Louisiana Revised Statutes 48:251.1 – Provision for trenching and shoring in construction contracts
Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 48:251.1
- Contractor: means any individual, partnership, joint venture, firm, corporation, limited liability partnership, limited liability company, or any acceptable combination thereof contracting for performance of public work for the department. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 48:251.9
A. On any construction project for the Department of Transportation and Development in which a contractor is employed and in which trench excavation will exceed a depth of five feet, the bid documents provided to all of the bidders and the contract must include:
(1) A copy of special shoring requirements of the Department of Transportation and Development with a separate pay item for such special shoring requirements.
(2) A copy of any geotechnical information that was used in the design of the project.
(3) A separate pay item for trench excavation safety protection on that portion of the project on which trench excavation exceeds five feet.
B. The separate pay item for trench safety shall be based on the linear feet of trench excavated. The separate pay item for special shoring requirements, if any, shall be based on the square feet of shoring used.
Acts 1990, No. 918, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1991; Acts 1991, No. 775, §1, eff. July 18, 1991; Acts 1993, No. 228, §1, eff. June 1, 1993.