Belmont Ave_Smith Health Services_As Built LetterEdward S. Huntley, P.E.
Director
September 15, 2014
Peter Gagnon
CITY OF NORTHAMPTON, MASSACHUSETTS
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS
125 Locust Street
Northampton, MA 01060
413-587-1570
Fax 413-587-1576
Capital Construction Director
Smith College -Facilities Management
126 West Street
Northampton, MA 01063
Re: Smith Health Services As-Built Plans for Stormwater Management Permit
Dear Mr. Gagnon,
The City of Northampton Department of Public Works (DPW) received a draft As-Built
Drawing for the Smith Health Services Building that was stamped by Mark B. Darnold, P.E.,
The Berkshire Design Group, with the note:
Record As-Built Drawing
The Berkshire Design Group, Inc. visually field verified that the location and installation of the
drainage structures have been installed as depicted on this Record Drawing.
The Berkshire Design Group did not conduct any field measurements of the completed site, and
all rim and invert elevations shown on this Record Drawing were provided to Berkshire Design
Group by the Site Contractor, Ernest Guigli & Sons, Inc.
The Stormwater Management Permit issued for this project on 10/24/2013 included the
following condition:
3. At the completion of the work, including construction of stormwater management facilities
and landscaping, the applicant shall submit to the DPW as-built plans stamped by a
professional engineer of record in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and a statement
from a professional engineer of record in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts certifj;ing
that the materials and construction of the stormwater management system was constructed in
accordance with the approved plans and will function as designed. All changes to the
approved stormwater facilities shall be documented by a professional engineer of record in
the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and approved by the DPW prior to submission of as-
built plans and the certification statement described above.
The DPW requires that revised as-built plans as described in the condition above be submitted to
the DPW for review. A professional engineer must stamp the plans and make a certification
statement as described in the condition above. All survey, submittals, and other information
necessary for the professional engineer to stamp and certify the as-built plans should be
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completed. It is necessary for Berkshire to take field measurements and surveys to document the
stormwater systems as they were constructed. If any changes exist between the approved plan
and the constructed systems these need to be documented by Berkshire. An "as-built" plan, by
definition, requires field measurements to document how the systems were constructed.
Please contact Doug McDonald, DPW Stormwater Manager at 587-1582 with any questions.
Sincerely,
~
James R.
City Engi
cc. The Berkshire Design Group
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