Granite Construction Company 5/1/2018

I1 The Contractor shall maintain at the project site office, or other well known place at the 2 project site, all articles necessary for providing first aid to the injured. The Contractor I 3 shall establish, publish, and make known to all employees, procedures for ensuring 4 immediate removal to a hospital, or doctor's care, persons, including employees, who 5 may have been injured on the project site. Employees should not be permitted to work 6 on the project site before the Contractor has established and made known procedures 7 for removal of injured persons to a hospital or a doctor's care. 8 I 9 10 The Contractor shall have sole responsibility for the safety, efficiency, and adequacy of the Contractor's plant, appliances, and methods, and for any damage or injury resulting 11 from their failure, or improper maintenance, use, or operation. The Contractor shall be 12 solely and completely responsible for the conditions of the project site, including safety 13 for all persons and property in the performance of the work. This requirement shall apply 14 continuously, and not be limited to normal working hours. The required or implied duty of 15 the Engineer to conduct construction review of the Contractor's performance does not, 1 16 and shall not, be intended to include review and adequacy of the Contractor's safety 17 measures in, on, or near the project site. 18 I 19 20 1-07.2.RTF 21 1-07.2 State Taxes I 22 23 Delete this section, including its sub-sections, in its entirety and replace it with the following: 24 I 25 1-07.2 State Sales Tax 26 (June 27, 2011 APWA GSP) 27 28 The Washington State Department of Revenue has issued special rules on the State I 29 sales tax. Sections 1-07.2(1) through 1-07.2(3) are meant to clarify those rules. The 30 Contractor should contact the Washington State Department of Revenue for answers to 31 questions in this area. The Contracting Agency will not adjust its payment if the 1 32 Contractor bases a bid on a misunderstood tax liability. 33 34 The Contractor shall include all Contractor-paid taxes in the unit bid prices or other 35 contract amounts. In some cases, however, state retail sales tax will not be included. 36 Section 1-07.2(2) describes this exception. 37 I 38 The Contracting Agency will pay the retained percentage (or release the Contract Bond if 39 a FHWA-funded Project) only if the Contractor has obtained from the Washington State 40 Department of Revenue a certificate showing that all contract-related taxes have been I 41 paid (RCW 60.28.051). The Contracting Agency may deduct from its payments to the 42 Contractor any amount the Contractor may owe the Washington State Department of 43 Revenue, whether the amount owed relates to this contract or not. Any amount so 44 deducted will be paid into the proper State fund. I 45 46 1-07.2(1) State Sales Tax — Rule 171 47 48 WAC 458-20-171, and its related rules, apply to building, repairing, or improving streets, 49 roads, etc., which are owned by a municipal corporation, or political subdivision of the 50 state, or by the United States, and which are used primarily for foot or vehicular traffic. I 51 52 This includes storm or combined sewer systems within and included as a part of the street or road drainage system and power lines when such are part of the roadway 53 lighting system. For work performed in such cases, the Contractor shall include I54 Washington State Retail Sales Taxes in the various unit bid item prices, or other contract HOT MIX ASPHALT OVERLAY-2018 PAGE 15 OF 57 March 6,2018 WORK ORDER#3667 ISPECIAL PROVISIONS