Ribbon Cutting Ceremony - Nov. 13, 2010

Mayor Hershal Deputy presided over the Ribbon Cutting Ceremony and Open House for the new Water Treatment Plant on Saturday, Nov. 13. Around 50 people attended and enjoyed speeches, tours, snacks and WATER.

Keys to the Town of Hot Sulphur Springs were given to Curt Thompson - Engineer; Ed Duerr - Engineer; Andy Poirot - Colorado Department of Health & Environment; Geoff Elliott - Program Manager; Brock Southwick - Garney Construction Supervisor; Walt Sinclair - Garney Construction Foreman; and Chuck Reid, Town Manager.

The hard work by town staff members Jim Kleeman, Jack Zielinski and Sandy White, the Town Trustees and Greg Winkler from the Colorado Dept. of Local Affairs was also recognized.

Congratulations on completion of the project was given to the Town of Hot Sulphur by Matt Sugar on behalf of Senator Udall and by Todd Hagenbuch on behalf of Senator Bennet. An Engineering Award was presented to Ed Duerr and Merrick Companies.

Commemorative cups from the event are available at Town Hall.














Video of Todd Hagenbuch's (Senator Bennet) Acknowledgment Speech



Video of Mayor Deputy's Introduction Speech

Water Tank is Completed

Our new water tank is complete, on line, and ready for seeding and mulch next week. The tank more than doubles the town’s water storage capacity for home, garden, and commercial use as well as badly needed fire fighting capacity. Here a proud Owners Representative Geoff Elliott joins the successful Garney Team led by Walt Sinclair.

Ribbon Cutting Ceremony - Nov. 13 at 11:00

The official Ribbon Cutting Ceremony for the Hot Sulphur Springs Water Project will be held on Saturday, November 13 at 11 a.m. at the new Water Treatment Plant at 400 Maple.

Please join with us to celebrate this successful and much-needed project!

New Water Treatment Filter Operational

Good news! The new water filter has now been running for a week and is ready to go on line as soon as final tests are complete.

Photos show our water plant operators Jim Kleeman and Jack Zielinski test driving the new system to optimize residual chlorine content.

Great to see the sink flowing with good clean water!

New Water Tank Nears Completion

Photos of most recent pour at the Water Tank. Beautiful concrete work belies the difficulty of working at high elevation and dangerous conditions. Garney Construction comes through again!

Tank Construction Continues

Tank construction pace is accelerating as we are now “out of the ground” and finally getting great working weather.

The photo on the left shows Everest Concrete pouring the tank slab base on Tuesday , August 10.

The photo on the right shows the interior tank forms already in place by end of the week on August 13.


It is impressive to see the technology allowing us to pour such high walls, giving us a more solid tank product.

It is easy to see why Garney is considered the one of the best in the business.

Tank Installation Has Begun!

Now that the tank site has been excavated, Garney Construction lost no time in proceeding with concrete work.

The photo on the left was taken on Aug 2 and shows the initial pour for the “mud mat” placed directly on clean, solid bedrock.

The photo below shows the tank slab floor forms placed on the mud mat on August 4.



Many thanks to SMRC Dave Blanchette for guiding the structural nuances of the concrete work and to Kumar and Associates' Greg Demming and Steve Mulligan for regular materials testing including concrete quality control.

Solid as a rock we will be!

Yenter Completes Blasting at Tank Site

Yenter has completed blasting and Garney has hauled most of the excavated material off site, leaving this nice rock bench almost ready for forming our tank foundation. Lots of hard work is paying off!

New Water Filter Arrives!

The Town of Hot Sulphur Springs is the proud new owner of a state-of-the-art Siemens water filter!

In the photo on the left, local crane operator Paul MacDonald (Sky Crane of Granby) helps our Garney team move the filter off the truck and into the new building.







This photo shows the tight fit through the garage-style door (careful now!).













And here are the proud Board of Trustees with their new water filter -- from left to right is ARRA Program Manager Geoff Elliott, Trustee Kathy Knight, Mayor Hershal Deputy, Mayor Pro Tem Lucy Meirose, Trustee Heather Peck, Water Plant Operator Jack Zielinski, and Trustee Bob McVeigh.

Yenter Blasting Notice

NOTICE OF BLASTING ACTIVITY

This is to notify interested parties that blasting activity will take place at:

Hot Sulphur Springs Water Tank
Roosevelt Ave.
Hot Sulphur Springs, Colorado

Blasting will commence on: Monday, July 5, 2010
Blasting will continue through: Friday, July 16,2009

Prior to each detonation there will be a five-minute and then a one-minute pre-blast warning signal. After each blast there will be an all-clear signal.

We ask that, upon hearing these warning signals, residents and occupants ofnearby businesses, do not approach the blast area.

Blasting results in a certain amount of noise, air movement, and tremors. However, these effects should not be cause for concern, as all blasting is done in accordance with established national, state and local standards and regulations that govern the size of each detonation to ensure safety to structures.

