TECHNOPARK TRIVANDRUM

TENDER NO.ETPK/PH-I/T-49/2020-21

TENDER FOR

ANNUAL MAINTENANCE WORK FOR THE YEAR 2020-21 (CIVIL WORKS) AT ZONE A OF
TECHNOPARK PHASE-1 CAMPUS, TRIVANDRUM

(Bid I – Prequalification & Techno Commercial Bid)

Technopark, Trivandrum-695581 Phone: 91 471 2700222,

Website: www.technopark.org

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 CONTENTS

Sl. No. Description Page No

1.0 NOTICE INVITING TENDER 3

2.0 MINIMUM ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA 4

3.0 INSTRUCTIONS TO BIDDERS 7

4.0 EMD/ PERFORMANCE SECURITY DEPOSIT 15

5.0 GENERAL CONDITIONS OF CONTRACT 24

6.0 SPECIAL CONDITIONS OF CONTRACT 50

7.0 LIST OF APPROVED MAKES 55

8.0 TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS 57

9.0 FORM OF DIFFERENT DEEDS 129

10.0 DRAWINGS 139

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 1. NOTICE INVITING TENDER

TENDER No: ETPK/PH-I/T-49/2020-21

E-tender under two bid systems (Bid I Prequalification & Techno Commercial bid and Bid II Price bid)
are invited from eligible contractors for the following work at Technopark Trivandrum campus:

Name of Work : ANNUAL MAINTENANCE WORK FOR THE YEAR 2020-21

(CIVIL WORKS) AT ZONE A OF TECHNOPARK PHASE-1
CAMPUS, TRIVANDRUM

Earnest Money Deposit : Rs.50,000/-

Probable Amount of Contract : Rs.45,00,000/-

Price of tender form : Rs.2500/- + 18% GST (Rs 2,950/-)

Period of Completion : 1 year

Last date of submission of e-tender : Till 5.00 PM on 24/07/2020

Date of opening of e - tender : At 11.00 AM on 27/07/2020

Firm period of the tender : 120 days from the date of opening of
Techno commercial bid

Chief Executive Officer

Technopark

Place: Trivandrum
Date:- 25/06/2020

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 2 . A. Minimum Eligibility Criteria

The following criteria will be followed for pre-qualification.

1. The Tenderer should be well established and reputed contractors/firms who have
minimum 3 years experience in execution of civil works.

2. The bidder, on their own, should have successfully completed an interior fit out work or Annual
Civil Maintenance Contract inclusive of tile flooring, False ceiling, Partitions etc. complete in the
following format.

a. Three similar completed works costing not less than the amount equal to 40% of the
estimated cost ( ie Rs 18,00,000/-).
or
b. Two similar completed works costing not less than the amount equal to 50% of the estimated
cost (ie Rs 22,00,000/-)
or
c. One similar completed work costing not less than the amount equal to 80% of the estimated
cost(ie Rs 36,00,0000/-)

To satisfy the PQ criteria, the bidder should produce completion certificate.

5. The Pre-qualification of contractors will be strictly based on the evaluation of the details furnished
herein. Copies of testimonials and other documentary evidences must be submitted along with the pre-
qualification application for evaluation and confirmation of qualifying requirements. Applications of
those contractors who do not satisfy the above requirements will not be considered.

6. No joint Venture shall be permitted.

1.2.09 Submission of PQ Requirement and Tender Bid:
a) Tender documents (Technical bid) shall be submitted along with other documents mentioned above
with Earnest Money Deposit as per the e-tender guidelines
b) Documents sent through e-mail will not be accepted.
c) Technopark will not be responsible for any late receipt of the application beyond the last date and
time of submission
d) Technopark does not bind itself to accept the PQ applications from the contractors, and reserves to
itself the right to reject any or all the PQ applications received without assigning any reason
whatsoever

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Hard copies either in original or notarized copy in a separate sealed cover super scribed “Pre-
Qualification Criteria for the work of ‘ANNUAL MAINTENANCE WORK FOR THE YEAR 2020-21
(CIVIL WORKS) AT ZONE A OF TECHNOPARK PHASE-1 CAMPUS, TRIVANDRUM’ should be
submitted to our office at Park Centre, Technopark, Trivandrum. This is only for verification and
does not relieve the bidder from adherence to e-tender norms. Hard copy of the price bid should
not be submitted. Price bid has to be furnished online only.

(Performance / Completion certificate with completed value issued by an Officer not below the
rank of an Executive Engineer in case of Government/ Public sector Organization and the Chief
Executive officer / Chief Project Manager in case of other companies shall be attached with the
tender)

Chief Executive Officer

Technopark
Trivandrum

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 PROFORMA FOR PREQUALIFICATION OF CONTRACTORS

I General Information

1) Name of the firm

2) Address
3) Contact Person
Phone
Fax
E mail
Cell Phone

4) Place and year of

Incorporation of the firm

5) Registration No.
(Copy to be enclosed)

6) G S T Registration details

6) Constitution of the Firm

(Pvt. Ltd, Public, Proprietary)

7) Name & qualification of the Chief

Executive of the firm

8) Details of type of contract license held

(Notarized copy of license document should be enclosed)

IV. Financial Information

1) Turn over for the last 3 years :

(Furnish in the table given in pg.: 8)

:
2) Permanent Account No. (IT)

3) G S T Registration No.. :

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3.0 INSTRUCTIONS TO TENDERER

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS

Technopark is a Government of Kerala Undertaking under the administrative control of

Department of Information Technology, Government of Kerala. Government of Kerala has
decided that the tenders floated by various Public Sector Undertakings are to be switched
over to e-Tendering system. Accordingly, Technopark will also adopt e-tendering
procedure hereafter.

Following Special instructions are being issued to the Vendors for the e-submission of the
bids on line through the respective tender site:

3.1.1 Bidders shall get themselves registered in the Kerala Government e-Procurement
System through the portal https://etenders.kerala.gov.in

3.1.2 Digital Signature certificate / registration of Class II/III has to be obtained from one of
the authorized Certifying Authorities.

3.1.3 The registered e-token should be used by the bidder only and should not be misused
by others.

3.1.4 Bidders may submit the bid documents online through the portal
https://etenders.kerala.gov.in

3.1.5 Bidders should login to the portal with the user credentials obtained during
registration.

3.1.6 Bidders can upload well in advance, the documents such as certificates, company
credentials etc., under relevant option and these can be selected as per tender
requirements and then sent along with bid documents during bid submission.

3.1.7 Bidders can download the tenders from the portal and after downloading the same,
the Bidder should go through them carefully and then submit the documents as required.

3.1.8 Bidders have to upload the filled up price bid format available along with the
respective tenders.

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3.1.9 In case any clarification is needed, this may be obtained online through the tender
site, or through the contact details. Bidder should also take into account the corrigendum
published, if any, before submitting the bids online.
3.1.10 Bidders should keep ready the bid documents that have to be submitted as
indicated in the tender schedule and they should be in PDF/xls. formats. If there is more
than one document, they can be clubbed together.

3.1.11 Bidder should make the EMD and Tender Fee payment through the online facility.

3.1.12 Bidders shall read the terms & conditions and accept the same to proceed further to
submit the bids.

3.1.13 Bidders have to submit the tender document online well in advance before the
prescribed time to avoid any delay or during the submission process.

3.1.14 After the bid submission, a print out of the acknowledgment number, given by the
e-tendering system should be kept as a record of evidence for online submission of bid for
the particular tender.

3.1.15 The Tender Inviting Authority would not be responsible for any sort of delay or
other difficulties whatsoever faced during the submission of bids online by the bidders.

3.1.16 The tendering system will provide a successful bid updating message after
uploading all the bid documents & then a bid summary will be shown with the bid no,
date & time of submission of the bid with all other relevant details.

3.1.17 The documents uploaded by the bidders should be digitally signed using the e-
token of the bidder and then submitted.

3.1.18 Bidder should log into the portal well in advance for bid submission so that the bid
is submitted on time i.e. on or before the bid submission end time (as per Server System
Clock). Bidder would be solely responsible for any such delay on their part.

3.1.19 Maximum size of any single document that can be uploaded through the portal is 20
MB.

3.1.20 Bidders should see that the bid documents submitted should be free from virus and
if the documents could not be opened, due to virus, during tender opening, the bid is
liable to be rejected.

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3.1.21 The time settings fixed in the server side & displayed at the top of the tender site,
will be valid for all procedures of requesting, bid submission, bid opening etc., in the e-
tender system. The bidders should follow this time during bid submission.

3.1.22 All the data being entered by the bidders would be encrypted to ensure the secrecy
of the data. The data entered cannot be viewed by unauthorized persons during bid
submission & also remains so until the time of bid opening. In short, the submitted tender
documents become readable only after the tender opening by the authorized personnel.

3.1.23 The interested bidders can enroll themselves on the portal

https://enters.kerala.gov.in using the option “Click Here” to Enroll. This enrollment is free
at this point of time. Possession of a Valid Class II/III Digital Signature Certificate (DSC) in
the form of smart card/e-token in your name is a prerequisite for registration and
participating in the bid submission activities through this web site. Digital signature
certificate can be obtained from the authorized Certifying Agencies, details of which are
available in the web site mentioned above under the link Information about DSC. Please
note that the same DSC can be used for participating in other e-tendering also. This is only
a one-time procedure and would normally be valid for 2 years.

3.1.24 The portal https://enters.kerala.gov.in has user manuals with detailed guidelines on
enrollment and participation in the online bidding process. The user manuals can be
downloaded for ready reference.

3.1.25 Bidders can also attend the training/familiarization program on e-tendering system
conducted by the Kerala Govt Tenders information system in association with NIC at the
following address:

Kerala State IT Mission

E-Government Procurement PMU & Helpdesk
Basement floor of Pension Treasury Building, Uppalam Road
Statue, Thiruvananthapuram
Phone: 0471-2577088, 2577188
(On all working days from 10.30am to 5.30pm)

3.1.26 Bidders may contact the above address and arrange for “Hands on Training”, if
needed or also can obtain clarification over phone. We would request you to please obtain
the DSC as above, familiarize with e-tendering process.

3.1.27 The bidder should obtain the DSC as above, familiarize with e-tendering process.

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GENERAL TENDER TERMS & CONDITIONS FOR E-PROCUREMENT

This tender is an e-tender and is being published online for the ‘ANNUAL
MAINTENANCE WORK FOR THE YEAR 2020-21 (CIVIL WORKS) AT ZONE A OF
TECHNOPARK PHASE-1 CAMPUS, TRIVANDRUM’. The tender is invited in two
cover system from the registered and eligible firms through e-procurement portal of
Government of Kerala (https://www.etenders.kerala.gov.in). Prospective bidders willing
to participate in this tender shall necessarily register themselves with above mentioned e-
procurement portal.

The tender timeline is available in the critical date section of this tender published in
www.etenders.kerala.gov.in.

3.2.1 ONLINE BIDDER REGISTRATION PROCESS:

Bidders should have a Class II or above Digital Signature Certificate (DSC) to be procured
from any Registration Authorities (RA) under the Certifying Agency of India. Details of
RAs will be available on www.cca.gov.in. Once, the DSC is obtained, bidders have to
register on www.etenders.kerala.gov.in website for participating in this tender. Website
registration is a one-time process without any registration fees. However, bidders have to
procure DSC at their own cost.

Bidders may contact e-Procurement support desk of Kerala State IT Mission over
telephone at 0471- 2577088, 2577188, 2577388 or [email protected] - through email:
[email protected] for assistance in this regard.

3.2.2 ONLINE TENDER PROCESS:

The tender process shall consist of the following stages:

I. Downloading of tender document: Tender document will be available for free

download on www.etenders.kerala.gov.in. However, tender document fees shall be
payable at the time of bid submission as stipulated in this tender document.
II. Publishing of Corrigendum: All corrigendum shall be published on
www.etenders.kerala.gov.in and shall not be available elsewhere.
III. Bid submission: Bidders have to submit their bids along with supporting documents
to support their eligibility, as required in this tender document on

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www.etenders.kerala.gov.in. No manual submission of bid is allowed and manual bids
shall not be accepted under any circumstances.
IV. Opening of Technical Bid and Bidder short-listing: The technical bids will be opened,
evaluated and shortlisted as per the eligibility and technical qualifications. All documents
in support of technical qualifications shall be submitted (online). Failure to submit the
documents online will attract disqualification. Bids shortlisted by this process will be
taken up for opening the financial bid.
V. Opening of Financial Bids: Bids of the qualified bidder’s shall only be considered for
opening and evaluation of the financial bid on the date and time mentioned in critical
date’s section.

3.2.3 DOCUMENTS COMPRISING BID

i. The First Stage (Pre-Qualification or Technical Cover based on 1cover or 2

cover tender system):
Pre-Qualification or Technical proposal shall contain the scanned copies of the following
documents which every bidder has to upload:
i) General Conditions of the Contract.
ii) Special Conditions of the contract.
iii) Technical Specifcations.

Exact details may be referred from the e-tender portal for this tender. The department
doesn’t take any responsibility for any technical snag or failure that has taken place during
document upload.

ii. The Second Stage (Financial Cover or as per tender cover system):

The Bidder shall complete the Price bid as per format given for download along with this
tender.

Note: The blank price bid should be downloaded and saved on bidder’s computer without
changing file-name otherwise price bid will not get uploaded. The bidder should fill in the
details in the same file and upload the same back to the website.

Fixed price: Prices quoted by the Bidder shall be fixed during the bidder's performance of
the contract and not subject to variation on any account. A bid submitted with an
adjustable/ variable price quotation will be treated as non - responsive and rejected.

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3.2.4 TENDER DOCUMENT FEES AND EARNEST MONEY DEPOSIT (EMD)

The Bidder shall pay, a tender document fees of Rs.2,950/- (including 18% GST) and
Earnest Money Deposit or Bid Security of Rs. 50,000/-. The EMD is required to protect the
purchaser against risk of Bidder’s conduct, which would warrant the forfeiture of security.

3.2.5 ONLINE PAYMENT MODES

The tender document fees and EMD can be paid in the following manner through e-
Payment facility provided by the e-Procurement system:

State Bank of India Multi Option Payment System (SBI MOPS Gateway): Bidders are
required to avail Internet Banking Facility in any of below banks for making tender
remittances in eProcurement System.

A) Internet Banking Options (Retail)

1 Allahabad Bank 32 Kotak Mahindra Bank
2 Axis Bank 33 Lakshmi Vilas Bank
3 Andhra Bank 34 Mehsana Urban Co-op Bank
4 Bandan Bank 35 NKGSB Co-operative Bank
5 Bank of Bahrain and Kuwait 36 Oriental Bank of Commerce
Punjab and Maharashtra Cooperative
6 Bank of Baroda 37 Bank
7 Bank of India 38 Punjab National Bank
8 Bank of Maharashtra 39 Punjab and Sind Bank
Bassein Catholic Co-operative
9 Bank 40 RBL Bank
10 BNP Paribas 41 Saraswat Cooperative Bank
11 Canara Bank 42 ShamraoVithal Cooperative Bank
12 Catholic Syrian Bank 43 South Indian Bank
13 Central Bank of India 44 Standard Chartered Bank
14 City Union Bank 45 State Bank of India
15 Corporation Bank 46 Syndicate Bank
16 Cosmos Bank 47 Tamilnad Mercantile Bank
17 DCB Bank 48 Tamilnadu Cooperative Bank
18 Dena Bank 49 The Kalyan Janata Sahakari Bank
TJSB Bank (Erstwhile Thane Janata
19 Deutsche Bank 50 Sahakari Bank)
20 Dhanalaxmi Bank 51 UCO Bank
21 Federal Bank 52 Union Bank of India

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 22 HDFC Bank 53 United Bank of India
23 ICICI Bank 54 Vijaya Bank
24 IDBI Bank 55 YES Bank
25 Indian Bank
26 Indian Overseas Bank
27 IndusInd Bank
28 Jammu & Kashmir Bank
29 Janata Sahakari Bank
30 Karnataka Bank
31 Karur Vysya Bank
B) Internet Banking Options (Corporate)
1 Bank of Baroda 21 Laxmi Vilas Bank
2 Bank of India 22 Oriental Bank of Commerce
3 Bank of Maharashtra 23 Punjab & Maharashtra Coop Bank
4 BNP Paribas 24 Punjab & Sind Bank
5 Canara Bank 25 Punjab National Bank
6 Catholic Syrian Bank 26 RBL Bank
7 City Union Bank 27 ShamraoVitthal Co-operative Bank
8 Corporation Bank 28 South Indian Bank
9 Cosmos Bank 29 State Bank of India
10 Deutsche Bank 30 Syndicate Bank
11 Development Credit Bank 31 UCO Bank
12 Dhanalaxmi Bank 32 Union Bank of India
13 Federal Bank 33 UPPCL
14 HDFC Bank 34 Vijaya Bank
15 ICICI Bank 35 Axis Bank
16 Indian Overseas Bank
17 JantaSahakari Bank
18 Jammu & Kashmir Bank
19 Karur Vysya Bank
20 Kotak Bank

During the online bid submission process, bidder shall select SBI MOPS option and
submit the page, to view the Terms and Conditions page. On further submitting the same,
the e-Procurement system will re-direct the bidder to MOPS Gateway, where two options
namely SBI and Other Banks* will be shown. Here,Bidder may proceed as per below:
a) SBI Account Holders shall click SBI option to with its Net Banking Facility.,
where bidder can enter their internet banking credentials and transfer the
Tender Fee and EMD amount.

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 b) Other Bank Account Holders may click Other Banks option to view the bank
selection page. Here, bidders can select from any of the 54 Banks to proceed
with its Net Banking Facility, for remitting tender payments.
*Transaction Charges for Other Banks vide SBI Letter No. LHO/TVM/AC/2016-17/47 – 1% of
transaction value subject to a minimum of Rs. 50/- and maximum of Rs. 150/-

Any transaction charges levied while using any of the above modes of online payment has
be borne by the bidder. The supplier/contractor's bid will be evaluated only if payment
status against bidder is showing “Success” during bid opening.

3.3 SUBMISSION PROCESS

For submission of bids, all interested bidders have to register online as explained above in
this document. After registration, bidders shall submit their Technical bid and Financial
bid online on www.etenders.kerala.gov.in along with online payment of tender document
fees and EMD.

It is necessary to click on “Freeze bid” link/ icon to complete the process of bid
submission otherwise the bid will not get submitted online and the same shall not be
available for viewing/ opening during bid opening process

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4.0 EMD/ PERFORMANCE SECURITY DEPOSIT

4.1 EMD

4.1.1. The EMD of Rs.50,000/-( Rupees Fifty Thousand only) shall be remitted through
online payment mechanism for e-procurement system of Govt. of Kerala
www.etenders.kerala.gov.in. As per present system EMD should be remitted
through SBI MOPS.

4.1.2. Bidders shall remit the tender fees and EMD by using the online payment options
of e-Procurement system only. Bidders are advised to visit the “Downloads” of e-
Procurement website (www.etenders.kerala.gov.in) for detailed instructions on
making online payment using internet banking facility of SBI or by using NEFT
facility. Bidders opt for NEFT facility of online payment are advised to exercise this
option at least 48 hours before the bid submission closing date to ensure that
payment towards tender fees and EMD are credited and a confirmation is reflected
in the e-Procurement system. KSITM/NIC/SBI/ TCC shall not be responsible for
any kind of delay in payment status confirmation

4.1.4. EMD of the successful bidder will be refunded without any interest to the
Contractor after remittance of the performance security deposit and execution of
the agreement.

4.1.5 The Bid Security/Earnest Money Deposit in full shall be forfeited :

(a) If the Bidder withdraws the Bid after bid opening during the period of bid validity
including extended period of validity ;
Or
(b) If any modifications is effected to the tender documents
Or;
(c) In case of successful bidder, if the bidder fails within the specified time limit to :

(i) Execute the agreement ;

Or
(ii) Furnish the required Performance Security/Security Deposit/
Additional Performance Guarantee (mentioned in 4.2.2)
as in the tender conditions.
Or
(iii) If the bidder fails to convince Technopark about rationale of his
bid price in the case of unbalanced bid along with sufficient
Performance guarantee (mentioned in 4.2)

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3. In the eventuality of failure on the part of the lowest successful bidder to
produce the original documents or submit the additional performance
security/guarantee , the bidder shall be debarred in future from participating in all
the Bids for one year and will be recommended for blacklisting by the competent
authority as per the standard procedures followed by Technopark. In such cases,
the L2 bidder will be asked to execute the works at the quoted price of L1 bidder
and in the event of non-acceptance of the L2 bidder, the work will be retendered.

4.2. PERFORMANCE GAURANTEE AND ADDITIONAL PERFORMANCE

GAURANTEE

4.2.1 The successful bidder shall deposit an amount of 5% of the awarded contract value
as Performance Guarantee (attached as Annexure-I). The Performance
Guarantee shall be from a scheduled or Nationalised Bank in favour of Chief
Executive Officer, Technopark payable at Trivandrum. Performance guarantee, the
amount collected at the time of executing contract agreement, will be 5% of the
contract value (agreed PAC) and the deposit will be retained till the expiry of the
defect liability period of 12 months.

4.2.2 Additional performance guarantee will be required to be deposited, if the quoted

amount by the bidder is less than 10% of the estimated rate. Additional
performance guarantee will be required in all cases where the quoted rate falls
below 10% of the estimated cost. If the rate quoted by the contractor is x% below
the estimated cost (where x lies below 10% of the estimate) the performance
guarantee for an amount equal to (x-10)% of the estimate amount shall be
deposited by the contractor as additional performance guarantee. This will be
released only after satisfactory completion of the work without any interest

4.3 The above Guarantee amounts shall be payable to the Employer without any
condition whatsoever.

4.4. Failure of the successful Bidder to comply with the requirements of sub-clause
4.2.1&4.2.2 shall constitute sufficient grounds for cancellation of the award and
forfeiture of the Bid Security.
4.5. The Agreement Authority shall be at liberty to deduct/appropriate amount from the
Contract Performance Guarantee/additional Performance guarantee such sums as
are due and payable by the contractor to the Employer as may be determined in
terms of the contract, and the amount appropriated from the Performance
Guarantee/Performance Security Deposit shall have to be restored by Contractor
subsequently.

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4.6. All the deposits of EMD, PERFORMANCE GUARANTEE AND ADDITIONAL
PERFORMANCE GAURANTEE will not bear any interest whatsoever.

5. TAXES AND DEDUCTIONS:

Income tax and surcharge on Income tax at the rate prevailing at the time of
payment will be deducted from each running bill and final bill.

6. STATUTORY PAYMENTS

6.1. All statutory payments in connection with the employment of the Workmen &
Employees State Insurance for this work will be borne by the Contractor at the
prevailing rates.

6.2. The contractor is the employer of all the workers engaged for this work and should
therefore take all required registrations and pay premiums correctly to labour
welfare funds/Employees State Insurance, PF, CESS Act 1996 etc. All employees
shall be covered under ESIC/PF.

6.3. The contractor will be responsible for the payment of minimum wages and
compliance under the various enactments regarding the workers deployed by him.

7. The deduction towards statutory deductions shall be changed if the government

revises the rate. Any tax omitted, to be deducted in any part bill shall be deducted
in the subsequent bills/final bill.

8. Technopark Phase-I Campus is not a Special Economic Zone (SEZ). Hence

Bidders should quote their rates after considering all the necessary taxes.

9. PERIOD OF VALIDITY

The tender shall remain valid for acceptance for a period of 120 days from the date
of opening of techno-commercial bid. If any tenderer withdraws his tender before
the said period or makes any modifications in terms and conditions of the tender,
then the “TECHNOPARK” has the liberty to forfeit the said Earnest Money
Deposit.

10. INSPECTION OF SITE : Every tenderer is expected to inspect the site of the
proposed work and acquaint himself with the site conditions approaches,
availability of raw materials, geological and weather conditions etc. before quoting
his rates. He must go through all the drawings, specifications and other tender
documents. Any further clarifications in the drawings and documents can be had
from the Technopark at the above mentioned address.

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11. QUANTUM OF WORK: A schedule of approximate quantities for various items
accompanies this tender. It shall be definitely understood that "TECHNOPARK”
do not accept any responsibility for the correctness or completeness of this
schedule in respect of items and quantities and this schedule is liable to alteration
by deletions, deductions, or additions at the discretion of the Technopark/
"TECHNOPARK" without affecting the terms of the contract. “TECHNOPARK”
reserves the right to increase or decrease the quantum of work at site without
assigning any reason.

12. ALL INCLUSIVE RATES

The contractor's rate must be firm and include the cost of transportation of material to the
site, all taxes such as GST at applicable rates and the fixing or placing in position for which
the item of work is in tender to be operated. The rates quoted by the Contractor shall be
firm throughout contract period and there shall be no upward revision of the rates quoted
by the contractor for any reason whatsoever. In addition to the statutory deductions
towards Income Tax shall be deducted on the state government at the current rates. And
also deductions shall be made towards any other tax imposed by the government prior to
the last date for submission of Tender. It should be clearly understood that any claims for
Sales Tax, Excise duty, Construction tax or any other tax existing as on the last date for
submission of Tender, shall not be entertained in any case what so ever once the tenders
are opened. Also, any claim on account of variation in the rates of taxes prevailing as on
the last date for submission of Tender, will not be considered.. However, it shall be the
responsibility of the contractor to ensure that all the statutory requirements like filing of
returns etc. are met with as per the prevailing norms.

13. INTERPRETING SPECIFICATIONS

In interpreting the specifications, the following order of decreasing importance

shall be followed:
a) Schedule of quantities

b) Special Conditions of Contract

c) Drawings if any

d) Technical specifications

e) Instructions to Tenderers & General Conditions of Contract

Matters not covered by the specifications given in the contract as a whole shall be
covered by the relevant Indian Standard Codes. If such codes on a particular
subject have not been framed, the decision of the Technopark shall be final.
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14. No alterations shall be made by the tenderer in the Notice Inviting Tenders,
Instructions to the contractors, Contract form, Conditions of the Contract,
Drawings and Specifications and if any such alterations are made or any special
conditions attached, the tender is liable to be rejected.
15. The acceptance of a tender shall rest with the Authorized Representative of the
“TECHNOPARK”, who does not bind himself to accept the lowest tender and
reserves to himself the authority to reject any or all the tenders received without
assigning any reason(s) whatsoever.

16. The authorized representative of the “TECHNOPARK” reserves the right of

accepting the whole or any part of the tenders received and the tenderer shall be
bound to perform the same at the rate quoted.

17. The work shall be carried out under the direction and supervision of the
TECHNOPARK or their representative at site. On acceptance of the tender, the
contractor shall intimate the name of his accredited representative who would be
supervising the construction and would be responsible for taking instructions for
carrying out the work.

18. The TECHNOPARK's decision with regard to the quality of the material and
workmanship will be final and binding, any material rejected by the
TECHNOPARK shall be immediately removed by the contractor.

19. SUB-LETTING: No part of the contract shall be sublet without the written
permission of the Technopark and the TECHNOPARK nor shall transfers be made
by 'Power of Attorney' authorizing others to carry out the work or receive payment
on behalf of the tenderer.

20. DEFECTS LIABILITY PERIOD:

The defect liability period of a maintenance work is fixed as 12 months from the
date of completion of the work. Any defect on the work developed within 'Defect
Liability Period' of 12 months will have to be rectified by the contractor at their
own cost. In case the defects are not rectified by the contractor in time, the
”TECHNOPARK” or their representative shall get the work done at the risk and
cost of the contractor.

21. DELAYS IN COMMENCEMENT:

The contractor shall not be entitled to any compensation for any loss suffered by
him on account of delays in commencing or executing the work, whatever the
cause for such delays may be including delays in procuring Government
Controlled or other materials.

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22. OCCUPATION IN PART:

If the TECHNOPARK wants to occupy areas in part, the contractor shall complete
the work of these areas in conjunction with the TECHNOPARK and hand over the
same to the TECHNOPARK without affecting any of the clauses of contract
agreement.

23. The contractor should inspect the source of material, their quality, quantity and
availability. The material must strictly comply with the relevant I.S. specifications.

24. The contractor must co-operate and co-ordinate with other contractors involved in
other works on the site.

25. PERIOD OF WORK:

The period of completion of the work shall be as mentioned in the Notice Inviting
Tender.

25. PENALTY FOR DELAY

The work has to be completed and handed over within the stipulated time as per
tender conditions. If the contractor fails to complete and hand over the work
within the specified period, the penalty shall be charged at 0.5% of the contract
amount per day of delay till it is handed over or till the penalty reaches 5% of the
contract amount, after which the Owner shall have the right to terminate the
contract and the balance work will be arranged at the risk and cost of the
contractor unless and until the period of completion is suitably extended by the
owner due to valid reasons

26. CONTRACTOR'S STORE AND SITE OFFICE:

Suitable area near the site of work to the extent available shall be allotted to the
contractor free of cost for storing his tools and plants, materials and for his site
office and cement go-down. However, the structure will be provided by him at his
own expense and he will be solely responsible for guarding his property and shall
cover his property with requisite insurance against theft, fire etc. The contractor
however will have to dismantle the sheds and vacate the land of all debris etc. at
his own expense after completion of work.

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 27. PROCEDURE FOR PREPARATION AND SUBMISSION OF CONTRACT
CERTIFICATES AND OTHER BILLS FOR PAYMENT

(A) Contract Certificate: When the Contractor has carried out works to such extent to
justify calling for an interim contract certificate referred as ‘RA Bills’ as per the provisions
of the contract, he shall proceed to prepare and submit for payment papers the following
manner.

All papers should carry the name of work, the date of the measurement recording, the
contract no., chronological serial no. of the contract, page numbers should be serially
marked.

(B) MEASUREMENT AND BILLING:

Wherever mode of measurement is specified, the measurement will be taken at site

as per the latest IS code of practice for measurement.

