Vegetation Management Manual Methods

SCHEDULE A

Vegetation Management Manual Methods

/ Ministry of
Forests, Lands and
Natural Resource Operations / Vegetation Management Manual Methods
Schedule A

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ARTICLE 1GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS

Definitions:

1.01In this Schedule:

"Treatment Type" means the particular methods of treatment that the Contractor is obligated to carry out under this Contract.

"Treatment Unit" means the delineated area on any attached map wherein one or more Treatment Types may be prescribed to be carried out.

Amendments and Supplements:

1.02The specifications in this Schedule may be amended or further supplemented in other Schedules to this Contract or in the Work Progress Plan.

ARTICLE 2 STANDARDS OF PERFORMANCE

Manual Cutting Methods

2.01The Contractor shall ensure that for all species designated for cutting are cut completely through (no hinge).

2.02Unless otherwise specified elsewhere in this Agreement the stump angle must not exceed 30 degrees from horizontal.

2.03Unless otherwise specified elsewhere in this Agreement the stump height must not exceed 30 centimetres.

Girdling Method

2.04The bark and the cambium of the target trees must be completely severed in a visible ring (band) that extends entirely around the tree trunk. The band shall be continuous, with no vertical strips of intact cambium tissue remaining in the girdle band.

2.05Unless otherwise specified in Schedule C of this Contract, or in writing by the Ministry Officer, there shall be one girdling band per tree and it shall be a minimum of 1.5 cm in width.

Mulch Mats

2.06The Contractor shall ensure that:

(a) Mulch mats are installed securely and according to instructions specified in this Agreement or as demonstrated at a prework conference;

(b) The type and size of mulch mat and fastener is as supplied by the Province or as specified in this Agreement;

(d) Mulch mats are installed securely and in such a way that weather damage and/or animal damage potential is minimized;

(e) All vegetation that would prevent the proper installation of the brush mat is physically cut, pulled or otherwise removed before the installation of the brush mat.

ARTICLE 3: INSPECTION AND ACCEPTANCE

Inspection Method For Manual Cutting And Girdling

3.01Where manual cutting or girdling is the required treatment the following inspection method will be used:

(a) To determine the quality of Work, the Ministry Representative shall establish inspection plots using a 3.99-metre radius plot (50 m ² ). The plots shall be well distributed throughout the Treatment Unit (or part of the Treatment Unit) being inspected;

(b) The Ministry Representative shall consider a plot to be satisfactory if the Contractor has, within the plot, satisfactorily treated all target stems as specified in this Agreement;

(c) To qualify for payment, at least ninety percent (90%) of the number of Plots established in a Treatment Unit (or designated portions of a Treatment Unit) must be satisfactory. Only those satisfactory plots which contain one or more of the target species will be used in the calculation of payment.

Inspection Method For Mulch Mat Installation

3.02Where mulch mat installation is the required treatment the following inspection method will be used:

(a)A series of 0.05 ha (50 m² - 3.99m radius) plots will be established in a Treatment Unit to determine the mulch mat installation quality percentage (MPQ). Each plot will measure the number of satisfactorily installed mats and the potential number of crop trees where mats could have been installed given site conditions;

(b)Mulch mat installation quality percentage is determined by dividing the total number of satisfactorily installed mats by the total number of crop trees that could have had mats installed given the site conditions, and expressing this number as a percentage;

(c)Upon determination of the mulch mat installation quality percentage (MPQ), the basic payment will be adjusted by applying the following formula:

Payment % = (MPQ x 1.08) -- [100 - (MPQ x 1.08)]²

Payment % will not exceed 100%.

Report Of Mulch Mats Installed

3.03At the time of submitting a written request that the Province inspect and determine the acceptability of the Work the Contractor shall provide a report by planting unit providing the total number of mulch mats installed per Treatment Unit.

Wastage of Mulch Mats

3.04Where mulch mats have been lost, destroyed or wasted, or if the Contractor fails to account for all the mulch mats, the Province shall apply a payment reduction in the amount of the bid price plus fifty cents per mulch mat for the estimated number of mulch mats lost, destroyed, wasted, or not accounted for. The number of mulch mats unaccounted for shall be calculated by subtracting the number of mulch mats installed, as measured using the Ministry's Quality Inspection system, plus 10percent (or the standard error of the estimate as calculated by the Province, whichever is greater), from the number of mulch mats issued or reported number installed.

Stashed Mulch Mats

3.05Where mulch mats have been abandoned or disposed of, the basic payment may be reduced by an amount of up to one thousand dollars ($1000.00) for each occurrence. If the value of the mulch mats is greater than one thousand dollars an assessment of greater than one thousand dollars may be applied for each occurrence. These reductions in payment may be applied in addition to any reductions resulting from the application of Clause 3.04.

Untreated Areas

3.06If the Contractor fails to treat any area(s) which the Province considers to be treatable, and if the Contractor is unwilling or unable to treat the area(s), then the Province may reduce the basic payment by an amount equal to the Province’s estimate of having another Contractor complete the Work.

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