Controlling Operation Bartlett: Wall Construction
Controlling Operation Marion: PCCP Pavement
Controlling Operation Lasalle to Ewing: Storm Pipework
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Weather Am Overcast and Humid PM Mostly Sunny
Rieth-Riley had a concrete crew pouring sidewalk on the northwest and southwest corners of the Bartlett roundabout and a curb ramp on the north side of Bartlett just west of the roundabout.
Rieth-Riley had a second crew pouring curb for the splitter island west of the Marian roundabout and curb and gutter on Marian St. between Main and Michigan.
Ziolkowski informed Rieth-Riley that they would not be pouring the concrete walls until next week Tuesday (7/12). Their crew continued forming the walls.
Woodruff continued installing storm pipe and structures on the west side of the Main and Jefferson intersection.
Indiana Earth removed the northwest side of the intersection at Main & Western Streets. They also removed another small section of sidewalk on the west side of Main between Washington and Jefferson near the courthouse.
The plumber was on site at the Madison Oyster Bar rerouting the water line. All utility work in the vault is now complete and the next step will be Ziolkowski installing the masonry wall.
Reith Riley brought a prep crew in late and patched Colfax back in so it would be open to traffic for Monday.
The weekly utilities meeting was held at the field office this morning. Meeting Minutes are attached.
Meeting With:
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Reith
Riley & City of South Bend
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Meeting Date:
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Regarding:
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Two
Way Conversion Weekly Progress Meeting
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Construction and
Utilities
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ITEMS TO BE
DISCUSSED
9:00 AM Introductions/Sign
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The Weeks up Coming
Events/Schedule
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Update: This past week, Rieth-Riley continued
pouring sidewalks and began pouring the inside walls of the roundabout at
Bartlett Street. At the Marion roundabout, curb was poured and
a base layer of asphalt was laid from Marion west of the roundabout to Madison
Street. Pipe and structure work
continued in the downtown area at Jefferson and Wayne on Main Street. Rieth-Riley finished fine grading on the west
side of Main between South and Bronson Streets.
The paving crew has been working on the roundabout at Chippewa all week.
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Upcoming:
Next week, Rieth-Riley will pave the remainder of the Marion roundabout and
continue laying asphalt in the area.
Downtown, there are plans to patch Colfax Street on Saturday (7/9) so
that the intersection at Main & Colfax can reopen by Monday (7/11). Once Colfax has reopened, Washington Street
will be closed so that removals and pipe work can begin at the intersection of
Main & Washington. Crews will begin
laying curb on the west side of Main at Lasalle Street and continue working
south from there. Forms for pavement
will be laid on the west side of Main between South and Bronson ahead of paving
crews moving in late next week. Finally,
milling is set to begin on Michigan Street between Ewing and Sherwood during
the day on Thursday (7/14). This section
of road should then be re-paved on Friday (7/15).
Utility Relocation Issues:
AEP: Work to adjust the
vault on the southwest corner of Bartlett Street began this past Thursday
(7/7). As for the vaults located in the
parking lane on the west side of Main between Lasalle and Colfax, David was
under the impression that the tops were to be knocked off and the vaults
filled. David relayed that he would
check to see if this had been done yet – if not, he’ll make sure it gets done
before Rieth-Riley begins laying curb.
Robert Henry: Work on the
duct bank at Michigan and Navarre has been completed and Rieth-Riley plans to
fill the resulting trench while they work on Saturday (7/9). David will verify that his crews are done
working on Washington and Main. He noted
that he has been coordinating with the JMS building to determine a good time to
lay AEP’s new duct bank in the area.
NIPSCO/InfraSource: Phil said that his crews are still on
track to be completely done retiring lines in the area by Monday (7/11).
Comcast: I talked with Jay this morning. During the conversation, Jay relayed that a
Comcast vault may exist underneath the Palmer parking lot near the curb line on
Chippewa Street. Depending on the
location of this vault, this may require moving the Palmer approach in one
direction or another.
