Groundwater Any water, except capillary moisture, beneath the land surface or beneath the bed of any stream, lake, reservoir or other body of surface water within the boundaries of this state, whatever may be the geologic formation or structure in which such water stands, flows, percolates, or otherwise moves.
Subsurface Conditions Unless the Contract Documents stipulate specific quantities and units of rock or unsuitable soils, the Contractor shall assume material below the surface of the Earth to be earth and other material that can be removed by power shovel or similar equipment. Should conditions encountered below the surface of the ground be at variance to the number of unit requirements as indicated by drawings or specifications, and absent an agreed-upon unit price established prior to the bid by Addendum, or after contract execution by Change Order, the Contract Sum and/or time shall be adjusted as provided in the Contract Documents for changes in the work.
Sampling The Licensee agrees that the Composition is purchased as a “Work Made for Hire” whereby the clearing of any sampled materials is the responsibility of Licensee.
The Site The site of the Project Highway (the “Site”) shall comprise the site described in Schedule-A in respect of which the Right of Way shall be provided by the Authority to the Contractor. The Authority shall be responsible for: (a) acquiring and providing Right of Way on the Site in accordance with the alignment finalised by the Authority, free from all encroachments and encumbrances, and free access thereto for the execution of this Agreement; and (b) obtaining licences and permits for environment clearance for the Project Highway.
Topographic Survey The Professional shall obtain a topographic and utility survey as described below. 4.1.1. The Professional shall tie in all existing surface topographic features and structures within the survey limits shown in Figure 1. This survey shall include: tops of curbs, edges of pavement, pavement materials, driveways, sidewalks, retaining walls, drainage structures (top, edges and flow line), channels and drainage ways (tops, toes and flow line), manholes (rim, flow lines and diameters of pipes, type of material and photographs of the inside of manholes and drainage structures), including the same survey data for upstream and downstream manholes and structures that are outside of the survey limits for all gravity wastewater and drainage lines within the survey limits. Visible valves, meters, clean-outs, slabs, utility signs, utility poles and structures, fences, landscaping features, shrubbery, trees (including the approximate drip-line), tree canopies, buildings (edges within the survey limits) mailboxes, etc. Trees shall be tagged and tabulated by size and species specific in compliance with the City of New Braunfels Tree Preservation ordinance as defined in the City of New Braunfels Zoning Ordinance Chapter 5.3- 5i. The survey limits shall extend approximately 100 feet on intersecting streets. The Professional shall provide sufficient ground shots to create one (1) foot contours for the Project. 4.1.2. The Professional shall conduct a utility survey and locate existing utilities within the Project boundary in Figure 1. The Professional shall contact all utility service providers by calling Texas 811 and the NBU Project Manager to coordinate flagging of existing franchise utilities. The Professional shall request drawings of existing agency and municipal owned utilities and shall include locations of these utilities in the survey. The Professional shall tie in the locations of the discovered utilities on the survey. The Professional shall bear all costs for the Services associated with utility locates. 4.1.3. The Professional shall locate up to ten (10) geotechnical borings and tie them in to the Project survey. 4.1.4. The Professional shall set and install control points and/or benchmarks as required for the survey work (minimum 1-foot intervals). The Professional shall provide horizontal and vertical coordinates of the benchmarks in the required coordinate system and datum and show the benchmarks on the survey drawing. 4.1.5. The Professional shall research and review adjoining plats and deeds along the survey corridor. The Professional shall locate property corners and identify existing right of way (“ROW”), along the survey corridor, based on found monuments and record documents.
Geological and archaeological finds It is expressly agreed that mining, geological or archaeological rights do not form part of this Agreement with the Contractor for the Works, and the Contractor hereby acknowledges that it shall not have any mining rights or interest in the underlying minerals, fossils, antiquities, structures or other remnants or things either of particular geological or archaeological interest and that such rights, interest and property on or under the Site shall vest in and belong to the Authority or the concerned Government Instrumentality. The Contractor shall take all reasonable precautions to prevent its workmen or any other person from removing or damaging such interest or property and shall inform the Authority forthwith of the discovery thereof and comply with such instructions as the concerned Government Instrumentality may reasonably give for the removal of such property. For the avoidance of doubt, it is agreed that any reasonable expenses incurred by the Contractor hereunder shall be reimbursed by the Authority. It is also agreed that the Authority shall procure that the instructions hereunder are issued by the concerned Government Instrumentality within a reasonable period.
Contamination The presence in, on or under land, air or water of a substance (whether a solid, liquid, gas, odour, heat, sound, vibration or radiation) at a concentration above the concentration at which the substance is normally present in, on or under land, air or water in the same locality, that presents a risk of Environmental Harm, including harm to human health or any other aspect of the Environment, or could otherwise give rise to a risk of non-compliance with any Statutory Requirement for the protection of the Environment.
Drainage ▪ Prevent silt bearing road surface and ditch runoff from delivering sediment to any streams or wetlands. ▪ Maintain rolling dips and drivable waterbars as needed to keep them functioning as intended. ▪ Maintain headwalls to the road shoulder level with material that will resist erosion. ▪ Maintain energy dissipaters at culvert outlets with non-erodible material or rock. ▪ Keep ditches, culverts, and other drainage structures clear of obstructions and functioning as intended. ▪ Inspect and clean culverts at least monthly, with additional inspections during storms and periods of high runoff. This shall be done even during periods of inactivity. ▪ Perform preventative maintenance work to safeguard against storm damage, such as blading to ensure correct runoff, ditch and culvert cleaning, and waterbar maintenance.
Project Site The “Project Site” is the place where the Work is being carried on.
Structures Airport facilities such as bridges; culverts; catch basins, inlets, retaining walls, cribbing; storm and sanitary sewer lines; water lines; underdrains; electrical ducts, manholes, handholes, lighting fixtures and bases; transformers; flexible and rigid pavements; navigational aids; buildings; vaults; and, other manmade features of the airport that may be encountered in the work and not otherwise classified herein. 10-50 SUBGRADE. The soil which forms the pavement foundation.