10/12/2023 Construction Update

The City's contractor, Rodarte Construction, Inc., has started the Early Work project. The Early Work project includes abatement and demolition of the existing buildings, tree removal, preload of the whole site, and storm drainage improvements.

Preload of the site will start on Monday, October 23rd, 2023 and will involve bringing in 37,000 cubic yards (cy) of dirt to load the project site to compact the soils prior to the upcoming building construction. This is a lot of dirt to be bringing to the site. The Contractor is planning on approximately 14 trucks per hour coming to the project site to deliver dirt within the work hours of 7 am to 3:30 pm, Monday through Friday. This activity of bringing dirt to the site is expected to take approximately 5 weeks, or through November. The traffic impacts are expected to decrease after this trucking activity. When the preloading work starts, the Contractor will be vibrating to achieve the required compaction. You will likely feel the vibration and hear construction noise (equipment moving, dump trucks dumping dirt, trucks beeping while backing up, etc.) nearby. While the vibration may be perceptible at nearby properties, it is not expected to be harmful to existing structures.