January 19, 2012 Update:
Happy New Year. Docks and utilities are being installed, restroom foundation is being completed, and construction should start soon. Tom Smith sent some nice photos of the dock being installed. (Thanks Tom)
  

December 20, 2011 Update (sorry for the delay)

Pile Driving is complete, New dock are being installed, Restroom construction will start soon.
  
Thanks LBYC for the aerials                                Note the round fingers


November 17, 2011 Update
Dredging was completed in November, pile driving has started, and the restroom has been removed.
  
Pile driving has been very quite, except where they hit rock which they are now trying to remove before the pile is placed.
 

October 28, 2011 Update

Dredging will be completed by the end of October. Pile Driving will begin the first week in November.

  

October 7, 2011 Update
Seawall Repairs

Activity:              Seawall Repair and Slope Restoration

What: There are numerous voids in the seawalls surrounding the Long Beach Yacht Club and within Basin 4.  The voids, which are primarily at the base of the wall, will be addressed as part of the project

 

How:  This work will be handled primarily from the landside and will be timed along with the schedule of landside work.  Due to the fact that most of this work will occur at an elevation of approximately +1’ MLLW, the contractor plans to perform this work during low tidal conditions so that the work can be performed expeditiously. 

The void repair work will be the first work activity.  The voids will first be measured and recorded.  Exposed concrete piles within the void space will be water blasted before placement of concrete.  A filter fabric will be placed and secured to the seawall to control the flow of the concrete under the seawall.  The riprap will be placed next aiding in keeping the concrete and filter fabric under the wall.  The self-consolidating concrete will be delivered to the site in ready mix trucks and will be transported to the void areas by PVC tubes or hoses.  If required, a trailer concrete pump will be used to assist in the placement within the void.  Placement of the concrete will also be controlled by installing bulkheads under the seawall to limit the flow of the concrete. 

Slope restoration will be performed primarily from the existing parking lots (Basin 4 and LBYC) and will be scheduled to run concurrently with the seawall repairs.  The contractor will have the required riprap material delivered to the site and placed on the ground in a stockpile at Basin 4.   It is anticipated that no more than 400 tons will be stockpiled at one time (50’ by 100’ footprint).   The contractor will then use an excavator working with a small loader to take the riprap from the stockpile and place the material within the riprap cross section.  Crane mats will be placed to protect locations where concrete sidewalks or lawn areas are to be traveled (i.e. around LBYC).  Any riprap that must be placed outside of the reach of the excavator will be placed from the waterside using a floating crane barge.  Slope protection which is to be placed using waterborne equipment will be scheduled to occur during the Basin 4 dredging operation.  All of the work performed from the parking lot locations will be completed prior to removal and replacement of the existing asphalt.

Equipment:

·        Excavator

·        Loader (or Bobcat)

·        Rock Box (used in tight or limited access areas)

·        Crane Mats (to protect existing concrete sidewalks and landscaping)

·        Work Skiff

·        Concrete Pump (trailer)

·        Light Tower (s)

·        Compressor

·        Dive workboat w/ equipment

Materials:

·       Self-Consolidating Concrete (Standard Concrete)

·       Riprap Stone (75lb class)

·       Filter Fabric

Labor:

·        (2) Operators

·        (3) Pile- driver man

·        Dive Team (Parker Diving)

Misc. Items:

·        Traffic Control (as needed)

·        QC Testing (Twining Labs)

When: 10/11/11 through 11/30/11, six days a week.  This work will most likely be a week on and a week off.  Work hours would be 7:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m.

October 5, 2011 Update

Pile being pulled in Phase 1

  

September 29, 2011 Update
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Additional information on schedule and equipment to be used.

Activity:       Pull Piles

 How:              Utilizing the “Norseman”, a 60ft. by 120ft., 117.5 ton, derrick barge and a pile driving hammer, either an APE X13 Hydraulic Impact Hammer or Junttan Model HHK5a, piles will be pulled one by one (vibrated out if necessary) and placed on Manson’s Flat Barge #61.  The flat barge will then be offloaded onto long flat bed tractor-trailer tracks that will be staged in the Basin 4 parking lot.  Both barges will be positioned/piloted by tug boat, either the Elmer, Apache, and/or the Araphoe.

When:           10/3/2011 to 10/7/2011, five days a week, 7:30 am to 4:00 pm

Activity:       Dredge Basin 4

How:              Utilizing the “Vulcan”, a 60ft. by 120ft., 117.5 ton, derrick barge affixed with a clam shell bucket, the contractor will dredge the Basin 4 area protected by boom and silt fence and deposit dredge spoils into one of three dump scow barges, either the Rockport (4,000 cubic yard capacity), the Gulfport (4,000 cubic yard capacity), or the Eastport (2,000 cubic yard capacity).  An estimated 1,200 cubic yards of dredge spoils will be generated daily.  At approximately 3:00am the dump scow barge will be transported out to the LA2 disposal site where the dredge spoils will be deposited, and the next available dump scow barge will be moved back in to Basin 4 for the next day’s loads by 7:00am.  Both barges will be positioned/piloted by tug boat, either the Elmer, Apache, and/or the Araphoe.

