Hamilton Road Sidewalk (South) Addendum No. 2

SPECIAL PROVISIONS
SUPPLEMENTAL SPECIFICATIONS
Effective GDOT Shelf and Special Provisions NOT included in 2021 Edition of Standard
Specifications for Construction of Transportation Systems, as Modified in the 2024 Edition
The following sections are applicable to this contract as GDOT Shelf and Special Provisions not
included in the 2021 revision of GDOT's Standard Specifications and are specified as an attached:
Special Provision - Utility Conflicts (dated 8/6/2012)
Section 107 - Legal Regulations and Responsibility to the Public (dated 4/30/2025)
Section 108.07 - Prosecution and Progress/Determination of Contract Time (dated 4/16/2026)
Section 108.08 - Prosecution and Progress/Failure or Delay in Completing Work on Time (dated 4/16/2026)
Section 150 - Traffic Control (dated 08/22/2025)
Section 150.3 - Traffic Control / Construction Requirements (dated 4/16/2026)
Section 201 - Clearing and Grubbing Right-of-Way (dated 7/21/2025)
Section 208 - Embankments (dated 8/26/2024)
Section 621 - Concrete Barrier (dated 2/20/26)
Section 653 - Thermoplastic Traffic Stripe
Section 716 - Erosion Control Mats (Slopes) (dated 3/6/2024)

First Use Date: January 1, 2007
Revised: March 26, 2008
March 5, 2009
September 30, 2009
August 6, 2012
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
STATE OF GEORGIA
SPECIAL PROVISION
Utility Conflicts
Utility companies having known facilities that conflict with the construction of this
project will be directed by the Department to adjust or relocate their facilities and will be
notified of the contract award.
Conform to all the requirements of the Specifications as they relate to cooperation with
utility owners and the protection of utility installations that exist on the project. Refer to
the requirements of Section 107, Legal Regulations and Responsibility to the Public, with
particular attention to Subsection 107.21.
Coordinate The Work with any work to be performed by others in any right of way
clearance and arrange a schedule of operations that will allow for completion of the
Project within the specified contract time. Where stage construction is required, notify
the utility owner when each stage of work is completed and the site is available for utility
work to proceed.
Information concerning utility facilities known to exist within the project limits,
including the list of owners, is available for reference.
Under Georgia Code Section 32-6-171, utilities are required to remove or relocate their
facilities. The Department is required to give the utility at least 60 days written notice
directing the removal, relocation, or adjustment and the utility owner is required to begin
work within the time specified in the utility's work plan or revised work plan.
Upon request, copies of all approved Work Plans submitted by utility companies having
facilities on this project will be made available for examination by the Contractor at the
Department's District Office. Utility Adjustment Schedules, when submitted to the
Department by the utilities, will be made available to the Contractor after the Notice to
Contractors has been posted by the Office of Construction Bidding Administration. The
Contractor is responsible for considering in its bid all existing and proposed utility
locations and the removals, relocations, and adjustments specified in the Utility's Work
Plan.
For this Project, Utility Owners that are required to remove, relocate, or adjust their
facility to accommodate the construction of this Project may be liable to the Contractor
for damages or delay costs resulting from the Utility Owner's failure to clear conflicts

within the time specified in the approved Utility Work Plan. If the Utility Owner is
unable to submit and obtain Department approval of a revised Work Plan or fails to
complete the removal, relocation, or adjustment of its facilities in accordance with the
approved Work Plan, the Utility Owner may be liable to the Department, or the
Contractor, for damages or delay costs.
In accordance with Subsection 105.06 of the Specifications, the Department is not liable
for payment of any claims due to utility delays, inconvenience or damage sustained by
the Contractor due to interference of any utilities or appurtenances, or the operation of
moving them.
In any case in which the Contractor believes that it will be entitled to damages or delay
costs from the Utility Owner in accordance with O.C.G.A. 32-6-171, the Contractor shall
provide written notice to the Utility Owner and the Department within ten (10) days from
the time of the dispute or potential dispute is identified. The Contractor shall follow the
Procedures for Utility Damages or Delay Costs outlined in the latest edition of The
Utility Accommodation Policy and Standards Manual. Failure to follow the above will
result in waiver of the Contractor's claim against the Utility Owner for damages or delay
costs.
