Unless otherwise specified, the materials and equipment furnished for permanent installation
in the Work shall conform to all applicable requirements of the Contract Documents
and shall be new, unused and undamaged when installed or otherwise incorporated in
the Work. When an article of material or equipment is specified by definitive description,
or identified only by using a proprietary name or name of a particular manufacturer
or vendor, such description/name shall be accepted as establishing the type, function,
class and quality of product specified. The Owner/Developer through the Contractor
or the Consulting Engineer shall submit descriptive information and evidence to the
Director or designated representative that the materials and equipment, proposed by
the Contractor for incorporation in the Work, is of the kind, capacity and quality
that satisfies the specified types, functions, classes and quality.
The Water and Wastewater Utility Standard Products Lists (SPLs) form a part of the
Contract Documents. When the Contractor elects to use any materials/products from
the Standard Products Lists, the materials/products shall be clearly and completely
identified when submitted for use in the Work. Any material/product, which is proposed
for use in the Work, shall be submitted to the Consulting Engineer and the Inspector
for review and approval prior to the use and/or incorporation of the material/product
in the Work.
The City of Austin Standard Specification Item 340S, "Hot Mix Asphaltic Concrete Pavement"
and Specification Item 360, "Concrete Pavement," provide for the option of possible
acceptance of pavements, which do not fully meet all specified requirements. If the
reduced-standard pavements are otherwise acceptable in accordance with Standard Specifications
340S or 360 and to the Director or designated representative, then the Owner/Developer
or the Contractor may, with the concurrence of the Director, request that the Work
be made acceptable by providing a cash payment to the applicable street maintenance
entity for deposit in the annual street maintenance fund. The dollar amount shall
be calculated by reducing the base value of standard pavements by the percentages
established by factors incorporated in Standard Specification items 340S for asphalt
pavements and 360 for concrete pavements. The base values for standard pavements shall
be determined by the Director from the average costs for concrete or asphalt pavement
construction, respectively, in previous years under contract to the Department of
Public Works. The amount of cash payment shall be the amount of the dollar reduction.