The contractor or his representative shall accompany the TECHNOPARK or their

representative in taking measurements and shall agree to the measurements taken
on spot. All necessary tapes shall be of steel and shall be supplied by the
contractor. The contractor shall then present his bill based upon the agreed and
recorded measurements and as per the directions of the TECHHNOPARK. If the
contractor fails to accompany the TECHNOPARK for measurements, then he shall
be bound by the measurements taken by the TECHNOPARK

Payment towards all interim bills will be made by the TECHNOPARK.

(C) (i) Certificate of Payments :

The contractors shall be paid payment by Technopark from time to time by installments
under Interim Certificates to be issued by the Technopark, to the contractor on account of
the works executed.

i. Technopark shall have power to withhold any Certificate if the works or any parts
thereof are not being carried out to his satisfaction.

ii. Technopark shall have power to withhold any Certificate for making any correction in
any previous Certificate which shall have been issued by him.

iii. No payment shall be made to the Contractor if the Contractor fails to insure the works
and keep them insured till the issue of the Virtual Completion Certificate.

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 (D). Right of Technical Scrutiny:
Technopark shall have a right to cause a technical examination of the works by any of the
persons or organizations as appointed by the Technopark and all bill of the contractor
including all supporting vouchers, abstracts etc. of all bills. If as a results of this
examination or otherwise any sum is found to have been over paid or over certified it shall
be lawful for the Technopark to recover the sum from any payment due to the contractor
this works or any other work or works being carried out by the contractors elsewhere
under the Technopark.

(E). Abandonment of works:

If at any time after the acceptance of the tender, Technopark shall, for any reasons
whatsoever not require the whole or works any part of the works to be carried out,
Technopark shall give notice in writing to the contractor who shall have no claim to any
payment of compensation or otherwise whatsoever on account of any profit or advantage
which he might have derived from the execution of the whole works.

(F). Return of Surplus materials:

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary surplus contained in any or all the clause of this
materials contract, where any material for the execution of the contract is procured with the
assistance of the Technopark by purchases made under orders or permits or licenses issued
by Government, the contractor shall hold the said materials economically and solely for the
purpose of the contract and not dispose of them without the prior written permission of the
Technopark and return it to the Technopark, if required by the Technopark, at the price to be
determined by the Technopark having due regard to the condition of the materials, the price
to be determined by the Technopark having due regard to the condition of the materials, the
price to be determined not to exceed the purchase price thereof inclusive of sales-tax,octroi,
and other such levies paid by the contractor in respect thereof. In the event of breach of the
aforesaid condition, the contract shall, in addition to being liable to action for contravention
of the terms of licenses or permit and criminal breach of trust, be liable to honour for all
moneys, advantages or profits resulting or which in the usual course would have resulted to
him by reason of such breach.

(G). Right of Technopark to terminate Contract in the event of death of

contractor if individual
Without prejudice to any of the rights or remedies under this contract, if the contractor,
being an individual, dies the Technopark shall have the option of terminating the contract
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 without incurring any liability for such termination.

28. INTEREST ON DELAYED PAYMENTS NOT ALLOWED.

The contractor is not eligible for interest in the case of delayed payments on account of any
force majure conditions.

29. WATER AND ELECTRICITY:

The contractor shall make his own arrangement for water and electricity required for the
works. The TECHNOPARK takes no responsibility for the supply of either electricity or
water.

Chief Executive Officer,

TECHNOPARK
Place :
Date :

I/We hereby declare that I/We have read and understood the above instructions and the
terms and conditions mentioned above are binding on me/us.

Date: Signature of the tenderer

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 5. GENERAL CONDITIONS OF CONTRACT

1. DEFINITIONS

The following terms shall have the meaning hereby assigned to them except where
the context otherwise requires:

a). TECHNOPARK

Means ELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY PARKS- KERALA

b) Engineer shall be the person representing “TECHNOPARK”/ Technopark

supervising the work.

c) CONTRACTOR,

The successful tenderer to whom the contract has been awarded.

d) SUB-CONTRACTOR,

Company or any person to whom any part of the contract has been sublet with
the consent in writing by the Technopark and the legal representatives, successors
and assignees of such person.

e) CONTRACT,
shall mean and include the following:-

Notice inviting tender, Tender form, General Conditions of Contract, General

Specifications, Special conditions, Article of Agreement, Technical Specifications,
Unit Specifications/ (Detailed Specifications), Schedule of Quantities, Drawings
if any, Work Order and/or any other correspondences of negotiations.

f) SITE,

The actual place in, over or under which work is to be done, allotted by the
TECHNOPARK for Contractor's use.

g) WORK,

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 of the Contractor shall mean and include materials or labour or both.

h) CONTRACT PRICE,
The sums referred to in the formal agreement, if any or the work order.

i) SCHEDULE OF QUANTITIES,

The schedule of approximate quantities of various items of work with specification

for unit rate.

j) SCHEDULE OF RATES,

The schedule showing unit rates, against specification of various items of works.

k) OWNER, means the Technopark

2. ASSIGNMENT AND SUB-CONTRACTING

2.1 ASSIGNMENT:

The Contractor shall not assign the contract or any part thereof or any benefit or
interest therein or there under without the written permission of the Technopark.

2.2 SUB-CONTRACTING:
The Contractor shall not sub-contract the whole of the contract. The Contractor
shall not sub-contract any part of the works without the written consent of the
Technopark and such consent, if given, shall not relieve the Contractor from any
liability or obligation under the contract and the Contractor shall be responsible for
the acts, defaults and neglects of the sub-Contractor, his agents, employees or
workmen as fully as if they were the acts, defaults or neglects of the Contractor
or his agents, servants, or workmen.

3. DRAWINGS

3.1 ISSUE OF DRAWINGS:

Drawings approved for construction will be issued to the Contractor progressively

during the contract period and the Contractor shall arrange for the execution of the
works and the procurement of materials accordingly. The Contractor shall give
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 adequate notice in writing to the Technopark or his representative of any further
drawings or specifications that may be required for the execution of the works or
otherwise under the contract.

3.2 ISSUE OF FURTHER DRAWINGS AND INSTRUCTIONS:

The TECHNOPARK shall have full power and authority to supply to the
Contractor from time to time through his representative, during the progress of
the works such further drawings and instructions as shall be necessary for the
purpose of proper and adequate execution and maintenance of the works and
the Contractor shall carry out and be bound by the same.

3.3 OWNERSHIP OF DRAWINGS:

All drawings supplied to the Contractor are deemed to be the property of the
Technopark. The Contractor agrees not to divulge or use, except for the purpose of
this contract, any information contained in the drawings.

3.4 EXECUTION AS PER DRAWINGS:

The Contractor must not vary or deviate from the drawings in any respect while
executing the work or executing any extra work of any kind whatsoever duly
consulting the Technopark.

3.5 ROYALTIES AND PATENT RIGHTS

All royalties or other sums payable in respect of the supply and use in carrying
out the work as desired by or referred to in the schedule of quantities of any
patented articles, process or inventions shall be deemed to have been included in
the contract sum and the Contractor shall indemnify the “TECHNOPARK” from
and against all claims, proceedings, damages, costs and expenses which may be
brought or made against the “TECHNOPARK” or to which he may be put by
reason of the Contractor infringing or being held to have infringed any patent
rights in relation to any such articles, process and inventions.

4. GENERAL OBLIGATIONS

4.1 INSPECTION OF SITE ETC. BEFORE SUBMISSION OF TENDER:

The Contractor shall inspect and examine the site and its surroundings, and shall
satisfy himself before submitting his tender, as to the nature of the ground, form
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 and nature of the site, the quantities and nature of work and materials required
for the completion of the works, the means of access to the site, the local labour
conditions, the facilities available at site, the accommodation he may require and
in general shall obtain all necessary information as to the risks, contingencies and
other circumstances which may influence or affect his tender.

4.2 SUFFICIENCY OF TENDER:

The Contractor shall be deemed to have satisfied himself before tendering as

to the correctness and sufficiency of his tender for the works and of the rates and
prices stated in the priced bill of quantities and the schedule of rates and prices, if
any, with tender rates and prices shall cover all his obligations under the contract
and all matters and things necessary for the proper completion and maintenance
of the work.

4.3 CLARIFICATION BEFORE SUBMITTING TENDERS:

Should the Contractor notice any discrepancy or error in the statement made, or
quantities or units shown against items, he shall immediately bring to the notice of
the “TECHNOPARK” and obtain the clarification before submitting the tender.
The tender shall be based on such clarifications received and shall be recorded as
such in the covering letter to the tender, failing which the “TECHNOPARK” shall
have the right to ask the Contractor to execute the work according to the statement
made or quantities or units shown in the tender, without any compensation.

4.3.1. It is specifically understood that the moment the tender is submitted the contractor
shall be deemed to have complied with the conditions in clause 4.1 and 4.3 and has
also satisfied himself about the requirement therein.

4.4 RATES QUOTED FOR FINISHED WORK:

The rates quoted in the tender by the Contractor must be for the finished work as
per the drawings and specifications. The rate shall remain firm throughout the
period of contract, including extended period if any, granted by the Technopark.

4.5 LOCATION OF WORK:

Unless specifically mentioned in the item, the work described there-in may be at
any location or elevation.

4.6 TENDERS OPEN FOR:

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 The tender shall remain open for acceptance for a period of 120days from the date
of opening of the Techno-commercial bid.

4.7 COMMENCEMENT OF WORK:

The Contractor shall commence the work at site, within 7 days of issue of formal
work order or date of handing over of the site whichever is later or being
advised by the TECHNOPARK unless otherwise specified, and shall proceed
with the same with due expedition.

4.8 CONTRACTOR'S EMPLOYEES:

The Contractor shall provide and employ at site in connection with the execution
and maintenance works.

a) Only such technical assistants as are skilled and experienced in their

respective fields and such sub-agents, foreman and leading hands as are
competent to give proper supervision to the work they are required to supervise
and,
b) Such Skilled, semi-skilled and unskilled labour as is necessary for the proper and
timely execution and maintenance of works.
4.9 REMOVAL OF WORKMEN:

The Technopark shall be at liberty to object to and require the Contractor to

remove forthwith from the works any person employed by the Contractor in or
about the execution or maintenance of the works who in the opinion of the
Technopark mis-conducts himself or is incompetent or negligent in the proper
performance of his duties or whose employment is otherwise considered by the
Technopark to be undesirable and such person shall be replaced by the Contractor
without delay by a competent substitute approved by the TECHNOPARK.

4.10 COMMUNICATIONS TO BE IN WRITING:

All references, communications, correspondences made by the TECHNOPARK,

the Technopark's representative or the Contractor concerning the works shall be in
writing and no reference, communication, or complaint which is not in writing,
shall be recognized.

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4.11 OCCUPATION AND USE OF LAND:

No land, building belonging to or in the possession of the TECHNOPARK shall be

occupied by the Contractor. The Contractor shall not use, or allow to be used, the
site for any purpose other than that for executing the works. Under no
circumstances, the roads within Technopark campus shall be used for
dumping/collection of materials by the contractor.

4.12 MATERIALS, TOOLS AND PLANT:

All materials required for the execution of the works shall be supplied by the
Contractor. Materials so supplied shall have the approval of the Technopark
before using on the works. All the rejected materials shall be removed at once from
the site of work at the Contractor’s own cost.
4.13 HOUSE KEEPING
a) The Contractor shall be required to maintain the site, works and surroundings in a
neat and orderly manner, free of accumulating debris, haphazard stacking of
materials, unhygienic and unsafe environment ,cleaning of the site at all levels inside
and outside, removal of unwanted materials, packing cases etc, shall be undertaken
atleast once on daily basis. Unwanted material and debris shall be carted away from
site and disposed off on a daily basis.
b) If in the opinion of the owner/consultant/architect that the house keeping is not
carried out to acceptable standards, then the owner/architect/consultant have the right
to engage an outside agency for the same at the cost and risk of the Contractor.
d) The arrangement for suitable de-watering system shall be the responsibility of the
Contractor, so that the construction site particularly the area to be concreted for the
basement foundations, retaining walls or other structures etc is kept sufficiently dry
and fit for concreting. Arrangement for any additional means of de-watering as may
be required depending on the exigencies shall be the responsibility of the Contractor
without any extra/additional claims.
4.15 TOLLAGES ETC.:

The Contractor shall pay all tollages and other royalties, rent and other payments
or compensations, if any for getting stone, gravel, sand, clay and all other materials
required for the works.

4.16 SETTING OUT:

The Contractor shall be responsible for the true and proper setting out of the

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 works and for the correctness of the position, levels, dimensions and alignment
of all parts of the works and for the provision of all necessary instruments,
appliances and labour in connection therewith. If at any time during the
progress of the works any error shall appear or arise in the position, level,
dimensions or alignment of any part of the works, the Contractor on being
required to do so by the Technopark or Technopark's representative, shall at his
own cost rectify such error to the satisfaction of the Technopark/Technopark
or his representative. The checking of any setting out or of any line or level by
the Technopark or his representative shall not in any way relieve the Contractor of
his responsibility for the correctness thereof. The Contractor shall provide all
necessary instruments, appliances and labour required by the Technopark or
his representative for checking, if any, of the setting out. The Contractor shall
carefully protect and observe all bench marks, site levels, pegs and other things
used in setting out the works. The rates quoted for the work shall also include the
cost of reference and level pillars and their dismantling, when no longer required.

4.17 DAMAGE TO PERSONS AND PROPERTY:

The Contractor shall indemnify and keep indemnified the TECHNOPARK against
all losses and claims for injuries or damages to any person or property
whatsoever which may arise out of or in consequence of the construction and
maintenance of works and against all claims, demands, proceedings, damages,
costs, charges, expenses, whatsoever in respect thereof in relation thereto.
4.18 CO-OPERATION WITH OTHER AGENCIES:

The Contractor shall co-operate with the work of other agencies or Contractors that
may be employed or engaged by the TECHNOPARK and as far as it relates to the
Contractors' work. The sequence of work shall be so arranged that the works of
other agencies are also in progress simultaneously.
4.19 BARRICADING AROUND EXCAVATED TRENCHES ETC:
The Contractor shall at his own cost provide around excavation, temporary
barricading with bellies and bamboos with warning signals during day and
night and shall maintain it so long as the trenches are not filled up. Similar
barricades shall also be provided at all dismantling work, erection of structurals,
sheeting work etc. No extra claim shall be entertained for providing, maintaining
and removing such barricades.

4.20 FABRICATION DRAWINGS:

Contractor shall prepare at his own cost all fabrication drawings of all
structural steel works and submit them to the Technopark for their approval at

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 least before 15 days of commencing the fabrication. All the details like sizes,
capacities, dimensions, arrangement of fabrication etc. should be clearly indicated
on these drawings.
4.21 PROTECTION OF UNDERGROUND SERVICES:
The Contractor must take precautionary measures to protect the underground
and other services lines viz. cables, water and sewer lines, etc. and observe any
specific instructions which may be given in this regard by the Technopark.
4.22 DEWATERING TRENCHES AND PITS:

The tendered rates shall always be deemed to have taken into account the cost of
removal of silt and materials that may slip in the trenches and pits and de-
watering the trenches or pits of water accumulated or collected through seepage
or subsoil water or rain water. The Contractor shall in no case be entitled to claim
any extra amount for the above work. The Contractor shall remain prepared with
necessary pumps and equipment for de-watering the trenches or pits so as to
avoid unnecessary delay and possible damage to the property etc.

4.23 WORK IN OR AROUND OPERATING PLANT OR OFFICES ETC:

Where the work is being carried out in or around an operating plant where
the plant must run uninterrupted, the Contractor shall work only at
specified places and times as mutually arranged between the Contractor and
the TECHNOPARK. Similar arrangement must be made while executing works
inside the offices, buildings etc. without causing disturbance to the office work.
For this the work may be required to be done during off-hours and Sundays. No
extra will be allowed beyond the rates quoted for doing work in the manner
described above.

4.24 WORK IN SHIFTS AND ON OFF-DAYS:

The Contractor shall work in one or more shifts as also on Sundays and off days to
complete the work on time, if so required by the Technopark, the Contractor
should carry out the work in the night also.
4.25 DELAYS IN OBTAINING MATERIALS SUPPLIED BY THE OWNER:

If TECHNOPARK has undertaken to supply any material specified in the

special conditions at rates and conditions cited therein, the Contractor shall keep
himself in touch with day-to day position regarding the supply of materials from
the Technopark/ TECHNOPARK and so adjust the progress of the works that

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 labour may not remain idle nor there by any other claim due to or arising from
delay in obtaining the materials.

4.27 SAFE STORAGE OF MATERIALS:

The Contractor shall be responsible for the safe storage of materials supplied
by the TECHNOPARK for execution of the works. Surplus materials or materials
lost or damaged or unaccounted for or made unserviceable by the Contractor
shall be charged as specified in the special conditions.
4.28 TRANSPORT OF MATERIALS:

Unless otherwise specified, all the materials supplied by the “TECHNOPARK”

shall be transported by the Contractor from the “TECHNOPARK’s” store/ yard,
to the site of work at no extra cost.

4.29 PROTECTION AND CLEANING

a) The Contractor shall protect and preserve the work from all damage or accident by
providing any temporary coverings, boxing or other construction required by the
owner/architect/consultant. This protection shall be provided for all property adjacent to
the site as well as on site.

b) The Contractor shall properly clean the work as it progresses and shall remove all
rubbish and debris from the site from time to time as is necessary and as directed. On
completion the Contractor shall ensure that the premises and or site are cleaned of surplus
materials, debris, sheds etc. removed, areas under floor cleared of debris, gutters and
drains cleared and handed over to the owner so that the whole complex is left fit for
immediate occupation or use and to the satisfaction of the owner.
c) The surplus spoil and dismantled debris shall be removed to a place as
directed by the Technopark and stacked, leveled and dressed as directed.

4.30 CONFLICT IN MEANING BETWEEN SCHEDULE OF RATES AND

SPECIFICATIONS:

The schedule of rates shall be read in conjunction with the specifications, and in
the event of conflict in meaning between the two, the corresponding item in the
unit rate specification shall always have precedence over the specifications.

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5. LABOUR

5.1 LABOUR RULES:

In respect of all labour directly or indirectly employed on the works by the

Contractor, the Contractor shall comply with the provisions of the contract labour
(Regulation and Abolition) Act 1970, Minimum Wages Act 1948, Payment of Wages
Act 1936 and any amendments thereof and all legislation and rules of the State and/or
Central Government or other local authorities, framed from time to time, governing
the protection of health, sanitary arrangements, wages, welfare and safety for labour
employed on building and construction works and for bonus, retirement benefits,
retrenchment/lay off, compensation and all other matters liabilities of owners to
employees. The rule and the other statutory obligations with regard to fair wages,
welfare and safety measures, maintenance of register etc. will be deemed to be part of
the Contract.

5.1.1. Contractor shall at all times take all reasonable precautions to prevent any
unlawful, riotous or disorderly conduct by or amongst its employees and for
the preservation of peace and protection of persons and property in the
neighborhood of the site against the same.

5.1.2. Upon the outbreak of any strike or labour dispute involving any of
Contractor’s personnel engaged on the services, Contractor shall forthwith give
details thereof to Technopark. If any dispute arises between the contract
labour/ labour/ employees and Contractor agency, Technopark will not be
responsible in any manner. The Contractor shall not stop or cause stoppage of
work on account of strike or other agitation during the period of contract.

5.1.3. Contractor shall immediately report any occurrence of any accident at or about
the site or in connection with the execution of the services or any injury, loss or
damage to any personnel or to property of Contractor, Technopark or of a third
party, report such occurrence to the competent authority.

5.1.4. The contractor shall engage his labour as per the provisions of relevant labour
acts. In case the contractor engages migrant laborers their data shall be verified
by contractor and police clearance certificate shall be submitted to Technopark.

5.1.5. The minimum age limit for employment of labour shall be 18 years.
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5.2 REPORTING ACCIDENT OF LABOUR:

The Contractor shall be responsible for the safety of all employees and/or workers
employed or engaged by him on and in connection with the works and shall
forthwith report all cases of accidents to any of them, however caused and
whenever occurring, to the Technopark or his representative and shall make
every arrangement to render all possible assistance and aid to the victims of the
accident.
5.3 INDUSTRIAL DISPUTE

It is laid down that in case any industrial dispute has arisen or is apprehended
between the CONTRACTOR and the employee/ Workmen, the CONTRACTOR is
liable to see that the dispute is settled or to submit himself to legal proceedings
arising out of such industrial dispute and TECHNOPARK shall not be liable or
responsible, in any manner whatsoever, in this regard.

5.4 INSURANCE

The CONTRACTOR shall take necessary insurance to cover the entire provisions of
Workmen's Compensation Act and public liability and also in respect of any other
person on account of accident at site.

5.5 PROVISION OF WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION ACT:

The Contractor shall at all times indemnify and keep indemnified the
TECHNOPARK against all claims for compensation under the provisions of the
Workmen's Compensation Act 1923 or any other law for the time being in force
by or in respect of any workmen employed by the Contractor in carrying out the
contract and against all cost and expenses or penalties incurred by the
TECHNOPARK in connection therewith. In any case in which, by virtue of the
provision of the said Act, the TECHNOPARK is obliged to pay compensation to a
workman employed by the Contractor in executing the works, the
TECHNOPARK shall recover from the Contractor the amount of the compensation
so paid and without prejudice to the rights of the TECHNOPARK under the said
Act. The TECHNOPARK shall be at liberty to recover such amount or any part
thereof by deducting it from the security deposit or from any amount due by the
TECHNOPARK to the Contractor, whether under this contract or otherwise
without prejudice to any other remedy that may be available to the
TECHNOPARK in law. The TECHNOPARK shall not be bound to contest any
claim made against it under the said Act, except on the written request of the
Contractor and upon his giving to the TECHNOPARK full security for all cost for
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 which the TECHNOPARK might become liable in consequence of contesting such
claim.
5.6 ACCIDENT OR INJURY TO WORKMEN:

The Technopark/TECHNOPARK shall not be liable for, in respect, of any

damages or compensation payable as per regulations or in consequence of any
accident or injury to any workmen or other person in the employment of the
Contractor or his sub-Contractors, and the Contractor shall indemnify and keep
indemnified the TECHNOPARK against all such damages and compensation and
against all claims, demands, proceedings costs, charges and expenses whatsoever
in respect thereof or in relation thereto.

5.7 PRESERVATION OF PEACE:

The Contractor shall take requisite precautions to prevent any riotous or unlawful
behaviour by or amongst his workmen and/or others employed on the works by
him, for the preservation of peace and protection of the inhabitants and security
of property in the neighborhood of the works.

5.8 AGE LIMIT OF LABOUR:

The age limit for employment of labour shall be in strict accordance with the
existing labour legislation.

5.9 RETURN OF LABOUR EMPLOYED:

The Contractor, if required by the Technopark, shall submit return in detail in

such form and at such interval as the Technopark may prescribe showing number
of different classes of labour employed on the works from time to time by the
Contractor.

5.10 OBSERVANCE BY SUB-CONTRACTOR:

The Contractor shall be responsible for the observance of the provisions of

aforesaid clauses by the sub-Contractors employed by him in the execution of
the contact.

6. MATERIAL TESTS AND WORKMANSHIP

6.1 QUALITY OF MATERIALS, WORKMANSHIP AND TESTS:

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 All materials and workmanship shall be of the respective kinds described in
the contract and in accordance with the TECHNOPARK or their representative's
instructions and shall be subjected, from time to time, to such tests as the
Technopark or his representative may direct at the place of manufacture or
fabrication or on the site or at all or any of such places. The Contractor shall
provide such assistance instruments, machines, labour and materials, as are
normally required for examining, measuring and testing any work and the quality,
weight or quantity of any material used and shall supply samples of materials
before incorporation in the works for approval as may be required by the
TECHNOPARK. A fully equipped Testing laboratory shall be available at site to
conduct routine tests on cement, concrete etc.

6.2 CONSTRUCTION OF PROTOTYPES OR SAMPLES OF WORK:

The Contractor shall construct prototypes or samples of work as laid down in the
contract or as instructed by the Technopark. Such prototypes or samples of work,
after approval by the TECHNOPARK, shall serve as the standards to be achieved
in the final construction.

6.3 COST OF SAMPLES:

All samples shall be supplied by the Contractor at his own cost.

6.4 COST OF TESTS:

The cost of making any test as per specifications shall be borne by the Contractor,
and the Contractor should arrange for all facilities like testing equipment’s, meters,
instruments as required for carrying out such tests.

6.5 INSPECTION OF OPERATION:

The TECHNOPARK or their representative shall at all times have access to the
works and to the site and to all workshops and places where materials,
manufactured articles or machinery are being obtained for the works and the
Contractor shall afford every facility for every assistance in obtaining the right
to such access.

6.6 EXAMINATION OF WORK BEFORE COVERING UP:

No work shall be covered up or put out of view without the approval of the
Technopark or the Technopark's representative and the Contractor shall afford
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 full opportunity to the Technopark or the Technopark's representative to
examine and measure any work which is about to be covered up or put out of
view and to examine foundations before permanent work is placed thereon.
The Contractor shall give due notice to the Technopark'/ TECHNOPARK’s
representative wherever any such work or foundations is or are ready or about
to be ready for examination and the Technopark'/ TECHNOPARK’s
representative shall without unreasonable delay, unless he considers it
unnecessary and advises the Contractor accordingly, attend for the purpose of
examining and measuring such work or of examining such foundations.

6.7 UNCOVERING AND MAKING OPENINGS:

The Contractor shall uncover any part or parts of the works or make openings in
or through the same as the Technopark may, from time to time, direct and shall
reinstate and make good such part or parts to the satisfaction of the
TECHNOPARK . If any such part or parts have been covered up or put out of
view after compliance with the requirements of clause 6.6 hereof and found to
be executed in accordance with the contract, the expenses of uncovering,
making in or through, reinstating and making good the same shall be borne
by the TECHNOPARK, but in any other case all such expenses shall be borne
by the Contractor and shall be recoverable from him by the TECHNOPARK and
deducted by the TECHNOPARK from any money due, which may become due to
the Contractor, without prejudice to any other remedy that may be available to the
TECHNOPARK, by law.

6.8 REMOVAL OF IMPROPER WORK AND MATERIALS:

Technopark or his representative shall during the progress of the works have
power to order in writing from time to time:

a) The removal from the site within such time or times as may be specified in
the order of any materials which in the opinion of the Technopark or his
representative are not in accordance with the contract.

b) The substitution of proper and suitable materials.

c) The removal and proper re-execution notwithstanding a previous test

thereof or interim payment thereof of a work which in respect of materials
or workmanship is not in the opinion of the Technopark or his
representative in accordance with contract.

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6.9 SUSPENSION OF WORK:

The Contractor shall, on the written order by the TECHNOPARK suspend the
progress of the works or any part thereof for such time or times and in such
manner as the Technopark may consider necessary and shall during such
suspension, properly protect and secure the work, so far as is necessary in the
opinion of the Technopark.

7. TIME OF COMPLETION AND TAKING OVER:

7.1 POSSESSION OF SITE:

Save in so far the contract may prescribe, the extent of portions of the site of which
the TECHNOPARK is to give possession from time to time and the order in
which such portions will be available to him and subject to any requirement in
the contract as to the order in which the work shall be executed, the
TECHNOPARK shall give to the Contractor possession of so much of the site as
may be required to enable the Contractor to commence and proceed with the
construction of the works in accordance with such reasonable proposals of the
Contractor as he will make in writing to the Technopark and shall, from time to
time as the work proceeds give the Contractor possession of such further
portions of the site as may be required to enable the Contractor to proceed with
the construction of the works in accordance with the said programme or proposal.

7.3 FORCE MAJEURE

Neither party shall be liable for any failure or delay in performance under this
agreement if the failure/delay is caused by natural calamity, general strike, curfew,
riot, war, or any act of god which prevents normal activities or reasons beyond the
control of the party. In such cases, the party affected by this clause shall give
written notice to the other party with full details, within a week of the occurrence
of the cause. If the force majeure condition affects the completion schedule, the
time of completion shall be revised to the extent of loss of time caused by force
majeure.

7.4 WORK TREATED AS COMPLETE:

The works shall not be treated as complete until:

i) The site is clear from all materials, site shed, etc. and the Technopark is
satisfied with the job done by the Contractor

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 ii) All equipment, tools, plant taken from the TECHNOPARK have been
returned by the Contractor.

iii) Rectifications of any damage done by the Contractor to the work executed
have been satisfactorily done by the Contractor.

vi) The works shall not be considered as completed until the Technopark has
certified in writing that they have been completed.

7.5 TAKING OVER:

After completion of works or any substantial part of the works before the
completion of the whole of the works, the Contractor shall notify the Technopark
in writing, who within 15 days of receipt of the said notice shall give such
certificate with respect to any substantial part of the works which has been
both completed to the satisfaction of the Technopark and occupied or used by
the TECHNOPARK or refuse to issue the same stating the reasons thereof in
writing. When any such certificate is given in respect of a part of the works, such
part shall be considered as completed for the purpose of taking over and
computation of the period of maintenance of such part, that is, such period shall
commence from the date of completion of such part of the works as certified.
The works in whole or part shall not, however, be treated as completed for the
purpose of other relevant clauses hereof unless and until the provisions of clause
7.5. here of are fully complied with.

7.6 MAINTENANCE:
For a period of 12 months commencing immediately after the completion of
work done by the contractor, the Contractors liability shall be to replace the
defective parts, rectify/reconstruct the defective work that may develop of his
own construction or those of his sub-contractors approved by the
TECHNOPARK arising solely from faulty materials or workmanship.
If it is necessary for the Contractor to rectify/ reconstruct any defective portions
of the work under the contract, the provision of this condition shall apply to
the portions of work so replaced or renewed until the expiration of three months
from the date of such replacement or renewal or until the end of the above
mentioned period of 12months, whichever may be later. If any defects be not
remedied within a reasonable time the TECHNOPARK may proceed to do the
work at Contractor's risk and expense, but without prejudice to any other rights
which the TECHNOPARK may have against the Contractor in respect of such
defects.