In accordance with Subsection 107.21.G delays by utilities will continue to be considered
by the Department in charging Contract Time. For purposes of applying provisions of
this paragraph, railroads and the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA)
are considered utilities.
Office of Utilities

April 30, 2025
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
STATE OF GEORGIA
SUPPLEMENTAL SPECIFICATION
The Contractor shall keep fully informed of all Federal and State laws, all local laws, ordinances, codes, and
regulations and all orders and decrees of bodies or tribunals having any jurisdiction or authority, which in any manner
affect those engaged or employed on The Work, or which in any way affect the conduct of The Work. The Contractor
shall at all times observe and comply with all such laws, ordinances, codes, regulations, orders, decrees, and permits;
and shall protect and indemnify the Department and its representatives against any claim or liability arising from or
based on the violation of any such law, ordinance, code, regulation, order, decrees, and permits, whether by himself,
his employees, subcontractors, or agents.
The Contractor shall procure all permits and licenses, pay all charges, taxes, and fees, and give all notices necessary
and incidental to the due and lawful prosecution of The Work.
If the Contractor employs any design, device, material, or process covered by letters of patent or copyright, he shall
provide for such use by suitable legal agreement with the patentee or owner. The Contractor and the surety shall
indemnify and save harmless the Department from any and all claims for infringement by reason of the use of any such
patented design, device, material, or process, or any trademark or copyright, and shall indemnify the Department for
any costs, expenses, and damages which it may be obliged to pay by reason of any infringement, at any time during
the prosecution or after the completion of The Work.
The right to construct or reconstruct any utility service in the highway or street and to grant permits for the same at
any time, is expressly reserved by the Department for the proper authorities of the municipality or county in which The
Work is done and the Contractor shall not be entitled to any damages either for the digging up of the street or
highway, or for any delay occasioned thereby.
Any individual, firm, or corporation wishing to make an opening in the street or highway must secure a permit from the
Department. The Contractor shall allow parties bearing such permits, and only those parties, to make openings in the
street or highway. When ordered by the Engineer, the Contractor shall make in an acceptable manner all necessary
repairs due to such openings and such necessary work will be paid for as extra work, or as provided in the
Specifications, and will be subject to the same conditions as original work performed.
When the United States Government pays all or any part of the cost of a project, the Federal laws and the rules and
regulations made pursuant to such laws must be observed by the Contractor, and The Work shall be subject to the
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inspection of the appropriate Federal agency. Such inspection shall in no sense make the Federal Government a party
to this Contract and will in no way interfere with the rights of either party hereunder.
The Contractor shall provide and maintain in a neat, sanitary condition such accommodations for the use of his
employees as may be necessary to comply with the requirements of the State Department of Health and other
authorities having jurisdiction and shall permit no public nuisance.
The Contractor shall at all times so conduct The Work as to assure the least possible obstruction of traffic. The safety
and convenience of the general public and the residents along the highway and the protection of persons and property
shall be provided for by the Contractor as specified under Subsection 104.05, Subsection 107.09, Section 150, the
project plans, and special provisions.
Traffic whose origin and destination are within the limits of the project shall be provided ingress and egress at all times
unless otherwise specified in the plans or special provisions. The ingress and egress include entrance and exit via
driveways at the various properties, and access to the intersecting roads and streets. The Contractor shall maintain
sufficient personnel and equipment on the project at all times, particularly during inclement weather, to ensure that
ingress and egress are provided when and where needed.
Two-way traffic shall be maintained at all times unless otherwise specified or approved. The Contractor shall not stop
traffic without permission granted by the Engineer.
All equipment used on The Work shall come equipped with factory-installed mufflers, or manufacturer's
recommended equivalent, in good condition. These mufflers shall be maintained in good condition throughout
the construction period.
All work to be performed by the Contractor on a railroad company's right-of-way or property shall be done in a manner
satisfactory to the chief engineer of the railroad company, or his authorized representative, and shall be performed at
such times and in such manner as not to unnecessarily interfere with the movement of trains or traffic upon the track
of the railroad company. The Contractor shall use all reasonable care and precaution in order to avoid accidents,
damage, or unnecessary delay or interference with the railroad company's trains or other property, or property of
tenants of railroad company.
