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900 Road culvert replacement spurs debate after flowable fill pour lifts one pipe
Summary
A county culvert replacement on 900 Road encountered complications when a flowable-fill pour caused one new corrugated metal pipe to float and another to be deformed. Contractors and county staff disagreed about execution and responsibility; commissioners asked for cost estimates to complete repairs and consider alternatives.
Contractors installing two new culverts on 900 Road reported the installation met permit requirements, but a subsequent flowable-fill pour lifted the west pipe and deformed the east pipe. The county—————————'s project foremen and on-site representatives described differing accounts of how the pour behaved and whether the mitigation steps taken during construction were adequate.
Chad McCullough of Kaw Valley said the crew had poured flowable fill in lifts and used block-and-formed end structures to retain the fill during staged pours. "We had talked about doing it in separate lifts...the first pour went fine, but on the second pour...it got underneath there…
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