PAVEMENT MARKINGS APPLIED BY CONTRACT

SPECIFICATION-TYPE CONTRACTS FOR PAVEMENT MARKINGS DEVELOPED BY THE MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS ARE PERFORMANCE ORIENTED. SINCE 1966, NUMEROUS METHODS, MATERIALS, EQUIPMENT AND TIME SPECIFICATIONS HAVE BEEN STEADILY ADDED AND IMPROVED IN THE CONTRACT TO PROTECT THE COMMONWEALTH AS WELL AS THE MOTORING PUBLIC. IN 1970, TWO JOBS WERE ADVERTISED THAT WERE CLOSER TO THE DEPARTMENT'S DESIRES THAN ANY OTHER PREVIOUS CONTRACT. THE WORK TO BE DONE INCLUDED THE FURNISHING OF MATERIALS, LABOR AND EQUIPMENT FOR, AND THE APPLICATION OF, RAPID CURING REFLECTORIZED PAVEMENT MARKINGS, BOTH YELLOW AND WHITE, ON STATE HIGHWAYS AND OTHER DESIGNATED AREAS. THE CONTRACTOR AGREED ALSO TO REPLACE ANY OF THE APPLIED MARKING WHICH DID NOT CONTINUE TO MEET SPECIFICATIONS UP TO A PERIOD OF 24 MONTHS OF THE ORIGINAL APPLICATION. MANY SPECIAL PROVISIONS WERE INCLUDED TO PROTECT AND WARN THE TRAVELING PUBLIC WHILE OPERATING. SPECIFICATIONS OF BINDER AND EQUIPMENT WERE ALSO INCLUDED -- THE REFLECTORIZED LINE MUST DRY TO A NON-TRACKING CONDITION IN 180 SEC OR LESS UNLESS SPECIFIED; APPLICATION EQUIPMENT SHOULD BE CAPABLE OF MARKING EITHER SOLID OR BROKEN LINES AT A MINIMUM SPEED OF FOUR MILES PER HOUR; MATERIAL SHOULD BE REFLEX-REFLECTIVE, ETC. THE METHOD OF PAYMENT IS NOTED. IF THE ORIGINAL MATERIAL IS TRAFFIC PAINT, THEN THE CONTRACTOR IS PAID 15 PERCENT ONE MONTH AFTER COMPLETION AND 15 PERCENT EVERY FOUR MONTHS, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF 10 PERCENT AT THE END OF 24 MONTHS. IF OTHER THAN PAINT IS USED, INITIAL PAYMENT IS 40 PERCENT, THEN 10 PERCENT EVERY FOUR MONTHS THEREAFTER.

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• Authors:
  • KELLEY, J F
  • Johnson, R H
• Publication Date: 1971-11

Media Info

• Features: Tables;
• Pagination: p. 54-5
• Serial:
  • Public Works
  • Volume: 102
  • Issue Number: 11
  • Publisher: Hanley Wood
  • ISSN: 0033-3840
  • Serial URL: http://www.pwmag.com

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Contracts; Maintenance practices; Road markings
• Old TRIS Terms: Traffic marking
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Geotechnology; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Materials;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00218975
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 28 1972 12:00AM