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PRECONSTRUCTION PHOTOGRAPHS AND RECORD DRAWINGS

Preconstruction photographs will only be required when specified in the Special Provisions.

Record Drawings are required on all Agency Work, unless directed otherwise in writing by the

11-2 PRECONSTRUCTION PHOTOGRAPHS

Preconstruction photographs shall be taken by the Contractor at one-hundred foot (100’)

intervals along the route of the Work before any construction begins. The view in each

photograph shall include a sign showing the date, name of the Project, lateral or street, and

applicable station designation. The sign shall not block the important areas of the view and

shall be legible in a three and one-half inch by five inch (3-1/2" x 5") print. Each photograph

shall be taken from a point between four feet (4’) and eight feet (8’) above the ground. All prints

shall show good details in both shadow and sunlit areas. Negatives may be of any size

provided minimum negative resolution throughout the major area of the negative is one hundred

(100) lines per inch multiplied by the enlargement factor necessary to produce an eight inch by

ten inch (8" x 10") print.

The views in preconstruction photographs shall include the entire construction zone and, in

particular, show the interface between the right-of-way and construction zone, and abutting

property features such as, but not limited to, condition of existing streets, sidewalks, driveways,

fences, landscaping, buildings abutting work site, and existing surface utility facilities on and

All essential features of the project area shall be shown accurately. The Agency may order

additional photographs showing additional features or orientations, if the Agency determines

that all essential features are not accurately or adequately shown.

A sample of twenty-four (24) photographs shall be submitted to the Agency for approval

before proceeding with the remaining photographs. All photographs which do not conform to

these Specifications, as determined by the Agency, shall be retaken.

The Contractor shall submit to the Agency one (1) three and one-half inch by five inch

(3-1/2” x 5”) color glossy print, and the negative, of each photograph taken. Prints shall be

submitted in a three-ring photo album binder with clear plastic covered fillers, four (4) photos

each side, grouped according to street, lateral or line, and in sequence. The name and number

of the Contract and Contractor’s name shall appear on the binder cover. Each group of prints

shall be identified by a label which projects beyond the edge of filler and is easily recognized.

Negatives may be placed within the filler sleeves or submitted separately.

At the Contractor’s option, a video tape in a VHS format may be submitted in lieu of

photographs. The content and quality requirements for the photographs shall apply to the video

11-3 RECORD DRAWINGS

The Contractor shall maintain a neat and accurately marked set of Record Drawings, which

shall be provided to the Agency for review and approval prior to final acceptance of the Work.

The Record Drawings shall represent the Work as constructed and document changes to the

Work shown on the Project Plans, and shall show the actual as-constructed conditions of

installed or modified systems, equipment, and material.