CC RESOLUTION 844ci 9 _
RESOLUTION NO. 8"
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF EL SEGUNDO, CALIFORNIA, ADOPTING
NO. WW- 460719 FOR THE
FABRICATION AND ERECTION OF AN ELEVATED
STEM WATER TANK AND TOWER FOR THE CITY
OF EL SEGUNDO, CALIFORNIA.
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 ]mown as "SPECIFICATIONS NO. WW- 460719 OF
THE CITY OF EL SEGUNDO, CALIFORNIA.^, be and the same are
hereby adopted:
"SPECIFICATIONS N0. WW- 460719
OF THE
CITY OF EL SEGUNDO. CALIFORNIA.
FOR TIC FABRICATION AND ERECTION OF AN ELEVATED STEEL 14ATZR
TANK AND TOWER FOR THE CITY OF EL SEGUNDO, CALIYO,? -NIA.
SCOPE OF :YORK Work to be done under these specifications
consists of furnishing of all necessary materials,
tools, equipment, transportation, and labor for
the fabrication and erection of a 200,000 gallon
elevated steel water tank and tower on property of the City of
E1 Segundo Water Department at the south - easterly corner of
Lomita Street and Holly Avenue in E1 Segundo, California.
DESIGN Tank shall be double ellipsoidal in design and
shall have a capacity of 200,000 gallons. Its
diameter shall be that which will permit a maximum range in
head of not more than thirty (30) feet and overflow of said tank
shall be approximately one hundred (100) feet above tops of
foundations. Entire structure shall conform to requirements
of the "Uniform Building Code of the Pacific Coast Building
Officials Conference, 1946 3dition ", and the Standards of
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the National Board of Fire Underwriters for the Construction
and Installation of Gravity and Pressure Tanks, NBFU Pamphlet
No. 22, September, 1941 ", and shall be designed to withstand
safely all stresses, both vertical and horizontal, and
including those stresses produced by earthquake, all in
accordance with provisions of said "Uniform Building Code ".
In compution horizontal force to the resisted Contractor shall
assume safe bearing value of soil on which tank is to be
erected to be not greater than 3000 pounds per square foot.
Bidder shall furnish with proposal drawings showing design of
structure on which he is bidding, and such design shall conform
in all respects to these specifications.
ACCESSORIES Tower Ladder shall be furnished extending from
a point eight (8) feet above ground up to and
connecting with either horizontal balcony, or tank ladder, if
no balcony is used. Ladder may vertical but shall not in
any place have a backward slope.
Outside Tank Ladder shall be provided on out-
side of tank shell connecting either with balcony of with
tower ladder if no balcony is included.
Roof Ladders shall be provided, one outside and
one inside, and both designed to rotate around roof.
Inside Tank Ladder shall be provided extending
from bottom of inside roof ladder to bottom of tank.
Ladder Side Bars shall be not less tnan 2x 1/4
inch flat steel for fixed ladders and 2,ix 3/8
inch for movable ladders and spaced not less than 14 inches
apart. Rungs shall be at least 5/8 inch round or square steel
spaced 12 inches on center and firmly riveted or welded to
side bars. Al ladders and connections shall be designed to
support a concentrated load of 350 pounds and outside tank
and tower ladders shall be equiped with a safety cage.
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Roof Hatch or door not less than 24 inches
aqua" shall be placed near outside tank ladder
and shall be provided with hinges and hasp for locking.
Hatch opening shall have a curb at least 4 inches high and cover
shall overlap this curb at least 2 inches.
Riser Pipe shall be not less than twelve (12)
inches in diameter, connected to bottom of
tank with an expansion point, and fitted at bottom with a
cast -iron flanged elbow. In cases where design of tank
imposes a considerable load on riser pipe, the riser diameter
and thickness shall be determined by designer. All riser
pipes shall be braced horizontally.
Walkway shall be provided extending from a
point accessible from tower ladder to expansion
joint under tank; shall be rigidly supported and braced
laterally to prevent swinging, and shall have a railing
around outer edge.
Drain Pipe shall be installed close to riser
pipe and extend from bottom of tank to ground
level below. This drain shall be a four (4) inch wrought -
steel pipe connected to bottom of tank with an expansion joint
and flush with inside of bottom to permit proper draining and
cleaning of tank, and shall terminate at bottom with a four
(4) inch gate valve and flanged base elbow. If a large
diameter riser pipe is installed a three (3) inch wash -out
valve shall be installed at base of riser for flushing out
any sediment.
Overflow Pipe shall be provided extending from
top of tank to ground level below. This over-
flow shall be a four (4) inch wrought -steel pipe brought down
outside of tank shell and tower and terminating at bottom with
a flanged base elbow.
Railings shall be forty -two (42) inches high
with two rails and a toe - board.
