Site work and paving for a civil project in Branson, Missouri. Completed plans call for site work for a bridge / tunnel; and for paving for a bridge / tunnel.

The work to be performed under the provisions of this contract consists of the complete construction as follows: Furnish labor, materials and equipment necessary to construct the concrete culvert and roadway improvements as shown in the plans and as stated in the job special provisions for Caudill Way in Branson. BID BOND REQUIRED 1. Intent of Contract. The intent of the contract is to provide for the construction and completion in every detail of the work described. The contractor shall furnish all labor, materials, equipment, tools, transportation, and supplies required to complete the work in accordance with the plans, specifications, and terms of the contract. 2. Alteration of Plans. The city reserves the right to make, at any time during the progress of the work, without notice to the surety, such increases or decreases in quantities up to 25% of the total contract price for the project and such alterations in the details of the construction, including alterations in the grade as may be found necessary or desirable. Plan changes may include the addition, elimination, reduction, or increase of any one or more items or units. If the plan change results in the increase or decrease of the quantity of a major item by more than 25 percent, the city may require negotiation of the unit price for that portion of the major item above 125 percent or below 75 percent of the quantity stated in the contract. A major item, for the purpose of this section, will be considered to be single bid items or if noted elsewhere a group of items or separate schedules, the total cost of which exceeds 15 percent of the total contract price for the project. For contract plan changes involving work for which there is no unit price, city and contractor shall, if possible, agree on a fair unit price or sum to be added to or deducted from the contract, as appropriate. 3. Public Conveniences and Safety. Precautions shall be exercised at all times for the protection of persons (including employees) and property. The safety provisions of applicable laws, and building and construction codes shall be observed. Machinery, equipment and all hazards shall be guarded or eliminated in accordance with safety provisions for protection of the public as contained in the Occupational Safety and Health Administration Regulations. Contractor shall conduct the work at all times so as to cause no more obstruction or inconvenience to the public than is deemed necessary by the director of public works. Free passage for vehicles and pedestrians shall be maintained by the contractor, at his expense, along roadways, sidewalks and drives, by bridging, if necessary, where it is practical to do so. Where bridging is unnecessary or impractical in the opinion of the director of public works, the contractor may arrange for the diversion of traffic as hereinafter provided. If the contractor is required to maintain traffic over the project, he shall maintain the roadbed substantially free of ruts, holes and detrimental surface deformations. Free access shall be provided to all fire hydrants, water valves and fire alarms or police call boxes. 4. Control of Traffic. The contractor shall provide for a sufficient number of warning lights, signs, and barricades to be available on the work, and shall cause them to be placed in such numbers and at such locations as required to maintain reasonable safety to pedestrians and vehicular traffic. If it becomes necessary to divert traffic, the traffic engineer shall select a detour route and the contractor shall place at his expense or as provided for in the contract, directional signs of such nature and insufficient numbers to clearly define the detour route. Barricades, lights and warning signs shall be constructed in accordance with the Uniform Manual of Traffic Control Devices, or as otherwise approved by the director of public works. The city reserves the right to remedy any neglect on the part of the contractor as regards to public convenience and safety which may come to its attention after twenty-four (24) hours notice in writing to the contractor; save in cases of emergency, in which the city shall have the right to remedy any neglect without notice; in either case, the cost of such work done by the city shall be paid by the contractor to the Office of the Director of Public Works prior to final payment or shall be deducted from final payment. 5. Protection of Public and Private Utilities. The contractor shall support, sustain and protect existing pipes, conduits, signs, markers, poles, wires and other apparatus under, over, along, across or otherwise affected by the work. If such pipes, conduits, signs, markers, poles, wires or apparatus are damaged through carelessness or neglect of the contractor, the authorities having control of same will repair them, but the cost of such repairs shall be paid by the contractor or shall be deducted from final payment. The failure of the city to show such utilities on the plans shall not relieve the contractor of his responsibility for the protection and preservation of such utilities. The contractor shall enlist the assistance of the Missouri One Call System by calling 1+800-344-7483 to locate electric, water, sewer, and traffic signal utilities. The contractor shall enlist the assistance of the other affected agencies in the location of their utilities. The contractor will not be responsible to any agency for the cost of such assistance in the location of its utilities, but he shall be responsible for the cost of repairing any damage to such utilities arising from any negligence of his operations. The contractor