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Inquiry #1: are night shifts permitted?

Inquiry submitted 11/21/2024

Response #1:Your inquiry has been received and is being reviewed. Thank You for your patience.
Response posted 11/22/2024


Response #2:Per the K-2 charts of section 12-4.02C(3)(k) night work is permitted for the purpose of establishing stage construction only. All other work to be performed behind K-rail during the daytime (between 7am-7pm Mon-Sat). No night-work is permitted for any other work.
Response posted 12/02/2024



Inquiry #2: Sheet 4 of 11 is showing a work area of 33'-6" is there any possibility to extend this area by 6' to 39'-6"? the drill rigs required for this type of piles wont fit into a 33'-6" minus 4.5' for a total of 29ft from temporary barrier to centerline of secant piles.
Inquiry submitted 11/21/2024

Response #1:Your inquiry has been received and is being reviewed. Thank You for your patience.
Response posted 11/22/2024


Response #2:Bid per contract documents.
Response posted 12/02/2024



Inquiry #3: Plan Page U-1 shows an exiting power pole to be removed by others. Are all the utilities on that pole to remain? If so how are they to be supported? Some of the utilities are 12 feet off the ground. Does Caltrans plan divert these overhead lines while the drilling takes place?
Inquiry submitted 12/02/2024

Response #1:Your inquiry has been received and is being reviewed. Thank You for your patience.
Response posted 12/02/2024


Response #2:Utilities will be relocated permanently, and no utilities will remain on that pole while drilling takes place.
Response posted 12/03/2024

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.