Sediment tracking out of Rawson Construction site on Gillman Ave

On 7/27, I looked at the W. Gillman St. construction site by Rawson Contractors.

State St end of W. Gilman. The gravel pad is too short, and is clearly inadequate for this vehicle.

This street construction site is easy to control, because all you have to do is control tracking in and out, and control the runoff at the intersection of State Street and Gillman St.  The runoff has no other place to exit except at the bottom of Gillman St.

What I liked about measures at this site was gravel check dams in either gutter, near State Street.  The dams appeared to be catching most of the sediment before it could reach the inlet filters or State Street.

What was sloppy about this site

• Much sediment was leaving by vehicle tracks.  Streets were very dirty.  Two construction jobs enter the area by either end of Gillman St.  Violation: Street sweeping after work needed.  I checked after work on 7/27, and no sweeping had been done, either end.
• The gravel tracking pads are inadequate--at State St, the pad is too short.  At Gillman and Henry St., the pad is nonexistant.  Violation: gravel pad non-compliance.
• Most vehicles were entering via N. Henry St, where there was no gravel pad.  Consequently, sediment was washing down Henry St to the corner with W. Gorham St, where there were no inlet filters. See photo below.  Inlet filters at corner of Henry & Gorham needed.

Who is responsible:

Rawson Contractors  Sussex WI; Kenneth Servi, President; 262-695-2900, http://www.rawsoncontractors.com/
Permit authority: City of Madison, Tim Troester, 210 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd, Rm 115, Madison WI 53703, (608) 267-1995, ttroester@cityofmadison.com
Permittee: City Engineering, John Fahrney, 1600 Emil Street, Madison WI, (608) 266-9091
jfahrney@cityofmadison.com

Photos here showing that no sweeping was done after work on 7/27.