6-10-16

Controlling Operation Downtown: Removals
Controlling Operation Marion: Pipe Work
Controlling Operation Bartlett: Concrete Pavement
Fraction of Day Workable: 10/10
Hi 90 Lo 70
Weather AM  Cloudy, PM Partly Cloudy

Woodruff was not on site today.

Rieth-Riley had a concrete crew which poured the outside lane of northbound traffic from approximately Sta. 17+00 to 19+00 on Line CC. They also poured colored crosswalks. Minor remain aspects of the roundabout will be formed on Saturday and poured on Monday.

Indiana Earth continued grading on Marian east of Michigan.  Indiana Earth removed sidewalk at the intersections of Monroe/Main and Monroe/Michigan. They also worked on cutting for sugrade treatment at Bronson and Main Street

Pemberton Davis was running conduit for receptacles and light poles on the south side of the Bartlett roundabout. 

The weekly progress meeting with utilities was this morning. Meeting minutes are attached.

Met on site with Chris Chockley, Roger, Toy and Larry Lies about the grade on Bartlett north side west of Michigan. We also looked over the AT@T duct bank on Marion East of Michigan.

Met with Transpo and reviewed the entrance on South Street.

 Darwin was on site at Marion and Chippewa to do locates for city utilities.  

Meeting With:	Reith Riley & City of South Bend
Meeting Date:	6-10-16
Regarding:	Two Way Conversion Weekly Progress Meeting
	Construction and Utilities

ITEMS TO BE DISCUSSED

9:00 AM Introductions/Sign in

The Weeks up Coming Events/Schedule

·        Update: Reith Riley is 90% done with concrete pavement in the Bartlett roundabout section. Final concrete pavement pouring will be conducted Monday (6/13). Next week work in the Bartlett section will transition to concrete curb pouring. The majority of grading and storm structure installation has been completed in the Marian section. Next week the final storm structures will be installed on Michigan North of LaSalle and sub-grade treatment can begin. Removals are underway in the Chippewa section, and the initial traffic issues stemming from Chippewa detours have been resolved.

·        Upcoming:  Looking ahead, removals south of Colfax on Michigan and Main will begin next week. Rieth-Riley will work on the west side of both roads. Concrete crews are expected to follow shortly behind removals in the downtown section to minimize the time in which businesses lack sidewalk access.

Utility Relocation Issues:

AEP:   Rieth-Riley needs to corrdinate with Fran and Bob from AEP for work in the downtown section.

Robert Henry: Robert Henry is done with their work on Marian west of Main and the road is open. They are waiting for Woodruff to run storm pipe on Marian prior to conducting their work on Marian east of Main. In the meantime, Robert Henry will move to Jefferson and run their 30’ conduit across Jefferson. This work should be completed by Wednesday. Closures on Jefferson need to be coordinated with Rieth-Riley as they will be in the area at the same time. Robert Henry will be completely off Main St. by mid-July after finishing work at the intersection of Monroe.

NIPSCO/InfraSource:  Infrasource has completed their 4” line across Colfax, and that line will be completely tied-in by Monday (6/13). They are running a line across LaSall this evening (6/10), which will require closing eastbound traffic on LaSalle. In that section of LaSalle there will be one lane open to westbound traffic, and Roger from the City stressed that Infrasource cannot have any equipment in that lane. Infrasource has work on Washington St. between Michigan and St. Joseph, and requested a week long closure in that section, which the City granted. Infrasource was asked to notify the Hall of Fame, First Source Bank, Double-Tree, and any other stakeholders impacted by this closure. Finally, Infrasource still had work to be done on Main between Colfax and Jefferson. Toy from the City made it clear that Infrasource must be completely off Main St. by 6/27 in order to not cause Rieth-Riely further delays.

     

Comcast: Compacts representatives were unable to attend.

AT&T:  Dennis with AT&T meet with the City prior to today’s meeting to evaluate a duct bank running north-south across Marian east of Michigan St. Lowering the duct bank would require excavating an additional distance to the south, which would close the emergency access lane on Marian. The City does not consider this possible and is considering alternatives.

Water Dept.:  The water department is able to retire the 8” pipe on Main at South St. That work will happen Tuesday. 24” main runs down the middle of the road and doesn’t need adjusting. They are closing LaSalle west of Main tonight (6/10) and will be out by tomorrow morning. Tapping the JMS line into the water main has been scheduled for 6/18. 69 castings remain that need to be adjusted to grade. A new pay item will be provided for the adjustments. The water department will provide materials and Rieth-Riely will handle the installations.

INDOT: INDOT provided specifications for joint details and fog seal. The City instructed Rieth-Riley to use the joint spec that does not incorporate backer rod. In the state portions of the project, fog seal will be used and sections requiring striping will be grinded down 1/8”.

Transpo: Michael from Transpo is meeting with the City at 1 pm today 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: The work lowering the MetroNet cable on the east side of Michigan south of Bartlett has been priced and given to the city. The city will provide new casting support for the structure on Marian. Ben stressed that the fiber optic line on the east side of Michigan south of Chippewa supports all of Plymouth, and removal crews need to be potholing along the entire section. Some uncertainty existed regarding whether or not the fiber line had been located. It was stressed that locates need to be provided both before and after pavement removal has taken place.

              

               MCI :  MCI needs to know when Rieth-Riley will be working at the intersections of Western and Wayne. They also need elevations so they can adjust their manholes to grade. The City requested that MCI provide barrels where they are working at the intersection of Washington and Main.

Stakeholder Questions:

Memorial Hospital:  Larry with Memorial informed the City of a few sign issues in the area surrounding the Hospital.

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:  Rieth-Riley received the final change order from Structure Point and has provided the City with pricing. The City reiterated that in City sections of road, Type C HMA should be provided using 402 provisions, with the expectations that only limestone aggregate can be used for coarse aggregate and no RAP or asphalt shingles can be used. These exceptions are also provided in the special provisions of the contract.

2.      Redesign on Mich/Marion:  LFA is providing a new drawing set that includes all storm structure changes from Revisions 6-8.

3.      Barricades:  Reith-Riley will send a person out each afternoon after work is concluded to ensure that all barriers and barricades have been returned to their proper locations. The greatest area of concern currently is the barrels on the east side of Michigan/St. Joe south of LaSalle.

4.      RFI #4 Permeable Block:  A letter from Rieth-Riley will be provided to the City today.

5.      Side Walk Closures:  Rieth-Riley will have a concrete crew following removals at the intersection on the southern end of the project starting on Monday. This will minimize the time in which intersections have sidewalk closures. Rieth-Riley needs to make sure that proper signage is provided at all closed sidewalks.

6.      Concrete Joint Sealant:  Rieth-Riley will provide pricing for the concrete joint sealant based on the INDOT Spec that does not include backer rod.

7.      St. Joseph Removals moving to west side:  Rieth-Riley confirmed that removals on St. Joseph will switch from the east side to the west side south of Colfax. These removals are expected to begin next week.

8.      Status of Signal Changes:  Roger from the City has received drawings from Structure Point, and will review and provide to Rieth-Riley on Monday (6/13).

9.      Revised Schedule: Rieth-Riley is planned to closure all the way from Colfax to Western to speed up the work in that section.

10.   Chip/Main Signal: The City is waiting on LFA for strain pole revisions.

                             

 Next weekly progress meeting 6-3-15