Site work and paving for a road / highway in Ottawa, Ontario. Completed plans call for site work for a road / highway; and for paving for a road / highway.

1 Excavation classes: two classes of excavation will be recognized; common excavation and rock excavation. Rock: solid material in excess of 1.00 m³ and which cannot be removed by means of heavy duty mechanical excavating equipment with 0.95 to 1.15 m3 bucket. Frozen material not classified as rock. Common excavation: excavation of materials of whatever nature, which are not included under definitions of rock excavation. .2 Unclassified excavation: excavation of deposits of whatever character encountered in Work. .3 Topsoil: Material capable of supporting good vegetative growth and suitable for use in top dressing, landscaping and seeding. Material reasonably free from subsoil, clay lumps, brush, objectionable weeds, and other litter, and free from cobbles, stumps, roots, and other objectionable material larger than 25 millimeters in any dimension. Waste material: Excavated material unsuitable for use in Work or surplus to requirements. Borrow material: Material obtained from locations outside area to be graded, and required for construction of fill areas or for other portions of Work. .6 Unsuitable materials: 1 Weak, chemically unstable, and compressible materials. .2 Frost susceptible materials. .7 Unshrinkable fill: very weak mixture of cement, concrete aggregates and water that resists settlement when placed in utility trenches, and capable of being readily excavated. Question Acceptance Deadline: 2025/02/26 02:00:00 PM EST Official bid documents must be obtained from www.merx.com and bid submissions must be done through the Merx platform. Award is subject to final approval