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Scope of Services A. Data Collection: AZTEC will contact the utility owners within the boundaries of the assigned project. This contact will be to request and collect the available utility maps, plans, and as -built records for the areas indicated. The information will be collated and referenced for use in designating all requested facilities in the project area. B. Designating: AZTEC will designate all known utilities in the area required by the designer to the ASCE 38-02 Quality Level B where possible. This will be accomplished using various electronic locating equipment and the plans provided by the facility owners. These utilities will be marked using the color coding for the national 811 One Call system standards and further marked to indicate that these marks are for design purposes only with a pink dot at either end of each mark and a white slash in the center to ensure that the marks are not confused with an 811 response. C. Survey (Designating): Our team will provide survey to pick up the utility locations using GPS survey equipment and expressed to match the client's project survey datum. D. Mapping: The surveyed information gathered will be provided in the form of a computer aided drafting reference file using a format the City specifies. The utility reference file will include an ownership table, labels to indicate size, type and ownership of each utility line, labels to indicate the ASCE 38-02 Quality Level of any line not located to Level B, and a table indicating the source of quality level C or D information. E. Potholing: Our team will pothole all facilities determined by the design team to be in potential conflict with the project design. This excavation will be performed using a non-destructive method consisting of high-pressure air or water and vacuum extraction of spoils. Each hole will be restored using the appropriate standard materials and techniques as required by the permit grantee for the project. F. Survey (Potholing): Our team will provide survey to pick up the northing, easting, and elevation of each pothole location using the City's project survey datum. All this information will be signed and sealed by a Professional Land Surveyor. G. Reporting: The information gathered will be provided in the form of individual test hole reports accompanied by a summary of the data for the entire project. Each report will include an area map of the location of the holes, the size, type, and ownership of the facility and the holes coordinates and elevation at the surface, top and bottom of the facility. Project Schedule Utility Designating (ASCE Quality Levels 8, C, and D) AZTEC's designating team will begin all assigned tasks upon of receiving the notice to proceed. It is understood that being engaged in a job order contract assignments are expected to be smaller, have more demanding timelines and be under a certain budget level. Compressed schedules are always a challenge. AZTEC has a long and particularly good track record of meeting tough deadlines and the particular challenges each task order may present. The key to success is a systematic approach, not contributing to unnecessary delays and prompt action. The process for utility designating is dependent upon the cooperation of the facility owners. It is our approach to follow each company's mapping request procedure and after a reasonable time follow up to avoid delays. It is important to stay in contact with the utility companies as they have their own procedures and timelines. The time required for field work, survey and CADD to take us to final product is entirely dependent upon the size of the project and the number of utilities in the area. AZTEC's response time to each utility designating assignment is described below and illustrated in Figure 4: Typical Designating Assignment Flow Chart on the following page. Project Schedule Utility Potholing (ASCE 38-02 Quality Level A) AZTEC's experienced technical team has the ability to begin all assigned tasks within two working days of receiving the notice to proceed. AZTEC's response time to each assignment is described below and illustrated in Figure 5: Typical Potholing Assignment Flow Chart on the following page. Understanding that every assigned task is different, AZTEC will respond quickly to provide the information our client's need. We pride ourselves on enabling critical schedules to proceed without delay.