The Contractor shall notify the railroad company and obtain its approval before commencing work on the railroad
company's right-of-way or property.
The Contractor shall determine what measures are required by the railroad company to protect its operations and
right-of-way or property during construction. Such protection may include the use of a flagger or flaggers provided by
the railroad company. The Contractor shall be responsible for ensuring that the required protection is provided and
shall pay the railroad company directly for any and all such services which may be required to accomplish the
construction unless otherwise specified.
Any temporary grade crossings or other means needed during construction by the Contractor for transporting
materials of any nature and/or equipment across the railroad tracks will be the responsibility of the Contractor to
handle directly with the railroad company and bear all costs incidental to such crossings including flagging services
provided by the railroad company.
A Special Provisions for the Protection of Railroad Interests may be included in the proposal to stipulate insurance and
other requirements of the railroad company.
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The Contractor shall furnish, install, and maintain all necessary and required barricades, signs, and other traffic control
devices in accordance with these Specifications, project plans, special provisions, and the MUTCD, and take all
necessary precautions for the protection of The Work and safety of the public.
Unless otherwise specified, all traffic control devices furnished by the Contractor shall remain the property of
the Contractor.
In carrying out work within or adjacent to State or National Forests, or any other forests, parks, or other public or
private lands, the Contractor shall obtain necessary permits and comply with all of the regulations of the appropriate
authorities having jurisdiction over such forest, park, or lands. The Contractor shall keep the areas in an orderly
condition, dispose of all refuse, obtain permits for the construction and maintenance of all construction camps, stores,
warehouses, residences, latrines, cesspools, septic tanks, and other structures in accordance with the requirements of
the appropriate authority.
The Contractor shall take all reasonable precautions to prevent and suppress forest fires and shall require his
employees and subcontractors, both independently and at the request of forest officials, to do all reasonably within
their power to prevent and suppress and to assist in preventing and suppressing forest fires; to notify a forest official
at the earliest possible moment of the location and extent of any fire seen by them; and to extinguish or aid in
extinguishing nearby fires.
Since navigable waterways are under the jurisdiction of the United States Coast Guard and/or the United States
Army Corps of Engineers, all work done in, over, on or adjacent to such waters shall comply with their
requirements. Free navigation shall not be impeded, and navigable depths shall be maintained.
The Contractor shall comply with permits issued by the United States Coast Guard and/or the United States Army
Corps of Engineers, and the Contractor shall obtain and comply with other permits in accordance with the
requirements of Subsection 107.02.
Special Provisions for environmental protection may be included in the proposal to stipulate environmental
commitments and other requirements.
When the construction has progressed enough to permit removal, all falsework, piling and other obstructions shall
be removed to the satisfaction of the Federal agency having jurisdiction. In all cases such clearing must be done
thoroughly before The Work will be accepted by the Department.
When the use of explosives is necessary for the prosecution of The Work, the Contractor shall exercise the utmost
care not to endanger life or property, and shall obey all State, Federal and other Governmental regulations applying to
transportation, storage, use, and control of such explosives. The Contractor shall be completely responsible for any
and all damage resulting from the transportation, storage, use, and control of explosives in the prosecution of The
Work by the Contractor, the Contractor's agents, or employees; and shall hold the Department harmless from all
claims of damages resulting in any manner therefrom.
The Contractor shall notify each public utility owner having structures or other installations, above or below ground,
near the site of The Work of his intention to use explosives. Such notice shall be given sufficiently in advance to enable
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the utility owners to take such steps as they may deem necessary to protect their property from injury. Such notice
shall not relieve the Contractor of responsibility for all damages resulting from his blasting operations.
All explosives shall be stored securely in compliance with all laws and ordinances, and all such storage places shall be
clearly marked DANGEROUS EXPLOSIVES. Explosives and detonators shall be stored in separate storage facilities in
separate areas. Where no laws or ordinances apply, locked storage shall be provided satisfactory to the Engineer,
never closer than 1,000 ft. (300 m) from any travel-road, building, or camping area.
In all cases where the transport, storage, or use of explosives is undertaken, such activities shall be controlled and
directed by fully qualified representatives of the Contractor.
