Site work for a playground / park / athletic field in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Completed plans call for site work for a playground / park / athletic field.

Removal of old neighborhood park features This section covers supplying temporary water for dust control and new landscaping and turf. A. Furnishing and applying water to the roadbed for dust control purposes when specifically designated by the ENGINEER. B. Furnishing and applying water to the seeded and sodded areas for irrigation purposes. The Contractor is responsible for watering the turf establishment areas to assure the turf flourishes. It is the Contractor's responsibility to water the turf establishment areas more than every other day if the Contractor feels it is warranted and the ENGINEER agrees. A. The CONTRACTOR is responsible for protecting existing trees, sprinkler systems and other improvements. Any tree roots damaged shall be neatly cut perpendicular to the root. B. The CONTRACTOR shall report to the ENGINEER in writing any undesirable conditions, such as silt or sand in manholes and valve boxes, damaged castings and valve boxes, etc., prior to commencing work on any street. Once work has commenced it will be assumed that all damage to underground installations except that reported above, has been caused by the CONTRACTOR'S operations and it will be the CONTRACTOR'S responsibility to make necessary repairs. C. All underground utilities including manholes and valve boxes shall be maintained in a condition that allows access in case emergency use is required. D. Underground utilities shall be maintained in an operable condition. All debris or sediment shall be removed immediately. E. Contractor shall televise all sanitary sewer and new storm sewer pipes when directed by the ENGINEER. Televising shall be completed per the City of Plymouth specifications, 02105.2 & 02305.3, Televising of Lines. F. All debris, waste materials or other remains from construction shall be removed from the site and properly disposed of before final acceptance of work. G. Each Contract item will not be finally accepted until its associated clean-up is performed. H. Until each item's clean-up is completed, the OWNER may withhold partial payments or deduct the estimated clean-up cost from the partial payment value. I. The CONTRACTOR is responsible for keeping streets and roadways clean of dust, dirt, mud and debris both inside and outside the work area. 1. This may require measures to clean trucks before leaving the site and sweeping paved areas. 2. Roadways shall be cleaned by a pickup sweeper within 24 hours of direction by the ENGINEER. J. The Contractor's staging, storage, and equipment parking areas shall be sodded before final acceptance of the work. K. Contractor shall clean all debris and sediment from all manholes prior to final acceptance. The work to be done under this contract shall include the furnishing of all labor, materials, tools, and equipment to construct complete in place the sanitary sewer and all appurtenances as shown on the drawings, plans and as specified herein. When installing public utilities in a new residential development all builder and developer construction activity shall pause until the public utilities have been installed, tested and the streets built. The contractor shall excavate all materials encountered, furnish and compact foundations where required, furnish and install all timbering, sheeting and bracing necessary to safely support the work, remove any ground water encountered during excavation operations, protect, repair, relocate, maintain and restore all sub-surface, surface and overhead structures directly disturbed, damaged or affected by construction operations and furnish all backfill and other appurtenant items and services as necessary. All site grading must be completed, certified by the project Engineer and all off-road grading equipment removed from the site before starting any public utility work. All off road sanitary sewer manholes must be accessible to the city's maintenance vehicles. (See Detail SS9) A 12' wide bituminous access road with a turnaround shall be constructed to each structure. All off road manholesshall be marked with a flange post and a green reflectorized metal marker plate with white "M.H." lettering printed upon the plate. The marker plate shall face the closest access road. The flange post shall be located approximately 2' behind the manhole when facing the roadway. Costs to construct access roads shall be incidental to the sanitary sewer installation unless otherwise modified by the contract documents. If service disruption to an existing sewer line is anticipated then written notice shall be delivered to each home or business 48 hours prior to the disruption describing work, schedule, how it affects them, and a local telephone number of the contractor they can call to discuss the project or any problems which could arise. Records of sewer services installed shall be gathered by the contractor as the work progresses. Those records shall be turned over to the engineer upon completion of the work. The records will include the type of service connection, distance installed from the downstream manhole, and the length of any riser installed.