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  1. brnt

    Contract delay

    I am a site inspector on a project where the contractor wants to be paid for down time due to a delay. The contract clearly states he can be paid for costs for a delay caused by the owner or their representatives. Basically a rough grading contractor ran into some under ground springs and the...
  2. brnt

    trim mat installation

    I am required to install trim mat on a steep slope to protect it from erosion and allow plant growth. The specs describe installing the mat paralell to the slope. My contractor--who is very experienced--says it makes more sense to install it perpendicular to the slope, like shingles on a roof. I...
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    HDPE Clean outs

    I am an inspector on the construction of a large recreational facility. I work for an engineering firm who have been hired by a Town who owns the facility to oversee the Towns interest. We didnt design or engineer any part of the facility. Part of the design includes running a 200mm high...
  4. brnt

    Steel smooth walled culvert fixing grade.

    A contractor bored and installed a 150 foot steel smooth walled culvert under a secondary higheway. The grade on the culvert is flowing the wrong way.The contractor is proposing the fix the problem by digging and exposing the high end of the culvert to the road and with a welding/cutting torch...
  5. brnt

    How to deal with springs?

    We are rough grading a large commercial site and have encountered some underground springs--water is bubbling up to the surface. The original ground in these areas was holding water and it was a slough. The contractor pumped the standing water and began removing the saturated ground with the...
  6. brnt

    rough grading and compacting sand

    I am a site inspector on a project where the contractor is presently rough grading the site. The native material is silty clay and sand.Most of the material is sand.The contractor is having a hard time passing compaction tests. He is useing a large sheeps foot packer to compact the lifts and to...
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    Ductile Iron Pipe Costs

    I am working on a cost estimate for a job the requires the installation of 100mm ductile iron pipe for a water line. In my area ductile iron pipe is very uncommon--pvc pipe is used 99.9% of the time.I have never worked on a job using ductile iron pipe and our firm has no records of jobs we have...
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    air test HDPE

    We are presently installing twin 16inch HDPE Dr17 forcemains --total length is 2 miles. They run from a lift station to a water treatment plant. The water treatment plant wont be up and running for at least another year.There is not a water supply near the site and if we were to pressure test...
  9. brnt

    retention pond leak

    I am a site inspector and I have been working on a large stormwater retention pond. A clay liner was built to seal the pond and unfortunately it has a slow leak.The leak is a problem because when the pond reaches normal water level, water flows out into a wetland area.We need water in the...

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