Our year had a late start for our subdrain crew and they stayed busy helping at the racetrack. I wish I could have those 2 months back now. At the present time, 2 months of work have all come together at the same time, might I say the same week. This crew has never been this far behind in my entire career here at Manatts. I know Bob and the crew are doing their best to keep on schedule. I also know the material trucks that travel with Bob are giving their all, as well. There will be long hours and weeks to get caught back up. Please work extra carefully in this crunch time.  We had an incident on a project this summer where an employee had his foot and ankle ran over by the front tire of the motor grader. This was in a work area where several other crews were working along with local traffic flying through. The employee had some broken bones in his foot and is awaiting surgery once the swelling goes down. As operators of equipment, we need to always look before moving the equipment.  As people on the ground working around this equipment, you need to always assume the operator cannot see you. Never put yourself in a blind spot.  If I can get the schedule to even out, the subdrain crew should be busy up to the end of October.

    The sealcoat crew has been split helping Kurt with several stabilization projects.  This has put the sealcoating schedule way behind where I would like them. They have basically started sealcoating the last 2 weeks in August and have work scheduled up to the first of October. As we get into the fall season there are some upcoming Fly Ash projects we have to complete which should carry them into mid-October. Now is the fall push! Lets work safe and smart to finish without incidents or reworks and to complete these projects on time!

Once again I have included some pictures of the ever-changing racetrack project. Jake has been on this project for me since this spring. Everyday there seems to be changes to the construction of the facility. It is something I would not have been able to cover with my normal workload and I owe Jake a big Thank You!  Jake is now working with Dale and Chico placing rock as needed in front of the asphalt paving and trying to coordinate several other fires. I am hoping that within the next week or two I can get him back to the office and general field management duties that he was hired for.

    Watch out for the school buses and the fall harvest that will be starting soon. Watch for the slow moving farm equipment.