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 The Contractor shall bear the cost of such repairs/rectifications carried out on his
behalf at site. Immediately upon satisfactory completion of the maintenance period
the Company shall issue a final certificate indicating that the Contractor has
completed his obligation under the contract.

8. TERMINATION OF CONTRACT:
8.1 TERMINATION OF CONTRACT:

If the Contractor has abandoned the contract or has failed to proceed with the
work due to negligence or the progress on any particular item or items is slow or
has failed to execute the work in accordance with the terms and conditions of the
contract, is persistently or frequently neglecting to carryout his obligation
under the contract, then it shall be lawful for the TECHNOPARK to terminate
the contract forthwith under written notice and to proceed with the balance of
the work through any other agencies. During the course of execution of the job,
in case the Contractor has done any substandard work, he shall be asked in writing
to dismantle and redo the same at his own expenses. If the Contractor fails to
comply with the above instructions immediately, then the TECHNOPARK shall
proceed with the above rectification work, through another agency or agencies.
Similarly, if the Contractor goes slow on any particular item or items of work, the
TECHNOPARK shall have the right to execute this item or items through another
agency or agencies, including its own department.

8.2 BACK CHARGING THE CONTRACTOR:

Extra cost and expenses incurred for completing the work or balance work or
carrying out the rectification of any work as mentioned above through another
agency or agencies including its own department, shall be debited to
Contractor's account and shall be recovered from any money due or that may
become due to the Contractor without prejudice to any other remedy that may
be available to the TECHNOPARK in law. If there is any savings in cost due to re-
arrangement or supplementing through other agencies the original contractor will
not have any claim on this.

9. ALTERATIONS, ADDITIONS AND OMISSIONS:

9.1 VARIATION:
Technopark/Technopark shall be entitled to make any variation of the quality or
quantity of the works or any part thereof that may in his opinion, be necessary and

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 for that purpose, or if for any other reason it shall, in his opinion be desirable, he
shall have power to order the Contractor to do and the Contractor shall do any of
the following:

a) Increase or decrease the quantity of any work included in the contract.

b) Omit any portion of work.

c) Change the character or quality or kind of any such work.

d) Change the levels, lines, position and dimensions of any part of works and,
e) Execute additional work of any kind necessary for the completion of the
works, and no such variation shall in any way initiate or invalidate the
contract but the value, if any, of all such variations shall be taken into
account in ascertaining the amount of the contract price.

9.2 ORDERS FOR VARIATIONS TO BE IN WRITING:

No variation shall be made by the Contractor without an order in writing of the

TECHNOPARK. Provided that no order in writing shall be required for increase
or decrease in the quantity of any item of work where such increase or decrease
is the result of the actual quantities exceeding or being less than those stated in
the bill of quantities which are estimates. In such cases, the Contractor shall be
paid only for the actual quantity of work done as certified by the Technopark at the
accepted unit item rates and no compensation shall be allowed. Provided also that
if for any reason the Technopark shall consider it desirable to give any such order
verbally, the Contractor shall comply with such order but it must be followed by
confirmation in writing of such verbal order given by the Technopark, which shall
be deemed to be an order in writing within the meaning of this clause.

9.3 EXTRA ITEMS :

Extra items will be classified as additional, substituted or altered items, depending
on their relation or otherwise to the original item or items of work and all extra
items are to be approved by Technopark.

Rates for authorised extra items, additional, altered or substituted work as may be
ordered shall be determined by the Technopark/TECHNOPARK as follows:

a. In the case of all extra items whether additional, altered or substituted, if accepted rates for
identical items provided for in the contract, such rates shall be applicable..

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b. In the case of extra items whether altered or substituted, for which similar items
exists in the contract, the rates shall be derived from the original item by
appropriate adjustment of cost of affected components. The percentage excess or
deduction of the contract rate for the original item with reference to the estimated
rate shall be applied in deriving the rates for such items.

c. In the case of extra items, whether altered or substituted, for which similar items
do not exist in the contract, the rates shall be arrived at on the basis of provisions of
DSR-2016.

d. In the case of extra items, whether additional, altered or substituted, for which the
rates cannot be derived from similar items in the contract, and only partly from
similar items in the contract, and only partly from the public work departmental
rates, the rates for such part or parts of items as are not covered in the schedule of
rates shall be determined by the Consultant /TECHNOPARK on the basis of the
prevailing market rates giving due consideration to the analysis of the rate
furnished by the contractor with supporting documents, including Contractor's
profit. This shall be added on to the DSR-2016. (Including contractor's profit and
applicable Cost index as on the last day of submission of bids) for the other part or
the items for which the rates can be derived from the schedule of rates of DSR-2016
adjusting the percentage quoted for this part alone.

e. In the case of extra item whether additional, altered, substituted, for which the
rates cannot be derived either from similar item of work in the contract or from the
departmental schedule of rates, the Contractor shall within 14 days of the receipt of
order to carry out the said extra item of work, communicate to the Engineer the
rate which he proposes to claim for the item, supported by analysis of the rate
claimed and the TECHNOPARK/Consultant shall within one month thereafter,
determine the rate on the basis of the market rate giving due consideration to the
rate claimed by the Contractor.

9.4 REBATE/EXTRA OVER ORIGINAL ITEM:

If there is a deviation in the specification of particular item of the tender,

rebate/extra over the quoted rate shall be generally derived as follows:

a) For items not covered in the schedule, rebate/extra shall be derived based on
observation/analysis of labour and materials involved in such items with the prior
approval of the Technopark.
9.6 CLAIMS:

The Contractor shall send to the Technopark/Technopark's representative an

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 account, giving full and detailed particulars with proper analysis of all claims for
any additional expense to which the Contractor may consider himself entitled
and of all extra items of work ordered by Technopark, which he has executed,
within one month of execution of such work, and no claim for payment for any
such work will be considered which has not been included in such particulars.
Provided always that the Technopark shall be entitled authorize payment to be
made for any such work notwithstanding the Contractor's failure to comply
with this condition, if the Contractor has at the earliest practicable
opportunity notified the Technopark in writing, that he intends to make a claim for
such work.

10. MEASUREMENTS

10.1 QUANTITIES:
The quantities set out in the bill of quantities are the estimated quantities of
the work. They are not to be taken as the actual and correct quantities of the
works, to be executed by the Contractor in fulfillment of his obligations under the
contract.

10.2 WORKS TO BE MEASURED:

Technopark shall, except as otherwise stated, ascertain and determine by
measurement the value in terms of the contract. He shall when he requires any
part or parts of the works to be measured, give notice to the Contractor's
authorized agent or representative, who shall forthwith attend or send a qualified
agent to assist the TECHNOPARK or their representative in making such
measurement, and shall furnish all particulars required by either of them.
Should the Contractor not attend or neglect or omit to send such agents, then the
measurement made by the Technopark or approved by him, shall be taken to be
the correct measurement of the work. For the purpose of measuring such
permanent work as is to be measured by record and drawings,
Technopark/Technopark’s representative shall prepare records and drawings
month by month and the Contractor, as and when called upon to do so in writing,
shall within fourteen days, attend to examine and agree such records and
drawings with the Technopark's representative and shall sign the same when
so agreed. If the Contractor does not so attend to examine and agree such records
and drawings they shall be taken to be correct. If, after examination of such
records and drawings, the Contractor does not agree to the same or does not sign
the same as agreed, they shall nevertheless be taken to be correct, unless the
Contractor shall, within fourteen days of such examination, lodge with the
Technopark's representative for decision by the Technopark, notice in writing of
the respects in which such records and drawings are claimed by him to be
incorrect.
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10.3 METHOD OF MEASUREMENT:
The works shall be measured in accordance to relevant IS codes notwithstanding
any general or local custom, except where otherwise specifically described or
prescribed in the contract.

10.4 PROVISIONAL SUMS:

"Provisional sum" means a sum included in the contract and so designated in

the bill of quantities for execution of works or the supply of goods, materials or
services or for contingencies, which sum may be used, in whole, or in part, or not
at all, at the direction or discretion of the Technopark/Technopark. The contract
price shall include only such amounts in respect of the work, supply or services to
which provisional sums relate as the Technopark/Technopark shall approve or
determine.
The Contractor shall when required by the Technopark, produce all quotations, invoices,
voucher, and accounts or receipts in connection with expenditure respect of provisional
sums.

11. SETTLEMENT OF DISPUTES:

11.1 MATTER TO BE SETTLED BY OWNER:

All disputes and differences of any kind whatsoever arising out of or in

connection with the contract, whether during the progress of the works or after
their completion shall be referred by the Contractor to the TECHNOPARK and the
TECHNOPARK shall within a reasonable time after their presentation make and
notify decisions thereon in writing.

The decisions, directions, clarifications, measurements, drawings and certificates

with respect to any matter, the decision for which is specially provided for by
these or other special conditions to be given and made by the TECHNOPARK or
by the Technopark on behalf of the TECHNOPARK are matters which are referred
to hereinafter as accepted matters and shall be final and binding upon the
Contractor and shall not be set aside on account of non-observance of any
formality, any omission, delay or error in procedure in or about the same, or on
any other grounds or for any reason and shall be without Appeal.

11.2 Disputes if any arising out of or in any way connected with this Agreement shall
be deemed to have arisen in Thiruvananthapuram and only the courts in
Thiruvananthapuram shall have jurisdiction to determine the same.

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12. NOTICES

12.1 SERVICE OF NOTICE ON CONTRACTOR:

All certificates, notices or written orders to be given by the TECHNOPARK or by

the Technopark/Technopark to the Contractor under terms of the contract shall be
served by sending by post or delivering the same to the Contractor's place of
business or such other address as the Contractor shall nominate for this purpose.

12.2 SERVICE OF NOTICE ON OWNER:

All notices to be given to the TECHNOPARK under the terms of the contract shall
be served by sending by post or delivering the same to the TECHNOPARK’s
address.

13. The contractor shall strictly observe the safety codes and labour laws as detailed
under:

14. DISPOSAL OF REFUSE

1) The unsuitable excavated earth, refuse etc arising from the works both as it
accumulates, at regular intervals and also on the completion of the works or as
directed by the owner/architect/consultant shall be carted away from the site and
disposed in the approved dump yard of Local Municipality by the Contractor. The
rate of excavation includes cost of all necessary licenses/approvals/royalty charges
etc and permissions for disposing the unsuitable earth to appropriate place.

2) It is the responsibility of the Contractor to obtain a certificate from the local

authorities/statutory bodies to the effect that all rubbish arising out of Contractors
activities at the construction site or any other offsite activities, borrow pits and or
disposal areas has been properly disposed off.

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 SAFETY CODE

1. First aid appliances including adequate supply of sterilized dressings and cotton
wool shall be kept in a readily accessible place.

2. An injured person shall be taken to a public hospital without loss of time, in cases
where the injury necessitates hospitalization.

3. Suitable and strong scaffolds should be provided for workmen for all works that
cannot safely be done from ground.

4. No portable single ladder shall be over 8 meters in length. The width between the
side rails shall not be less than 30cm.(clear) and the distance between two adjacent
rungs shall not be more than 3 cm. When a ladder is used an extra mazdoor shall
be engaged for holding the ladder.

5. The excavated material shall not be placed within 1.5metres of the edge of the
trench of half of the depth of trench whichever is more. All trenches and
excavations shall be provided with necessary fencing and .lighting.

6. Workers employed on mixing and handling material such as Rubble, cement

mortar or concrete etc shall be provided with protective footwear and rubber
hand-gloves.

7. Those engaged in welding works shall be provided with welder’s protective eye-
shields and gloves.

8. Hoisting machines and tackle used in the works, including their attachments,
anchorage and supports shall be in perfect condition.

9. The ropes used in hoisting or lowering material or as a means of suspension shall

be of durable quality and adequate strength and free from defects.

10. All workers employed for any kind of work shall be provided with safety helmet
and safety shoes.

11. Signeages, barricades etc. to be provided at site as per requirement and as directed
by the safety officer.
12. Fire extinguisher should be placed where welding and other electrical works are
carried out.

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 ACCIDENTS HOARDING LIGHTING – OBSERVATIONS WATCHMAN

(a) When excavations have been made obstacles have been put in public through faces
or in places where there is any like hood of accidents, the contractor shall comply
with any requirements of law on the subject, and shall provide suitable boarding
lighting and watchman as necessary.

(b) It shall be the contractor’s sole responsibility to protect the public and his
employees against accident from any cause and shall indemnify Governments,
against any claims for damages for injury to person or property, resulting from any
such accidents and he shall where the provisions of the Workmen’s Compensation
Act - apply, take steps so properly insure against any claims there under.

(c) On the occurrence of an accident which results in the death of any of the workmen
employed by the contractor which is so serious as to be likely to result in the death
of any such workmen the contractor shall within 24 hours of the happening of such
accident intimate in writing to the Owner, the fact of such accident. The contractor
shall indemnify Owner against all loss or damage sustained by Owner resulting
directly or indirectly from his failure to give intimation in the manner aforesaid,
including the penalties or fines if any payable by Owner as a consequence of
Owner’s failure to give notice under the Workmen’s Compensation Act or
otherwise conform to the said Act in the regard to such accident.

(d) In the event of an accident in respect of which compensation may become payable
under the Workmen’s Compensation Act VIII of 1973 whether by the contractor
such sum or sums of money as may be, in the opinion of the Technopark shall be
final in regard to all matters arising under this clause.

FAIR WAGE CLAUSE

(a) The Contractor shall pay not less than fair wage to labourers engaged by him on
the work.

“Fair Wages” means wages whether for time or piece work notified at the time of
inviting for the work and where such wages have not been so notified the wage
prescribed by Kerala PWD for the District in which the work is done.

(b) The Contractor shall notwithstanding provisions of any contract to the Contract
cause to be paid fair wage to labourers indirectly engaged on the work including

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 any labour engaged by his sub-contractor in connection with said work as if
labourers had been immediately employed by him.

(c) In respect of all labour directly or indirectly employed in the work for performance
of the contractor’s part of the Agreement the Contractor shall comply with or cause
to be complied with provisions of the Contract Labour (Regulations and Abolition)
Act 1970, Minimum Wages Act 1948, Payment of Wages Act 1936 and Any
Amendments thereof and all Legislations and Rules of this State and / or Central
Govt. or other Local Authority framed by time to time, Governing the protection of
Health, Sanitary Arrangements wages, Welfare, Safety Bonus, Retirement benefits,
Retrenchment/Layoff compensations to payment of wages not paid and deduction
unauthorisly made maintenance of wage register other terms of employment,
inspection and submission periodical returns and all wage cards, publications of
scale of wage and returns and all other matters of like nature and shall indemnify
Technopark from all or any claims coming under the above Acts and Rules.

(d) The Technopark shall have the right to deduct from the money due to the
Contractor and any sum required or estimated to be required for making good the
loss suffered by a worker or workers by reason of nonfulfillment of the Conditions
of the Contract for the benefit of the works no payment of wages or deductions
made from his or their wages which are not justified by the terms of the Contractor
of non-observance of the regulations.

(e) The regulation aforesaid shall be deemed to be a part to this contract.

LABOUR LAWS

The Contractor shall comply with the provisions of all Labour Legislation including the
requirements of:

(a) Payment of Wages Act

(b) Owner’s Liability Act
(c) Workman’s Compensation Act
(d) Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act
1970 & Central Rules 1971
(e) Apprentice Act, 1961
(f) Any other act or enactment relating employment of labour and rules framed
there under from time to time.

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The Contractor shall keep the Owner saved harmless and indemnified against claims, if
any, of his workmen and all costs and expenses as may be incurred by the Owner in
connection with any claim that may be made by any workmen.

The Contractor shall have to obtain license under the said Act and rules and comply with
all provisions and obligations. The Contractor shall furnish all information required by the
Owner and also indemnify the Owner against any penalties / claims arising from any
default on his part.

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 6. SPECIAL CONDITIONS OF CONTRACT

1. 1. This is an Maintenance Contract for attending to the miscellaneous civil

maintenance jobs ( ZONE A – Park Centre building, Chandragiri building,
Canteen building, Guest House, Pamba / Periyar building, Bhavani building,
Thejaswini building and near by the campus )which are likely to arise within
the Technopark phase- I campus.
2. The contract shall be for a period of 12 months from the date of awarding of
contract. However, if both parties agree, the period will be extended for one more
year at the same rate and conditions.
3. The contractor or his representative shall be available on call on all days. He
shall immediately attend to the work and in any case, within 24 hrs. from the
time of notification of any complaint.
4. The quantities and items indicated are tentative. There can be wide variation in the
quantities of individual items. Some of the items may not be executed at all. The
contractor shall take up and complete the work at the quoted rate without any
claims whatsoever on account of the above variation.
5. Payment shall be made on the basis of actual measurements of work done at site.
6. Technopark guarantees a minimum value of work that amounts to 30 lakhs
annually
7. The contractor shall raise bills for a minimum payment of 10% of contract amount.
8. If the contractor fails to execute the work within the stipulated time, the work
shall be arranged through alternate means, and the cost charged to the
contractor. This shall be recovered from payments due to the contractor.
9. The contractor shall observe all rules pertaining to labour and fulfill all obligations
under the provisions of contract labour Act.
10. SITE OFFICE AND STORE ROOM:
The contractor shall construct a storage and office at a location inside the phase-I
campus as identified by Technopark. The design of the store / office shall be
approved by Technopark. The storage / office construction shall be a decent as
specified by Technopark. The entire cost of the store / office shall be borne by the
contractor.
11. The contractor has to provide all materials for the execution. The owner does not
take responsibility of supplying any material. The rate quoted shall be including
all costs.
12. Quality of materials should be got approved from the owner before supply of
materials.
13. Contractor has to submit the sample of material with necessary test certificates to
the tender inviting authority for approval before execution of work.
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 14. Contractor has to conduct test for materials as selected by the engineer-in-charge
and submit test certificate from Govt. approved agencies.
15. Quality of materials should be got approved from Technopark before supply of
materials.
16. The contractor should co-operate with other contractors working at the site.
17. Work should be completed as per the requirement of Technopark on priority
basis.
18. All statutory deductions imposed by the Government from time to time, at the
rates prevailing at the time of payment will be deducted from each bill.
19. The contractor needs to have GST registration number for all transactions
effective from the implementation of GST.
20. The contractor should use the materials specified in the approved list of materials
shown in Page No 55 and 56.
21. The contractor shall observe all rules pertaining to labour / safety and fulfill all
obligations under the provisions of contract labour Act and Safety Rules.
22. The tender notice shall form part of the contract
23. The tenderer has to submit a site organization chart along with the tender with the
qualification and experience of his staff and deployment schedule. The
owner/Consultant shall have the right to demand augmentation of supervisory
staff based on requirements.
24. Before quoting for the work, the tenderer is advised to visit the site and the
location of work to acquaint himself with the actual site conditions including the
approach/access to the site. The contractor shall form /develop necessary approach
roads within the site for movement of his equipment’s, materials etc. at his own
cost. The quoted rates for various items are deemed to include all contingencies
and no claims for additional payment / time of completion will be considered for
dewatering, drainage of surface water, scaffolding at all heights, extra lead, lift,
transport of materials etc.
25. The contractor is bound to carry out all extra items not provided for in the
schedule but found necessary during actual execution of work for proper
completion of the project. The rates for extra items shall be derived based on
relevant clauses in the Tender.
26. All work shall be carried out as per approved drawings and shall be measured as
actually executed and paid for at the rates accepted.
27. The rates quoted shall be inclusive of conveyance, scaffolding, loading and
unloading of all materials and machinery. No payment shall be made for any
incidental expense.
28. The site should be cleared and cleaned after the completion of the work to the
satisfaction of the owner.
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 29. The aluminium sections used should be of approved make corresponding to the
numbers specified in the drawings and the schedule or equivalent or more, of
other aluminium sections producing companies. The contractor has to supply
samples of all sections and get it approved by the Authorities before using it for
the work.
30. All sections are of powder coated of color shade approved by the Authorities,
powder coating by sections pre-treated using four tank chromating system and
coated with pure polyester Interpon/Jotun powder paint of a minimum of
60micron coating thickness and the coating having higher resistance to corrosion,
UV rays, scratch, impact strength of 50kg-cm and pencil hardness of 3H, the
powder paint conforming to IS 79-420 or BS 6496 and BS 6497:1984 and pre-
treatment chemicals conforming to IS 1368.
31. The glazed doors and windows shall be plain and even without any undulations.
32. The lock for the door has to be of approved make.
33. The quantities given in the schedule and the size shown in the drawings of joinery
are reasonably correct. However, the contractor is expected to check the
measurements at site with reference to the drawings supplied, before starting the
fabrication work of joineries and is bound to supply and carryout the work as per
the actual measurements. If any discrepancy in civil work is noticed it shall be
brought to the notice of Authorities. The contractor is expected to supply templates
to the plastering masons and get the openings corrected during the plastering stage
itself.
34. The contractor has to smear the aluminium sections with grease immediately after
erection, to protect it from the works of other agencies. Before handing over, the
contractor has to wipe of the grease and clean with appropriate solvents. If any
scratch or wear happens for the section due to negligence of the contractor in
protecting the surface, he shall be instructed to replace it free of cost.
35. The contractor should take all safety precautions for workers and equipment
during the execution period.
36. All sums found due to Government/ other statutory agencies from the contractor
on account of this contract shall be duly settled by the contractor failing which
owner shall have the right to recover the same from the bills.
37. Defects, if any noticed within the specified defects liability period from the date
of completion of the work shall be rectified by the contractor on his cost.
38. The contractor agrees that before final payment shall be made on the contract he
will sign and deliver to the owner /Architect either in the measurement book or
otherwise as demanded a valid release discharge from any and all claims and
demands whatsoever for all matters arising out or connected with the contract
provided that nothing in this Clause shall discharge or release the Contractor from
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 his liabilities under the Contract. It is further expressly agreed that the Architect
on supplying the final measurements Certificates need not be bound by the
preceding measurements and payments. The final measurements if any, of the
Architect shall be final conclusive and binding on the Contractor.
39. The method of measurement will be as per Indian Standard 1200
40. The Contractor should submit the manufacturers test certificate before producing
the material for the approval of the Technopark.
41. All type of interference like stream traffic, adjoining properties, cost taxes, trade
union, labour issues etc and claims whatsoever arising will be the responsibility of
the bidder.
42. Technopark shall not at any time be liable for the loss or damage of any items
which may be of the client, consultant or the contractor.
43. The bidder shall furnish the names of any of the specialized agencies that will be
deployed by him.
44. Security of all materials stored at site shall be the sole responsibility of the bidder.
45. If any deviation between specification, scope of work and drawing and the
directions of Engineers found by the Bidder shall be brought to the notice of the
Owner/ Consultant before the commencement of the work
46. The client/consultant shall have the right at any time, to call upon the bidder for
evidence of origin of raw materials and part of equipment. All goods or materials
supplied or used shall be of first class quality of the grade specified.
47. Daily review meetings shall be attended by the Contractor’s Engineer – in –
charge.
48. The contractor must ensure effective enforcement of the rules and regulations
relating to safety precautions arrangements and will be open to the inspection of
concerned authorities. The contractor must follow all the instructions of Safety
Officer-in-charge.
49. The contractor must ensure effective enforcement of the rules and regulations
relating to safety precautions arrangements and will be open to the inspection of
concerned authorities.
50. The contractor should strictly submit daily report of the work stating the works
executed on a day, labours employed, works proposed next day etc.
51. The contractor has to submit the bills of completed works within one month of
completion.

Chief Executive Officer,

TECHNOPARK

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I/We hereby declare that I/We have read and understood the above instructions and the
terms and conditions mentioned above are binding on me/us.

Signature of Contractor

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 7. LIST OF MATERIALS OF APPROVED BRAND
AND/OR MANUFACTURED AS PER IS SPECIFICATION

Vitrified Tiles RAK, Johnson, Khajaria,Asian, Orient

Ceramic Floor Tiles RAK, Johnson, Khajaria, Asian, Orient

Wall putty JK, Birla , Asian

Patch fittings/ Door locks Godrej, ‘Dorma’, Merit

& Door closers
Plastic emulsion Berger, Nerolac ,Jotun,Asian
Valves Zoloto/Viking/Leader

PVC pipes (6kg/cm2) Supreme, Finolex, Kelachandra

PVC Pipes (10kg/cm2) Supreme, Finolex, Kelachandra

Gypsum or Calcium Silicate Gypboard, Hilux Ceiling

Cement Malabar/ Sankar/Ultratech/Ambuja/ ACC/

RAMCO
Hardware (locks) Godrej, Merit, Dorma

Glass (all types) Saint Gobain, Modiguard, Hindustan, Asahi,

False ceiling Armstrong, AMF, Comceil, India

gypsum/Saint Gobain, Vansgypsum
Laminate Decolam, Formica, Greenlam, Green Ply,
Anchor
Plywood Green Ply, Century

Cement paint Surfacem, Snowcem, Nerocem

paint Jotun / Asian/ Nerolac/ India Gypsum/

ICL

Reinforced steel Tata / Vizag/ Kairali/ Metcon, Sail, JSW

Structural steel Tata

G.I Roofing sheet Tata

Sanitary fittings Jaguar, Marc, Roca, Hindware

Sanitary ware Toto, American Standard, Parryware, CERA,
Hindware
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Exhaust Fans Bajaj, Havells, Crompton

Aluminium Powder coating Bhoruka, Hindalco, Metacoats

Aluminium Extrusion Bhoruka, Hindalco, Jindal/Indal

Poly carbonate sheet G E, Rexolon, Prime Roofing

Interlock tiles Planet Green, Ultra, Eurocon, Scorpio

SIGNATURE OF CONTRACTOR.

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 8. TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

SCOPE OF WORK

The main scope of works are as follows

1) Demolishing work
2) Earth work excavation
3) Filling work
4) Plain cement concrete work
5) Reinforced cement concrete work
6) Structural steel work
7) Roofing work
8) Solid/ Hollow block masonry work and plastering work

1.00 SCOPE

1.01 This specification deals with plain and reinforced cement concrete for general use and
in structures and covers the requirements for concrete, materials, their properties,
storage, handling, grading, mix design, strength and quality, batching, mixing,
transporting and pouring at all levels, testing, casting, protecting, curing, finishing, etc.

1.02 The work shall include providing of materials, all necessary plant and equipment,
providing adequate engineering supervision and technical personnel, skilled and
unskilled labour, etc. as required to carry out the entire work as indicated on the
drawings and/or described herein subsequently and/or as directed by the Engineer.

1.03 They shall carry out all works meant within the intent of this specification even if not
explicitly mentioned herein. All works shall be executed to the satisfaction of the
Engineer.

2.00 GENERAL REQUIREMENTS

2.01 The provision of IS: 456 / 2000 shall be followed as general guidance, along with
all other relevant Indian Standards, unless otherwise specifically mentioned.

2.02 Before starting a concrete pour, the Contractor shall obtain the approval of the
Engineer on a ‘Pour Card’ maintained for this purpose. He shall obtain complete
instructions about the materials and proportions, water cement ratio, etc. to be used,
slump/workability, number of test cubes/samples to be taken, type of finishing to be done,
any admixture to be added, any limitation on size of pour and location for interruption of
a pour in case of premature stopping of pour, etc.

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2.03 The batching plant/ mixers /weigh-batchers shall be maintained in clean and
serviceable condition. Accuracy of all equipment shall be periodically checked. All
concrete shall be mixed in mechanically operated batching plant/ mixers/weigh batchers
complying with relevant IS codes and these shall be of approved make, with suitable
provision for correctly controlling the water delivered to the drum. Weigh batchers shall
conform to IS:2722 and shall be capable of controlling the weights to within one percent of
the desired value.

2.04 The Contractor’s procedures for casting massive concrete sections (as noted on the
drawings or as identified by the Engineer) shall take account of the release of the heat of
hydration, drying shrinkage behavior. The procedures shall be such that cracking or loss of
strength of the concrete from these effects is prevented. At least one week before
commencing the construction of any massive concrete section, the Contractor shall submit,
for approval of the Engineer, detailed proposals for placing the concrete together with
supporting calculations to demonstrate the suitability of the methods.

2.05 The Contractor shall furnish all skilled and unskilled labour plant, equipment,
scaffolding all materials etc. required for complete execution of the work in accordance
with the drawings and as described herein and / or as directed by the Engineer.

2.06 The Contractor shall strictly follow, at all stages of work, the stipulations contained
in the Indian Standard Safety Code and the provisions of the safety code and the provision
of the safety rules as specified in the General Conditions of the Contract for ensuring safety
of men and materials.

2.07 Any approval, instructions, permission, checking, review, etc. whatsoever by the
Engineer, shall not relieve the Contractor of his responsibility and obligation regarding
adequacy, correctness, completeness, safety, strength, quality, workmanship, etc.

3.0 CODES AND STANDARDS

3.01 All applicable standards, specifications, etc. and codes of practice shall generally be
the latest editions, including all applicable official amendments and revisions. A complete
set of all these documents shall generally be available at site, with the Contractor.

3.02 All work shall be carried out as per the stipulations contained in various sections of
these specifications and the latest Indian Standards, Acts, Codes and best practices.

3.03 In case of conflict between the stipulations contained in various sections of these
specifications and stipulations of Indian Standards, Codes, etc. the requirements of
stipulations contained in various sections of these specifications, shall prevail over that of
Indian Standards, Codes, etc.

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3.04 List of certain important Indian Standards and Codes applicable to this work is
given below. However, the applicable standards and codes shall be as per, but not limited
to the list given below:

IS:383 Coarse and fine aggregates from natural sources for concrete.
:
IS:455 : Portland slag cement
IS:456 : Code of practice for plain and reinforced concrete.

