Depends on the contract requirements. But could place a Rock Check Dams and Silt Fence Barriers in the direction of flow of the ditch and make sure these are cleaned regularly. This would be the least costly and pretty effective.
There is no definition of witness in this contract and most contracts that I deal with. This would allow you to see bar sizes and other things. And the definition above does not say whether it would have to be in person. What I am saying Bimr is that the video would be more than adequately clear...
Yes, it would be an inspector or worker on site to video record it after all steel is in place. To me this would be no different than viewing it in person. If you felt that something was missed you could tell them to get more video/pictures. This is meant to be a more general thread for...
I was wondering if anyone else has dealt with this issue.
"The QVE shall witness that the reinforcing steel was installed"
I would say live video feed or even recorded video would be fine for an engineer to show that they visited and witnessed the steel installation or almost any other QVE...