Rev. 7-1-95

EARLIEST DATE TO BEGIN WORK

108-C-127

The Standard Specifications are revised as follows:

SECTION 108, AFTER LINE 484, INSERT AS FOLLOWS:

(a) Earliest Date to Begin Work. For a contract for which the completion time is a specified number of work days, calendar days, or is a calendar completion date, the earliest date to begin work will be as agreed upon by the Contractor and the Engineer. Such date shall not be earlier than the date shown on the Proposal sheet. If the Contractor begins work before the earliest date to begin work as shown on the Proposal sheet, $____________ will be assessed as liquidated damages, not as a penalty, but as damages sustained, for each workable calendar day on which the Contractor does work. Time will then be charged in accordance with 108.02.

Preliminary field work not involving physical construction activity, such as staking or verifying cross sections necessary to obtain information to initiate procurement of materials with lengthy delivery schedules, will not constitute work warranting time charges.