EHU I-69 Utility Project

UTILITY RELOCATION
ASSOCIATED WITH THE
I-69 PROJECT
Eastern
Heights
Utilities
www.wesslerengineering.com

Office located in
Bloomfield at
316 N.
Washington
Street
EASTERN
HEIGHTS
UTILITIES

Greene County
and portions of
Martin
Lawrence
Monroe
Owen
Daviess
7000 service
connections
EHU
SERVICE
AREA
Greene County
Morgan County

Connecting
Evansville
and
Indianapolis
Section 4
of the
Project
in Greene
County
I – 69
PROJECT

Section 4
shown in blue
Southwest of
Bloomington
Northeast of
Crane Naval
Base
I-69
PROJECT
MAP

OVERVIEW OF WESSLER INVOLVEMENT
 Coordination with INDOT for the I-69 project
 Water mains sizes: 2-inch to 12-inch diameter.
 19 utility conflicts were identified
 Study and planning phase
 Design phase
 Construction survey, observation, and administration
 Permitting
WATER MAIN RELOCATION PROJECTS

UTILITY RELOCATION
19 PROJECTS

SR 231, CR 200 E, CR 215 E, CR 600 S,
CR 440 E & CR 600 E

CR 360 S, PINE RD, CR 920 E, SR 45, CR 1250 E,
SR 54, CR 190 S, CARMICHAEL, CROSS COUNTRY,
SR 445, CARTER RD, CR 150 N & BREEDEN RD

Pipe
installation
WATER MAIN
RELOCATION
PROJECTS

Deep
Excavations
WATER MAIN
RELOCATION
PROJECTS

Deep trenching
and hilly
topography
WATER MAIN
RELOCATION
PROJECTS

Stream
Crossing
WATER MAIN
RELOCATION
PROJECTS

Trench boxes
required for
deep
excavations
WATER MAIN
RELOCATION
PROJECTS

Jack and Bore
WATER MAIN
RELOCATION
PROJECTS

Trenching
Machine
WATER MAIN
RELOCATION
PROJECTS

WATER MAIN
RELOCATION
PROJECTS
I-69
CORRIDOR

 Study and planning phase (March 2011)
 Design phase (May 2011 – April 2013)
 Permit planning (March 2011)
 First permit in hand (December 13, 2011)
 Rule 5 permit for tree clearing project
 Inspection (December 2011 – June or July 2014)
 Length of project 3 years and 3 months
PROJECT TIMELINE

PLANNING, DESIGN AND
CONSTRUCTION

 21 separate sets of construction documents,
 47,000 linear feet of water main,
 65 private utility easements,
 52 regulatory permits,
 3,700 emails filed,
 40 Wessler employees involved,
 Total Construction Cost = $14.2 M
PROJECT BY THE NUMBERS

 UTILITY (EASTERN HEIGHTS)
 Engineer - Wessler Engineering
 Contractor - Infrastructure Systems, Inc.
 INDOT
 Utility coordinator
 Designers and consultants
 Inspectors
 Contractor (Crider & Crider, Gohmann, Milestone, Fred Weber)
 OTHERS
 Utilities (Smithville, UDWI REMC, others)
 Regulators (IDEM, ACoE, DNR, County SWDC)
 Land owners
 Utility customers
PROJECT TEAM

 Develop relocation alignment
 Identify easements
 Project costs
 Replacement in kind
 Betterment
 Utility Agreement
WORK PLAN / UTILITY AGREEMENT

 Construction plans
 Survey information
 Topographic
 Boundary
 Soil borings
 Environmental reports
 Wetland delineations
 Flood modeling
 Mitigation sites
 Karst areas
INFORMATION FROM INDOT

 CONSIDERATIONS
 Pipe material (DI, HDPE,
PVC)
 Depth of excavations
 CHALLENGES
 Drastic elevation changes
 Presence of rock
 Scheduling
DESIGN

CONSTRUCTION
 CHALLENGES
Tree clearing
Multiple INDOT contractors
Trench conditions
 Deep cuts
 Rock
Grade determination

