Ditchmen • NUCA of Florida Ditchmen • April 2017 | Page 31

JOHNSON-DAVIS
CONSTRUCTION
Joins New
Project
By: Robson Lima, Project
Manager
Near the southern end of
our geographic work area,
Johnson-Davis was awarded
a contract to be part of the
design-build team rebuilding
two miles of the SR7 urban
corridor between Filmore
Street and Stirling Road in
Hollywood, FL. The project
includes approximately
17,300 linear feet of drainage,
14,000 linear feet of new
watermain, 9,700 linear feet
of new sanitary sewer, and
5,000 linear feet of new force
main.
This SR7 work includes
challenges of a very busy
urban area, many existing
underground utilities, and
sits in an area with a mixture
of rocky and sandy soils and
high water table.
The project also represents
a great underground utilities
improvement for the City of
Hollywood where the sewer
will be installed at lower
elevation, 18” to 48” drainage
pipe over it, and watermain
over drainage. Excavations
range from three to 18 feet
below grade with dewatering
drawdown up to 8 feet.
In addition, the project will be
built in three separate phases.
Phase 1 is the widening of
the road to the east with the
new recently acquired Right
of Way by the FDOT. Phase
2 is the median work where
the new deep sanitary sewer
will be installed, and Phase 3
includes reconstruction of the
southbound area.
Phase 1 work started in March
2016 with the construction
of a quadruple 36 inch pipe
crossing Farragut Street. This
equalizes the water between
two ponds that collect the
drainage water from Taft
Street to the north end of
the project – roughly two-
thirds of the project drainage.
Johnson-Davis continues to
work on drainage trunkline,
watermain, and sewer in
Phase 1 and Phase 2.
Since March 2016, Johnson
Davis has installed over 98
structures, 9,700 linear feet
of drainage pipe, 3,200 linear
feet of sewer pipe, and over
4,800 linear feet of pressure
pipe.
There is still much more
work to do and J-D is looking
forward to continue to build
this challenging project that
can certainly provide steady
work for our crews.
Our company extends its
gratitude to all involved in the
project this far, and let’s keep
up the good work.
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