Site work for an educational facility in Ladd, Illinois. Completed plans call for site work for a educational facility.

Sealed bids are requested for the New Water Service and Sprinkler System Work at Ladd School. The work involves all trades and is to be performed according to the proposed Contract Documents prepared by the designated architect. Bids must be submitted with a Bid Guarantee in the form of a Bid Bond, Certified Check, or Bank Draft for at least ten percent of the bid amount, payable to the Board of Education. Successful bidders are required to provide a Performance Bond and a Labor and Material Payment Bond for the full contract amount. This contract is subject to the Illinois Prevailing Wage Act. The Owner reserves the right to reject any or all bids and waive any informalities in bidding. Bidders must complete a Registered Plan Holder Record form and Bidding Documents License Agreement to obtain contract documents. Bids must remain open for thirty days after opening unless otherwise consented by the Owner. Unsuccessful bidder guarantees will be returned after checking the bids. A. Work covers complete construction and installation of work specified and/or required, including all trades for the New Water Service and Sprinkler System Work, Ladd School for Ladd Community Consolidated School District 84, Ladd, Bureau County, Illinois, hereinafter called the Owner and is to be constructed in accordance with the Contract Documents prepared by Healy Bender Patton & Been Architects, 4040 Helene Avenue, Naperville, Illinois, the Architect. B. Products shall be installed in strict accordance with manufacturer recommendations. The Contractor shall review substrates prior to installing products. Installation of products shall represent that the Contractor has accepted the substrates as proper for the installation of products. Substrates which are not acceptable shall be corrected prior to the installation of products. A. The Contractor shall provide connections, repairs, watertight facilities, etc., as required in new construction. Each subcontractor shall furnish information to the Contractor as to size, location, etc., or accept the responsibility of doing the necessary cutting, patching at his own expense. B. The Contractor shall provide cutting, fitting, or patching for work that may be required to make several parts come together properly, in accordance with the Contract Documents. C. Do not endanger the stability of the structure or any part thereof by cutting, digging or otherwise. D. The Contractor shall patch and match existing surfaces and materials, etc., affected by the work or patch and match existing surfaces with new materials, etc. as noted. A. Provide labor, materials, equipment, and incidentals required for the completion of the work shown on the drawings and/or specified under this section. B. Provide Level 1 gypsum board level of finish to unexposed gypsum board. At fire rated and/or smoke partitions provide additional requirements meeting codes. C. Provide Level 4 gypsum board level of finish to exposed gypsum board to receive paint finish unless otherwise noted. A. Provide labor, materials, equipment, and incidentals required for the completion of the work shown on the drawings and/or specified. B. The Contractor is directed to read the specification pertaining to the work and materials of other trades to understand the extent of various materials used and the provisions regarding their painting. Surfaces that are left unpainted or unfinished shall be finished as part of this work. Complete finished painting is required for every item whether scheduled, noted or not. Work requiring finish but not scheduled or noted shall be finished with products as specified for similar and/or adjacent work. 1. Paint new and existing exposed surfaces unless noted otherwise. If the drawings and/or Schedule of Painting does not specifically mention an item or a surface, paint the item or surface the same as similar adjacent materials or surfaces. C. Do not paint prefinished items, concealed surfaces, finished metal surfaces, operating parts, and labels. 1. Prefinished items include, but are not limited to, the following factoryfinished components: a. Architectural woodwork. b. Metal lockers. c. Finished mechanical and electrical equipment. d. Light fixtures and supports. 2. Concealed surfaces refer to surfaces, materials, assemblies, or items that cannot be accessed without moving a building element, such as within a chase, wall, or ceiling cavity; as in the following inaccessible spaces: a. Furred areas. b. Ceiling plenums. c. Pipe spaces. d. Duct shafts. 3. Finished metal surfaces include, but are not limited to, the following: a. Anodized aluminum. b. Stainless steel. c. Chromium plating. 4. Operating parts include moving parts of operating equipment and the following: a. Valve and damper operators. b. Linkages. c. Sensing devices. d. Motor and fan shafts. 5. Labels: Do not paint over: a. UL, FMG, or other code-required labels or equipment name, identification, performance rating, or nomenclature plates. b. Labels designating materials or assemblies as accessible. A. Provide labor, materials, equipment, and incidentals required for the completion of the work shown on the drawings and/or specified in this section. B. It is the intent of this project that existing topsoil shall be reused. Where there are insufficient topsoil quantities, the Contractor shall provide imported topsoil as described below. Where excess topsoil quantities exist, the Contractor shall remove and properly dispose of excess topsoil material. C. Properly dispose to an off-site location the excess materials which are not to be used on-site. A. Provide labor, materials, equipment, and incidentals required for the completion of the work shown on the drawings and/or specified in this section. B. The areas to be fertilized and seeded shall consist of areas affected by the work. C. Hydro seeding is not acceptable. A. Work included under this section shall include but not necessarily be limited to the following: 1. Perform demolition work as necessary to accomplish the work, including the removal and proper disposal of items which are exposed and not to remain in use, including but not necessarily limited to concrete structures, slabs, ceilings, equipment, plumbing, mechanical, and electrical items, etc. 2. Include items exposed such as sewer, water and electrical lines which may require capping per city or utility company requirements. 3. Properly dispose of demolished material and such other obstacles required for a complete and proper installation of new work and the disposition of materials incidental to this work. 4. Erection of barricades, etc., to protect existing building areas. 5. Protection of existing utilities. 6. Repair to building areas, utilities damaged during demolition. 7. Demolition in specific building locations to the extent described on the drawings and/or required to construct the work shown. 8. Remove protection when work is complete. 9. Rubbish and debris shall be promptly removed from building as to minimize dust within the building. 10. Coordinate with Owner Operations. Portions of the school building will be in operation during the construction phase. B. Existing surfaces and finishes which are marred or defaced as a result of demolition work shall be patched and matched as required. C. Demolition shall include the removal of debris materials associated with demolition procedures. Debris shall be properly deposed of into project dumpsters and subsequently taken to a legal dump site.