Code of practice for general construction of plain & reinforced

IS:457
concrete for dams & other massive structures.
:
IS:516 : Method of test for strength of concrete
IS:650 : Standard sand for testing of cement
IS : 702 : Industrial bitumen
Wrought aluminium and aluminium alloy sheet and strip for
IS : 737
: general engineering purposes

Specification for hot rolled mild steel and medium tensile steel
IS 1139
deformed bars for concrete reinforcement
:
IS:1199 : Methods of sampling and analysis of concrete
IS:1200 : Methods of measurement of building and civil
: Engineering works
IS:1489 : Portland-pozzolana cement
: Fly ash based
: Calcined clay based
IS : 1566 Hard drawn steel wire fabric for concrete reinforcement
:
High Strength deformed steel bars and wires for concrete
IS :1786
: reinforcement
IS : 1791 : Batch type concrete mixers.
IS : 1834 : Hot applied sealing compound for joint in concrete.
Preformed fillers for expansion joint in concrete
IS : 1838
: pavements and structures
IS : 2062 : Steel for general structural purposes.
IS : 2074 Ready mixed paint, air drying, red oxide - Zinc, chrome priming.
:
IS : 2204 Code of practice for construction of reinforced concrete shell roof.
:
Criteria for the design of reinforced concrete shell structures
IS : 2210
: and folded plates.
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IS : 2386 : Methods of test of aggregates for concrete
IS : 2430 : Methods of sampling of aggregates for concrete.
IS : 2438 : Roller pan mixer
IS : 2445 : Integral Cement waterproofing Compounds
IS : 2505 : Concrete vibrators - immersion type
IS:2506 General requirements for screed board concrete vibrators
:
IS : 2514 : Concrete vibrating tables
IS : 2571 Code of practice for laying in-situ cement concrete flooring
:
Portable swing weigh batchers for concrete (Single and double bucket
IS : 2722
: type)
Methods of sampling and test (physical and chemical) for water and
IS : 3025
: waste water.

Code of practice for general design details and preparatory work for
IS : 3067
damp proofing & water proofing of buildings.
:
IS:3150 : Hexagonal wire netting for general purposes.
IS : 3344 : Pan vibrators.
IS : 3370 Code of practice for concrete structures for the storage of liquids.
:
IS : 3414 Code of practice for design and installation of joints in buildings.
:
IS : 3550 Methods of test for routine control for water used in industry.
:
Code of practice for use of immersion vibrators for
IS : 3558
: consolidating concrete.
IS : 4031 : Methods for physical tests for hydraulic cement.
Recommendation on stacking and storage of construction materials at
IS : 4082
: site.
Code of practice for earthquake resistant design and
IS : 4326
: construction of buildings.
IS : 4656 : Form vibrators for concrete.
IS : 4671 Expanded polystyrene for thermal insulation purposes.
:
IS : 4925 : Batching and mixing plant.
Criteria for design of reinforced concrete bins for the storage of
IS : 4995
: granular and powdery materials.
IS : 6461 : Glossary of terms relating to cement concrete.

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 Code of practice for water proofing and underground water
IS : 6494
: reservoirs and swimming pools.

IS : 6509 Code of practice for installation of joints in concrete pavements.

:
IS : 7293 : Safety code for working with construction machinery.
IS : 7861 : Code of practice for extreme weather concreting
IS: 7887 : M.S.Wire rod for general purposes
IS : 8112 : 43 Grade ordinary Portland cement
IS : 9103 : Admixtures for concrete.
IS : 10262 : Recommended guidelines for concrete mix design.
Code of practice for composite construction in structural steel and
IS : 11384
: concrete.
IS : 2118 : Two pats polysulphide based sealants.

Code of practice for provision of water stops at transverse

IS:12200
contraction joints in masonry and concrete dams.
:
IS:12269 : 53 Grade ordinary Portland cement.
IS:12600 : Low heat Portland cement.
SP : 23 : Handbook of concrete mixes
Explanatory Hand book on Indian Standard code for plain and
SP : 23
: reinforced concrete (IS:456/2000)

IS 1785,IS 2080,IS 4990,IS 2645,IS 2750,IS 1343,IS 4014,IS 3414,IS 3616,IS 1200 also
may be referred.

4.00 MATERIALS

4.01 All materials proposed for use in the work shall conform to the requirements laid down in
this section, and also subject to the approval of the Engineer. After specific materials have
been accepted, the source of supply of such materials shall not be changed without prior
approval of the Engineer.

Approval of any material by the Engineer, shall not relieve the Contractor of his
responsibility, for the requisite quality and performance of the material used.

4.02 Any material considered to be sub-standard, or not up to satisfaction of the Engineer,

shall not be used by the Contractor and shall be removed from the site immediately.

4.03 Representative samples shall be procured by the Contractor and submitted to the
Engineer, for approval before bulk procurement. The representative samples shall be retained
by the Engineer for future comparison and reference.

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4.04 The Engineer shall have the right to inspect the sources of materials, method of
procurement and storage of materials, quality control procedures, etc.

4.05 Generally, all materials shall be stacked and stored by the Contractor as described in IS:
4082 unless otherwise mentioned and in a manner affording convenient access for
identification and inspection at all times. The storage area and arrangements shall be subject
to the approval of the Engineer. Any material rendered unserviceable during the Contractor’s
custody, shall be replaced or repaired by the Contractor as determined by the Engineer.

4.06 All materials shall be so stored as to prevent deterioration or intrusion of foreign matter
and to ensure the preservation of their quality and fitness for the work. Any material which
has deteriorated or has been damaged or is otherwise considered defective by the Engineer,
shall not be used and shall be removed and the cost thereof, shall be realized from the
Contractor’s dues. The Contractor shall maintain up-to-date accounts of receipts, issue and
balance (stockwise) of all materials.

4.07a) Cement

The cement used shall be the Ordinary Portland cement conforming to IS: 12269 (Grade -
53 or IS:8112 (Grade - 43) or Portland Pozzolana cement conforming to IS:1489 or Portland
slag cement conforming to IS:455 or any other type of cement, specified in IS:456/2000 with
the prior approval of the Engineer. However, any special type of cement such as High
strength cement or sulphate resisting cement may be used under special circumstances.
Unless otherwise specified ordinary Portland cement of 53 grade conforming to latest IS –
12269 brand of Ultra-Tech, Dalmia, Ambuja or other brands approved by the employer
only shall be used for all concrete works.

4.07b) The Contractor shall make his own arrangements for the storage of adequate
quantity of cement. Cement in bulk may be stored in bins or silos which will provide
adequate protection against dampness, contamination, etc. The bins or silos shall be cleaned
periodically. All the cement bags shall indicate the date of production and batch number. The
test certificate shall be conforming to the relevant batch/ date of production. Manufacturers
test certificate corresponding to the date of manufacturing printed on the bag shall be
furnished for each consignment of cement.

Test certificates from the manufacturers to show that the cement brought by the
Contractor to site for use in the works fully complies with the relevant IS specification shall
be submitted to the Engineer at the Contractor’s own cost. In addition, field test shall be
conducted for every consignment of cement for the purpose of concrete design mix.

4.07c) Cement shall be stored and neatly packed in piles not exceeding 10 bags high in
weather proof closed sheds well away from walls with raised wooden plank flooring to
prevent deterioration by dampness or intrusion of foreign matter. Storage under tarpaulins
shall not be permitted. It shall be stored in such a way as to allow the removal and use of
cement in chronological order of receipt, ie.The FIRST IN – FIRST OUT basis. Cement
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deteriorated and / or clotted shall not be used on work but shall be removed at once from the
site. Daily record of cement received and consumed shall be maintained by the Contractor in
an approved form and a copy submitted to the Engineer once a week. Not withstanding the
above, the Engineer, for any reasons whatsoever, may at his discretion order to retest, the
cement brought to site in an approved testing laboratory and fresh certificate of its soundness
shall be produced at the Contractor’s own cost. Cement ordered for retesting shall not be used
for any work pending results of re-test.

Any type and grade of cement more than 3 months old shall invariably be tested to
ascertain that it satisfies the acceptability requirements.

4.07d) Different consignments of different types of cement, i.e. OPC in grades as

applicable, PPC, PSC shall be stacked separately with clear identifiable stack number.

4.08 Aggregates

4.08a) Aggregates mean both coarse and fine inert materials used in the preparation of
concrete. Aggregates shall consist of natural sands, crushed stone and gravel from a source
known to produce satisfactory aggregate for concrete and shall be chemically inert, hard,
strong, durable against weathering of limited porosity and free from such quantities of
deleterious materials as may cause corrosion of reinforcement or may impair the strength and /
or durability of the concrete. Total percentage of all deleterious materials, including coal,
lignite, clay lumps, and materials finer than 75 microns, soft fragments and shale but
excluding mica shall not exceed 5%. However, for crushed fine aggregate, total percentage of
coal and lignite and clay lumps shall be limited to 2%. Both coarse and fine aggregates shall
conform to IS: 383 for concrete, shotcreting etc. unless otherwise mentioned.

Sample of aggregates for mix design and determination of their suitability shall be sent to
the laboratory well in advance in scheduled placing of concrete. Sampling, testing, and
interpretation of test results shall be subject to the approval of the Engineer. Aggregates shall
be properly graded.

For reinforced concrete work, aggregates conforming to IS:383 & IS:2386 having a
maximum size of 20 mm shall be used. For certain reinforced concrete works, aggregates
having a maximum size other than 20 mm size shall also be used as called for in the drawings.
However, for lean concrete provided as mud mat below structural concrete, maximum size
upto 40 mm shall be used.

b) Aggregates (coarse or fine) with a specific gravity below 2.6 shall not be used without
special permission of the Engineer. Machine-made sand will be acceptable provided the
constituent (rock/gravel) is sound, hard, dense and is acceptable to the Engineer. Sand,
natural gravel and crushed rock shall be prepared for use by such screening or washing, or
both, as necessary to remove all objectionable foreign matter.
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c) Type of aggregates: Petrographic examination shall be carried out to ascertain the
structure and rock type of aggregate including presence of strained quartz and other reactive
minerals. Moreover, in case the coarse aggregate sample is of composite nature, the
proportions (by weight) of different rock types in the composite sample and petrographic
evaluation of each rock should also be ascertained. While determining different rock type in
the composite sample, special emphasis should be given on identification of known reactive
rocks like chalcedony, opal etc. and procedure laid down in IS:2430 for sampling of
aggregates may be followed. The sample should not contain weathered rock and reduced to
required quantity by quartering and coning.

The results of petrography test shall be submitted to the Engineer. The Engineer shall
review the results on consultation with some specialist agencies, if required, to determine
potential activity of the aggregate (siliceous minerals) which may lead to reaction of silica in
aggregate with the alkalis of cement. In addition, potential of some aggregates like lime stone
to residual expansion due to repeated temperature cycle is also to be reviewed. Further, the
Contractor shall submit the results of Alkali aggregates reactivity carried out as per IS:2386
(Pt. VII).

In case of any apprehension about the properties of the aggregate, the Engineer shall ask
the Contractor to send samples of coarse and fine aggregate to any of the established approved
research laboratory for further testing. However, the Owner shall fix the agency and bear the
cost of such testing.

In case, it is established from the tests that the aggregates contain reactive silica which
would react with alkalis of the cement, the Contractor shall be asked to change the source of
supply of the aggregate and take additional measures as suggested. In case aggregates
indicate residual expansion, under repeated temperature cycle test, the material shall not be
used for concreting of equipment foundations which are likely to be subjected under repeated
temperature cycle. The Contractor shall use different type of aggregate as approved by the
Engineer.

d) Fine Aggregate : Sand shall conform to IS : 383. It shall pass through I.S. Sieve 4.75
mm (3/16 B.S.) test sieve, leaving a residue not more than 5%. It shall be from a natural
source approved by the Engineer. It shall be washed if directed to reduce the percentage of
deleterious substances to acceptable limits at Contractor’s own cost. Sand shall not contain
any trace of salt and sand containing any trace of salt shall be rejected.

The fine aggregate for concrete shall be graded within limits as specified in IS : 383 and
the fineness modules shall range between 2.60 to 3.20. The fine aggregate shall be stacked
carefully on a clean hard dry surface so that it will not get mixed up with deleterious foreign
materials. If such a surface is not available a platform of planks or corrugated sheets or brick
floor or concrete floor shall be prepared.

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 IS Sieve Percentage Passing
Designation Grading Zone Grading Zone Grading Zone Grading Zone
I II III IV
10 mm 100 100 100 100

4.75 mm 90 - 100 90 - 100 90 - 100 95 - 100

2.36 mm 60 - 95 75 - 100 85 - 100 95 - 100

1.18 mm 30 - 70 55 - 90 75 - 100 90 - 100

600 Micron 15 - 34 35 - 59 60 - 79 80 - 100

300 Micron 5 - 20 8 - 30 12 - 40 15 - 50

150 Micron 0 - 10 0 - 10 0 - 10 0 - 15

e) Coarse Aggregate: Coarse aggregate shall conform to IS : 383. It shall consist of

crushed or broken stone, 95% of which shall be retained on 4.75 mm IS test sieve. It shall be
obtained from crushed granite, trap, basalt or similar approved stones from approved quarry.
Coarse aggregate shall be chemically inert when mixed with cement and shall be angular in
shape and free from soft friable thin porous laminated or flaky pieces. It shall be free from
dust and other foreign matter.
IS Sieve A B
Designation % Passing for single sized aggregate % Passing of graded
of nominal size aggregate of nominal size
63 mm 40 mm 20 mm 16 12.5 10 mm40 mm20 mm16 mm12.5 mm
mm mm
80 mm 100 - - - - - 100 - - -

63 mm 85 - 100 100 - - - - - - - -

40 mm 0 - 30 85 - 100 100 - - - 95 - 100 - -

100

20 mm 0-5 0-20 85 - 100 - - 30 - 70 95 - 100 100

100 100

16 mm - - - 85 - 100 - - - 90 - -
100 100

12.5 mm - - - - 85 – 100 - - - 90 - 100

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 IS Sieve A B
Designation % Passing for single sized aggregate % Passing of graded
of nominal size aggregate of nominal size
63 mm 40 mm 20 mm 16 12.5 10 mm40 mm20 mm16 mm12.5 mm
mm mm
100

10 mm 0-5 0-5 0-20 0-30 0-45 85 – 10-35 25-55 30-70 40-85

100

4.75 mm - - 0-5 0-5 0-10 0-20 0-5 0-10 0-10 0-10

2.36 mm - - - - - 0-5 - - - -

Unless otherwise specifically stated, for all RCC works the size of coarse aggregate shall
be 20 mm and down size.
4.09 Coarse and fine aggregates shall be stacked separately. Contamination with foreign
materials and earth during storage and while heaping the materials shall be avoided. Coarse
aggregates shall be stacked in layers not exceeding 120 cm in height such that corning and
segregation do not occur. Each layer shall cover the entire area of the stock pile before
succeeding layers are placed. Segregated aggregates from stock-pile shall be rejected.
Aggregates shall be stored on brick soling or an equivalent platform so that they do not
come in contact with dirt, clay, grass or any other injurious substance, at any stage. For lifting
aggregates from stock piles, rakers shall be used. Aggregates of different sizes shall be kept
in separate and easily measurable stacks. If so desired by the Engineer, aggregates from
different source shall be stacked separately with proper care to prevent intermixing.
4.10 Admixtures

Admixtures in concrete for promoting workability, improving strength, entraining air for
similar purposes may be used only after the written permission from the Engineer is obtained
and his decision in this regard shall be final. These shall be free from injurious amount of
chloride, etc. Addition of admixtures should not reduce the specified strength or durability of
concrete and should not have detrimental effect on reinforcement. The admixtures shall
conform to IS: 9103 and shall be of proven make and from a reputed manufacturer. Calcium
chloride as accelerating admixture is not permitted to be used other than in mass concrete
works. The Contractor shall produce latest test results carried out at approved Government
Test Houses for the approval of the Engineer, before use.

4.11 Water

a) Water used for mixing and curing shall be clean and free from injurious amounts of oils,
acids, alkalis, sugar, organic materials or other substances that may be deleterious to concrete
or steel. Potable water is generally considered satisfactory for mixing concrete. The
maximum permissible values of impurities shall be as given in clause no. 5.4 of IS:456 / 2000.

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b) In case of doubt regarding development of strength, the suitability of water for making
concrete shall be ascertained by the compressive strength and initial setting time tests
specified in IS:456/2000.

c) Average 28 days compressive strength of at least three 150 mm concrete cubes prepared
with water proposed to be used shall not be less than 90% of the average strength of three
similar concrete cubes prepared with distilled water. The cubes shall be prepared, cured and
tested in accordance with IS: 516.

d) The initial setting time of a concrete test block made with the appropriate cement and the
water proposed to be used shall not be less than 30 minutes and shall not differ by + 30
minutes from the initial setting time of control test block prepared with the same cement and
distilled water. The test shall be carried out as per IS:4031.

e) Where concrete, made from water proposed to be used, does not satisfy the above
requirements and/or contains an excess of acid, alkali, sugar, salt or other deleterious
substances, then the Engineer may refuse to permit its use. Sea water shall not be used for
curing besides mixing in concrete.

f) The Contractor shall produce test results of water proposed to be used on the job for
approval by the Engineer before using for concrete works.

5.00 CONCRETE

All concrete shall be “design mix concrete” as defined in IS:456/2000, unless a nominal
mix concrete such as 1:2:4, 1:3:6, 1:4:8 or 1:5:10 proportion is specified. The proportion
referred to is by weight (mass). The grades for ‘design mix’ concrete shall be designated M-
15, M-20, etc. as specified in IS:456/2000.

5.01 Nominal Mix Concrete

a) Nominal mix concrete shall be used only for plain cement concrete works and where
shown on drawings or specifically allowed by the Engineer. Such concrete shall not require
preparation of trial mixes and all such concrete shall be mixed in a mechanical mixer.
Proportions for nominal mix concrete shall be according to Table-9 of IS:456/2000. In
addition, standard proportion by volume shall be used wherever specified.

b) In proportioning concrete, the cement shall be measured by (mass) weight. The

quantities of fine and coarse aggregates may be determined by volume (for corresponding
weight) but preferably by weight. If fine aggregates are moist, the amount of surface water
shall be determined. Also an allowance shall be made for bulking in case of volume batching,
in accordance with IS:2386 (Part-III). Allowance shall also be made for surface water present

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in the aggregates, when computing the water requirement. All the above data shall be
maintained properly, to the satisfaction of the Engineer.

c) The recommended maximum water cement ratios are specified in Table 1.

TABLE - 1
RECOMMENDED WATER - CEMENT RATIO
Nominal Mix Concrete Quantity of water per
50 kg. of cement (max)

1:5:10 60 litres

1:4:8 45 litres

1:3:6 34 litres

1:2:4 32 litres

d) Nominal mix concrete 1:5:10 shall correspond to grade M5, 1:4:8 shall correspond to
grade M7.5, 1:3:6 to grade M10 and 1:2:4 to grade M15 of IS:456 / 2000.

e) If nominal mix concrete made in accordance with specified proportions does not yield the
specified strength of the corresponding grade and fails to satisfy the requirements of
“acceptance criteria for concrete” as specified in IS:456/2000 such concrete shall be treated in
the following manner :

i) In case the Engineer is satisfied that lower strength of concrete is attributed to material
and workmanship of the Contractor, then such concrete shall be replaced by concrete of
specified strength. The Engineer may, however, also accept such lower strength concrete but
such lower strength concrete shall be classified as belonging to the appropriate lower grade
proportion.

ii) In case the Engineer is satisfied that lower strength of concrete is not attributable to the
Contractor, he may direct in writing to increase the cement content to obtain specified
strength. Such extra cement shall also be considered for reconciliation purposes. The use of
richer mix shall be continued until the Engineer instructs otherwise.

f) Nominal mix proportion shall not be classified as higher grade proportion either on the
ground that the test strengths are higher than the minimum specified or in the case where
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the Engineer directs use of additional cement over the quantity specified for the particular
mix proportion to achieve the minimum specified strength.

5.02 Design Mix Concrete

Design mix shall be in accordance with IS 456/2000, IS. 10262 and IS - SP 23.

The Contractor shall design the mix and submit for the approval of the Engineer. No
concreting works shall be commenced without the approval of the design mix of concrete.
The Contractor is responsible for the design of the concrete mix.

a) Design Mix Concrete shall be used on all concrete works, except where specified
otherwise or specially permitted by the Engineer. The mix shall be designed for all grades of
concrete (except those specified under Nominal Mix Concrete) such as to obtain for works
cubes, the required workability and the characteristic strength not less than the appropriate
values given in Table 2. Using Standard Deviation specified in IS:10262 corresponding to
good quality control, the minimum value of target strength of design mix of various grades of
concrete shall be as per Table 2.
However, the Engineer may allow to change the target strength values based on
adequate numbers of works test results.
TABLE - 2
GRADES OF CONCRETE
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Compressive strength of a 15 cm cube
at 28 days (N/Sqmm)
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Grade Designation Preliminary test Characteristic
of Concrete strength (target strength on works
strength of trial cubes
mix)
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M 10 13.5 10

M 15 20.0 15

M 20 26.0 20

M 25 32.0 25

M 30 38.0 30

M 35 44.0 35

M 40 50.0 40
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 b) In proportioning concrete, the quantity of both cement and aggregates shall be
determined by mass. However, only in some exceptional cases including concreting in some
isolated areas, the Engineer may allow the quantity of aggregates to be determined by an
equivalent volume basis after the relationship between weight and volume is well established
by trials and the same shall be verified frequently. Water shall be either measured by volume
in calibrated tanks or weighed. All measuring equipment at site, shall be maintained in a
clean and serviceable condition, and their accuracy shall be periodically checked.
c) To keep the water-cement ratio to the designed value, allowance shall be made for the
moisture contents in both fine and coarse aggregates and determination of the same in
accordance with IS:2386 Part (III) shall be made as frequently as directed by the Engineer.
In some of the structures, water-cement ratio shall be restricted even below 0.45. To
increase the workability, plasticizer may have to be used in such cases. Trial mix shall be
carried out accordingly.

d) With the permission of the Engineer, for any of the above mentioned grades of concrete,
if the water quantity has to be increased, proportionately cement quantity shall also be
increased, to keep the ratio of water to cement same as adopted in Preliminary tests for the
corresponding grade of concrete. The extra cement required on account of this shall also be
considered for reconciliation purposes.

5.03 Mix Design

a) IS:10262 shall be followed as general guidance for mix design. Preliminary tests/trial
mix, as specified or as required by the Engineer, shall be carried out sufficiently ahead of the
actual commencement of the work with different grades of concrete made from representative
samples of aggregates and cement expected to be used on the works. These tests are to be
conducted to arrive at the grading of aggregates, water cement ratio, workability and the
quantity of cement required to give Preliminary (target) compressive strengths as specified in
Table-2.

b) The minimum cement content has been specified in the BoQ for each grade of concrete.

Minimum cement contents, from durability consideration, or different exposures and

sulphate attack shall be as given in Table-5 of IS:456/2000.

The minimum cement contents for design mix concrete of various grades shall be as per IS
456 .

Grade of Concrete (RCC) Cement per Water-Cement

MaximumWater/Cement
cum of concrete Ratio

M - 25 330 Kgs. 0.50

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 M - 30 420 Kgs. 0.45
M - 40 430 Kgs. 0.40

The highest of the values of the cement requirement in kg/m3 of cement as specified in
the BOQ or obtained as per the design mix or from durability consideration as per IS
456/2000 shall be used.

c) At least four trial mixes are to be made and minimum six test cubes taken for each trial
mix noting the slump for each type of mix. The cubes shall then be properly cured and three
cubes for each mix shall be tested in a laboratory (approved by the Engineer) at 7 days and
others at 28 days for obtaining the compressive strength. The test reports shall be submitted
to the Engineer. The design mix particulars shall indicate, with the help of graphs and curves
etc. the extent of variation in the grading of aggregates which can be allowed. While
designing mixes, over wet mixes shall be avoided. For chimney, natural draft cooling tower,
etc. where assessment of early strength is required, the concrete cubes shall also be tested for
early age strength at 1 day and 3 days for establishing the values.

d) The Contractor shall submit the test reports of mix design to the Engineer for his view,
indicating design criteria, analysis and proportioning of materials, etc. On the basis of the
above test reports, a mix proportion by mass and the water cement ratio, shall be determined
by the Contractor such that concrete prepared with this mix yield the desired characteristic
strength and shall have suitable workability. The mix design to be adopted on the works shall
be subject to the approval of the Engineer. The proportions, once decided for different grades
of concrete, shall be adhered to, during all concreting operations as long as the quality of the
materials does not change. If, however, at any time, the quality of materials being used has
changed from those for Preliminary mix design, or there is a change either in the required
strength of concrete, or water cement ratio or workability, the Contractor shall have to make
similar trial mixes and Preliminary tests to ascertain the revised mix proportions and water
cement ratio to be used for obtaining the desired strength and consistency.

e) In the situations, like casting of piles, where the compaction of concrete is not possible by
vibration, the method of compacting concrete cubes of Preliminary/ trial mixes and work tests
shall be in the same manner as the method of compacting concrete at site is proposed.

5.04 Standard Deviation

i. Standard deviation based on Test results.

a) Number of test results - The total number of test results required to constitute an
acceptable record for calculation of standard deviation shall be not less than 30. Attempts
should be made to obtain the 30 results as early as possible, when a mix is used for the first
time.

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b) Standard deviation to be brought upto date - The calculation of the standard deviation
shall be brought upto date after every change of mix design and at least once a month.

ii. Determination of standard deviation.

a) Concrete of each grade shall be analysed separately to determine its standard deviation.

b) The standard deviation of concrete of a given grade shall be calculated using the
following formula from the results of individual tests of concrete of that grade obtained as
specified in sub-section “Sampling and strength test of concrete”.
________
Estimated standard deviation s =  2
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 n-1

Where

 = deviation of the individual test strength from the average strength of n

samples, and

n = number of sample test results.

iii. Assumed Standard Deviation.

Where sufficient test results for a particular grade of concrete are not available, the value
of standard deviation given in the following table may be assumed.

Grade of Concrete Assumed Standard Deviation

(N/mm2)

M10 3.5
M15 3.5
M20 4.0
M25 4.0
M30 5.0
M35 5.0
M40 5.0

Assumed values of standard deviation shall only be used until sufficient data are available to
determine the standard deviation as per paragraphs i and ii above.

5.05 Target Mean Strength

The target mean strength shall exceed the specified characteristic strength as given by the
following relationship. See clause 2.2 of IS 10262.
----
fck = fck + 1.65S

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 Where
----
fck = target mean strength at 28 days

fck = characteristic compressive strength at 28 days

s = standard deviation

5.06 Suitability of Proposed Mix Proportions:

The Contractor shall submit for the Engineer’s approval, prior to the supply of any
designed mix, the following information.

i. the nature and source of each material

ii. either ;

a) appropriate existing data as evidence of satisfactory previous performance for target

mean strength, current margin, workability, and water / cement ratio, or

b) full details of tests on trial mixes carried out in accordance with the specification or

c) alternatively, for ordinary structural concrete, a statement that, for initial production, the
appropriate mix proportions given for nominal mix concrete will be used.

iii. the quantities of each material per cubic meter of fully compacted concrete.

Any change in the source of material or mix proportions (except changes in cement
content of not more than 20 kg./m3) should be subject to the Engineer’s prior approval.

5.07 Trial Mixes

The Contractor shall give notice to enable the Engineer to be present as the making of
trial mixes and preliminary testing of the cubes. The Contractor shall prepare trial mixes,
using samples of approved material typical of those he proposes to use in the works, for all
grades to the Engineer’s satisfaction prior to commencement of concreting. The procedure
given in IS-10262-1982. Recommended Guidelines for Concrete Mix Design may be
followed.
The Contractor shall determine the workability of the trial mixes.
Sampling and testing procedures shall be in accordance with sub-section “Sampling,
testing and quality assurance including construction tolerances”.
The concreting plant and means of transport employed to make the trial mixes and to
transport them representative distances shall be similar to the corresponding plant and
transport to be used in the works. A clean dry mixer shall be used and the first batches
discarded. Test cubes shall be taken from trial mixes as follows. For each mix, set of six
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cubes shall be made from each of three consecutive batches. Three from each set of six shall
be tested at an age of 28 days and three at an earlier age approved by the Engineer. The cubes
shall be made, cured, stored, transported, and tested in compression in accordance with the
specification. The tests shall be carried out in a laboratory approved by the Engineer.
The average strength of the nine cubes at 28 days shall comply with the acceptance
criteria given in sub-section “Sampling, testing and quality assurance including construction
tolerances”.
5.08 Additional Trial Mixes

During production the Contractor shall carry out trial mixes and tests, if required by the
Engineer, before substantial changes are made in the material or in the proportions of the
materials to be used, except where adjustments to the mix proportions are carried out in
accordance with clause.

5.09 Adjustment to Mix Proportions:

Adjustments to mix proportions shall be made subject to the Engineer’s approval, in

order to minimize the variability of strength and to maintain the target mean strength. Such
adjustments shall not be taken to imply and change in the Standard deviation.

5.10 Changes in Standard Deviation

When required by the Engineer, the Contractor shall recalculate the standard deviation in
accordance with sub-section 5.04. The recalculated value shall be adopted as directed by the
Engineer, and it shall become the standard deviation for concrete produced subsequently.

5.11 Approval of Design Mix

All these preliminary tests, approvals etc., shall be completed well in advance by the
Contractor before any concreting is contemplated. Failure on the part of the Contractor to do
so and the consequent delay in the completion of the works will not entitle him for any
compensation whatsoever, either financially or by way of extension of time.

