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SECTION 33 — EXISTING FACILITIES ' The Contractor's attention is directed to the existence of certain underground facilities that may require special precautions be taken by the Contractor to protect the health, safety and welfare of workers and of the public ' The work shall consist of removing all objectionable material within the limits of work shown on the Project Plans and as directed by the Engineer The contractor shall remove all pavement, base materials, pipe materials, concrete structures and any other facilities as shown on the Project Plans or as directed by the Engineer which will not be incorporated in the final project The known existing utilities and pipelines except building connections and landscape irrigation are shown on the Drawings in their approximate location The Contractor shall exercise care in avoiding damage to all utilities as the Contractor will be held responsible for their repair if damaged There is no guarantee that all utilities or obstructions are shown, or that locations indicated are accurate Utilities include piping, conduits, wire, cable, poles, ducts, manholes, pull boxes and the like, located at the project site and adjoining said site and along the pipeline right-of-way I Contact all affected utility owners and request them to locate their respective utilities ' prior to the start of"potholing" procedures The utility owner shall be given 7 days written notice prior to commencing potholing If a utility owner is not equipped to locate its utility, the Contractor shall locate it Clearlymark the location of all affected utility underground es conduits and other Y 9 PP utilities on the pavement or with suitable markers if not on pavement In addition to the ' location of metallic pipes and conduits, non-metallic pipe ducts and conduits shall also be similarly located using surface indicators and shall then be similarly marked ' After the utility survey is completed, commence "potholing" to determine the actual location of all utilities where crossing, interferences, or connections to the new pipelines are shown on the Drawings, marked by the utility companies, or indicated by surface ' signs Prior to the preparation of piping shop drawings, or the excavating for any new pipelines or structures, the Contractor shall locate and uncover these existing utilities to a point one foot below the utility Any variation in the actual elevations and the indicated elevations shall be brought to the Engineer's attention Excavations around underground electrical ducts and conduits shall be performed using extreme caution to prevent injury to workmen or damage to electrical ducts or conduits Similar precautions shall be exercised around gas lines, telephone and television cables ' Backfill after completing potholing In existing streets pave with 1 inch of cutback If interferences occur at locations other than shown on the Drawings, the Contractor shall notify the Engineer and a method for correcting said interferences shall be supplied by the Engineer Payment for interferences that are now shown on the plans, nor for which there are surface indications, shall be in accordance with the provisions of the August 2001 Division 11 -14 Ball Park & Park& Ride Wells Ph 1