Site work for a water / sewer project in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Completed plans call for site work for a water / sewer project.

All work as shown on the drawings and described in the specifications for the replacement of water services that are not copper to copper, and associated work. This project includes checking, replacing, or abandoning water services at approximately 140 locations. It is the intent of these plans and specifications to provide for a contractor who shall provide all labor, materials, tools, and equipment necessary to perform in a professional manner for EPA Funded Non-Copper Service Replacement as described in the specifications and bid document. Questions about this IFB should be directed to: Department Contact: Anna Crandall, PE, Assistant City Engineer - Water Resources, crandalla@kalamazoocity.org Open cut construction work shall be construed to mean work which requires the excavation of earth including industrial, commercial and residential building site excavation and preparation, land balancing, demolition and removal of concrete and underground appurtenances, grading, paving, sewers, utilities and improvements; retention, oxidation, flocculation and irrigation facilities, and also including but not limited to underground piping, conduits, steel sheeting for underground construction, and all work incidental thereto, and general excavation. For all areas except the Upper Peninsula, open cut construction work shall also be construed to mean waterfront work, piers, docks, seawalls, breakwalls, marinas and all incidental work. Open cut construction work shall not include any structural modifications, alterations, additions and repairs to buildings, or highway work, including roads, streets, bridge construction and parking lots or steel erection work and excavation for the building itself and back filling inside of and within 5 ft. of the building and foundations, footings and piers for the building. Open cut construction work shall not include any work covered under Tunnel, Shaft and Caisson work.