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September 11, 2013
This is update #13 for the Sunset Street
Wide Sidewalk project.
The remaining
work is the restoration items of sod installation, planting of trees, and
subsequent watering of both in the weeks following. We have been holding off on this work due to
the hot, dry conditions this month, and have been in communication with the
landscape contractor (Country Landscapes) to coordinate the best time to get
this work started. Fortunately, the
weather forecasts indicate temperatures returning closer to "average"
after this week. The remaining contract
work to be completed and anticipated timeline is as follows:
Beginning next
week, we expect to see the general contractor (Vieth Construction)back on-site
to finish their rough grading work.
There are still areas that need to be smoothed out and contoured, and
some additional dirt along the curbs that needs to be cut down and
removed. The topsoil that has been
respread across the site at this time is the same material that was removed
from the top 6-inches and stockpiled at the beginning of the project.
After the rough
grading work is completed, the landscape contractor will then mobilize with
their own equipment to further prepare the subgrade before placing sod. They will be using tiller type equipment to
rip up the soil, remove remaining grass/weed patches, break down dirt clods,
and smooth the grade. They will then be
raking (by hand or mechanically) the soil to screen out (collect) all of the
larger dirt clods, rocks, debris, etc.
More "hand" work will be required to prepare the soil between
the west edge of the sidewalk and adjacent fences and yards. There will then be a fertilizer treatment
applied to the soil before the sod is placed.
After this prep
work is concluded, the trees will be planted and mulched, and then sod
installed. We expect this work will
occur during the week of Sept. 23-27.
The contractor will begin watering of both trees and sod immediately
after installation, and will continue throughout the following weeks. The landscape contractor indicated they will
be using "watering bags" around each tree. They will complete their required hand
watering around each tree, and will also fill up the bag during each visit. The watering bag slowly releases water to
provide additional saturation after leaving the site.
We'll provide
another update next week as this remaining work gets underway.
Thanks for your
time,
Josiah D.
Bilskemper, P.E.
Shive-Hattery,
Inc.
2834 Northgate
Drive
Iowa City, IA
52245
(319) 354-3040
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