1) General: As required undertaking land surveys, enhancing the counties GIS database, submittal of easements maps, property plats, if required, coordinating land acquisition, secure County right-of-way (i.e. deeded or easement), the preparation of comprehensive construction documents for bid purposes, construction observation/management and project close out. When required, meet with County, representatives and others to perform such public relations functions as may be mutually agreed to. 2) Surveying: a) Performing field surveys that will adequately describe the project location. This work should include, but not be limited to the following: locating all fixed objects in the project area such as structures, roadway features, crossing or side roads, planted areas, tree species and sizes (minimum of 12” diameter), storm water drainage facilities, all above and below ground utilities including telecom, property lines, and etc. Utilities will be further defined to include water and sewer in addition to any dry services such as power lines and poles, telephone and cable pedestals, etc. b) Provide topographical information on all drainage and utility services, both public and private, both above and below ground. All utilities shall be well defined including pipe sizes, pipe materials, manhole or structure locations and invert elevations. All vertical information shall be referenced to benchmarks tied to North American Vertical Datum 1988 (NAVD88). c) The county reserves the right to utilize an independent survey person or firm if judged to be in the County’s best interest. d) Plats may be required where cases of right-of-ways or easements are required for the project. Plats will meet all current S.C. and County standards for property surveys and will be recorded in the Georgetown County Register of Deeds office. 3) Geotechnical: Performing geotechnical investigation of the project location, subsurface borings and classification of soils shall be required to determine the various soil conditions that will be encountered during construction and avoid material deemed unsuitable for road construction. The county reserves the right to utilize an independent firm if judged to be in the County’s best interest.
