Haiphong department of transport

16. NOTIFICATION OF ACCIDENTS

The Contractor shall notify the Engineer immediately when any accidents occur whether on-site or off-site in which the Contractor, his personnel or Construction plant, or those of his Subcontractors are directly or indirectly involved and which result in any injuries to any persons. Such initial notification may be verbal and shall be followed by a written comprehensive report within 24 hours of the accident.

17. HIV-AIDS PREVENTION

This clause is provided to supplement the requirements provided in the General Conditions of Contract. While mobilized for work the Contractor shall conduct an HIV/AIDS Information, Education and Consultation Communication (IEC) campaigns via an approved service provider, and shall undertake such other measures as specified in this Contract to reduce the risk of transfer of the HIV virus between and among the Contractors Personnel and the local community, to promote early diagnosis and to assist affected individuals. The Contractor shall not discriminate against people found to have HIV/AIDS as part of the campaign.

The Employer shall provide to the Contractor a list of approved service providers which shall include recognized local health providers which shall and/or recognized local health departments. From the list the Contractor shall contract one service provider to undertake the HIV/AIDS IEC campaign.

The IEC campaign shall be conducted while the Contractor is mobilized at least every 2 months, addressed to all the Site staff and labor (including all the Contractor's employees, all Sub- Contractors and Consultants' employees, and all truck drivers and crew making deliveries to Site for construction activities) and to the immediate local communities, concerning the risks, dangers and impact, and appropriate avoidance behavior with respect to of Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STD) or Sexually Transmitted Infections (STI) in general and HIV/AIDS in particular.

At the time of first mobilization, the approved service provider shall prepare the HIV/AIDS Prevention Program which will be submitted to the employer for approval. This will clearly indicate the (i) the types of education activities to be done; (ii) whether condoms shall be provided; (iii) whether STI/HIV/AIDS screening, diagnosis counseling and referral to a dedicated national STI and HIV/AIDS program, (unless otherwise agreed) of all Site staff and labor should be provided.

The IEC campaign shall use readily available information for the project. No specific new information shall be produced unless instructed by the Engineer.

The Contractor shall include in the program to be submitted for the execution of the Works under Sub-Clause 8.3 an alleviation program for Site staff and labour and their families in respect of STI and STD including HIV/AIDS. The STI, STD and HIV/AIDS alleviation program shall indicate when,

how and at what cost the Contractor plans to satisfy the requirements of this Sub-Clause and the

related specification. For each component, the program shall detail the resources to be provided or utilized and any related sub-contracting proposed. The program shall also include provision of a detailed cost estimate with supporting documentation.
18. ASSISTANCE TO THE ENGINEER
The Contractor shall provide full co-operation and assistance in all safety surveillance carried out by the Engineer or the Employer.
19. PAYMENT

Project Safety including the HIV-AIDs Prevention Programme will not be measured for separate payment. The cost of meeting the requirements under this Specification section shall be included in other pay items of the Bill of Quantities.

01600 - MAINTENANCE AND PROTECTION OF TRAFFIC
1. GENERAL REQUIREMENTS

(a) The Contractor shall keep open to traffic existing roads during the performance of the Works, provided that when approved by the Engineer the Contractor may bypass traffic over a detour. The Contractor shall at all time keep roads and footpaths, affected by his operations, free from soil and material spillage.

(b) The Contractor shall keep the length of the project construction areas in such condition that traffic will be accommodated safely. Traffic control devices and services shall be provided and maintained both inside and outside the project limits as needed to facilitate traffic guidance.

(c) Prior to the start of construction operations, the Contractor shall erect such signs, barricades, and other traffic control devices as may be required by the plans, specifications or directed

by the Engineer. Traffic control devices shall be operated only when they are needed and only those devices that apply to conditions actually in existence shall be operable.

(d) Temporary fence shall be placed to provide a visual barrier between the work area and adjacent traffic or buildings and at locations directed by the Engineer.

(e) Any devices provided under this Clause that are lost, stolen, destroyed, or deemed unacceptable while their use is required on the project shall be replaced by the Contractor without additional compensation.

(f) During non-working hours and following completion of a particular construction operation, all warning signs, except those necessary for the safety of the public, shall be removed or entirely covered with either metal or plywood sheeting so that the sign panel will not be visible.

(g) Retro-reflective sheeting on signs, barricades, and other devices shall be kept clean. The Contractor shall promptly correct stretches, rips, and tears in the sheeting. Retro-reflective sheeting shall have a maintained retro-reflection.

(h) Nighttime operations shall be illuminated by a lighting system approved by the Engineer. The lighting system shall be positioned and operated to preclude glare. Incandescent lights will not be permitted.

