Common use of Pre-Construction Clause in Contracts

Pre-Construction. Duties of MPM. Prior to advertising the Project for construction, the MPM will: (a) The MPM will notify the State in writing 30 days prior to beginning the Right-of-Way phase in order to allow for the funding to be programmed. Review the right-of-way issues for the Project and, after ensuring compliance with all applicable federal and state laws and regulations, will forward the right-of-way documents to the State. The State will issue the Right-of-Way Clearance Certificate. (b) Review the utility and/or railroad issues for the Project and, after ensuring compliance with all applicable federal and state laws and regulations, provide compliance certification to the State. (c) Review the Project for compliance with all federal, state, and local laws, ordinances, regulations, and permit requirements and, upon completion of that review and finding that all requirements have been satisfied, send a compliance certification to the State. (d) Secure documentation that the design meets all applicable standards, codes, and requirements for design and public safety standards. (e) Secure documentation attesting to the attainment of required structural capacity requirements for all structures and adherence of all traffic control devices to the FHWA’s Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD). This documentation shall be signed by an engineer registered under the laws of the State of Vermont to practice “structural or civil” engineering, and shall be attached to the certification required in Section 6(d), above. (f) Provide certification to the State both as to those permits, agreements and clearances that have been secured for the Project and as to those which have been determined NOT to apply to the Project. (g) Review and sign all project related invoices and ensure invoices are in the proper format before submittal to the State for approval. (h) The MPM will notify the State in writing 30 days prior to beginning the Construction phase in order to allow for the funding to be programmed. No work shall commence unless authorized in writing.