Water Treatment Plant

Installation of the windows is progressing quickly. Here is an exterior photo of some of the new glass.



The precast contractor has spent the last three weeks installing precast walls and hollowcore floor sections in the remainder of the plant. They also are installing the precast columns and beams for the chemical unloading garage.







Here is a view down into the new clarifier tanks and sludge basins.



Demolition of the deep intake structure is complete and the new shallow intake structure is currently operating and feeding the existing water treatment plant.

Lair Road Bridge

The west abutment concrete is nearly complete with the wingwall on the south side and the combination wingwall/retaining wall on the north. Here is a photo of the abutment and retaining wall.



Channel excavation has begun and placement of the new gabion baskets started last Friday. Here is a photo of the channel after the old riprap was removed.



Here is an aerial of the construction site taken on November 19, 2012.

Lair Road Bridge

The concrete work has begun. Here is a photo of the first pour of concrete for the west abutment footing on October 26th.



Below is the steel rebar installed for the pier cap, with a photo of the completed pier cap as well.





The contractor has started forming and placing steel for the west abutment and wingwalls.

Water Treatment Plant

Concrete is being poured on the south side of the building for the solids contact clarifiers and the lime sludge basins. Several loads of precast walls and hollow core panels were installed in the last month. Here is a photo looking down in the filter area and you can see the 100' long precast double tee sections which span this area.



Also the filter troughs were set in both the convetional and GAC filters.



Below is a picture from inside the building on the operating level. This area will ultimately become the operators room, lab, offices, conference room, and break room.

Winnebago Avenue Sports Complex

The remainder of the asphalt paving was completed and striping was added for the parking lot. The ball fields and the concession stand have been completed. Portions of the site will be overseeded for the winter. Here are a couple pictures of the improvements.

Water Treatment Plant

All of the concrete walls for the filters are now complete. Concrete is being cast for the new clarifiers and footings for the chemical unloading garage are being formed. The block for the new shallow intake portion of the plant have been installed on the back side of the existing plant and this addition is visible from the lake side. Electrical, mechanical, and plumbing contractors are working all around the plant to install miles of wiring, duct work and process piping. Here are a couple of photos showing the wall of steel being tied for the new clarifier basins and a photo of the south side of the building with the elevator shaft on the left side of the picture.

Lair Road Bridge

The existing home was removed in mid-September along with several trees. The boat navigation channel was closed on September 24th and will remain closed until May 2013. The contractor began driving past last friday. Here is a picture of the second pile being driven on September 28th.



The pile driving continued this morning. When the contractor is done, there will be 52 pipe piles each driven to a depth of approximately 100' which will suuport the new bridge and retaining wall. Below is a picture of the west abutment pile as they are being installed.