Construction Equipment Rentals in Bedford, TX

Local rules and conditions worth checking before equipment arrives. Requirements change and depend on the project, so confirm the details with the agency for your site.

• Grading permit and stormwater controls

  Within Bedford, all soil-disturbing activities require a grading permit. Before the permit is issued, the contractor provides the TCEQ Construction Site Notice or Notice of Intent and a site-specific erosion control plan or SWPPP, and no grading starts until those controls are installed and inspected by the City's Stormwater Inspector.

  • Source: City of Bedford General Construction Notes (PDF)
  • Source: City of Bedford: Permits, Applications, and Information
  • Source: TCEQ Stormwater General Permit for Construction Activities (TXR150000)

• Floodplain work and spoil disposal

  Activities inside a 100-year floodplain need a floodplain permit or a documented waiver from the local floodplain administrator before construction. Off-site disposal areas for spoil need written verification that they lie outside the FEMA 100-year floodplain, included with the SWPPP.

  • Source: City of Bedford General Construction Notes (PDF)

• Right-of-way permits and lane closures

  Requests for a right-of-way permit are due at least ten working days before work, unless waived. Erosion controls and warning devices go in before work begins, lane closures on major thoroughfares run after 8:30 a.m. and before 4 p.m. unless approved, and closures may not last longer than four hours unless the permit says otherwise.

  • Source: City of Bedford Ordinance No. 17-3204 (2017), Chapter 96 Right-of-Way Management

• Notice, locates and Saturday work

  Bedford's general notes ask for at least 48 hours' notice to Public Works-Engineering before work begins in public right-of-way, and Texas811 and affected utilities must verify field locations before excavation, with locates kept current. Saturday work requires advance written notice to the Engineering Inspector, and work on City-observed holidays needs express approval.

  • Source: City of Bedford General Construction Notes (PDF)
  • Source: Texas Utilities Code ch. 251, sec. 251.151
  • Source: Texas811: excavator notice requirements

• Compaction and trench safety

  Fill beneath pavement is compacted to 95% of Standard Proctor in lifts no thicker than 6 inches unless the geotechnical report says otherwise, and service-line backfill in right-of-way also reaches 95%. Water, sewer and storm work requires a trench safety plan submitted to the Engineering Inspector before the pre-construction meeting.

  • Source: City of Bedford General Construction Notes (PDF)
  • Source: OSHA trenching and excavation safety fact sheet

• Clay and storms

  USDA describes Houston Black, the signature Blackland Prairie soil found from north of Dallas to San Antonio, as very high in shrink-swell. NWS Fort Worth notes spring and fall are the wettest seasons, which is when open pads and trenches lose the most days.

  • Source: USDA NRCS: Houston Black, the Texas state soil
  • Source: National Weather Service Fort Worth: Dallas/Fort Worth climate narrative