PSA: Westbound Randolph Rd. to be Closed

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  • GunBum

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    Feb 21, 2018
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    SW Missouri
    Still not convinced that the incompetent idiots need 5 months to dig a trench and run some conduit. We aren’t using shovels and baskets here. :lol2:
     

    JohnnyE

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    Jan 18, 2013
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    MoCo
    I wonder how much is already in the ground around there that will have to be worked around or relocated.
     

    outrider58

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    I wonder how much is already in the ground around there that will have to be worked around or relocated.
    The usual utilities, gas, electric, water, and sewage.
    Everything is pretty much finished as far as the conduit install goes. The R/R crossing is the final hurdle. Once crossed, they will tie into the Nebel St. lines eventually ending up at the new transfer station which I don't think has been built yet(judging by the sparse reporting).
     

    Wangbadan

    Big Wang
    Jul 15, 2021
    85
    Why does it take 5 months to lay some pipe and cable under a road? :sad20:

    This is what happens when the contracts go to the cheapest bidder!! No one wants to work hard and our taxes pay for the crews to just drink coronas on the job

    -big Wang
     

    Bob A

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    Nov 11, 2009
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    The stack of conduit starts about 25' deep, then comes up from there(multiple conduits). In this case, they will be tunneling under railroad tracks.

    That should be interesting. What could possibly go wrong?

    (Project engineer Murphy in charge - same guy who built the first Silver Spring Metro station.)
     

    outrider58

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    That should be interesting. What could possibly go wrong?

    (Project engineer Murphy in charge - same guy who built the first Silver Spring Metro station.)

    That's the way the whole project has been done. There's no room to run all that pipe horizontally/side by side. Not with all the other utilities down there. We're not talking about just a couple pipes.
     

    Bob A

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    That's the way the whole project has been done. There's no room to run all that pipe horizontally/side by side. Not with all the other utilities down there. We're not talking about just a couple pipes.

    My concern was the weight/vibration from the trains running overhead. You couldn't pay me enough to go into that situation.
     

    Aamdskeetshooter

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    Dec 19, 2013
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    Moco
    I feel bad for United Gun Shop. There’s no way their business isn’t going to be affected by this.

    My buddy is also dreading this. He’s about a half mile from there on Randolph.
     

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