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depth of 6 inches over the entire disturbance or to the extent of the available soil." There was topsoil still available out of the stockpile in question. The topsoil pile was in plain view therefore not a changed site condition. At no time did the OWNER ever state that the CONTRACTOR was only required to move a single topsoil stockpile. During the meeting of May 11, 1994, in Denn}~s Restaurant in Florence between Preston Mease, John Nelson and Jim McArdle, Mr. Mease was asked specifically if he had seen this topsoil stockpile and he told Mr. Nelson and Mr. McArdle that he had. The entve basis of CWL's azgument rests with a map which did not portray 2 stockpiles. The OWNER asserts that the CONTRACTOR moved this topsoil pile under his lump sum bid and is not entitled to additional compensation for this item. Due to the Contractor's indication of his intent to dispute the inclusion of the Est Pit West Side Topsoil Pile in the lump sum bid items, the Owner kept machine time records. Machine time to move this pile began during the afternoon of June 15, 1994 and continued until June 28, 1994. A total of 72 hrs of cat (TD-25) time ($6480.00), 10.5 hrs of D-7 time ($787.50) and 73 hrs of scraper time ($11,842.00) were used to move this pile. These amounts were included in both CWL invoices dated 6-26-94 and 7-24-94. The OWNER maintains that this topsoil pile is part of the lump sum bid. The OWNER does not believe that the CONTRACTOR is owed any additional amount for moving topsoil from the East Pit West Side topsoil stockpile. FINDING: The East Pit West side topsoil pile was specifically identified at the pre-bid meeting to be moved as well as having been considered in Tasks 4, 7, 9 and 13 of the special conditions in the bid document. Specifically, they state that "Topsoil/growth medium is available from topsoil stockpiles located at the East Pit on Map 7". The key term is the plural form of stockpiles. Mr. Mease is correct in stating that the map showed only one topsoil pile west of the East Pit. However, as stated in the General Bid Specifications, "In case of a difference between the contract documents, precedence shall be given to the Special Conditions, not the map". As more than one stockpile is mentioned in the Special Conditions, the Special Conditions document takes precedence. In my meeting with Mr. Mease, he referred to the Special Conditions of the bid document which stated "that topsoil/growth medium must be evenly replaced over the entire disturbance to a depth of 6 inches". In his bid, he estimated moving only the three topsoil stockpiles that were identified the map, although he said it was cleaz to him that there would not be enough topsoil to cover the site with 6 inches based on the volume of topsoil in those three piles. He asserted the Owner was deleting tasks from the project in order to pay additional hourly rates for topsoiling for which he claims be has not been paid. He complained that work was deleted, the topsoil was moved, and he has not been paid. 9