[Res. 205-1995, 3/6/1995]
1. Spring Township wishes to insure quality construction in accordance
with existing Township road design standards.
2. The Township wishes land development and subdivisions develop a policy
and procedure for inspection of work related to subdivisions.
3. The Township shall require that at each phase or step of construction,
the contractor or developer must notify the inspecting engineering
firm and the Township prior to the start of the construction phase.
Failure to notify the inspecting engineering firm shall be sufficient
to find the work unacceptable and cause the work to be reperformed.
4. The Township will require the following inspection procedures to
be followed during the construction phase with a description of work
to be inspected:
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Construction Phase
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Description of Work to Be Inspected
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1
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Soil erosion and sedimentation control measures
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2
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Any excavation, installation and backfilling within the right-of-way
or easements (including stormwater facilities)
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3
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Rough grading of street per Township standards and approved
design
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4
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Water line placement, backfill and testing as per Spring Township
Water Authority rules and regulations
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5
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Fine grading and compaction of street (subgrade preparation)
per Township standards and approved designs
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6
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Placement of subbase to include fine grading and compaction
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7
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Placement of RCBC (each successive lift shall require inspection
notification)
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8
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Placement of ID2 wearing course as a scratch coat
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9
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Placement of ID2 wearing course (as a general practice, no coring
of top course shall be required)
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10
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Construction of curb and sidewalk
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11
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Stormwater control facilities ("as built" plans shall be provided
to the Township by the developer's engineer)
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5. The Township shall require all testing procedures used in the inspection
process to adhere to the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation
testing manual unless otherwise amended.
6. If coring is deemed necessary by the inspecting engineer, the cores
shall be taken in accordance with random sampling procedures outlined
in the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation testing manual. Core
test results shall be provided to the Township.
7. The Township will require the inspecting engineer to perform each
inspection phase. The developer or his contractor will not proceed
to the next phase until all requirements of the previous phase have
been satisfied.
8. The inspecting engineer shall provide full-time inspection for phases
7, 8 and 9. The inspecting engineer is responsible and shall assure
that the final product meets the design of the planned construction.
If the project is not properly prepared for phases 7, 8 and 9, then
the job shall be stopped until such time as the project meets those
design standards.
9. The Township shall be notified as to the inspector assigned by the
engineering firm for to a specific project. The Township reserves
the right to review the resume of any inspector to determine the individual's
qualifications.
10. Any time the inspector is on site he will keep a daily log of construction
and inspection activities. A record of the daily log will be kept
at the engineer's office and copies will be made available upon
request.
11. It will be the contractor's responsibility to notify the Township
and the Township's inspecting engineer two days (48 hours) prior
to moving on site. This initial notification is deemed to be very
important.
12. All grading and compacting standards must be met prior to placement
of bituminous materials.
13. The contractor shall be required to give three days notice to the
Township and the Township's inspecting engineer and notify the
same if work will not take place at the site. This will help reduce
inspection costs.
14. Erosion and sedimentation inspections will be made on rain days as
deemed necessary by the inspecting engineer.
15. Failure to notify inspecting engineer of progression of work may
result in Township's rejection of uninspected work, i.e., paving
prior to subgrade approval, paving without inspector on job site,
etc.