CC RESOLUTION 766RESOLUTION N0. 766
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCI]
CITY OF EL SEGUNDO, CALIFORNIA,
SPECIFICATIONS NO.450718 OF THE
EL SEGUNDO, CALIFORNIA, FOR THE
OF WATER PIPE AND APPURTENANCES
FURNISHING OF CERTAIN MATERIALS
THERETO.
OF THE
ADOPTING
CITY OF
INSTALLATION
AND THE
INCIDENTAL
The City Council of the City of E1 Segundo,
California, does resolve, declare and determine as follows:
SECTION 1. That the following specifications,
being and to be known as "Specifications No. 450718 of the
City of E1 Segundo, California for the Installation of Water
Pipe and Appurtenances and the Furnishing of Certain Materials
Incidental Thereto" be, and the same are hereby adopted:
"SPECIFICATIONS NO. 450718
OF THE
CITY OF EL SEGUNDO, CALIFORNIA
FOR
THE INSTALLATION OF
WATER PIPE AND APPURTENANCES
AND
THE FURNISHING OF
CERTAIN MATERIALS INCIDENTAL THERETO
"SECTION 1
WORK TO BE DONE:
The work to be done under these specifications shall consist
of furnishing all labor, tools, equipment and certain mater-
ials as hereinafter specified, for the complete installation
of *.eater mains and appurtenances and their connection to
existing mains, including the excavating and backfilling of
the trench, the laying of welded steel pipe and fittings,
the setting of gate valves and other appurtenances, and the
removal and reinstallation of certain appurtenances all as
shown and delineated on the Plan 450716 heretofore approved
for said work.
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SECTION II
14ATERIALS
All pipe, pipe fittings, valves, and pipe — coating materials
necessary for the completion of the pipe line, excepting
welding rod and miscellaneous installing material, will be
supplied by the City trenchside. The Contractor shall notify
the City in advance when materials are needed and arrange to
receive them. The Contractor shall furnish all other material,
tools and equipment to satisfactorily complete the work, and
shall store and handle all material, tools and equipment on
the job site. Pipe will be delivered in 24 foot lengths.
Gate valves to be installed hereunder will be Rensselaer,
List 13-3, hub end gate valves and will be furnished by the
City trenchside.
The Contractor will be held responsible for any breakage
or other damage through carelessness in handling or cutting
pipe, fittings or any other material furnished by the City
under these specifications. In case of such breakage 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.
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, extent for that material
expressly specified herein as to be furnished by the City,
shall be included in the price bid for the relative items of
work, and no other payment shall be made for such material.
SECTION III
CONSTRUCTION.
Excavation: The excavation shall include the removal of all
earth and other material to such a depth as to provide a min-
imum cover of thirty inches (301) measured between the top of
the pipe and the surface of the street or right of way as that
surface existed before excavation was made.
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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 struct-
ures 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 without additional
compensation, to as 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 beckfills or temporary bridges, as directed by the Engineer.
Laying of Pive: All pipe shall be laid in a straight line.
The bottom of the trench shall be dug to a uniform Grade, in
order that the pipe shall be laid on a firm foundation with a
solid bearing the full length of the pipe.
The Contractor shall remove any end all dirt, foreign
matter or other debris from the inside of the pipe and clean
the ends of all foreign matter such as rust, scale, paint,
oil, or slag produced by oxyacetylene welding. The pipe
shall be lined on rollers or dollies placed on skids set to
uniform grade whenever necessary so that long strings of pipe
may be easily rolled. A sufficient, number of tack -welds shall
be employed to assure proper alignment of pipe during the
process of making the weld. 611 tack -welds shall be thoroughly
fused into the parent metal and the spacing between. Joints
after the tack -welds have cooled shall not be less than 1/16"
nor more than 1 /811.
WELDING
Pipe 8" or larger in diameter shall be welded using, the
electric welding process. All welds must be made in such a
manner that they will develop the full strength of the parent
metal, and shall withstand a reverse bend test; that is, with
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the inside surface of the pipe in tension, through an angle of
90 degrees, withouti showing any signs of fracture.
