A few projects I have done recently

CM1995 · Feb 7, 2016

Aliate said:
Looks good, your inbox is full btw

Thanks buddy. Inbox is fixed, it stays full.

kshansen said:
Better do a good job the "BOSS" is watching!!

LOL, she loves to be around the action sometimes too close.

Truth be known the real "boss" was taking the picture.:tong

Landclearer · Feb 7, 2016

I feel for you, a supervisor"4 legged type" and the boss watching you

It is lookin good, who knows you might be able to start a new business

We did a ground breaking mound a few years ago, the guys we did it for were cheap and just painted the shovels gold.

JGibson · Feb 7, 2016

CM1995 said:
The ground breaking was televised on the local news. This is a non-profit that does great work with children who have autism. Honored to be part of the project.:usa

Thats awesome man. My brother has special needs so grown up helping places like that, always nice to see others with similar values.

CM1995 · Feb 7, 2016

Landclearer said:
I feel for you, a supervisor"4 legged type" and the boss watching you It is lookin good, who knows you might be able to start a new business

We did a ground breaking mound a few years ago, the guys we did it for were cheap and just painted the shovels gold.

I'd go broke if I had to build one and make money.:tong

These shovels were just cheap wood-handled shovels - painted gold.

JGibson said:
Thats awesome man. My brother has special needs so grown up helping places like that, always nice to see others with similar values.

The kids are really enjoying watching the construction work. They ask all sorts of questions and we try to spend time with them during the day when they are in the playground.

My superintendent brought it before we started that the noise or sudden change due to the construction may affect some of the children negatively, as they have varying levels of children with autism at the school.

So far the kids have been nothing but excited.

51kw · Feb 7, 2016

We did a street reconstruct in front of a school for mentally challenged. Found out quick that we could only run the smooth drum roller after school hours. The vibrations triggered big issues with a few of them.

CM1995 · Feb 12, 2016

51kw said:
We did a street reconstruct in front of a school for mentally challenged. Found out quick that we could only run the smooth drum roller after school hours. The vibrations triggered big issues with a few of them.

We didn't know what would or would not affect them negatively, so we discussed it before hand. We finished that job up for now, we'll back to final grade and install roof leaders. The kids enjoyed the excitement.

CM1995 · Feb 14, 2016

This pic was taken on the residential street job. Silt saver in the cul de sac imploded into the inlet due to extremely high flow. It did it's job and no mud left the site. Those are ice crystals on the rim of the inlet, it does get cold in Alabama sometimes.

Yesterday I dug it out and replaced it with a new one as we have rain tomorrow. Borrowed a Deere 160 from the san. sewer contractor. Nice machine, fast but I didn't like the cab layout.

The new rock box's first job on the special needs school. Received a change order for 160' of 30" HDPE and 2 pre-cast inlet boxes.

Finished up the school job and mob'd in to the chicken shack.

CM1995 · Feb 14, 2016

At the chicken shack Friday, belling up some 15" HDPE. Side note - Dawn dishwashing soap watered down is a better lubricant than the little bucket of lube they supply with it. The pipe bells together easier and it's much cleaner for the ditch man. That lube tends to get all over everything.

Junction box and curb inlet set with 15" HDPE.

pafarmer · Feb 14, 2016

CM,
can you Tell me more about that silt saver ..Maybe we call it something different here in my part of the world but I'm struggling to wrap my head around exactly what that is or was..I am glad it worked....I can honestly say I have never seen anything quite like that picture. Why did you have to dig it out ? Too replace it or remove it all together ? Sorry that's a bunch of questions..

ScottAR · Feb 14, 2016

http://siltsaver.com/index.php

Twisted · Feb 14, 2016

CM1995 said:
I'd go broke if I had to build one and make money.:tong

These shovels were just cheap wood-handled shovels - painted gold.

The kids are really enjoying watching the construction work. They ask all sorts of questions and we try to spend time with them during the day when they are in the playground.

