20140341 Ver 1_Causeway washout_20140806

Wainwright, David
From: Hair, Sarah E SAW <Sarah.E.Hair @usace.army.mil>
Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2014 10:19 AM
To: King, Art C
Cc: Wainwright, David
Subject: RE: Bridge 29 Randolph Causeway (UNCLASSIFIED)
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Thanks Art. I just tried to call you, but am having some issues on my end with the phone line. I just got off the phone
with Ron Shaw and we discussed the issues at bridge 29 Randolph. Initially, I told them they needed to remove ALL the
small material, install a turbidity curtain below the permitted causeway,get larger rock for the causeway and provide
me with pictures in advance of installing, and leave the 10 foot corridor open as permitted.
They agreed with everything except removing all of the material from around the pipes and want to encapsulate that
material with larger rock.Their reasoning was that the material is no longer dirty and to not disturb the streambed more
than necessary,which it doesn't really matter if the river washed the rock or not (it is still undersized); but I agree with
the latter, as to not disturb the stream bed any further than necessary. But now that I think about it they could just pull
the edges of the filter fabric up to get that material out...
The filter fabric definitely needs to be underneath any fill material regardless of size. It is a regional general condition of
the Nationwide permits.
Also,with regard to the lost material from the causeway site:As previously discussed, it is probably best to wait until the
water level recedes in order to determine the amount of material lost, and the best course of action to retrieve it.
Additionally,the contractor and NC DOT need to be aware of any potential future rain events and prepare the site
against any possible erosion. The causeway needs to be stable and constructed of sufficient sized material in order to
withstand rain events such as last weekend.The watershed is extremely flashy as you well know,the topography in that
area is relatively steep, and this has been a wet year. We are projected to have another wet weekend.
The contractor will need to come up with a plan on how they propose to execute the corrective measures. It doesn't
have to be an engineered drawing, but we will need a narrative and some sort of plan showing how they plan to place
the larger rock.
Hope this helps. I will try to call you again later today.
Liz
-----Original Message-----
From: King,Art C [mailto:acking @ncdot.gov]
Sent:Wednesday,August 06, 2014 9:43 AM
To: Hair, Sarah E SAW
Subject: [EXTERNAL] RE: Bridge 29 Randolph Causeway(UNCLASSIFIED)
Contractor's address:
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Lee construction Company of the Carolinas PO Box 7667 Charlotte, NC 28241
Attention: Mr. Ron Shaw
Liz, could you please send me a brief statement in advance of the formal letter? I would like to have something in writing
now to show the contractor to help facilitate his start to making the corrections and cleanup. The Division has already
written a letter to the contractor to start the repair, but a statement from the Corp confirming you desire to have them
to remove all of the unsuitable material would help reinforce our position.
Thanks,
Art
-----Original Message-----
From: Hair, Sarah E SAW [mailto:Sarah.E.Hai r @usace.army.mi1]
Sent:Wednesday,August 06, 2014 9:16 AM
To: King,Art C;Wainwright, David
Subject: RE: Bridge 29 Randolph Causeway(UNCLASSIFIED)
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Art,
Do you have the name and mailing address of the contractor for this project? I am writing up a notice of non-compliance
with corrective measures and will be sending it to both NC DOT and the contractor on this one.
Thanks-
-----Original Message-----
From: King,Art C [mailto:acking @ncdot.gov]
Sent: Monday,August 04, 2014 9:05 AM
To:Wainwright, David; Hair, Sarah E SAW
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Bridge 29 Randolph Causeway
Liz, David,
The resident Engineer has informed me that they had what he describes as about a truck load of small stone wash off of
the causeway during the rain event this past weekend. He said that the stone moved about 50 to 75ft downstream. He
has already ordered the contractor to remove the stone by hand using buckets. I'll go by today to check the site, and will
send you some pictures.
Thanks,
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Art
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