5.12 Cement content and Water - Cement Ratio -

5.13 Workability of Concrete

a) The workability of concrete shall be checked at frequent intervals. The workability of

concrete measured in accordance with IS:1199 for every sample taken for testing shall be
recorded with the corresponding cube test result.

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 b) The degree of workability necessary to allow the concrete to be well compacted and to be
worked into the corners of formwork and round the reinforcement to give the required surface
finish shall depend on the type and nature of the structure and shall be based on experience
and tests. The suggested ranges of values of workability for concrete for some placing
conditions, as stipulated under clause No. 7.0 of IS:456/2000, are given below in Table-3, for
guidance only. In addition, in some special cases like casting of pile, very high degree of
workability (upto 180mm slump) shall be used.

TABLE - 3
LIMITS OF WORKABILITY
Placing Degree of Value of workability( Slump )
Workability

Concreting of shallow sections with Very Low Refer Cl.7.1.1 of I.S.456/2000.

vibration factor

Concreting of lightly reinforced section

with vibration Low 25-75.

Concreting of lightly reinforced section

without vibration, or heavily reinforced Medium 50-100
sections with vibration
75-100

Concreting of heavily reinforced sections

without vibration

High Refer Cl.7.1.2 of I.S.456 / 2000

Note : Notwithstanding the values given above, the slump to be maintained for work in
progress shall be as per directions of the Engineer.

5.14a) Batching and Mixing of Concrete : Unless otherwise specified the concrete
mixing shall be carried out in batching plant The contractor shall erect a batching plant
of at least 18 M3 per hour capacity at site within one month from issue of work order.
The batching plant shall be conforming to all relevant IS Standard and shall be kept in
good condition. The location of batching plant shall be jointly decided at site.

a) All materials for controlled concrete shall be batched as per approved design mix in
weigh batchers of adequate capacity in the event of mechanical breakdown of batching plant
and of approved design. Mixers for concrete may be stationary mixers of either the tilting or
non-tilting type, or truck mixers of approved design. Mixers are to have a fitted water tank
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 complete with suitable arrangement for dispensing a measured quantity of water. Thorough
mixing of the concrete is essential and mixers shall be capable of combining the materials into
a uniform mixture, uniform colour and of discharging this mixture without segregation. The
mixers should always be operated at the speed and time recommended by the makers.
However, in no case shall the minimum mixing time for each batch be less than 2 minutes
after the addition of all the ingredients. The mixers shall be maintained in satisfactory
operating condition, and mixer drums shall be kept free of hardened concrete. The
consistency of the concrete produced from the mixers should have sufficient workability to
enable it to be well consolidated, to be worked into the corners of the shuttering and around
the reinforcements. Standby mixers, as required by the Engineer, must be provided. Hand
mixing will not be permitted.
In proportioning concrete, the quantity of both cement and aggregate shall be determined by
weight. Water shall either be measured by volume in calibrated tanks or weighed. All
measuring equipment shall be maintained in a clean, and serviceable condition. Their
accuracy shall be periodically checked.
It is most important to keep the specified water - cement ratio constant and at its correct value.
To this end, moisture content in both fine and coarse aggregates shall be determined as
frequently as possible, frequency for a given job being determined by the Engineer according
to the weather conditions. The amount of mixing water shall then be adjusted to compensate
for variations in the moisture content. For the determination of moisture content in the
aggregates, IS-2386 (Part - III) shall be referred to. Suitable adjustments shall also be made in
the weights of aggregates to allow for the variation in weight of aggregates due to variation in
their moisture content.
The slump for concrete as determined by slump tests as per Indian Standard 1199 latest
edition, shall not exceed the maximum slumps indicated below for each type of construction
using high frequency vibration unless otherwise approved or directed by the Engineer.

Workability Slump in mm Type of construction

Min. Max.

Medium 40 80 All RCC works

Suggested ranges of values of workability of concrete for some placing conditions, measured
in accordance with IS 1199 - 1959, are given below:
Placing conditions Degree of Value of Workability
Workability

Concrete of lightly reinforced sections, Low 10-5 seconds, vee-bee time or

with vibration.
0.80 - 0.85 compacting factor.
Concrete of heavily reinforced sections, Medium 5-2 seconds vee-bee time or
with vibration.
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 0.85 - 0.92 compacting factor or
25-75 mm slump for 20 mm
aggregate (for smaller aggregate the
values will be lower)

The Contractor shall not place concrete having a slump outside the limits specified without the
approval of the Engineer.
At least one slump test shall be made for every compressive strength test carried out.
More frequent tests shall be made if there is a distinct change in job conditions, or if required
by the Engineer.

b) Concrete if allowed to be mixed in a mechanical mixer, the mixer shall conform to

IS:1791. However, mixing shall preferably be done at a single central batching plant,
conforming to IS:4925, situated within the area allocated for the Contractor’s particular use as
shown on the drawing or as directed by the Engineer. The plant shall have a mechanically
operated mixer of an approved size and type, capable of ensuring a uniform distribution of the
materials throughout the mass and the mass is uniform in colour and consistency.

c) Water shall not be added into the drum of the mixer, until all the cement and aggregates
constituting the batch are already in the drum and dry mixed for at least one minute and are
uniformly distributed. Water shall then be added and mixing of each batch shall be continued
until there is a uniform distribution of the materials and the mass but in no case shall mixing
be done for less than two minutes and for at least 40 revolutions after all the water and
materials are in the drum. When absorbent aggregates are used or when the mix is very dry,
the mixing time shall be extended as directed by the Engineer. Mixers shall not be loaded
above their rated capacity as this prevents thorough mixing.

d) The entire contents of the drum shall be discharged before the ingredients for the next
batch are fed into the drum. No partly set or remixed or excessively wet concrete shall be
used and it shall be immediately removed from site. Each time if the work stops for more than
30 minutes, the mixer shall be thoroughly cleaned and when the next mixing commences, the
first batch shall have 10% additional cement.

e) In exceptional circumstances and/or work in remote areas, hand mixing may be allowed
by the Engineer, subject to adding 10% extra cement which shall be considered for
reconciliation purposes. The mixing shall be carried out on watertight platform and mixing
shall be continued till a uniform colour and consistency of the mix is achieved.
5.15 Concrete Conveying

Unless otherwise allowed for bulk conveyance of concrete, concrete pumps of adequate
capacity shall be used. The pumps and accessories shall be always kept in good working
condition. If any admixtures are added to increase the workability of concrete for placing
concrete by pumping the same shall be done only with the written permission of the
Employer.
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a) Concrete shall be handled and conveyed as rapidly as practicable, from the place of mixing
to the place of final laying, by approved means, before the initial setting of the cement starts.
Normally not more than 30 minutes shall lapse between mixing and consolidation in position.
Concrete shall be conveyed in such a way that there is no segregation or loss of any of the
ingredients and maintaining the required consistency and workability. If segregation does
occur during transport, the concrete shall be remixed before being placed.
Concrete shall be transported by transit mixers if RMC is permitted. Concrete shall not be
conveyed over uncured concrete previously laid.
During very hot or cold weather, if directed by the Engineer, concrete shall be transported
in deep containers which will reduce the rate of water loss by evaporation in hot weather and
heat loss in cold weather, at no extra cost to the Owner.

b) Conveying equipment for concrete shall be mortar tight, well maintained and thoroughly
cleaned before commencement of concrete mixing. Such equipment shall be kept free from
set concrete. Chutes shall not be used for transport of concrete without the written permission
of the Engineer. The chute in case permitted to be used shall be of such size and design as to
ensure practically continuous flow. Slope of the chute shall be so adjusted that the concrete
flow without the use of an excessive quantity of water and without segregation of its
ingredients. The delivery end of the chute shall be as close as possible to the point of deposit.

c) Concrete may be conveyed and placed by mechanically operated equipment, e.g. pumps
or pneumatic placers only with the written permission of the Engineer, who shall also review
the entire scheme for which comprehensive details shall be furnished by the Contractor.

5.16 Concrete Placing and compacting

a) Method of placing shall be such as to preclude segregation and as for as practicable, the
placing shall be continuous without interruption between predetermined construction joints.
Before placing concrete, the insides of forms should be inspected the see that all sawdust,.
wood shavings etc., are removed, forms are cleaned and oiled. Care shall be taken to see that
the reinforcements do not get contaminated.

Formwork, reinforcement inserts etc., and the method of placing of concrete shall be
approved in writing by the Engineer before concrete is placed. Concrete shall be placed only
after all preparations for casting have been approved by the Engineer and approval given to
proceed with the casting in writing on pour card to be maintained by the Contractor for this
purpose and to be submitted along with the Contractor’s bills.

The Contractor is to give the Engineer 24 hours notice of any requirement for approval or
inspection of the works. If concreting does not commence within 24 hours of approval being
given, re-approval is to be sought by the Contractor.

Approval by the Engineer of any of the materials and/or work as required herein shall not
relieve the Contractor of his obligation to produce finished concrete in accordance with the

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drawings and specifications. Slots, openings, holes, pockets, etc. shall be provided in the
concrete as directed by the Engineer.

b) Concrete shall be placed and compacted in its final position before the cement reaches the
initial set and normally concrete shall be compacted in its final position within minutes of
leaving the mixer.

c) Where direct placement is not possible, the Contractor shall provide suitable
arrangements such as chutes, tremie, elephant trunks, etc. to confine the movement of
concrete as directed by the Engineer. Concrete shall not be dropped from a height or handled
in a manner which may cause segregation.
d) If concrete is placed by pumping, the consistency shall be the minimum necessary for
such conveyance of concrete. Before commencement of regular pumping, the pipeline shall
be lubricated by cement mortar (1:2), and once pumping commences, stoppages shall be
avoided.

e) Concrete shall not be placed in foundations on soft areas or where there is standing water
or debris. Such soft areas shall be removed and filled with 1:4:8/1:3:6 nominal mix concrete,
as directed by the Engineer.

f) For rock surfaces, it shall be ensured that the rock is not unsound. On sloping rock faces,
rough steps or benches shall be formed and concrete shall not be placed on a sloping rock
surface. Prior to pouring concrete, the rock surface shall be cleaned with a high pressure
water and air jet and kept wet for three hours. Also, before placing concrete, water shall be
removed from depressions, the rock surface shall be dried and a 10 mm thick cement sand
mortar (1:6) layer shall be placed and worked into all crevices, cracks, depression, etc.

g) The placing of concrete shall be a continuous operation with no interruption in excess of

30 minutes between the placing of continuous portions of concrete. Concrete shall be placed
in continuous horizontal layers of 150 mm or higher thickness as directed by the Engineer and
thoroughly compacted before placing next layer. The thickness of each layer shall be such
that it will be deposited before the previous layer has stiffened. When placing concrete
through reinforcing steel, care shall be taken to prevent segregation of the coarse aggregates.

h) Slabs, beams and similar members shall normally be poured in one operation. In special
circumstances, with the approval of the Engineer, these can be poured in horizontal layers, but
it must be ensured that the under layer is not already hardened. Bleeding of under layer, if
any, shall be effectively removed. Moulding, throating, drip course, etc. shall be poured as
shown on the drawings or as desired by the Engineer.

i) After the concrete has been placed to achieve maximum density, it shall be spaded and
thoroughly compacted by approved mechanical vibrators to a maximum subsidence without
segregation and thoroughly worked around reinforcement or other embedded fixtures into the
correct form and shape. The concrete should be placed a little in excess of its specified depth
so that after proper compaction its final desired depth is obtained. At corners, obstructions,
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embedded fixtures and congested reinforcement areas, the vibrators shall be manipulated with
the utmost care and handled only by the most experienced workmen. Manual rodding and
hand tamping in some cases may be allowed subject to the approval of the Engineer. Care
must be taken to ensure that the inserts, fixtures, reinforcement and formwork are not
displaced or disturbed during placing of concrete.

j) Whenever vibration has to be applied externally, the design of formwork and the
disposition of vibrators shall receive special consideration to ensure efficient compaction and
to avoid surface blemishes. Surface vibrators and form attached vibrator shall not be
permitted under normal conditions. Their use shall require written approval of the Engineer.

k) Vibrators shall penetrate both the layer poured and the under layer to ensure good bond
homogeneity and to prevent the formation of cold joints. Immersion vibrators shall not be
allowed to come in contact with steel reinforcement after start of initial set. Also, they shall
not be allowed to come in contact with forms or finished surfaces.

l) The number of type vibrators to be used shall be subject to the approval of the Engineer
and in general immersion type vibrators shall be used. Consolidation by using immersion
vibrators will be in accordance with IS code : 3558. Immersion vibrators shall have a ‘no
load’ frequency, amplitude and acceleration as per IS:2505 depending upon the size of the
vibrator. Immersion vibrators shall be operated by experienced men. These vibrators shall be
immersed not more than 450 mm apart and withdrawn when air bubbles cease to come to the
surface. Such vibrators shall in no case be used to push concrete inside the forms and
vibrators shall be withdrawn slowly. Sufficient number of reserve vibrators in good working
condition shall be kept on hand at all times, so as to ensure that there is no slacking of
interruption in compacting.

m) No concrete shall be placed in wet weather or on a water covered surface. If there has
been any sign of washing of cement or sand, the concrete shall be entirely removed
immediately. Suitable precautions shall be taken in advance to guard against possible rains
before leaving the fresh concrete unattended.

n) Mass concrete shall be poured in lifts not exceeding 1.0 m in height unless otherwise
indicated on drawings or as directed by the Engineer. Horizontal lift shall not be more than
150 cm in thickness, according to provision of IS:457.

o) Special care shall be taken in accordance with latest IS-456/2000 while laying concrete
under extreme weather. Concrete, when deposited, shall have a temperature of not less than 5
degrees Centigrade and not more than 40 degree Centigrade. When depositing concrete in
very hot weather, precautions shall be taken so that the temperature of wet concrete does not
exceed 40 degrees Centigrade while placing. This shall be achieved by stacking aggregates
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under the shade and keeping them moist, starting curing before concrete dries out, etc.
However, before mixing / placing concrete, when the above temperature conditions vary on
either side, approval of the Engineer shall be obtained for the method of execution.

5.17 Protection and Curing of Concrete

All freshly placed concrete surfaces shall be protected from damages by workmen equipment
or any other cause.

a) Newly place concrete shall be protected by approved means from rain, sun and wind.
Concrete placed below ground level, shall be protected from falling earth, during and after
placing. Concrete placed in ground containing any deleterious substances, shall be kept free
from contact with such ground or with water draining from such ground, during placing of
concrete and for a period of at least three days or as otherwise instructed by the Engineer.
b) The ground water around newly poured concrete shall be kept down to an approved level
by pumping or other approved means of drainage. Adequate steps shall be taken to prevent
floatation or flooding. Steps, as approved by the Engineer, shall be taken to protect immature
concrete from damage by debris, excessive loading, vibration, abrasion, mixing with earth or
other deleterious materials, etc. that may impair the strength and durability of the concrete.

c) As soon as the concrete had hardened sufficiently for the surface not to be marked, it
shall be kept in a damp or wet condition by ponding or by covering with a layer of sacking,
canvas, Hessian or similar materials and kept continuously wet for at least seven days or
twenty eight days after final setting. This period may be extended, at the discretion of the
Engineer, upto fourteen days. Curing of horizontal surfaces exposed to drying winds shall
begin immediately after the concrete has hardened. Concrete slabs and floors shall be cured
for the periods mentioned above by flooding with water of minimum 25mm depth. Quantity
of water applied shall be such as to prevent erosion of freshly placed concrete. Curing shall be
done with potable water free from sediments of any kind.

d) Approved curing compounds may be used in lieu of moist curing with the permission of
the Engineer. However, such permission may be granted only in specific cases. Such
compounds shall be applied to all exposed surfaces of the concrete, as soon as possible after
the concrete has set.
Curing compounds shall not be used on any surface which requires further finishing to be
applied. All construction joints shall be moist, cured and no curing compound will be
permitted in locations where concrete surfaces are required to be bonded together.
Curing compounds shall be continuously agitated during use. All concrete cured by this
method shall receive two applications of the curing compound. The first coat shall be applied
immediately after acceptance of concrete finish. If the surface is dry, the concrete shall be
saturated with water and curing compound applied as soon as the surface film of water
disappears. The second application shall be made after the first application has set.
Placement in more than two coats may be required to prevent streaking.

5.18 Construction Joints

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a) Construction joints in exposed concrete work shall be made only where shown on the
drawings or as directed by the Engineer and shall be in accordance with the details shown or
approved by the Engineer. The procedure given in clause 13.4. of IS 456/2000 shall be
followed for general guidance. Positions of construction joints shall be advised by Contractor
and approved by Engineer.

b) When work has to be interrupted, the concrete shall be rebated and/or keyed at the joint
to such shape and size as may be required by the Engineer or as shown on the drawings. All
vertical construction joints shall be made with stop boards, which are rigidly fixed and slotted
to allow for the passage of the reinforcing steel. In the case of water retaining structures,
basements, tunnels, etc. water stop of approved material shall be provided, if so specified on
the drawings or as directed by the Engineer.

c) Construction joints shall be located as shown or described on the drawings. Where it is

not described, the joints shall be in accordance with the following guidelines.

i) In a column, the joints shall be formed about 75 mm below the lowest soffit of the beams
framing into it, including haunches, if any. In flat slab construction, the joint shall be 75 mm
below the soffit of the column capital.

ii) Concrete in a beam shall be placed throughout without a joint. If unavoidable, the joint
shall be vertical and within the middle-third of the span. When a beam intersects a girder, the
joints in the girder shall be given an offset equal to a distance twice the width of the beam and
additional reinforcement provided for shear. The joints shall be vertical throughout the full
thickness of the concrete member with suitable shear key wherever shown on the drawing.

iii) A joint in a suspended floor slab shall be vertical at one quarter points of the span and at
right angle of the principal reinforcement.

iv) Construction joints in equipment foundations shall not be provided without specific
concurrence of the Engineer.

v) Vertical construction joints in water retaining structures shall not be permitted unless
shown on the drawings.
However, if the Contractor desires any adjustments in the location of construction joints
(to suit site conditions) from those shown on drawings or from those explained above, he shall
obtain prior approval from the Engineer.

d) Before fresh concrete is placed, the cement skin of the partially hardened concrete which
was poured earlier shall be thoroughly removed and the surface made rough and aggregate
exposed, by wire brushing, hacking, water jetting, air jetting or any other method as directed
by the Engineer. The rough surface shall be thoroughly wetted for about 1/2 hour and shall be
dried and coated with 10 to 15 mm thick layer of 1:1 freshly mixed cement and sand slurry.

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Special care shall be taken to see that the first layer of concrete placed after a construction
joint is thoroughly rammed against the existing layer.

e) In forming a joint, concrete shall not be allowed to slope away to a thin edge. The
locations of construction joints shall be planned by the Contractor well in advance of
pouring and they will have to be approved by the Engineer. The Contractor’s proposals shall
include atleast the location of construction joints, the sequence of pouring, formwork details
and their stripping times.

f) Where the concrete has not fully hardened, all laitance shall be removed by scrubbing the
wet surface with wire or bristle brushes. Care being taken to avoid dislodgement of particles
of aggregates. The surface shall be thoroughly wetted and all free water removed. The
surface, shall then be coated with neat cement slurry. On this surface, a layer of concrete not
exceeding 150 mm in thickness shall first be placed shall be well rammed against old work,
particular attention being taken to corners and close spots. Work, thereafter, shall proceed in
the now.
g) For multiple lift work, a suitable gap shall be maintained between setting of the earlier
placed concrete and the commencement of concrete pour. After depositing concrete in
columns, piers or walked time gap of minimum 4 hours, preferably 24 hours shall be
maintained before depositing concrete in beams, girders or slabs, supported there in order to
avoid cracking due to settlement.

h) Approved bonding compound shall be used before restarting of concreting at

construction joint as directed by engineer without any extra cost to the employer

5.19 Work in Extreme Weather Conditions

During hot weather (atmospheric temperature above 40 degree centigrade) of cold
weather (atmospheric temp at 5 degree centigrade and below) the concreting shall be done
as per the procedures and precautions set out in relevant IS Codes.

5.20 Cleaning and Finishing of Concrete

a) All concrete surfaces shall have an even and clean finish free from honeycombs, air
bubbles, fins or other blemishes unmarred, reasonable smooth. The formwork joint marks on
concrete work exposed to view shall be rubbed with carborandum stone and defects patched
up with paste of cement sand mortar (1:1) and cured. The finish shall be made to the
satisfaction of the Engineer. Concrete surfaces to be subsequently plastered or where brick
work is to be built against them, shall be adequately hacked as soon as the form is stripped off
so that proper bond can develop.

b) Immediately after removal of forms, the concrete shall be inspected and defective areas
as pointed out by the Engineer shall be removed partially or entirely as directed. Holes, left
by form bolts, etc. shall be filled-up and made good with cement sand mortar of approved
mix. All superficial defects such as honeycombing, rough patches, etc. shall be similarly
made good. If the defective area is at a vulnerable location, e.g. at the ends of beams &
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columns etc. then it may be necessary to cut out the member completely or in part and
reconstruct as directed by the Engineer. If epoxies have to be used, the same shall be subject
to the approval of the Engineer. Poured concrete affected by faulty formwork shall be
removed totally and replaced. If so directed, the Contractor shall have to resort to
grouting/shotcreting.

c) A smooth finish shall be obtained with the use of forms having smooth and even surfaces
and edges. Panels and form linings shall be of uniform size and be as large as practicable and
installed with closed joints. Upon removal of forms, the joint marks shall be smoothened off
and all blemishes, projections etc. removed leaving the surfaces reasonably smooth and
unmarred.

d) Where integral cement concrete finish is called for, the surface shall be compacted and
then floated and treated with a straight edge and any high and low spots eliminated. The work
shall be carried out as per IS:2571.

6.00 SAMPLING, TESTING AND QUALITY ASSURANCE INCLUDING

CONSTRUCTION TOLERANCES

6.01 General

a) Concrete cubes for works tests shall be cured under laboratory conditions, except when in
the opinion of the Engineer, extreme weather conditions prevail at which time, these may
require curing under job conditions.

b) For the purposes of statistical analysis, any substandard cube result, which in the opinion
of the Engineer, is due to improper sampling, moulding or testing shall be discarded and a
dummy result shall be substituted. The value of a dummy result shall be equivalent to the
average value of the cubes from the same grade of concrete tested immediately before and
after the discarded result The number of such substandard cubes shall not exceed 5%.

c) If the ‘strength’ of the laboratory controlled cubes, for any portion of the concrete work,
falls below the compressive strength specified, the Engineer shall have the right to order a
change in the proportions or the water content for the remaining portion of the surface.

d) If the ‘strength’ of the works cured test cubes falls below the specified strength, the
Engineer shall have the right to require provisions for temperature and moisture control during
the period of curing as necessary to secure the required strength, and may require retests in
accordance with the standard method of securing, preparing and testing specimens from
hardened concrete for compressive and flexural strengths, or load tests to be made on the
portion of the building so affected. All such tests shall be made at the Contractor’s expense.

e) Unacceptable concrete work shall be dismantled by the Contractor and replaced by fresh
work, meeting the specification requirements. In the course of dismantling, if any damage is
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done to the embedded items or adjacent structures, the same shall be made good, by the
Contractor, to the satisfaction of the Engineer, at no extra cost to the Owner.

f) Before placing concrete, the inside of forms shall be checked to ensure that they are clean
and thoroughly wetted or adequately treated. so as to prevent absorption of water from the
concrete.

g) Ultrasonic tests on the foundations of major equipment to ascertain the quality and grade
of concreting shall be carried out. The Owner shall arrange for the specialised agency for
conducting the test at his cost. The Contractor shall provide all the necessary facilities and
arrangement for conducting the test at site in terms of access, scaffolding etc. In case of any
defects, the Contractor shall rectify the same as directed by the Engineer.

h) Rebound hammer test shall be carried out for ascertaining the quality of concrete work,
as directed by the Engineer.

i) Test shall be conducted for the water tightness of the liquid retaining structures as per
IS:3370 and IS:6494. The details and sequence of tests shall be as given hereunder:
i) All arrangements, including supply of water for testing purposes, shall be kept ready
when the tank is nearing completion.

ii) Water supply to the tank shall be in stages of 300 to 450 mm height in order to check the
water tightness of the tank and location of leakage of various levels.

iii) The permissible drop in level in 24 hours shall be 6 mm in case of covered reservoir/tank
and 12 mm in the case of open reservoir/tank.

iv) The leakage points shall be marked and separately treated after dewatering.

v) The reservoir/tank shall be retested for water tightness after rectification.

For basement type structures like cable vault, track-hopper, tunnel, neutralising pit, etc.
the Contractor shall examine the water tightness against ingress of sub-soil water.
Frequency of sampling and testing including the methods of conducting the tests shall be
as given in Table - 4.

2 Sampling of Concrete

Samples from fresh concrete shall be taken according to IS: 1199 and tested as per IS:
516.

a) Normally only compressive test shall be performed but the Engineer may require other
tests to be performed in accordance with IS: 516.

b) i) Trial Mixes:

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ii) Works Tests:

The min. frequency of sampling of concrete of each grade shall be according to clause
14.2.2 of IS: 456-2000.

Quantity of concrete in the Number of Samples

work, Cum

1 - 5 1
6 - 15 Plus one additional sample for
1 6 - 30 each additional 50 Cum or
31 - 50 part thereof
51 and above

However, after getting continuous satisfactory results and in the case of voluminous concrete
works, the Engineer may at his discretion reduce the frequency of sampling as follows.
For each grade of concrete, and for each 8 hours (shift) of work or part thereof, at least one
sample consisting of six specimens shall be taken from each 150 cu.m. of concrete or part
thereof, 3 specimens shall be tested at 7 days and remaining 3 shall be tested at 28 days.
However, in all cases, the 28 days compressive strength shall alone be the criterion for
acceptance or rejection.

c) To control the consistency of concrete from every mixing, slump tests and compaction
factor tests in accordance with IS:1199 shall be carried out by the Contractor every two hours
or as directed by the Engineer. Slumps corresponding to the test specimens shall be recorded
for reference.

d) The strength of sample shall be the average of the strength of three specimens. The
individual variation should not be more than  15% of the average.

6.04 Acceptance Criteria

I. The acceptance criteria of concrete shall be in accordance with clause no.15 of IS: 456-
2000. However, in exceptional circumstances, the Engineer may, at his discretion, accept a
concrete of lower strength than that specified at reduced rates

A. The concrete shall be deemed to comply with the strength requirements if:

a) Every sample has a test strength not less than the characteristic value or

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b) The strength of one or more samples, though less than the characteristic value, in each
case is not less than the greater of :

i) The characteristic strength minus 1.35 times the Standard Deviation and

ii) 0.80 times the characteristic strength;

The average strength of all the samples is not less than the characteristic strength Plus _
_ | |
| 1.65 |
| 1.65 - ------------------------ | times the standard
| ________________ | deviation
|  number of samples |
|_ _|

B. The concrete shall be deemed not to comply with the strength requirements if :

i) The strength of any samples is less than the greater of :

* the characteristic strength minus 1.35 times the standard deviation and ;

* 0.80 times the characteristic strength; of

ii) The average strength of all the samples is less than the characteristic strength plus
___ ___
| | | 3
|
| 1.65 - ------------------------ | times the standard
| ________________ | deviation
|  number of samples |
|___ ___ |

C. Concrete which does not meet the strength requirements as specified in para (A) but has
strength greater than that required by para (B) may be accepted as being structurally adequate
without further testing by the Engineer - in consultation with designer.

II. In the event that concrete tested in accordance with the requirements of the above
clauses, fails to meet the specification, the Engineer shall have the right to require any one or
all the following:

a) Changes in the concrete mix proportions for the remainder of the work.

b) Coring and testing of the concrete represented by the tests which failed as per IS
456/2000.

c) Load tests on part of structures as per IS : 456/2000.

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e) Extended curing of the concrete represented by the specimen.

The Contractor shall carryout all such measures including dismantling and rework of the
rejected work as directed at his own expense, if the concrete cannot be accepted due to
reasons attributable to the Contractor.

The unit rate of concrete shall be inclusive of all tests and remedial measures.

6.05 Load Test

If any work is found unacceptable whereupon the Engineer requires its removal and
reconstruction, the Contractor may request that it should be load tested in accordance with the
provision of clause no. 16.50 of IS:456-2000 as given below:

a) The test load shall be 125 percent of the maximum superimposed load for which the
structure or element was designed. This load shall not be applied earlier than 28 days after the
effective hardening of concrete. This test load shall be maintained for 24 hours and during the
entire duration of the test, struts, strong enough to take the whole superimposed, dead and
other loads shall be placed in position, leaving a small gap under the members.
b) The maximum deflection shall be measured after the test load is in position for 24 hours.
Thereafter, the test load shall be removed.
c) If 24 hours after the removal of the load, the structure does not show a recovery of at
least 75 percent of the maximum deflection, registered as in (b) above, the test shall be
repeated after a lapse of 72 hours. The structure shall be considered to have failed to pass the
test if the recovery after the second test is not at least 80 percent of the maximum deflection
during the second test.
d) If the maximum deflection in mm, shown during 24 hours under load, is less than 40 l sq
/ D, where I is the effective span in metres and D is overall depth of the section in mm, it is
not necessary for the recovery to be measured and the recovery position of the above
mentioned clause 6.05 (c) will not apply.

TABLE - 4
FREQUENCY OF SAMPLING AND TESTING
FREQUENCY OF SAMPLING AND TESTING
Sl Nature of Test/ Method of No. Of samples Remarks
No.

