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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMiscellaneous C i i ~ ,~ a ,, ~- !" i i ENGINEERING DIVISION '~ Post Office Box 99b0 1101 Texas Avenue College Station, Texas 77842-0960 X409) 764-35.70........... ~; - PROJECT MEMDRANDUIVI '~ DATE: OCTOBER x,1993 PROJECT: DEVONSHIRE SUBDIVISION SUBJECT: CONVERSATIONS WLTH DEBBIE KEATING AND DAN BENSIMON REGARDING USE OF ASPHALT BASE JUST AFTER LUNCH, DEBBIE ASKED.. ME WHAT THE PROCEDURE WAS FOR ' USING PALASOTA'S BLACK BASE INSTEAD OF REGULAR LIMESTONE. I SAID THAT WE WOULD NEED AN .ALTERNATE PAVEMENT DESIGN PREPARED. BY THE SOILS ENGINEER` AND SUBMITTED BY THE DESIGN' ENGINEER FOR REVIEW. ~;, DEBBIE SAID THAT WE SHOULD_NOT NEED A NEW DESIGN BECAUSE RICKY'S MET THE CITY STANDARD SPECIFICATION, AND THAT HER STREET SECTION ALREADY SHOVED THE REDUCED SECTION TH1 CKNESS TO BE USED ' ACCORDING TO THE TYPICAL STREET DETAIL.: ~~ I SAID THAT THE MIX THAT I HAD REVIEWED:. FOR CARTERS .GROVE DID NOT ~~ ~ MATCH OUR SPECS AND SO IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN ..CHECKED FOR DES IGN STRENGTH PRIOR TO USE; BUT IF RICKY COULD PUT A MIX DOWN WHICH ~' ~~~ DID MATCH OUR SPECS THEN ALL I WOULD NEED NOW S I A CALL FROM '~ '~ BILL BERGER LETTING ME KNOW THERE IS CJ N T ANY PROBLEM WITH THIS ;, SUBSTITUTION. a DEBBIE:.SAID THAT SHE ~'~VOULD LET MYRAD KNEW, AND THAT I SHOULD EXPECT A CALL FROM EITHER DAN: OR BETH BECAUSE THEY WANTED TO PAVE TQMORRfJW tSATURDAY). AFTER TRADING TWO SETS OF MESSAGES, DAN FINALLY G4T IN TOUCH '~a WITH ME AND BEGAN BY EXPLAINING HIS FRUSTRATIONS THAT. BETTER COMMUNICATION BEING PRACTICED BY THE CITY. HE FURTHER. WENT ON TO EXPLAIN THAT WHAT I TOLD DEBBIE DID I~OT MAKE SENSE WITH WHAT ~~ RICKY WAS TELLING HIM. ,, I TRIED TO :REPEAT WHAT I TOLD DEBBIE BUT DAN KEPT ON TELLING ME ~~ ~, HOW FRUSTRATED HE WAS WITH THE WAY THAT THE CITY WAS TREATING ~~ ~~ ~, '~ ~i ~~ • ,i i~ ~ t ~`~' + ~~ ~- \ EIV~IIVEEIIVG DIVISION Post Office Box 9960 _1101 Texas Avenue Co3lege Station, .Texas 77.842-09.60. (~09) X64-357© { PR4 JECT MEMORANDUM DATE: (~ctc~ber 11,1993 PROJECT: Devonshire Subdivision SUBJECT: Canversatrons with Brill Berger and Dare Bensimc~n ....regarding use of ''bituminous base" ,; Bill Berger and I discussed the situation with the black base desired far this project. Bill explained that: the " bituminous base" noted i,n the standard section. does not refer to .our spec. for asphalt stabilized base {gravel)., bu to our spec. for type B hat mix asphalt.. Bill also explained that he is comfortable recommending the 4 inches of type. B in lieu of the 6 inches of flexible base f~~r this ra'ect, pJ we also discussed the coafusion created by our specs, and, some ways. of fixing the problem. I then discussed the difference in materials .with R~hert Gadbc~s, ..who .was. in the opinion that j the type B would be a better substltutlan. Accordin 1 I informed D~.a Bensmon of M rad at r~u .hl 2:OC) PM hat we would allow a 4 gy Y g Y inch black base substitution for the ~ inches of flex base as lon as the material and lacement g p meet the type B hot mix specifications. BAM. ;; . ;, ,, q3a~~ uu~ ~,~,, _ d ~O C~J.acw~ ct~,. ~ nn~d~nuu ct a~ e~t~~ 4~u, t~Qr.~rE ~~c~=