HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda Report - August 4, 1999 E-04CITY OF LODI COUNCIL COMMUNICATION
AGENDA TITLE: Specifications and Advertisement for Bids for Wood Utility Poles
MEETING DATE: August 4, 1999
PREPARED BY: Electric Utility Director
RECOMMENDED ACTION: That the City Council approve the specifications and authorize
advertisement for bids for a total of eleven Class 1 wood utility
poles in the following quantities and sizes:
5 ea 65 -foot
1 ea 70 -foot
1 ea 75 -foot
2 ea 80 -foot
1 ea 85 -foot
1 ea 90 -foot
BACKGROUND INFORMATION: These poles will be used to support the Department's ongoing pole
replacement program.
FUNDING: Electric Utility Department Operating Fund
Estimated Cost: $10,500.00
BID OPENING: August 18, 1999
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Alan N. Vallow, Electric Utility Director
Prepared by Joel Harris, Purchasing Officer
cc: Director, Engineering and Operations
APPROVED'
A. Dixon Flynn — C Manager
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CITY OF LODI ELECTRIC UTILITY DEPARTMENT
SPECIFICATIONS
WOOD UTILITY POLES
1.0 SCOPE
These specifications cover the minimum acceptable quality of full-length wood
poles for use in the City of Lodi's overhead distribution and subtransmission
system.
2.0 SPECIFICATIONS
The following specifications shall be met:
A. Poles and methods of manufacturing shall be in accordance with
American National Standards Institute (ANSI), Rural Electrification
Administration (REA) and American Wood Preservers Association
(AWPA) latest revision, except the spiral grain of any pole shall not
exceed one complete rotation in any 30 feet.
B. Poles shall be cut, marked and bored as specified in Section 6.0 of this
specification.
3.0 TREATING REQUIREMENTS
The following requirements shall be met:
A. Prior to treatment, poles shall be seasoned to a maximum of twenty-five
percent (25%) moisture content of the sapwood based upon the oven -
dried weight.
B. Poles shall be Douglas Fir and pressure -treated with pentachlorophenol
in accordance with the requirements of AWPA Standards C1, "All Timber
Products - Preservative Treatment by Pressure Processes," and C4,
"Poles - Preservative Treatment by Pressure Processes," or the latest
revisions thereof.
C. The pentachlorophenol shall meet the requirements of AWPA Standard
P8, "Standards for Organic Preservative Systems," or the latest revision
thereof. The carriers shall be a petroleum solvent in conformance with
the latest edition of AWPA Standard P9, "Standard for Hydrocarbon
Solvents for Oil -Borne Preservative."
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4.0 ALTERNATE SPECIES AND TREATMENTS
The following species and treatments which otherwise meet or exceed the
requirements of these specifications will be considered as alternate:
• Species other than Douglas Fir.
• Douglas Fir pressure treated with pentachlorophenol in heavy petroleum
solution.
• Copper napthenate treatment.
5.0 HANDLING AND SHIPPING
The following requirements shall be met:
A. After treatment, the pole surface shall not be damaged by dragging or
from the use of cant hooks, peavies, tongs, cables, slings and other tools
normally used in pole -handling operations.
B. Unloading shall be performed only by crane or unloader supplied by the
truckeribidder. All shipments will be F.O.B. delivered and unloaded, Lodi,
California.
6.0 ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS
The following requirements shall be met:
A. Markin
Poles shall be permanently marked on the face and the butt of each pole
in accordance with ANSI Standards.
Exception: The distance of the pole brands from the butt shall be:
10 feet for 50 -foot pole lengths and below;
14 feet for 55 foot to 75 -foot pole lengths;
18 feet for 80 -foot to 100 -foot pole lengths.
B. Cuttina and Boring
• Full length treated poles shall be cut and marked before treatment.
• Poles shall be cut so that the butts are approximately square.
• Poles shall be cut so that the tops have a slope in any direction of
approximately two inches (2") over the diameter.
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