CC RESOLUTION 711RESOLUTION NO. 711
A RESCLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF EL SEGUNDO, CALIFORNIA, ADOPTING
SPECIFICATIONS NO. 440,315 OF THE CITY OF
EL SEGUNDO, CALIFORNIA, FOR THE INSTALLATION
OF WATER PIPE AND APPURTENANCES. AND THE
FURNISHING OF CERTAIN MATERIALS INCIDENTAL
THERETO.
The City Council of the City of E1 Segundo,
California, does resolve, declare and determine as follows:
SECTION 1. That the following specifications,
being end to be known as ""SPECIFICATIONS NO. 440,315 OF
THE CITY OF EL SEGUNDC, CALIFORNIA, FOR TYE INSTALLATION
OF WATER PIPE AND APPURTENANCES AND THE FURNISHING OF CERTAIN
MATERIALS INCIDENTAL THERETO ", be and the same are hereby
adopted:
"SPECIFICATIONS NO. 440315
FOR
THE INSTALLATION OF
WATER PIPE AND APPURTENANCES
AND
THE FURNISHING OF
CERTAIN MATERIALS INCIDENTAL THERETO.
SECTION I.
GENERAL REQUIREMENTS:
Specifications No. A -1941, entitled 'Kneral requirements
in connection with public work in and for the City of E1 Segundo,
California,' heretofore ap)roved and adopted by the City Council
of said city, and on file in the office of the City Engineer,
are hereby referred to end by such reference incorporated herein
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and shall ov�rn in all matters pertaining to "General
vequirementst under these specifications.
SECTTION II.
WORK K TO BE DUNE:
The work to be done under these specifications shall
consist of furnishing all labor, tools, equipment and certain
materials as hereinafter specified, for the complete in-
stallation of water mains and appurtenances and their connection
to existing mains, including the excevatina ,:nd backfilling
of the trench, th-, layin; of cast iron and /or asbestos cement
pipe and cast iron fittin-s, the setttn of gate valves and
fire hydrants an other appurtenances, and the removal and
reinstallation of certain an-ourtenances all as shown and
delineated on the plane heretofore approved for said work.
ECTI ON III.
MATERIALS: MATERIALS TO BE FURNTSHED BY THE CITY.
Cast iron pipe and /or asbestos cement pipe as per
Cpecifications No. 440301, heretcfore approved and adopted
by said City Council and on file in the office of the City
Engineer, to be installed hereunder will be furnished by the
City 'Trench - side'.
Cast iron fittings and simplex couplings for asbestos
cement pipe as per said Specifications No. 440301, to be
installed hereunder -ill be furnished by the City at its
warehouse located at 611 East Holly Avenue, this City.
Gate valves to be installed hereunder will be Rensselaer,
List 13..A, hub end sate valves and will be furnished by the
City at said warehouse.
Fire hydrants to be installed hereunder, excepting those
to be reinstalled, :gill be Van Deventer six inch (611) hydrants
and will be furnished by the City at said warehouse.
The Contractor will be held responsible for any
bresksge or other dana�e through carelessness in handling
or cutting pine, fittings or any other material furnished
by the City under these specifications. In case of such
brer.ka."e or damage the City will supply additional material,
but will deduct the cost of such material from the amount
due the contractor before the final payment.
MATERIALS TO BE FURNISHED BY THE CONTR90TOR.
Cement: Cement used in joints and /or all other in-
stallations under these specifications shall
be Portland Cement and shall conform with,tbe °Standard
Specifications and Tests for Portland cement' (Sarial
designation 09-40) of the American Society for Testing
Materials.
Lead: Lead used in joints under these specifications
shall conform with the Standards for Calkins;
Lead of the Lead Industrial Association.
Jute: Jute or Cakum used in lead or cement joints
under these specifications shall be rope oakum
of the best quality.
Sand and Rock: Sand used under these specifications
[hall be clean, coarse and well graded and
shall pass through a one quarter inch (1/4 ") mesh screen
with no more than six per cent (60) of the bulk passing
through a one hundred mesh (100) screen.
Rock shall be lard and durable, shall be well graded
and shall range in size from one quarter inch (1/411) to two
Inches (211).
