Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Monday, November 2, 2009
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Demerse St. Concrete
They are pouring the last of the curbs and gutters up on the north end of Dermerse now, punching it out in freezing weather. A lot of these guys are from Phoenix and are totally freezing their cajones off with this new cold weather front. Getting it done though and a very good job on the concrete finishing. I met Steve from Spire and let him know what a fine job their doing, no hard feelings because of the delays they had. Guy, who ramrods this whole operation, helped out the cause by off loading 20 tons of rock and earth in my yard for a retainer wall. Just think of the saved diesel fuel and equipment expense for not exporting this to the landfill. I can feel my Carbon Footprint drop in size. This project is going to really spruce up the whole area when its complete, allegedly by Christmas now.
I can see in the future that the City of Prescott will need to put some Traffic Calmers in to bottle neck this new road, as the old Demerse St. had built in speed bumps from the old cracked concrete road. High skoolers regularly fly thru here on lunch breaks. Can't wait to see what happens.
The Zombie Walk is gaining momentum with more unique zombies checking in. Doctor and Nurse Zombies, Audrey Hepburn Zombie, High School Prom Queen Zombie, and load of just regular zombies. We are meeting at 5:30, at the Gazebo, when we are all ready we will start down Montezuma St. at Hotel St. Michael's hall of galleries, then Matts then Jersey Lilly's and so on. Not sure if the Palace Restaurant would let us in? We will all end up at Coyote Joes some time later and then disperse.
Monday, October 12, 2009
Prescott Zombie Walk on Halloween
The Prescott Halloween Zombie Walk Styled after the Zombie Walks in Seattle,
We all meet up at the Gazebo in the Courthouse Square Oct. 31st at 5:30. Put on your most realistic Zombie face and outfit. We suggest everyone have a powdery white face with blackened eyes for continuity.
We all meet up at the Gazebo in the Courthouse Square Oct. 31st at 5:30. Put on your most realistic Zombie face and outfit. We suggest everyone have a powdery white face with blackened eyes for continuity.
We promptly will embark on a tour of the drinking establishments of Whiskey Row. Remaining in a zombie like character for the whole duration of the walk is crutial. No pun intended.
The only communication allowed is grunting, moaning, groping and such. When in establishments and ordering food or drink one must only point and moan your order. We will conclude the event when we reach Coyote Joe's with a group photograph. Then disperse yourself accordingly.
If you already have plans to troll the Row on Halloween, you should link up with our group so we can have the most impact possible. We have a core group of 10-12 Zombies to start with and would like to see it grow to 30-40 more.
Bobbing for brains in Seattle. Thanx to the Seattle Zombie Walk Picasa for Ideas!
Monday, September 21, 2009
Demerse St. >Construction Update
New 32" storm sewer pipes are slated for install on the Demerse St. rebuild. New 10"sanitary sewer pipes have been put in as well as new gas lines.
Delays on Demerse. Who would of thunk it?
Update on progress 9-21-09 City Council will hear a
presentation from Engineering Services Director Mark Nietupski on the status of
the ongoing Demerse Street reconstruction project. Nietupski said the $2.5
million project has encountered a number of problems since its start this past
spring. For instance, Nietupski said the project is currently behind schedule.
While the city had earlier estimated that the reconstruction would be complete
by about early October, Nietupski said the project is now about 50 percent done,
and the contractor has used about three-quarters of the time that the contract
allowed for. Other problems have centered on the amount of underground rock the contractor has encountered, Nietupski said, as well as the number of times crews
have hit utility lines.I would like to know why these Contractors act so surprised when all this extra excavation came to their recent attention. I know that jobs this size in scope require alot of pre-ground breaking research. These yo-yo bid's are so ridiculously low and their time schedule is way ramped up so they get the job!
Then come the addendums to the original contract that need to be litigated. The net result is delays because of the bad planning. I thought for sure after the lesson Copper Basin handed us, that it couldn't happen on Demerse. But Prescott is what Prescott does. Thats what I call doin' it Prescottstyle!
Original post 8/4/09
Here is my prediction for the timetable of completion: Project will be delayed a touch due to the unpredictable layer of volcanic rock strata that occurs where the new elevation of the pipes are. The old pipes were comfortably laying on top of the strata, but the new pipes need more clearance because of their new depth requirements. That means mucho hammer hoeing will happen. You know what they say.. s#@t rolls downhill if its falls at 1/4" per foot.
I wonder if the City of Prescott has worked up a plan for the delays?
Saturday, September 19, 2009
Roastin' my Peppers
Friday, September 18, 2009
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
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