TESTING OF WELDS
The Contractor shall cut out and deliver promptly to the
City's Inspector complete welds or coupons from any place in
any weld the Inspector marks. If the coupon tested meets
these requirements specified under WELDING, the Contractor
will weld a piece of the same type and kind of metal into the
place from which the coupons were out. If the test coupon
does not meet with these specifications, the entire weld shall
be cut from the line and rewelded in a manner satisfactory to
the Inspector. The City will pay the cost of cutting coupons
and cost of re- welding wherever coupons tested meet the above
specifications, but if the coupons fail to meet the specifica-
tions, the expense shall be borne by the Contractor.
PROTECTION OF OPEN ENDS
The open ends of all strinE,s of pipe, three Joints or
more in length, shall be secu -ely closed Tvith wooden plugs or
otner means approved by th- Engineer, to prevent the entrance
of dirt, debris, or water into the pipe line.
PLACING OF GA'L'E VALVES
The location of all gate valves shell be approved in the
field by the Engineer.
VALVES: Valves shall be set plumb. Joints at valves
shall be lead points. The Contractor shall not be required to
Install valve boxes and covers. TrAs work will be done by the
City.
Sterilizatio_n_ and _Tes_ts: Careful inspection shall be
made during the progress of the installation in order to
eliminate the possibility of any foreign matter &,etting into
the pipe.
r",s each joint is laid, HTH shall be placed therein in
such a quantity, rhich will provide not less than (10) parts
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per million (1, ,j00,0n0) of free chlorine, when the pipe is
filled with wster, 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 sterilizing;
the installation.
The entire installation shall satisfactorily withstand a
hydrostatic test at one hundred (100) pounds per square inch
pressure for a period of one (1) hour without showing any leak.
Backfillin,: Immediately on completion of the above test,
unless otherwise directed by the Engineer, all trenches and
excavations shall be backfilled. The backfilling shall include
the refilling and the consolidation of the fill in trenches
and excavations up to the subgrade of the street or alley
improvements or to the original surface of the ground as the
same existed before the excavation *,,Ps made.
`here 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.
Baekfillino shall be done with good sound earth, sand or
gravel, and no oil cake, macadam, bituminous pavement, concrete,
rock or other lumpy material shall be used in making backfill,
unless the lumps are well scattered, do not exceed four inches
(411) 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 timber and debris shall be removed from the excavation.
The backfill shall be made to six inches (611) below street
or alley grade or below the original surface of the ground by
using shovels, scrapers, buckets or any other means the Con-
tractor may elect, and shall be thoroughly consolidated by
flooding.
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During flooding bprs shall be used continuously in the
manner directed by the Engineer, to facilitate the entry of
the water into all parts of the backfill.
The bnckfill shall then be completed to the limits
hereinbefore specified.
Water will be furnished by the City to the Contractor
without charge. HTH will also be furnished without charge.
RESURFACING OF STRMrS AND ALLEYS:
The resurfacing of streets and alleys will be done by
the City.
CONCRETE THRUST BLOCKS:
Concrete Thrust Block shall be constructed against
fittings where shown on the plans and /or directed by the
Engineer.
All concrete blocks shall be placed on a firm foundation
against undisturbed earth.
of:
The concrete mix for concrete thrust blocks shall consist
One Part of Portland Cement,
Three Parts of Sand, and
Five Parts of Rock,
and shall be mixed in an approved type batch —mixer or by hand
in a water —tight box in an approved manner. The slump for
concrete when tested as provided for Slump Test by the American
Society for Testing M,- terials shall not exceed two inches (211).
Concrete Thrust Blocks shall be of the dimensions shown on
the plans and /or
at the price per
SECTION IV
RESPONSIBILITY:
is executed, the
bility of the Jo
directed by the Engineer and shall be paid for
cubic foot bid.
"hen a contrpct for the work herein specified
Contractor shall assume the entire responsi—
and shall hold the City of E1 Segundo,
California, its officers, agents and /or employees free from
any liability for damage of any neture whatsoever which may
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arise or occur in connection with the doing of said work.
SUB CONTRACTOR: None cf the work specified herein shall be
sublet without the written consent of said City Council, and,
If any part should be sublet with sucr_ consent, the sub con-
tractor will be considered only as any employee of the Contractor.
