PACKAGE : I Bid Document VOLUME : II - Public Health Engineering

Construction Camps :The Contractor shall take adequate measures such as
provision of septic tank/pit latrines at construction site/camps. The Contractor shall
provide crèches to working women labour. The Contractor shall provide drinking
water conforming to IS:10500-1991.
The Contractor shall provide garbage can at suitable fixed place and the garbage
shall be disposed off regularly.
Aesthetic Improvement: The Contractor shall through proper house keeping
enhance aesthetic appearance of construction sites. The Contractor shall dispose-off
construction wastes at approved disposal sites. The Contractor shall repair
pavements immediately following construction of pipeline and appurtenant
structures.
The Contractor shall remove after completion of construction, all temporary
structures and restore the project and surrounding areas nearest possible to the
reconstruction condition.
Conservation of Ecological Resources: The Contractor shall not use farmland and
forest belts as materials borrow sites. The Contractor shall not select arable land as
material borrow site. In case excavation in arable land is unavoidable, topsoil layer
(30cms depth) shall be saved and returned after construction work is completed so
as to minimize impacts on ecosystem, agriculture and animal husbandry. The
Contractor shall educate construction workers to protect natural resources, wild
plants and animals.
1.37 Use of trade names.
Wherever reference is made in the contract to specific manufacturers or trade names
the Contractor shall be entitled to substitute Plant and materials supplied by other
manufacturers or producers. Such substitution shall be to the approvals of the
Engineer, which will not be unreasonably withheld. At the request of the Engineer
the Contractor shall provide information to establish that the substituted Plant and
materials are equivalent or better than those referred to.
1.38 Direction by the engineer.
The Contractor is responsible for all activities relating to the construction of the
works. Any reference in this Specification to the Engineer directing or ordering,
prescribing etc. the Contractor shall be deemed to mean “Contractor to propose a
methodology of construction and to submit to the Engineer for approval”. Any such
approval by the Engineer shall not limit the Contractor’s responsibilities relating to
construction of the Works. Notwithstanding this clause the Engineer shall be
entitled to instruct the Contractor whenever the Engineer considers it necessary to
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