Okaloosa County BOCC — July 30, 2015 — I. e. Colleen Marine contract — reading text

emergency treatment facilities and methods of transporting personnel if necessary. 4. Weather Conditions: The Project Area may be affected by tropical storms and hurricanes and by windy and/or rainy weather, including severe electrical storms. The Contractor shall be responsible for obtaining information concerning conditions that could influence project operations prior to making a bid. 5. Hurricanes and Severe Storms Plan: The Contractor shall monitor the NOAA marine weather broadcasts and other local commercial weather forecasting services throughout construction operations. The Contractor shall notify the Owner and Engineer at the time of any decision to move equipment in preparation for potential storms. The Contractor shall submit to the Owner and Engineer the following information in the Hurricane and Severe Storms Plan: a. Prioritized Methods for Storm Preparations: The Contractor shall provide a schedule and prioritized list of actions to be taken in the event of an impending storm and assign personnel to each action. The Contractor shall specify how each piece of equipment will be secured in place or moved to a safe harbor including the details of all required equipment (e.g., tugs: size, capacity, number; work boats: size, capacity, number; storm anchors: type, size number; chain or line: size, lengths, etc.). The Contractor shall indicate action upon the following events: 1) Action to be taken within 24 hours of a severe or tropical storm. Page 21 of 37  2) Action to be taken within 72, 48, and 24 hours of an impending hurricane. 6. Maintenance of Traffic Plan: The contractor shall submit a Maintenance of Traffic Plan including, at a minimum, designation of access and haul routes to and from stockpile and waterside staging areas and safety features such as FDOT-approved warning signs at all areas where heavy equipment and/or trucks will be entering major roadways. The plan shall also include a statement indicating all trucks and hauling equipment (e.g. trailers, etc.), as well as their operators, are approved by the FDOT and any other applicable regulatory agencies. Proper licenses, certifications, and/or authorizations shall be maintained with the vehicles, equipment, and/or operators at all times throughout construction. 6.3 ACCIDENTS A. All accidents causing personal injury, death, or property damage shall be reported to the Owner and Engineer immediately. The Contractor shall provide such equipment and medical facilities and notify emergency medical personnel as necessary to supply first aid service to anyone who may be injured in connection with the performance of the work, on or adjacent to the site. The Contractor shall prepare an accident report providing full details of the accident including statements from witnesses. 6.4 TRAFFIC SAFETY A. The proposed material transport routes are shown in the Construction Drawings. The Contractor shall adhere to these haul routes unless otherwise proposed in the Deployment Plan and approved by the Owner. B. The Contractor shall provide and maintain fencing, barricades, warning signs/signals, and/or a flag person in the project area to ensure public safety as required by local, State, or Federal regulations or as required by the plans or specifications. 6.5 FDOT REGULATIONS A. All trucks and hauling equipment utilized by the Contractor, as well as the personnel operating the equipment, shall be approved by the Florida Department of Transportation as well as any other applicable regulatory authority, and proper licenses, certifications, and/or authorizations shall be maintained with the vehicles or equipment at all times throughout the work. The Contractor shall be familiar with the weight and specifications (height, width, etc.) of all equipment and materials and restrictions (height, weight, width, etc.) of all roadways and bridges that are necessary to perform the work. The Contractor is responsible for adhering to all weight and traffic regulations on all roadways. The Contractor shall adhere to the proposed haul route shown in the Construction Drawings unless otherwise documented in the Deployment Plan and approved by the Owner. B. The Contractor shall be liable for any damage caused by hauling or transport operations when it can be shown that damage resulted from willful negligence or willful misconduct. The Contractor shall repair any damage resulting from the Contractor’s operations at no cost to the Owner or Engineer. 6.6 U.S. COAST GUARD REGULATIONS A. All personnel and equipment necessary to load, transport, and deploy artificial reef materials offshore (barges, tugs, support vessels, cranes, etc.) shall be in compliance with U.S. Coast Guard standards Page 22 of 37  and any other applicable State or Federal regulations for safe offshore transport. All vessels and personnel shall be U.S. Coast Guard certified, and all ocean-going vessels (tugs, barges, etc.) shall be ABS certified with current certificates of inspection and be capable of working in at least two ft. seas and other such wind, weather, and sea conditions typical to the northern Gulf of Mexico. 6.7 EXCLUSION OF THE PUBLIC A. The contractor shall secure all working areas (stockpile, staging, loading, deployment, etc.) and exclude the public from the immediate work areas at all times during construction. If the Contractor is not able to keep and maintain the public at a safe distance from construction activity, the Contractor shall notify the Owner and Engineer immediately. 