Whenever electric detonators are used, all radio transmitters shall be turned off within a radius of 500 ft. (150 m). No
blasting supplies shall be transported in vehicles with two-way radio unless the transmitter is turned off, or extra
shielding precautions are taken. Appropriate signs shall be placed so as to give ample warning to anyone driving a
vehicle equipped with two-way radio. Electrical detonators will not be used within 500 ft. (150 m) of a railroad.
Submit a blasting plan to the Engineer a minimum of five working days prior to use of explosives that provides details
of the proposed blasting plan, including, but not limited to, the type and amount of explosives, the shot sequence, the
description of and distance to the closest inhabitable structure, and other information as requested by the Engineer.
Submission of blasting plan does not relieve the contractor of the responsibility for the adequate and safe performance
of the blasting.
The Contractor shall be responsible for the preservation of all public and private property, crops, fish ponds, trees,
monuments, highway signs and markers, fences, grassed and sodded areas, etc. along and adjacent to the
highway, and shall use every precaution necessary to prevent damage or injury thereto, unless the removal,
alteration, or destruction of such property is provided for under the Contract. The Contractor shall use suitable
precaution to prevent damage to all underground structures, whether shown on the Plans or not, and shall protect
carefully from disturbance or damage, all land monuments and property marks until the Engineer has witnessed or
otherwise referenced their location and shall not move them until directed. The Contractor shall not willfully or
maliciously injure or destroy trees or shrubs and shall not remove or cut them without proper authority.
The Contractor shall be responsible for all sheet piling, shoring, underpinning, etc., as may be required for the
protection of abutting property, nearby buildings, streets, and the like.
The Contractor shall be responsible for all damage or injury to property of any character, during the prosecution of
The Work, resulting from any act, omission, neglect, or misconduct in his manner or method of executing The
Work, or at any time due to defective work or materials, and said responsibility will not be released until the project
shall have been completed and accepted.
The Contractor shall plan, coordinate, and prosecute The Work so that disruption to personal property and
business is held to a practical minimum.
No resident or business shall be denied vehicular access to their property for any length of time other than as
determined by the Engineer is absolutely necessary. Where two or more existing driveways are present for a
business, only one existing driveway shall be closed at any time. All construction areas abutting lawns and yards
of residential or commercial property shall be restored promptly. Backfilling of each drainage structure or section
of curb and gutter, sidewalk, or driveway shall be accomplished as soon as adequate strength is obtained.
Finishing, dressing, and grassing shall be accomplished immediately thereafter as a continuous operation within
each area being constructed with emphasis placed on completing each individual yard or business frontage. Care
shall be taken to provide positive drainage to avoid ponding or concentration of runoff.
Handwork, including raking and smoothing, shall be required to ensure that roots, sticks, rocks, and other debris
are removed in order to provide a neat and pleasing appearance. Grassing, when in season, shall immediately
follow in order to establish permanent cover at the earliest date. If grassing is not in season, proper erosion control
shall be installed and maintained.
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The Work described above shall be in addition to that required by Subsection 104.07, Final Cleaning Up and
Subsection 105.16, Final Inspection and Acceptance.
The Contractor shall take all necessary measures throughout the life of the Project to control erosion and silting of
rivers, streams, and impoundments (lakes, reservoirs, etc.). Construction of drainage facilities as well as
performance of other Contract work which will contribute to the control of erosion and siltation shall be carried out
in conjunction with clearing and grubbing, and earthwork operations as stipulated in Section 161.
The Contractor shall exercise every reasonable precaution throughout the life of the Contract to prevent
pollution of rivers, streams or impoundments. Pollutants such as chemicals, fuels, lubricants, bitumens, raw
sewage and other harmful waste shall not be discharged into or alongside rivers, streams, and impoundments,
or into natural or manmade channels leading thereto. The Contractor shall also comply with the applicable
regulations of other State and Federal departments and to all governmental statues relating to the prevention
and abatement of pollution.
The Plant Pest Control Division of the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Georgia State Department of
Agriculture restrict the movement of certain items from areas infested with Japanese Beetles or Imported Fire Ants
so as to prevent the spread of these pests to non-infested areas. Where insect infested areas are shown on the
plans, Contractors will control their operations in such a manner as to comply fully with the requirements of
Section 155.
