Construction crews at Jim Thorpe stadium will bring in a milling machine to fix humps and dips hampering the track around the football field.
That was recommended Tuesday by representatives from ATG Sports, who met the general contractor, Homeland General Contractors, and others. This decision was made after seeing problems with the first half-inch layer of asphalt.
“If we use a milling machine, with slope control, it’ll take care of that for us,” said Paul Driver, chief executive officer for ATG. “My recommendation is to bring in a milling machine.”
This process will eliminate the different slopes in the sections of track and will give a consistent slope throughout the whole width of the track, he said.
Currently, the track has three humps in different lanes, which may pose a problem for drainage, Driver said.
“There’s different slopes from lane eight, to lane four, to lane one,” he said.
Keith Sandlin, Shawnee Public Schools Board of Education president, said the project is already behind and ATG needs to make a recommendation to Homeland General Contractors, so they can tell architects and the school district what the problem is.
“We’re way behind schedule,” he said.
Don Bolinger, president of construction services for ATG, said the whole process will take about four to five days to make the necessary repairs. The milling process itself will take about two to three days.
After the repairs are made, the second layer will be poured, followed by adding the track surface, he said.
“We stopped it before the second layer was poured,” Bolinger said. “We did our due diligence and did stop it.”
Aron Hancock, a representative from consultant Terracon, said milling may be the best solution.
“I think it will identify all the places in question,” he said.
This machine should identify the failures and should spot where the needed repairs will be, Hancock said.
“All we can see is what we see right now,” he said. “If we test now, we may miss a spot.”
Driver said the machine weighs between 80,000 and 100,000 pounds and the surface will be able to hold it.
“It will identify soft spots by breaking the asphalt at the soft spots,” he said. “It will eliminate the need to test for soft spots.”
Paperwork for the repairs should be filed by midday today and each entity informed by the end of the day, Driver said.
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Josh Burton may be reached by calling 214-3926.
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Construction crews at Jim Thorpe stadium will bring in a milling machine to fix humps and dips hampering the track around the football field.
That was recommended Tuesday by representatives from ATG Sports, who met the general contractor, Homeland General Contractors, and others. This decision was made after seeing problems with the first half-inch layer of asphalt.
“If we use a milling machine, with slope control, it’ll take care of that for us,” said Paul Driver, chief executive officer for ATG. “My recommendation is to bring in a milling machine.”
This process will eliminate the different slopes in the sections of track and will give a consistent slope throughout the whole width of the track, he said.
Currently, the track has three humps in different lanes, which may pose a problem for drainage, Driver said.
“There’s different slopes from lane eight, to lane four, to lane one,” he said.
Keith Sandlin, Shawnee Public Schools Board of Education president, said the project is already behind and ATG needs to make a recommendation to Homeland General Contractors, so they can tell architects and the school district what the problem is.
“We’re way behind schedule,” he said.
Don Bolinger, president of construction services for ATG, said the whole process will take about four to five days to make the necessary repairs. The milling process itself will take about two to three days.
After the repairs are made, the second layer will be poured, followed by adding the track surface, he said.
“We stopped it before the second layer was poured,” Bolinger said. “We did our due diligence and did stop it.”
Aron Hancock, a representative from consultant Terracon, said milling may be the best solution.
“I think it will identify all the places in question,” he said.
This machine should identify the failures and should spot where the needed repairs will be, Hancock said.
“All we can see is what we see right now,” he said. “If we test now, we may miss a spot.”
Driver said the machine weighs between 80,000 and 100,000 pounds and the surface will be able to hold it.
“It will identify soft spots by breaking the asphalt at the soft spots,” he said. “It will eliminate the need to test for soft spots.”
Paperwork for the repairs should be filed by midday today and each entity informed by the end of the day, Driver said.
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Josh Burton may be reached by calling 214-3926.
