Houston Ship Channel Placement Area 15 Improvements

Construction work. A dredged material placement area along the Houston Ship Channel, only accessible by water. Dike raising work will consist of placement of approximately 300,000 CY of semi-compacted fill, raising, removal and replacement of existing drop outlet structures. Contractor should have experience with dredged material placement areas construction and demonstrate previous contract experience as a Prime Contractor raising dikes of dredged material placement areas, constructing ditches in dredged material placement areas, and installing new drop outlet structures at dredge material placement areas. Contractor should expect to use equipment with low ground pressure due to the soft/wet material in which the equipment will be operating. Contractor should observe conditions associated with Dredged Material Placement Areas. Conditions within the placement area are typically very wet. Placement Area 15 Dredged Material Placement Area is located adjacent to the Houston Ship Channel in Galveston Bay and is only accessible by water. Contractor should expect heavy barge and ship traffic in the water around the site and should be familiar with the effects of ship wakes produced by passing ship traffic.

Division 31 -	Earthwork, Erosion and Sedimentation Controls.
Division 33 -	Utilities, Storm Drainage Utilities, Ponds and Reservoirs.
Division 35 -	Waterway and Marine Construction, Shoreline Protection, Waterway Construction and Equipment.