My superintendent brought it before we started that the noise or sudden change due to the construction may affect some of the children negatively, as they have varying levels of children with autism at the school.

So far the kids have been nothing but excited.

Jobs like this make all the nasty ones better. I love helping out a person that really needs it. Good on you.

CM1995 · Feb 14, 2016

pafarmer said:
CM,
can you Tell me more about that silt saver ..Maybe we call it something different here in my part of the world but I'm struggling to wrap my head around exactly what that is or was..I am glad it worked....I can honestly say I have never seen anything quite like that picture. Why did you have to dig it out ? Too replace it or remove it all together ? Sorry that's a bunch of questions..

No problem PA. It's an erosion control devise that Scott gave a link too. Basically it's an injection molded plastic frame with a filter cover.

This is a pic of one (not mine) installed.

Typical installation, again not my pic but it gives perspective.

We've had some heavy rain down south, nothing else that I know of would've survived the flow of water and still do it's job. The reason I had to dig around the inlet was to make it accessible by hand to install another one, it was 2' deep of soupy silt. The plastic frame is easy to install, just put it on top of the structure then put the filter on and fill the pockets that anchor it with stone.

Twisted said:
Jobs like this make all the nasty ones better. I love helping out a person that really needs it. Good on you.

No doubt Twisted, I'm a firm believer in giving locally.

Browning.270 · Feb 14, 2016

Awesome work! Was the cab on the 160 smaller than what you were used to? Or just didnt like the overall design in general?

movindirt · Feb 15, 2016

CM1995 said:
The new rock box's first job on the special needs school. Received a change order for 160' of 30" HDPE and 2 pre-cast inlet boxes.

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Is that Takeuchi back there a replacement for the T-250?

CM1995 · Feb 15, 2016

Browning.270 said:
Awesome work! Was the cab on the 160 smaller than what you were used to? Or just didnt like the overall design in general?

Size was good, what I didn't like was the layout.

movindirt said:
Is that Takeuchi back there a replacement for the T-250?

Ha! No that's the GC's rental. I think that was a TL 9?

movindirt · Feb 15, 2016

CM1995 said:
Ha! No that's the GC's rental. I think that was a TL 9?

Either a Tl8, 10 or 12. If it was a 9 that would be a interesting machine

That silt saver is really nice, I imagine if that would have been silt fence up around that inlet someone would have had a lot of mud to shovel.

CM1995 · Feb 15, 2016

movindirt said:
Either a Tl8, 10 or 12. If it was a 9 that would be a interesting machine

Ha!:tong I don't know the Tak designations, I just glanced at the side of the machine. I would bet it's an 8 then.

movindirt said:
That silt saver is really nice, I imagine if that would have been silt fence up around that inlet someone would have had a lot of mud to shovel.

I don't know of anything else that would've kept that heavy of a flow from going down the manhole. We just received a **** load of rain this afternoon, I'll check on the new one in the morning. I did put back in a few diversion berms to slow the water down and direct the water to the upper inlets.

CM1995 · Feb 20, 2016

At the special needs school, the poor dirt required compacted stone columns under the footings. Geopier was the sub that installed them.

Pretty slick process. A 319 with Lodrill to drill the holes, skid with a special bucket to fill the holes with stone and a 316 with modified hammer to pound the stone into the hole.

Basically the engineering behind it is the stone pounded into the hole makes multiple "bulbs" that strengthens the soil bearing pressure in that area under the footing. The depth of the drill hole determines the number of "bulbs".

It was interesting to watch. There were 31 holes for a 4K SF addition.

pafarmer · Feb 21, 2016

That's pretty neat CM. never heard of that process prior to now....what determines the need to do this ?

CM1995 · Feb 21, 2016

Poor soil conditions, it's a cheaper and much quicker option than undercutting, poured piers or other deep foundations. They were in and out in a day.

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