STATE OF CALIFORNIA CALIFORNIA STATE TRANSPORTATION AGENCY DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
2015
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DIVISION I GENERAL PROVISIONS 1
1 GENERAL 1
2 BIDDING 19
3 CONTRACT AWARD AND EXECUTION 29
4 SCOPE OF WORK 33
5 CONTROL OF WORK 37
6 CONTROL OF MATERIALS 63
7 LEGAL RELATIONS AND RESPONSIBILITY TO THE PUBLIC 69
8 PROSECUTION AND PROGRESS 101
9 PAYMENT 113
DIVISION II GENERAL CONSTRUCTION 131
10 GENERAL 131
11 WELDING 133
12 TEMPORARY TRAFFIC CONTROL 139
13 WATER POLLUTION CONTROL 167
14 ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP 211
15 EXISTING FACILITIES 231
16 TEMPORARY FACILITIES 233
DIVISION III EARTHWORK AND LANDSCAPE 237
17 GENERAL 237
18 DUST PALLIATIVES 239
19 EARTHWORK 247
20 LANDSCAPE 273
21 EROSION CONTROL 323
22 FINISHING ROADWAY 335
DIVISION IV SUBBASES AND BASES 337
23 GENERAL 337
24 STABILIZED SOILS 339
25 AGGREGATE SUBBASES 347
26 AGGREGATE BASES 351
27 CEMENT TREATED BASES 355
28 CONCRETE BASES 363
29 TREATED PERMEABLE BASES 379
30 RECLAIMED PAVEMENT 383
31–35 RESERVED 403
DIVISION V SURFACINGS AND PAVEMENTS 405
36 GENERAL 405
37 BITUMINOUS SEALS 411
38 RESERVED 446
39 ASPHALT CONCRETE 447
40 CONCRETE PAVEMENT 509
41 EXISTING CONCRETE PAVEMENT 531
42 GROOVE AND GRIND CONCRETE 557
43–44 RESERVED 559
DIVISION VI STRUCTURES 561
45 GENERAL 561
46 GROUND ANCHORS AND SOIL NAILS 563
47 EARTH RETAINING SYSTEMS 579
48 TEMPORARY STRUCTURES 589
49 PILING 607
50 PRESTRESSING CONCRETE 635
51 CONCRETE STRUCTURES 647
52 REINFORCEMENT 697
53 SHOTCRETE 721
54 WATERPROOFING 727
55 STEEL STRUCTURES 737
56 OVERHEAD SIGN STRUCTURES, STANDARDS, AND POLES 755
57 WOOD AND PLASTIC LUMBER STRUCTURES 769
58 SOUND WALLS 779
59 STRUCTURAL STEEL COATINGS 785
60 EXISTING STRUCTURES 799
DIVISION VII DRAINAGE FACILITIES 825
61 GENERAL 825
62–63 RESERVED 832
64 PLASTIC PIPE 833
65 CONCRETE PIPE 837
66 CORRUGATED METAL PIPE 845
67 STRUCTURAL PLATE CULVERTS 855
68 SUBSURFACE DRAINS 861
69 OVERSIDE DRAINS 871
70 MISCELLANEOUS DRAINAGE FACILITIES 875
71 EXISTING DRAINAGE FACILITIES 887
DIVISION VIII MISCELLANEOUS CONSTRUCTION 899
72 SLOPE PROTECTION 899
73 CONCRETE CURBS AND SIDEWALKS 917
74 PUMPING EQUIPMENT AND CONTROLS 923
75 MISCELLANEOUS METAL 945
76 WELLS 957
77 LOCAL INFRASTRUCTURE 959
78 INCIDENTAL CONSTRUCTION 961
79 RESERVED 969
80 FENCES 971
DIVISION IX TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES 983
81 MISCELLANEOUS TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES 983
82 SIGNS AND MARKERS 991
83 RAILINGS AND BARRIERS 1005
84 MARKINGS 1027
85 RESERVED 1035
DIVISION X ELECTRICAL WORK 1037
86-88 RESERVED 1037
DIVISION XI MATERIALS 1039
89 AGGREGATE 1039
90 CONCRETE 1041
91 PAINT 1083
92 ASPHALT BINDERS 1087
93 RESERVED 1096
94 ASPHALTIC EMULSIONS 1097
95 EPOXY 1105
96 GEOSYNTHETICS 1109
97–98 RESERVED 1115
DIVISION XII BUILDING CONSTRUCTION 1117
99 BUILDING CONSTRUCTION 1117
DIVISION I GENERAL PROVISIONS
1 GENERAL
1-1.01 GENERAL
Section 1 includes specifications related to the interpretation of the contract.
The specifications are divided into 12 divisions.
Division I includes general specifications applicable to every contract unless specified as applicable only under certain conditions.
Division II includes specifications for general construction applicable to every contract unless specified as applicable only under certain conditions.
Divisions III through X include construction specifications for specific bid items.
Division XI includes specifications for common materials. For a material specified in this division, that material specified in any section must comply with the specifications in division XI.
Division XII includes construction specifications for buildings.
The bid items set forth the construction specifications that apply. The first 2 digits of a bid item code correspond to the specification section number with the same first 2 digits except for bid item code 999990 that corresponds to section 9 and unless shown otherwise in the table titled "Bid Items and Applicable Sections" in the special provisions.
The specifications are written to the Bidder before award and the Contractor after. Before award, interpret sentences written in the imperative mood as starting with The Bidder must and interpret you as the Bidder and your as the Bidder's. After award, interpret sentences written in the imperative mood as starting with The Contractor must and interpret you as the Contractor and your as the Contractor's.
After Contract approval, submit documents and direct questions to the Engineer. Orders, authorizations, and requests to the Contractor are by the Engineer.
The following items from the Department are in writing:
1. Approvals
2. Authorizations
3. Decisions
4. Notifications
5. Orders
6. Responses
The following items from the Contractor must be in writing:
1. Assignments
2. Notifications
3. Proposals
4. Reports
5. Requests, including RFIs, sequentially numbered
6. Subcontracts
7. Test results
Where a location is not specified with the words shown, specified, or described, interpret:
1. Shown as shown on the plans.
2. Specified as specified in the specifications.
3. Described as described in the Contract. Described means shown, specified, or both.
Headings are included for the purposes of organization and referencing. Inclusion of a heading with no related content, Not Used, or Reserved does not indicate that no specification exists for that subject; applicable specifications may be covered in a general or referenced specification.
Specifications in a section titled General apply to all subordinate sections within the section.
Specifications in the general section of a division apply to all sections within the division.
Sections are reserved in the Standard Specifications for correlation of special provisions and revised standard specifications with the Standard Specifications and for future expansion of the Standard Specifications.
The specifications are expressed in US customary units except where a referenced document uses the International System of Units as the standard.
Unless an object or activity is specified to be less than the total, the quantity or amount is all of the object or activity.
All items in a list apply unless the items are specified as choices.
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