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Section 110 Construction Documents Flashcards

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What is the purpose of Construction Documents?

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  • Graphic and verbal instructions to a contractor

- Used by a contractor for the purpose of bidding and constructing a proposed design

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What are included in Specifications?

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General Conditions
Product
Execution

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What document(s) specify:

  • Detail the type of material(s)
  • Procedures of fabrication
  • Applications of the products and material
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Specifications

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How does a contractor develop a cost estimate?

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Contractors use Construction Drawings and Specifications to put together bids

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Construction Drawings are translated by the contractor into:

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Various operations
Personnel decisions
Equipment needs

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The construction operations organized by activity:

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Preliminary Surveying
Tree Protection, temporary conditions, erosion control, and transplanting
Clearing, grubbing, and demolition
Topsoil stripping and stockpiling
Rough grading
Finish grading
Installation of site improvements
Planting and seeding
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Contractor verifies:

Major dimensions
Roadway geometry 
Property boundaries
Construction limit line
Stockpiling areas
Horizontal measurements
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Preliminary Surveying

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Wrapped or enclosed
As described in the Specifications
Temporary moving trees to avoid construction damage

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Tree protection, Transplanting, Temporary Conditions

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Prevent Silting of Streams and drains as regulated by the EPA specifications

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Erosion Control Methods

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The removal of trees, shrubs, stumps, and rubbish from a site
Often from the site on which a transportation or utility corridor

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Grubbing

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What is Topsoil Stripping and Stockpiling

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  • Contractor removes all topsoil within the grading limits

- Stockpiles the soil in an area that is convenient for future respreading

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What activity consists of:

  • Blasting, trenching, backfilling, and cutting to the proposed new subgrade
  • Preparation of all subgrade surfaces (Subbase materials for below or on-grade structures, Footings)
  • Trenching for utility lines
  • Top elevations (Manholes and drains at approximate grades.)
  • Exterior surfaces (Cut and filled to specified rough-grade tolerances (6-12”))
  • Preparation for final grading (Prior to placing topsoil and the wearing surfaces (Concrete, asphalt, brick, etc))
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Rough Grading

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What activity consists of:

  • Staked out and re-surveyed (Establish finished geometry, Elevations of walks, roads, and other edges)
  • Topsoil spread over rough grades in planted areas (Within 1” to 3”)
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Finish Grading

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14
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What is included in a drawings Title Block

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Sheet Title
Client's name Name:
Name of Consulting Firm and their information:
Date:
Drawn by:
Checked by:
Revision block:
Job Number:
Sheet Number:
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What is included in a drawings sheet information?

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Title Block
Border with appropriate space for binding sheets
North Arrow
Written and graphic scale
Registration seal
Appropriate legend, notes, and labels
References to Copyright
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16
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What are Primary Drawings?

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Cover or Index Sheet 
Existing Conditions 
Demolition Plan 
Site Preparation Plan
Layout (Dimensioning) and Materials Plan
Grading and Drainage Plan 
Planting Plan and Details 
Utility Plan 
Site Details and Sections
17
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A record of how the design was actually built

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Record (as-built)drawings

18
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Provided by the contractor when required by the designer. In some cases more efficient and economical if requiring experienced craftsmanship

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Shop Drawings

19
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What is included on the Cover Sheet or Index Sheet?

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Project Title
Sponsor
Consultants Names
Index to Drawings by Title and Sheet Number
Project Location Map
Graphic key to the drawing symbols
20
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What drawing includes:

  • A reproduction of a registered survey plan for the site
  • Forms the basis for: Horizontal controls presented in the layout plan, and Vertical controls shown in the Grading Plan
  • Shows: Property Boundary line lengths and bearings, Total acres, The topographic configuration illustrated with the contours and significant spot elevations, Existing structures, Vegetation type and size, Utilities, Easements, Adjacent roads, Geodetic or DPW survey grid at 500 or 100 ft stations , A Location Map, Boring Data
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Existing Conditions Plan