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TESTING After tank is completed, but before it is painted,
it shall be filled with water for testing. All
water for such testing shall be furnished at the tank site
by the City without cost to the Contractor and at sufficient
Pressure to fill tank to maximum working water level. Any
leaks which are disclosed in either shell,bottom, or roof
shall be repaired by either calking for riveted construction
or by drilling, chipping, or gas - gouging out any defective
welds and then rewelding for welded construction. City will
provide facilities up to tank inlet or drain pipe for
disposing of test water.
PAINTING All stall shall be throughly cleaned of foreign
materials, rust, and /or mill scale by sand-
blasting. After cleaning, all surfaces except surfaces and
edges to be welded shall be given a shop coat of an approved
ready-mixed red lead. After erection and after tank has been
made watertight, all interior and exterior surfaces shall be
thoroughly cleaned of dirt, rust, and /or foreign materials
and all abraded spots and surfaces from which shop coat has
been removed shall be spot - painted with one coat of red lead
so that entire shop coat will be made whole.
All exterior surfaces of balcony and tower shall then be paint-
ed with two coats of Old Colony Paint Co. Black Graphite Paint
No. 1952, or equal.
All exterior surfaces of tank and roof shall then be painted
with two coats of aluminum paint consisting of Aluminum Co.
of America 140 -mesh Aluminum powder or paste, or equal, mixed
with resin phenolic base exterior paint vehicle; ingredients
to be mixed in proportion of two (2) pounds of aluminum powder
or paste to one (1) gallon of vehicle.
All interior surfaces of tank and roof shall then be
painted with one coat of red lead paint mixed as follows:
Past Red Lead 100 lbs.
Boiled Linseed 011 1.625 gal.
Fine Litharge 10 lbs.
Paste Lampblack 0.75 lbs.
Beat up litharge in one quart of boiled oil and add.
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'When this mixture is too thick to brush out smoothly,
turpentine may be added, using the minimum amount
nexessary to secure proper consistency, but in no
case to exceed 3 pints of turpentine to 100 pounds of
paste red lead.
FOUNDATIONS Tank and tower will be erected on foundations
provided by City, and promptly upon award of
contract, Contractor shall furnish to City detail drawings of
foundations which will be required for his tank and tower.
Contractor shall furnish all anchor bolts necessary, in
foundations.
EXTRA WORM No claim for extra work or materials shall be
made, or will be allowed, except when ordered
by Council of City, or Engineer of City, and all such orders
and claims shall be presented in writing. Unless previously
agreed upon, cost of all extra work shall be cost plus
fifteen (15) per cent.
PAYAMM Payments will be made according to following
schedule:
Sixty (60) per cent of contract price will be
due and payable on delivery of steel at tank
site;
An additional fifteen (15) percent will be due
and payable after work has been started on tank
tower;
The balance of twenty -five (25) per cent will
be due and payable thirty -five (35) days after
completion of the work and its acceptance by
the City.
GUARANTEE Upon completion of entire work Contractor shall
furnish to City a written guarantee agreeing for
period of one year to repair any defects appearing in structure
caused by Pauly design, materials, or workmanship.
APPRCVAL CF DRAWINGS Before proceeding with work Contractor
shall furnish to City for its approval complete
shop detail drawings of tank, tower, and all accessories, and
no work shall be started without such approval b7 said City.
City will furnish to Contractor without cost any and all city
permits required for construction or said work.
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Assistant Foreman (Pusher)
41.85 per Hour
Boilermaker
1.75 "
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Boilermaker Helper
1.50 "
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Hoisting Engineer
1.90 "
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Journeyman Brush Painter
1.50 "
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Journeyman Brush Painter (Swing Stage)
1.6
Steel and Bridge Painter
1.6 a "
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Steel and Bridge Painter (Swing Stage)
1.75 "
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Spray Painter
1.621 "
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Spray Painter (Swing Stage)
1.75 "
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Steeple -jack
2.75 "
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In-Charge Man 121 cents per hour in
addition to
any Vi Yuo auvvo ➢ UUA VLOV ravaa.
Any craft not mentioned 1.50 " "
Overtime shall be one and one -half times the above rates.
Sunday and Holidays shall be considered as overtime.
Working day shall be deemed to be eight 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.
SECTION 2. That the City Clerk shall certify to
the passage and adoption of this resolution; shall enter
the same 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 minutes of the meeting at which the same is passed
and adopted.
Passed, approved and adopted this 24th day of
Tuly, A. D., 1946.
Mayor of the City of E1 gundo,
California.
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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.
844, was passed and adopted by the said City Council,
approved and signed by the Mayor of said city, and attested
by the City Clerk of said city, all at a regular meeting of
the said Council held on the 24th day of July, A. D., 19460
and that the same was passed and adopted by the following
vote, to -wit:
AYERS: Councilmen Baker, Thompson and Mayor Selby
NOES: Councilmen None;
ABSENT: Councilmen Peterson and Skelley
(SEAL)
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City Clerk o the City of
E1 Segundo, California.
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