Proyección producción de cobre mina de Chile

505.1. General The Contractor shall make all arrangements and assume full responsibility for transportation to the Site of all construction plant, materials and supplies needed for the proper execution of the Works.

505.2. Designated access routes

Where designated access routes are indicated in the Contract, the Contractor shall use no other without the agreement of the Engineer.

505.3. Maintenance of routes

1. All public and private highways and roads which are being used by the Contractor’s, Subcontractors’ or Suppliers’ vehicles for the construction of the Works shall be kept clean and free of dirt and mud arising from the Works. The Contractor, unless otherwise provided for in the Contract, shall provide, maintain and use as necessary suitable equipment including mechanical road sweepers, throughout the course of the Works where and as agreed with the highway authority.

2. The Contractor shall provide, maintain and use mechanical wheel washers and high-pressure hosing facilities at work sites and at such additional locations as required under the Contract.

3. The Contractor shall be responsible for all maintenance in all respects of all site roads.

4. Any area of public highway which is closed because of the Works shall not be reopened until appropriate safety and traffic management measures have been completed and until the Engineer confirms that it is in a suitable condition for use by the public.

5. The Contractor shall protect the public from the Works by secure fencing and gates and shall control access through the gates as required under the Contract.

505.4. Access for others

1. The Contractor shall at all times meet the full requirements for access for Fire, Ambulance and other emergency services and maintain liaison with them in that respect.

2. The Contractor shall at all times maintain access for the authorised representatives of utility providers and allow emergency operations to be carried out on any utility or service facilities within the Site.

3. The Contractor shall not use public or private rights of way for depositing or storing plant or materials. The Contractor shall maintain those parts of the public or private rights of way not temporarily occupied by the Works in a clean, passable and safe condition at all times.

4. The Contractor shall execute the Works in such a manner that safe pedestrian access, including disabled person access, to all properties is maintained at all times.

5. Unless otherwise provided in the Contract, methods of construction and programming of the Works shall be such that vehicular access to properties affected by the Works is not restricted.

505.5. Traffic safety and management

1. When carrying out work on trafficked highways the Contractor shall comply with the New Roads and Streetworks Act 1991 and HSE’s guidance booklet Safe use of vehicles on construction sites: A guide for clients, designers, contractors, managers and workers involved with construction transportso far as it affects personnel who are required to undertake work on highways.

2. Where work is carried out on or adjacent to a trafficked high-way the Contractor shall ensure that personnel shall, at all times, wear high-visibility fluorescent garments in accordance with Chapter 8 of the Traffic Signs Manual. Garments should comply with BS EN 471.

3. All proposals, details, execution, maintenance, removal and necessary reinstatement associated with traffic safety and management and temporary decking and other temporary structures on, or subways beneath, the highway shall be subject to the approval of the appropriate authorities. The Contractor shall supply all information required, for consultation with the appropriate authorities including the local authority, police and other authorities with jurisdiction or interest.

4. The Contractor shall agree a traffic management plan with the Engineer based on consultation and agreement with highway authorities. This shall show the scheme of traffic safety and management measures including the provision of safety zones and traffic signing. The plan shall include the requirements of emergency services for access into and through the site.

5. Fenced storage areas, gantries, loading bays, skips and other temporary structures on the public highway shall be provided and maintained to the conditions of a licence issued by the local authority.

6. All traffic safety and management measures necessitated by the Works shall be fully operational before the Contractor commences any work which affects the public highway.

7. The Contractor shall devise and put into effect traffic manage-ment procedures, including appropriate speed limits, within the site including on haul roads and temporary access roads, which are to an equivalent standard to those for a public highway unless directed otherwise by the Engineer.

505.6. Signing and signalling

1. The Contractor shall provide suitable entry and exit signs, at the points of access to and from the site, for vehicles and plant engaged on the Works. As far as possible, vehicles and plant shall enter and exit the site in a forwards direction.

2. Unless otherwise specified, the Contractor shall make all neces-sary arrangements including notices to relevant authorities for the provision, erection, maintenance, repositioning, covering and uncovering and final removal of all traffic signs as the progress of the Works requires.

3. The Contractor shall devise and put into operation traffic management arrangements to separate pedestrian and vehicu-lar traffic. Pedestrian access shall be clearly signed and provided with barriers of adequate strength.

4. The Contractor shall be responsible for the design, provision and maintenance of all temporary traffic signals and associated equipment unless otherwise given in the Contract.

505.7. Temporary lighting

Where required during the execution of the Works, the Contractor shall provide and maintain temporary lighting for the highways.

Temporary lighting shall provide the same level of illumination as that of the existing street lighting it replaces. Temporary lighting shall be provided and approved prior to the removal of any existing street lighting.

505.8. Survey and reinstatement

1. Prior to commencing the Works the Contractor shall carry out a condition survey of all roads and footways adjacent to the Site. The survey record shall be available to the Contractor.

2. Unless stated otherwise, the Contractor shall reinstate all roads and footways affected by the Works to the extent, lines and levels that existed prior to the commencement of the Works and to standards that are at least equivalent to those that existed prior to the commencement of the Works or the Street Works Act 1993.

3. Unless stated otherwise the Contractor shall reinstate all surface water drainage systems (including but not restricted to gullies, channels, catchpits, piperuns, manholes and covers and the like) affected by the Works. The standard of reinstatement shall be at least equivalent to that existing prior to the Contract commencing.

505.9. Access within Works

1. The Contractor shall provide safe access in and about the Site and underground workings, and shall comply with the recommendations of BS 6164.

2. All shafts shall have a ladder access in addition to any mechan-ical means.

3. The Contractor shall provide a safe designated pedestrian access in the tunnel and throughout the site area at all times.

This shall have a firm, level, slip-resistant and continuous surface and shall be suitable for use in emergencies when lighting may be unavailable.

4. The Contractor shall segregate pedestrian and vehicular access routes.

5. The Contractor shall maintain a clear means of egress from each tunnel face at all times. Such means of egress through or

past tunnelling machines, trains and similar obstructions shall meet the minimum dimensions in BS EN 12336.

6. The Contractor shall establish, maintain and operate a system whereby the presence of personnel underground is recorded, together with their location where appropriate.