7-15-16

Controlling Operation Bartlett: Wall Construction
Controlling Operation Marion: PCCP Pavement
Controlling Operation Lasalle to Ewing: Curb
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Rieth-Riley had a concrete crew pouring the southbound lanes of Main St between Bronson and South. Pavement was poured from Line MAI Sta. 717+47 to Sta. 720+30. In the afternoon the crew set forms for the next section of concrete which will be the southbound lanes directly north of what was poured today.

Ziolkowski was on site at the Marian roundabout pouring concrete foundations for the roundabout center walls. They also continued stripping forms from the walls at the Bartlett roundabout.

Ziolkowski started forming the wall at the Oyster Bar

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

Meeting With:	Reith Riley & City of South Bend
Meeting Date:	7-15-16
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:  This past week, the walls at the Bartlett roundabout were poured and forming for the walls at the Marion roundabout began.  In the downtown area, Woodruff has been placing finishing touches on pipe and structure work as Pemberton Davis continued pouring mast arm foundations and pulling traffic signal conduit.  Rieth-Riley poured curb on the west side of Main between Lasalle and Colfax early in the week.  On Thursday (7/14), their paving crews moved into the west side of Main between South and Bronson streets to begin placing concrete under the bridge.  At Chippewa, paving of the roundabout was completed and paving of crosswalks began.  North of the roundabout, milling from Chippewa to Ewing on Michigan Street began today (7/15).

·        Upcoming: Next week, Rieth-Riley plans to continue pouring sidewalks at both the Bartlett and Marion roundabouts.  At the Marion roundabout, more curbs and approaches will also be graded and placed.  Early next week, Rieth-Riley is scheduled to begin milling between the Marion and Bartlett roundabouts before continuing the milling operation north of Bartlett to Angela Street.  Upon finishing the milling operation, the new surface will be placed towards the end of the week.  Downtown, more curb will be placed working south of Colfax Street on the west side of Main.  Paving of the west side of Main between South and Bronson Streets is set to be completed early next week.  On Tuesday (7/19), Rieth-Riley may begin restricting traffic to one lane in the downtown area to begin removals on the east side of Main Street.  At Chippewa, milling and paving will continue on Michigan Street from Chippewa to Ewing.  Placement of sidewalks and curbs will also continue throughout the week next week.

Utility Relocation Issues:

AEP:   SE corner of Chippewa down guide in the sidewalk needs relocated.   Rich also mentioned an AEP service that may have been damaged at Donmoyer – he called about having someone come to check on it, but he has not yet heard anything.

Robert Henry:  Jimmy relayed that Robert Henry has finished their work on the north side of the job.  They finished patching their work on Western earlier this week and will move to Washington Street starting Monday (7/18).  There they have about 3 days of work to do from Main Street to Lafayette.

NIPSCO/InfraSource:  Phil was able to complete the taps he had scheduled this week, but unfortunately he still has stops to do.  He’s now on schedule to have this work completed by Monday (7/18), but he can’t guarantee this will be the case.

            

Comcast:  Jay didn’t show.

               AT&T:  Tony hasn’t yet heard back from Dennis regarding the pedestal at the bill board near Marion Street.  It needs to be relocated or abandoned, but the lines may still be active since they are still being marked by the locate crews.

Water Dept.:  There was a discussion today regarding how valve adjustments will take place as we move from areas of full pavement removal to mill and fill areas.  Where full removal was taking place, Rieth-Riley has been replacing valve boxes with new ones provided by the Water Dept.  In mill and fill areas, however, replacing these valve boxes becomes a whole new task.  Further, in the mill areas on the plans, there are many water castings that are not accounted for that will most likely need to be adjusted to grade.  Regarding the Water Department’s downtown office, Tony assured Emily that their drive will be replaced with stone immediately following its demolition next week.  Pat brought up a hydrant relocate that needs to take place on the NW corner of the Chippewa roundabout.

Transpo:   The South St. driveway is set to be placed next week.  When traffic is switched to the west side of Main Street, however, buses will not be able to turn east onto South Street.  Instead, they’ll need to detour to Sample Street and take Michigan back up to their new South Street approach.  Tony stated that this traffic switch is set to take place in about two weeks.

