Permanent Vertical Clearance Sample Clauses

Permanent Vertical Clearance. The minimum permanent vertical clearance, per Code of Federal Regulation, shall be 23’ - 4” measured from the top of the highest rail to the lowest obstruction under the structure. The 23’- 4” permanent vertical clearance must not be violated due to deflection of the superstructure. Additional vertical clearance may be required for items beyond those shown in the General Overhead Structure on Plan No. 711100, sheet 1. These items include: correction of sag in the track, construction requirements and future track raise. The profile of the existing top-of-rail, measured 1000 feet each side of proposed Overhead Structure, shall be shown on the plans. If the profile indicates sag at the proposed bridge location, the vertical clearance from the top of the highest rail to the bridge shall be increased sufficiently to permit raising the track to remove the sag. A note should be added to the profile stating, “The elevation of the existing top-of-rail profile shall be verified before beginning
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Permanent Vertical Clearance. Underpass Structures shall be designed to ensure that the structure will be protected from oversized or unauthorized loads by providing sufficient vertical clearance and protective devices unless otherwise specified by the Railroad. Provide a minimum vertical clearance over the entire roadway width for all new or reconstructed structures as follows: • 16’-6” for steel superstructure with 5 or more beams or 4 or more deck plate girders per track. • 17’-6” for concrete superstructure or steel through plate girders with bolted bottom flanges. • 20’-0” for steel through plate girders without bolted bottom flanges. The vertical clearance must not be violated due to the deflection of the superstructure. Variations from vertical clearance defined above shall be submitted to the Railroad for approval. The variance will be considered if the Railroad structure is not the lowest structure within the roadway network. All proposed structures with substandard vertical clearances shall be designed per Section 6.7. If resurfacing or any other activity is to be performed below the Underpass Structure, the owner of the roadway must submit a request for approval from the Railroad. This request must provide the existing measured and posted clearances of the structure and the proposed configuration after work is completed. The owner of the roadway shall be responsible for graffiti removal and for posting and maintaining the clearances and any advance notifications the roadway requires. No sign shall be attached to the Railroad bridge.

Related to Permanent Vertical Clearance

  • Permanent Layoff The calculation in determining the six (6) month duration of eligibility for an Employer contribution begins on the date the employee is permanently laid off or accepts an appointment in lieu of layoff without a break in service with a lesser employer- paid insurance contribution than the employee was receiving in the appointment from which the layoff occurred and is no longer actively employed in the appointment from which the layoff occurred.

  • PERMANENT ESTABLISHMENT 1. For the purposes of this Agreement, the term "permanent establishment" means a fixed place of business through which the business of an enterprise is wholly or partly carried on. 2. The term "permanent establishment" includes especially: (a) a place of management; (b) a branch; (c) an office; (d) a factory; (e) a workshop, and (f) a mine, an oil or gas well, a quarry or any other place of extraction of natural resources. 3. The term "permanent establishment" also includes: (a) a building site, a construction, installation or assembly project, or supervisory activities in connection therewith, but only where such site, project or activities last more than 12 months; (b) the furnishing of services, including consultancy services, by an enterprise of a Contracting State through employees or other personnel in the other Contracting State for a period or periods aggregating more than 120 days within any twelve-month period. 4. Notwithstanding the preceding provisions of this Article, the term "permanent establishment" shall be deemed not to include: (a) the use of facilities solely for the purpose of storage, display or delivery of goods or merchandise belonging to the enterprise; (b) the maintenance of a stock of goods or merchandise belonging to the enterprise solely for the purpose of storage, display or delivery; (c) the maintenance of a stock of goods or merchandise belonging to the enterprise solely for the purpose of processing by another enterprise; (d) the maintenance of a fixed place of business solely for the purpose of purchasing goods or merchandise or of collecting information, for the enterprise; (e) the maintenance of a fixed place of business solely for the purpose of carrying on, for the enterprise, any other activity of a preparatory or auxiliary character; (f) the maintenance of a fixed place of business solely for any combination of activities mentioned in sub-paragraphs (a) to (e), provided that the overall activity of the fixed place of business resulting from this combination is of a preparatory or auxiliary character. 5. Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraphs 1 and 2, where a person -- other than an agent of an independent status to whom paragraph 6 applies -- is acting on behalf of an enterprise and has, and habitually exercises, in a Contracting State an authority to conclude contracts in the name of the enterprise, that enterprise shall be deemed to have a permanent establishment in that State in respect of any activities which that person undertakes for the enterprise, unless the activities of such person are limited to those mentioned in paragraph 4 which, if exercised through a fixed place of business, would not make this fixed place of business a permanent establishment under the provisions of that paragraph. 6. An enterprise shall not be deemed to have a permanent establishment in a Contracting State merely because it carries on business in that State through a broker, general commission agent or any other agent of an independent status, provided that such persons are acting in the ordinary course of their business. 7. The fact that a company which is a resident of a Contracting State controls or is controlled by a company which is a resident of the other Contracting State, or which carries on business in that other State (whether through a permanent establishment or otherwise), shall not of itself constitute either company a permanent establishment of the other.