Whenever or wherever the Contractor obtains material from a source or wastes material on an area other than
within the Right-of-Way, regardless of the fashion, manner or circumstances for which the source or area is
obtained, it shall be reclaimed in accordance with the requirements of Section 160.
The property owner shall have the responsibility for removing and relocating the mailbox to an area outside
construction limits.
The Engineer will mark a point for the relocation of the box. The stake should be set so that the location of the box
will be convenient to both the mail carrier and the patron, yet not interfering with the proposed work. It may be
necessary for the Engineer to confer with the Post Office serving the area.
The Contractor shall notify each affected owner, in writing, that their mailbox is in conflict with the proposed
construction, that they have ten days to relocate the box and that, after the expiration of the 10 days' notice, if the
owner has not relocated the box, it shall be removed by the Contractor and laid upon the owner's property, clear
of the right-of-way.
Any cost to the Contractor for removing the mailboxes as stated above shall be included in the price bid for
other items.
Failure of the Contractor to comply with any of the above provisions or to install erosion prevention items included
in the Contract at the time specified, will be evidence of omission and neglect, and the Contractor will be liable for
damages as outlined in Subsection 107.13.H below. Furthermore, the Engineer shall withhold payment on all
Contract Items until such time as the Contractor complies in full with all of the aforesaid provisions.
When or where any direct or indirect damage or injury is done to public or private property by or on account of any
act, omission, neglect, or misconduct in the execution of The Work, or in consequence of the nonexecution
thereof by the Contractor, the Contractor shall restore, at his own expense, such property to a condition similar or
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equal to that existing before such damage or injury was done, by repairing, rebuilding or otherwise restoring as
may be directed, or shall make good such damage or injury in an acceptable manner.
All costs pertaining to any requirement contained herein shall be included in the overall bid submitted unless such
requirement is designated as a separate Pay Item in the proposal.
It is hereby agreed between the Department and the Contractor that in the performance of The Work under the
Contract, the following load restrictions and stipulations shall be in full force and effect during the life of the Contract:
The load restrictions and stipulations contained herein shall be applicable to the equipment of the Contractor;
each agent or subcontractor employed by the Contractor; and each person or persons, firm, partnership,
corporation or any combination thereof, hauling materials, supplies or equipment to or on the project, by or for
the Contractor.
No hauling equipment which is loaded beyond those limits provided by State Law shall be permitted on any
portion of the new or existing pavement structure except that such loads will be permitted on non-stabilized bases
and subbases prior to placing roadway paving subject to the provisions of Subsection 107.17.
Axle loads and gross weight limits will be evaluated in accordance with current Georgia Law.
All damage caused by any equipment to any permanent installation or portion of The Work shall be promptly
repaired by the Contractor at his expense. When it becomes necessary to cross existing pavement with excessive
loads, the Contractor shall provide and remove, at his own expense, proper cushioning by means of earth blanket
or otherwise as directed.
All equipment users included in Subsection 107.14.A, above, operating equipment on roads outside the project
limits shall be governed by the following regulations:
1. No vehicle shall carry any load in excess of that specified by Georgia Law.
2. On County system roads the maximum total gross weight shall not exceed 56,000 lbs. (25,400 kg) unless a
vehicle is making a pickup or delivery on such roads.
3. For a specific individual trip the above weight limitations may be exceeded provided a special permit is
obtained from the Department for each such movement. A special permit will not relieve the Contractor of
liability for damage that may result from such a movement. Refer to O.C.G.A 32-6-26 Weight of Vehicle and
Load, SB54 (2011) for compliance with weight limitations and exceptions.
4. Authorized personnel of the Department of Public Safety shall be permitted to weigh each truck hauling
material to the Project whenever the Department so desires. The owner of each truck shall instruct his
operators to cooperate with and assist the truck weighers in every way possible.
5. A Certified Public Weigher operating under the provisions of Standard Operating Procedure 15 shall not
dispatch any vehicle loaded with material to be incorporated into the Project when the gross vehicle weight
exceeds the limit established by law.
6. Ready Mix Concrete trucks shall comply with load restrictions as specified in Laboratory Standard Operating
Procedure 10, Quality Assurance for Concrete Plants in Georgia.
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