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Water Treatment plant job pics

DPete

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We started this job 3-30-09 thought I'd post a few pics along the way. Around 140,000 yards to move. There is a 360' x 360' pad and 2 ponds one large and one smaller, the pad gets a 3' over ex. Glad to be working :) Will post some more pics as we progress.
 

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We have moved on and now were lost....
nice sheeps foot compactor
 

CM1995

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Good to see ya' turning some dirt Dpete!:thumbsup
 

DPete

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One more, can't get all the scrapers in 1 pic there are 5 on the job
 

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D5G

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Good to see someone out there is still working. It seems like everything around here is completely dead. What is the deadline for the job?
 

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Looks like a good job nice material, have fun DPete, stay safe
 

DPete

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Had a rain last night, did'nt stop the fun though
 

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Construct'O

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D are you subing other guys to help or are you subing???? Thought this was going to be just your job,but i might have missed something.

Glad you finally got to going,know it has been a long process.

The weather has been crazy here,snow,rain off and on every week.I have a bunch of work,but not able to move on it.Belly deep in mud here most places.Just about gets settled out and here comes more sh$$ weather.

Anyway thanks for sharing the great pics,good luck with your project:usa
 

DPete

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The paving contractor hired us to help move the dirt. My machines are on by the hour. 2) 623's 1) grader 1) water truck. As you can see this is sandy material and easy to compact, all tests have passed:)
 

DPete

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Hope I don't bore you guys, here's a couple more
 

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AtlasRob

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Looks like he's waiting for the Troxler Nuclear Density gauge to tell him how good the compaction is......

Like pinerider said, nuking the dirt to check density. Typical dirt cop, drives to where he wants test

Aw jeez boys :Banghead we could have had some real fun with that, it aint often that squizzy gets to ask a question that would leave him so open to a bit of ribbing :D

Personally I thought it was that new entry for Robot Wars :tong
 

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You dont want the truck drivers running over that remote control grade stake. It will shut the job down like RIGHT now.

Oh Yeah, someone runs over that thing and you won't work for at least a week if I had to guess. Technically he should be standing at least 15 ft back from that thing (if I remember my training correctly. Not that I ever did that the summers I spent as an inspector.

If you want to get on a dirt cops good side run the blade over the spot where he wants to test. I loved the guys that would do that for me. I was always a little more lenient with them.
 

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Yup, dirt police, he tests every lift. We are building banks now around the ponds, 6' fill 12' wide top and 3:1 on both sides. 80K yards goes to the stockpile in the pic.
 

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DPete, 815, the material looks on the sandy side. Still make compaction without vibratory compaction?

Tanstaafl, any time im working compaction, i always bladed a spot for the dirt cop. The spot was MY choice. When we would start a new job, I would get with the dirt cop, and ask how many test locations he wanted in each area. After that, when i finished my passes in the area, I would blade off the amount of areas they wanted. Of course I would avoid those areas that I knew were too wet to pass.
 

DPete

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DPete, 815, the material looks on the sandy side. Still make compaction without vibratory compaction?
This is silty sand and very easy to compact as there are fines to bind the sand. We used the 815 on the pad then wheel rolled the top. You actually compact 2nd lift down with the sheepfoot. A vibratory would be fine but would'nt have kept up with so many scrapers on one pad
 
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