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

require the Contractor to do the work on a force
account basis to be compensated in the following
manner:
(a) Labor. For all labor and foremen in direct
charge of the specific operations, the Con-
tractor shall receive the rate of wage (or
scale) agreed to in writing before beginning
work for each and every hour that the labor
and foremen are actually engaged in the
work.
An amount equal til67% of the above rates
will also be paid the Contractor to cover
overhead, additional bond, property damage
and liability insurance, worker's compen-
sation insurance premiums, unemployment
insurance contributions, and social security
taxes.
In addition to the wage plus 67% of the
wage, the actual amount of fringe benefits
will be paid to the Contractor for those work
classifications which carry fringe benefits
resulting from collective bargaining agree-
ments or as required by U.S. Department of
Labor Wage Schedules. (Fringe benefits are
those payments made by the Contractor to a
third party or trustee to cover such things as,
but not limited to, health and welfare, pen-
sions, vacations, apprenticeship programs,
etc.). Also the Contractor shall receive the
actual costs paid to, or in behalf of, workers
by reason of subsistence and travel allowan-
ces which are the result of a collective bar-
gaining agreement or other employment
contract generally applicable to the classes
of labor employed on the work. The 67%
loading factor shall not apply to fringe
benefits, subsistence, and travel allowances
paid to the workers, to a third party, or to a
trustee.
(b) Materials. For materials accepted by the
Engineer and incorporated in the work, the
Contractor shall receive the actual cost of
such materials, including transportation
charges paid by him (exclusive of machinery
rentals as hereinafter set forth), to which cost
15% will be added.
(c) Compensaton will be paid to the Contractor
for administrative expenses when all of the
following conditions are present:
(1) Extra work for which no unit bid price
exists, is performed on the project on a
force account basis.
(2) The work is performed by a subcon-
tractor or specialty firm including util-
ities and railroads.
(3) The work is not included in a contract
item.
(4) The work is not included in work that has
been compensated at negotiated unit
prices.

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The compensation will be a percentage of
the value of the work performed in accord-
ance with the following:

To $1,000 ........................... 10%
Over $1,000 to $10,000 . . . . $100 plus 5% of
excsss over $1,000
Over $10,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . $550 plus 3% of
excess over $10,000
The percentages will be calculated after
certified invoices are furnished by the Con-
tractor. Compensation for adminstrative
expenses will be applied to each individual
billing for extra work, not to exceed one
billing per month.
(d) Equipment. For any machinery or special
equipment (other than small tools), the use of
which has been authorized by the Engineer,
the Contractor will be paid for the use of
equipment in the manner hereinafter spec-
ified. Rental rates will be from the current
edition of the Rental Rate Blue Book for
Construction Equipment and will be deter-
mined as follows:
Hourly rate: RR" (ADJ BB/176)(RF)(SAF)
+EOC
Standby rate: SR" (ADJ BB/176)(RF)
(SAF)(0.5)
Where: RR" Hourly rental rate
SR = Standby Rate
ADJ BB/176 = Blue Book Monthly
Rate adjusted for year of
manufacture/176
RF = Regional Factor of 1.06
SAF = State Adjustment Factor of
1.05
EOC = Estimated Hourly Operating
Costs from Blue Book
OC = Ownership Costs
Rental of equipment not owned by the
Contractor will be paid for by invoice cost
plus operating cost (EOC).
(e) Miscellaneous. Additional allowance will not
be made for general superintendence, the use
of small tools, or other costs for which no
specific allowance is herein provided.
(f) Compensation. The Contractor's represent-
ative and the Engineer shall compare re-
cords of the cost of work done as ordered on a
force account basis to assure the costs are
supported and were actually incurred.
(g) Statements. Payment will not be made for
work performed on a force account basis
until the Contractor has furnished the
Engineer with triplicate itemized statements
of the cost of the force account work.
Statsments shall be accompanied and
supported by certified invoices for all mate-
rials used including transportation charges.
If materials used on the force account work
are not specifically purchased for the work