(i) The Contractor shall take necessary care at all times during the execution of the works to ensure the existing convenience and safety of residents along and adjacent to the road, and any public highway or port facility that may be affected by the Works. Street lighting shall be relocated as necessary to maintain the same standard of lighting during the course of the works until new lighting facilities are brought into operation.

(j) The Contractor shall thoroughly study the existing traffic conditions and understand the importance of maintaining traffic safety. The Contractor shall co-operate with the pertinent agencies regarding traffic control and develop all planning details subject to approval by the pertinent authorities. The Contractor shall be responsible for obtaining all necessary approvals and permits from the pertinent traffic authorities in order to implement the traffic control plan. In addition, the Contractor shall be responsible for maintaining the coordination with the relevant authorities throughout the construction period for any additional approvals and permits. The costs of such cooperation, approvals, and any permits, shall be deemed considered included in the payment, as stipulated in Subsection 10.2(b) of this specification section.

(k) The Contractor shall be responsible for investigating and establishing the requirements for traffic control and safety at each bridge site and shall submit such details in his Traffic Control Plan as required by sub-section 2 of this Specification section.

(l) The Contractor’s requirements shall include, but not be limited to, construction of detours, temporary bridge approach roads, of traffic control devices and services for the control and protection of traffic (road, waterway and airway) through areas of construction.

(m) Any failure of the Contractor to meet these requirements will entitle the Engineer to carry out such works as he deems to be necessary and to charge the Contractor with the full cost thereof plus ten percent of such cost, which sum will be deducted from any money due or which may become due to the Contractor under the Contract.

(n) The word “traffic” where used in the Contract documents shall, where appropriate, be deemed to mean land, air and waterborne traffic. All of the requirements of the Contract documents and all obligations stated or reasonably implied shall equally apply to all land, air and waterborne traffic.

2. TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT PLAN

The Traffic Management Plan is part of the Traffic and Safety Management Plan. The Contractor shall submit not later than 28 days after the Commencement Date, a Traffic Management Plan, as part of the Contractor’s Environmental Management Plan as specified in Section 1700 – Environmental Management, which shall cover the means and methods the Contractor intends to take for proper and adequate control of traffic during the course of the Works. This Plan shall include but not be limited to:

 The traffic control equipment the Contractor proposes to use for the Works;

 Traffic control signage including location and sign descriptions;

 how and when the Contractor proposes to use traffic control flag men;

 Traffic control means during no-working periods;

 Traffic control means and devices for night and off-hour periods.

The Contractor shall coordinate the development of this plan with the relevant traffic authorities and obtain all necessary approvals and permits.

3. TEMPORARY ROAD WORKS

The Contractor shall furnish, maintain, and remove on completion of the work for which they are required, all temporary roads and road works such as sleeper tracks and staging over roads, access and service roads, temporary crossings or bridges over streams or unstable ground, and shall make them suitable in every respect for carrying Constructional Plant required for the work, for providing access for traffic for himself or others, or for any other purpose. Such temporary road

works shall be constructed to the satisfaction of the Engineer, but the Contractor shall nevertheless be responsible for any damage done to or caused by such temporary road works.

(a) Before constructing temporary road works, the Contractor shall make all necessary arrangements, including payment if required, with the public authorities or landowners concerned, for the use of the land and he shall obtain the approval of the Engineer. Such approval will be dependent on the Engineer being satisfied with the Contractor's proposals for items such as signing, lighting and riding quality of the temporary road together with the proposed maintenance arrangements. Such approval will not, however, relieve the Contractor of his responsibilities under the Contract. Upon completion of the works the Contractor shall clean up and restore the land to the satisfaction of the Engineer.

(b) The Contractor, when required by the Engineer, shall submit for the Engineer’s approval drawings giving full details of temporary roads. Such details shall include alignment, profile, pavement construction, signing, lighting and the duration of the temporary road.

(c) The Contractor shall make all arrangements necessary to permit the passage along the road section relating to this Contract of the Constructional Plant, materials and employees belonging to other Contractors engaged in the construction of contiguous stretches of road. For this purpose the Contractor and the Contractors concerned in the construction of the stretches contiguous to those through which they must pass shall, when necessary and with at least 15 days' notice, request the Engineer for permission to pass and submit a schedule for such passage. After the Engineer has granted such permission and approved the schedule submitted, both the Contractors permitting the passage and those requesting it

shall undertake to observe the schedule approved by the Engineer for the passage along the site without having any right to extra payment in consequence of the restrictions on passage or the necessary temporary suspension of works due to the aforesaid schedule.
4. TEMPORARY TRAFFIC RAMPS

In cases where it is necessary or required by the Engineer, the Contractor shall construct and maintain temporary traffic ramps, and furnish all the labor and materials required therefore.
5. TRAFFIC CONTROL

The traffic control systems to be employed at each conflict between the public and the site Works shall require a separate Traffic Management Plan. The contractor shall enhance the plans included with the drawings and dvelop new plans where those plans are not appropriate. Apects to be covered in these plans are described below.

