Warsaw Studies Improved Street Repair Method
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
Warsaw may have found a much cheaper way to repair its roads and streets when they have to be cut to do utility work.
According to paving consultant Richard Kauppila of Fidler Inc. in Goshen, if the city began using a new flowable filling product now available, it could save significant cost in repairing street cuts. Kauppila made a presentation to the Warsaw Board of Public Works on Friday.
"Flowable fill eliminates cut failures in your roads and streets, Kauppila said. "It can save you up to half the cost of using normal granular fill products - in terms of both man hours and equipment."
The flowable fill is a mixture of cement, water, flyash and an a mixture that increases the flowability, he said. It sets in as little as 15 minutes, allowing the road cut to be capped off with new cement in one or two hours.
"It can help get the road back open in a much quicker time than with traditional fill and cap methods, also," Kauppila said.
In other business, the board approved a computer consulting contract with Network Consulting Inc. to have the city's computers checked for Y2K compliance. The cost is $60 per computer and $75 per department.
The board also approved the lease of a new trash truck for the street department at a cost of $59,786 with a down payment of $50,000.
The board also agreed to inspect the home of Ozzie Fullmer, 832 E. Main St. Fullmer asserts that the repaving at Zoe Street in 1998 resulted in a drainage problem on his property and the resulting backup of water led to one of his basement walls collapsing.
"I really believe that the repaving created the drainage problem and it is the cause of my wall collapse," Fullmer said. [[In-content Ad]]
Warsaw may have found a much cheaper way to repair its roads and streets when they have to be cut to do utility work.
According to paving consultant Richard Kauppila of Fidler Inc. in Goshen, if the city began using a new flowable filling product now available, it could save significant cost in repairing street cuts. Kauppila made a presentation to the Warsaw Board of Public Works on Friday.
"Flowable fill eliminates cut failures in your roads and streets, Kauppila said. "It can save you up to half the cost of using normal granular fill products - in terms of both man hours and equipment."
The flowable fill is a mixture of cement, water, flyash and an a mixture that increases the flowability, he said. It sets in as little as 15 minutes, allowing the road cut to be capped off with new cement in one or two hours.
"It can help get the road back open in a much quicker time than with traditional fill and cap methods, also," Kauppila said.
In other business, the board approved a computer consulting contract with Network Consulting Inc. to have the city's computers checked for Y2K compliance. The cost is $60 per computer and $75 per department.
The board also approved the lease of a new trash truck for the street department at a cost of $59,786 with a down payment of $50,000.
The board also agreed to inspect the home of Ozzie Fullmer, 832 E. Main St. Fullmer asserts that the repaving at Zoe Street in 1998 resulted in a drainage problem on his property and the resulting backup of water led to one of his basement walls collapsing.
"I really believe that the repaving created the drainage problem and it is the cause of my wall collapse," Fullmer said. [[In-content Ad]]