Metronet:  Ben relayed that Martell is awaiting the delivery of a part necessary to repair the busted conduit at the intersection of Main and Jefferson.  He hopes to have this part and repair work done by the end of next week.  After Ben left, Toy decided that a 2” conduit will be run on the east side of Main instead of a 3” conduit.  This conduit has already been ordered and this decision avoids the need to bore on the east side of the street.

              

MCI :  Tony has been coordinating with Quentin regarding any MCI relocates that need to take place.  So far, there haven’t been many issues save for a few adjustments of castings to grade on the west side of Main Street.

INDOT:  INDOT didn’t have any questions or concerns.

Stakeholder Questions:

JMS Building:  Toy planned to meet with the construction manager of the JMS Building later today to discuss a work schedule for the coming weeks.  To complete their vault work, they require 5 – 6 working days with a lane and a half on the east side of Main, which may conflict with Rieth-Riley’s plans to begin removing the east side of Main next week.  Further, JMS is planning to pull street lights surrounding the building and the pedestrian pole on the corner of Main and Washington on Tuesday.

10:00 am 10:10 Break Utility and Stakeholders can leave

Submittals (List at Meeting):

Action Items

1.      Strain Pole Change Order: Myron will get a message to Corbitt and then get it out.

2.      Saigon Drive and Parking Lot: Roger relayed that the City and Rieth-Riley should have a design back by this afternoon.  Scott asked that some verbiage be added to the change order regarding the request that the work occur on a Monday.  Tony did bring to light some concerns about working around the schedules of everyone else, ultimately impeding their ability to make progress.

3.      Work at Madison Oyster Bar:  Ziolkowski placed the wall at the Oyster Bar today.  Flow-filling should be finished by the end of next week.

4.      Signal Cabinets/status:  Tanner stated that he is awaiting a response from Traffic Controls Corp.  He will follow up after the meeting, as will Roger.  Following from this conversation, there was a discussion regarding utilities and storm pipe conflicting with the proposed locations of mast arm and cabinet foundations.  A list of these locations will be compiled so that further action can be taken.

5.      Crosswalks on Side Streets:  I believe we’ve finally gotten caught up on placing all of these.  Moving forward, I asked Tony to keep an eye out when we take out crosswalks to make sure there is at least one means of crossing each way across the street.

6.      Work on East side of Main/shutting down: Toy decided that demolition of the east side of Main can begin and traffic can be restricted to one lane.  Looking forward, we’ll need to start thinking about side street traffic…?

7.      Inlet Structures at Chippewa Roundabout:  It was decided that the structures in question will be tack-welded and the edges beveled.  This way, traffic can begin traveling on the structures and a decision can be made at a later date regarding whether or not changes need to be made to avoid damage to the roadway.

8.      Curb on Main:  Some curb and some sidewalk may need to come out around the handicap area on the west side of Main between Lasalle and Colfax to accommodate for the errors in elevation.  Roger would like to get a new crew from JPR to topo the entire job so that such problems can be avoided in the future.  Tony was given the go-ahead to continue placing curb.  In the meantime, however, I’ll be on site with the survey crew to fix any problems before they take place.

                                      

Reith Riley Construction Concerns/Questions:

·        Pat requested some direction regarding how the City would like to move forward with the permanent pavement striping beginning next week from Ewing to Chippewa on Michigan Street.  It was decided that all striping can be done except for the center yellow stripe to avoid any confusion about whether or not the street is open to two-way traffic.  Looking forward, Roger would like to meet next week so that we can begin thinking about the work required and a potential date for opening this section of Michigan Street to two-way traffic.

·        Tony mentioned that he was still awaiting an answer regarding the hospital’s fiber vault.

City Concerns/Questions:

·        Toy wanted to bring to Rieth-Riley’s attention the fact that there will be more activity around the Marriott Hotel in the coming weeks as their work begins.

·        Tanner with Pemberton Davis requested to receive the signed warranty for the crosswalk systems at the Marion and Bartlett roundabouts.  Without it, the warranty is reduced from 5 years to 1 year.  Though I have emailed the City office, I have not yet gotten a response.  Further, Tanner relayed that he was still waiting on D-sign designs.

                             

 Next weekly progress meeting 7-22-16