Cape Henry Light Station Stairway Replacement

1. GENERAL REQUIREMENTS: The work consist of providing all labor, materials and equipment as required to provide egress staircase and awning at Chesapeake Bay Pilot tower 583 Atlantic Ave, Fort Story, VA 23459. Contractor will ensure that they comply with attached access request procedures to access the work site. 2. COMMENCEMENT, PROSECUTION, AND COMPLETION OF WORK: Upon acceptance the contractor shall commence work NLT five (5) days after approval and shall complete work 45 days after contract is awarded. 3. SCOPE OF WORK: To include but not limited to: .1 Remove existing egress stairway, and awning as directed by the QAE Representative. Remove any old anchors in concrete block and fill iwth concrete patch, paint to match existing paint. .2 Fabricate stairway and awning as close to existing dimensions as possible. The finished product must closely resemble existing stairway in order to preserve historical nature of the building. Stairway must be 23 rungs made of diamond plate steel. angle iron framing for awning must be replaced and awning must cover 2 sides and top angle down for water drainage. Platform at top of stairs must be 4 foot 8 inches by 4 foot 8 inches. the top edge of the new stairway handrail must not be more than 37 inches nor less than 36 inches from the upper surface of the stair rail to the surface of the tread. Stairway must meet current OSHA Standards. .3 Install Stairway and awning using appropriate concrete anchors. Steel square tubing posts must be set in concrete. Sidewalk concrete must be patched after posts are set. .4 Stairway must be hot dip glavanized and then painted white. Awning sheeting must be galvanized and also painted white. .5 Contractor shall restore and portions of the building effected by work to existing conditions.