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Budlong Pool project on track for January finish; engineers installing temporary groundwater containment
Summary
Public works staff reported July 17 that interior building work at Budlong Pool is nearly complete and a groundwater containment system using bentonite sandbag barriers and pumps is being installed to address a leaking pipe; pumping and pool rehabilitation will follow once containment is verified.
The public works committee received a construction update on Budlong Pool on July 17 that described progress inside the pool building and a temporary groundwater containment strategy to address a leaking pipe on the site.
The project engineer and public works director reported that interior work — electrical, plumbing and inspections — is substantially complete and that the next building steps are sheetrock, plaster, painting and fixture installation. "The building itself is all, roughed in as far as electrical, plumbing, etcetera," a department representative said, and the director told the committee the project remains on schedule for a January completion.
The committee discussed a groundwater issue affecting the pool. The director described the containment approach as a localized barrier surrounding the problem area and called it informally "like a mini Hoover Dam," explaining that the temporary structure will be constructed with sandbags filled with bentonite clay and will include a pump or sump system if groundwater levels exceed the barrier.
Construction staff expect the water-containment installation to require about four to five days and said that, once the system is functioning and containing the groundwater, they will pump the pool and continue pool‑area construction toward the January schedule. The director emphasized that the containment approach has worked in other locations but that staff will monitor performance after installation.
Council members asked whether the private contractor engaged on the project had a professional engineer (PE) certifying the approach. The director said the project has architect and public works sign-off and agreed to check whether the contractor's recommendations came from a separate PE and to provide committee members with the correspondence and details.
