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Submit new inquiry for this projectInquiry #1: Will you make the cross sections available for this project?
Inquiry submitted 05/13/2022
Response #1:Submitted for consideration.
Response posted 05/13/2022
Response #2:Yes cross sections are available at: http://website.dot.ca.gov/dist4/construction/contracts/04-0J3004/0J300_x-sections_05_20_22.pdf
Response posted 05/20/2022
Inquiry #2: Please clarify what the reinforcing steel for Bid Item 73 is for
Inquiry submitted 05/23/2022
Response #1:Submitted for consideration.
Response posted 05/24/2022
Inquiry #3: Will Caltrans provide a plan sheet showing the pay limits for structure excavation, structure backfill, roadway excavation, and roadway embankment for the retaining wall?
Inquiry submitted 05/26/2022
Response #1:Submitted for consideration.
Response posted 05/26/2022
Response #2:Refer to plan sheet 136 of the advertised documents for limits of soldier pile wall structure excavation, soldier pile wall structure backfill, and roadway embankment. No additional information will be provided.
Response posted 05/31/2022
Inquiry #4: Please provide Appendix A and B of the Foundation Report. It is missing from the document.
Inquiry submitted 05/26/2022
Response #1:Submitted for consideration.
Response posted 05/26/2022
Inquiry #5: With the Cold plane operation following the 2018 Standard specification for placing back HMA in the same shift and this job having Segment Corrections as well.
It seems to only make sense to perform the Segment Correction Item after the cold operation for smoothness. This will not be possible if the .20 RHMA-G is to be placed back in the same shift.
Inquiry submitted 05/31/2022
Response #1:Submitted for consideration.
Response posted 05/31/2022
Inquiry #6: Refer Erosion Control Legend/ ECL-1, Could you please clarify application rate and depth of compost on Erosion Control Type 1 Table (Step 2)?
Inquiry submitted 06/01/2022
Response #1:Submitted for consideration.
Response posted 06/02/2022
Inquiry #7: RE: ESC Wall
Construction Detai C-2, Embankment Confinement System Detail A , states the contractor is to furnish and install the following, Top-soil covered by a welded wire reinforcement panel with wire form ties, next a RECP Netting ( Type A ) covers the face of the Welded Wire Reinforcement Panel and is attached using Steel Rings followed by Double Twisted Hexagonal Wire Mesh.
The question being:
A. Summary of Quantity Sheet Q2 , Embankment Confinement system has no Quantities for the welded , wire or Double Twisted Wire Reinforcement Panel. What is the method for measurement and payment?
B. Does the Double Twist Wire require PVC coating or is plain galvanized sufficient?
C. Are the ties and steel rings plain uncoated steel , galvanized or stainless?
Inquiry submitted 06/03/2022
Response #1:Submitted for consideration.
Response posted 06/03/2022
Inquiry #8: Can we use steel barrier rail instead of all the K-rail in the job ?
Inquiry submitted 06/08/2022
Response #1:Submitted for consideration.
Response posted 06/08/2022
Inquiry #9: Project Specification section 48-5.01D(2) mentions the need for displacement monitoring during jacking activities. Can you provide some more specific details about this? Where will this be required and what will the spacing be for the monitoring points? What are the thresholds for displacement?
Inquiry submitted 06/08/2022
Response #1:Submitted for consideration.
Response posted 06/08/2022
Inquiry #10: The ECS table on Sheet Q-2 says that the 2526.1 CY for the ECS system does not have a separate bid item. Yet there is Bid Item #87 for the ECS system with a quantity of 2530 CY. The Special Provisions under 72-15.04 "Payment" says "not used". And there is also a non-pay Embankment quantity of 2460 CY listed in the table that is also transferred to the Earthwork Summary on Sheet Q-1. The Earthwork Summary table says there is 1355.3 CY of roadway excavation and 3882.2 CY of total embankment. Is Caltrans including the construction of the ECS system in the Roadway Excavation bid item? If so, what is Bid Item #87 used for? Please clarify.
Inquiry submitted 06/08/2022
Response #1:Submitted for consideration.
Response posted 06/09/2022
Response #2:No, Caltrans in not including Roadway Excavation Item in the Embankment Confinement System (ECS) Item. The ECS is expected to be import (unless the roadway ex material is proven suitable for the ECS material). So they are totally different and separate scopes, means and methods.
Response posted 06/13/2022
Inquiry #11: Refer Erosion Control Legend/ ECL-1, Could you please clarify depth of incorparare material on Erosion Control Type 1 Table (Step 2)?
Inquiry submitted 06/08/2022
Response #1:Submitted for consideration.
Response posted 06/09/2022
Inquiry #12: Netting is listed on the Erosion Control Type 1, but it is not listed on the bid item list. Please advise.
Inquiry submitted 06/09/2022
Response #1:Submitted for consideration.
Response posted 06/09/2022
Inquiry #13: Please provide Appendix A and B of the Foundation Report. It is missing from the document. Not having this information will cause a lot of uncertainty and therefore will increase the cost to the taxpayers.
Inquiry submitted 06/09/2022
Response #1:Submitted for consideration.
Response posted 06/09/2022
Response #2:Refer to Addendum No. 3 dated June 9, 2022 for missing Appendices.
Response posted 06/10/2022
Inquiry #14: Refer Erosion Control Legend/ Sheet ECL-1, please clarify what type installation of Fiber Rolls (Erosion Control Type 2 - Step 2)?
Inquiry submitted 06/09/2022
Response #1:Submitted for consideration.
Response posted 06/10/2022
Inquiry #15: Regarding to bid item #55, please confirm the depth of Incorporate Materials. Is it 30" depth per Erosion Control Legend/ Sheet ECL-1?
Inquiry submitted 06/09/2022
Response #1:Submitted for consideration.
Response posted 06/10/2022
Inquiry #16: The hook dowels for the ECS are noted as needing to comply with Section 52. Does this mean they are to be epoxy coated for this project?
Inquiry submitted 06/10/2022
Response #1:Submitted for consideration.
Response posted 06/10/2022
Response #2:No. Dowels are mentioned once in Section 52-1.04 PAYMENT and is referenced to" Bridge" work and therefore would be epoxy, but since this is not "Bridge" work, the dowels are not epoxy. The dowels and nelson studs welded to the piles must be mild steel to be "weldable" as epoxy bar is not weldable due to the coating. Sheet 121 of the Structural Drawings only refers to rebar / reinforcing rod to be epoxy coated in the walers. The ECS dowels are not epoxy coated.
Response posted 06/13/2022
The information provided in the responses to bidder inquiries is not a waiver of Section 2-1.07, "JOB SITE AND DOCUMENT EXAMINATION" of the Standard Specifications or any other provision of the contract, nor to excuse the contractor from full compliance with the contract. Bidders are cautioned that subsequent responses or contract addenda may change a previous response.