Final Considerations - Engineering Specifications. Prior to commencement of work, the contractor is to develop a tentative schedule for all engineering work, including time frames, type and number of pieces of equipment and approximate number of vehicles passing through park entrance station daily with approximate numbers of dump truck trips expected per day through the entrance station or along park roads. After completion of substrate removal and final grading of the mitigation site, any and all damage or disturbance to the road shoulder is to be repaired and the shoulder graded to approximately a 7:1 slope into the mitigation site in order to prevent drop-offs into the restored area. The road shoulder is to be reseeded with Bahia grass. All motor vehicles, trucks, trailers or other equipment must meet Florida highway road weight specifications. If dump trucks are equipped with a third axle, it must be placed down (except on turns) in order to properly distribute the vehicle weight. Trucks must not be overfilled, are to be covered while traveling on roads, and are to be reasonably free of loose rubble before leaving the work site in order to prevent rubble on road, and to eliminate hazards to other vehicles from falling debris. The contractor must inform the designated EVER contact person(s) prior to bringing heavy equipment into the park. As each new piece(s) of equipment is needed the contractor must call the designated EVER contact. All access roads created within the Hole-in-the-Donut for access to and from work sites must be created only from existing disturbed substrate within the Hole-in-the-Donut, and all traces of access road(s) must be removed from the restoration site(s). Portions of these engineering specifications were developed using standard methodologies and procedures where available, and some were developed on site through trial and error for all cases where no standard methods were available. As such work is unique and in most cases unprecedented in scale and venture, these specifications may be modified as the project proceeds in order to enhance the quality or efficacy of this work.