Casing Trench
CR 190S
WATER MAIN
RELOCATION
PROJECTS

Casing
Installation
SR 45/445
WATER MAIN
RELOCATION
PROJECTS

Water Main
Installation
SR 45
WATER MAIN
RELOCATION
PROJECTS

ENVIRONMENTAL
CONSIDERATIONS
AND PERMITTING

 Endangered and Threatened Species
 Waterways
 Wetlands
 Floodways and Floodplains
 Erosion Control Planning
 Wellhead Protection Areas
 Underground Karst Features
ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATIONS

 GOALS and PRIORITIES
 Identify potential environmental impacts
 Avoid impacts
 Alternate layout for water main placement
 Directional drilling when possible (bedrock)
 General permits and exempted activities vs individual permits
 Minimize limits of disturbance
 Minimize adverse impacts to environmental resources
 Obtain permits for unavoidable impacts
 Mitigation planning
AVOID, MINIMIZE, MITIGATE

Bald Eagle Indiana Bat
ENDANGERED AND THREATENED SPECIES

Early coordination with the
DNR Division of Nature
Preserves (coordination
needed for IDEM 401)
Review of INDOT EIS
(Environmental Impact
Statement)
INDOT training video
Tree cutting restrictions
Indiana Bat roosting and
hibernating range
ENDANGERED
SPECIES

ETR NOTICE

TREE CLEARING

Allowable tree cutting period
3 inches DBH or greater
No cutting (April 1 – Nov. 15)
EHU prepared a separate
contract for Tree Clearing
Rule 5
No waterway impacts
Temporary soil stabilization
with wood chips
TREE
CLEARING

TREE
CLEARING

WATERWAYS

Permitted
waterway
crossing
WATERWAY
PROTECTION

35 – 40 potential waterway
crossings identified
IDEM Section 401 Water
Quality Certification (State
jurisdiction)
US Army Corps of Engineers
Section 404 of the Clean
Water Act (Federal
jurisdiction)
WATERWAY
PERMITS

WATERS OF
THE US

WETLAND AVOIDANCE

1 wetland impact
All other wetlands avoided
IDEM 401 individual permit
Army Corps 404 general
permit
WETLAND
PERMITS

SEDGE MEADOW WETLAND

FLOODWAYS AND FLOODPLAINS

Indiana Department of
Natural Resources (DNR)
Construction in a floodway
Flood Control Act IC 14-28-1
Exemption from licensing
for qualified utility line
crossings
FLOODWAYS
AND
FLOODPLAINS

EROSION CONTROL PLANNING

Rule 5 (327 IAC 15-5)
Coordination with IDEM
One permit or separate
permits
Site inspections for all
projects
Projects less than one acre
Greene County SWCD and
IDEM plan review
2 projects in Monroe County
EROSION
CONTROL
PLANNING

WELLHEAD PROTECTION

Wellhead Protection
Protection of underground
aquifers for public drinking
water supplies
EHU has 3 well fields
I-69 project is not located
within WHP 10-year times
of travel
Discussed project with WHP
Local Planning Team
WELLHEAD
PROTECTION

UNDERGROUND KARST FEATURES

INDOT Environmental
Impact Statement reviewed
for known karst features
Local knowledge from
Utility employees
None identified initially but
one area was found during
construction.
Incorporated BMPs for karst
area protection if
encountered
UNDERGROUND
KARST
FEATURES

UNDERGROUND
KARST
FEATURES

 Early planning prior to design
 Environmental Services Group on the Wessler project
team
 Identification of permitted activities early
 Separate contract for tree removal
 Knowledge of INDOT project schedule for utility relocates
 Keeping tight project schedule in mind
 EDUCATION TO CONTRACTOR
 Daily inspections of construction work (Wessler RPR)
 Bi-weekly inspections (Wessler Environmental Scientist)
SUCCESSES

Have a utility project coming up?
Let us help make it a great success!
Contact Us:
Mary Atkins, P.E.
MaryA@wesslerengineering.com
317-788-4551
Dylan Lambermont, P.E.
DylanL@wesslerengineering.com
317-788-4551

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