City Council approved the Rockwell Engineering bid for Group A and Group B last Monday, July 6th, with a 4-2 vote. We have been issuing notices of intent to award and expect the contract documents to be fully signed by the end of today. Dave Lanning has met with Rockwell Engineering to discuss their schedule and timeline for septic installations in Valdez.
Several things have to happen before Rockwell engineering can actually break ground. The DEC has to issue approval to construct. They apologized for the length of time it was taking for them to review the materials but they are dotting every i and crossing every t to see this program reaches its fullest potential. Rockwell engineering has to submit their Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan(SWPPP) to the federal government and get their approval for excavation and dewatering procedures. Rockwell is a SWPPP pro though, so we are hoping that won’t take too long. And Rockwell has to get all their training and personnel in order. With a little luck all the paperwork and mobilization can happen simultaneously and we can see ground breaking within a few weeks. We will track this progress and report all our findings faithfully to the Savvy Septic readers.
The DEC has asked Lanning Engineering for some clarification on the mound system construction requirements before issuing final approval to construct. Dave Lanning is addressing them this week and hopes to have approval wrapped up for mound systems by this weekend.
Phase I homeowners have seen a flurry of activity in their yards. Final grading & topsoil has been placed on the majority of Phase I installations. It is our understanding that the hydroseeders have been moving from site to site as well. Because of the heat and lack of rain, the City recommends Phase I homeowners water the recently seeded areas. We expect to see the majority of Phase I installations completed by the end of this week. Again, as a reminder, Phase I pods were not insulated with blue board because of the risk of damaging the systems during excavation and the fact that the systems are working fine without it. The city will continue monitoring these systems closely to make sure everything is in order.
In the meantime, City staff has been working with some possible last-minute additions / substitutions to Phase II system replacements (due to imminent septic failure) and has been working through some individual homeowner construction issues. Additionally, we have been adding spring construction details to Phase I homeowner files and updating Phase II homeowner files. Making sure each file is up to date and has all relevant information for each homeowner is a surprisingly complex endeavor...
Well, that’s all for today. We’ll keep trying for the best, swiftest and most painless septic installations we can manage :).
Thursday, July 9, 2009
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