GENERAL REQUIREMENTS AND COVENANTS

GENERAL REQ
UIREMENTS AND COVENANTS
ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS
The public announcement, as required by law, inviting bids for the
work to be performed or materials to be furnished.
AGGREGATE
Natural materials such as sand, gravel, crushed rock, or taconite
tailings, and crushed concrete or salvaged bituminous mixtures, usually
with a specified particle size, for use in base course construction, paving
mixtures, and other specified applications.
AUXILIARY LANE
The portion of the roadway adjoining the traveled way for parking,
speed-change, or other purposes supplementary to through traffic
movement.
AWARD
The acceptance by the Contracting Authority of a bid, subject to
execution and approval of the Contract.
BID SCHEDULE
A listing of Contract items in the proposal form showing quantities
and units of measurement that provides for the bidder to insert unit bid
prices.
BIDDER
An individual, firm, or corporation submitting a Proposal for the
advertised work.
BRIDGE
A structure, including supports, erected over a depression or an
obstruction, such as a water course, highway, or railway, and having a
track or passageway for carrying traffic or other moving loads. Traffic
or other moving loads are carried directly on the upper portion of the
superstructure (called the bridge deck).
BRUSH
Shrubs, trees, and other plant life having a diameter of 100 mm
(4 inches) or less at a point 600 mm (12 inches) above ground surface
as well as fallen trees and branches. above ground surface as well as
fallen trees and branches.
CALENDAR DAY
Every day shown on the calendar