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This project consists of HMA roadway maintenance - patching, crack cleaning and filling, fog sealing and
RCP removal and reinstallation with pinned joints.
ESTIMATED QUANTITIES:
2102 - SPECIAL BACKFILL
22 Tons
2306 - ASPHALT EMULSION FOR FOG SEAL (PAVEMENT)
240 GAL.
2416 - RMV+REINSTALL RIGID PIPE CULV LE 36"
36 L.F.
2528 - TRAFFIC CONTROL
1 L.S.
2529 - PATCHES, FULL-DEPTH FINISH, BY AREA. 6-IN., HMA
52 S.Y.
2529 - PATCHES, FULL-DEPTH FINISH, 6-IN., BY COUNT, HMA
This project consists of re-construction of road that was taken out for installing hatchery water distribution system. The project also includes repairing and patching potholes on the existing road.
ESTIMATED QUANTITIES:
2102 -5" DEEP CLASS 13 EXCAVATION, STOCK PILE FOR REUSE
195 C.Y.
2102-7 " DEEP CLASS 13 EXCAVATION & DISPOSE OFF SITE
272 C.Y.
2102-PLACE STOCK PILED SPECIAL FILL AND COMPACT( Approx. 4" thick.)
This project consists of removing the existing boat ramp northeast of the beach area, pavement removal,
construction of a new boat ramp, PCC paving of maneuver area, furnish and install ADA kayak launch in the northeast area of the lake, remove and replace a portion of paved roadway, and PCC paving of ADA compliant parking area and walkway.
ESTIMATED QUANTITIES:
Site Preparation
1 L.S.
PCC, Class "C", 6" Depth, Boat Ramp
219.2 S.Y.
PCC, Class "C", 6" Depth, Paving
277.8 S.Y.
Class "A" Crushed Stone Base, 6" Depth
200 Tons
Revetment, Class "E"
62 Tons
Pavement Removal
506 S.Y.
Site Restoration
1 L.S.
Pavement Removal, Kayak Area
53.3 S.Y.
PCC, Class "C", 6" Depth, Kayak Area
132 S.Y.
Class "A" Crushed Stone Base, Kayak Area, 6" Depth
44 Tons
Class "A" Crushed Stone Surfacing, Kayak Area, 4" Depth
This project consists of 1787' of shoreline armoring, 1027' jetty armoring, 165' boatramp armoring and incidental work as required by the DNR Inspector.
*****Project Cancelled, Rebid in January*****
The existing fishing pier at Lake Ahquabi was built in the early 1990s. The pier needs a renovation as the decking boards, shelter, and handrails are in poor condition and need to be replaced. This project will remove the enclosed shelter, add structural steel to the superstructure and a new, open air, steel shelter will be installed. New treated wood floor joists, composite decking, treated wood handrails, fish cleaning stations, and electrical will be installed. The adjacent boardwalk, concrete building slab, and asphalt trail will be removed and replaced with a new accessible seawall sidewalk to the pier.
ESTIMATED QUANTITIES:
Mobilization
1 L.S.
Demolition
1 L.S.
5" PCC Seawall Sidewalk, Subbase, and Curbing
78 S.Y.
Pier Structural Wood, Handrails, and Composite Decking
This project consists of mechanically removing 177,854 CY of material from the lake bed, placing rock armoring on 5,103 feet of shoreline, and placing fish habitat structures in the lake bottom. Dredge spoil shall be placed in the designated upland spoil site.
This project consists of HMA and granular roadway maintenance - bituminous fog sealing, patching, crack and joint cleaning and sealing, blading/shaping, spreading new rock and painted symbols. AA Call State Park, Kossuth County, IA.
Contact: Don Labate 515-250-3714 Don.Labate@dnr.iowa.gov
The Big Creek State Park Shop and Office was roofed with asphalt shingles a couple decades ago and in need of a new roof. This project will remove the existing roof down to the deck and replace it with a new standing seam steel roof.
Contact: Don Labate 515-250-3714 Don.Labate@dnr.iowa.gov
This project includes the replacement of a washed out and corroded water control structure with a new concrete box water control structure with aluminum stop logs and other incidental work as required by the DNR Construction Inspector at the Harmon Lake WMA in Winnebago County, Iowa.
Contact: Don Labate 515-250-3714 Don.Labate@dnr.iowa.gov
This project includes restoration of shallow wetland, approximately 1,400 Linear Feet of tile search, tile break and installing 910 Linear Feet of new tile and other incidental work as required by the DNR Construction Inspector in Winnebago County, Iowa.
Contact: Don Labate 515-250-3714 Don.Labate@dnr.iowa.gov
This project is designed to install 3 parallel runs of 24 inch Corrugated Metal Pipe (CMP) to serve as water level management at an existing rock fish barrier located in Christopherson Slough, Dickinson County, IA. Work under this project includes channel excavation (pipe inlet & outlet), installation of 24" CMP pipe, installation of a CMP riser structure, and erosion stone placement.
Contact: Jeff Felts 515-250-3712 Jeff.Felts@dnr.iowa.gov
Pine Lake State Park has a popular beach area that is connected to its parking lot via a trail and tunnel under a county highway. This concrete box culvert is in good condition and will remain in place. However, the retaining walls and stone archway on both sides of the tunnel are in poor condition. This project will remove these retaining walls and archway and replace them with concrete retaining walls with stone veneer applied to the face of the concrete. The adjacent concrete walk and steps shall also be replaced to match the existing elevations.
Contact: Don Labate 515-250-3714 Don.Labate@dnr.iowa.gov
