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CHAPTER XVIII.

GENERAL SPECIFICATIONS GOVERNING THE MANUFACTURE,
SHIPMENT, AND ERECTION OF STEEL BRIDGES, TRESTLES,
VIADUCTS, AND ELEVATED RAILROADS.

 

DRAWINGS.

As soon as practicable after the signing of the contract for building the structure, complete detail drawings will be furnished by the Engineer, and from these the Contractor is to prepare his shop drawings, complying carefully therewith and making no changes without the written consent of the Engineer. The working drawings are to be sent in triplicate for the approval of the Engineer and his principal Shop Inspector, who will retain two sets and return the third after checking same and marking thereon any changes or corrections desired; after which a corrected set of shop drawings shall be sent without delay by the Contractor to the Engineer. The approval of said working drawings by the Engineer will not relieve the Contractor from the responsibility of any errors thereon.

The drawings furnished by the Engineer shall be checked carefully by the Contractor before beginning work. Should any errors be discovered, the Engineer's attention shall be called to same, and corrections will be made, after which the Contractor shall be responsible for all errors which may occur or which may have occurred. The Engineer shall have the right to alter as he may see fit the preliminary plans, if further investigation of the conditions affecting the proposed structure so warrant;  and he shall be at liberty to make  minor  changes  in  all  plans during construction without any

 

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