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8 421 Passons Boulevard Grade Separation THE BRUT FOrCE by stEvE roBErt gonZALEZ BrAun we are in the final months of construction of the Passons Boulevard Grade Separation, and the project is coming together. The major items of work in Stages 3 and 4 are finished. The bridge construction is complete with trains now running on the new track. Once trains were switched onto the new bridge in april, the construction of the pump station began. The pump station is 28 feet below grade at its deepest point and is located directly adjacent to the live railroad tracks. Because of the close proximity to the tracks, shoring was required in order to excavate the structure. Construction of the structure took about three months to complete and the mechanical and electrical work is now underway. In the past few months we have completed all of the curb and gutter along Passons Boulevard and rivera road. as well as most of the aC paving. Crews have been working extended hours and weekends in order to perform work on numerous change orders and still complete critical items of work on their scheduled dates. The PCC pavement on the Passons underpass was placed on September 11 and 12 and we are now in the process of finishing the remaining subcontracted items. Fencing, irrigation, landscaping and electrical work are ongoing through the project site. Passons Boulevard is scheduled to open to traffic in late October. Once Passons Boulevard is open to traffic, we will start Stage 5 of construction, which are the Serapis avenue Improvements. This work includes demo and removal of the existing at-grade crossing at the BNSF track and Serapis avenue, and the installation of curb and gutter, sidewalks, fencing, irrigation, planting and street lighting. we anticipate all work on the project to be complete by the end of November. Forming and placing rebar for pump station walls. Placing PCC pavement on Passons Boulevard.
20th Edition, October 2012 9 427 I-10 / Citrus Interchange by AnDY AcostA The I-10/Citrus avenue Interchange project will widen Citrus avenue between Slover avene and Valley Boulevard. The project replaces the four-lane Citrus avenue bridge over the I-10 freeway with a seven-lane bridge, widens the Citrus avenue bridge over the railroad, improves on- and off-ramps, builds retaining walls, installs drainage systems and makes street improvements. The project is broken down into five different stages, but in typical Brutoco fashion, stages are being built concurrently to speed up the tight schedule. we are currently working on Stages 1a and 1B concurrently, which includes construction of the reinforced concrete box (rCB), railroad bridge, MSE and retaining walls, westbound off-ramp, drainage and paving. work completed to date includes shoring (lots of it), approximately 80% of the rCB, several drainage systems, embankments, a retaining wall to protect a house from an embankment, the abutments and girders of the railroad bridge and leveling pads for two MSE walls. Brutoco field and office crews have been working hard to make this happen. To build the rCB, we had to develop a Clear water Diversion Plan to divert the water flowing on the existing channel (nothing clear about that water!), to accommodate a 100-year rain event. we currently have a dam and pump system implemented to route the water around the job site in three 3-inch PVC pipes. a challenge to building the rCB has been the coordination between our rCB and rebar subcontractors, but Widening of Westbound Mainline I-10. that’s another article in itself. The rCB is critical on the east side of Citrus because we must have it complete we so may build the new westbound off-ramp in order to shift traffic and move onto the next stage. The RCB work on the east side is complete, and work on the westbound off-ramp is underway. The rCB work on the west side of Citrus is currently ongoing. Large quantities of shoring had to be installed to hold up the eastbound on- and off-ramps. according to several foremen on the project that have been with the company for many years, this is the most shoring they have seen on a single Brutoco project. Brutoco had to buy new beams to keep up with the shoring requirements. The excavation for the retaining walls adjacent to the railroad tracks is complete, the leveling pad is poured and the subcontractor will be setting MSE panels in the next few days. Precast girders have been set for the Citrus railroad bridge and we have started setting the work deck. a challenge for this portion of work will be the concurrent backfill of the MSE wall and abutments 1 and 2 of the railroad bridge. In order to keep up with the backfill needs we are considering working multiple shifts to accomplish this task. Shoring for Retaining Wall 790. Overhead bridge girders and platform. fun fact: Citrus Overcrossing (OC) is the bridge over the freeway and Citrus Overhead (OH) is the bridge over the railroad tracks.
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