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The work covered by these specifications consists of furnishing, fabricating, and erecting a complete system of traffic signs and sign lighting systems in accordance with the requirements of the plans and the provisions of these specifications.
The plans will show whether the signs are to be fabricated and furnished by the Contractor or whether they will be provided to the Contractor by the Department. If the plans show that the Department will furnish the signs, the requirements of Article 9003 will apply.
900-2 APPLICABLE SPECIFICATIONS, STANDARDS, AND PUBLICATIONS.
The following specifications and reference publications referred to in Sections 900908 and 10921097 will be applicable to the work. The current edition of these as well as any other referenced ASTM, AASHTO, AWS, FHWA, FSS, UL, IES, MIL, NEC, NEMA, or ANSI specifications and publications in effect on the date of advertisement will apply.
1. The Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices for Streets and Highways, published by the U. S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration (hereinafter referred to as the MUTCD or Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices).
2. FHWA Specifications for Standard Highway Sign Colors, Color Tolerance Charts for Yellow, Red, Blue, Orange, Brown and Green, U. S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Washington, DC 20591.
3. Standard Alphabets for Highway Signs, U. S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration.
4. Standard Specifications for Construction of Roads and Bridges on Federal Highway Projects, FP92, U. S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Superintendent of Documents, U. S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC 20402.
5. Standard Specifications for Structural Supports for Highway Signs, Luminaries and Traffic Signals, published by AASHTO.
6. Standard Specifications for Highway Bridges, published by AASHTO.
7. AASHTO Specification M268 "Retroreflective Sheeting for Traffic Control".
8. Munsell Book of Color--Munsell Color Company, 2441 North Calvert Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21218.
9. AWS Specification D1.1, "Structural Welding Code--Steel".
10. AWS Specification D1.2, "Structural Welding Code--Aluminum".
11. Military Specification MILP17802E, "Padlocks and Padlock Sets, Low Security, Key Operated, Regular (Open) Shackle".
12. North Carolina Supplement to the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices for Streets and Highways, published by the NCDOT Traffic Engineering Branch.
900-3 DEPARTMENT FURNISHED SIGNS.
The Contractor shall submit to the Engineer for approval, prior to the preconstruction conference, the estimated date the Department furnished signs will be needed. The Contractor shall confirm to the Engineer, in writing, the actual date the signs will be required a minimum of 4 months in advance. Fabrication for Types A & B signs to be mounted on overhead sign assemblies shall not begin until shop drawings for the overhead sign assemblies have been approved. The signs will be made available to the Contractor at the North Carolina Department of Correction sign fabrication facility on NC 39 near Bunn, North Carolina, unless otherwise indicated in the special provisions. The Engineer will inspect and approve the signs before they are packaged and crated for shipment. Any inspection by the Contractor shall be done at no cost to the Department. The Contractor shall take delivery of all signs within 60 days of the date requested or the date they are made available to him, whichever occurs last, and within 96 hours of receiving the first sign. All exceptions to the above delivery procedure will require approval by the Engineer.
At the time the signs are delivered to the project, the Contractor shall provide to the Engineer one copy of the sales ticket furnished with the signs.
Once the Contractor has taken possession of the signs, he shall be responsible for any damage and/or theft that occurs to them until they are accepted by the Engineer. The Contractor shall comply with the reflective sheeting manufacturer's recommendations for handling, transporting, erecting, and storage of the signs. The Contractor shall acceptably repair or otherwise correct any damage to the signs or they shall be refabricated at no cost to the Department. When requested by the Contractor, the Department may have the necessary repairs made, or the signs refabricated, and deduct the associated costs thereof from monies due the Contractor.
The Contractor shall provide all mounting hardware consisting of, but not limited to, backing plates, mounting bolts, washers, shims, and nuts. The Department will provide mounting holes in the "Z" stringers of the signs in accordance with the details shown in the plans or approved shop drawings.
The Contractor shall date the erection of all signs and sign assemblies using printed self-adhesive stickers designed for punching the appropriate day, month, and year numbers with a hole punch. The sticker shall be placed on the back of each sign in the lower corner nearest the roadway. A sufficient quantity of the stickers for each sign will be provided to the Contractor at the time he takes possession of the Department furnished signs.
Any areas within the project limits disturbed or damaged in performance of the work required under this section shall be acceptably repaired, replaced, or otherwise corrected by the Contractor, at no cost to the Department.
There will be no direct payment for the work covered by this section.
Payment at the contract unit or lump sum prices for the various
items covered by Sections 901, 902, 903, 904, 905, 906, 907,
and 908 will be full compensation for all work covered by
this section.