Friday, July 9, 2010 - Why Does This Date Seem Familiar ???

Good Friday morning and welcome to Dawson Road Today! How much equipment does it take to do all the work that we've been talking about the last couple of months? Throughout this post you'll see photos of the contractors self powered equipment that was on site just last night.

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Good News! The city of Guelph had decided to remove bus service from this stretch of Dawson Road until after completion of the project scheduled for September 30, as reported here. (That's not the good news part)  However, the city has received enough complaints about this decision to put the bus back on Dawson Road. I saw a bus on Dawson Road last night between 4:30 and 5 p.m. As of late last night, the bus stop sign had not been replaced; but I think that will happen soon. Good news indeed - Dawson Road is open for your business.

Yesterday,"the contractor completed about 4 water services on the southwest side of the road (from Mike the Movers up to the Roy-Al Rentals).  The mainline should be able to complete the remainder of the 250mm diameter watermain to
the intersection with Shelldale Crescent."

Today, "the contractor will likely have both crews working on water services.  We also have one sanitary service to Rona that could not be completed sooner due to the broken existing watermain that was fixed by the City on Tuesday evening."

"At this point it looks like just the water
services on the northeast side of the road remain.  Next week we will be
testing the watermain, which will likely take three days, and then
completing the final connection to all the services at property line (the existing water boxes and water services will be removed once they have been
switched over to the new services)." My thanks to Charles Groen, on site Inspector with Pitura Husson Limited for answering my questions,so that I may give you news you can use.

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No groundhog pictures yet.

Bel-Air Construction of Cambridge is the main contractor doing the work on the Dawson Road reconstruction. All of the equipment shown is used by them. There was one other  power shovel on-site that belongs to Drexler Construction of Rockwood. "Drexler is Guelph Hydro's contractor and Guelph Hydro needs to relocate three hydro crossings on Dawson Road which will be in our way when we construct the storm sewer (which is planned to start in about one and half weeks).  They are planning on having three crews on site completing all the crossings Friday, Saturday, and possibly Monday.  We will be sharing the site with Drexler on Friday and Monday likely."  This is the continuation of the work that Hydro had started April 21 and then abandoned.

In addition to the pictures shown, Bel-Air has several accessories to this equipment to expand the flexibility of the equipment. Also from time to time there will be specialty vehicles on site depending on the job required. That's a lot of equipment and a lot of news.

If the work goes as outlined above, this stretch of Dawson Road will become congested sometimes over the next few days. When you're traveling on Dawson Road, whether during the day or at night after construction is stopped, please drive slowly and cautiously. 

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July 9 is a familiar date to me, or at least it better be. Today is the birthday of the love of my life, Linda. A couple of our customers/friends have already passed along their birthday greetings and Linda was naturally pleased. She doesn't know I'm suggesting this; but if you get a minute call her at 519-767-2161 or stop in to see her at Plants For All at 66 Dawson Road. Linda will be in the shop 12:30 to 6pm. Wish her a happy birthday, I'll be glad you did.

It's been a long hot week and there were a few minor construction glitches to add to the aggravation. Kudos to the Bel-Air Construction team. However, the weekend is here and yours to enjoy. You deserve it - talk to you Monday.

Brian