Railroad Trail

Local Public Agency project OJT Goal: 2 Trainees Specbook: 2016 Description of work: clearing and grubbing, grading, drainage structures, pavement patching, milling aspahlt concrete, asphalt concrete, concrete walk, landscaping, lighting and related work. Parish(es): Lincoln Federal Number: H014354 Estimated Construction Cost: $2,500,000 to $5,000,000 All questions concerning the plans shall be submitted via the Electronic Plans Distribution Center known as Falcon. All submitted questions will be forwarded by email to the Project Manager and the Project Engineer. Questions submitted within a period of 96 hours prior to the advertised time for the opening of bids, excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and any other legal holidays, may not be answered prior to bidding. Falcon may be accessed via the Internet. From the home page, select BUSINESS Working With DOTD, then select Project Letting Info. On the Construction Letting Information page, select the link, DOTD Plan Room (Falcon); Login to Falcon (or request an ID if a first-time user). Once logged in, you will have access to view Project Information, submit a question concerning the project, and view the plans. To avoid any suggestion that a potential bidder is using the Falcon system to communicate with other potential bidders, DOTD will not post any question or any statement of fact or opinion not made for the purpose of seeking clarification of plans and/or specifications. Any non-questions posted on falcon will be limited to the statement of an issue considered unresolved by a previous DOTD response. LADOT - Railroad Trail If further information is required, please contact Mr. Alfonzo Simon, email: Alfonzo.Simon@la.gov, (225) 379-1111, fax : (225) 379-1857 Furnish and place Class II base course on a prepared surface in accordance with these specifications, in conformity with the lines, grades, thickness, and typical sections shown on the plans or established by the engineer. Control the selection, placement, mixing and compaction of materials so that the completed base course is uniform and conforms to plan dimensions and other acceptance requirements. Quality assurance requirements shall be as specified in the latest edition of the Department's publication titled Application of Quality Assurance Specifications for Embankment and Base Course. Unless approved otherwise in writing, use the same base course material throughout the project in accordance with these specifications. Immediately prior to application of base course on existing pavement, remove raised pavement markers at no direct pay. When asphalt concrete or portland cement concrete is specified on the plans, the total thickness of asphalt concrete or portland cement concrete shall be the thickness as indicated on the plans. When the base course material is not specified on the plans, any of the following types may be used: 1. Soil Cement 2. Crushed Stone 3. Asphalt Concrete on Embankment Layer 4. Recycled Portland Cement Concrete 5. Blended Calcium Sulfate For Asphalt Concrete on Embankment Layer, the top half of the base course thickness shall be asphalt concrete. The remaining thickness of the base shall be the same type and construction as the top layer of the underlying embankment, treated layer, or subgrade, or in accordance with Section 203 for placement on existing ground. Do not place raw, untreated material between a treated layer and the asphalt concrete layer. Project is in Ruston adjacent to Railroad Avenue with turn-outs crossing Kansas City Southern Railway, at South Monroe Street (crossing dot # 302-550L) to Tech Drive (crossing dot # 302- 552A) *The value for this project is based on a financial range. The value is listed as the highest possible cost from the range provided by a stakeholder or official project document.

Division 26 -	Electrical, Lighting, Exterior Lighting, Lighting Poles and Standards.
Division 31 -	Earthwork, Earthwork Methods.
Division 32 -	Exterior Improvements, Operation and Maintenance of Exterior Improvements, Bases, Ballasts, and Paving, Flexible Paving, Asphalt Paving, Rigid Paving, Concrete Paving, Curbs, Gutters, Sidewalks, and Driveways.
Division 33 -	Utilities, Instrumentation and Control for Utilities, Water Utilities, Water Utility Distribution Piping, Water Utility Distribution Equipment, Disinfecting of Water Utility Distribution, Water Utility Storage Tanks.
Division 34 -	Transportation, Operation and Maintenance of Transportation.