Construction Starts - Force Main Relocation & Boring Activities

Well construction crews are here and they are making good progress hoping that the weather holds out while they are working on the areas around the golf course to get the work done prior to the early completion day for that phase of the work.

One of the first things that needed to be done on the golf course work was the reloaction of the sanitary sewer force main that runs through the project area on the golf course. 

Crews work at installing the new sanitary sewer force main on the project.

The crews were busy installing the new line last week and this morning (April 8th) they will do the cut over from the existing to the new.  This "cut over" process requires coordination and City staff along with staff from Veolia will be monitoring the site throughout the process.  The process is expected to take about 1.5 to 2 hours to complete. 

Once the santiary sewer line is out of the way the contractor will begin the work of excavating the ponds on the golf course.  City crews have removed the water lines for the irrigation system already and so pending weather we could see ponds starting to take shape later this week!

Also last week crews from the sub-contractor for the boring work were busy boring the new storm water line under the highway.  The technology of boring allows us to install critical infrastructure under other critical facilities without disruption to the existing facilities and operations, the cost is obviously more as well.  In this case boring under the highway was the best option.

Crews work on installing the first steps of the bored piping.

The boring crew installs this steel pipe as an auger in the middle digs out the path.  Once the steel pipe is in the hole they will push the steel pipe out with the concrete storm water piping that will facilitate the travel of storm water into the golf course ponds.

We will use the boring technology again on the project to go under the railroad tracks.  This bore should take place later this week.

Staff from Bolton & Menk were also on site late last week putting in place stakes for the project.  The stakes are all placed based on GPS positioning and provide critical information to the contractor including the location of their construction limits and where varying grades are located for the ponds and other features.

Engineering firm locating stakes for the project.

The weather for the week looks to be wet especially Tuesday and Wednesday which could cause a delay in the progress on the project.  Stay tuned for more updates on the project and the impact of the forecasted weather.