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Home My WebLink AboutTerminal Groin Construction Observation Report #012 01/04/20222021-2022 OCEAN ISLE BEACH —TERMINAL GROIN PROJECT CONSTRUCTION OBSERVATION REPORT Date: January 4, 2022 Observation Report No.: 012 Observer: Sam Lohman Commencement Date: November 16, 2021 Contract Date: 050 Arrival/Departure Times: 13:00 - 16:30 Weather Conditions: Wave Height & Direction Wind Speed & Direction: Sunny 1 Foot SE 5-10 MPH, SW Marine Mattress Installed BTWN: 8+00 to 8+20 Armor Stone Installed BTWN: 8+00 to 8+20 Sheet Pile Installed BTWN: N/A Completed Armor Stone: Today: N/A Tons To Date: 7,504.96 Tons Completed Marine Mattress: Today: N/A Sq. Ft. To Date: 30,625 Sq. Ft. Completed Sheet Pile: Today: N/A Ft. To Date: N/A Ft. OBSERVATIONS Approach to Site Yes/No/NA 1. Is the contractor using the approved construction accesses and vehicle routes? Yes Notes: N/A 2. Are construction warning signs in place? Yes Notes: N/A 3. Are construction and staging areas fenced off to prevent public access? Yes Notes: N/A Resorts/Plans/Specifications 4. Are the construction plans and specifications located at the project site? Yes Notes: N/A 5. Are the permits located and notices displayed at the project site? Yes Notes: N/A 6. Has the contractor provided the Daily Reports for the previous day? No If incomplete, list deficiencies of contractor's Daily Report: N/A Project Site 7. Are construction operations being conducted today? Yes Notes: See Detailed Observation #1 8. Is the marine mattress foundation being constructed today? Yes Notes: N/A 9. Is armor stone being placed today? Yes Notes: N/A 10. Is the steel sheet pile wall being constructed today? No Notes: N/A 11. Is the accretion fillet being constructed today? No Notes: N/A 12. Is the contractor using approved staging storage areas (marked, neat & orderly)? Yes Notes: N/A Pnusup COASTAL PROTECTION ENGINEERING OF NORTH CAROLINA, INC. I PAGE 1 2021-2022 OCEAN ISLE BEACH -TERMINAL GROIN PROJECT CONSTRUCTION OBSERVATION REPORT Date: January 4, 2022 Observation Report No.: 012 13. Is the public being kept out of the construction area? Notes: N/A Yes 14. Is the acceptance survey for a completed section being conducted today? No Location: N/A 15. Was any environmental monitoring (turbidity, turtle, bird, etc.) conducted today? No Describe environmental monitoring: N/A Measurements and SamDlin 16. Was the constructed structure verified to meet the plans and specifications? Yes Measurement: N/A 17. Was the constructed sheet pile verified to meet the plans and specifications? No Measurement: N/A 18. Were any photographs taken? 19. Was the drone flown today? Detailed Observations: Yes Yes 1. Excavation, marine mattress installation, and armor stone (Size A) installation operations were being conducted today on the terminal groin between Stations 8+00 and 8+20. (See Photo #2 and #3). The On -Site Observer observed sixteen (16) marine mattresses being placed and Type A armor stones being placed on top of the mattresses. 2. Armor stone (Size A) was observed being delivered and offloaded from trucks during the site visit (See Photo #4). 3. No work was observed at the Shallotte Blvd staging area. Signs and barricades were observed in place. All mattress filling equipment and filling stones had been removed from the area (See Photo #5). Staging area is being used solely for mattress storage. Reeds and other debris were built up in the back of the staging area pointing to this area being flooded as well (See Photo #6). 4. The On -Site Observer noted that East 3rd Street and portions of Shallotte Blvd had been buried with sand due to the storm the day before (See Photo #7, #8, #9, and #10). 5. Evidence of flooding was observed throughout the neighborhood. Trash and built-up sand was observed around the neighborhood (See Photo #14). 6. The On -Site Observer noted that bulldozers, a backhoe, and pumps were being used by the Town on East 3rd Street to remove sand, debris, and standing water (See Photo #7). 7. The On -Site Observer noted that significant portion of sand had been removed from the beach due to the flooding. East of the groin, the dune had been severely diminished and the whole beach was lower in elevation (See Photo #19). West of the groin, the On -Site Observer noted that more sandbags were visible than before the storm and that a significant amount of sand had been lost from that area as well (See Photo #20). 8. Spare marine mattress filling stone was observed placed at the entrance to the development (See Photo #16). 9. Pieces of sandbags were seen in a few places on the structure (See Photo #13). 