604F S T A T E O F

604F T E N N E S S E E
October 22, 2003 (Rev.) Sheet 1 of 2 Project: BSRF/BHI-40-1(295) (Tenn.)
BSRF-BRN-40-5(142)283(Ark.)

County:

HPP-1824(5) (Ark.) Shelby Co. Tennessee Crittenden Co. Arkansas

SPECIAL PROVISION REGARDING COFFERDAMS AND FOUNDATION SEALS

COFFERDAMS Cofferdams shall be designed and constructed in accordance with Section 204 of the Standard Specifications except as modified herein. The lump sum price paid for Cofferdam (Pier E4/IL13), Item 204-09.03; Cofferdam (Pier E5), Item 20409.04; Cofferdam (Pier IL12), Item 204-09.05; Cofferdam (Pier NO2), Item 20409.07; and Cofferdam (Pier NO3), Item 204-09.08 shall include full compensation for furnishing, constructing, dewatering, and maintaining the cofferdam complete with all necessary incidentals including cofferdam removal and backfilling. The construction of earth or rock cofferdams is prohibited. No portion of a cofferdam may be left in place or buried below the mud line. Regardless of the size of cofferdams constructed, the Contractor will be paid for cofferdams and wet excavation above the bottom footing elevations in accordance with the Standard Specifications and the unit price bid for these items except as modified by this special provision. Under no condition will the Contractor be paid a percentage increase for extra depth excavation below the bottom footing elevation. Under no conditions will the Contractor be paid for increases in seal concrete or excavation quantities due to his installation of a cofferdam larger than the cofferdam minimum dimensions shown on the plans or defined in the special provisions. The minimum dimensions to the inside face of cofferdams and pay limits for foundation seal quantities shall be plan dimensions of the seal. The maximum dimensions for establishing pay limits for excavations shall be based on the vertical projection of a horizontal line located 1-6" outside the plan dimensions of the seal. The plans contain hydrographs for the years 1996 through 2001. This information is provided as reference material only for the Contractors use in determining the top elevations of the cofferdams. The Contractor shall submit to the Engineer for approval, six (6) copies of the proposed cofferdam designs with details and calculations, stamped by an engineer licensed in the State of Tennessee.

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CLASS S CONCRETE FOUNDATION SEALS

604F
Sheet 2 of 2

Pouring foundation seals at Pier E4/IL13, Pier E5, Pier IL12, Pier NO2 and Pier NO3 is mandatory. The cofferdam seal shall not be poured until the Engineer approves the seal dimensions and elevations. The price bid for Class S Concrete (Foundation Seal), Item 604-03.25 will be full compensation for foundation seals, complete, in place, and accepted, including all materials, equipment, tools, labor, and other incidentals necessary to complete the seal for the footing. Excavation below the footing elevation will be considered incidental to Class S Concrete (Foundation Seal) and the cost included in the unit price paid for Class S Concrete (Foundation Seal). Class S concrete for foundation seals shall be placed in accordance with the requirements of Subsection 604.19 of the Standard Specifications for depositing concrete under water. A "Type D", water reducing and set retarding admixture, meeting the requirements of ASTM C494, shall be added to the mix in the proportion recommended by the manufacturer for tremie concrete and as approved by the Engineer. The slump of the concrete shall be 6" 2" as approved by the Engineer. The seal shall be placed through tremie pipes as specified in the Standard Specifications. Underwater inspection will be required to determine the adequacy of sheet piling installation for cofferdams, the suitability of foundation material prior to pouring seal concrete, and the final condition and soundness of the seal in-place. The inspection is to be performed by either a professional engineer registered in Tennessee, or a certified commercial diver with five years experience in this work. Underwater inspections will be considered as incidental and necessary to constructing cofferdams and foundation seals and the cost included in the unit prices paid under the contract items requiring inspection. While constructing other cofferdams on I-40 bridge seismic retrofit projects, contractors have found pieces of steel and other remnants from the original cofferdam construction buried below the mud line. Steel or other remnants from previous cofferdam construction shall be removed as required for wet excavation, cofferdam (location) or seal concrete, and the cost of removal shall be considered as an incidental and a necessary part of Wet Excavation, Cofferdam (location) or Seal Concrete. MEASUREMENT AND PAYMENT The cofferdam constructed at each location will be measured and paid as one unit. The Class S Concrete (Foundation Seal) will be measured and paid by the cubic yard based upon the approved plan dimensions of the seal. Seal concrete placed within cofferdam flutes and concrete placed below the approved bottom seal elevation will be considered as concrete placed for the convenience of the Contractor and will not be measured and paid.