Tuesday, May 30, 2017

Week of 5/29/17

West Project:
The West Project will be slow this week, but work will pick up next week as they plan to mobilize to Entrada Dr for the horizontal directional drill operation to Norman Tank. Additional details will be posted here by next week.

East Project:
There will be a crew installing pipe on Rowland Way near the Novato Creek bridge early this week. Later in the week crews will start work at the Novato Sanitary Plant. There will be another crew finishing installation of services and appurtenances.

Norman Tank:
On Tuesday the Contractor will start mobilizing to site. They will start by mowing the road up to the tank. You may see them filling a water truck off a hydrant on Rowe Ranch Way periodically as well.

Thursday, May 18, 2017

Week of 5/21/17

West Project:
Street striping and traffic marking replacement will take place throughout the entire alignment. There will also be landscape work in the medians on Ignacio Blvd, S Novato Blvd and/or Redwood Blvd.

A Horizontal Directional Drill (HDD) operation will start mobilizing to Entrada Blvd sometime in June. Additional details will be posted here as we get closer to the start of work.

East Project:
Services will be installed throughout the alignment. Work will also take place at the Novato Sanitary Plant. A third crew may be on Rowland Way finishing installation of a storm drain crossing.

Friday, May 12, 2017

Week of 5/14/17

West Project:
Good news! The entire mainline has been installed and successfully tested. You will now see small crews working throughout the alignment making minor concrete repairs, paving around valve boxes, and other work of that nature.

East Project:
Crews will be installing pipe in Slade Park and on Louis Dr starting Monday. A second crew will be installing services throughout the alignment. A third crew will be installing pipe near the Novato Creek Bridge on Rowland Way. A fourth crew will be installing pipe on Rowland Way near Chic-Fil-A.

Norman Tank Project:
The Norman Tank rehab project has been awarded and work will be underway soon. We will continue to post updates as it gets closer to the start of field activities.

Friday, May 5, 2017

Week of 5/7/17

West Project:
Trench paving will continue on Entrada Dr and Igancio Blvd. The operation will then jump ahead to S Novato Blvd and Rowland Blvd and should be completed by the end of the week. Once paving is complete, a small crew will work on placing the lids to the utility boxes in the new pavement. A second crew will be working on the Redwood Blvd Bike Path finishing the last of the mainline pipe installation.

East Project:
There will be multiple operations going on throughout the week. There will be a crew backfilling the pits on either side of the railroad tracks near Slade Park. A second crew will be installing services throughout the alignment. A third crew will install pipe on Rowland Way. There will likely be a fourth crew installing steel pipe on the Novato Creek Bridge.

Tuesday, May 2, 2017

Trench Paving Starting 5/3/17

Trench paving will start on Wednesday 5/3. The operation will start on Redwood Blvd jut south of the bike path/ fire road and head south onto S Novato Blvd. It will then pick up again on Entrada Blvd and head west onto Ignacio. Below are a couple areas to show the areas that will be impacted.