  • Permanent Positions All part-time and full-time positions shall be permanent unless identified as being fixed term in accordance with clause 2.2.5.

  • Permanent Vacancies All vacancies or newly-created positions within the bargaining unit shall be posted within seven (7) working days of the date the vacancy occurs in a conspicuous place on bulletin boards in each building. The job posting will set forth the requirements for the position. Employees within the job division in which the vacancy exists may apply for it. The senior employee within the job division in which the vacancy exists applying for the position who meets all of the requirements shall be granted the position. In the event the senior applicant is denied the promotion, the reason for denial shall be given in writing to the employee. If the vacancy is not filled from within the division, then the vacancy shall be reposted for a period of seven (7) working days. Full time and full time school year employees from other divisions interested in the job posting may file a written application with the Employer by the deadline established in the posting. The senior full time or full time school year employee applying for the position who meets all the requirements according to the job description and shall be granted the position. In the event the senior applicant is denied the promotion, the reason for denial shall be given in writing to the employee. If the vacancy is not filled by a full time or full time school year employee, then the vacancy shall be reposted for a period of seven (7) working days. The Employer shall given due consideration to all applicants for the permanent vacancy. In considering an applicant’s qualifications to perform the required work, the Employer shall consider the employee’s ability, experience, training, work record, skills and dependability. The applicant considered by the Employer to be the best qualified shall be awarded the permanent vacancy; provided, however, that if the Employer determines that the qualifications of the applicants are relatively equal, the applicant with the greatest seniority shall be awarded the position. The Employer reserves the right to determine that none of the applicants are qualified and leave the position open or to seek further applicants.

  • Critical Illness Leave (i) An Employee who has completed at least ninety (90) days of employment, and is a family member of a critically ill child or a critically ill qualified adult relative, is entitled to leave of absence without pay or benefits: • for a period of up to thirty-six (36) weeks to care for their critically ill child; or, • for a period of up to sixteen (16) weeks to care for a critically ill qualified adult relative.

  • Permanent Status ‌ An employee will attain permanent status in a job classification upon their successful completion of a probationary, trial service or transition review period.

  • Permanent When an employee is transferred outside the Bargaining Unit at the Employer's request, the employee shall be paid at straight time rates for all time necessarily spent travelling, provided: (i) The employee shall not be paid travel time for meal or overnight stops, (ii) The employee shall proceed to his destination with all reasonable dispatch, (iii) The method of transportation shall be selected by the Employer. If it is decided the employee will use his or her private car, he or she will receive an allowance in accordance with the company’s travel policy to his or her new location. If it is decided that the employee will travel by bus, train or plane, then actual cost of the fare will be paid by the Employer. Economy airfare will be paid. The employee will be reimbursed for reasonable and normal expenses for meals and lodging en route to his or her new destination. Reasonable and normal expenses will be paid in connection with meals and lodging while obtaining permanent accommodation at the new location. Such expenses will be paid up to a maximum of two (2) weeks from the date of arrival.

  • Extended Illness Leave When an employee is absent from his/her duties on account of illness or accident for a period of five school months or less, whether or not the illness or accident arises out of or in the course of employment, the amount deducted from the salary due the employee for any of the five-school-month periods in which absence occurs shall not exceed the sum which is actually paid a substitute employee employed to fill the employee’s position during his/her absence, or if no substitute employee was employed, the amount that would have been paid to the substitute had a substitute been employed. The sick leave, including accumulated sick leave, and the five-month period shall run consecutively. In other words, the five-month period stipulated above begins immediately after use of the employee’s current annual ten days plus any accumulated sick leave. When the employee remains absent after use of the five-month differential pay leave, the employee shall be in unpaid status. When the employee has exhausted all available sick leave, including accumulated sick leave, and continues to be absent on account of illness or accident for a period beyond the five-month period, and the employee is not medically able to resume the duties of his/her position, the employee shall, if not placed in another position, be placed on a reemployment list for a period of 24 months if the employee is on probationary status or for a period of 39 months if the employee is on permanent status. When the employee is medically able, during the 24- or 39-month period, the employee shall be returned to employment in a position for which he/she is credentialed and is qualified. The 24-or 39-month period shall commence at the expiration of the five-month period described above. This five-month period shall be implemented as set forth in the mandatory provisions of Education Code Section 44977 (as amended by SB 1019, Chapter 30 of the Statutes of 1998) and the mandatory provisions of Education Code Section 44978.1 (as newly enacted by the same Chapter 30 of the Statutes of 1998.)

  • Extended Illness Sick leave for extended illness (5 or more days) will be paid only during the time period in which a physician certifies the employee to be physically or mentally disabled, and only to the extent of the number of days accumulated.

  • Seniority Unit Layoff List Selection shall next be made from the Seniority Unit Layoff List unless the vacancy is being filled by an employee with more classification seniority who has received notice of permanent layoff.

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