La. Admin. Code tit. 70, § II-535 - Guide for Completing the Agreement for Relocating Utilities
A. The agreement is
made up of the Articles of Agreement, Statement of Work, Estimate of Work to be
Performed, and Plan of Work. The following is a guide to help complete the
agreement.
1. Attention is directed to
Paragraph 6b of DOTD PPM 6-6-3-1. If company is not adequately staffed to
perform the work of engineers, land surveyors, architects or other professional
services, approval for private consultant services must be given by the
department and the Federal Highway Administration before authorization is given
to perform these services.
2. The
following items should be submitted to the DOTD:
a. two completed original copies of the
agreement form;
b. six copies of
the Statement of Work;
c. six
copies of the Estimate of Cost (Exhibit A);
d. six copies of the drawings (Exhibit
B).
3. Articles of
Agreement (two copies). The Articles of Agreement should be completed as
follows:
a. Page 1:
i. principal office of the company;
ii. name and title of the official
representing the company;
b. Page 3:
i. estimated number of working days (Article
VIII);
ii. method by which the
costs will be developed (Article IX);
iii. amount of the agreement (Article
X);
iv. signature of company
official, with witnesses;
v. street
address of location where records may be audited.
4. Statement of Work to be
Performed (six copies). The statement of work should be brief but informative
and should include but not be limited to:
a.
a short narrative of the work to be performed;
b. a more complete narrative of individual
relocations which would not follow a routine relocation;
c. a statement that the work will be
performed by company forces, continuing contract, competitive bids or other
method;
d. an explanation of
betterments if included in the relocation;
e. estimated number of working days to
complete the adjustments;
f.
justification for removal or abandonment of existing facilities, followed by
documentation in estimate if necessary.
5. Estimate of Cost (Exhibit A) (six copies).
The estimate of cost should clearly show how the cost of the relocation is
developed. (Note that the final invoice must be in the same format as the
estimate.) The estimate should be developed under the following applicable
Subparagraphs:
a. preliminary
engineering;
b.
right-of-way;
c. temporary
construction;
d. permanent
construction;
e. removal
costs;
f. salvage;
g. betterment;
h. supervision and overhead.
6. Each section should show the
costs by items, unit hours, man hours, contract unit prices, etc., in the same
manner as the actual costs will be charged or that would support a lump sum
estimate. A summary or recap of the sections shown above must be
included.
7. Plan of Work (Exhibit
B) (six copies). The plan of work should present a clear picture of all the
work to be performed. The plan should by appropriate symbols and legend show:
a. Project Features:
i. highway centerline;
ii. highway stationing;
iii. highway right-of-way limits;
iv. control of access lines where
applicable;
b. Company
Features:
i. facilities removed;
ii. facilities placed;
iii. facilities abandoned, with justification
for abandonment included in estimate and/or statement of work;
iv. facilities to be adjusted;
v. facilities in place to remain;
vi. all existing and new facilities should be
identified by highway stationing;
vii. adequate notation should be made on the
drawings, or profile sketches included, showing minimum depth of cover or
vertical clearances for all facilities, both parallel and crossings, installed
within highway right-of-way;
viii.
distances from new facilities to either highway centerline, edge of roadway or
right-of-way line;
ix. legend for
symbols used;
x. company's title
block or other means of identifying drawings (Note: the company's name must
appear on all drawings);
xi.
existing and proposed utility right-of-way;
xii. for existing and proposed gas pipelines
subject to minimum federal safety standards:
(a). maximum operating pressure, class
location and temperature of gas;
(b). outside diameter, wall thickness,
material specification and minimum yield strength of carrier pipe;
(c). outside diameter, minimum yield
strength, and wall thickness of casing.
Notes
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