General requirements

015 SITE FACILITIES

0151 CONTRACTOR’S CAMP
The Contractor shall, at approved locations provide erect, maintain and subsequently remove temporary living accommodation, offices. Stores, workshop, sanitary facilities, fencing, compound, etc. necessary for the completion of the works.
0152 ENGINEERS FACILITIES
The Contractor shall provide the Engineer’s living facilities and office as provided for in the Bill of Quantities and maintain the same up to Contract completion and remove them at completion.
0153 SURVEYING EQUIPMENT AND ASSISTANCE TO ENGINEER
The Contractor shall provide and maintain surveying equipment, as described in the Bill of Quantities, survivors, and assistants for the exclusive use of the Engineer. He shall also provide sufficient work tools like pegs, poles, paint, strings, spirit levels and tools for checking the setting out of the works, etc.., as required.
0155 SERVICES
The Contractor shall at all times provide and maintain and remove at completion the following.
Power supply for temporary and permanent works.
Potable water supply for all temporary facilities and workmen and adequate supply of approved quality of water for the works.
Approved means of sewage and garbage treatment and disposal . 7
Telephone or other communication between the site and his office. Engineer’s Office and Investor’s Office for use by himself, the Engineer and representative for the purpose of the work.

Fencing and security measures to protect the temporary and permanent work from being damaged or damaging other works or installations.

Access for Vehicles from nearest public road to the location of works.
First aid to workmen, Engineer’s or Investors representative or to third parties. The Contractor shall ensure that there is adequate arrangement to transport personnel to the nearest capable medical center in the instance of injuries requiring medical attention beyond first aid.
016 CLEANING UP
The Contractor shall during the Construction period maintain and clean up both permanent and temporary facilities. He shall provide temporary site drainage to leave the facilities free of standing water, accumulation of scrap, debris, waste material and maintain good standards of hygiene.
Inspection shall be carried out daily to ensure that sufficient workmen, tools and facilities are provided to maintain the standard of hygiene.
Final cleaning of the site and removal of all temporary facilities shall be carried out to approval at completion of works.

017 INSURANCE AND BONDS

The Contractor shall, at all times provide and maintain insurances, bonds and guarantees required by the Conditions of Contract and Instruction to Bidders and site meetings, for the faithful performance of the works.

018 ABBREVIATIONS & NOTATIONS

The following abbreviation and notation are used throughout the Technical Specification. The abbreviations and notations shall be understood as having the meanings as given to them hereunder.

Bat Coda Building and Transport Construction Design Authority

BS British Standard

ASTM American Society for Testing and Materials

AASHO American Association of State Highway Officials

ES Ethiopian Standard

DES Draft Ethiopian Standard

PVC Polyvinyl Chloride

UPVC Unplasticised Polyvinyl Chloride

019 UNIT OF MEASUREMENT
The unit of measurement to be followed in general is metric.

The following units of measurement or their denominations are to be used in as far as possible.

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  WEIGHT KILOGRAMME (KG), TON (TON)
  
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  LENGTH METRE (M), CENTIMETRE (CM), MILIMETRE (MM)
  
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  CAPACITY LITRE (LT)
  
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  NUMBER (NO)