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8.0 Equipment 10.0 Special Considerations

8.1 Have any items of major equipment been placed on 10.1 If the site is in a remote location and is near the coast
order? List items and state delivery. line, are there any existing piers or natural facilities
8.2 Who will supply general equipment specifications? available for unloading material?
8.3 List the design criteria for equipment sizing. 10.2 What is the local availability of heavy lifting equip-
8.4 What are the spare equipment requirements? ment? What are the lifting limitations?
8.5 What is the expected life of the facility? 10.3 What is the availability of local labor? Are they
8.6 Will secondary seals be required on storage tanks organized?
equipped with floating roofs? Tank mixers? 10.4 If the site is in a foreign location, is there any limit on
the use of expatriates?
9.0 Material Purchasing 10.5 Are any other contractors working in the area?
10.6 What shop fabrication can be done locally?
9.1 Obtain a copy of a preferred vendor list if one is 10.7 What types of materials are available locally?
available. 10.8 If the site is in a foreign location, who will handle clear-
9.2 If not available, will it be necessary to develop a list for ance of material through customs?
client’s approval? 10.9 What are the general weather conditions?
9.3 Describe any unusual conditions. 10.10 If foreign, will a construction camp be required?
9.4 Determine shipping address. 10.11 If a camp is required, what is the availability of local
9.5 Who will be responsible for receipt of material? catering?

RIGHT-OF-WAY

How to determine the crop acreage included in a right-of-way strip

Multiply the width of the strip in feet by the length in rods; 35 14 2 640 = 0 18 acres, or almost one-fifth of an acre.
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divide this by 2,640 to obtain the acreage. If the ends of the
strip are not parallel, use the length of the center line of the Example. A right-of-way 50 feet wide crosses a field for
right-of-way. 330 rods. How many acres of crop were destroyed?
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Example. A right-of-way 35 feet wide crosses a cultivated 50 ¥ 330 2 640 6 25 acres.
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field for a length of 14 rods; how many acres of crop were
destroyed? The rule is exact, not an approximation.
Clearing and grading right-of-way: labor/equipment considerations

To estimate labor crew and equipment spread for will not fall in any foreign material that might become
clearing and grading operations, the following items, as mixed with the excavated spoil.
they may apply to a given project, should be given 5. Cutting of merchantable timber into standard lengths
consideration: and stacked along the right-of-way for disposition by
others if specifically required by the right-of-way
agreement.
1. Removal of trees, brush and stumps. 6. Providing temporary walks, passageways, fences, or
2. Grubbing and removal of stumps that are in the way of other structures so as not to interfere with traffic.
the ditch. 7. Providing sufficient and proper lighting where
3. Disposal of all debris, including method of disposal and required.
length of haul. 8. Providing guards where required.
4. Clearing area spoil a sufficient distance from the ditch 9. Preserving all trees, shrubs, hedges and lawns where
line so that the spoil-bank from the ditching operations required.