(a) In order to facilitate traffic through or around the Works, or wherever ordered by the Engineer, the Contractor shall erect and maintain at prescribed points on the work and at the approaches to the work, traffic signs, lights, flares, barricades, rubber cones with traffic

lamps and other facilities as necessary or required by the Engineer for the proper direction and control of traffic.

(b) As necessary for proper control of traffic or when/where directed by the Engineer, the Contractor shall furnish and station competent flagmen whose sole duties shall consist of directing the movement of traffic through or around the work.

(c) The Contractor shall furnish and erect, within or in the vicinity of the project area, such warning and guide signs as may be necessary or ordered by the Engineer.

(d) In order to minimize disruption to traffic flows the Contractor shall enclose the Site with temporary fence to provide a visual barrier between his work and adjacent traffic. The temporary fence shall be of 2.0-m height and the movement of men, materials and plant into and out of the barriered area shall be controlled by flagmen.
6. NUMBER OF LANES FOR TRAFFIC CONTROL

The existing number of traffic lanes on roads at the project site must be maintained at all times during the work and if diversions are provided these must be of the same traffic capacity as the original road. Notwithstanding the above, the Engineer may give approval to reductions in traffic capacity if the Contractor can show that these will not cause excessive delay to traffic. If such approval is given, the Engineer may specify the hours during the day when the reduction in capacity may be applied and it should be anticipated that these hours may not include the peak period for the traffic movement under consideration.

The Contractor shall cooperate with the pertinent agencies regarding traffic control and all details will be subject to the Engineer’s approval.
7. HALF-WIDTH CONSTRUCTION

Where, in the opinion of the Engineer, a detour is not feasible, construction on existing public roads shall be undertaken only over half of the full width of the roadway. The length of such half-width construction shall be kept as short as possible.

(a) Where half-width construction is necessary, work on culverts commenced in the dry season must be completed and the embankments adjacent to them must be reinstated so that at least half the full width shall be available for use by the public throughout the next rainy season.

(b) Where single-lane traffic becomes necessary over a particular length of the works or over the approaches thereto, the Contractor, in maintaining through traffic, shall provide a single lane at least three and a half meters wide on the roadway or embankment to be kept open to traffic.

(c) The Contractor shall so conduct his operations as to offer the least possible obstruction, inconvenience, and delay to traffic and shall be responsible for the adequate control of the traffic using such lengths of single lane.
8. EXTRAORDINARY TRAFFIC

The Contractor is responsible for carrying out any necessary investigations and the obtaining of approvals, licenses, escorts and any other necessary facilities in order to enable extraordinary traffic to be moved on the roads in the project area.

Where transport of Contractor’s Equipment or Temporary Works necessitates the strengthening, altering, protecting and/or improving any bridge, culvert or road, the Contractor shall provide to the Engineer full details of the Contractor’s intended procedure. Such details shall include but not be limited to the following.

Details of Constructional Plant, Plant and/or Temporary Works to be moved including the total weight of load;

(a) The proposed date and times of such movement;

(b) The starting location and destination;

(c) The proposed route;

(d) The bridge(s), culvert (s) and/or road(s) which requires strengthening, altering, protecting and/or improving;

(e) Full details of any such strengthening, altering, protecting and/or improving, including any and all necessary design calculations;

(f) Traffic safety measures while the load is in transit and

(g) Evidence that the Contractor has liaised with and obtained all necessary permissions, permits and the like from all appropriate authorities.
9. VERTICAL CLEARANCE

In general any temporary works placed over roads or diversions used by public traffic should maintain a vertical clearance of at least 4.5 meters. Where required by the Engineer the Contractor shall erect and maintain suitable approved check-gates, fitted with warning signs indicating the vertical clearance.

10. MATERIALS FOR TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES

Materials for traffic control devices shall conform to the requirements set forth below and as specified in the contract.

(a) Retro-reflective Material: Unless otherwise specified in the contract, sign panels, barricades, cones, vertical panels, and flagger paddles shall have retro-reflective sheeting meeting the minimum requirements for retro-reflective material noted in Specification Section 8400 “Road Signs".

(b) Sign Panels: Sign panels shall conform to the requirements of Specification section 8400 “Road Signs” and shall be orange with black legend unless otherwise required.

