My OperaConvention Center Headquarters Hotel Ad Hoc Subcommittee, Wednesday evening , Dec. 15.
Tuesday, December 21, 2010 3:15:49 PM
The Editor attended the Convention Center Headquarters Hotel Ad Hoc Subcommittee lsst Wednesday evening (Dec. 15). The main topic was the presentation of the Traffic Control Plan by Hensel Phelps, the contractor for the hotel. (So now you know what those “HP” graffiti on the Jersey barriers stand for.) Tony Giancolla, who represents DC on the Metro Board, chairs these meetings.
Herewith some notes, with only an occasional TLA.
From HP, there were:
Program Manager: Joel Douglass
General Superintendent: Kenny Arnold
Community Development Manager, Subcontracts: Charles Eaton
Community Development Advisor: James Harper (also community outreach)
Project Engineer: Melissa Kristofferson
General notes:
Now 41 months to completion.
No pile drivers, different construction method.
When construction really begins rolling (it’s in prep, now): An earth moving truck every 4 minutes, about 120 per day. When the construction goes vertical, as opposed to just down 110 feet (which is about 40 feet below the water level), it’s 30 more trucks per day.
The project can hold 58 trucks at a time.
PM (Program Manager) Douglass says HP Personnel and contractors will not use the local neighborhood for parking.
CDA Harper: the TCP includes employee and truck parking and routes the trucks can use for getting into and out of town.
PM Douglass: DDOT is also “partner” to HP for this project in many ways.
Karina Ricks (Associate Director for the Policy, Planning and Sustainability Administration, District Department of Transportation) pointed out that the O Street Market construction is getting up to speed and the and the City Center starts April. In other words, the troubles caused for those commuting from upstream is just going to get worse.
DDOT if going for a overall and on-going plan including many projects and truck routes. Also, a permit for a dump (OK, “earth moving”) truck includes “approved” trucking routes. Free lancing apparently gets the permit yanked, or something. Ricks promised “heavy enforcement” on the truck routes, which makes sense. Imagine the complaints from all over the city if these big guys wandered all over the place. Also, the wear and tear on minor roads is a concern.
HP: Signs being taken off Ninth Street sidewalk (1100 block) and moved out behind the orange barriers in the streets. More visible to traffic, less hassle to pedestrians. But it does probably endanger those little dogs which will have to go out into the street for their business.
DPW tickets in residential areas. Said they would add enforcement for new projects.
Discussion of wear on streets by trucks: HP must restore to now original in local area.
Discussion of pedestrian safety, and especially the marked pedestrian go/no go areas. Ricks: Dump trucks have a lot of blind spots. Don’t push it. The way she said it wasn’t perfunctory. Sounds as if she has seen things or heard stories of unfortunate happenings.
Herewith some notes, with only an occasional TLA.
From HP, there were:
Program Manager: Joel Douglass
General Superintendent: Kenny Arnold
Community Development Manager, Subcontracts: Charles Eaton
Community Development Advisor: James Harper (also community outreach)
Project Engineer: Melissa Kristofferson
General notes:
Now 41 months to completion.
No pile drivers, different construction method.
When construction really begins rolling (it’s in prep, now): An earth moving truck every 4 minutes, about 120 per day. When the construction goes vertical, as opposed to just down 110 feet (which is about 40 feet below the water level), it’s 30 more trucks per day.
The project can hold 58 trucks at a time.
PM (Program Manager) Douglass says HP Personnel and contractors will not use the local neighborhood for parking.
CDA Harper: the TCP includes employee and truck parking and routes the trucks can use for getting into and out of town.
PM Douglass: DDOT is also “partner” to HP for this project in many ways.
Karina Ricks (Associate Director for the Policy, Planning and Sustainability Administration, District Department of Transportation) pointed out that the O Street Market construction is getting up to speed and the and the City Center starts April. In other words, the troubles caused for those commuting from upstream is just going to get worse.
DDOT if going for a overall and on-going plan including many projects and truck routes. Also, a permit for a dump (OK, “earth moving”) truck includes “approved” trucking routes. Free lancing apparently gets the permit yanked, or something. Ricks promised “heavy enforcement” on the truck routes, which makes sense. Imagine the complaints from all over the city if these big guys wandered all over the place. Also, the wear and tear on minor roads is a concern.
HP: Signs being taken off Ninth Street sidewalk (1100 block) and moved out behind the orange barriers in the streets. More visible to traffic, less hassle to pedestrians. But it does probably endanger those little dogs which will have to go out into the street for their business.
DPW tickets in residential areas. Said they would add enforcement for new projects.
Discussion of wear on streets by trucks: HP must restore to now original in local area.
Discussion of pedestrian safety, and especially the marked pedestrian go/no go areas. Ricks: Dump trucks have a lot of blind spots. Don’t push it. The way she said it wasn’t perfunctory. Sounds as if she has seen things or heard stories of unfortunate happenings.
