Change Order No 1 - South Well Field WWTP & Dist. System Imprvmts. - Contract B -Watermain Proj No. 117-059B - C&E

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C & E Excavating Job Name: 2023/46 SOUTH WELL FIELD WWTP COSB Daily Report Diary: Date - 01/12/2024 (Friday) Job Code 23-046WELLFI Foreman - JOHN B JOHN BENDER J B KJ Started day as checking pipe diameters in the 24 inch tee area. Mob machine from Ozinga area up to pump buildings. When nearing 24 inch pipe with nearly 8 ft of cover we had water starting to seep up from excavation. We did not feel like we hit anything. Dug farther away from where we started at a higher elevation and water would keep seeping up in areas we did not dig. At this point talked with Adam and it was deemed best to get city involved as they have struggled to locate anything in the area. Kyle from engineering came out, then Travis from construction crew then Rick the head of construction and repair came. There was currently 2 leaks in the city with a crew at each so it was a slow response to this situation. Both city vac trucks were in use and the sewer dept vac truck had no one to operate it as they were all involved in snow removal. Under Kyle's direction and working with Jacob they asked us to order up a 3rd party vac if possible to investigate. Badger was available and on -site within the hour. As we began to vac you could see the water coming from along the pipe upstream farther. I removed the top 4 to 5 ft with excavator and the vac investigated to main. Kyle found a print with a line stop in the area. Dug, found post, line stop on the 24 inch with the test port on the line stop being the leak. There was a brass nipple with ball valve that was spraying from a split in valve or nipple. Soil caved a bit and 3/4 inch ball valve fell off. Got 2-2 inch pumps running and that was receding the waters slightly. By this time the city showed up with what we thought was parts and maybe a guy would attempt repair or us doing it. They showed up in full force with 4 guys and 3 trucks as there other 2 repairs were now completed in city. They hooked up a 3 or 4 inch hydraulic pump and started pumping as the vac truck began to suck hole for pump and open up repair spot again. They took out brass nipple and threaded in a 12 inch galvanized nipple with a brass curb stop then closed valve. I was impressed with the crew and gave fist bumps and praise all around. I think we need this relationship with these guys as south bend water seems lacking in locating and knowledge where things are buried at least in the wellfield. The crew had a good attitude about this and Rick was happy to have us on hand and vac truck to get this done before cold snap. This line stop was approximately 30 ft from where we started and had nothing to do with us digging. The vac truck probably dumped 4 times on -site 50 west of vac area. Crew made the repair with it under pressure. Backfil led excavation, only able to bucket press layers of soil because to wet to compact. Caution tape area backfilled. Cleaned up tracks and placed machine on bark from tree chips as temps are plunging next week. Water seep began at 10 am. Time Card: Date - 01/12/2024 (Friday) Foreman - JOHN B JOHN BENDER Revision-0 Shift-1 Cost Codes XW-004 0330-6FI12489 0330-6FI12492 0140-6PI13194 Description 24" Waterline Break Sou 24" MJ Long Sleeve DIP 24" MJ Tee DIP WATR 24" DIP WATR TJ CL50, Prod. City. 11.25 HR 0 EA 0 EA 0 LF Code Name Class Totals JOHN B JOHN D BENDER JB REG 4.25/6 1.25 1.25 1.25 8/6 KYLE J KYLE B JOHNSON KJ REG 1 .75 .75 .75 3.25 Totals for Labor Hours: 17.25 Worked:17.25 Broken Out: (11.25/6/0) x Date: 'c' - indicates a completed item. '(R)' - indicates a rework quantity. '(o)' - indicates a percentage override. Printed on: 0112412024 06:48:21 Page 1