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SCHEDULE - D
SPECIFICATIONS AND STANDARDS
1 Construction
The Contractor shall comply with the Specifications and Standards set
forth in Annex-I of this Schedule-D for construction of the Railway
Project. The time limit for the review and clearances by the Employer
for design and drawings submitted by the Contractor shall be as
indicated in Annexure-II.
2 Design Standards
The Railway Project including Project Facilities shall conform to design
requirements set out in the following documents:
[Indian Railways Permanent Way Manual, Indian Railway Bridge
Manual, Indian Railway Schedule of Dimensions & relevant IRS
Specifications referred in the Manual, Indian Railway Signalling
Engineering Manual, Indian Railway Telecom Manual& relevant
IRS/RDSO Specifications referred in the Manual, AC Traction Manual,
CORE/Zonal Railway/Standard Specifications of RVNL for Electrical
Works andRules for Opening Railways]
Contractor shall be bound to use RDSO Standard Drawings and Designs
for super structures of Major and Important Bridges, unless the site
conditions does not permit adoptions of such spans.
[Note: Specify the relevant Manual, Specifications and Standards]
3 Latest Version
Latest version of the Manuals, Specifications and Standards including
the amendments notified/published by the Base Date shall be
considered applicable.
4 Terms used in Manuals
The terms [‘Inspector’, ‘AEE’, ‘DE’] used in the Manuals shall be deemed
to be substituted by the term “Employer’s Engineer”; to the extent it
is consistent with the provisions of the Agreement.
5 Absence of specific provision
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In the absence of any specific provision on any particular issue in the
aforesaid Manuals, Specifications, or Standards, the following
standards shall apply in order of priority
[Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS)
Euro Codes or British Standards or American Standards
Any other specifications/standards proposed by the Contractor and
reviewed by the Employer’s Engineer.]
6 Alternative Specifications and Standards
6.1 The requirements specified in the Manuals are the minimum. The
Contractor shall, however, be free to adopt international practices,
alternative specifications, materials and standards to bring in
innovation in the design and construction provided they are better or
comparable with the standards prescribed in the Manuals. The
specifications and techniques which are not included in the Indian
Railway Manuals/ RDSO specifications shall be supported with
authentic specifications and standards specified in paragraph 5 above.
Such a proposal shall be submitted by the Contractor to the Employer’s
Engineer. In case, the Employer’s Engineer is of the opinion that the
proposal submitted by the Contractor is not in conformity with any of
the international standards or codes, then he shall record his reasons
and convey the same to the Contractor for compliance.
6.2 In case, the Contractor is offering an alternative product which
is not as per the designs/specifications stipulated in this Agreement,
but the same is already in the use with satisfactory performance in one
or more major world Railway(s) for more than 5(five) years for the same
or higher design speed/rating (as applicable for project line), such
product can be permitted to be used by the Employer Engineer, at
Employer’s discretion, in accordance with the Cross Approval policy of
the Railway Board as existing at the time of offering of such product.
The products covered for the purpose of this clause shall be as per the
list provided in the policy.
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Annex - I
Specifications and Standards for Construction
1 Specifications and Standards
All Materials, works and construction operations shall conform to the
RVNL’s Specifications in case the required specification is not available
in the following manuals / documents:
1.1 For civil works:
(a) Indian Railways Permanent Way Manual
(b) Indian Railway Bridge Manual
(c) Indian Railway Schedule of Dimensions
(d) The relevant IRS Specifications referred to in the above
documents listed at (i), (ii) and (iii)
(e) Latest RDSO specifications/RDSO Technical Advisory Notes.
(f) Specifications of Works of RVNL
(g) In case of any contradiction in the various codal provisions,
the order of precedence shall be as follows:-
aa) Provisions of this Annex I.
bb) IRS Codal provisions
cc) IRC Codal provisions
dd) IS (BIS) Codal provisions
1.2 For signalling and telecommunication works:
(a) Indian Railway Signal Engineering Manual for signalling; and
(b) Indian Railway Telecom Manual for telecommunication works.
(c) Latest RDSO specifications/RDSO Technical Advisory Notes.
(d)
1.3 For electrification works:
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(a) Indian Railways Manual AC Traction, Volume-II Part-I and
Volume-II Part-II.
(b) Manual of Standards & Specification for Railway Electrification
(c) Indian Railways Standards of Dimension
(d) Standard Specification of RVNL for Electrical Works
(e) Attachment B to this Annex I (Schedule D) provide the indicative
explanation work work.
2 Deviations from the Specifications and Standards
[Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Paragraph 1
above, the following Specifications and Standards shall apply to the
Railway Project, and for purposes of this Agreement, the aforesaid
Specifications and Standards shall be deemed to be amended to the
extent set forth below:]
[Specify the deviations, if any]
[Note: Deviations from the aforesaid Specifications and Standards shall be
listed out here. Such deviations shall be specified only if they are considered
essential in view of project-specific requirements.]
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