CITY OF VICTORVILLE SEWER IMPROVEMENTS GENERAL NOTES:
1. Unless otherwise noted, all construction and materials shall conform to the applicable provisions of the latest revision of the City of Victorville Standard Specifications for Public Works Construction, and Standard Drawings on file with the City of Victorville.
2. Contractor agrees that he shall assume sole and complete responsibility for job site conditions during the course of construction of this project, including safety of all persons and property; that this requirement shall apply continually and not be limited to normal working hours; and that the contractor shall defend, indemnify and hold the owner, the engineer, and the City harmless from any and all liability, real or alleged, in connection with the performance of work on this project excepting for liability arising from the sole negligence of the owner or the engineer.
3. It shall be the contractor’s responsibility to obtain any permits required by the City of Victorville Engineering Department in order to do the work shown on these plans. 
4. The contractor shall give the City of Victorville Engineering Department (760) 955-5158 at least 2 working days notice to schedule a pre-construction meeting with the inspector prior to start of work.
5. The contractor shall notify the City of Victorville Engineering Department at least 1 working day prior to necessary inspections at (760) 955-5158.  A re-inspection fee will be rendered on each occasion when the contractor is not ready for the inspection at the scheduled time. No further inspections will be performed until said re-inspection fee is paid.
6. The contractor shall notify Underground Service Alert 2 working days in advance of excavation at 1-800-422-4133 for exact utility locations.
7. It shall be the contractor’s responsibility to familiarize himself/herself with site conditions and of any underground utilities shown or not shown on these plans.
8. Existing utilities shall be maintained in operation during construction.
9. All pipelines, substructures, or utilities of any kind, whether shown on these plans or not, shall be protected in place or, if required, be removed, relocated, or reinforced to the satisfaction of the City Engineer and the Company owning the facility at the expense of the contractor.
10. Any relocation of existing mail boxes, power poles, street lights, fire hydrants, sign posts, telephone pedestals, etc., shall be relocated or removed and reinstalled by and at the expense of the contractor.
11. It shall be the contractor’s responsibility to protect surveying monuments in place and the contractor shall be financially responsible for resetting damaged or destroyed monuments.
12. Joshua trees shall be protected in place or relocated as approved by the Parks Division of the City of Victorville Department of Community Services at the contractor’s expense.
13. Adequate stakes, as determined by the City Engineer, enabling the contractor to construct the work to plan and grade shall be set by the direction of the contractor’s licensed engineer or surveyor. 
14. The contractor shall be held responsible for any field changes made without prior written authorization from the designing engineer and the City of Victorville Engineer.
15. Contractor will be supplied with one (1) set of contract drawings to be used for as-built drawings. The contractor shall update the as-built drawings daily. The contractor shall make the as-built drawings available to the owner, engineer, or inspector upon request. The as-built drawings shall include the stations of all wyes, tees, and lateral stubs.
16. All excavations shall be backfilled at the end of each working day and roads made safe and open to vehicular traffic.
17. The contractor shall be responsible for providing testing required by the City’s Inspector and trench backfill compaction testing. A certification of compaction signed by a registered Engineer shall be submitted for all trench backfills.
18. Stations shown on profile are on centerline of the conduit, unless otherwise indicated.
19. Manhole rim elevations shall be staked in the field at time of construction.
20. Install hold-down bolts on all manhole covers.
21. All sewer pipe shall be vitrified clay pipe with mechanical compression joints or P.V.C. pipe conforming to the requirements of A.S.T.M. D-3034 (SDR 35). The I.D. shall not deflect more than 5%. Pipe shall be installed in accordance with manufacturer’s recommendations. Granular bedding shall be installed per City Standard SS-05. 
22. Sewer pipelines shall be tested prior to making permanent service connections.
23. The contractor shall mark the curb where the sewer lateral crosses the curb and gutter with a “+S”. 
24. All sewers to be installed per City Standards.