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Submit new inquiry for this projectInquiry #1: Bid Item #69- Paving Grid, please clarify which type Class I, II or III as it lists in Section 96.
Inquiry submitted 11/06/2018
Response #1:Submitted for consideration.
Response posted 11/06/2018
Response #2:Use Class II.
Response posted 11/08/2018
Inquiry #2: Subgrade Enhancement Geogrid (See Structural Sections 1 & 8 on plan sheet X-1) does not have a Bid Item. Please provide Bid Item and Specification for Subgrade Enhancement Geogrid.
Inquiry submitted 11/09/2018
Response #1:Submitted for consideration.
Response posted 11/13/2018
Inquiry #3: Lighting System plans E-1 thru E-3 show Type 21D barrier mounted luminaires. Revised standard plan ES-6D shows that the luminaires are in Type 60MF concrete barrier. Will the owner add a bid item for this work or how does this work get paid for?
Inquiry submitted 12/04/2018
Response #1:Submitted for consideration.
Response posted 12/06/2018
Response #2:From layout sheet L-1, Concrete Barrier type MGF is to be use for each Light pole location (i.e. Each Luminaire). Luminaires are paid for by pay item: 870200 and barriers are paid for by pay item: 839647
Response posted 12/06/2018
Inquiry #4: ITEM #12, ALTERNATIVE CRASH CUSHION:
Special Provisions contain no information pertaining to this item. Please provide appropriate specifications for procurement.
RSP A76F, CONCRETE BARRIER, TYPE 60MGF:
Is referenced in Note #1 on sheet 7, L-1, and by inference, in (16) locations on the E Plans. These locations are in both existing & new Concrete Barrier. How is this work to be paid? Previous recent Bids have provided a separate Bid Item, a length of @32.84 LF per each location, and a specific construction detail.
ITEM #78, MIDWEST GUARDRAIL SYSTEM, WOOD POST:
Project layout Plans call-out both Alternative In-Line Terminal Systems and Type SFT End Anchors at some guardrail termini. There are no Bid items for this work. How are they to be paid?
SECTION 83, RAILINGS AND BARRIERS:
References "Reconstruct Guardrail." There is no Reconstruct Guardrail Bid Item, nor work shown on the Plans. Where is this work to be performed?
Inquiry submitted 12/04/2018
Response #1:Submitted for consideration.
Response posted 12/06/2018
Inquiry #5: It appears that there are missing guardrail related bid items. Layout sheets L-1, L-2 & L-3 all reference ending and or beginning guardrail runs with 31" Inline Terminals Systems and End Anchor Assembly's Type SFT. There are no bid items for either of those and they are not listed in the quantity summaries.
Inquiry submitted 12/05/2018
Response #1:Submitted for consideration.
Response posted 12/06/2018
Inquiry #6: Shown on plan sheet E-3 at stations 250+60, 252+75 and 253+03 are pull boxes. These pull boxes are note 8 which calls for a new #6 traffic box to be installed. I believe that these pull boxes are existing since the conduit is existing as well as the fact that they are all depicted as existing. Please either correct or clarify.
Inquiry submitted 12/10/2018
Response #1:Submitted for consideration.
Response posted 12/10/2018
Response #2:They are or will be existing when this job goes to construction.
Response posted 12/11/2018
Inquiry #7: Environmental Stewardship allows some operations too exceed 86 dBA at 50 feet? Can the removal of the concrete barrier exceed 86 dBA during night work?
Inquiry submitted 12/13/2018
Response #1:Submitted for consideration.
Response posted 12/14/2018
Response #2:No. 86 dBA is the maximum allowable at 50 ft from 9PM to 6AM.
Response posted 12/17/2018
Inquiry #8: It is the day prior to Bid date, and there are still several Bidder's Inquiries that remain unanswered. Will we receive answers or a postponement of the Bid?
Inquiry submitted 12/17/2018
Response #1:See Addendum 3.
Response posted 12/19/2018
Inquiry #9: In addition to Inquiries #4 & #5, Cross Section Plan Sheet X-2 shows Delineator (Type F) on the Midwest Guardrail System. There is not a bid item for these delineators. Are the guardrail delineators to be installed and if so how many are required? Also, how would they be paid for?
Inquiry submitted 12/17/2018
Response #1:Submitted for consideration.
Response posted 12/17/2018
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.