Tuesday, March 31, 2009

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Passed....will put slightly larger pvc sleeve to allow mvmt. Adding 12" threaded rod.
Yesterday, weld xrays failed. Try again today. Weld on spacer. Use wider PvC diam pipe. Otherwise same.

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Incorrect galv...will do tommorrow. Testing 2 out of 5

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Now for the welding
from south curb at east joint 25.5', +30",+60",+86",+109" abut ties as built

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Monday, March 30, 2009

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Repair 5 , cold joint in middle of section causes odd spacing on right side. 2nd tie from right at an acute angle, damaged by coring drill. Will weld further down. Bolts provided by All american asphalt. Asked for 2 to be tested. Told welder config of assembly. Said he would file down weld to make it slip in pipe

Thursday, March 26, 2009

gave safety meeting on scaffolding. Discussed force account analysis for Item 17, vista hermosa with Jose, provided additional information. Discussed fixes for SCE permit abutment tie situation, wrote email to sce.
Discussed abutment ties at vista hermosa with pete elliot. decided to contact structure maintenance. need contact from pete

sce permit job

4.33 rock, 2.65 sand, settings on truck match certification tag, Rapid set 7.5 sack mix, used.

picture of 3 of 7 cut abutment ties on east side of bridge. Allowed West approach slab repair to be placed. Did not allow east side to be placed until repair to abutment ties.

Wednesday, March 25, 2009

Sce permit, jeffrey

Hard to get depth for dowels.

Blew out holes before epoxy was placed

sce permit

East side cut 24" from bridge. However, the abutment ties were still cut.

Approach slab repair for sce project

On west side, saw cut into styrofoam encasement of abutment ties. However, the anchorage assembly was not removed


Sawcut 24.5" from edge of approach slab, 26.5" from edge of bridge
Did not go to costa mesa meeting. discussed approval of sign submittal with Karim. No Structures items are on the agenda. The wall is complete, the sign structure not started. Provided Ashot in METS, the sign shop drawings for welding review.

Will work on permit job tonight.

Tuesday, March 24, 2009

Finished Force account analysis for Vista Hermosa Item 17

Monday, March 23, 2009

SCE permit job

Spoke with reps from All american asphalt. Went over permit steel and concrete reqs. Agreed to use rapid set mix.

Sunday night canceled because of rain. Tonight concrete encasement for pipe and slurry backfill completed. Forming out of drywall not removed. Wood and plywood was removed.

Weds, approach slabs to be repaired.

Tuesday, March 17, 2009

east side

Remove pipes pull cable at 12am, tomorrow plan on removing damaged ducts in bridge and reinstall cable

west side

Finished excavation last night. Tonight remove concrete encasement, damaged pipe pull cable

Monday, March 16, 2009

west side

Rebar about 2 1/2" down
1/2 Settling in soil surrounding bridge caused pipe deformation. Cracks...no shear plate.

1 ft approach slab, 8" ac section w 2

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2/2 ft base all over struct backfill to bottom of excav

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1/2 m-W : winter training
Thurs-getting permit approved sent george asbuilts, reviewed his plan approved. Spoke to shawn inpermits

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2/2 approved by 2pm. Sce chose to shut off work until sun night due to scheduling.
Fri-sick day for garretts broken arm

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Sce inspector here last night. Not tonight. Moved traffic to outside of bridge to provide safe zone of one lane.

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Sawcut panels into approach slabs yesterday. Continuued excavation. Primarily on west side of bridge. Sawcut guys came an hour late. Pic of west side follows.

Wednesday, March 11, 2009

Training winter....mon pm thru weds am went to office to pick up sign sub 55 wideing. Fix time card.

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Monday, March 9, 2009

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Martinsmiling

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Switched cars at shop12 milage 98585 - #0076099

Friday, March 6, 2009

Sign submittal 55 widening, files for hermosa, sr diaries....clr desk b4 training

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Yesterday got cert for kelly ball and concr sampling cyl....taurus ready in shop 12

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Thursday, March 5, 2009

Wednesday, March 4, 2009

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1 truck in 3 to go

cool clear

just finished drizzling. Good news for the retaining wall on the 55 widening. dropped by the office for equipment and heading out at 10:00.

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Checked ret wall chamfer. PIs visible, some clearance issues, some trash at bottom of wall. Pour today at 11pm. Mtg w/costa mesa, contractor 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm discussed drainage, weep hole adjustment, wet pile requirements, recd certs from Tom Lemere, concrete pad for electrical, survey issues.

Monday, March 2, 2009

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Checked 55 widening calcs for ret curb disagree with calcs, but agree with result. risk of overturning and sliding is slight, discussed pile pl plan w karim, possibility of wet hole based on logs of test borings. Reqs for wet hole piles. New mix, potential need for testing tube, casing, overdrilling 2.sack slurry, bentonite, settlement testing
discusses bill for hermosa j seal w jose