REVISIONS: Any revision in or departure from these specifi-
cations materially affecting construction must be approved by
said City Council.
Where any such revisions increase the cost of materials
and /or labor, a proper adjustment and agreement shall be
reached by a consultation between said City Council and a
representative of the Contractor.
TIME: The Contractor shall commence work within thirty (30)
days after the execution of the contract and shall agree to
complete the work within thirty (30) days thereafter.
GENERAL: Before submitting a bid, bidder shall have viewed
the site. There will be included in the contract the customary
clauses which said City includes in contracts for city work
such as those relating to hours of labor, prevailing wages,
Insurance, workmen's compensation and liability.
PREVAILING WAGE: The prevailing wage scale which has been
determined by said City Council and which shall be a part of
the contract for the work specified herein is as follows:
CLASSIFICA'i'ION
RA'Z'E PER HOUR
Foreman
,' 1.75
Sub- foreman
1.50
Combination Welder
1.75
Truck Driver (under
5 ton)
1.12 -1/2
Truck Driver (5 ton
and over)
1.25
'+elders Helper
1.00
Pipe Wrapper
1.12 -1/2
Trenching Machine Operator
(Light)
1.50
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" (Heavy)
1.62 -1/2
Bull -dozer Operator
(Light)
1.50
Is "
(Heavy)
1.62 -1/2
Side -boom Operator
(Light)
1.50
to
lHeavy)
1.62 -1/2
Truck -Crane Cperator
1.62 -1/2
Laborer
.92 -1/2
All crafts not mentioned
.92 -1/2
Overtime shall be One and Cne -tialf times the above rates.
Sundays and Holidays shall be considered as overtime.
The Minimum of per diem wages as above set forth, contemplate
in each instance a working day of eight (8) hours.
Saturday is treated not as a legal holiday and work thereon
shall not be treated as overtime work, except in those cases
where a Saturday falls upon a calendar day the whole of *.which
is declared a legal holiday by law.
CON,iRACTOH'S LICENSE NUMBER: Then submitting a bid, the
Contractor shall state the number of his State of California
license.
PAYMENT: Bidders shall state the unit price for work to be
performed under this contract upon a blank proposal furnished
free at the Office of the City Clerk or City Engineer of said
City. Said -hid must be accompanied by a certified or cpshier's
check., or bidder's bond in an amount not lessthan ten per cent
(105) of the amount bid. The check or bidder's bond of the
successful bidder will be forfeited to said City in the event
such successful bidder, after beinE awarded the contract, faits
to enter into same within ten (10) days after notice of award.
The City of El Segundo, California, will pay to the Cnn-
tractor a sum equal to seventy -five per cent (75 %) of the total
amount earned under the contract within fifteen (15) days after
the completion and acceptance of the work by said City Council,
the balance or remaining twenty -five per cent (25`,0) shall be
paid thirty -five (?5) days after the first payment."
SECTION 2. That the City Clerk shall certify to the
passage and adoption of this resolution; shall enter the sane
In the book of resolutions of said City, and shall make a
minute of the passage and adoption thereof in the records of
the proceedings of the City Council of said city in the
minut =e of the meeting at which the same is pac-sed and adoNted.
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Passed, approved and adopted this 18th day of
July, �. D., 1945.
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the City of E gun do,
Call forn3_e.
STATE OF CALIFORNIA, )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, ) SS.
CITY OF ZL 9EGUNDC. )
I, Victor D. 1_4eCsrthy, City Clerk of the City of
E1 Seundo, California, do hereby certify that the whole number
of members of the City Council of the said city is five; that
the foregoing resolution, bein. Resolution T:o. 766, ,,,as passed
and adopted by the said City Council, approved and signed by
the Mayor of said city and attested by t_he City Clerk of said
city, all at a re,ular meeting of the sai,a Council held on t e
18th day of July, D., 1945, and that the same was passed
and Gdopted by the followinrr vote, to—wit:
AYES: Councilmen hesser, Peterson, Skelley, Thom7eon and
"Pyor Selby;
NOLS: Councilmen None;
ARSTNT: Councilmen None.
(SEAL)
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