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2024 Pavement Maintenance Overlay SPECIAL PROVISIONS PW# 3823 16 1 1-07.GR1 2 Legal Relations and Responsibilities to the Public 3 4 1-07.1.RTF 5 1-07.1 Laws to be Observed 6 (October 1, 2005 APWA GSP) 7 8 Supplement this section with the following: 9 10 In cases of conflict between different safety regulations, the more stringent regulation 11 shall apply. 12 13 The Washington State Department of Labor and Industries shall be the sole and 14 paramount administrative agency responsible for the administration of the provisions of 15 the Washington Industrial Safety and Health Act of 1973 (WISHA). 16 17 The Contractor shall maintain at the project site office, or other well known place at the 18 project site, all articles necessary for providing first aid to the injured. The Contractor 19 shall establish, publish, and make known to all employees, procedures for ensuring 20 immediate removal to a hospital, or doctor’s care, persons, including employees, who 21 may have been injured on the project site. Employees should not be permitted to work 22 on the project site before the Contractor has established and made known procedures 23 for removal of injured persons to a hospital or a doctor’s care. 24 25 The Contractor shall have sole responsibility for the safety, efficiency, and adequacy of 26 the Contractor’s plant, appliances, and methods, and for any damage or injury resulting 27 from their failure, or improper maintenance, use, or operation. The Contractor shall be 28 solely and completely responsible for the conditions of the project site, including safety 29 for all persons and property in the performance of the work. This requirement shall apply 30 continuously, and not be limited to normal working hours. The required or implied duty of 31 the Engineer to conduct construction review of the Contractor’s performance does not, 32 and shall not, be intended to include review and adequacy of the Contractor’s safety 33 measures in, on, or near the project site. 34 35 36 1-07.2.RTF 37 1-07.2 State Taxes 38 39 Delete this section, including its sub-sections, in its entirety and replace it with the following: 40 41 1-07.2 State Sales Tax 42 (June 27, 2011 APWA GSP) 43 44 The Washington State Department of Revenue has issued special rules on the State 45 sales tax. Sections 1-07.2(1) through 1-07.2(3) are meant to clarify those rules. The 46 Contractor should contact the Washington State Department of Revenue for answers to 47 questions in this area. The Contracting Agency will not adjust its payment if the 48 Contractor bases a bid on a misunderstood tax liability. 49 50