shall coordinate his operations with the affected utility agency that is making necessary adjustments, relocations, removals, or construction of new fixtures and shall permit free access to the site for such work. It is understood and agreed that the contractor has considered in his bid all of the permanent and temporary utility appurtenances in their present or relocated positions whether or not they are shown on the plans and that no additional compensation will be allowed for any delays, inconvenience, or damage sustained by the contractor due to any conflict or interference from the said utility appurtenances or the operation of moving them. If the owners of utility facilities fail to cooperate and coordinate their work with that of the contractor and that failure results in actual delay to the contractor in the overall completion of the project, such delay will be considered in the time specified in the contract for completion, provided the contractor notifies the director of public works of the delay at the time it occurs. 6. Damage to Private Property. The contractor shall confine his work to the city's premises, including easements and construction permit areas. He shall not enter upon or place materials on any private premises except by written consent of the individual owners, and he shall save the city harmless from all suits and actions of every kind and description that might result from his use of private property. The contractor shall cause all lot corner pins disturbed by his operation to be reset by a registered land surveyor and will on completion of the work file with the city a certificate from the surveyor that said pins have been reset. 7. Removal of Drainage Pipe and Culverts. Drainage structures at driveways, private entrances and street intersections, which must be removed during the normal prosecution of the work, called for in the contract shall be deemed the property of the City of Branson. The contractor shall use reasonable care in the removal of all drainage structures and stack them for salvage by the city. Should the city not wish to claim such drainage structures, the contractor will be required to remove them from the job site. It will be the contractor's responsibility to notify the city that said structures are available for salvage and upon the expiration of three (3) working days of such notice, if the city has not removed said drainage structures from the site of the work, it shall be deemed that the city has relinquished all claim to said drainage structure. 8. Extra Work and Force Account. a. The contractor shall perform unforeseen work, for which there is no provision included in the contract, whenever it is deemed necessary or desirable to complete the work as contemplated. Such work shall be performed in accordance with the specifications and as directed by the director of public works. b. Payment for extra work will be based on lump sum or unit prices previously agreed to in writing by the parties to the contract or the city may require the contractor to do such work on a force account basis. c. Force account work will be compensated in the following manner: (1) Labor. The contractor will receive the rate of wage paid by him for each hour that all labor is engaged in such work. The contractor will receive the actual costs paid to, or in behalf of, employees by reason of health and welfare benefits, pension fund benefits or other benefits required by an employment contract. An additional amount equal to 35 percent of the sum of the above items will also be paid to the contractor. No separate payment will be made for insurance premiums, unemployment insurance contributions and social security taxes as compensation. These costs will be considered as fully covered in the 35% figure stated above. (2) Materials. The contractor will receive the actual cost of materials accepted by the director of public works and used in the work; including transportation charges paid by the contractor. An additional amount equal to 15 percent of the materials and transportation cost will also be paid to the contractor. No compensation will be allowed for materials, such as forms, which are used in connection with, but do not enter permanently into the work. (3) Equipment. For any equipment necessary to perform the work, including all fuel and lubricants, tires, and repairs, the contractor will be allowed the hourly rental rates set out in the "Rental Rate Blue Book for Construction Equipment" on file at the time the work is done. The allowed rates will be the sum of the bare hourly rates and the estimated operating cost per hour. The allowed time for the hourly rental rates will include that time required to move the equipment to and from the site of the force account work plus the actual operating time on the work. If the actual unit of equipment is not listed in the schedule, the rate listed for similar equipment shall be used. (4) Miscellaneous. The director of public works has the authority to require alterations in the equipment and labor force assigned the force account work, to limit authorization of overtime or to require overtime work when an emergency exists. No allowance will be made for general superintendence, the use of small tools or equipment or other costs not specifically herein provided. All subcontractors will be considered employees of the contractor. (5) Compensation. Each day the contractor's representative and the engineering department representative shall compare records of the cost of the force account work and both the engineering department representative and the contractor shall sign them. No payment will be made for the force account work until the contractor has furnished the director of public works with itemized statements of cost of such work.