Been some long slow times and we were given the ok to finish the painting on a warehouse and perform the finish grading. That machine is a SL30SL speed level from Upright. Couldn't rent one w/o paying long haul relocation fees, had to buy it with the intention to re-sell once job was done, but works so much better than a offroad scissor or a telescoping boom that it earned a 'keeper' spot. Paint job done with 18" rollers w 3/4 nap: didn't want to detail cars from airless overspray. Tip: All final roller strokes were left in the down direction. Machine was on the temporary crane road outside the building as this job placed no crane on the slab. The crane road was a mixture of class II road base and free concrete 'wash' from the batch plant. Worked well, almost too well, as the removal took some effort. And produced some unexpected results....* ~ For some reason, I decided to bring the compactor along with the dozer. Prolly just cause I like the air cooled Deutz. Turned out the soil was a mix of sandy areas and some tightly bound areas (likely some clay fines in the sand). Holding smooth grade with the dozer was a chore until we loosened up the surface, added a bit of water, ran the compactor, waited a day for it to tighten, and then cut the grade. Acted like a good wood plane on a fine grained lumber. *As to that crane road, once it was ripped there were large pieces of base and I was afraid we would have to sift them out (yuk!) but the watering twice a day for a couple days then the compactor and the dozer cracked them all up into little cobbles or smaller. Problem solved. Other than starting with the job last year we have not used this yellow equipment since around 2010. In fact, this particular job was in temp hiatus for at least that long. Lotta spiders were angry when they were evicted from the machines. Keeping the rams sprayed with LPS-3 and occasional starting appears to have helped 'keep' the equipment. Of course the batteries had to be replaced; they were dead long ago from non usage in spite of the trickle desulphator chargers. The one ton bags sure get us a lot of compliments for clean jobsite and cuts waste of material. And no feline gifts in the sand. LOL Next: after arranging for the haul off of the excess material, there will be some grade box leaders and drainage pipe for the roof downspouts - and the landscaper is scheduled tight.
Did the forming for the (at grade) Leader Boxes and the Headwalls for the drains. Couple pics of the method we invoked for the Headwall drain outlet. MDO formply sandwiches the pipe (a pc of pipe w a coupler)...drain pipe fits snugly over a cookie on each form in lieu of cutting a hole in the form which makes stripping easier...an L shape (wall w footing under the slope) will help resist settling/tipping...used modified Jahn wall ties since we don't need a whaler or a strongback...we added some P tape to the corners to add to the strength...set box in ditch over the prefab #4 rebar grid, stakes driven and then box raised up a hair high, drove screws to hang the box and lightly tapped down stake to exact elevation...checked for plumb and added a couple more screws.
This is the result of pinching the pipe sleeve in the form as opposed to cutting a hole and sliding the pipe through, not to mention easier to strip. Quite clean. Additional Point: The Jahn forming system wall ties allow sliding off the form during the stripping but if that pipe had been slid through the plywood, stripping would be much more diff and the pipe likely damaged either then or shortly thereafter. Note the actual Jahn ties were altered to use the allthread but kept the cones.
This pic shows why the headwall's footing is toward the backside ........ when you see the headwall face under mined / excavated and ready for the gravel.
With the gravel and then a few cobbles.