Week 37, Part 2-

Speaking of the shallow trench we saw Owens' crew digging in the last installment, here is Todd of Challenger Electric trying to figure out what goes where-



And this is why you need to be patient as an electrician! We don't want to flip on a light switch and have the Belt/Filter Press start up in the next building!-



A major duct back will run from the Operations building to the Mechanical building. The installation process begins between Operations and the Treatment structure-





In the UV Disinfection Room (Mechanical Building) the welder installed the handrails leading to the UV floor-





In the Maintenance/Storage room of Operations, All Wall began sanding the finished drywall prior to painting-



After the concrete cured, the wall surrounding the Sludge Basin was covered with a welded metal liner-



And the roof began taking shape on Operations-



Finally, the PREM roof supports were put in place and another week is in the books!



(This roof is actually flat, the bending is part of the panoramic view process! I will get a true, flat picture posted later...)

Week 37, Part 1- Sludge Basin, Phos Tanks & Owens crew

When we left last week, we were ready to pour a concrete slab at the "Sludge Basin". This is where a trailer or truck will park and receive the pressed sludge material through the wall on the left. The discharge pipe has not been installed through the wall yet-





The finished slab curing in the midday sun-



The 2nd set of tanks for the Phosphorous Removal building arrived-



This wide view gives a perspective of the tank size with the Mechanical Building on the left-



Each tank had to be shimmed and positioned accurately for future piping-



Paul and Greg from the City of Plummer look over the on-going work-



The Owens crew- Jason, Matt, Greg and Randy- continued to do the work no one will see after the project wraps up. Everything they do is in the dirt (and mud) and gets buried by dirt!-





Here the Owens crew digs a shallow trench for an electrical conduit duct bank. That installation will continue in Part 2 of Week 37-

Week 36, Part 2- Details...

Outside the Operations building, the City worked with Owens to tap into the potable water line. A hydrant and valve will be installed here-



Later Owens worked on Line G, the gravity sewer line from our plant site which runs back to the Influent Lift Station-





Also, behind the Mechanical building, Owens tied the Reuse Water Tank to the UV discharge line-



The window subcontractor installed all the windows in Operations this week-





Final touches were put on the rebar and grade in the Sludge Basin- the open area at the west end of Mechanical. This is the final area for concrete to be poured in or around the Mechanical building-



And the roofers "dried in" the building by installing felt and ice shield plastic-



To wrap up this week, here's a view from the southwest of the Operations building with Lift Station-2 (effluent) in the foreground. Operations is now ready for insulation and drywall, it will take a couple weeks for the metal roofing to arrive. That's all for this week-

Week 36, Part 1- UV slab, Phos. Tanks & Drywall

The UV disinfection room features a lowered floor, presenting a challenge for CNI's concrete crew! On the left Paul Spifford, Plant Operator for City of Plummer, watches the progress of the pour-



A little hose-wrassling-



And finishing-



This brings new meaning to "painting yourself into a corner"!



And a fish-eye view-



The first two process tanks for Phosphorous removal arrived this week. With some careful lifting they get ready to go in place-





And that "place" is the floor just over 20' down in our concrete hole!-



Over in Operations All-Wall finished installing the drywall-



Paul Spifford takes a look at the Laboratory just before taping-



And now All-Wall has started taping-



Part 2 coming soon...

Week 35, Part 2 Operations and Exterior Progress Views

Over at Operations All Wall placed insulation and vapor barrier in preparation for drywall-



Here are some stacks of drywall waiting to be used-



Insulation in the mechanical room of Operations-



Then the drywall started going up-



Rod Willard, City of Plummer Public Works Director, has a look at progress in the Operations building-



The Mechanical building in progress as seen from the Trail of the Coeur d’Alene’s-



A view from the southwest including Lift Station 2 (effluent)-



At the end of the week we took a ride on a lift and got this overhead shot of Operations-



And this shot of Mechanical with the plywood sheeting in place, ready for “dry-in” (roofing felt). And that’s all for this week!

Week 35, Part 1- Mechanical building roof & details

This week began with perhaps a final look at snow for this winter?! This post is going online after a few week’s delay and we haven’t seen more snow in 17 working days since this picture-



But the very next day it was back to normal for this winter- muddy & wet!



This week work continued on the roof of Mechanical, CNI’s crew installed the trusses last week and now worked on decking, blocking, hardware and fascia-



Here’s a nice wide view of the progress at Mechanical with Operations on the left side of the picture-



Owens installed a Dewatering Manhole on the north side of the Mechanical building. The groundwater in this area is substantial so we are making sure the lowest floor in our Mechanical building stays dry! This manhole is actually seated in the basalt bedrock on our site, 10 feet below grade. A permanent, wired pump will be installed by the end of the project-





Here is the floor in question- the UV room. This vertical shot is pre-slab pour. The trusses are in place over the room with just a few plywood sheets in place. The blue vapor barrier is in on top of the gravel slab grade-



This is the Blower Room in the Mechanical building. You can see the electrical conduit stub-ups on the left side. Those are for the Motor Control Center. At this stage we are almost ready to pour the floor slab-



A couple CNI crew members install fascia around the Mechanical roof-



CNI crew installing the plywood sheeting on Mechanical-