Turkey Creek Ph 1 - Flat Creek (Line Work)

7:10am- crew will continue to do testing today. 

7:52am- test begins on MH A17-18 run. 456’ @ 2 hours & 12 minutes. 

10:09am- test has failed. Crew will need to check for leaks on the test balls again today.  

11:10am- soapy water is sprayed around test balls again today. There is air leaking around the ball in MH A17. Crew will bleed air off line, clean pipe and retest. 

12:27pm- test is now restarted on MH A17-18 run. 

2:41pm- line now passes on MH A17-17 run. I believe the crew now has it figured out! Yes the gauge has gained slightly, maybe due to the sun shining on the lines connecting test equipment...?

3:35pm- crew setting up test for MH A19-20 run. 

3:51pm- now testing MH A19-20 run @ 507’ for 

2 hours and 27 minutes. 

6:16pm- at 2 minutes shy of test I'm calling it as passed. As you can see, once again the gauge has climbed, not decreased...

Turkey Creek Ph 1 - Flat Creek (Line Work)

7:15am- crew will prepare to test again today starting at MH A15-16 run. 

8:30am- test finally underway now. It will be a 2 hour and roughly 5 minute test. 

10:35am- run from MH A15-16 barely passes air test.  

441’ run. 

12:22pm- testing run A16-17 now. 1hour & 12 minute test. 249’. 

1:34pm- A16-17 run passes. Crew has located a leak on the test plug at the cap. They will be fixing it before using again. This is probably why there is a fall in the gauge during testing...

2:43pm- now testing run from MH A18-19. Rental company is on their way down to fix test ball leak. This shorter run should be fine on time. 

180’ @ 52 minutes. 

3:35pm- A18-19 run passes air test. 

4:22pm- test ball has now been re-soaped to identify the leak for repair. 

4:40pm- repair on ball now being done. 

Turkey Creek Ph 1 - RL Persons (L.S.)

6:40am- crew loading up to haul another load out today. Concrete to go down today and mounting of safety grate in meter vault. Bollards will also be installed. 

9:00am- safety grate now in place. 

3:00pm- crew leaves for the day. Mostly done now, but will be back to do a final tidying up. 

5:00pm- concrete and bollards done. 

More gravel also placed today. 

Turkey Creek Ph 1 - Flat Creek (Line Work)

7:55am- Crew will test some lines today for air leaks. 

Starting at A15-16 run where gasket was rolled and repaired. 

9:10am- test ball now going in at MH A16. 

10:25am- testing issues with the equipment...crew will place test ball into this piece of pipe to see if they can identify the problem. 

11:10am- crew cant figure out whats wrong. Rental company will come down to see whats up. 

1:10pm- a bad test ball is taken back to Springfield so no testing will occur today. 

Crew begins placing rip rap on bank between where the wing dams will go. 

2:30pm- another look at the rip rap for stream bank stabilization. 

Turkey Creek Ph 1 - RL Persons (L.S.)

6:45am- crew is back today to begin cutting asphalt for final repairs and to do a “punch list” of sorts on some remaining items. (i.e.; bollards, safety grate install)

3:00pm- crew has asphalt ready for concrete of which they will do tomorrow. 

Safety Grate will go on tomorrow. 

Nuts are tightened on catwalk. 

Valve indicators are getting installed. 

Turkey Creek Ph 1 - Flat Creek (Line Work)

Crew worked today doing maintenance work on the equipment and placing some rip rap. 

I was not onsite today due to the type of work being done. 

I did meet with Tim from GRE out at Big Cedar to go over easements for phase 2. 

Crew is off at 3:30 today. 

Turkey Creek Ph 1 - Flat Creek (Line Work)

7:10am- crew will get MH A19 tied in today. 

8:30am- gravel now going in for pipe to be laid this morning. One full joint and a partial will get this tie in done. 

9:20am- MH A19 now tied in to each end of the line. Gravel going in now. 

Line lamped by daylight from MH A20-A19. 

10:35am- A lip on MH A19 has now been repaired. 

11:10am- another section going on MH A19; gettting wrapped and then strapped. 

12:45pm- top section now on MH A19 with wrapping and strapping to come. MH A18 side getting marked out for Rip Rap. 

12:55pm- MH A19 is almost completed. 

2:50pm- cleanup on MH A19 side is going on now. 

4:10pm- grading around A19-20 continues.