PPH ERTC Groundbreaking!?
PPH has started moving dirt in the ERTC. Strangely, no ground breaking ceremony was announced by PPH.
The City called this phase "soil remediation" in the 9/12/07 City Council meeting. The soil remediation project is going to last several months. City engineer Homi Namdari said that the hospital site is mostly rock (covered with only 5 feet of dirt). The rock needs to be removed for the basements, so blasting will be occurring at the site.
I feel there are more issues involved in the soil remediation than the mere removal of rock.
According to the grading plans on file with the City. Some areas have "undocumented fill" requiring "the contractor to over excavate and recompact existing undocumented fill in accordance with the recommendations of the soils report." Item 12, page 1 of 15, Document #GP07-0027, Department of Public Works, Engineering Division, City of Escondido. "No fill to be placed until the City Grading Inspector has inspected and approved the bottom excavation." Item 13 ". . . Rocks larger than six inches in diameter shall not be used in the fill." Item 16 "The fill shall be compacted to at least 95 percent." Item 17. A soils report, prepared by URS Corporation, was dated January 2007. Item 3, under City of Escondido Grading Notes.
I'm hearing the "soil remediation" will be expensive.
For mention of "soil remediation" by the City staff in the City Council meeting of 09/19/07, see See Video at minute 19:12 of video 9 (Item 14).
PPH purchased the ERTC Property "as is": ERTC Option Contract (Article 7, paragraphs 7.2 and 7.2.1).
I doubt PPH had any soils reports prepared during the 11 months between when the Option Contract was signed, and when the option was exercised. PPH has not mentioned "soil remediation" as a budget item. Some level of grading has always been part of the construction plan.
The City called this phase "soil remediation" in the 9/12/07 City Council meeting. The soil remediation project is going to last several months. City engineer Homi Namdari said that the hospital site is mostly rock (covered with only 5 feet of dirt). The rock needs to be removed for the basements, so blasting will be occurring at the site.
I feel there are more issues involved in the soil remediation than the mere removal of rock.
According to the grading plans on file with the City. Some areas have "undocumented fill" requiring "the contractor to over excavate and recompact existing undocumented fill in accordance with the recommendations of the soils report." Item 12, page 1 of 15, Document #GP07-0027, Department of Public Works, Engineering Division, City of Escondido. "No fill to be placed until the City Grading Inspector has inspected and approved the bottom excavation." Item 13 ". . . Rocks larger than six inches in diameter shall not be used in the fill." Item 16 "The fill shall be compacted to at least 95 percent." Item 17. A soils report, prepared by URS Corporation, was dated January 2007. Item 3, under City of Escondido Grading Notes.
I'm hearing the "soil remediation" will be expensive.
For mention of "soil remediation" by the City staff in the City Council meeting of 09/19/07, see See Video at minute 19:12 of video 9 (Item 14).
PPH purchased the ERTC Property "as is": ERTC Option Contract (Article 7, paragraphs 7.2 and 7.2.1).
I doubt PPH had any soils reports prepared during the 11 months between when the Option Contract was signed, and when the option was exercised. PPH has not mentioned "soil remediation" as a budget item. Some level of grading has always been part of the construction plan.
posted by Robroy at 7:23 PM
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