Labour Intensive Construction. Labour Intensive Construction shall mean the economically efficient employment of as great a portion of labour as is technically feasible to produce a standard of construction as demanded by the Specifications with completion by the Due Completion Date, thus the effective substitution of labour for equipment. Appropriate portions of the Works included in the Contract shall be executed using labour intensive construction methods. These portions of the Works shall be constructed utilising only locally employed labour and/or the labour of local sub-contractors, supplemented to the extent necessary and unavoidable by the Contractors key personnel as provided for in clause C3.3.2, unless otherwise instructed by the Engineer. The portions of the Works to be executed using labour intensive construction methods are: • clearing and grubbing of the Site; • bedding, selected fill, backfilling and compaction of all pipe trenches irrespective of depth, but assisted by mechanical compaction equipment in order to achieve the specified densities; • reinstatement of all fill, shoulder and pavement layers at road crossings, but using mechanical compaction equipment in order to achieve the specified densities; • transportation and spoiling of all trench materials, where the disposal site is located within 20 metres of source; • removal of oversized materials to the edge of the roadway during the construction of roads and streets; • laying, testing and disinfection of all pipelines, including all fittings, valves and house/erf connections; but excluding all stormwater pipe- and rectangular culverts; • construction of all manholes, cleaning eyes, kerb inlets, junction boxes, culvert floors, end structures and balustrades, valve xxxxxxxx, thrust blocks, pipeline markers and the like (earth-, concrete-, brick- and metalworks), but excluding the mixing of concrete and transporting of same to the point of pouring; • construction of concrete interlocking block pavement; • kerbing; • road marking and signage; • dismantling and re-erection of fences; and • cleaning and tidying up of the Site. In respect of those portions of works which are not listed above, the construction methods adopted and plant utilised shall be at the discretion of the Contractor, provided always that the construction methods adopted and plant utilised by the Contractor are appropriate in respect of the nature of the Works to be executed and the standards to be achieved in terms of the Contract.