Characteristics Test & Frequency of

Test
1 COARSE
AGGREGATES

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a) Particle size and IS:2386(Pt.1) One per 100 cu.m. Result to be as per the
shape or part thereof or requirement of design mix,
change of source subject to variations within
whichever is earliest the limits as specified in
relevant Indian Standards.
b) Moisture content IS:2386(Pt.3) Once for each stack Accordingly water content
of 100 cu.m. or part of the concrete shall be
thereof except adjusted.
during monsoon
when this has to be
done every day
before starting of
the work.
c) Specific gravity, IS:2386(Pt.3) Once in 12 weeks or These tests shall be carried
density, voids, change of source out while establishing
absorption. whichever is earlier. design mix and results to
be intimated.
d) Mechanical IS:2386(Pt.4) Once per source Acceptance norms shall be
properties, crushing as per IS:383
value, abrasion value
and impact value.
e) Soundness IS:2386 (Pt.5) Once per source Acceptance norms shall be
as per IS:383.
f) Reaction with alkali. IS:2386 (Pt.7) Once per source These tests shall be carried
out while establishing
design mix and result to be
intimated.
Acceptance shall be as per
IS:2386 (Pt.7) and Clause
4.08C of this specification.
g) Flakiness and petro- IS:2386 This is to be done These tests shall be carried
graphic examinations once and should be out while establishing
repeated in case the design mix and results to
source is changed. be intimated.
h) Deleterious materials IS:2386 (Pt.2) Once per source Results should be within
the limits as specified in
relevant Indian Standards
and in this Specification.
II FINE
AGGREGATES

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a) Particle size and IS:2386(Pt.1) One per 100 cu.m. Should be as per the
shape. or part thereof or requirement of design mix,
change of source, subject to variations within
whichever is earlier. the limits as specified in
relevant IS Codes.
b) Specific gravity, IS:2386(Pt.3) Once in 12 weeks or These tests will be carried
density, voids, change of source out while establishing
adsorption and whichever is earlier. design mix and results to
bulking. be intimated.
c) Bulkage, moisture IS:2386(Pt.3) To be done Volume of sand and
content (Routine test) everyday before weight of water shall be
start of work. adjusted as per bulkage
and moisture content.
d) Silt, clay deleterious IS:2386(Pt.2) Once per source and Results should be within
materials, organic to be repeated, if the limits as specified in
impurities. source is changed. relevant Indian Standards
and in this specification.
e) Soundness and IS:2386(Pt.5&8) Once per source. Acceptance norms shall be
Petrographic as per IS:383.
examination.
f) Mortar making IS:2386(Pt.6) -do- Acceptance norms shall be
properties. as per IS:383. These tests
shall be carried out while
establishing design mix
and result to be intimated.
g) Reaction with alkali. IS:2386(Pt.7) Once per source These tests shall be carried
out while establishing
design mix and result to be
intimated.
Acceptance norms shall be
as per IS:383 and IS:2386
(Pt.7).
III CEMENT
a) Setting time IS:4031 One sample of each Acceptance norms shall be
consignment. as per relevant Indian
Standard
b) Compressive Strength IS:4031 -do- -do-
IV WATER
Harmful substances, IS:3025, Once a month for Acceptance norms shall be
pH value, initial each source as per Cl.5.4 of
setting time, IS:456/2000.
compressive strength.
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IS:516
V. CONCRETE
a) Workability (Slump IS:1199 One sample every Acceptance value shall be
and compaction two hours from as per Cl. 7.0 of IS:456-
factor) every mixing plant. 2000.
b) Crushing Strength IS:516 i) As per Acceptance criteria shall
Cl.15.2.2 of IS:456- be as per Cl.16 of IS:456-
2000 for initial 2000.
period.
ii) One sample of A minimum of 3 (Part-7)
six cubes per 150 specimens shall be tested
cu.m. or part thereof for 28 days strength.
for mass concrete
for subsequent
period.
c) Water-cement ratio. IS:1199 At random at the According to mix design.
time of batching.
d) Cement Content IS:1199 -do- -do-
f) Finished dimensions Physical All structures Acceptance as per
measurement Specification

7.00 ENCASEMENT OF STEEL STRUCTURES / ELEMENTS

7.01 Scope

This section of specification deals with the requirement for encasement of steel work in
concrete with necessary formwork, placing, finishing and curing, complete as per drawings
and specifications.

7.02 General Requirements

All concrete work, reinforcement, formwork & staging work shall be done as per
specification.

a) The reinforcement to be provided for encasement of steel elements shall be mild steel bars
or in the form of wire netting. Such reinforcement shall be kept 20 mm away from the steel
member and held securely to it.

b) The minimum grade of concrete to be used for encasing shall be M-20 unless specified.
The aggregate to be used in concrete shall be 12.5 mm maximum size unless specified

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otherwise. In case of box type steel sections, encasement shall be done with cement, sand
mortar (1:4) with thickness of 50mm over 0.9 mm size wire netting conforming to IS:3150, or
as shown on the drawings.

c) In the case of encasement of beams with concrete, if the gap between the edge of the
shuttering and flange is hardly sufficient for placing the concrete, the workability of the
concrete shall be increased suitably by increasing the water-cement ratio.

d) Minimum cover for concrete encasement shall be 50 mm

8.00 MORTAR

8.01 IS : 2250 shall be followed as general guidance for preparation and use of mortar.
Mixing of mortar shall be done in a mechanical mixer. Cement and sand shall be mixed dry
in specified proportions thoroughly and then water shall be added gradually. Wet mixing
shall be continued till mortar of the consistency of a stiff paste and uniform colour is obtained.
Only the quantity of mortar which can be used within thirty minutes of its mixing shall be
prepared at a time. Hand mixing may be allowed by the Engineer on clean approved platform
in special cases only.

8.02 Mortar shall be used as soon as possible after mixing and before it has begun to set and in
any case within thirty minutes after the water is added to the dry mixture. Mortar left unused
for more than thirty minutes after mixing shall be rejected and removed from the site of work.

8.03 Surplus mortar droppings while laying masonry, if received on a surface free from dirt,
may be mixed with fresh mortar if permitted by the Engineer, where directed for addition of
extra cement and this shall be implemented.

9.00 HOLLOW AND SOLID CONCRETE BLOCK MASONRY

9.01 Laying

IS: 2572 shall be followed as general guidance for construction of Hollow /Solid
Concrete block masonry. The Concrete Blocks shall be stacked on the ground preferably on
paved surface or planks and then covered with tarpaulins to keep them dry. Stacks shall be
delivered batch wise. all damaged blocks shall be sorted out at the time of stacking. Concrete
Blocks shall be used only after shrinkage has taken place. The moisture content must not
exceed the limit specified in IS: 2185. The blocks shall not be wetted before and during
placement. Unless otherwise specified composite mortar (1 cement: 1 lime: 6 sand) shall be
used.

Two types of mortar bedding are used, full mortar bedding and the face shell mortar
bedding. In full mortar bedding, the unit webs as well as face shells are bedded in mortar. In
face shell mortar bedding, only the face shell ends of the blocks are mortared. Normally, full
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mortar bedding shall be used, however, face shell bedding may be provided for walls carrying
light loads. It will be preferable to butter both the blocks already laid and the block to be laid
to ensure well filled head joints. Regardless of the method used to apply mortar to vertical
edges, each block is brought over its final position and pushed downward into the mortar bed
and sideways against the previously laid block so that the mortar oozes out of the head and
bed joints on both sides of the face shell. In any case, mortar shall not be spread too far ahead
of the actual laying of units as it will tend to stiffen and loose its plasticity. For installing close
units, all edges of the opening and all vertical edges of the close unit shall be buttered before
carefully lowering the unit into place. If any mortar falls out leaving an open joint, the close
unit shall be removed and placed again after application of fresh mortar. Close unit locations
shall be staggered.

Where hexagonal wire netting is specified to be used between courses, it shall be ensured
that the netting does not remain exposed anywhere.

All mortar joints shall be of uniform thickness all through. For exposed block work, the
joints shall be struck flush, cleaned and finished immediately. Where pointing or plastering is
to be provided, the joints shall be raked to minimum 10mm depth using raking tools while the
mortar is still green to provide bond for plaster or pointing.

Requirements for curing as stated for brick masonry shall apply for hollow concrete
block masonry as well.

9.02 Reinforced brick/ concrete block masonry

Where shown on drawings, the masonry shall be strengthened by providing RCC bands
(members) or reinforcement at suitable intervals along the height of the masonry. These
members shall be in the form of horizontal (Tansom) and/or vertical (mullion) members.
Vertical steel reinforcement at corners and junctions of wall shall also be provided, wherever
specified.

The band shall be made of reinforced concrete of grade M15 unless otherwise specified.
It shall be to the full width of the wall and not less than 75mm in depth and shall be reinforced
as shown on drawings.

Where steel reinforcing bars are provided, the bars shall be embedded in cement sand
mortar not leaner than 1:4 unless otherwise specified. The thickness of joints containing steel
bars shall be increased, so as to have a minimum mortar cover of 6 mm around the bar. Area
of steel provided shall be as specified on the drawings. Vertical steel reinforcing bars at
corners and junctions of walls, where specified, shall be embedded as shown on the drawings,
in cement-sand mortar not leaner than 1:4 unless otherwise specified.

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 10. SPECIFICATION FOR PLASTERING WORKS

1.00 SCOPE

1.01 This specification covers the general requirements for plastering and allied works for all
types of masonry and concrete surfaces.

2.00 GENERAL REQUIREMENTS

2.01 The Contractor shall furnish all skilled and unskilled labour, plant, equipment,
scaffolding, materials, etc. required for complete execution of the work in accordance with
the drawings and as described herein and/or as directed by the Engineer.
2.02 IS: 1661 shall be followed as a general guidance for plastering work. All plaster work
and other wall finishes shall be executed by skilled workmen in a workmanlike manner and
shall be of the best workmanship and in strict accordance with the dimensions on drawings
subject to the approval of the Engineer.

2.03 The primary requirement of plaster work shall be to provide absolutely water tight
enclosure, dense, smooth and hard and devoid of any cracks on the interior and/or exterior.
The contractor shall do all that is necessary to ensure that this objective is achieved. All
plastering shall be finished to true plane, without any imperfections and shall be square with
adjoining work and form proper foundation for finishing materials such as paint etc.

2.04 Masonry and concrete surfaces which call for applications of plaster shall be clean, free
from efflorescence, damp and sufficiently rough and keyed to ensure proper bond, subject to
the approval of the Engineer.

2.05 Wherever directed by the Engineer, all joints between concrete frames and masonry in
filling shall be expressed by a groove cut in the plaster. The said groove shall coincide with
the joints beneath as directed. Where grooves are not called for, the joints between concrete
members and masonry in filling shall be covered by 24 gauge galvanized chicken mesh strips
400 mm wide or as called for on drawings / documents which shall be in position before
plastering.

2.06 The Contractor shall strictly follow, at all stages of work, the stipulations contained in the
Indian Standard Safety Code and the provisions of the Safety Rules as specified in the General
Conditions of the Contract for ensuring safety of men and materials.

2.07 Any approval, instructions, permission, checking, review etc. whatsoever by the Engineer
shall not relieve the Contractor of his responsibility and obligation regarding adequacy,
correctness, completeness, safety, strength, workmanship etc.

2.08 The surface to be plastered shall be washed with fresh clean water free from all dirt,
loose material grease, etc., and thoroughly wetted for 6 hours before plastering work is
commenced. Concrete surfaces to be plastered will however be kept dry. The wall should not
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be too wet but only damp at the time of plastering. The damping shall be uniform to get
uniform bond between the plaster and the wall. The junction between the brick work and
RCC should be fixed with chicken wire mesh/PVC strip as directed before plaster.

2.09 The proportion of the mortar shall be as specified under the respective items of work.
Cement shall be mixed thoroughly in dry condition and then just enough water added to
obtain a workable consistency. The quality of water, sand and cement shall be as
mentioned in the Specifications for Concrete & allied works. The mortar thus mixed shall be
used immediately and in no case shall the mortar be allowed to stand for more than 30
minutes after mixing with water. The plaster shall be laid in a single coat. The mortar shall
be splashed on the prepared surface with a trowel and finished smooth by trowelling. The
plastered surface shall be rubbed with iron plate till the surface shows cement paste. The
work shall be in line and level. Curing of plaster shall be started as soon as the applied
plaster has hardened enough so as not to be damaged. Curing shall be done by continuously
applying water in a fine spray and shall be carried out for at least 7 days.

2.10 The plaster shall be carried out on jambs, lintel and sill faces top and undersides, etc., as
shown in the drawing or as directed by the engineer

10.03 Materials

The materials shall be in accordance with the relevant clauses of Technical Specification
of the respective works which shall be deemed to form the part of this specification.

10.04 Wire Netting

Hexagonal wire netting shall be 0.9 mm dia and 19 mm aperture size, conforming to IS:
3150.

11.0 JOINTS IN CONCRETE

11.01 Scope

This section of the specification deals with the requirement of furnishing and installing of
joints including joint filler materials, water bars, resilient pads type vibration damping
material in an around the side of concrete works, etc.

11.02 General Requirements

Details of joints shall be as approved by Engineer or as per approved drawings. Where

necessary or / and specified, joints shall be made water tight by use of water stops.

11.03 Classification of Joints

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 From the point of view of utility, the joints as provided may be classified as below:

a) Construction Joints

Construction joints are produced by placing fresh concrete against surface of hardened
concrete. Construction joints are generally, but not necessarily, vertical or horizontal.
Requirements of construction joints shall be as per clause specified elsewhere.

b) Contraction Joints

These are provided to eliminate tensile stresses due to shrinkage and are commonly used
where temperature variations are small and where there is no likelihood of expansion, such as
spaces below water and earth levels and unexposed to atmosphere. At contraction joints, the
reinforcement is discontinued and bond is not allowed to develop between the joint faces,
thereby introducing a structural discontinuity. A contraction joint also serves as a
construction joint so far as break in the pouring of concrete is concerned.

c) Expansion Joints

These are provided either to completely eliminate or to significantly reduce comprehensive

stresses in concrete that would otherwise result from thermal expansion and might crush,
buckle or crack part of the structure. Expansion joints serve the purpose of contraction and
also construction joints.

d) Control Joints

At places where cracking is inevitable, places of weakness are introduced by the provision of
control joints so that the cracking takes place along these joints instead of allowing it to
develop in a haphazard manner. In this form of joint a groove is created in the concrete
member to act as a joint. The width and depth of joint and filling materials shall be as shown
on the drawings or as specified or as directed by the Engineer.

e) Separation Joints

The places where the expansion of the structure is not expected but they are required to be
kept structurally separate so that stresses, vibrations, etc. are not transferred, a separation joint
should be provided. Like expansion joint, a gap is provided in separation joint also, but this is
not expected to be used by the expansion of members. In case, no gap is required, the
separation joint can be obtained by using an approved alkathene sheet stuck on the surface
against which concrete shall be placed.

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Structures, which are likely to settle with respect to the adjacent structures, shall be separated
by a settlement joint so that the adverse effects of differential settlement are obviated. It is
like an expansion joint but with a different sealing arrangement.

12.00 QUALITY OF FORMWORK AND STAGING

12.01 Formwork shall consist of all materials required for forming the boxing to pour
concrete, including steel/wood/plywood forms, ties, anchors, hangers, inserts, etc. Formwork
shall be so constructed that vertical and horizontal adjustments can be made as required. The
design and engineering of formwork including staging as well as its erection and dismantling
shall be the responsibility of the Contractor.

12.02 The staging shall be true and rigid and thoroughly braced in both directions as well
as cross braced, strutted and propped such that it will not deform unduly under weight of
concrete and other loads due to men, equipment, etc. Vertical member or props should not be
supported on an unpropped lower suspended floor or beam unless it is ensured by the
Contractor that the lower floor or beam can safely carry the loads. No propping shall take
place until the Engineer’s approval has been given to the Contractor’s scheme submitted along
with supporting calculations.

12.03 The forms and staging shall be sufficiently strong to carry without under
deformation, the dead weight of the concrete as liquid as well as anticipated working loads.
Where the concrete is vibrated, the formwork shall be strong enough to withstand the effects
of vibration, without appreciable deflection, bulging, distortion or loosening of its
components. The joints in the formwork shall be sufficiently tight to prevent any leakage of
mortar. The formwork shall be such as to ensure a smooth uniform surface free from
honeycombs, air bubbles, bulges, fins and other blemishes. Any blemish or defect found on
the surface of the concrete, must be brought to the notice of the Engineer immediately and
rectified as directed by him.

12.04 To achieve the desired rigidity, ample studs, braces, bolts, spacer blocks, wires,
clamps, ties, straps, shores, etc. Shall be used to hold the form in proper position without
undue distortion. These shall be approved by the Engineer but they must in no way impair the
strength of concrete or leave stains or marks on the finished surface. Where there are chances
of these fixtures being embedded, only mild steel or concrete of adequate strength shall be
used. Bolts passing completely through liquid and or earth retaining walls/slabs, basement
walls etc., for the purpose of securing and aligning the formwork, shall not be permitted.

12.05 For exposed interior and exterior concrete surfaces of beams and columns, plywood
or other approved forms thoroughly cleaned and tied together with approved corrosion
resistant devices shall be used. Great care shall be exercised ensuring that all column forms
are plumb and true and thoroughly cross braced to keep them so. Columns/beams out of
plumb/alignment, bulging or with honey combs as decided by the Engineer will be summarily
rejected and shall be dismantled immediately on giving notice and redone by the contractor
at his own cost
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12.06 Beveled strips 25x25 mm shall be provided to form angles and in corners of
columns and beam boxes for chamfering of corners if shown on drawings or directed by the
Engineer. Temporary openings for cleaning, inspection and for pouring concrete shall be
provided at the base of vertical forms and at other places, where these are necessary and as
may be directed by the Engineer. The temporary openings shall be so formed that they can be
conveniently closed rigidly when required and must not leave any mark on the concrete.

12.07 The Contractor shall maintain necessary camber in centering for all floor slabs and
beams in all spanning directions, so as to offset the deflection and assume correct shape. The
camber shall have the crown of not less than 8 mm for every 5 metres span unless otherwise
shown on the drawings. For cantilever, camber at free end shall be 1 in 100.

12.08 The Contractor shall provide the shuttering for complete stretch of work up to
expansion joints for the structures like shell, folded plate etc. and/or as directed by the
Engineer.

12.09 Vertical props shall be supported on wedges or other measures shall be taken where
the props can be gently lowered vertically during removal of the formwork. Props for an
upper storey shall be placed directly over those in the storey immediately below and the
lowest props shall bear on a sufficiently strong area.

12.10 If formwork is held together by bolts or wires, these shall be so fixed that no iron
will be exposed on surface against which concrete is to be laid. In any case wires shall not be
used with exposed concrete formwork. The Engineer may at his discretion allow the
Contractor to use tie-bolts running through the concrete and the Contractor shall decide the
location and size of such tie-bolts in consultation with the Engineer. Holes left in the concrete
by these tie-bolts shall be filled as specified by the Engineer at no extra cost. No through tie
will be permitted in all cases where water is likely to be retained and gas tightness of the
structure is to be ensured.

12.11 Provision shall be made for traffic on formwork not to bear directly on reinforcing
steel.

12.12 The mould used for manufacturing precast components normally consist of two
parts, (a) bottom mould and (b) side moulds. the bottom mould can be made out of timber,
masonry, concrete, steel FRP, plastic or any other material acceptable to the Engineer. The
side moulds similarly can be of timber, steel RFP, or plastic. When using masonry or
concrete moulds, the top surface shall be finished to the required accuracy and made smooth.

In case of masonry moulds, the use of chicken mesh or fibre reinforcements in the top
surfaces will help in making the mould last longer for higher efficiency.

In the case of cored units, they can be created either by an extrusion process, by inflated
tubes, Mild steel tubes, timber, cardboard / hard paper or any other materials.
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13.13 CLEANING AND TREATMENT OF FORMS

12.13.01 Forms shall be thoroughly cleaned of old concrete, wood shavings, saw dust, dirt
and dust sticking to them before these are fixed in position. All rubbish, loose concrete,
chippings, shavings, saw dust etc. shall be scrupulously removed from the interior of the
forms before concrete is poured. Wire brushes, brooms, compressed air jet and/or water jet
etc. shall be kept handy for cleaning, if directed by the Engineer.

12.13.02 Before formwork is placed in position, the form surfaces that will be in contact with
concrete shall be treated with approved non-staining oil or composition which is insoluble in
water and not injurious to concrete. Care shall be taken that the oil or composition does not
come in contact with reinforcing steel or stain the concrete surfaces. Burnt oil shall not be
allowed to be used specially where the concrete surface will require finishing and/or plaster.

12.14.00 REMOVAL OF FORMS

12.14.01 The Contractor shall begin the removal of formwork only after the approval of the
Engineer. He shall place on record the dates on which the concrete is placed in different parts
of the work and the dates of the removal of formwork therefrom. This record shall be checked
and countersigned by the Engineer. The Contractor shall be responsible for the safe removal
of formwork but the Engineer may delay the time of removal if he considers it necessary.
Any work showing signs of damage through premature removal of formwork, shall be entirely
removed and reconstructed by the Contractor at no extra cost to the Owner.

12.14.02 The formwork shall be so designed and erected that the forms for slabs and the
sides of beams, columns and walls may be removed first, leaving the beam bottoms and their
supports in position. Repropping of beams shall not be done except with the approval of the
Engineer. Formwork for columns and walls at each stage of concreting shall be erected only
up to the particular lift of construction. Wedges, spacer bolts, clamps or other suitable means
shall be provided to allow accurate adjustment of the formwork and to allow it to be removed
gradually without jerking the concrete.

12.14.03 Forms of various types of structural components shall, under normal circumstances,
not be removed before the minimum periods specified in Cl. 11.3 of IS:456/2000, which shall
also be subject to the approval of the Engineer. However, in any case formwork shall not be
struck until the concrete has reached a strength, at least twice that of the stress to which the
concrete may be subjected to at the time of removal of forms.

In normal circumstances and where ordinary Portland cement is used, forms may
generally be removed after the expiry of the following periods, according to clause no. 11.3 of
IS:456/2000.
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 i) Walls, columns and vertical 1 to 2 days
faces of all structural
Members as directed
by the Engineer.

ii) Slabs (Props left under) 3 days

iii) Beam soffits (props left

Under) 7 days

iv) Removal of props under slabs

Spanning upto 4.5 m 7 days

Spanning over 4.5 m 14 days

v) Removal of props under Beams

Spanning upto 6 m 14 days
Spanning over 6 m 21 days

vi) Cantilever Slabs 14 days

For other cements, the stripping time recommended for ordinary Portland cement may be
suitably modified.
The Engineer may vary the above period if he considers it necessary. Immediately after
the forms are removed, they shall be cleaned with a jet of water and a soft brush.

12.14.04 The number of props left under, their sizes and disposition shall be such as to be
able to safely carry the full dead load of the slab, beam or arch as the case may be together
with any live load likely to occur during curing or further construction.

12.14.05 Where the shape of the element is such that the formwork has reentrant angles, the
formwork shall be removed as soon as possible after the concrete has set, to avoid shrinkage
cracking occurring due to the restraint imposed.

12.14.06 In case of cantilever slabs, the removal of forms shall begin from the outer edge and
proceed towards the support, where as in the case of slabs supported on two/four sides, the
removal of forms shall begin from centre to supports.

12.14.07 The formwork shall be so made as to produce a finished concrete, true to shape,
lines, plumb and to dimensions as shown on the drawings. The Engineer may call for finished
work at any time to set standards of workmanship. Once approved, these will become the
accepted Sample.

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12.14.08 In case PPC/PSC is used instead of OPC, the removal of shuttering/support shall be
after 50% more time from that being applied for OPC, unless otherwise permitted by the
Engineer. For concrete temperature above 40 C, stripping time shall be increased.

12.14.09 In case of special structures, such as shells, folded plates, etc., the sequence of
removal of forms shall be as per drawings or as directed by the Engineer.

12.14.10 Formwork shall be removed carefully without jerking the concrete and shall be
eased off carefully in order to allow the structure to take up its load gradually and curing of
the concrete shall be commenced immediately. Immediately after the shuttering is removed,
all the defective areas such as honeycombed surfaces, rough patches, holes left by form bolts,
etc., shall be brought to the notice of Engineer who may permit or patching of the defective
areas or reject the concrete work. Rejected concrete shall be removed then replaced by
Contractor at his own cost. After removing loose materials, the surface shall be prepared and
saturated with water for 24 hours before patching is done with 1:1.5 C.M. The use of epoxy
for bonding fresh concrete shall be carried out as directed by Engineer. Concrete surfaces to
be exposed shall where required by the Engineer, be rubbed down with carborandum stone to
obtain a smooth and even finish. Where the concrete requires plastering or other finish later
the concrete surface shall be immediately hacked lightly all over as directed by the Engineer.
No extra charge will be allowed to the Contractor for such work on concrete surfaces after
removal of forms.

In the case of folded plates and shall roofs the Contractors should take approval for
the pattern of centering and shuttering along with programme for deshuttering

12.15.00 REPROPPING

12.15.01 For multi-storied buildings the floors may need repropping to support the loads of
the upper floors under construction. The extent of such repropping shall be as directed by the
Engineer. Such repropping shall not be paid for separately and the cost of such repropping
shall be deemed to have been included in the Contractor’s rates.

12.16.00 REUSE OF FORMS

12.16.01 The Contractor shall obtain permission for reusing of forms. Before reuse, all
forms shall be thoroughly scraped, cleaned, all nails and adhering substances removed, holes
and leaks satisfactorily plugged, joints examined and where necessary repaired and inside
surfaces treated as specified herein before. Formwork shall not be used/re-used, if declared
unfit or unserviceable by the Engineer.

12.17.00 HACKING
12.17.01 Immediately after removal of forms, the concrete surfaces to be plastered shall be
roughened with a brush hammer or with chisel and hammer as directed by the Engineer to
make the surfaces sufficiently coarse and rough to provide a key for plaster.

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 This shall not be paid for separately and shall be deemed to have been included in the
Contractor’s rates.
No payment shall be made for temporary formwork used in concreting, nor for formwork
required for joints or bulkheads, in floors, or elsewhere, whether such joints are to be covered
later with concrete or mastic or other materials.

13.00 TESTING AND QUALITY ASSURANCE (INCLUDING DIMENSION

TOLERANCE)

13.01 General
Staging shall be checked for its soundness as a whole and for adequacy of the joints and
its foundations. All joints shall be either vertical or horizontal and shall be such as to avoid
loss of liquid through the formwork.

13.02 Dimensional Tolerance for Formwork

Levels and heights  6 mm

Plumb 3mm for every metre

Subject to a maximum of
10mm.

Unevenness of any surfaces  3 mm

Length or breadth  12 mm

Diagonals  15 mm

In case of inclined surfaces like track hopper wall, folded plates etc., the deviation in the
alignment of inclined surfaces, shall not exceed 3 mm with reference to the theoretical
alignment, for a length of 1000 mm measured vertically, subject to a maximum of 10 mm.

13.03 Frequency of sampling and testing of work shall be as below:

S.No Nature of Test/ Method of No.of Remarks

Characteristics test samples &
Frequency
of test

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 1 FORMWORK

a) Staging (Durability, Visual Each Any staging intended for use

strength & sound-ness of member shall be approved by the
staging, joints, adequacy of Engineer for its durability and
its foundation and specific strength.
level)
b) Shuttering After erection of staging,
nominated representatives of
Engineer shall check the
soundness of the staging as a
whole, its joints, adequacy of
its foundation and the specific
levels.
i) Materials Visual Random Formwork materials shall be
strictly as per specifications and
approved of the Engineer.
Materials for formwork shall be
unwrapped, thoroughly clean
and without broken or damaged
edges either due to repetitive
use or otherwise. Oiling of
form work before concreting
shall be resorted to.

ii) Joints Visual Random Joints shall be leak proof to

avoid loss of liquid.
iii) Dimensions and plumb Physical Each number Tolerance as per Specification.
measurement and before
every lift.

14. SPECIFICATION FOR STEEL REINFORCEMENT

1.00 SCOPE

1.01 This specification deals with steel reinforcement for all reinforced concrete works and
covers the general requirement of materials, their properties, storage, handling, furnishing of
bar bending schedules and the cleaning, bending, binding and placing of reinforcement with
suitable cover blocks. This shall also include the supply of reinforcement, wherever
required. Chairs and spacer bars will not be measured and paid. The quoted rate shall be
considered to include expenses for providing these as required be design or as directed by the
Engineer. The bidder is expected to verify the BOQ quantity of steel reinforcement on the

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basis of tender drawings .Advance planning for procurement of reinforcement shall be
planned by the selected bidder on the basis of tender document.

2.00 GENERAL REQUIREMENTS

2.01 The Contractor shall prepare and furnish to the Engineer, bar bending schedules for all
RCC works for his review and approval prior to commencement of fabrication. No work
shall commence without the approval of bar bending schedule by the Engineer, in writing.
These shall indicate the accurate dimensions and bending bars as called for on the structural
drawings. On the basis of construction issue of reinforcement details the contractor shall
arrange procurement of the entire requirement of reinforcement steel for which drawings
have been issued and store at site. Non availability of steel in the local market/ stockists will
not be considered as reason for extension of time of construction

2.02 Fabrication shall be accurately done to the dimensions and placing in position to spacing
and ensuring minimum cover shall be as called for on the structural drawings.

2.03 All reinforcing steel within the limit of a day’s pour shall be in place and firmly wired at
least one day prior to the date of pour to permit inspection. The contractor shall also ensure
that all conduits embedments and inserts are in position before placing concrete.

2.04 The Contractor shall have to obtain prior written approval from the Engineer, if he
desires any adjustments in diameter or spacing of reinforcement. However, the Contractor
shall modify the bar bending schedule, when a particular type and size of reinforcement
would not be available, with the approval of the Engineer.

2.05 The Contractor shall furnish all skilled and unskilled labour plant, equipment, scaffolding
all materials etc. required for complete execution of the work in accordance with the drawings
and as described herein and / or as directed by the Engineer.

