Monthly Construction Progress Report First Hill ... - Seattle Streetcar
Monthly Construction Progress Report First Hill ... - Seattle Streetcar
Monthly Construction Progress Report First Hill ... - Seattle Streetcar
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Schedule slide 3<br />
Rail Delivery slide 4<br />
Rail Installation slide 5<br />
Inbound/Outbound Track Installed to Date slide 6<br />
OCS Foundations slide 7<br />
Water, Stormwater and Sewer Work slide 8<br />
Electrical Work slide 9<br />
Street Improvements slide 10<br />
Paving slide 11<br />
Maintenance Facility slide 12<br />
Contact Info slide 13
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Note: Schedule<br />
may be adjusted<br />
as project moves<br />
forward
Rail was delivered in 60’ segments.<br />
Preparing<br />
rail for<br />
welding<br />
on<br />
S.<br />
Jackson<br />
Street<br />
Rail was<br />
welded on<br />
site into<br />
300 ft.<br />
“strings”
Step 1 The old road is removed to a depth of<br />
about 18”, then an aggregate base is graded and<br />
leveled.<br />
Step 2<br />
Track and<br />
rebar are<br />
installed.<br />
Step 3<br />
Concrete<br />
forms are<br />
set up<br />
Some of the rail was pre-curved at the factory before being shipped to <strong>Seattle</strong>.<br />
Here it is being installed at the corner of Broadway and Yesler Way.<br />
Step 4<br />
Concrete<br />
is poured<br />
and<br />
finished
February 2013<br />
1,492 ft.<br />
of paved<br />
track were<br />
completed<br />
in February.<br />
14,652 ft.<br />
(out of a total of<br />
28,000 ft.) have been<br />
installed to date!
Overhead Contact Systems (OCS) are the<br />
overhead lines used to transmit electrical energy from<br />
the energy supply point to the streetcar<br />
Step 1<br />
To construct a<br />
foundation for the<br />
OCS pole, an auger is<br />
used to bore a hole<br />
about 20 ft. deep.<br />
Step 3<br />
Rebar and<br />
base for the<br />
pole are<br />
inserted.<br />
Completed<br />
OCS pole<br />
foundation<br />
Step 2<br />
Concrete is<br />
poured.
Filterra vault<br />
installation at S.<br />
Jackson near Rainier<br />
Ave. S.<br />
<strong>Seattle</strong><br />
Public<br />
Utilities<br />
(SPU)<br />
makes a<br />
core<br />
tap at 2 nd<br />
and S.<br />
Jackson<br />
Filterra Bioretention<br />
Systems treat urban<br />
runoff, before it enters<br />
the stormwater<br />
system, by removing<br />
suspended solids,<br />
zinc, copper and oil.<br />
Repairing a<br />
6” side<br />
sewer near<br />
Pike and<br />
Broadway<br />
Water line installation at 12 th and S. Jackson
<strong>Seattle</strong> City<br />
Light (SCL)<br />
electrical<br />
duct<br />
bank at 2 nd<br />
and S.<br />
Jackson<br />
SCL’s precurved<br />
steel<br />
conduits<br />
emerge from<br />
duct bank at<br />
2 nd and S.<br />
Jackson.<br />
Excavation for SCL’s duct bank at 2 nd and S. Jackson<br />
Electrical<br />
conduits are a<br />
piping system<br />
used for<br />
protection and<br />
routing of<br />
electrical<br />
wiring.
Finishing the concrete lane on Yesler at Broadway<br />
Pouring concrete roadway on Yesler at Broadway<br />
Pouring new<br />
westbound<br />
curb lane on<br />
S. Jackson<br />
between 5th<br />
and 6th
Asphalt paving installation<br />
between the tracks on Broadway between Marion and<br />
Madison
Erecting the building’s steel frame<br />
Pouring the slab for the foundation<br />
This month a slab foundation was<br />
poured and work was begun to<br />
erect the steel frame of the<br />
building.<br />
The Maintenance and Operations Facility<br />
This is where the system’s operations personnel will be<br />
located and the cars will be stored and maintained.
Learn more about the <strong>First</strong> <strong>Hill</strong> <strong>Streetcar</strong><br />
project by visiting the project website, by signing<br />
up for email updates, and by contacting us:<br />
206-257-2121<br />
seattle.streetcar@seattle.gov<br />
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