General: The price for all material necessary to be
furnished by the Contractor for a complete
Installation and construction of the work as shown on the
plans, except for that material expressly specified herein
as to be furnished by the City, shall be included in the
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price bid for the relative items of work, and no other
payment shall be made for such material.
SECTION IV.
CONSTRUCTION.
Excavation: The excavation shall include the removal of
all Parth and other ;material to such a depth
as to provide a minimum cover of thirty inches (30 ") measur-
ed between the top of the pipe and the surface of the street
or right of way as that surface existed before excavation
wes made.
Bell -holes of sufficient size to give easy access to all
sides of the joint shall be dug at each pipe or other joint.
Trenches shall be of sufficient width to provide ample space
for the proper laying of the pipe. The bottom of the trench
shall be true and even to provide a uniform bearing along
the full length of the pipe.
All existing; pipes, conduits, sewers and /or other
structures encountered during the excavation of the trench
shall be carefully protected by the Contractor, and in the
event of injury, they shall be restored by him, i,ithout
additional compensation, to es good a condition as that in
which they were found.
Where existing driveways occur, the Contractor shall
make provisions for trench crossings at these points by
means of back -fills or temporary bridges, as directed by
the ::ngineer.
Laying of Pine: All pipe shall be laid in a straight line.
The bottom of the trench shall be dug to a
uniform grade with holes for the bells ?nd couplings, in
order that the pine shall be laid on a firm foundation
with a solid bearing the full len,th of the pipe.
Before making; a joint the pipe shall be carefully bedded
anc anchored by backfilling; between joints.
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Laying of Acbestos Cement Pipe: Asbestos Cement Pipe,
instead of laying as hereinbefore provided,
may be laid on wood blocks. For six inch (6 ") pipe and
under two inch by four inch by ten inch (%" x 0 x 1011) shall
be used and for eiLht inch (8 ") to twelve inch (1211) pipe
both inclusive, two inch by six inch by twelve inch (2" x
6" x 1211) blocks shall be used. These wood blocks shall
be placed directly under the fifth points of the pipe,
which in the case of full length pipe are factory marked
with the word "BLOCK ". After the aforesaid wood blocks
have thus been placed, the pipe shall be backfilled between
the blocks with selected material and thoroughly tamped to
the horizontal diameter of the pipe. The pipe shall then
be anchored in the same manner as that provided for other
pipe.
Whenever it is necessary to cut asbestos cement pipe,
it shall be done with a cr-rpenter's five (5) or six (6)
point rip saw or a two -.man crosscut saw and shall be done
in such a manner ?s to make a clean and even cut.
Placing; of Fitting: All fittings shall be accurately located
as shown on the plans or as directed by the
Ene,lneer. Concrete thrust blocks, as hereinafter specified,
shell be placed behind fittings when shown on the plans or
when directed by the Engineer.
Joints: Unless otherwise shown on the plans, all Joints
of cast iron pipe and fittings shall be cement
Joints.
Joints
lead Joints.
Joints
and /or fittings
Joints
with the simplex
at gate velves and fire hydrants shall be
of asbestos cement pipe with cast iron pipe
shall be lead Joints.
between asbestos cement pipe shall be made
couplings consisting of one (1) asbestos
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cement sleeve and two (2) rubber rings furnished by the
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anufacturer.
All Joints shall be tight under test pressure as herein-
after specified.
Cement Joints: The cement used in cement joints shall be as
hereinbefore specified and shall be free from
all lumps.
The joint shall be made in the following manner. A
string of jute shall be calked into place with a calking tool.
The joint shall then be filled with neat cement, which has
been moistened so that when thoroughly mixed by hand, it will
be of such a consistency, that when gripped tight, it will
hold the form of the hand, and when dropoed twelve inches
(12 ") it will crumble.
The cement shall be calked into place with heavy blows
until the cement is thoroughly packed in the back of the
socked. The process shall be continued until the bell is
packed solid out to the face.
Care shall be taken to keep the cement used in making
joints free from dirt and lumps no matter how small. Cement
shall be mixed only in sufficient quentities for one joint and
for immediate use.