6.8 CONFLICTS A. The Contractor is advised that construction work by other contractors may be occurring at the same time as the proposed work. The Contractor shall direct all concerns or issues relating to potential work conflicts to the Owner and Engineer immediately upon discovery. Page 23 of 37  PART 7 - ARTIFICIAL REEF MATERIALS 7.1 GENERAL All materials proposed for artificial reef deployment shall consist of clean, re-purposed concrete materials from the proposed locations provided in the Construction Drawings and these specifications. Per the regulatory authorizations, the materials shall be free of soils, oils and greases, debris, litter, putrescible substances, and other pollutants. The materials shall be solid and of sufficient weight to remain stable once deployed. The Contractor shall utilize only the approved materials described in these specifications and inventoried in Appendix A and B unless specifically authorized by the Owner or Engineer. 7.2 APPROVED REEF MATERIALS A. The Owner, Engineer, and FWC have reviewed the proposed reef material for regulatory authorization compliance and confirmed the material is suitable for artificial reef deployment. The Contractor shall be responsible for ensuring the reef material remains suitable for deployment throughout the handling, loading and transport process. The Contractor shall ensure the materials remain free of soils, oils and greases, debris, litter, putrescible substances and other pollutants as required by regulatory authorizations. Should the materials become contaminated during the handling, loading, or transport process, the Contractor shall be responsible for cleaning the material to the satisfaction of the Owner or disposing of and replacing any contaminated units. B. The approved materials generally consist of large pre-cast concrete and concrete and steel military targets at Eglin AFB Range C-64ABC. Additional approved material currently stockpiled at the Okaloosa County Wright Landfill generally consists of pre-cast culverts, manholes, and junction boxes. Material from both locations includes both steel reinforced and non-reinforced concrete units. C. The contractor shall be responsible for ensuring the concrete meets the requirements of the FDEP and DOA regulatory authorizations. This shall include washing concrete to remove any loose dirt or debris; cutting off exposed rebar, metal or wire protruding from the concrete units to a maximum length of 1 – 2 inches; and any other work necessary to ensure the material meets regulatory authorization requirements and inspection by the Owner, Engineer, regulatory agencies or their commenting agencies (e.g. U.S. Coast Guard, FWC, NOAA, etc.). D. The Contractor shall cut or trim any exposed rebar, wire, or metal casing that extends beyond 2 inches from the surface of the concrete to prevent safety hazards to divers and potential snags by fishing gear. Large diameter rebar, with both ends encased in concrete, utilized for lifting lugs may be left in place. Any rebar not used as a lifting lug or with exposed ends shall be trimmed. Any rebar, wire, and/or metal casing shall be trimmed to a maximum length of 1 – 2 inches from the concrete surface, or as close as practical, to prevent line entanglement and safety hazards to divers. E. A preliminary list of approved materials is provided for Contractor review in Appendix A and B. All materials approved for offshore deployment have been field-labeled (spray painted with a red “R”) to assist the Contractor in field identification of approved reef materials. Questionable materials not listed on the inventory or not clearly labeled in the field shall be left in place unless otherwise directed by the Owner or Engineer. F. The Contractor is not permitted to load or deploy any materials not previously reviewed and approved by the Owner, Engineer, or FWC. The Contractor shall not deploy any materials not listed on the materials inventory without authorization from the Owner and Engineer. There shall be no “white goods” Page 24 of 37  (inoperative or discarded refrigerators, freezers, ranges, water heaters, washers and other similar domestic or commercial appliances), asphalt materials, tires, or other polluting materials used in construction of the reef. 7.3 APPROVED MATERIAL LOCATION All artificial reef materials shall originate from the Eglin Air Force Base – Range C-64ABC and the Okaloosa County Wright Landfill stockpile areas. The location of these stockpile areas is shown on the Construction Drawings. The Contractor shall not move, handle, load, or deploy any materials that do not originate from these locations or meet the approved material criteria above, unless specifically directed by the Owner or Engineer. Prior to the execution of the work, the Contractor, Owner and Engineer will meet at the existing stockpile areas to field review the existing materials and identify specific stockpiles and material to be utilized for the project. 7.4 MINIMUM WEIGHT At least 80% of the individual concrete materials loaded shall weigh in excess of 1,000 lbs. and no more than 20% of the reef materials at the time of placement on the vessel for deployment will consist of