2.06 The Contractor shall strictly follow, at all stages of work, the stipulations contained in the
Indian Standard Safety Code and the provisions of the safety code and the provision of the
safety rules as specified in the General Conditions of the Contract for ensuring safety of men
and materials.

2.07 Any approval, instructions, permission, checking, review, etc. whatsoever by the
Engineer shall not relieve the Contractor of his responsibility and obligation regarding
adequacy, correctness, completeness, safety, strength, workmanship etc.

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3.00 CODES AND STANDARDS

3.01 All applicable standards, specifications, etc. and codes of practice shall generally be
the latest editions, including all applicable official amendments and revisions. A complete set
of all these documents shall generally be available at site, with the Contractor.

3.02 All work shall be carried out as per the stipulations contained in various sections of these
specifications and the latest Indian Standards, Acts, Codes and best practices.

3.03 In case of conflict between the stipulations contained in various sections of these
specifications and stipulations of Indian Standards, Codes, etc. the requirements of
stipulations contained in various sections of these specifications, shall prevail over that of
Indian Standards, Codes, etc.

3.04 List of certain important Indian Standards, Acts and Codes applicable to this work is
given below. However, the applicable standards and codes shall be as per but not limited to
the list given below :

IS:280 Mild steel wire for general engineering purposes

IS:432 Mild steel and medium tensile steel

(parts I & II).

IS:456 Code of practice for plain and reinforced concrete.

IS:816 Code of practice for use of metal arc welding for general
construction in mild steel.

IS:1566 Hard-drawn steel wire fabric for concrete reinforcement.

IS:1786 High strength deformed steel bars (TMT) and wires for concrete
reinforcement

IS:2502 Code of practice for bending and fixing of bars for concrete
reinforcement.

IS:2571 Code of practice for laying in-situ cement-concrete flooring.

IS:5525 Recommendations for detailing of reinforcement in reinforced

concrete works.

IS : 7887 M.S.Wire rod for general purposes.

IS.9417 Recommendations for welding cold - worked steel bars for reinforced
concrete construction.
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 SP : 34 Handbook of concrete reinforcement and detailing.

4.00 MATERIALS

4.01 All steel for reinforcement shall be clean and free from loose mill scales, dust, loose rust,
oil, grease, paint or other harmful matters which may affect its bond with concrete. Mild steel
and medium tensile steel bars and hard drawn steel wire for concrete reinforcement shall
conform to grade-1 of IS: 432 (Part-1). High strength deformed steel bars shall conform to
grade Fe 500 of IS: 1786. All steel bars shall be of tested quality. Actual grade and type of
steel, to be used, shall be as specified or shown on drawings. Steel of TATA/Vizag / SAIL /
or make only shall be used on the works.

4.02 Hard drawn steel wire fabric shall conform to IS: 1566. Wire fabric shall be electrically
cross welded.

4.03 Reinforcement shall be stored consignment wise and size-wise, off the ground by at least
150mm and protected by the suitable cover, or as desired by the Engineer. The steel shall be
protected from rusting, oil, grease and distortions. The reinforcing steel shall be coated with
cement wash before stacking to prevent scale and rust, in areas having accelerating corrosion
effect like marine atmosphere. The stacks shall be easily measurable. Steel needed for
immediate use only shall be removed from storage. Fabricated steel shall be carefully stored
to prevent damage, distortion, corrosion and deterioration.

4.04 Reinforcement shall be stored according to the diameter, grade and length in such a place
as to permit easy approach for inspection and identification.

4.05 The area shall be such that water does not accumulate and reinforcement does not get
distorted or corroded. It shall not be stacked directly over ground or near any harmful
materials. It shall be cleaned of excessive rust before use.

4.06 All steel for reinforcement provided by the Contractor shall be tested for conformity of
the specification and the test results shall be submitted to the Engineer for acceptance. In
addition to above, the Contractor shall carry out the relevant tests at site as specified.

4.07 All bars shall be thoroughly cleaned before being fabricated. Pitted and defective bars
shall not be used.

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5.00 BENDING

5.01 Reinforcing bars supplied bent or in coils, shall be straightened before these are cut to
size. Straightening of bars shall be done in cold and without damaging the bars. This is to be
considered as a part of reinforcement bending and fabrication work.

5.02 Unless otherwise specified, reinforcing steel shall be carefully and accurately bent in
accordance with procedure specified in IS:2502 and/or as approved by the Engineer. Bends,
depth of cranks and shapes shall comply strictly with the dimensions shown on the approved
bar bending schedules and they shall be rechecked by the Contractor before bending and he
shall be entirely responsible for their correctness. Bar shall be bent cold gradually by
machine or other approved means without the use of heat. Bars having cracks or splits on the
bends shall be rejected. Bars correctly bent, shall only be used. Bars incorrectly bent once
shall not be used without the approval of the Engineer. Unless specified otherwise or
directed by the Engineer, the detailing of reinforcement shall be in accordance with IS:5525
and SP:34.

5.03 Hooks where indicated shall be either a complete semi-circular turn with a radius of not
less than four and not more than six bars diameters, plus an extension of at least four bar
diameters at the free end, or a 90 degree bend having a radius of not less than 4 bar diameters
plus an extension of 12 bar diameters, as shown or implied on the drawings.

5.04 No reinforcement shall be bent, when in position in the work without approval of the
Engineer, whether or not it is partially embedded in concrete. Where the reinforcement bars
are bent aside, at construction taken to ensure that, at no time, the radius of the bend is less
than 4 times the bar diameters for plain mild steel or 6 times the bar diameters for deformed
bars. Care shall also be taken while bending back bars, to ensure that the concrete around the
bar is not damaged.

6.00 LAPPING

6.01 As far as possible bars of maximum length available shall be used. Reinforcement bars
shall not be lapped unless the length required exists the maximum available lengths of bars.
6.02 Unless otherwise specified or as shown on the drawings, all laps shall be 50 times the
diameter of bar. Laps shall be staggered as far as practicable and as directed by the Engineer
and not more than 33% of bars shall be lapped at a particular section.
6.03 Mechanical connections, for splicing reinforcement bars in congested locations, may be
used by the contractor, only if approved by the Engineer.

7.00 WELDING

7.01 Only where specifically shown on the drawings, reinforcement shall have welded joints.

7.02 Welding of bars to obtain continuity shall not be allowed, particularly for cold twisted
bars, unless specifically approved by the Engineer. If welding is approved, the work shall be
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carried out as per IS: 2751 and IS: 9417, according to the best practice and as directed by the
Engineer. Only qualified welders shall be permitted to carry out welding. Tests shall be made
to prove the soundness of the welded joints.

8.00 PLACING IN POSITION

8.01 All reinforcement shall be accurately fixed and maintained in position as shown on the
drawings by such approved means as steel chairs, and/or concrete spacer blocks as per
IS:2502. Bars intended to be in contact at crossing points by two numbers annealed steel wire
of 0.9 mm to 1.6 mm size conforming to IS:280 in such a manner that they do not slip over
each at the time of fixing & concreting. The tying of bars shall be in criss cross manner.

8.02 Binders shall tightly embrace the bars with which these are intended to be in contact and
shall be securely held. The vertical distance between successive layers of bars shall be
maintained by provision of spacer bars. These shall be so spaced that the main bars do not sag
perceptively between adjacent spacers.

8.03 Bundled bars shall be provided wherever shown on the drawing to facilitate concreting.
Location of laps and development lengths shall be as indicated on the drawings. Dowel bars
shall be provided where shown on the drawings or where required.

8.04 The placing of reinforcement shall be completed well in advance of concrete pouring.
All reinforcement shall be cleaned to remove loose mill scale, loose rust, oil and grease, or
any other harmful matter immediately before placing of concrete just prior to concrete
pouring, the reinforcement shall be checked by the Engineer, for accuracy of placement and
cleanliness. Necessary corrections, as directed by the Engineer shall be carried out. Care
shall be taken to ensure that projecting ends of ties and other embedded metal do not encroach
into the concrete cover. For ensuring the cover and positioning of reinforcement, concrete
cover blocks of same strength of concrete proposed for the structure shall be used. The sizes
and locations of the concrete blocks shall be approved by the Engineer. The 28 days crushing
strength of cover blocks shall be at least equal to the specified strength of concrete in which
the blocks will be embedded. All cover blocks shall be secured firmly so that they are
disturbed during compaction.

9.00 COVER TO REINFORCEMENT

9.01 Unless shown otherwise on the drawings, minimum clear concrete cover for
reinforcement (exclusive of plaster or other finishes) shall be as follows:-
 At each end of a reinforcing bar, not less than 25 mm, nor less than twice the bar diameter.

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 For a longitudinal reinforcing bar in a column, 40 mm or bar diameter whichever is more.
25 mm cover may be adopted for columns of minimum dimension 200 mm or under and with
longitudinal reinforcement diameter not exceeding 12 mm.
 For longitudinal reinforcing bars in a beam, not less than 25 mm nor less than the bar
diameter.
 For reinforcement in slabs and walls; not exposed to weather or ground not less than 15
mm nor less than the bar diameter.
 For bottom reinforcement in footings: 75 mm, if concrete is laid against the ground or 40
mm if laid on a layer of lean concrete.
 For retaining walls, grade beams, top and sides of footings and similar surfaces exposed to
weather or ground; 50 mm for bars larger than 16 mm and 40 mm for bars up to 16 mm.
 For concrete members exposed to the action of harmful chemicals, acids, alkalies,
atmosphere, sulphurous smoke, sea water etc., the cover shall be as shown on the drawings.
 For liquid retaining structures; 40 mm or diameter of main bars, whichever is larger. This
shall be increased to 50 mm in case of sea water or corrosive environment.

9.02 Clear distance between reinforcing bars shall be in accordance with IS:456/2000 or as
shown on drawings.

15. SAMPLING, TESTING AND QUALITY ASSURANCE

15.01 General
Sample bent bars shall be checked to ensure that they conform to the bar bending
schedules. Reinforcement in position shall be checked for proper positioning, and rigidity,
cover, spacing of bars, placement of chairs and spacers, etc. Also it shall be checked that all
bars at crossings are properly tied.

15.02 Frequency of sampling and testing of reinforcement work shall be as given

below :

Sl. Nature of Test/ Method of Test No. of samples Remarks

No Characteristics & Frequency
of Test
1 Placement Visual Each The bar bending schedule with the
necessary hooks, laps, covers, spacers
and chairs shall be 100% checked for
all concreting works before start of
the work.
2. Cutting tolerance Physical Random Tolerance shall be as per
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15.03 MODE OF MEASUREMENT

The method of measurement shall be generally in accordance with the IS:

15.04 subject to the following:

Reinforcement shall be measured in lengths of bars as actually placed in position on
standard weight basis, no allowance being made in the weight for rolling margin. Wastage
and binding wire shall not be measured. Authorised overlaps and splices shall only be
measured. Rate quoted shall include the cost of welding if specified.

16.00 EARTH WORK

16.1 Applicable Codes

The following Indian Standard Codes, unless otherwise specified herein, shall be
applicable. In all cases, the latest revision of the codes shall be referred to.

a) IS- 3764 Safety code for excavation work.

b) IS- 3385 Code of practice for measurement of Civil Engineering works.

a) IS- 2720 Part II Determination of moisture content.

16.2 General

16.2.1 The area to be excavated/filled shall be cleared of fences, trees, plants, logs, slumps,
bush, vegetation, rubbish slush, etc., and other objectionable matter. If any roots or stumps
of trees are found during excavation, they shall also be removed. The material so removed
shall be burnt or disposed off as directed by Engineer. Where earth fill is intended, the
area shall be stripped of all loose/soft patches, top soil containing deleterious
matter/materials before fill commences.

16.2.2 In firm soil if the excavation is deeper than 2 m and in loose, soft or slushy soil, the
width of the step shall be suitably increased or the sides sloped or shoring and
strutting may be done as per the Engineer’s instructions without any extra cost.

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16.2.3 For excavation in trenches for pipes nothing extra shall be payable for the lift
irrespective of the depth unless specifically mentioned otherwise in the Schedule of
Quantities.

16.2.4 The trenches which are ready for concreting shall be got approved by the
Engineer.

16.2.5 The excavated stacked earth shall be refilled in the trenches and sides of foundation
in 200 mm layers and the balance surplus shall be first filled in layers in plinth and
the remaining surplus shall be disposed off by uniform spreading within the site /
outside the site as directed by the Engineer.

16.2.6 Adequate protective measures shall be taken by the Contractor to see that the
excavation for the building foundation does not affect the adjoining structure’s
stability and safety. Contractor will be responsible if he has not taken precaution
for the safety of the people, property or neighbor’s property caused by his
negligence during the constructional operations.

16.3 Classification

Any earthwork will be classified under any of the following categories:

16.3.1 All kinds of soils

These shall include all kinds containing kankar, sand, silt, moorum and/or shingle,
gravel, clay, loam peat, ash, shale, etc., which can generally be excavated by spade,
pick-axe and shovel and which is not classified under soft and decomposed rock,
and hard rock defined below. This shall also include embedded rock boulders not
bigger than 1 meter in any dimension and not more than 200 mm in any one of the
other two dimensions. These shall also include rock, boulders, slag, chalk, slate,
hard mica schist, laterite etc., which are to be excavated with or without blasting or
could be excavated with picks, hammer, crow bars, wedges. This shall also include
excavation in macadam and tarred roads and pavements. This shall also include
rock boulders not bigger than 1metre in any dimension and not more than 500mm
in any one of the other two dimensions Rubble masonry to be dismantled will also
be measured under this item.

16.3.2 Hard Rock

This shall include rock which cannot be easily excavated with pick-axes, hammer,
crow bars and wedges but has to be either heated where blasting is prohibited or
has to be blasted. They shall be stacked separately for measurement as directed by
the Engineer-in-charge.

16.3.3 Lead
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the surrounding areas have been specified in the respective items of work and no
other extra lead is intended.

16.4 Earth work in excavation in rocks

16.4.1 Unless otherwise stated herein, IS 4081, safety code for blasting and related
drilling operations shall be followed. After removal of over burden, if any,
excavation shall be continued in rock to such widths, lengths, depths and profiles as
are shown on the drawings or such other lines and grades as may be specified by
Engineer. As far as possible all blasting shall be completed prior to commencement
of construction. At all stages of excavation, precautions, shall be taken to preserve
the rock below and beyond the lines specified for the excavating, in the soundest
possible condition. The quantity and strength of explosive used shall be such as will
neither damage nor crack the rock outside the limits of excavation. All precautions,
as directed by Engineer shall be taken during the blasting operations and care shall
be taken that no damage is caused to adjoining buildings or structure as a result of
blasting operations. In case of damage to permanent or temporary structures,
Contractor shall repair the same to the satisfaction of Engineer at his cost. As
excavation approaches its final lines and levels, the depth of the charge holes
and amount of explosives used shall be progressively and suitably reduced.

16.4.2 Specific permission of Engineer will have to be taken by Contractor for blasting
rock and he shall also obtain a valid blasting license from the authorities concerned.
If permission for blasting is refused by Engineer, the rock shall be removed by
wedging, pick barring, heating and quenching or other approved means. All
loose/loosened rock in the sides shall be removed by barring wedging, etc. The unit
rates for excavation in hard rock shall include the cost of all these operations.

16.4.2.1 Contractor shall employ a competent and experienced supervisor and

licensed blaster in charge for each set of operation, who shall be held personally
responsible to ensure that all safety regulations are carried out.

16.4.2.2 Before any blasting is carried out, Contractor shall intimate Engineer-in-
charge and obtain his approval in writing for resorting to such operations. He shall
intimate the hours of firing charges, the nature of explosive to be used and the
precautions taken for ensuring safety.

16.5 Filling in plinth with selected excavated earth

16.5.1 Plinth shall be filled in layers 15-30cm, of thickness or as specified in items

specification watered and compacted with hand rammers as directed by the
Engineer-in-charge, so as to avoid any settlement at later stage. For the final layer
the surface shall be flooded with water and water allowed to stand for 24 hours.
The finished level of the filling shall be trimmed to the level specified.
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16.5.2 Where specified in the item description given in the Schedule of Quantities that the
compaction of the plinth fill shall be carried out by means of 10/12tonnes rollers
smooth wheeled, sheep-foot or wobble wheeled rollers. As rolling proceeds water
sprinkling shall be done to assist consolidation. Water shall not be sprinkled in case
of sandy fill.

16.6 Filling excavated earth in ground for land development

16.6.1 No earth fill shall commence until surface water discharges and streams have been
properly intercepted or otherwise dealt with as directed by Engineer-in-charge.

16.6.2 Filling shall be carried out as indicated in the drawings and as directed by Engineer-
in-charge. If no compaction is called for, the fill may be deposited to the full height
in one operation and leveled. If the fill has to be compacted, it shall be placed in
layers not exceeding 600mm and leveled uniformly and compacted before the next
layer is deposited.

16.6.3 Field compaction is called for, test shall be carried out at different stages of filling
and also after the fill to the entire height has been completed. This shall hold good
for embankments as well. The tests for field compaction shall be specified by the
Engineer and the Contractor shall arrange to carry out such tests to the satisfaction
of the Engineer-in- charge.

16.6.4 Contractor shall protect the earth fill from being washed away by rain or damaged
in any other way. Should any slip occur, Contractor shall remove the affected
material and make good the slip at his own cost.

16.6.5 The fill shall be carried out to such dimension and levels as indicated on the
drawings after the stipulated compaction. The fill shall be considered as incomplete
if the desired compaction has not been obtained.

16.7 Filling in plinth and ground with earth brought from outside

16.7.1 Filling shall be carried out with approved material. The material and source shall
be subject to prior approval of Engineer-in-charge. The approved area, from where
the fill material is to be dug, shall be cleared of all bushes, roots plants, rubbish,
etc., top soil containing salts, sulphate and other foreign material shall be removed.
The materials so removed shall be burnt or disposed off as directed by Engineer-in-
charge. The Contractor shall make necessary access roads to those areas and
maintain the same, if such access road does not exist, at his cost.

16.7.2 If any material is rejected by Engineer-in-charge, Contractor shall remove the same
forthwith from the site at no extra cost to the owner. Surplus fill material shall be

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charge.

16.7.3 At places backfilling shall be carried out with local sand if directed by Engineer.
The sand used shall be kept flooded with water for 24 hours to ensure maximum
consolidation. Any temporary work required to contain sand under flooded
condition shall be to Contractor’s account. The surface of the consolidated sand
shall be dressed to require level or slope. Construction of floors or other structures
on sand fill shall not be started until Engineer has inspected and approved the fill.

17.1 SPECIFICATION FOR STRUCTURAL STEEL WORK:

1. All steel work shall conform to IS: 800-1962 and shall be free from defects impairing
strength, durability or appearance and shall be of the best quality for the purposes
specified, possessing structural properties to withstand safely stresses to which these
shall be normally subjected to.
2. All structural steel members brought to site shall be handled with care, stacked on edge
and supported evenly.
3. The structural steel and rivet bars shall conform to IS: 226. Before any fabrication work
is commenced all plates shall be flattened and all bars and sections straightened or
otherwise turned and made free from twists or other distortions. Method adopted for
the purpose shall be such as not to injure the material.
4. Cutting shall be affected by shearing, cropping or sawing and shall be clean, reasonably
square and free from distortion. If directed the edges shall be ground. Gas cutting by
mechanically controlled torch shall be permitted for mild steel only and only with the
approval of the structural consultant.
5. All shop drawings shall be prepared in advance of the actual fabrication and shall show
full size sections and all joints and connections, thickness of material used and details
of welds, bolts, rivets etc. They shall clearly distinguished between shop and field
rivets, bolts and welds. Drawing shall be made in conformily with the IS code for
shop drawings with due regard to speed and economy in fabrication and erection. A
marking diagram allotted distinct identification marks to each separate piece of steel,
sufficient to ensure convenient assembly and erection at site, shall be prepared. All
shop drawings also shall show temporary bracings and connections required during
fabrication and erection.

17.2 REVETTING:

1. All holes in plates or sections over 1 mm thick must be drilled (not punched) and
accurately gauged. All holes (except in purlins, runners, packing plates, lacing bars)
shall be drilled to required size. All matching holes for rivets or black bolts shall be
such that a gauge of 0.8 mm less in diameter than the hole can pass freely through
members assembled for riveting and bolting. All holes for turned and fitted bolts shall
be drilled and reamed, if necessary, to a tolerance of only 0.13 mm. When the
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 number of thickness to be riveted exceeds three or the total thickness is 90 mm or
more, the holes shall be firmly held together during such block drilling and taken
apart for removal of burrs, after drilling.
2. All parts assembled for riveting shall be in close contact and all bearing stiffeners shall
bear tightly at both top and bottom without being drawn or caulked. All parts of
riveted members shall be temporarily pinned or bolted while riveting. Drifting of
holes shall not be permitted except to draw the parts together and no drift used shall
be larger in any part than the nominal diameter of rivets when cold shall be of size
shown in the drawing and shall preferably fill the hole and from the head of standard
dimension unless otherwise stated. All riveting wherever practicable shall be done by
hydraulic or pneumatic process. All loose, burnt or badly formed rivets with eccentric
or deficient heads shall be cut and replaced by sound rivets. Counter sunk loads shall
be provided wherever required. Caulking and recouping shall not be permitted.

17.3 BOLTING:

1. All turned and fitted bolts shall be parallel throughout the barrel within the
tolerance of only minus 0.13 mm and faces of heads and nuts bearing on steel work
shall be machined. All such bolts shall be provided with washers of standard size so
that the nut when turned shall not bear the unthreaded body of the bolt. Heads and
nuts shall be hexagonal, of whit worth screws and shall be well formed. Where the
full bearing area of the rivet is to be developed, the threaded portions of the bolt shall
not be within the thickness of the parts bolted together. Threaded portion of each bolt
shall project beyond the nut at least by one thread. Tapers washers shall be provided
for all heads and nuts bearing on bevelled surfaces.

17.4 WELDING:

1. Welding wherever indicated on the drawings shall conform to IS: 814-1963 unless
otherwise specified. Welding shall be carried out by experienced welders, who if
necessary, shall produce testimonials about their work and if required undergo
qualifying tests as prescribed in IS: 1181. Welding work shall be carried out as per
IS: 816.
Welding shall be done in flat position wherever possible and adequate steps shall be
taken to maintain the correct arc length, rate of travel, current and polarity for the
type for electrode and nature of work. Steel shall not be painted or oiled and any
areas where welding is to be performed shall be well cleaned to remove any paint,
scale or rust immediately before welding for a distance of at least 2 cm (¾”) on either
side.

2. The work shall be securely held in position by means of tack welds, service bolts,
clamps or lugs before commencing the welding so as to prevent any relative
movements due to distortion, wind or other causes. When welding is liable to cause
distortion, the work shall be securely held in approved frame or jigs. Parts to fillet

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separated more than 4.75 mm (3/16”). If the separation is 1.6 mm (1/16”) or greater,
the size of the fillet welds shall be increased by the amount of the separation.

3. The separation between the facing surfaces of lap joints shall not exceed 1.6 mm
(1/16”); The fit of joints at contact surfaces which are not completely sealed by
welds, shall be close enough to exclude water after painting.Abutting parts to be
butt-welded shall be carefully aligned. Misalignment greater than 3 mm (1/8”) shall
be corrected and in making the correction, the parts shall not be drawn into a
sharper slope than 2 degrees–(11mm in 30 cm or 7/16” in 12”).The sequence of
welding shall be such that when possible the members which offer the greatest
resistance to compression are welded first.

4. Welded joints showing slag inclusion or lack of proper penetration shall be cut and
welded again. Overlap of the toe of the weld and undercutting of the parent metal
should be avoided and where present to a serious extent shall be rectified. All slag
shall be removed from each run before another run is super-imposed. When cold the
final run shall be protected with clear boiled linseed oil and shall not be painted
until approved by a competent Authority.

5. Grinding of finished weld is permitted provided the weld is not reduced below the
prescribed section. All exposed welds shall be ground smooth. Welds, which have
not been ground, shall be scrubbed with a 10% solution of hydrochloric acid, which
shall be washed off with water before paint is applied unless an alkali
resisting paint is used.

17.5 FABRICATION AND ERECTION:

1. In order to facilitate handling, transportation and execution the structural

members may be fabricated in suitable sections. The details of site connections and
their locations shall be approved by a competent Authority. Frame of lattice sections
intended for use as parts of composite construction which are likely to deflect
considerably during handling shall be suitably stiffened by means of steel angles.
Roof and other structures shall be supported at close intervals during the
welding/bolting of site connections.

2. The frames of steel skeleton buildings shall be carried up true and plumb and
temporary bracings shall be introduced wherever necessary to take care of all loads
to which the structure may be subjected including erection equipment and operation
of the same. Such bracing shall be kept in positions as long as required for safety or
as deemed necessary. As erection progresses, the work shall be securely bolted to
take care of all dead load, wind load and erection stresses. No riveting or welding
shall be done until the structure has been properly aligned. Rivets driven in field
shall be heated and driven with the same care as taken in the shop.

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 3. In the setting or erection of steel work the individual pieces shall be considered
plumb or level when the error does not exceed 1 to 500. For exterior columns the
error shall not exceed 1 to 1000. Slight bends in the members of fabricated structures
shall not be straightened unless strictly necessary on account of danger of
overstraining connections and rivets, welds or bolts, and connection plates. If
slightly bent or twisted, the member shall be straightened cold; if bent so sharply as
to require heating, the whole member thus heated shall be subsequently annealed. No
straightening whatsoever shall be carried out without the previous sanction of the
competent Authority.

17.6 EXPANSION GAPS:

1. Particular care must be taken to ensure free expansion and connection, wherever
provided for, in drawings or specifications.

17.7 PAINTING:
1. of all joints must be thoroughly scraped, cleaned and given the first coat of red
lead paint before joining up which should be done while the paint is still wet. This
procedure shall not apply to welded joints. All rivets, bolts, washers, etc., shall be
thoroughly cleaned and dipped in boiled linseed oil. All machined surfaces shall be
well coated with a mixture of white lead and tallow.

17.8 MEASUREMENTS:

1. The weights of all fabricated trusses, frames, gantry girders, crane rails, fish plates,
clamps, square or round bars etc., stanchions, built up girders and purlins shall be
calculated on the basis of standard net section weight according to IS code. Net
weight of cleats, brackets, packing pieces, rivets, bolts, distance pieces, separators,
gussets, holding down bolts, fish plates etc., shall be added to the respective items.
No deduction shall be made for holes, bolts or rivets and waste involved in cutting or
notching ends of sections of intermediate points for making connections. No
payments shall be made for butt welds. In the case of fillet welded joints, weight of
fillet welds shall be as under.

Fillet Weld Weight in kg / m

5 mm 0.11
6 mm 0.20
7 mm 0.288
10 mm 0.40
12 mm 0.70
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 17.9 SPECIFICATION FOR PAINTING WORK

1. Lime for lime wash, dry distemper, oil bound distemper, cement primer, oil paint,
enamel paint, flat oil paint, plastic emulsion paint, acrylic emulsion paint, anti
corrosive primer, red lead, water proof cement paint shall be from an approved
manufacturer and shall conform to the latest Indian standards for various paints. Ready
mixed paints as received from the manufacturer without any admixture shall be used,
except for addition of thinner, if recommended by the manufacturer.

17.10. PREPARATION:

1. No painting work shall be carried out in wet and very humid weather. No painting or
any other process likely to be damaged by dust shall be carried out in windy weather.

2. Painting except the priming coat shall be taken in hand after all other builders work
is practically finished.

3. Thinners, such as mineral turpentine shall not be added to paints on the feeling that
the consistency of the paint supplied by the manufacturer is too thick. The paint
manufactured as per the specification shall have the correct consistency and shall not
require further dilution.

4. Surface on which the paint has to be applied must be thoroughly dry and clean. All
dust, dirt, rust, and grease shall be removed. Painting shall be started immediately
after the pre-cleaning or pre-treatments. Any contamination, which may occur in the
intervening period, shall be removed. Every individual coat shall be properly applied,
level, and smooth and free from runs.

6. For paint film to perform unison, each coat of paint shall be allowed to dry
sufficiently but not excessively before a subsequent coat is applied.

7. Painted surface shall have a clean uniformly colored appearance. No hair marks
from the brush or clogging of paint puddles in corner of panels, angles of moldings
etc. shall be left on the work

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 18.01 PAINTING WORK:

1. While painting doors and windows the putty around the glass panes shall also to be
painted. But care shall be taken to ensure that no paint, stain etc., mare left on the
glass. Tops and bottom of shutters (thickness) and surfaces in similar hidden locations
shall not be left out in painting. The bottom of door shutters shall be painted before
fixing it in position.

2. The surface to be painted shall be smoothed with abrasive paper used across the grain. If
the wood is to be left with its natural color the abrasive paper shall be used along the
grain.

3. Filler coat, if required, shall be applied with a putty knife and subsequently rubbed
down to a level surface with abrasive paper or pumice stone. As many layers of filler
as necessary shall be applied allowing each coat to harden and flatten before next coat
is applied.

4. Under coat shall be applied by brush after the surface has been primed, filled and rubbed
down to a smooth surface. After drying, the under coat shall be carefully rubbed down
and wiped clean before the next coat is applied.

18.02 PAINTING IRON AND STEEL WORK:

1. The surface shall be thoroughly cleaned of dirt, fluxing material, other foreign matters
and scrapped thoroughly with hand scrapper and then with coarse wire brush and
secondly with fine wire brush and finally sand papering the surface to remove scale and
rust. The surface shall then wiped with mineral turpentine to remove oil and grease. If
temporary rest protective paint had applied to the surface to protect during transport and
storage. it shall be removed using suitable solvent as a preliminary to all other treatment
Immediately after the preparation of the surface, priming coat shall be applied by brush.