Immediately upon completion of the calking, the joint
shall be wiped with neat cement in such a manner as to make
a smooth and even bead around the joint and shall then be
covered with sufficient earth to protect it from the air and
sun. The joint shall then be wet and kept moist for a period
of seven (7) days.
Pipe shall not be jointed within two hundred feet (2001)
of the point of lowering and placing of the pipe. No water
shall be allowed in the line within forty -eiLht (49) hours of the
making of the last cement joint.
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All leaks appearing under test pressure, ss hereinafter
specified, shall be stopped by chipping out the joint and
refilling with lead calked into place as hereinafter specified
under lead joints.
Lead Joint: Lead Joints shall be made in the following manner.
A double string of oakum, long enough to allow
a good lap, shall first be calked into place with a calking or
yarning iron, leaving a t *ao inch (211) space for the lead.
Lead shall be run in at that certain temperature, which brings
an irridescent bluish tinge to the surface of the metal.
Lead joints shall be calked off and finished with a narrow
Iron in a neat and workmanlike manner.
Simplex CouplinFC Joints: Simplex couplinL joints shall be
made in the follorring,manner. After a length
of asbestos cement pipe hAs been placed in the trench as
hereinbefore specified, the simplex coupling shall be placed
thereon.
After the inside of the sleeve has been thorougrly exam-
ined for cleanliness and smoothness, the end thereof with
the high shoulder or the back end first shall be slid on the
pipe to the rear of the machined portion thereof.
One rubber ring shall then be placed on the pipe and
shall be rolled back and forth on the pipe un2.il all twists
have been straightened out. It shall then be rolled back on
the pipe a distance equal to the length of the sleeve. It
is important, that this distance be the same all the way around
the pipe; therefort- a guage shall be used to check this distance.
The second rubber ring shall then be placed upon the pipe
In the same manner as the first and as close to the end of the
pipe as possible.
Thereafter the next length of pipe shall be lined up to
a butt joint, the machined surfaces of the pipes bainE made
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flush at the bottom. The lateral and /or vertical dis-
plecement between pipes shall not exceed one eighth inch
(1 /$ 11) and the space between pipe ends shall not be greater
than one quarter inch (1/411).
Hydraulic or friction type coupling pullers, approved
by the Engineer, shall be used for assemblinS the simplex
couplings. Before the coupling is pulled into place, the
final location of the coupling shall be marled on the pipe.
This dimension shall be equal to one half (1/2) the length
of the sleeve measured from the end of the uioe. After the
coupling has thus been bulled to the aforesaid location, the
final locations of both rubbe- rings shall be checked with
a gauge the entire circumference of the pipe.
After the assemb ly of the covplin„ has thus been com-
plated, the unjointed end of the pipe shall be raised ten
Inches (109 and then be lowered once in order to separate
the ends of the nine within the couplin,, to make provision
for expansion and contraction.
Placing of Gate Valves and Fire Hydrants: The location of
all gate valves and fire hydrants shall be
approved in the field by the Engineer before the same are
calked.
Valves: Valves shall be set plumb. Joints at valves
shall be lecd joints as hereinbefore sppecifled.
The Contractor shell not be recuired to install valve boxes
and covers. This work will be done by the City.
Fire Hydrants: Fire hydrants shall be set plumb with
the top of the bury leval vith sidewalk o ade.
Fire h;;dran`s shall be blocked in back against undis-
turbed earth with a concrete block a hereinafter specified.
The Joint at the fire hydrant bury vith the hydrant
lead and the joint at the hydrant lead *with the main line
fitting; or other joints in the hydrant 1--j, if any, shall
lei . joints.
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The price bid for setting the hydrant shall include
the connection with the main, the installation of the
lead together with the installation of the bate valve,
If shown on the plans, the placing of the concrete block,
hereinbefore referred to, and all other work necessary
and appurtenant to a complete installation of the fire
hydrant.
Whenever the removal and reinstallation of a fire
hydrant is required on the plans, the price bid for such
removal and reinstallation shall include all wort: necessary
to remove the fire hydrant, gate valve, if any, and hydrant
lead, place a cast iron plu6 in the main line fittin;,
making a lead joint, and to reinstall the fire hydrant
complete as hereinbefore provided for settinr, of fire
hydrants.
