Controlling Operation Bartlett: Sub-Grade Treatment
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Woodruff began pipe and structure work on the north side of the new Marian between Michigan and Main. Piping and one structure were placed.
Indiana Earth had a one man crew and a dozer doing grading at the Bartlett roundabout. Removals continued on the west side of St. Joseph between Marian and LaSalle. Removals also took place on the west side of Main St. between South and Bronson.
Pemberton Davis poured four light pole foundations on Bartlett between Michigan and Main.
The weekly progress meeting with utilities and stakeholders took place in the morning. Meeting minutes are provided below.
Meeting With:
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Meeting Date:
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Regarding:
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Construction and
Utilities
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ITEMS TO BE
DISCUSSED
9:00 AM Introductions/Sign
in
The Weeks up Coming
Events/Schedule
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Update: Reith
Riley continued removals around Marion and Main and started removals on the west side of Main St. between
South and Bronson Streets. Storm work is
finished in the Bartlett area and Woodruff has begun work at the Marion
intersection.
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Upcoming: Looking ahead, the next phase of lane
closures is scheduled to begin on Tuesday, May 31. This closure involves closing the east side
of St. Joseph St. and the west side of Main Street between LaSalle and
Colfax. In the area of this closure,
Reith Riley will begin concrete, curb, and sidewalk removals. Meanwhile, grading and concrete work is
scheduled to begin at the intersection of Michigan and Bartlett Streets next
week, and pipe work will take place at Marion and Michigan as well.
Utility Relocation Issues:
AEP:
AEP has an existing sidewalk vault on the southeast corner of Bartlett
and Michigan that will need to be raised so that it is in line with the new
curb. Bob from AEP has talked with Tony
(Reith Riley) to identify the street lights to be removed in the downtown
area. This work will begin next
week. In the southern portion of the
project, at Chippewa Ave ,
AEP has cut service to the Palmer and Case houses, and work is underway to
reroute overhead lines away from the Chippewa pole. Bob will talk with the contractor on site to
ensure power to the traffic signal at the intersection of Michigan and Chippewa remains until the
closure on June 6.
Robert Henry: Robert Henry is done with
their work on Michigan, at Marion Street, as well as on Main, at South
Street. They will begin work to cross
Main at Western Ave next week. Robert
Henry was reminded that they need to tie-in on the eastern side of Western Ave before
Reith Riley comes through. Once they are
finished on Western Ave ,
they will move on to Jefferson St .
NIPSCO/InfraSource: Brian, from Infrasource, relayed that as a
result of their work this week, they have a 4” conduit pulled halfway across
Main just south of Colfax Ave. To finish
crossing the street, they must close the west side of Main
between Colfax and Washington St . Brian plans to initiate this closure after
the morning rush hour traffic on Tuesday, May 31. Work will break during the afternoon hours to
be completed overnight on Tuesday. Phil
of NIPSCO stated that his lines that are in conflict with the project north of Colfax Ave will be
completely retired on Tuesday, May 31.
Once work is completed in the Columbus
Court area, Infrasource will permanently patch the
sidewalks that are not going to be removed by Reith Riley.
Comcast: Jay was unable to attend, but
he told me earlier this week that he remains on schedule to be out of the way
at Chippewa Ave by the scheduled deadline.
Comcast has placed their conduit and cables and splicing is currently
scheduled to take place on June 2 or 3.
US Signal:
Similar to Comcast, Charlie O. relayed that US Signal has placed
conduit and cables and plans to splice in time to meet the June 6 deadline.
AT&T:
Regarding the pedestal that remains near the Burkhart sign, I talked
with Dennis and he will have a crew come to remove it if it is an issue.
Water Dept.: Ed with the Water Department brought to light
some concerns regarding the closures blocking the Water Works’ Customer Service
Office drive on the east side of Main Street.
The east side of Main is projected to
be closed in about 3 weeks. Ed will make
sure a representative from the Customer Service Office is present at the
progress meeting in the coming weeks.