AT&T: Toy has not yet been
able to contact AT&T about their work at the JMS building. During the meeting, Tony also brought to
light a concern regarding the ped at the intersection of Main and Marion. I will call Dennis to confirm, but I believe
this line is able to be cut.
Water Dept.: Ed stated that
his crews should be done working at the Chippewa roundabout by next week. Tony mentioned that after talking with Bob
about the old valve boxes along Main Street, he thinks it might be best to
simply replace these old valves with new ones.
Transpo: Michael from Transpo didn’t show this week, but removals
for the construction of Transpo’s temporary approach did occur this week.
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. Regarding the line hit at Main and
Colfax, Ben is planning an after-hours cut to complete the repair. This, too, he hopes to have completed by the
end of next week.
MCI : Quentin didn’t show
today.
INDOT: INDOT didn’t have any
questions or concerns.
Stakeholder
Questions:
Memorial Hospital: Larry didn’t have any new concerns. He did note that he plans to have the
locations of the hospital’s new signage marked in the near future so that any
potential conflicts between sign placement and utility location can be avoided.
10:00 am 10:10 Break Utility
and Stakeholders can leave
Submittals (List
at Meeting):
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Type C Asphalt
2.
Tree Grate
I forwarded the submittals for each
of these items on to Roger. He plans to
review these soon after today’s meeting so that they can be forwarded on to
Rieth-Riley.
Action Items
1. Madison Oyster Bar: Plumbing work on
the vault at the Oyster Bar should be completed today. This being the last utility, that leaves just
the construction of the wall needed so that work on this section of Main Street
can begin. Tony hasn’t been given a
specific date from Ziolkowski as to when construction of the wall is set to
begin.
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Drive
at Saigon/Colfax Structure: The topographical survey data has been sent to
Structure Point. Roger instructed Kevin
to call daily to avoid idly waiting for a design for the new approach.
3.
Signal
changes 10 intersections/Rieth-Riley prices: Rieth-Riley submitted the
prices to the City and they are still under review. An answer should be coming today.
4. Removals/trees/crosswalks/
eastside of Main: Regarding the
removals of trees, Rieth-Riley was asked to have Indiana Earth remove the
entire tree at the same time as all other removals are taking place. Further, the construction of temporary
crosswalks needs to be prioritized as more and more intersections are being
removed. Tony was asked to try to get a
hold of more “Sidewalk Closed Ahead” signs to keep pedestrian traffic
safe. Finally, Tony noted that removals
on the east side of Main could begin as early as late next week.
5. Sign
Structure on Michigan: Rich
has been in contact with Pat about what the City needs. He hasn’t looked to see if anything has yet
been done, but he did note that he would remind Pat if need be.
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Updated
Schedule: Scott relayed that he has been waiting to update the schedule
until a decision is reached regarding the signal changes.
Reith Riley Construction
Concerns/Questions:
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Tony mentioned a concern regarding the brick
pavers that were to be salvaged following the work InfraSource completed on the
east side of Main between Washington and Jefferson Streets. Toy decided that the burden will be on
NIPSCO/InfraSource to clean the pavers and to remove the flowable fill used to
cover their trench since the fill is much harder than it was planned to be.
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As Pemberton moves forward, Toy would like to
change all intersections in the downtown area to a four-way stop. Regarding the controller and cabinet changes
that might take place, no specific plans have been laid out, but Roger noted
that the cabinets/controllers that lie on the state road will be changed to the
bare minimum. It was also brought to
light that item #379 lacks a special provision detailing what all it
entails. As a result, it is more or less
a useless item that needs to be looked into further.
City
Concerns/Questions:
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Toy talked with Larry briefly about
Larson-Danielson attempting to use the parking lane on the east side of
Lafayette between Navarre and Bartlett Streets.
Toy isn’t fond of the idea, because the contractor hasn’t been limiting
its use of Lafayette to just the parking lane on the east side.
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Regarding the patching table laid out in the
plans, Roger noted that the locations listed on the patching table are not
exact locations. He’d like to see an
inspector walk the job between Ewing and Sample to locate and list the specific
areas that patching does need to be done.
