Site work and renovation of an educational facility in Cato, New York. Completed plans call for the renovation of a educational facility; and for site work for a educational facility.

High School - RFI Cut-Off day 11/6/24 Each contractor shall furnish and install all miscellaneous materials, supports, devices, temporary construction, appurtenances or any other work or services required or obviously necessary to affect the full installation of the Work. 1. Contractors are responsible for all their work shown on Contract Documents, including drawings and specifications of other trade disciplines. 2. Decisions required from the Owner, Construction Manager, Architect and/or Engineer, shall be anticipated by the Contractors to provide ample time for inspection, investigation or detailed drawings. 3. Full cooperation with all firms performing testing and inspection work is expected from all Contractor personnel. Provide complete data and material for required reports. 4. Work of this project will be performed in and adjacent to an active school. No interaction between workers and school staff or students will be allowed. No unauthorized access into the school will be allowed. All workers entering the school will be required to pass through the security check point and must wear ID badges at all times. All Prime Contractors must adhere to the school districts COVID policy. Contractor parking will be in designated areas only. Any worker or supervisor violating this policy will be removed from the project. 5. The surrounding School facilities are in full operation. Any work that may possibly disrupt the School facility must be approved in writing by the Construction Manager and Owner beforehand. 6. At the time of drop off and pick up of students in all schools, access to the sites will be interrupted. This interruption is to be expected and adhered to without consequence to the Owner. 7. Contractors are performing work near and in an operating school facility. All precautions are to be taken to minimize dust, dirt, debris, fumes, noise, vibrations, etc. There may be times when the construction work will be shut down or relocated due to the disruption of school operations. Contractors are to recognize this situation and will not be paid additional monies for minor shut downs and relocations. The contractor must submit a "Means and Methods" plan to the Construction Manager prior to the start of work. 8. Contractors understand that time is of the essence and that they will adequately staff the Project to successfully complete the Contract work in accordance with the Project Schedule. 9. Contractors must participate in the preparation of a group master project schedule which will be compiled by the Construction Manager. Contractors shall prepare overall project schedules for their work including activity durations, manpower and relationships to other activities including those of other contractors and submit them to the Construction manager within 14 days of notice of Contract award. Include attendance at schedule development meetings within 21 days of notice of contract award. 10. Normal work hours will be 7:00am - 3:30pm Monday through Friday. Shift work, when required, will be from 3:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. Monday through Friday. Authorization for Contractors requiring work outside of these hours and on the major holidays will be given at the sole discretion of the Owner, and contractor must provide advanced request of at least 10 days. Contractors will be responsible for all Owner's staff costs associated with the work outside of the stated hours. 11. Contractors shall submit a two-week "Look Ahead" schedule (man loaded by work activity and area) to Construction Manager each week. Contractors' representatives are required to attend a weekly (more or less frequent, as determined by the Construction Manager) meeting with all contractors, chaired by Construction Manager, for the purposes of job coordination and sequencing. Contractors are responsible to coordinate the job with other trades and the Construction Manager, and to cooperate with other trades in the pursuit of the overall project's success. Contractors shall review other trades' shop drawings, and actively participate in resolving discrepancies, conflicts, interferences, etc. 12. Contractors' proposed schedule must meet the dates established by the Project Schedule and allow the other Prime Contractors to meet their dates. Each Contractor must submit a proposed schedule for approval by the Construction Manager prior to the start of their work. Contractor shall indicate significant events such as submittals, shop drawings, material ordering, fabrication, delivery, coordination precedents, installation, substantial completion, punch list, testing and turnover by area or system as agreed with Construction Manager. This schedule shall be updated monthly, showing progress and problems, and shall be submitted in reproducible form to the Construction Manager by the last working day of the month. 13. The intention of the Work is to follow a logical sequence; however, when so directed by the Construction Manager, the Contractor shall temporarily omit certain portions of the work, or perform them outside of the normal sequence, in order to accommodate coordination requirements. All such out of sequence work and come back time to these areas is to be anticipated and as such shall be performed at no additional cost. Contractors' requests for performing Out of Sequence Work must be submitted in advance and approved by the Construction Manager in coordination with other Prime Contractors. Costs associated with the out of sequence request will be the responsibility of the requesting Contractor. 14. Contractors shall submit for review by the Construction Manager updated progress drawings when requested by Owner or Construction Manager. Contractor progress drawings are to be highlighted to show installed work to date and shall be reviewed with the Construction Manager on the last working day of each month. 15. All work must conform to applicable codes including state laws, local ordinances, OSHA, and requirements of governmental agencies having jurisdiction for all Work performed. Each Contractor is responsible to temporarily or permanently protect and immediately correct all safety hazards, violations