When:           10/10/2011 to 11/4/2011; either 5 days/week 7:30 am to 6:00 pm or 6 days/week 7:30 am to 4:00 pm

Activity:       Drive Piles

How:              Utilizing the “Norseman”, a 60ft. by 120ft., 117.5 ton, derrick barge and a pile driving hammer, either an APE X13 Hydraulic Impact Hammer or Junttan Model HHK5a, piles will driven into location at a rate of eight piles per day.  Piles will arrive via Manson’s Flat Barge #61 which will be loaded off-site.  Both barges will be positioned/piloted by tug boat, either the Elmer, Apache, and/or the Araphoe.

When:           10/31/2011 to 11/18/2011, five days a week, 7:30 am to 4:00 pm

 
Activity:       Deliver/Assemble Floats

How:              Floats will arrive by flatbed tractor-trailer truck that will travel over-night from Dixon, California.  These trucks will be staged in the parking lot just outside the Marina Drive Construction Staging Area beginning at 3am.  Trucks will be traveling from the 22 freeway, exiting on Studebaker, turning right onto 2^nd Street, left onto PCH, right onto Studebaker, right onto Marina Drive, and left into the parking lot.  Trucks will be offloaded one by one by crane starting at 7:30am and the last truck should be offloaded no later than 11:00am.  Each truck will make its way back to Dixon, California once it has been offloaded traveling left onto Marina Drive from the parking lot, right onto 2^nd Street, left onto Studebaker, and then to the 22 Freeway.  Once in the water, floats will be assembled at Gangway #34 of Basin 3 into long main walk dock sections.  Once assembled, these sections will be floated across the channel to Basin 4 for final assembly/installation.

When:           11/3/11 to 1/13/2012, five days a week, 7:30 am to 4:00 pm

September 17, 2011, Groundbreaking photos

 
   
   
Photos: Bob Foster, Mayor, City of Long Beach; Gary DeLong, 3rd District Councilman;
George Chapjian, Director, Parks, Recreation and Marine; Eric Peterson, Chairman, Marine Advisory Commission;
Jim Puter, Bellingham Marine; Mark Sandoval, Manager, Marine Bureau 

September 9, 2011, Update

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The attached schedule is tentative based on the contractor’s estimates; some dates may be moved or delayed based on conditions.

 

Phase 1 includes Basin 4 docks and parking lots (next to the Long Beach Yacht Club) and the Eelgrass Mitigation Site. (North End of Marine Stadium.) Phases 2-12 will be dock replacement only. Bathrooms and Parking Lots will be completed in the later phases of the project.   

 

All phases of the project will require closure of areas of the parking lots (to install utilities) and sidewalks for public safety.

 

Phase 1 Dock Schedule

 

•      Demolition - Sept 9, 2011 to Sept. 29, 2011

•      Pile Removal – Sept. 27, 2011 to Sept. 30, 2011

•      Dredging – Oct. 3, 2011 to Oct. 28, 2011

•      Pile Installation – Oct. 31, 2011 to Nov. 23, 2011

•      Float Installation – Nov. 7, 2011 to Feb. 13, 2012

•      Utilities Installation – Nov. 7, 2011 to Feb. 17, 2012

 

Phase 1 Restroom Schedule

 

•      Demolition – Sept. 30, 2011 to Oct. 4, 2011

•      Utilities – Oct. 5, 2011 to Oct. 18, 2011

•      Foundation/Walls - Oct. 19, 2011 to Dec. 6, 2011

•      Roof/Interior Finish - Dec. 7, 2011 to Jan. 17, 2012

•      Sidewalk/Landscape – Jan. 18, 2012 to Jan. 31, 2012

 

 

Phase 1 Parking Lots

•      Utilities Installation- Sept. 27, 2011 to Oct. 24, 2011

•      Grinding – Oct. 25, 2011 to Nov. 7, 2011

•      Paving and Striping – Dec. 13, 2011 to Dec. 26, 2011

•      Concrete / Sidewalks – Oct. 25, 2011 to Nov. 17, 2011

•      Seawall Repair – Nov. 22, 2011 to Jan. 30, 2012

 

Eelgrass Mitigation Site Schedule

 

•      Restroom demolition – Oct. 5, 2011 to Oct. 11, 2011

•      Drive Piles – Oct. 12, 2011 to Oct. 18, 2011

•      Excavate – Oct. 19, 2011 to Nov. 15, 2011

•      Install Rip Rap – Nov. 16, 2011 to Nov. 29, 2011

•      Fencing/Sidewalk – Nov. 30, 2011 to Dec. 12, 2011

    Paving/Striping – Dec. 13, 2011 to Dec. 16, 2011