Winnebago Ave Sports Complex

The contractor has begun work at the site this past week. The walking trails are being sub-cut and aggregate will be placed in the next few weeks to prepare for paving. They have made final utility connections in both Margaret Street and Winnebago Avenue. Winnebago utility connections have been delayed with the rain and are expected to be completed next Monday. Installation of the new lights for the fields is scheduled to begin next week...16 poles will be installed ranging from 60'-70' tall.

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The first concrete for the gallery level floor was placed this week. Over 200 cubic yards of concrete was poured this week. Next week another portion of the gallery level floor will be installed. The contractor will begin working on the intake pipes in Budd Lake next week as well. Beginning next week the area west of the existing water plant will be restricted to construction personnel. This area will be closed to public fishing until the summer of 2014 when all of the construction and demolition is completed. Below is a picture showing all of the conduit and rebar in the first floor pour earlier this week.

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Subgrade walls continue to be formed and poured. It is anticipated that all subgrade walls will be complete by the end of next week. This picture shows the shoring and decking currently being placed in the northwest corner of the clearwell to prepare for installation of the gallery level floor. The grading contractor will be back onsite soon to begin backfilling sand on some of the subgrade walls.

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Concrete is continuing to be placed with at least two pours a week. Generally, one pour of concrete is 50-75 cubic yards. The interior walls of the subgrade level have begun to take shape. Those of you who are able to visit the site can see quite a maze of walls in the clear well area.

At the end of January, Wells Concrete began production of the precast wall panels for the new WTP. Last week several of us visited Wells, MN and observed the process they use to construct precast walls and beams. I have attached a photo of one of the first ones to be completed. Wells will also be casting several double-tee beams for the roof of the new plant later this summer.

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After taking the week between Christmas and New Year's off the contractors are back to work. The weather has cooperated up until today as temperatures begin to fall and the talk of snow is in the forecast. Yesterday about 70' of wall was poured with another concrete pour scheduled for Friday of this week. Material continues to arrive and is being stored on-site. Some of the material includes, steel rebar, ductile iron piping, ductile iron pipe sleeves, and other miscellaneous pipe fittings.

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Rebar and forms for the subgrade walls continue to be installed. The contractor is expecting to pour about 80' of wall on Thursday, Dec. 15th. In the next few days some renderings of the completed project will be posted to the construction page. Please check them out.

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The weather continues to cooperate as the construction continues. The second half of the basin floor will be poured on Wednesday. The contractor is estimating 600 cubic yards of concrete will be placed that day.