(c) Sign Posts: Signposts shall be fabricated from untreated softwood, metal, or other materials acceptable to the Engineer. Signs shall be capable of remaining in position during normal traffic flow and wind conditions.

(d) Barricades: Barricades shall be constructed of wood, metal or plastic.

(e) Cones:

 Cones shall be a minimum of 75 cm in height with a broadened base and shall be capable of withstanding impact without damage to the cones or vehicles. All cones shall be orange/white colored and highly visible both in daylight and darkness.

 Cones shall be capable of remaining bright and in position during normal traffic flow and wind conditions in the area where they are used. Lamps for cones shall be suitable for purpose.

(f) Temporary Fence: Temporary fence shall be fabricated in panels with timber framework and galvanized metal panels. The panel face towards the traffic shall be painted.

(g) Vertical Panels: Vertical panels shall be constructed of wood, metal or plastic.

(h) Warning Lights (flashing or steady): Warning lights shall be Type A (low intensity flashing), Type B (high intensity flashing), or Type C (steady burn) as approved by the Engineer.

11. MANAGEMENT OF WATER TRAFFIC
Navigation of ships and barges in waterways within the Site and adjacent areas will continue throughout the execution of the Contract.
The Contractor at all times shall not allow his fixed or floating equipment to interfere in any way with navigation in the waterways without the prior written approval of the relevant authorities. The Contractor shall comply with all orders and directions given to him from time to time by the relevant authorities or the Engineer in respect of navigation and shall conform in every way to their requirements in respect of mooring, marking, lighting and watching any structure, craft or equipment which may be used in the construction of the Works.
The Contractor shall indemnify the Employer from and against all actions, suits, claims, demands, damages, costs, charges and expenses arising out of or in consequence of any operations of the Contractor or of any Sub-contractor which obstruct or interfere with navigation or affect waterways within the Site and adjacent areas.
The Contractor shall expeditiously raise and remove any plant (floating or otherwise) belonging to him or to any Sub-contractor or to any person employed by him which may be sunk in the course of the execution of the Contract or otherwise deal with the same as the Engineer may direct. Until the same shall be raised and removed the Contractor shall set such buoys and display at night such lights and do all such things for the safety of navigation as may be required by the relevant authorities or the Engineer. In the event of the Contractor not carrying out the obligations imposed on him by this Clause, the Engineer or the relevant authorities, may set such buoys and lights to mark out such sunken plant and raise and remove the same (without prejudice to the right of the Employer to hold the Contractor liable) and the Contractor shall refund to the Employer all costs in connection therewith. The fact that the sunken vessel, craft or plant is insured or has been declared a total loss shall not absolve the Contractor from his obligation under this Sub-Clause to raise or remove the same.
12. MEASUREMENT AND PAYMENT FOR TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT
The maintenance and protection of river and vehicular traffic and/or traffic control will not be measured for separate payment. The cost of meeting requirements under this Specification section shall be included in other pay items of the Bill of Quantities.

01700 - ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

(Environmental Specifications for the Contractor)
1. GENERAL PROVISIONS
The Contractor shall take all necessary measures and precautions and otherwise ensure that the execution of the Works and all associated operations on the Work Sites or off-site are carried out in conformity with statutory and regulatory environmental requirements of the Government of

Vietnam.
The Contractor must conform to "Environmental Management Plan", which was prepared by the Employer exclusively for this Contract. The Contractor shall take all measures and precautions to avoid any nuisance or disturbance arising from the execution of Project activities. This shall, wherever possible, be achieved by suppression of the nuisance at source rather than abatement of the nuisance once generated.

The Contractor shall also be required to compensate for any damage, loss, spoilage, or disturbance of the properties and health of the Project affected people during construction. Contractors are encouraged to recruit local skilled and unskilled labour to increase direct benefits in the Project area and to minimize potential environmental issues related to construction camps, disease transmission and cultural disputes. Specific requirements in this regard are noted below. In conformance with the Contract specifications of which this environmental specification is a part, the Engineer may withhold payments and/or stop construction in the event of serious or repeated violations of the conditions stipulated herein.
2. STANDARDS AND REQUIRED EQUIPMENT
The Contractor shall comply with the prevailing standards and regulations of the Government of Vietnam including those shown below. Where these have been superceded by updated versions, the most recent version shall apply.
2.1. WATER QUALITY STANDARDS

 National Technical Regulation for Surface Water Quality (QCVN 08:2008/BTNMT)

 National Technical Regulation for Domestic Wastewater (QCVN 14:2008/BTNMT)

 National Technical Regulation for Industrial Wastewater (QCVN 40:2011/BTNMT)

 National Technical Regulation for Groundwater Quality (QCVN 09:2008/BTNMT)