1. 2010 Construction Contract Standards Training Part 2 BUSINESS PRACTICES FOR PREPARING 2010 CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS October 2012

2. Business Practices What are business practices anyway? Business practices are methods, procedures, processes or rules followed by the Department in the conduct of its business affairs in connection with letting of construction contracts.

3. Business Practices What is the objective of sharing these business practices? To minimize errors, inconsistencies and rework in the preparation of 2010 contract documents. It will also serve as a communication tool to share lessons learned and to disseminate new or revised business practices that will evolve as we use the 2010.

4. Business Practices 1. SPECIAL NOTICES (SN) 2. NOTICE TO BIDDERS (NTB) 3. GENERAL WORK DESCRIPTION 4. FEDERAL TRAINING PROGRAM 5. WORKING DAYS 6. ABBREVIATIONS

5. Business Practices (Continued) 7. HOLIDAYS – as defined by Gov’t Code 6700. 8. SSP StdPln, STANDARD PLANS LIST 9. SPECIAL PROVISIONS TEMPLATE, SSP SP_TEMPLATE 10. EVERY SSP has a home in the Standard Specifications. updated Sept. 2012

6. Business Practices (Continued) 11. SSP 1-1.01: This SSP must be used in projects with any bid item that has an item code that does not correspond to the specification section number. Call it a crosswalk. 12. RAILROAD RELATIONS – now in the SS. 13. STRIKE AND HIDE 14. DOCUMENT MAP

7. Business Practices (Continued) 15. USING CARETS IN SSP SP_Template 16. SSP RSS, REVISED STANDARD SPECIFICATIONS 17. DEPARTMENT-FURNISHED MATERIALS 18. CHANGE ORDER 19. CHANGE ORDER WORK 20. REPLACE-ADD-DELETE (RAD) updated Sept. 2012

8. Business Practices (Continued) 21. DO NOT mix the 2006 and 2010 SSPs as the 2 version have different styles and formats 22. NSSP: Work with the owners when revising an SSP or section of the Standard Specifications.

9. Business Practices (Continued) 23. BID ITEMS 24. "P/F" PARTIAL AND FINAL PAY 25. SUPPLEMENTAL WORK, SW AND DEPARTMENT (STATE)-FURNISH MATERIALS AND EXPENSES, SF ITEMS 26. ONE TIME ITEM CODE FOR NONSTANDARD BID ITEM CODE

10. Business Practices (Continued) 27. ELECTRONIC INFORMATION HANDOUT 28. TERM EQUIVALENCIES

11. ANY QUESTIONS?