Progress Report:
Dean’s crew installed force main pipe along a portion of the entrance drive. Since this portion of the force main is at a flatter slope the pipe must be installed by open trench excavation. This work will continue next week and your continued patience is appreciated as Dean’s works to maintain traffic along the entrance road during construction.
De Witt’s crew has directionally drilled two sections of new force main pipe along North Saddle Ridge Court. Next week they will continue on the middle section. De Witt also spent portions of the week cleaning up the drilling mud. This is a bentonite slurry that is necessary to keep the bore path open underground and it is used as a lubricant for when the pipe is pulled into place. De Witt is always monitoring the drilling mud during construction and will continue to clean up areas as needed.
Upcoming Work:
Force main installation will continue within the Saddle Ridge development as discussed above. Dean’s dewatering subcontractor, Mersino, will be on site next week to install dewatering wells at the new lift station site, behind the existing treatment plant. The wet well (a large precast concrete structure that will collect all of the wastewater before it is pumped through the forcemain) will be delivered next week Tuesday. This may cause some traffic interruptions as the structure is 10-feet in diameter.
