Wednesday, September 22, 2010 - A Lot of 'Little' Things to Consider

Good Wednesday morning and welcome back to Dawson Road Today!

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Tuesday was a very productive day for construction on Dawson Road, although I didn't realize to what extent until I did my walkabout last evening. The crew from Bel-Air Construction started installing the black drain hose as shown in the picture here. This work is done just before the curbs are installed and the hose is buried underneath where the curbs will be. This hose is similar to what a farmer will use to drain his fields or a homeowner may use to drain standing water on his property to a dry well. The flexible hose is 7 inches in diameter and is perforated to allow surface water to enter into the hose. The hose is covered with a fine mesh fabric to keep soil from entering . As is shown in the second photo the hose is connected to a cement culvert unit that in turn is connected to the storm water sewer system, and consequently carried away.

The construction crew has been working at the Speedvale end of Dawson Road for most of the week.  Along with the work noted above they were installing the new subgrade in the northbound lane. There are two qualities of subgrade used - the first layer is a coarser level and the second layer is a finer level. This subgrade is then packed down. This subgrade will raise the grade of the road to the proper level and provide the solid base required for the paving.  This photo shows how far they got installing the new subgrade from the Speedvale Ave. end.  With progress going this well it's unfortunate that the next couple of days are predicted to be wet. We'll just have to wait and see how this plays out.

I told and showed you yesterday about filling up the old pipes, that could not be removed from the ground, with cement. The cement truck returned today to finish the fill of cement across from our store Plants For All. All that is left is to fill the hole with soil and make it part of the landscaping finishing touches.

Also on Tuesday the crew removed some of the old construction materials that can be recycled. Shown in the photo here is a pile of corrugated steel culverts that had been flattened earlier and removed on Tuesday.

I installed a new feature in the right hand panel of the blog starting today. Dawson Road Business Contact Info is intended to provide simple contact information to the businesses that opted to be included in this Dawson Road Today blog project. So if you're looking for the phone number of the QB2 Café and Dining or Hardsoft Computer or whoever - here it is. 

I hear a lot of negative comments about construction projects in the city of Guelph, much of it well-founded; so it's nice to pass along a positive and maybe even inspirational expression about the whole subject. This photo was passed along to me via Guelph Remastered and originated from New Life Church on Victoria Road

Have a great day and come on down to Dawson Road Today !

Brian