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SITE OBSERVATION REPORT Neel-Schaffer, Inc. PO Box 2100 Columbus, MS 39705 Phone 662-328-4547 Fax 662-328-8552 Project: Browning Creek Road Culvert Replacement

Date/Time: Wednesday, January 15, 2019 through February 7, 2019

Weather: Varied each day, general lows in the 30s/40s and highs in the 50s/60s

Owner: Browning Creek Owner’s Association

Contractor: Burns Dirt Construction Inc.

Inspector: Neel Schaffer, Inc. (Saunders Ramsey, PE or Kevin Stafford, PE)

Contractor’s Activities/Observations: Construction during the timeframe of these daily observations included:

1. Water and sewer line directional bores and reconnections for utility avoidance. a. Since this work is bored underground, only pictures of final reconnection locations are

shown. b. Water bores were installed per the Engineer of Record, Cook-Coggins, Jason Nix, PE.

i. Cook-Coggins reviewed and approved the design and all materials supplied for the bore and reconnections.

c. Sewer bore design and installation approvals were given by Jeff Foster. d. Testing results for pressure and/or bacterial samples passed for both lines.

2. Road closure and demolition of existing culverts. 3. Installation of box culvert stone base (6” of #57 limestone) 4. Installation of box culvert. 5. Select backfill around and above box culvert and road subgrade (Sand and B9 material). 6. Rip rap placement around box ends and slopes greater than 2’ horizontal to 1’ vertical. (100#

stone). 7. Rip rap placement in creek channel (200# stone) 8. Final road base limestone placement (6”) 9. General backfill cover and grading for disturbed areas and side slopes with general grassing and

erosion control blankets. Pictures taken during this inspection are attached for clarification. Additional pictures are available upon request.

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(PHOTOS 1-3 FROM JANUARY 15, 2019)

Photo 1 – Existing culvert removed (in upper right of background) and grading/clearing being

performed for uniform subgrade to receive #57 limestone for box culvert.

Photo 2 – Six inches of #57 stone placed, compacted, and grade check to meet plan/existing creek

grades. Stone appeared to interlock and stand up well to subgrade base during compaction efforts.

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Photo 3 – Temporary earthen dam in place for dry working conditions. Western most existing

culvert was used as a bypass flow during demo, base, and box installation.

(PHOTOS 4 - 7 FROM JANUARY 16, 2019)

Photo 4 – Placement of first box section on the downstream (southern) end. Note centerline marked

for box alignment.

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Photo 5 – First 4 sections installed. Last 3 sections on each end will be exposed in lieu of a

head/wingwall, therefore, all 3 sections were drilled and bound with metal plating in 2 areas each.

Photo 6 – Upstream view (looking south) of bypass culvert and dam in place during box

installation.

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Photo 7 – Old culvert demo remained on site during new box installation.

(PHOTOS 8 - 10 FROM JANUARY 17, 2019)

Photo 8 – Box Culvert installation complete, dam removed, and flow converted through new

culvert. Removal of (failed) bypass culvert can now begin in order to start select backfill.

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Photo 9 – Evidence of metal plate installation to bind last 3 exposed sections of the northern

(upstream) end.

Photo 10 – Bypass removed, bank cleaned up, road blocked to traffic. Note stone evident from

under box for entire length.

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(PHOTO 11 FROM JANUARY 22, 2019)

Photo 11 – Geofabric wrapping at each buried joint to ensure joints are soil tight. Each joint also

received elastomeric seal inside the male-female joint to ensure soil tight connection. Due to numerous previous days of rain, the subgrade next to the box was saturated, so the Engineer

approved the use of sand as a bridge lift to get out of the wet conditions while providing a stable compactable backfill.

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(PHOTOS 12 – 13 FROM JANUARY 25, 2019)

Photo 12 – Final select backfill (B9) being installed, compacted and tested for entire box length and

road crossing.

Photo 13 – Six inches of No. 610 limestone road base on top of culvert select backfill (B9). All

material was compacted and passed testing.

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(PHOTOS 14 – 19 FROM JANUARY 26, 2019)

Photo 14 – Bank slopes are generally rough graded and plated with general backfill material

outside the roadway edges.

Photo 15 – Roadside Clean-up beginning. General roadside drainage and fine grading needed.

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Photo 16 – Removal of old culvert and roadside prep areas in process.

Photo 17 – Roadside shoulders need work, but this shows evidence of select material coming out from under road base stone. Shoulders to be plated with general or select backfill. Attention to

utility marker, rip rap, and general grading needed.

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Photo 18 – Westside cleanup needed and remnants of bypass culvert removal.

Photo 19 – Downstream backslopes generally graded and fall below box ready for rip rap

installation.

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(PHOTOS 20 – 21 FROM JANUARY 28, 2019)

Photo 20 – Upstream slopes and plating fine graded and 100# gradation rip rap placed on slopes

greater than 2’ horizontal to 1’ vertical.

Photo 21 – Downstream slopes and plating fine graded and 100# gradation rip rap placed on slopes

greater than 2’ horizontal to 1’ vertical. 200# gradation rip rap was placed in the creek bed to dissipate and spread out flows exiting the culvert.

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(PHOTOS 22 – 33 FROM FEBRUARY 7, 2019)

Photo 22 – Downstream slopes fine graded, grassed, and erosion control blankets installed. General

fine grading and grassing required above culvert and along all disturbed slopes.

Photo 23 – culvert drainage needs fine grading attention for flowline establishment and potential

erosion controls until grass is established.

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Photo 24 – Southeast roadside clean-up and fine grading looks decent. Seed has been spread

without mulch or protective covering.

Photo 25 – Northwest roadside needs some fine grading attention.

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Photo 26 – Southwest roadside has been cleaned up and somewhat fine graded. A few ruts and

leaning water valve rings need attention (pictured here). Seed has been spread without protective covering.

Photo 27 – New sewer blow-off and gate valves and marked in the field. Fine grading around these needed with seed. Careful attention to fine grading to ensure flush grade installation around each

for future ease of maintenance.

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Photo 28 – Downstream fine grading performed, seeded, and erosion control blanket installed.

Clean-up required on top of box.

Photo 29 – Clean-up required around sewer lagoon access culvert.

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Photo 30 – Concern about lack of erosion control downstream of sewer lagoon culvert crossing.

Rip rap and erosion control should be installed as a minimum until final grassing is established. It is recommended to have some rip rap at the culvert exit to dissipate and spread out flows going

down the hill.

Photo 31 – General clean-up needed on top of downstream culvert.

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Photo 32 – General clean-up and grassing needed on top of upstream culvert.

Photo 33 – Concerns about lack of erosion and grassing on northeast roadside ditch. As a minimum, grassing, erosion control and rip rap should be placed until permanent grass is

established.