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1. Damaged pipe will be rejected and shall be replaced at the <br />CONTRACTOR's expense. <br /> <br />2. Pipe and specials stored prior to use shall be stored in such a manner as to <br />keep the interior free from dirt and foreign matter. <br /> <br />B. No pipe shall be dropped from cars or trucks to the ground. <br /> <br />1. Pipe shall be carefully lowered to the ground by mechanical means. <br /> <br />2. In shipping, pipe and fittings shall be blocked in such manner as to prevent <br />damage to castings or lining. <br /> <br />3. Broken or chipped lining shall be carefully patched. <br /> <br />4. Where it is impossible to repair broken or damaged lining in pipe because of <br />its size, the pipe shall be rejected as unfit for use. <br /> <br />C. Mechanical joint pipe shall be laid with a 1/8-inch space between the spigot and <br />shoulder of pocket. <br /> <br />3.03 LAYING PIPE <br /> <br />A. Proper and suitable tools and appliances for the safe convenient handling and <br />laying of pipe shall be used and shall, in general, agree with manufacturer's <br />recommendations. <br /> <br />1. At the time of laying, the pipe shall be examined carefully for defects, and <br />should pipe be discovered to be defective after being laid, it shall be <br />removed and replaced with sound pipe at the CONTRACTOR’S expense. <br /> <br />B. Perform earthwork including excavation, backfill, bedding, compaction, <br />sheeting, shoring and bracing, denaturing and grading in accordance with Site <br />Preparation - Section 02200. <br /> <br />C. Upon satisfactory excavation of the pipe trench and completion of the pipe <br />bedding, a continuous trough for the pipe barrel and recesses for the pipe bells, <br />or couplings, shall be excavated by hand digging. <br /> <br />1. When the pipe is laid in the prepared trench, true to line and grade, the pipe <br />barrel shall receive continuous, uniform support and no pressure shall be <br />exerted on the pipe joints from the trench bottom. <br /> <br />D. Piping 3 inches and larger shall be provided with two 4 foot lengths of pipe for <br />the first two joints outside a building or tank wall. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />City of Sunny Isles Beach <br />NE 174th Street Roadway Improvements <br />15105 - 16 Pipes and Tubes <br />14-1758 / 09-19-2014 <br />