If you have any questions, please contact:

Tom Gonzales-Safety Director ---(303) 710-3039
Yenter Companies Main Office ---(303) 279-4458

Yenter Companies, Inc. 20300 W. Highway 72 Arvada, CO 80007 Tel: (303) 279-4458 Fax: (303) 279-0908

Tough Rock will Require Blasting

The construction crew ran into unexpectedly hard rock at the tank site last week,so plans are being re-worked to use explosives to help excavate the bench for the new water tank. Garney has assembled the top-notch team of Yenter Construction to do the drilling and blasting under the guidance of Gordon Reavy.

By using modern methods for precise blasting, the effort must break hard rock while protecting the existing water tank some 20 feet away. The closest homes and other structures should not feel any movement. Town Staff will put notices up around town and will talk to neighbors. They will also have seismic consultant Sara Nation available for discussion and for documentation of existing conditions and actual blast results.

Schedule:

Week of 28June drilling on site

July 1 evening informational community meeting at ToHSS Town Hall with blasting consultant Sara Nation

July 5-7 blasting

Call Town Hall at 970-725-3933 for more information or contact Geoff Elliott at 970-509-0199

Work at the Water Tank Site

Garney has begun the heavy digging at the Water Tank Site including using a hydraulic rock pick to fracture the sandstone bedrock. Tough going! Will begin hauling excavated material through town soon.

Clear Well Progress

Preparation is almost complete for pouring the concrete lid to the Clear Well which will in turn form the floor for our new Water Treatment Plant. What looks like a plywood floor in the photo will hold the concrete then be removed from below after curing. Final plumbing and electrical connections through this stage will be complete and more concrete will arrive soon.

First Concrete Pour for our New Clear Well!

We completed the excavation and poured the first slab for our new clear well, which will be the tank underneath the new water treatment plant. The 20 X 10 foot slab in the photo is actually the floor for a sump. Weather permitting, we will begin to pour the walls.

Local engineering firms, TopKnot Engineering (civil engineers in Hot Sulphur Springs) and Kumar and Associates (geotechnical engineers in Fraser) are working with Garney Construction and Merrick Engineers to keep our project on track and within budget.

Material excavated from this area was transported by a local company, Harms Excavating over to Pioneer Park, where we are using the good fill material for park improvements. These improvements are being paid for with a Great Outdoors Colorado (GOCO) grant. It turns out that Pioneer Park was the closest disposal site to the water treatment plant, so our ARRA-GOCO coordination efforts continue to offer great cost benefits all around.

We have begun the 2010 construction season in earnest April 6 with the installation of “yard piping” between the new water intake vault and the existing water treatment plant which will be converted to a pre-treatment plant later this year.

The Garney crew is here in full force and will be working Monday-Thursday. Beginning Monday April 12, they will be excavating the clear well area which forms the foundation for the new water treatment plant. Excavated material will be hauled to Pioneer Park to improve camping sites and day use areas.

Construction begins at Both Sites

Construction for 2010 has begun at both the water treatment plant site and the water tank site. Work will be focused near the water treatment plant, until the water tank site dries out.

Construction to start March 15, 2010

Garney Construction’s Walt Sinclair was on the water-tank site the first week of March with Hot Sulphur Springs’ Jack Zielinski and Jim Kleeman and Bob Pfeiffer from Tim Shenk Land Surveying to look at winter access and planning locations. Sinclair will be back on site beginning March 15 with a track-excavator to perform some exploratory digging. The plan is to minimize the need for blasting rock at the tank site by excavating as much rock as possible.

Beginning April 5, a construction crew will begin more extensive excavation work at both the water tank site and water plant. Construction work will generally take place Monday through Friday between 6:30 a.m and 5 p.m.

Less explosive but as important, nonetheless, the financial/compliance team continues to hone our requisition process with the State of Colorado including new “jobs created” forms and guidance on “Buy American.” Water Project Program Manager Geoff Elliott recently visited Lisa Pine and Elisha Masters at the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment to review the submittal process.

Project Timeline - Feb 2010

The construction and administration teams have developed this Project Timeline for February 2010. Outdoor construction will begin soon at the water tank site. We will update this web page with more information as it is available.

Construction/Engineering/Accounting Meeting

Our ARRA/Stimulus team is using our scheduled winter break from construction to focus on enhancing project communications and developing final construction details. Merrick Engineers hosted a team meeting last Wednesday 25Jan10. Included were:

· Mayor Hershal Deputy and town staff Sandy White and Kerry Davidson

· Town water plant Operator Jack Zielinski and ORC John MacWilliams

· Merrick Engineers Ed Duerr, Curt Thompson, George Cicoff, and John Smart

· Garney Construction Brock Southwick, Wayne O’Brien, Maria McCracken, Solange Huggins, Walt Sinclair, and Mike Graeve

· Grand Environmental Team Karen Frey, Cindy Southway, and Geoff Elliott

Getting everyone together gave us a chance to talk about progress to date, challenges, and the best ways to press forward in 2010. We aim to begin construction as early as possible this spring.

Our morning was focused on communications including reporting, Buy American compliance, invoicing, and scheduling regular website updates and meetings. A primary goal will be to prevent team members from getting buried in e-mails while keeping things dynamic.

Our afternoon meeting dove into more details on system design. Our designated filter manufacturer Siemens/Memcor continues to improve their product, which in turn triggers a number of engineering/design adjustments. Hot Sulphur Springs is indeed getting the latest and greatest in the world of water filters!