Underground Utilities and Installations Sample Clauses

Underground Utilities and Installations. Except as the Contract Documents expressly indicate otherwise in any particular case, the existence, locations and, if available, depths of underground utilities, facilities and/or installations indicated in the Contract Documents as being on, at or in the vicinity of the Work and/or the Project Site are: (i) based on records available to the District, not on surveys or excavations prepared or performed by the District; and (ii) are to be considered approximate, not exact. The District may, but shall not be required to, indicate in the Contract Documents the location of service laterals and/or appurtenances within the vicinity of the Work if the presence of such utilities can be inferred from the presence of other visible facilities, such as buildings, meters, junction boxes, et cetera. As part of its services pursuant to the PSA, the Contractor shall have:

Underground Utilities and Installations. Except as the Contract Documents expressly indicate otherwise in any particular case, the existence, locations and, if available, depths of underground utilities, facilities and/or installations indicated in the Contract Documents as being on, at or in the vicinity of the Work and/or the Project Site are: (i) based on records available to the District, not on surveys or excavations prepared or performed by the District; and (ii) are to be considered approximate, not exact. The District may, but shall not be required to, indicate in the Contract Documents the location of service laterals and/or appurtenances within the vicinity of the Work if the presence of such utilities can be inferred from the presence of other visible facilities, such as buildings, meters, junction boxes, et cetera. Prior to commencing any excavation in connection with the Work or any other activity that reasonably might damage underground utilities, facilities or installations, the Contractor must: (i) thoroughly inspect the vicinity of the Work for above-ground facilities, such as buildings, meters, junction boxes, et cetera, that might indicate the presence of underground service mains, trunklines, laterals or appurtenances; (ii) determine the exact location of any underground utilities, facilities and installations within an indicated approximate location, using air-vacuum excavation (i.e., potholing) techniques (or an underground-utility locating service to perform such services); (iii) immediately report to the District any utilities, facilities or installations located in the vicinity of the Work that are not indicated in the Contract Documents or are in a location materially different from the location indicated in the Contract Documents; and (iv) provide a written report to the District describing the exact location of all underground utilities, facilities and installations within the vicinity of the Work, including a diagram thereof, if necessary to adequately describe such exact locations. The Contractor must coordinate with and obtain the consent of the District prior to any potholing on, at or in the vicinity of the Project Site. Upon consent of the District, the Contractor may use a potholing technique other than air-vacuum excavation if that reasonably is not appropriate for the applicable soil type or conditions.