4669_86 Sewer

Contractor is excavating soil to install the air release/vacuum valve vault Flow meter valve installed Finish connecting for main lines 2:34pm air valve vault set 2:47pm flow meter tight, stands adjusted and torqued 3:30pm contractor tried installing stainless steel, intermediate rail, supports, and they were the wrong size, so remove them back out and started filling up ditch where force main comes out of wet well  5:30pm contractor filled in soil around volts won’t be back until Monday, depending on weather

9:20am contractor on site preparing to set flowmeter vault. Plan for the day is to plumb the meter inside the vault and connect the force main to the existing force main previously installed. 10:00am lifting chains to set flowmeter vault have arrived. Crew preparing to set vault on site two crew one foreman one excavator. 11:48am crew has finished setting flowmeter vault and has piping connected to valve vault. Excavator is down, concrete for floor of flow meter vault to be here by 1 PM. Crew planning to also work tomorrow for pipe connection to existing force Maine. Concrete arrived a little after 1 PM and was extremely wet rejected truck and asked for another batch. Second truck rejected because of wet concrete waiting for a third to arrive. 3:40pm Set second half of box on valve vault Poured concrete floor for flow meter vault

Contractor on site at 9:15am Contractor is installing floor drain in preparation for setting the flow meter vault. The bolts used for the assembly are not the correct size. 10:00am - The contractor has tried 4.5” and 5” bolts  but will need a different size to get around the flange. Existing bolt were cut using an angle grinder to try to produce a usable bolt. 10:30am - Contractor used backhoe to support pipe assembly to fit bolts in using an alternative method. 11:20am - Contractor is leaving the site for the day. The plug valve screws are now properly installed and the 90-degree flanges still need two bolts each. These will probably need to be 4.25” bolts.

Contractor started at 9:45am assembling newly acquired spools started to set valve assembly in vault. GRE employee did not have access to blogger, but took many pictures. Alignment of pipe so they can install a link seal Contractor continue with lining up valves in valve vault. Installing last link seal Contractor is done for the day

8:15am Contractor setting lid on top of wet well 10:00am Contractor started to place pump rails 12:14pm Contractor is going to set valve vault. 12:34pm Valve vault set, making minor adjustments 2:45pm Contractor placed concrete flooring in valve vault 3:07 pm Contractor to finish concrete floor and head home will return on Wednesday morning Drain pipe from Valve Vault in place with check valve installed. Flow meter set in place