21
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  • Information often overlaid the existing condition plan

- Shows the items to be demolished, removed, relocated, or transplanted

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Demolition Plan

22
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  • Information often overlaid the existing condition plan
  • Illustrates the proposed development
    Location of stockpiling areas
    Trees to be removed and thinned
    Limit of the work line
    Employee parking and construction road access
    Erosion control methods
    Concrete truck washout areas
    Staging areas
    Storage areas
    Stockpile areas
    Trees to be protected
    Location of dewatering trenches or construction siltation ponds
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Site Preparation Plan

23
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  • Proposed development superimposed on existing conditions plan
  • Quantities and Materials
  • The proposed design is located horizontally on the ground by using
  • Bearings and distances, station offsets, and coordinate points
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Layout and Materials Plan

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What drawing:

  • Enables the contractor to establish vertical controls
  • Elevation information(Spot elevations, contour lines)
  • Surface Drainage (Locations, Rim elevations of structures receiving runoff)
  • Limit of grading
  • Coordinate building elevations, finish floor elevations, and Utilities
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Grading and Drainage Plan

25
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What drawing:

  • Locations of all proposed plant materials
  • Legend
  • A note or clause in the specifications
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Planting Plan and Details

26
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What information is included in a Planting Legend

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  • Common name
  • Botanical name(genus, species, variety)
  • Quantity
  • Size (height, spread, caliper, etc)
  • Spacing
  • Special requirements(Multistem, first branch height, etc)
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What is included on the base of the Planting Plan?

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Property Lines
Match lines
Limit of contract
Buildings and overhangs
Paved areas, terraces, and walls 
Surface and subsurface utilities 
Location and size of existing plant material 
Location, type, and size of proposed plant material 
Areas to receive seed or sod 
Planting list or schedule 
Existing and proposed topography 
Location of decorative lighting fixtures
Irrigation
28
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What drawing includes:
Stormwater Drainage
Surface and conduit system 
Subdrainage
Tile fields, footings, etc
Sewerage
Sanitary sewer and septic systems 
Water Distribution
Drinking, irrigation, fountains, and fire control 
Electrical layout
Lighting and outlets 
Buried cables
Telephone, electrical, optic, cable tv, etc 
Steam and heat lines
Pipes, expansion joints, and heat cables 
Fuel Lines
Natural gas and petroleum
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Utility Plan

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What plan is:

  • Drawn on halftone grading plans so existing conditions
  • Horizontal layout, and vertical dimensions are shown
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Utility Plan

30
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What drawing is:

Coordinated with other plans
Major plantings
Hard-surfaced areas

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Utility Plan

31
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Convey specific methods of construction to the contractor and scaled from 1:10 to 1:20 (1/2” = 1’-0” to 1 1/2” = 1’-0” )?

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Site Details and Sections

32
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Show detailed layouts in courtyards or entrances and 1:200 (1/16” = 1’-0” or 1” = 20’ - 0”) or 1:100 (1/8” = 1’ - 0” or 1” = 10’ - 0”)?

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Plan Enlargements

33
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Show a profile section along a roadway centerline

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Road Profiles and Sections

34
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What drawings show:

All vertical parabolic curves 
Horizontal curves by symbol 
Superelevation 
High and Low Points 
Top of Curb 
Bottom of gutter lines
Existing grades at 50 to 100' stations along that line
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Road Profiles and Sections

35
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  • Provided by the contractor when required by Designer
  • Contractor is given latitude to design special features that require craftsmanship
  • Landscape Architect has final approval
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Shop Drawings

36
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  • Shows how the design was actually built

- Contractor notifies the landscape Architect so that changes can be added

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Record (As-built) Drawings

37
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  • General, Product, Execution

Materials required
Fabrication procedures
Application of products and materials
Establish the procedure and performance standards

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Specifications

Time-Saver Standards for Landscape Architecture (6 decks)

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