BB Upgrade Water Mains Building 1

he Department of Veteran Affairs (VA), Veterans Integrated Service Network (VISN) 8, Bruce W. Carter VA Healthcare Center in Miami, Florida has a requirement to upgrade water mains at Building 1 as well as the areas to the East and West of Building 1. Demolition will primarily remove and dispose of the existing underground water mains that were built in 1967. Many of these pipes consist of transite and asbestos. Water mains under the existing crawl space and buildings on the campus have developed leaks which require extensive demolition and construction to correct. The work will include but is not limited to site utility verification and marking in the field, site work, utility locating, clearing and grubbing, trenching and excavation (to include hydro trenching and directional boring), trench shoring, water main installation (to include backflow preventers, domestic service lines and additional work as called out in the plans and specifications). Traffic and pedestrian detours and controls, Portland Cement Concrete (PCC) and Asphalt Cement Concrete (ACC) cut and patching, subgrade compaction, surface restoration, disinfection and biological testing of new work are also included in the work to be performed.

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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.