100-yard Range Wall
The PHA Board started last fall, looking at the wall behind the 100-yard firing line. It was old, probably original. The railroad ties are falling apart. Weeds and such are growing with the ties. Hornets found a deep nest inside. Trees were growing way to close to the ties and the block building that is there now. Drainage was getting worse and overrunning the firing line in places that made for a very muddy mess. And quite frankly, it is a bit of an eyesore.
So, the Board decided we can do better.
The Board talked with a lot of people to get various ideas and looked for a long-term fix. They finally settled on a concept of using stacked stone. Other styles were considered but they always came back to stacked stone. Then they learned that no one would build it without an official engineering design. So, they found an engineer to do a design for them. They talked with several contractors who said they were interested but never responded with a proposal. Either the job was too big for their small company or too small for their big company. Finally, they had a conversation with a company that has done work for them before. The company is Earthtek Services LLC. This is the same company that built the replacement bridge at the 100-yard range. They did a great job. They started on time. And they finished on time. So they were given all of the information that they had. Then they did their due diligence of the project and made a proposal. But PHA Board still kept looking for anyone else for comparison purposes. No luck.
Then Earthtek came back with a proposal.
Below is a description of the overall project.
SCOPE of Work
PHA Multi Project Plan
The scope of this multifaceted PHA construction project plan is to:
- DEMO the existing cross ties, dirt, and gravel material
- Construct a stacked block retaining wall with steps
- Construct a concrete pad of approximately 1400 sq. ft. with drainage
- Construct a proper drainage system to collect and control water runoff.
- Construct an Unload/Load concrete pad and grading of Parking area.
- Construct a transitional pedestrian concrete ramp between the gravel roadway and the concrete pad.
1. The DEMO work will require removing existing RR cross ties and the dirt/gravel material to some designated location on the PHA property. Any clean dirt material recovered from the pad excavation may be dumped in front of the 50-yard berm. The wall and pad area is a constricted space and the use of small size equipment is recommended.
2. The retaining wall is to be built of stacked block as per outlined in the previously presented Engineering plan. The wall is approximately 140 foot in length and 6 ft high with build-in steps approx. 7 ft in width with an appropriate handrail in the center. The steps are to be “turned in” as per design using the same block material as appropriate. The plan references a "Versa-Lok" block but any comparable block will do. The necessary dirt backfill material is available on site but would have to be moved via Loader and Dump Truck. The wall ends may be “stepped down” or “turned in” to provide for the most efficient use of the upper Parking area and water control.
3. The concrete pad will be approximately 1400 sq. ft. between the Wall and the existing Bench Pad. The plan calls for compacted "57" gravel and a wire mesh base. The length will be the same as the Wall and is approx. 11 ft wide along the bench pad and will be 6 ft wide around the side and back of the block building.
4. A commercially fabricated trough drain system is to be installed the length of the bench pad and terminate into a catch basin box drain (approx. 101 ft in all). The Box Drain should be sized to handle the water runoff flow from the wall and the pad. A pipe drain (6 inches or better) will be installed under the 8 ft wide bench concrete pad (cutting required) and run approximately 149 ft along the block wall of Pistol Bay # 1 to a buried drain pipe at the 50 yard berm. ACO K-series and GreyDock drain systems have been viewed but any comparable system could work. The desire is for a long term, maintenance free, product that can stand up to pedestrian foot traffic and wheeled carts
5. At the top of the stairs a 4x7 concrete pad is needed for a Load/Unload area. The parking area is to be graded for water control and leveling for parking to right and left of the stairs using available backfill and the appropriate gravel as needed.
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Pending final design…
a transitional pedestrian concrete ramp is to be constructed to accommodate foot traffic coming from the gravel roadway down to the concrete pad. Length and width to be determined in final stage of total construction.
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This project is expected to take 10 days to complete (with no weather complications).
The cost of this project is approximately $49,000
. But as you can tell from reading the above bullet items, there is a lot of materials and labor going into this project.
We are asking for up to $55,000 in case of any unforeseen problems.
And this is a turnkey project. When Earthtek finishes, everything is finished. There is nothing left to be done for this project. And it will last another 40 years.
So, here is where you can help us.
Normally, the Board would present this at a General Meeting, have the necessary discussions about the project, and then take a vote (the vote is necessary because of the dollar value involved) to approve the project.
But these are not normal times. The Board would like to get this project moving forward. So we have decided to have you vote a different way.
On Monday, May 18, you received an email through the Constant Contact program that will allow you to vote for this project. You will have until midnight on Sunday, May 24 to cast your ballot.
You will be voting "YES" for the project to be done, or "No" to not do the project.
If you have any questions, please contact any PHA Club Board member to have your questions answered. All board members are listed on the web page
HERE.
PHA Club Board of Directors