Sterilization and Tests: Careful inspection shall
be made during, the progress of the installation in order
to eliminate tho possibility of any forelLn matter vetting
into the pipe.
.:s eech joint is laid, HTH shall be placed therein
In such a quantity, which will provide not less than ten
(10) parts per million (1,00,000) of free chlorine, when
the pipe is filled with water, as hereinafter provided.
Before the trench is backfilled, the entire installation
to be tested shall be filled with water under no pressure
for the purpose of dissolving; said HTH and thereby steriliz-
ing the installation and for the further purpose of curing;
the cement joints, if any. In the case of cement joints
the water shall remain in the pipe for a period of seven
(7) days, in the case of other than cement joints it shall
remain for forty -eight (46) hours before the pressure is
applied.
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The entire installation shall satisfactorily with-
stand a hydrostatic test at one hundred (100) pounds per
square inch pressure for a period of one (1) hour without
showing any leak.
Backfillinp: Immediately of completion of the above test,
unless otherwise directed by the Engineer,
all trenebas and excavations shall be beckfilled. The
beckfillin6 shall include the refilling and the consolidation
of the fill in trenches and eNe vations uo to the subgrede
of the street or alley improvements or to the original sur-
face of the ground as the same existed before the excavation
was :Wade.
Where the excavations do not supply sufficient :material
for making the fill, the Contractor shall supply the deficiency.
No extra compensation shall be made for the supplying of
such deficiency.
BacIfillino shall be done with Zood sound earth, sand
or ,ravel, and no oil cake, macadam, bituminous pavement,
concrete, lock or other lumpy material shall be used in
making backfill, unless the lumps are well scattered, do
not exceed four inches (4") in diameter, and are not placed
within one foot (11) of the surface. No material of a
spongy, perishable or otherwise improper nature shall be
used in backfilling.
All sheet, piping and other timber and debris shall be
removed from the excavation.
The backfill shall be made to six inches (5") below
street or alley -grade or below the original surface d7the
ground by usinb shovels, scrapers, buckets or any other
means the Contractor may elect.
Unless "Special 3ackfillin6" is required and so
Indicated on the plans, the backfill shall be therouthly
consolidated by floodinZ. DurinL flnodin^ bore shall be
used continuously in the manner directed by theLnoineer,
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to facilitate the entry of the water into ell part-. of
the backfill.
The backfill shall then be completed to the limits
hereinbefore specified.
SPECIAL
Special Backfillin ;'hen 'Special 3clfi111ng' is required
and so indicated on the plans, the 'Special
Provisions' any /or plans *,ill ,provide specifications for
such beckfillin,•.
Resurfacing of Streets and Alleys: The re=urfacin,, of
streets and alleys will be done by the City."
SECTION 2. That the City Clerk shall certify to
the passage end adoption of this resolution: shall enter tl,e
same in the book of resolutions of said city, and shall make
P. minute of the psesa e and adoption thereof in the records
of the proceed;n�s of the City Council of said city, in the
rninutee of the meeting at which the sAme is passed an(I
adopted.
Passed, approved and adont -d this 15tY day of
:.arch, :, D., 1944.
pro tem
Mayor/of the City of El Se�,urAo
California.
%uZr "I
OWE
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) SS.
CITY OF EL SEGUNDO
I, Victor D. McCarthy, City Clerk of the City
of E1 Segundo, California, do hereby certify that the
whole number of members of the City Council of the said
city is five; that the foregoing resolution, being
Resolution No. 711, was passed Pnd adopted by the said
City Council, approved and signed by the Mayor pro tem
of said city, and attested by the City Clerk of said
city, ell at a regular meeting of the said Council held
on the 16th day of March, D., 1944, and that the
same wes passed. Pnd adopted by the followinE vote, to -wit:
AYES: Councilmen Hesser, Peterson, Skelley and
Mayor pro tem Selby;
NOES: Councilmen None;
ABSENT: Councilman Love.
(SEAT')
.itr` y Clerk of t C
El Segundo, Cal fornia.
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