2010 Construction and Material Specifications - Ohio Department of ...

TODS Tourist-Oriented Directional Signs
TSEC Temporary Sediment and Erosion Control
TSR Tensile Strength Ratio (asphalt test)
UF Unique Fabricated members (structures)
UL Underwriters' Laboratories, Inc
USACE United States Army Corps of Engineers
USC United States Code
VA Verification Acceptance
VAC Volts Alternating Current
VCA Volume of Coarse Aggregate (asphalt test)
VECP Value Engineering Change Proposal
VMA Voids in the Mineral Aggregate
VME VersaModule Eurocard (traffic controller)
WDT Watchdog Timer
WEAP Wave Equation Analysis (steel piling)
WPS Welding Procedure Specification (steel test)
WZRPM Work Zone Raised Pavement Marker (traffic)
XCU Explosion, Collapse and Underground
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101.03
101.03 Definitions. The following terms or pronouns, when used in the
Contract Documents, are defined as follows:
Advertisement. The public announcement, as required by law, inviting Bids
for Work to be performed or materials to be furnished.
Award. The written acceptance by the Director of a Bid.
Bid. The offer of a Bidder, on the prescribed form properly signed and
guaranteed, to perform the Work and to furnish the labor and materials at the
prices quoted.
Bid Documents. The Bid Documents include the Invitation for Bids, Addenda,
Proposal, Expedite file, contract form and required bonds, Specifications,
Supplemental Specifications, Special Provisions, general and detailed plans, Plan
notes, standard construction drawings identified in the Plans, notice to contractor,
and any other document designated by the Department as a Bid Document, all of
which constitute one instrument.
Bidder. An individual, firm, or corporation submitting a Bid for the advertised
Work, acting directly or through the duly authorized representative, and qualified
as provided in ORC 5525.02 to 5525.09.
Bridge. A structure, including supports, erected over a depression or an
obstruction, such as water, a highway, or a railway, and having a track or
passageway for carrying traffic or other moving loads and having a length
measured along the center of roadway of 10 feet (3.048 m) or more between
undercopings of abutments or extreme limits of openings for multiple boxes.
A. Length. The length of a bridge structure is the over-all length measured
along the centerline of the roadway surface.