10. A storm impacted the area on January 3, 2022. The storm brought waves measuring up to 8.5' at a buoy located Cnn P■�ru,�n E■u■uun COASTAL PROTECTION ENGINEERING OF NORTH CAROLINA, INC. I PAGE 2 2021-2022 OCEAN ISLE BEACH -TERMINAL GROIN PROJECT CONSTRUCTION OBSERVATION REPORT Date: January 4, 2022 Observation Report No.: 012 offshore Sunset Beach (CORMP Buoy Station 41024) with sustained SSW winds of 30 mph gusting to 45 mph. The high tide on the morning of the January V was predicted to be 6.6' MLLW at Springmaid Pier in Myrtle Beach, however, the actual high tide was recorded 7.8' MLLW. Items Discussed with Contractor's Superintendent, Surveyor, Regulatory Alzencies, ... etc.: Sam Lohman (CPE) talked to Seth (CDC) about the storm that occurred 1/3/2022. Seth (CDC) stated that the waves were pushing water all the way back to the development and that the wooden mats at the entrance of the job site were floating. He stated the majority of the neighborhood, and the jobsite was flooded the morning of 1/3/2022 due to the storm. 2. Sam Lohman (CPE) talked to Seth (CDC) about construction operations today (1/4/2022). Seth (CDC) stated that yesterday (1/3/2022) afternoon the crew cleaned up the jobsite, replaced any rubber mats that had been moved during the storm, and excavated the sand at the end of the groin to meet the correct grade. This morning the crew moved armor stones off of the rubber mats and excavted to meet the grade in preperation of placing marine mattresses. Were any issues identified today which may result in a field adjustment report, contract modification, request for interpretation, or noncompliance? If so, describe: 1. No issues were discussed today. Equipment List: • Skid steer loader, • Forklift for mattress filling, • (4) Frontend loader, • (4) off road dump trucks, • (2) off road flatbed trucks for hauling mattresses, • Link Belt 460 excavator for loading of mattresses from staging area, • (3) excavators, • (1) bulldozer • 4WD ATV Cnn P■�ru,�n E■u■uun COASTAL PROTECTION ENGINEERING OF NORTH CAROLINA, INC. I PAGE 3 2021-2022 OCEAN ISLE BEACH -TERMINAL GROIN PROJECT CONSTRUCTION OBSERVATION REPORT Date: January 4, 2022 Photos r Photo 1. Ocean Conditions at 1:00 pm. Photo 2. Marine Mattress Installation. Am Observation Report No.: 012 Rif„Ui COASTAL PROTECTION ENGINEERING OF NORTH CAROLINA, INC. PAGE 4 hu■uu.n 2021-2022 OCEAN ISLE BEACH -TERMINAL GROIN PROJECT CONSTRUCTION OBSERVATION REPORT Date: January 4, 2022 dd _ r . Observation Report No.: 012 Photo 3. Excavator placing Size A armor stone on marine mattresses. II� 11 A ?itPWM Photo 4. Heavy equipment unloading Size A armor stone. RifrUll" COASTAL PROTECTION ENGINEERING OF NORTH CAROLINA, INC. PAGE 5 hu■uu.n 2021-2022 OCEAN ISLE BEACH -TERMINAL GROIN PROJECT CONSTRUCTION OBSERVATION REPORT Date: January 4, 2022 Photo 5. Shallotte Blvd Staging Area. Observation Report No.: 012 Photo 6. Reeds and debris built up at the back of Shallotte Blvd Staging Area. Rif„Ui COASTAL PROTECTION ENGINEERING OF NORTH CAROLINA, INC. PAGE 6 hu■uu.n 2021-2022 OCEAN ISLE BEACH -TERMINAL GROIN PROJECT CONSTRUCTION OBSERVATION REPORT Date: January 4, 2022 Observation Report No.: 012 12 Photo 7. View of East V Street looking west. WE j END Photo 8. View of East 3rd Street at intersection with Columbia Street looking east. RifrUl COASTAL PROTECTION ENGINEERING OF NORTH CAROLINA, INC. PAGE 7 hu■uu.n 2021-2022 OCEAN ISLE BEACH -TERMINAL GROIN PROJECT CONSTRUCTION OBSERVATION REPORT Date: January 4, 2022 Observation Report No.: 012 Cnn P■�ru,�n E■u■uun Photo 9. View of jobsite and streets looking west. Photo 10. View of intersection of Shallotte Blvd and East 3" Street. COASTAL PROTECTION ENGINEERING OF NORTH CAROLINA, INC. I PAGE 8 2021-2022 OCEAN ISLE BEACH -TERMINAL GROIN PROJECT CONSTRUCTION OBSERVATION REPORT Date: January 4, 2022 Observation Report No.: 012 Photo 11. View of East 4th Street at entrance to development looking west. Photo 12. View of structure looking south. COASTAL PROTECTION ENGINEERING OF NORTH CAROLINA, INC. I PAGE 9 2021-2022 OCEAN ISLE BEACH -TERMINAL GROIN PROJECT CONSTRUCTION OBSERVATION REPORT Date: January 4, 2022 Observation Report No.: 012 Photo 13. A piece of sandbag located in the structure around Sta. 3+00. s / 0 r11ULU lY. VICVV UI Udbll d11U UCUIIJ Uldl IJ ICFIICJC11Ld LlVC UI UIC ICJI UI 111C IIClrl1UU111UUU. Rl@„&i Pgr1111p COASTAL PROTECTION ENGINEERING OF NORTH CAROLINA, INC. I PAGE 10 hu■uu.l 2021-2022 OCEAN ISLE BEACH -TERMINAL GROIN PROJECT CONSTRUCTION OBSERVATION REPORT Date: January 4, 2022 Observation Report No.: 012 Cnn P■�ru,�n E■u■uun Photo 15. View of Columbia Street looking south. Photo 16. Entrance to development with mattress filling stones visible. COASTAL PROTECTION ENGINEERING OF NORTH CAROLINA, INC. I PAGE 11 2021-2022 OCEAN ISLE BEACH -TERMINAL GROIN PROJECT CONSTRUCTION OBSERVATION REPORT Date: January 4, 2022 Observation Report No.: 012 Cnn P■�ru,�n E■u■uun Photo 17. View of structure looking northeast. Photo 18. View of intersection of Shallotte Blvd and East 4th Street. COASTAL PROTECTION ENGINEERING OF NORTH CAROLINA, INC. I PAGE 12 2021-2022 OCEAN ISLE BEACH -TERMINAL GROIN PROJECT CONSTRUCTION OBSERVATION REPORT Date: January 4, 2022 Observation Report No.: 012 Photo 19. View of the spit east of the structure. Photo 20. View of sandbags west of the structure. COASTAL PROTECTION ENGINEERING OF NORTH CAROLINA, INC. I PAGE 13