Wednesday, October 20, 2010 - The Working Wounded?

Good Wednesday morning and welcome back to Dawson Road Today!

Tuesday was a good day for construction on Dawson Road and the contractor and their subcontractors were able to get a lot done. Subcontractor Seegmiller from Kitchener continued with the paving operations. Subcontractor JNF Concrete continued with the work of building the sidewalks. Contractor Bel-Air Construction supported the work of the two sub-contractors and continued the in-filling for the sway on the west side of Dawson Road.

A couple weeks ago, you will recall, that one of the crew members was hit by a car traveling the wrong way on Dawson Road. That crew members name is Tony, and he was back on site to work this week. Both Linda and I "caught up" what Tony for separate conversations on Tuesday. I don't know the full extent of the injury to Tony's foot yet; but it is likely he will need some physiotherapy. I thought he was clearly frustrated by the lack of consideration of the driving public. He said," why can't people respect the rules. Respect the rules, let us do our jobs and get out of here." Tony later told Linda that the drivers should "have patience and follow the construction signs. Then the work will be done faster and they could get out of everybody's hair."

There is another construction crew member on site sporting an injury. Dave has his left arm tied up in a sling from an injury sustained at home. He told Linda that he was "glad he can do math in his head because he's the surveyor."  Tony and Dave obliged Linda by pausing to have this picture taken.  It is good to have both of these crew members back on the job.

Guelph Remastered issued the following transit update that affects bus number 22 before it gets to Dawson Road and is effective today:

Route 22 Conestoga Detour:
From St. George’s Square, route 22 will turn right on Norfolk Street, left on Suffolk Street West, left on Yorkshire Street North, and right on Paisley Road where it will continue on regular route.  Route 22 will continue to follow the current detour into the Square. Click the link for details: http://guelph.ca/remastered/?p=2697

JNF Concrete from London have made good progress on the sidewalks on Dawson Road in the last couple of days. I am impressed how quickly they can lay the forms, pour the concrete and do the finishing work on the sidewalks. JNF will also be subcontracted by Bel-Air Construction to do the curb and sidewalk concrete work on the Westmount Road and Edinburgh Road construction projects here in Guelph. One of the crew members from JNF was on site until well after 10 p.m. last night doing some extra work on the sidewalk laid already. In this photo, Linda was able to capture four of the JNF crew members hard at work.  Remember to left click on the picture to enlarge it and then click on your browser's back arrow to get back to this post.

You may have noticed that many of our pictures throughout the blog have tried to capture a more casual and personal side to the workers. But make no mistake, these are all hard-working construction crew that work in a professional manner, coordinate well with the other construction crews on site and they're dedicated to completing a quality job here on Dawson Road. I felt obligated to say that.

Today is expected to start out as a fairly good weather day for construction. However, by the end of the day we are expected to be into showers. Remember as I've often said, when it's raining, the traffic is always lighter on Dawson Road and today would be a good day for you to come down and visit the businesses of Dawson Road.

Visit my new plant blog http://plantsforallblog.blogspot.com

 to see an overview of what we discussed at the Salvation Army Heart and Home Group yesterday.

Brian 

Plants For All