Eight
inch insert valve are in and will be installed the coming week.
INDOT: INDOT had a few minor concerns
regarding the relocation of SR 933 signage and signal timings. The City will relocate SR 933 signage per
plan and has plans to adjust signal timings in mid-June.
Transpo: Michael from Transpo just
wanted to confirm a meeting to discuss the bus lot’s temporary access lane
during the lane closure on the east side of Main between South and Bronson
Streets.
Metronet: Ben, with Metronet, relayed
that if his 3” conduit is placed by Wednesday, June 1, work on Thursday and
Friday nights will finish everything in the Bartlett area. As a side note, Ben reiterated the need for
Indiana Earth to be extremely careful when excavating. After narrowly avoiding a huge outage last
week, Ben would like to be on site to observe Indiana Earth’s excavation for
the remainder of their work on Main
Street .
MCI : MCI has relayed that they are completely
out of the way on Main at South Street.
Stakeholder
Questions:
Memorial Hospital: Larry with Memorial brought a few topics up
for discussion. First, he commended the
sign changes that have occurred but suggested a few more for patients that
aren’t as familiar with the construction area.
Second, after a light pole was taken out by a truck last week, Larry was
concerned about how to stop trucks from entering the area and causing
damage. Finally, Roger (City of South
Bend) will set a meeting with Larry and the manager of Mar Main Apartments to
discuss concerns regarding safety of new tenants with Memorial employees
speeding through the nearby alley.
10:00 am 10:10 Break Utility
and Stakeholders can leave
Submittals: I am waiting on an overdue submittal from
Structure Point. I will contact them
again today so that it can be relayed to Reith Riley as soon as possible.
Action Items
1.
QC/QA
HMA: Corbitt would like to have an
internal meeting with Toy and Roger regarding the price change proposed. He plans to have a decision by Tuesday, May
31.
2. Redesign on Mich/Marion: Scott (Reith Riley) brought to light
concerns regarding the amount of change orders being placed. With so many conflicting change orders, his
team is confused and unable to keep a tight schedule. Further, Scott requested to see revisions
come in a more organized format. Moving
forward, Reith Riley would like to see only the final change order and Corbitt
ensured the City would work with Reith Riley to get these change orders out in
a timely manner. All previous change
orders will be resummarized and Reith Riley will assign a cost to the time
spent working on change orders that were subsequently overridden.
3.
Barricades: Reith Riley needs to ensure their
subcontractors are re-closing barricades following the end of the work day.
4.
RFI
#4 Permeable Block: A letter has
been drafted by Scott and will be passed along soon.
5.
Side
Walk Closures: In general, the City
would like to see Reith Riley doing a better job of advertising sidewalk
closures.
6.
Brick
Manholes: The City will get a change
order to Reith Riley shortly. The plan
is to utilize the brick manholes after covering them with a spray-on concrete
mixture. The City will get the dimensions
and depths of the manholes in question to Reith Riley soon.
7.
Concrete
Joint Sealant: Similar to Item 1,
Corbitt will have a decision to Reith Riley Tuesday, May 31.
8.
Case
House: All electric and water have
been cut to the Case and Palmer houses at Michigan and Chippewa. NIPSCO has a crew out shutting off the gas
supply to the houses today. Asbestos
treatment has been completed and Indiana Earth is scheduled to begin demolition
on the houses on June 6 per their IDEM permit.
9.
Status
of Signal Changes/Future Change Holes: The
signals at the intersection of Michigan
and South St
are going to be put back in operation.
The traffic signals at the intersections of St.
Joe & LaSalle and St. Joe & Colfax (potentially those at St. Joe &
Washington and St. Joe & Jefferson) will be changed to string poles instead
of mast arms. A change order will be
coming in the next week. Once the shop
drawings are obtained and stamped, it will take about 8-10 weeks for the poles
to be received.
Next weekly progress meeting 6-3-15
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