moneys due the Contractor under any Contract as
may be determined by the Division to be in the public
interest.
The Contractor shall procure and maintain at the
Contractor's own expense, until final acceptance of
the project, insurance liability for damages imposed
by law, of the kinds and in the amounts specified,
with insurance companies authorized to do business
in the State of Colorado. The insurance shall cover
all operations under the contract, whether performed
by the Contractor or by subcontractors. Before
commencing the work, the Contractor shall furnish
certificates of insurance in the form satisfactory to,
the Division certifying that the policies are in ful~
force and effect and shall not be changed or cancelled

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until 30 days after written notice thereof has been
received by the Division. In the event such notice of
change or cancellation is received by the Division,
the Contractor, within 20 days of such receipt, shall
submit a substitute policy which meets all of the
requirements ofthe Contract. Such substitute policy
must be effscti ve no less than 48 hours prior to the
date of the change or cancellation.
The types and limits of insurance are as follows:
(1) Worker's Compensation Insurance in accord-
ance with prevailing laws.
(2) Comprehensive general liability $500,000 com-
bined single limit bodily injury and property
damage, each occurrence; $2,000,000 annual
aggregate. If said aggregate is reduced by claim
payments or otherwise exhausted, the Con-
tractor shall immediately purchase additional
aggregate limits for the remainder of the
Contract and furnish certificates of such
insurance to the Division.
(3) Automobile liability $500,000 combined single
limit bodily injury and property damage, each
accident.
(4) Owner's protective liability applying separ-
ately to each project and showing the Division
as Named Insured. Coverages shall remain in
effect until the work is accepted by the Division
and shall be written for limits of $500,000 per
occurrence and $2,000,000 annual aggregate.
The Contractor shall evidence coverages
initially with an insurance binder with the
actual insurance policy submitted to the
Division within thirty days of the effective date.
The Contractor shall be responsible for pur
chasing additional insurance coverage if the
$2,000,000 aggregate is exhausted before the
project is completed.
Policies (2) and (3) enumerated above shall name
the Division as an additional named insured. The
Contractor shall submit the proof of such coverage to
the Division contemporaneously with the submittal
of the insurance certificates.

107.16 Opening Sections of Project to
Traffic. When provided in the Contract, or when
ordered by the Engineer, certain sections of the work
may be opened for traffic. Such opening shall not
constitute acceptance of the work, or provide a
waiver of any provision of the Contract.
The Contract will designate the sections to be
opened and specify the method of compensation for
maintenance signing, and traffic control. The Con-
tractor shall maintain the roadway in a condition
equal to or better then the condition of the roadway
when it was initially opened to traffic. Where
applicable, the Contract may specify the time or date
on which certain portions of the work shall be
completed to provide for the accommodation of
traffic.