Specifications include, but are not limited to: 1. Prior to commencing any work under the contract, any Contractor who has not attended training on the required procedures for historic sites surveys taught by the AHPP National Register Survey staff within five (5) years prior to the survey initiation date must attend a training class on the procedures required for the historic site survey. The one (1) day class, at the offices of AHPP, will train the Contractor in the proper and thorough completion of Arkansas Architectural Resources Forms, photography requirements, mapping, and compilation of the finished product. 2. Prior to commencing any work under the contract, the Contractor, regardless of the date of his or her training, must contact the AHPP National Register Survey staff to determine whether changes to required historic site survey procedures have changed since the contractor last attended a training. If the AHPP National Register Survey staff determines that the Contractor’s attendance at an additional training class is advisable, the contractor shall attend a training class on the procedures required for historic site surveys prior to the initiation of any fieldwork under the contract. 3. The Contractor shall comply with the standards and procedures set forth in the AHPP Survey Manual in carrying out the contract work and in the completion of the final product. 4. The Contractor shall design and complete the survey and produce a survey report in accordance with the National Park Service Historic Preservation Fund Grants Manual https://www.nps.gov/subjects/historicpreservationfund/historic-preservation-fund-grant-manual.htm Chapter 6, Section H, 2a-e and 3b and/or d as applicable and the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for Identification for Intensive Surveys (see at https://www.nps.gov/articles/sec-stds-identification-guidelines.htm). The survey report should, at minimum, contain the following elements: • Survey methodology. • A brief historic context specific to the area surveyed. • A brief overview of historic resource types within the area surveyed. • Maps outlining the boundaries of the area surveyed. • Tables listing addresses or other locations of properties surveyed, resource numbers supplied by AHPP, and data relevant to the evaluation of National Register eligibility, such as date of construction, property condition, architectural integrity, vacant lots, etc. • Maps locating properties by resource number and address. • Information collected on Arkansas Architectural Resources Forms should be provided with the survey report in an organized, sortable, searchable, digital format, such as a database, spreadsheet, GIS data, or similar data file. 5. The contractor must complete an Arkansas Architectural Resources Form and provide site plans for each real estate parcel, including vacant lots, in the field. 6. The contractor must provide, on the Arkansas Architectural Resources Form, information specific to the property for which the survey form is prepared summarizing its history and any obvious changes to the building that appear to have occurred since its construction. 7. The contractor will take color digital photographs of each parcel in the historic district. At the very minimum the photographs should show all facades of each building. If the site is a vacant lot, the photographs should show the lot in relation to nearby parcels. In addition, representative streetscape photographs will be provided by the Contractor. These photographs will be submitted with the final survey product in both electronic and print form.
