(A) It shall be the responsibility of the civil engineer who prepared the grading plans to incorporate the applicable recommendations from the soil engineering and engineering geology reports into the grading plan. The civil engineer shall be responsible for establishing line and grade for the grading and drainage improvement and shall act as the coordinating agent in the event the need arises for liaison between the other professionals, the contractor, and the Director of Public Works. The civil engineer shall also be responsible for the preparation of plan revisions and upon completion of the work, the submission of as-built grading plans incorporating all changes and/or additions made during construction. The civil engineer shall certify that the completed grading is in substantial conformance with the approved plan.
(B) Likewise, the designing landscape architect shall incorporate applicable recommendations from the agronomic soils reports along with appropriate measures related to soils engineering and engineering geology reports into the landscape-irrigation plans. The landscape architect shall also prepare plan revisions for the submission of as-built drawings incorporating all changes and/or additions made during construction. For detailed guidelines for plan preparation the landscape architect shall thoroughly familiarize himself with the city policies, and its guidelines and specifications for landscape development.
(C) Soil engineering and engineering geology reports shall be required as specified in this code. During grading, all necessary reports, compaction data, soil engineering and engineering geology recommendations and reports shall be submitted to the Director of Public Works. The soil engineer's area of responsibility shall include, but not be limited to, the professional inspection and approval concerning the preparation of ground to receive fills, testing for required compaction, stability of all finish slopes, design of buttress fills where required, and incorporating data supplied by the engineering geologist.
(D) The engineering geologist's area of responsibility shall include, but not be limited to, professional inspection and approval of the stability of cut slopes with respect to geological matters, and the need for subdrains or other groundwater drainage devices. He or she shall report his or her findings to the soil engineer for engineering analysis.
(E) The Director of Public Works or his or her representative shall inspect the project at intervals necessary to determine that adequate inspection and testing is being exercised by the professional consultants.
(F) When preliminary soil engineering reports are not required by the Director of Public Works, they may require inspection and approval by a soil engineer. The soil engineer's responsibility shall include, but not be limited to, approval of cleared areas and benches to receive fill, and the compaction and testing of fills and their inspection and approval.
(Ord. 1449, passed 10-19-05)