Common use of BLENDING Clause in Contracts

BLENDING. The proper blend to meet specifications will be determined by the Department and, once established, not altered unless authorized by the Department. i) Blending of local and imported sand shall be carried out by the use of cold feed blender and a conveyor belt system to take the material away from the blender. No blending can take place without personnel from the Highway Materials Lab Division of the Department of Transportation, Infrastructure and Energy on site. The testing (at the site and in the lab) and blending of materials will take place during non-holiday weekdays between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. unless an exception is made under Provision #6. All costs associated with the testing (at the site and in the lab) and blending of material outside of these hours will be deducted from the final payment if the requirements of Provision #6 are not met. ii) Salt shall be blended with the winter sand during the blending process at a rate of 6% based on sand pile tonnage requirements. Should the Contractor choose to supply 100% imported material the blending of salt with the imported material shall remain a requirement and shall be blended by use of a cold feed blender and a conveyor belt system to take the material away from the blender. iii) Dredged/beach sand shall not be permitted in the final blended product. iv) Materials shall be subject to sampling and testing by the Engineer at all times and the Engineer shall be provided ample opportunity to sample material at any time. v) Should the Contractor propose to change the source of materials during the work, the Contractor shall advise the Engineer sufficiently in advance of such change to allow samples to be taken and tests conducted. vi) Prior approval to use the site(s) for stockpiling and blending purposes must be granted by the Department of Environment.

BLENDING. The proper blend to meet specifications will be determined by the Department and, once established, not altered unless authorized by the Department. i) Blending of local and imported sand shall be carried out by the use of cold feed blender and a conveyor belt system to take the material away from the blender. No blending can take place without personnel from the Highway Materials Lab Division of the Department of Transportation, Infrastructure and Energy on site. The testing (at the site and in the lab) and blending of materials will take place during non-holiday weekdays between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. unless an exception is made under Provision #6. All costs associated with the testing (at the site and in the lab) and blending of material outside of these hours will be deducted from the final payment if the requirements of Provision #6 are not met. ii) Salt shall be blended with the winter sand during the blending process at a rate of 6% based on sand pile tonnage requirements. Should the Contractor choose to supply 100% imported material the blending of salt with the imported material shall remain a requirement and shall be blended by use of a cold feed blender and a conveyor belt system to take the material away from the blender. iii) DredgedA maximum of 10% dredged/beach sand shall not be permitted in the final blended product. iv) Materials shall be subject to sampling and testing by the Engineer at all times and the Engineer shall be provided ample opportunity to sample material at any time. v) Should the Contractor propose to change the source of materials during the work, the Contractor shall advise the Engineer sufficiently in advance of such change to allow samples to be taken and tests conducted. vi) Prior approval to use the site(s) for stockpiling and blending purposes must be granted by the Department of Environment.