09 July 2010 ~ Comments

Recap of Water Main Line

Here’s an update from this morning’s incident at the construction site at Fourth and Bryant streets. A water main line broke at Fourth and Bryant streets sending a geyser of water shooting 30 feet up in the air.
As of 2:15pm, repairs on the water main line have been completed and water service is back on.
At approximately 9:00am [...]

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21 June 2010 ~ Comments

Building Communities With Transit

As everyone is well aware – especially friends visiting from out of town – San Francisco is hilly.  The steep hills limited the growth of the City during the early days.  The main mode of transportation was literal horse power and very few streets were paved in the city. This led to the majority of [...]

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11 May 2010 ~ Comments

Geotechnical Drilling is on Schedule

Contrary to the Examiner article “Central Subway behind schedule,” dated 5/11/10 and written by Katie Worth, the Central Subway Project boring operation is not behind schedule.  The schedule for this segment, geotechnical drilling, of the project was rearranged to accommodate concurrent on-going utility relocation activities.  This is simply an example of contractors working together and [...]

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07 May 2010 ~ Comments

Updated May 2010 Drilling Schedule

There have been changes to the drilling schedule!  Please read the following notice and the dates in red are the new scheduled days for drilling.
The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency and PB/Telamon with Treadwell & Rollo will continue drilling operations for supplemental geotechnical investigations; the purpose of which are to provide critical geotechnical and hydro-geologic [...]

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30 April 2010 ~ Comments

Drilling Notice: May 2010

The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency and PB/Telamon with Treadwell & Rollo will continue drilling operations for supplemental geotechnical investigations; the purpose of which are to provide critical geotechnical and hydro-geologic information needed for final design and pre-construction of the proposed subway tunnel and associated structures.
Here’s the anticipated drilling [...]

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23 April 2010 ~ Comments

Important re-route information

For those of you who haven’t heard about the re-routing on the 30 Stockton and 45 Union/Stockton, here’s an update!
This re-route is required due to ongoing utilities relocation and underpinning work at 401 Fourth Street to shore up the foundation.
The 30 Stockton and 45 Union/Stockton are being re-routed, while the street is not [...]

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26 March 2010 ~ Comments

Utility Relocation on the move…

Synergy Project Management began the installation of sewer line and manholes along Clementina between Fourth and Fifth streets.
Traffic is being re-routed while sewer work is being performed on Clementina Street.  Clementina Street will be closed during the actual work period, Monday-Friday from 7:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m.

A detour sign has been posted at Clementina and Fifth [...]

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15 March 2010 ~ Comments

Utilities Relocation Progress

Synergy’s work on utilities relocation is moving along. The installation of sewer and low pressure water lines, excavation for joint trench and dry utility vaults are ongoing at various locations. Phoenix Electric (subcontractor) has begun laying conduits for the joint trenches along various locations within the route. The coring through the Moscone Center wall [...]

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05 March 2010 ~ Comments

Supplemental Geotechnical Schedule

The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency and PB/Telamon with Treadwell & Rollo has begun drilling operations for supplemental geotechnical investigations; the purpose of which are to provide critical geotechnical and hydro-geologic information needed for final design and pre-construction of the proposed subway tunnel and associated structures.
Here’s the anticipated drilling schedule throughout the month of March:

March [...]

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17 February 2010 ~ Comments

Welcome Synergy Project Management!

Here’s the contractor who’s working on the utility relocation contract for the future Moscone Station and  Portal Tunnel on Fourth Street between Howard to Bryant Streets. Utility relocation work will be performed from January 2010 to approximately June 2011.
Synergy Project Management, Inc. (SPM), a local San Francisco business with years of experience in construction and engineering began utility relocation in [...]

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