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It has been a busy spring this year with the
Iowa Speedway being the main thrust of the
crews. Bob and his crew started out doing
subdrain around the state for about a month and
then moved in to the track to help Virg and
Jeremy with their crews laying base rock. There
is approximately 140,000 ton of base rock to be
laid on the speedway track and complex. When
they were placing the rock on the track on one
Saturday there were 51 trucks hauling material
to the stockpile in the infield. Rock was coming
in around 1100 ton per hour. They then hauled
the rock on to the track with 3 belly dumps. On
one day those 3 trucks SAFELY hauled over 5200
ton on the track from the stockpile, WAY TO GO
GUYS!
Along with all of the rock placing, the guys
and gals have split up into 3 and sometimes 4
crews to do Fly Ash stabilization. We have
10,000 ton to incorporate into a 25' fill over a
culvert on Rusty Wallace drive Phase 2, and 5500
ton on the Fairfield airport. Both of these
projects are going at the same time. With all of
the crew splitting and new challenges we need to
be extra careful in our daily routines. Some of
these tasks are new responsibilities for some
crew members. Lets take the time to make sure
everybody knows how to run each piece of
equipment and safely complete each project. I'll
keep it short this month as I have included
panoramic pictures of progress on the track.
Give Sandy Mac a big hand for fitting all of
these in the newsletter! |
