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

2. Any feature not listed in the special
provisions that the Contractor considers
a controlling factor for timely com-
pletion.
3. The time span of construction activities
for each salient feature, and its relation-
ship in time to other salient features.
4. The total anticipated time necessary to
complete all work required under the
Contract.
5. Sufficient space' for each salient feature
to permit two additional plots parallel to
the original time span plot, one for a
revision of the planned time span, and
one showing actual time spans achieved.
(b) The Methods Statement shall be a narrative
description of the activities displayed in the
Comprehensive Bar Chart. It shall contain
details as follows:
1. A description of the activities within
each salient feature including methods to
be employed,
2. A description of activities within each
salient feature, related to the location on
or off of the project where these activities
will occur.
3. An estimate of the time during which a
salient feature is inactive or partially
inactive. This estimate shall show the
beginning and ending dates of the re-
duced production or inactivity.
4. The anticipated delivery dates for equip-
ment or materials in any salient feature
that can affect timely completion of the
project.
5. Critical completion dates for any activity
within any salient feature to maintain
the progress indicated in the Progress
Schedule.
All information on the Methods Statement is
proprietary and shall be kept confidential.
Within two weeks after the Contractor's specified
progress estimate day, if requested by the Engineer,
a copy of the comprehensive bar chart showing the
status of work actually completed to that date. The
Engineer may provide copies of the Contractor's
comprehensive bar chart to other affected Con-
tractors working within the project's area of in-
fluence.
Should the prosecution of the work be discontinued
for any reason, the Contractor shall notify the
Engineer at least 24 hours in advance of resuming
operations.
Meetings may Qe required to review progress and
plan upcoming activitiell. The meetings may be
requested by either the Engineer or the Contractor. A
mutually agreed time, date, and location shall be
determined for each meeting. Problem areas such as
substantial deviations from the Project Schedule,

and methods for returning to the planned schedule
will be discussed.
Payment for Progress Schedule preparation or
revision will not be paid for separately but shall be
included in the work.

108.04 Limitation of Operations. The Con-
tractor shall conduct the work in a manner and
sequence as to assure the least interference with
traffic. The Contractor shall not open up work to the
prejudice or detriment of work already started. The
Engineer may require the Contractor to finish a
section of work before starting any additional
sections if the opening of a section is essential to
public convenience.

108.05 Character of Workers; Methods and
Equipment. The Contractor shall employ re-
sources for completing the work to full completion in
the manner and time required by the Contract.
All workers shall have skill and experience to
perform the work assigned to them.
Any person employed by the Contractor or by any
subcontractor who does not perform the work in a
proper and skillful manner shall, at the written
request of the Engineer, be removed by the Con-
tractor or subcontractor and shall not be employed
on the project without the approval of the Engineer.
Should the Contractor fail to remove this person or
persons or fail to furnish skilled and experienced
personnel for the proper prosecution of the work, the
Engineer may suspend the work by written notice
until compliance is achieved.
All equipment used on the project shall be of size
and mechanical condition to meet requirements of
the work and to produce a satisfactory quality of
work. Equipment used shall not cause injury to the
roadway, adjacent property, or other highways.
When the methods and equipment to be used are
not prescribed in the Contract, the Contractor shall
use any methods or equipment that will accomplish
the contract work in conformity with the Contract
requirements.
When the methods and equipment, to be used are
specified in the Contract, other methods and equip-
ment shall not be used in the performance of the work
unless the Contractor receives written authorization
from the Engineer.
If the Contractor desires to use a method of equip-
ment other than specified in the Contract, the Con,
tractor may request approval from the Engineer. The
request shall include a full description of the
methods and equipment proposed to be used and the
Contractor's explanation for the proposed change.
The Contractor shall be fully responsible for pro-
ducing work in conformity with contract require-
ments. If the substituted methods or equipment do
not produce results conforming to contract require-
ments, the Contractor shall complete the remaining
construction with the originally specified methods

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