2. After the primer coat is hard and dry, the surface shall be rough sanded without
scratching or in any way damaging the primer coat, and the surface cleaned free from
rust, deep dents and scratches, if any, shall be filled with paste filler using a good putty
knife pressing firmly into the dents and applying in optimum layers. Each layer shall be
allowed to dry hard and then cut down by rubbing to a smooth finish.

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bolts, nuts, rivets and over laps etc.

18.03 PAINTS:

Lime for lime wash, dry distemper, oil bound distemper, cement primer, oil paint,
enamel paint, flat oil paint, plastic emulsion paint, acrylic emulsion paint, anti
corrosive primer, red lead, water proof cement paint shall be from an approved
manufacturer and shall conform to the latest Indian standards for various paints. Ready
mixed paints as received from the manufacturer without any admixture shall be used,
except for addition of thinner, if recommended by the manufacturer.

18.04 APPLICATION BY BRUSH, ROLLER OR SPRAY

Sl. No. Surface Primer Finishing Coat

3.5.1 Metal Work Red Oxide Metal Primer 1 Coat Colour Finish 2 Coats
3.5.2 Wood Work White Wood Primer 1 Coat Colour Finish 2 Coats
3.5.3 Masonry Cement Primer 1 Coat Colour Finish 2 Coats
3.5.4 Painted Surface Not Required Colour Finish 2 Coats

I/We hereby declare that I/We have read and understood the above instructions and the
terms and conditions mentioned above are binding on me/us.

19.01 Plumbing work

1. Excavation to be taken to proper depth

The trenches shall be excavated to such a depth that the pipes shall rest on concrete or
on firm bedding as described in the several clauses relating these to so that inverts may
beat the levels given in the sections. In bed ground, the Technopark may order the
contractor to excavate to a ground depth then that shown on the drawings and to fill up
the excavation to the level of the sewers with concrete, broken stone, gravel or other
materials. For such extra excavation and concrete, broken stone, gravel, or other
materials, the contractor shall be paid extra at rates laid down for such works in the
schedule, if the rates laid down for such works in the schedule, if the extra work was
ordered by the Technopark in writing , but if the contractor should excavate the trench
to a greater depth than is required without a specific order to that effect in writing of
the Architect the extra depth shall have to the filled up with concrete 1:5:10 mix at the

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Technopark
2. Re filling

After the pipes or other work has been laid and proved to be water tight, the trenches
or other excavation shall be refilled. Utmost care shall be taken in doing this, so that no
damage shall be caused to the sewer and other permanent work. The filling in the
trenches and upto 75 cm above the crown of the sewer shall consist of the finest
selected materials placed carefully in 15 cm layers and flooded and consolidated. After
this has been laid, the trench and other excavation shall be refilled carefully in 15 cm
layers with materials taken from the excavation, each layer being watered to assist in
the consolidation unless the Technopark shall otherwise direct.
3. Contractor to restore settlement and damages.

The contractor shall, at his own costs and changes, make good promptly during the
whole period of works are in hand, any settlement that may occur in the surface of
roads, beams, footpaths, gardens, open space etc. Whether public or private caused by
his trenches or by his other excavations and he shall be liable for any accidents caused
hereby. He shall also, at his own expenses and charges, repair and make good and
damage done to buildings and other property. If in the opinion of the Architect he fails
to make good such works with all practicable dispatch, the Architect shall be at liberty
to get the work done by the contractor or deducted from any money that may be or
become due to him or recovered from him in any other manner according to the law of
the land.
4. Opening out trenches

In excavation the trenches, etc. the solid road metaling, pavement, curbing etc. and turf
is to be placed on one side and preserved for reinstatement when the trenches or other
excavation shall be filled up. Before any road metal is replaced. It shall be carefully
shifted. The surface of the trenches and holes shall be restored and maintained to the
satisfaction of the Technopark and of the owners of the roads or other property
traversed and the contractor shall not cut or break down any live fence of trees in the
line of the proposed works but shall tunnel under them, unless the Technopark shall
order to the contrary. The contractor shall grub up and clear the surface over the
trenches and other excavations of all trees, stumps roots and all other encumbrances
affecting of the work and shall remove them from the site to the approval of the
Technopark.
5. Obstructions of Road

The contractor shall not occupy by his operation more the one half of the width of any
road or street and sufficient space shall then be left for public and private transit, he
shall remove the materials excavated and bring them back again when the trench is
required to be refilled. The contractor shall obtain the consent of the Technopark in
writing before closing any road to vehicular traffic and the foot walks must be clear at
all times.
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6. Removal of Filth

All night soil, filth or any other offensive matter met with during the excavation of the
works, immediately after it is taken out of any trench, sewer or cess pool, shall not be
deposited onto the surface of any street or where it is likely to be a nuisance or passed
into any sewer ordain but shall be at once put into the carts and removed to a suitable
place to be provided by the contractor.
7. Disposal of Surplus soil

The contractor shall at his own cost and charges provide places for disposal of all
surplus materials not required to be used on the works. As each trench is refilled the
surplus soil shall be immediately removed, the surface properly restored and roadways
and sides left clear.
8. Timbering and Sewer and Trenches

 The contractor shall at all times support efficiently and effectively the sides of
the sewer trenches and other excavations by suitable timbering, piling and
sheeting and they shall be close, timbered in loose or sandy strata and below
the surface of.
 All timbering, sheeting and piling with their wallings and supports shall be of
adequate dimensions and strength and fully braced and strutted so that no risk
of collapse or subsidence of the walls of the trench shall take place.
 The contractor shall be held responsible and will be accountable for the
sufficiency of all timbering, branches, sheeting and piling used as also for all
damage to persons and property resulting from improper quality, strength,
placing, maintaining or removing of the same.
9. Shoring of buildings

The contractor shall shore up all buildings, walls and other structures, the stability of
which is liable to be endangered by the execution of the work and shall be fully
responsible for all damages to persons or property resulting from any accident.
10. Removal of water from Sewer, Trench etc.

The contractor shall at all times during the progress of the work keep the trenches and
excavations free from water which shall be disposed of by him in manner as well
neither cause injury to the public health nor to the public or private property nor to the
work completed or in progress nor to the surface of any roads or streets, nor cause any
interference with the use of the same by the public
11. Width and depth of trench

The Technopark shall have power by giving an order in writing to the contractor to
increase the minimum width in respect of which payment will be allowed for
excavation in trenches for various classes of sewer, manholes, and other works in
certain lengths lengths to be specifically laid down by him, where on account of bad

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necessary in view of the site condition.
12. Cement concrete and Masonry works (For Manholes and Chambers etc.)

 Water: Water used for all the construction purposes shall be clear and free
from oil, acid, alkali, organic and other harmful materials, which deteriorate the
strength and/ or durability of the structure. In general, the water suitable for
drinking purposes shall be considered well enough for construction purposes.
 Aggregate for concrete: The aggregate for concrete shall be in accordance
with I.S.383 and I.S.515 in general; these shall be free from all impurities that
may cause corrosion of the reinforcement. Before actual use these shall be
washed in water, if required as per the direction of Technopark. The size of the
coarse aggregate shall be done as per I.S.383.
 Sand: Sand for various construction purposes shall comply in all respects with
I.S.650 and I.S.2116. It shall be clean coarse hard and strong, sharp, durable,
uncoated, free from any mixture of clay, dust, vegetable matters, mica, iron
impurities soft or flaky and elongated particles, alkali, organic matters, salt,
loam and other impurities which may be considered by Technopark as harmful
for the construction.
 Cement: The cement used for all the constructional purposes shall be ordinary
Portland cement or rapid hardening Portland cement conforming to I.S.8112.
 Mild Steel Reinforcement: The mild steel for the reinforcement bars shall be in
the form of twisted round bars conforming to all requirements of I.S.432
(Grade – l)
 Other Materials: Other materials not fully specified in these specifications and
which may be required in the work shall conform to the latest I.S. All such
materials shall be approved by the Technopark before use.
13. Manholes and Chambers:

 All manholes, chambers and other such works as specified shall be constructed
in the brick masonry in cement mortar as specified in the bill of quantities.
 All manhole, chambers, etc. shall be supported on base of cement concrete of
such thickness and mix as given in the bill of quantities or shown on the
drawing.
Where not specified, manholes shall be constructed as follows:

Size of manhole type 90 X 80 (Rect) 120 X 90 (Rect) 140 dia (Circular)

Minimum depth 100 245 Any depth beyond
245
Average thickness of 15 15
RCC Slab
Size of cover and 61 X 45.5 50 dia 50 dia
frame ( internal
diameter )
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Weight of cover and 38 Kg. or Heavier as 116Kg or 208Kg or 116Kg or 208Kg or
frame specified as specified as specified

14. Making Connections

Contractor shall connect the new sewer line to the existing manhole by cutting the
wall, benching and restoring them to the original condition. A new channel shall be cut
in the benching of the existing manhole for the new connection. Contractor shall
remove all sewage and water if encountered in making the connection without
additional cast.
15. Sanitary Fittings
 Indian Water Closet
Indian W.C. pan shall be Orissa pattern of size as specified in the schedule of
quantities. Each W.C shall be provided with a 100 mm dia porcelain P or S trap
with or without vent arm.

W.C. shall be flushed by means of a C.I. high level flushing cistern or low level
cistern of polyethylene body complete with accessories on an concealed type
flesh valve or as specified in bill of quantities.

The W.C shall be fixed in level in a neat workmanlike manner. The W.C. and
trap shall beset in cement concrete 1:2:4 mix (1 cement: 2 coarse sand: 4 stone
aggregate 20 mm nominal size). Joints between W.C. and flesh pipe shall be
made with a putty or white lead and linseed oil and caulked well an approved
rubber J.
 Anglo Indian W.C
Anglo Indian W.C shall be wash down type ‘P’ or ‘S’ trap set. Each Anglo
Indian W.C set shall be provided with a solid plastic seat with cover of color
given in the schedule of quantities, rubber buffers and chromium plated hinges.

Plastic seat shall be so fixed that it remains absolutely stationary in vertical

position without filling down on the W.C.

Each Anglo Indian W.C. shall be flushed with a porcelain flushing cistern or an
exposed or concealed type flush valve. Flush pipe/bend shall be connected to
the W.C. by means of a suitable rubber adapter.
 European W.C.
European W.C shall be wash down, single or double symphonic type, floor or
wall mounted set, flushed by means of porcelain low level flushing cistern, or
an exposed or concealed type flush valve, as specified in schedule of quantities.
Flush pipe/bend shall be connected to the W.C. by means of suitable rubber
adapter. Wall hung W.C. shall be supported by C.I floor mounted chair. Seat
shall be so fixed that it remains absolutely stationary in vertical position
without filling down on the W.C.

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  Urinals
Urinals shall be lipid type half shall white glazed vitreous china as specified in
bill of quantities. Half stall Urinals shall be provided with 15mm dia C.P.
spreader, 32 mm dia C.P. cast brass bottle trap with pipe and wall flange, and
shall be fixed to wall by one C.I. bracket and two C.I. wall clips as
recommended by manufacturers complete as directed by Technopark.

Half stall urinals shall be fixed with C.P. brass screw and shall be provided
with 32 mm dia domical waste leading to urinals trap. Urinal shall be fixed by
means of automatic porcelain flushing cistern or exposed or concealed type
urinal flush valve, as specified in schedule of quantities.
Flushing cistern for urinals shall be automatic type cast iron or vitreous china
as given in the schedule of quantities. Each flushing cistern shall have a copper
siphon and inlet noose cock to control the flow. Flushing cistern shall be fixed
to wall with R.S. or C.I. brackets. Cast iron cistern and brackets shall be
painted with two coats of white enamel paint. Cistern may be concealed in pipe
shafts or false ceilings where required as directed by Technopark

Flush pipe of flushing cistern with size of main and branch flush pipes shall be
as follows:

No of Urinals Capacity of Size of main Size of branch Size of connection

cistern liters flush pipe flush pipe to Urinal
One 5 15
Two 10 20 15
Three 10 20 15

Alternatively, Urinal may be flush with flush valves, exposed or concealed

type.

Waste pipes for urinals shall be any one of the following:

(a) G.I. Pipe
(b) Rigid P.V.C
(c) Lead pipes.

16. Clamps
G.I. pipe or P.V.C pipe in shafts and other locations shall be supported by M.S clamps
of design approved by Technopark. Pipe in wall chases shall be anchored by iron
hooks. Pipes at ceiling level shall be supported on structural clamps fabricated from
M.S. Structural as described in section II. Pipes in typical shafts shall be supported on
slotted angle / channels as specified elsewhere.

17. Flanges

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 Flanged connection shall be provided on pipes where shown on drawings, all
equipment connections as necessary and required or as directed by Technopark.
Connections shall be made with 3 mm thick insertion rubber washer. Where hot water
or steam connections are made insertion gasket shall be or suitable high temperature
grade and quality approval by Technopark. Bolt hole dia for flanges shall conform to
match the specification for C.I. sluice valve to I.S. 780.

18. H.D.P.E. Threaded pipe

The H.D.P.E. pipe shall be of threaded type G.I. standard i.e. having specifications
equivalent to G.I. of I.S: 1239 medium class. The H.D.P.E. pipe shall confirm to
pressure rating of 10 Kg/Sq. cm shall only be used for internal cold water supply in the
building.

19. Gunmetal Valve

Valves 65 mm dia and below shall be heavy gunmetal full way valves or globe valves
conforming to I.S.778-1971 20 Kg/Sq.cm class. Valves shall be tested at
manufacture’s works and the same stamped on it.

20. Sluice Valve

All valves 80 mm dia and above shall be C.I. double flanged sluice valves. Sluice
valve shall be cast iron double flanged, with rising spindle. Each sluice valve shall be
provided with wheel for valve in exposed position and cap top for underground
valves. Contractors shall provide suitable operating keys for sluice valves with cap
tops.
21. Shower set
Shower set shall comprise of one/two C.P. Brass connected stopcocks with two long
body brass / C.P. brass bib cock, or both spout or as given in the bill of quantities.
Each shower set shall also be provided with C.P. shower arm with wall flange and
shower head of approved quality as specified in the bill of quantities.

22. Urinal Partitions

Urinal partitions shall be white glazed vitreous china or 25mm thick marble of size
specified in the schedule of quantities. Porcelain partitions shall be fixed at proper
heights with C.P. brass bolts, anchor fastener sand M.S. clips as recommended by the
manufacturer and directed by Technopark.

23. Polythene Pipes

Where specified, polythene pipes shall be high density polythene pipes conforming
I.S. 4984-78. The details of the nominal outer diameter, weight and working pressure
at 20 shall be as per the above standards. Polythene pipes may be cold bending to a
radius of not less than eight times of their external diameter. Pipes bent for smaller
radius may be made by hot bending. Fittings used for polythene pipe shall be
compression molded fittings matching to the above specifications. Jointing for
polythene pipes shall be made by means of butt welding or detachable joints or
flanged joints or screwed joints. The type of joints shall be used as per the site
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 conditions. Where polythene pipes are used for rain water pipes the pipe will be
finished with G.I. joints complete as directed by Technopark. All pipes shall be tested
after instruction for a pressure equal to twice the maximum working pressure in the
line.

20.00 ROAD WORK

20.01 GRANULAR SUB-BASE

Construction of granular sub-base by providing close graded Material 300 mm thick
conforming to specifications, mixing in a mechanical mix plant at OMC, carriage of
mixed material by tippers to work site, for all leads & lifts, spreading in uniform
layers of specified thickness with motor grader on prepared surface and compacting
with vibratory power roller to achieve the desired density, complete as per
specifications and directions of Engineer-in-Charge with material conforming to
Grade-I (size range 75 mm to 0.075 mm ) having CBR Value-30

20.02 WET MIX MECADAM

Providing, laying, spreading and compacting graded stone aggregate (size range 53
mm to 0.075 mm ) for wet mix macadam (WMM) 200mm thick specification
including premixing the material with water at OMC in mechanical mix plant,
carriage of mixed material by tipper to site, for all leads & lifts, laying in uniform
layers with mechanical paver finisher in sub- base / base course on well prepared
surface and compacting with vibratory roller of 8 to 10 tonne capacity to achieve the
desired density, complete as per specifications and directions of Engineer-in-Charge.

20.03 BITUMINOUS MACADAM

Providing and laying bituminous macadam 50 mm thick with 100-120 TPH hot mix
plant producing an average output of 75 tonnes per hour using crushed aggregates of
specified grading premixed with bituminous binder, transported to site, laid over a
previously prepared surface with paver finisher to the required grade, level and
alignment and rolled as per MORTH / IRC specifications.

20.04 BITUMINOUS CONCRETE

Providing and laying bituminous concrete 40 mm thick with 100-120 TPH batch
type hot mix plant producing an average output of 75 tonnes per hour using crushed
aggregates of specified grading, premixed with bituminous binder @ 5.4 to 5.6 per
cent of mix and filler, transporting the hot mix to work site, laying with a
hydrostatic paver finisher with sensor control to the required grade, level and
alignment, rolling with smooth wheeled, vibratory and tandem rollers to achieve the
desired compaction as per MORTH /IRC standards.

20.05 ROLLING
Following the spreading of coarse aggregate rolling shall be started with power
roller of 8 to 10 tonnes capacity. Rolling shall be begin from the edges gradually
progressed towards the center. The edges shall be compacted with rollers running
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of the road in successive passes uniformly lapping preceding tracks by at least one
half width. Rolling shall be discontinued then the aggregate are partially compacted
with sufficient void space in them to permit application of screening. Materials
which get crushed excessively during compaction or become segregated shall be
removed and replaced with suitable aggregates.
20.06 HOT MIX AND PAVER USAGE

Gradation mixing shall be with mechanical means in hot mix plant of suitable
capacity of bach mix type and electronically controlled mixing to the specified
temperature.

Transportation and laying of mix shall be self-propelled paver finisher with electronic
sensor devise in full width and initial compaction with minimum 80-100 kN static
weight smooth wheeled roller followed by intermediate rolling with minimum 80-
100 kN static weight vibratory roller / pneumatic tyred roller having minimum 150-
250 kN weight having a tyre pressure of at least 0.7 Mpa and finished with
minimum 60-80 kN weight smooth wheeled smooth wheeled tandem roller to
achieve desired density

Signature of Contractor

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9. FORMS OF DIFFERENT DEEDS

Annexure -I

Bank Guarantee Format

To

The Electronics Technology Parks, Kerala

Technopark Campus,
Kariavattom
Trivandrum – 695 581

Guarantee No:
Amount of Guarantee: Rs._____
Guarantee Cover from: dd/mm/year
Last date for lodgement of claim: dd/mm/year

This indenture made on __ day of ____ 2020 between M/s.________ (hereinafter called the
said “Contractor” which expression shall unless the context requires otherwise include its
heirs, executors, administrators and legal representatives) of the first part and M/s. ____
(Name of Bank), a body corporate constituted under the banking companies acquisition
and transfer act 1971 having its Head Office at ______ and one of its branches at ______
(hereinafter referred to as the said Bank) which shall its successors and assignees of the
second part and the Electronics Technology Parks – Kerala, hereinafter called
“Technopark” which expression shall include its successors and assignees of the third
part.

WHEREAS the Contractor has to pay to Technopark, the security deposit in respect of the
works tendered to be performed as per Tender document No: ETPK/___/___/__ & Work
Order No: ETPK/__/__/__ dated ____.

AND whereas the full value of Security Deposit is liable to be forfeited to TECHNOPARK
on the happening of the contingencies mentioned in the tender or in the contracts.

AND WHEREAS the Contractor desires to secure exemption from payment of security
deposit, has offered to furnish a guarantee of the bank for the sum of Rs.____/- (Rupees
________ only) to Technopark for the purpose of securing such exemption.
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AND WHEREAS Technopark has agreed to accept the guarantee of the bank herein
provided in lieu of the Contractor depositing Security Deposit.

NOW IT IS HEREBY AGREED BY AND BETWEEN THE PARTIES HERETO AS

FOLLOWS:

1. If the Contractor commits any breach of the terms and conditions of the tender or
contract in respect of which the contractor has been exempted from depositing the
Security Deposit because of this guarantee furnished by the bank to Technopark
and Technopark has become entitled to forfeit the security deposit or any part
thereof the Bank hereby unconditionally and irrevocably agrees and undertakes to
pay to Technopark on demand and without demur the amount of security deposit
required to be furnished by the contractor under the conditions of the tender or of
the contract in respect of which the breach is committed to the extent of Rs.______/-
(Rupees ______ only).

2. We, ____(name of the bank), further agree that the Technopark shall be sole judge
of and as to whether the said contractor has committed any breach or breaches of
any terms and conditions of the tender / contract and the extent of loss, damage,
costs, charges and expenses caused to or suffered by Technopark or account
thereof to the extent of security deposit required to be deposited by the contractor
in respect of the said tender or the contract and the decision of TECHNOPARK
that the said amount or amounts or loss, damage, costs, charges and expenses
caused to or suffered by Technopark shall be final and binding on us.

3. We, the said bank further agree that the guarantee herein contained shall remain in
full force and effect during the period that would be taken for the performance of
the contract in respect of which the contractor has been exempted from making a
deposit of the security by virtue of this guarantee and till all the dues of
Technopark under the said contract or by virtue of any of the terms and conditions
governing the said contract(s) have been fully and properly carried out the said
contractor.

4. Technopark shall have the fullest liberty without affecting in any way the liability
of the Bank under this guarantee or indemnity, from time to time vary any of the
terms and conditions of the said contract or to extend time and from time to time
any powers any of the powers exercisable by it against the said contractor and
either to enforce or forbear from enforcing any of the terms and conditions
governing the said contract or securities available to the Technopark and the said
bank shall not be released from its liability under these presents by any exercise
aforesaid or by reason or by reason of time being given to the said contractor or of
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 any other forbearance, act or omission on the part of the Technopark or any
indulgence by the Technopark to the said contractor or of any other matter or thing
whatsoever which under the law relating to sureties would but for this provision
have the effect of so releasing the bank from its such liability.

5. We, the said bank lastly undertake not to revoke this guarantee during its currency
except with the previous consent of the TECHNOPARK in writing and agree that
any change in the constitution of the said Contractor or the said bank shall not
discharge our liability hereunder.

Notwithstanding anything contained herein.

1. Our liability under this Bank Guarantee shall not exceed Rs.____ (Rupees_____
only)

2. The Bank Guarantee shall be valid up to dd/mm/year

3. We are liable to pay the guarantee amount or any part there of under this bank
guarantee only and only if you serve upon us a written claim or demand on or
before dd/mm/year.

Dated the ____ day of _____ (month) at _____ 2020

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 ARTICLES OF AGREEMENT

ARTICLES OF AGREEMENT made on ______________at Thiruvananthapuram,

between Electronics Technology Park Kerala/Technopark, having their Registered
Office at…………………………….
…………………………………………………………..Thiruvananthapuram,
hereinafter called the “Technopark “(which expression shall, unless it be
repugnant to the context or meaning thereof, mean and include its successors and
assigns) of THE FIRST PART `and _________________________________, having its
Registered Office at ______________________________, hereinafter called the
“Contractor” (which expression shall, unless it be repugnant to the context or
meaning thereof, mean and include its successors) of THE SECOND PART.

Whereas “TECHNOPARK” is desirous of carrying out the work of ANNUAL

MAINTENANCE WORK FOR THE YEAR 2020-21 (CIVIL WORKS) AT ZONE A
OF TECHNOPARK PHASE-1 CAMPUS, TRIVANDRUM (herein after called the
“Work”) and has caused Drawings & Specifications describing the work.

AND WHEREAS the Contractor has offered to carry out the work and the
Technopark has agreed to award the work to the Contractor on certain terms and
conditions which the parties are desirous of recording.

NOW THIS AGREEMENT WITNESSETH AND IT IS HEREBY AGREED BY AND

BETWEEN THE PARTIES HERETO AS FOLLOWS:

1. The Technopark and the Contractor agree that The Letter of Intent / Work
order issued by Technopark and all correspondence between Technopark and the
contractor prior to issue of LOI/ Work order along with the Notice Inviting Tender,
Instructions to bidders Tender Form, General Conditions of Contract, Special
Conditions, Technical Specifications, Unit Specifications, Detailed Specifications,
Schedule/Bill of Quantities and Contract Drawings, etc. defined in greater detail as
“Contract Documents” in the General Conditions shall form an integral part of this
Agreement.

2. For the consideration hereinafter mentioned the Contractor shall, upon and
subject to the “Contract Documents” annexed hereto carry out the said Work.

3. In consideration of the Contractor carrying out the Work, The Technopark

shall pay to the Contractor a sum of Rs.________________ (hereinafter referred to as
the “Contractor Sum” ) or such other sums as shall be payable hereunder at the times
and in the manner specified herein and the General Conditions annexed hereto.

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4. The said Contract Documents hereto shall be read and construed as forming
part of this Agreement and the parties hereto shall respectively abide by and submit
themselves to the Contract Documents. The Contractor has no right to assign this
agreement without the consent of Technopark.

5. The Contract shall be an ITEM RATE CONTRACT. The Contract Sum as

stated herein is subject to addition & deduction. The Contract Sum payable to the
Contractor shall be determined by applying the quoted Item/Unit Rates in the
Schedule/Bills of Quantities attached hereto or such other rates as may be agreed to in
writing as variation to the Contract to the as-built quantities measured upon
completion of the Work.

6. The Contractor has scrutinized all Drawings, Schedule/Bill of Quantities,

Specifications and Conditions of Contract and has visited the site to co-relate the
drawings and design intent to the site conditions and Contractor confirms that his
prices included in the Schedule/Bill of Quantities have been determined on the basis of
such scrutiny of the documents and site conditions.

7. The quantities of pay items shall be measured net after installation in

accordance with the units of measurements indicated against each item irrespective of
any local custom or practice to the contrary. The Contractor has allowed for all
wastage and additional costs, if any, in his prices.

8. The detailed drawings and item descriptions in the Schedule/Bill of Quantities

are not exhaustive. They are indicative of the general design intent. The Contractor’s
price is inclusive of all component and finishes required to achieve the design intent of
each individual item and for co-ordination of details for inter-related items.

9. All disputes arising out of or in any way connected within this agreement shall
be deemed to have arisen in Thiruvananthapuram and only courts in
Thiruvananthapuram shall have jurisdiction to determine the same.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF the Technopark has set and subscribed its hands and
seals and the Contractor has caused its Common Seal to be affixed hereunto on the
Day and Year herein above written.

SIGNED SEALED AND DELIVERED BY Mr.____________________, the duly

constituted attorney for the Technopark ____________________.

Signature of Technopark: ____________________

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In the presence of : Mr. ____________________

Signature of Witness: _____________________

SIGNED SEALED AND DELIVERED BY Mr. ____________________, the duly

constituted attorney for the Contractor ____________________.

Signature of Contractor: ____________________

In the presence of : Mr. ____________________

Signature of Witness: _____________________

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 DECLARATION

(To be submitted on your company letter head)

Date:

To

The Chief Executive Officer

Park Centre, Technopark Campus,
Thiruvananthapuram

Sir,

Sub: ‘ANNUAL MAINTENANCE WORK FOR THE YEAR 2020-21 (CIVIL WORKS)
AT ZONE A OF TECHNOPARK PHASE-1 CAMPUS, TRIVANDRUM’

Ref: Tender No: ETPK/PH-I/T-49/2020-21

With reference to above, we hereby declare that we accept all tender conditions without
any deviation. Conditions if any already attached to Bid-1 (Pre-qualification & Techno-
Commercial Bid) and Bid-2 (Price Bid) stands withdrawn.

(Signature, Name and Seal of the Company)

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 DECLARATION BY BIDDER

I …………………………………………………. hereby declare that I am not related to an

Employee of the Technopark, Thiruvananthapuram who is in charge of or having control
of this work. I agree that if at any stage it is proved that this declaration is untrue, the
Earnest Money / Security Deposit paid by me will be forfeited and the Contract entered
will stand cancelled. It is understood that the relationship with Technopark
Thiruvananthapuram Employee referred to herein will be restricted to my father, Mother,
Son, Daughter, Brother, Sister, Direct Uncle, Nephew, Father –in-Law, Mother-In-Law,
Brother-in-Law, Sister-in-law and first Cousin of the Employee concerned.

SIGNATURE OF THE BIDDER

Place:
Date :

Chief Executive Officer

TECHNOPARK
Thiruvananthapuram.

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 TENDER FORM

To

The Chief Executive Officer

Park Centre, Technopark Campus,
Thiruvananthapuram – 695581
Tel: 0471 2700222
Fax: 0471 2700171

Sir,

Sub: Tender For ‘ANNUAL MAINTENANCE WORK FOR THE YEAR 2020-21 (CIVIL
WORKS) AT ZONE A OF TECHNOPARK PHASE-1 CAMPUS, TRIVANDRUM’’.

Tender No: ETPK/PH-I/T-49/2020-21

With reference to the tender invited by you for the above proposed work, I/We write this
after having:

a) Examined the designs, drawings, details, specifications, schedule of quantities,

instructions to tenderers, agreement and the special conditions of contract, General
conditions of contract, Annexures etc. given in the above mentioned tender document
(hereinafter called ‘The Contract Documents) relating to the work.

b) Visited and examined the site of the proposed work and

c) Acquired the requisite information as affecting the tender.

I/We undersigned hereby offer to undertake the proposed work in strict accordance with
the contract document for the consideration to be calculated in terms of the price schedule
of quantities.

I/We undertake to complete the whole of the works as per the attached schedule from the
date of issue of intimation by you that our tender has been accepted and upon receiving
possession of site. I/we further undertake that on failure, subject to the conditions of the
contract, I/We shall pay agreed Penalty/ other charges for any non performance / default.

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We submit an amount of Rs 50,000/- vide online transaction
number……………………………………………………………as EMD towards the tender.

Our Bankers are:

1.

2.

Place:
Date:

Signature of Tenderer

OR

Name of the person having Power of Attorney to sign the contract

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10.DRAWINGS

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