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Submit new inquiry for this projectInquiry #1: Please confirm if all exposed concrete (barriers included) are to be integrally colored.
Inquiry submitted 10/03/2022
Response #1:Your inquiry has been received and is currently under review.
Response posted 10/05/2022
Response #2:Please refer to project Special Provisions Section 51, page 59, for concrete to be integrally pigmented colored concrete, and refer to contract plans pages 107 and 127 for barriers and slabs requiring integrally colored concrete.
Response posted 10/12/2022
Inquiry #2: Please confirm that Corrosive Inhibiting concrete is only at the Felton viaduct location.
Inquiry submitted 10/06/2022
Response #1:Your inquiry has been received and is currently under review.
Response posted 10/07/2022
Response #2:Refer to the foundation report dated March 17, 2022, for Felton Sidehill Viaduct. The soils at this site are considered corrosive. Refer to foundation report dated March 17, 2022, for San Lorrenzo River Viaduct. Soils at this site are non-corrosive. Bid per current bid documents.
Response posted 10/12/2022
Inquiry #3: Please confirm that Corrosive Inhibiting concrete is only at the Felton viaduct location.
Inquiry submitted 10/06/2022
Response #1:Duplicate question. See previous response.
Response posted 10/07/2022
Inquiry #4: Please confirm if Soldier Pile concrete backfill qualifies as "CIP structural members" and therefore requires QC testing.
Inquiry submitted 10/06/2022
Response #1:Your inquiry has been received and is currently under review.
Response posted 10/07/2022
Response #2:Refer to standard specifications section 19-3.02H for the concrete backfill requirements.
Response posted 10/12/2022
Inquiry #5: Areas to be cold planed are identified as the 2 conforms at each location in addition to the section in Location 2 (Leveling) it appears that not all of the quantity is reflected, please revise.
Inquiry submitted 10/17/2022
Response #1:Your inquiry has been received and is currently under review.
Response posted 10/17/2022
Response #2:Attention is directed to Addendum No. 2 dated 10-24-2022. Please place you bid in accordance with the current contract documents.
Response posted 10/27/2022
Inquiry #6: Please confirm that all concrete (CIDH "Concrete" Backfill, Bridge, Bridge (Polymer Fiber), Cap Beam and Barrier Rail) must be integrally pigmented colored concrete matching color no. 33448 (beige). Also confirm that final color of concrete slab, columns, bents, bent caps, soffits and abutments (not barriers) must match color no. 30219 (brown). How is the staining described in Section 78 paid?
Inquiry submitted 10/18/2022
Response #1:Refer to Section 51 on page 59 of the Project Special Provisions. All concrete must be integrally pigmented colored concrete matching color no. 33448 including concrete slab, columns, bents, bent caps, soffits abutments and concrete barriers.
Please refer to Addendum 1, which removed all of Project Special Provisions Section 78-4.04.
Response posted 10/18/2022
Inquiry #7: Please explain which parts of Section 78-4.04 are deleted by Addendum No. 1. Is it the staining of the concrete, the color of the joint seal, the staining of the galvanized surfaces or the entire Revised Standard Specification?
Inquiry submitted 10/18/2022
Response #1:All of Section 78-4.04 has been removed.
Response posted 10/18/2022
Inquiry #8: The CIDHs have a bid item for Rock Sockets to mitigate geologic risk of the variation of the Top of Rock which varies from near the surface to as deep as 30 ft depth.
Is there a way to have two bid items for the 30" Drilled Holes for the Soldier Piles similar for drilling in Rock and drilling in Soil. The state will pay significantly more for this geologic risk for the Soldier Piles if it does not have two bid items for different geologic material like the CIDHs.
Inquiry submitted 10/25/2022
Response #1:Your inquiry has been submitted for review.
Response posted 10/25/2022
Response #2:Bid per the current contract bid documents.
Response posted 10/27/2022
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.