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<br />For Labor Code Sections 1720 (a) "Public Works" means: <br /> <br />(1) Construction, alteration, demolition, installation, or repair <br />work done under contract and paid for in whole or in part out of <br />public funds, except work done directly by any public utility company <br />pursuant to order of the Public Utilities Commission or other public <br />authority. For purposes of this paragraph, "construction" includes <br />work performed during the design and preconstruction phases of <br />construction including, but not limited to, inspection and land surveying work. <br /> <br />(3) Street, sewer, or other improvement work done under the <br />direction and supervision or by the authority of any officer or <br />public body of the state, or of any political subdivision or district <br />thereof, whether the political subdivision or district operates <br />under a freeholder's charter or not. <br /> <br />IV. Definition of a Public Project: <br /> <br />Public Contract Code 22002 (c) defines a Public Project as any of the following: <br /> <br />(1) Construction, reconstruction, erection, alteration, renovation, improvement, <br />demqlition, and repair work involving any publicly owned, leased, or operated facility. <br /> <br />(2) Painting or repainting of any publicly owned, leased, or operated facility. <br /> <br />(3) In the case of a publicly owned utility system, "public project" shall include only the <br />construction, erection, improvement, or repair of dams, reservoirs, power plants, and <br />electrical transmission lines of 230,000 volts and higher. <br /> <br />V. Definition of a Maintenance Project <br /> <br />Public Contract Code Section 22002 (d) (1) "maintenance work" includes "Routine, <br />recurrinq, and usual work for the preservation or protection of any publicly owned or <br />publicly operated facility for its intended purposes". <br /> <br />VI. The difference between Maintenance Projects and Public Works <br /> <br />The key words are "ROUTINE, RECURRING, AND USUAL WORK FOR THE <br />PRESERVATION". By this definition maintenance and repair must be recurring over <br />and over. <br /> <br />Example One: Digesters are cleaned every 3rd or 4th year therefore these projects can <br />be classified as maintenance work. The liner of the digester is replaced only once its life <br />time or may not be replaced at all. Replacement of the liner is not Routine, Recurring <br />and usual work. This task requires special attention to the structure of the digester <br />