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Division 01 - DDC STANDARD GENERAL CONDITION SINGLE CONTRACT PROJECTS Issue Date June 01, 2013 Revised - January 15, 2015

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SECTION 01 54 23 TEMPORARY SCAFFOLDING AND PLATFORMS

PART I -

GENERAL

1.1 RELATED DOCUMENTS: A.

The following documents apply to all required work for the Project: (1) the Contract Drawings, (2) the Specifications, (3) the General Conditions, (4) the Addendum, and (5) the Contract [City of New York Standard Construction Contract]. B. Section 01 35 26: Safety Requirements Procedures. C. The Contractor shall comply with the requirements of "The City of New York Department of Design and Construction Safety Requirements". This document is included in the Information for Bidders. This Section includes administrative and general procedural requirements for Temporary Scaffolding and Platforms, including: 1. Conformance 2. Responsibility 3. Jobsite Documentation and Submittals 4. Inspections B. This Section governs ALL scaffold used on DDC project sites including, but not limited to, Suspended Scaffold, Supported Scaffold and Sidewalk Sheds.

1.2 SUMMARY: A.

1.3 CONFORMANCE: A.

Unless otherwise indicated, the Contractor is responsible. for providing, erecting, installing and maintaining all temporary scaffolding and platforms which shall comply with requirements of Chapter 33 (Safeguards During Construction or Demolition) of the NYC Building Code, NYC Local Law 52 of 2005, OSHA Construction Standard 1926 Subpart L, and furnishing the items and personnel set forth in this section.

1.4 RESPONSIBILITY: A.

Jobsite Safety Coordinator: The Contractor shall designate and employ a Jobsite Safety Coordinator, who shall be a competent person, who shall have a daily presence on the project site during scaffold use. This designee must possess and maintain a valid New York City Department of Buildings supported scaffold certificate of completion. An alternate shall also be designated, in the event that the Jobsite Safety Coordinator is absent. The Jobsite Safety Coordinator shall: 1. Verify completeness of documentation and submittals (as described below). 2. Verify that inspections are performed, including pull tests (see below), reports are filed and reported deficiencies are corrected. 3. Monitor trades using scaffold. 4. Limit access to scaffold areas that are tagged for non-use. 5. Inform trades of scaffold load limitations. 6. Monitor loading of decks. 7. Verify that any ties that are temporarily removed are properly restored in the same shift. 8. Verify that outriggers and planks that are moved are properly set up and secured. 9. Verify that all scaffold decks in use have proper access/egress. 10. Verify that all open sides of decks in excess of 14 inches have proper guardrails and toe-boards.

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