Fountain Creek Channel Stabilization

Project Owner:

EL PASO COUNTY PUBLIC WORKS

Tezak Heavy Equipment:

Danny Tezak: Danny Tezak
Engineer/Estimator: Bryan Danner
Health and Safety Manager: Dean Burns
General Superintendent: Troy Adair

Description of Project:

Restoring approximately 3000 feet of Fountain Creek,
Constructing engineered log jams,
Constructing toe wood bank protection,
Constructing floodplain assemblages,Constructing low-gradient riffle structures,
Constructing buried boulder channel bank protection,
Installing bio-degradable fabric and soil-encapsulated lifts,
Restoring the confluence of West Bank Tributary.

Project Major Activities:

Value Engineering (Pre-Construction)
Construction Surveying
Erosion and Sediment Control
Red-Line Drawings
Work Zone Traffic Control
Earthwork – Onsite
Earthwork – Offsite (Export)
Topsoil Harvesting & Re-Use
Topsoil (Imported)
Compost
Clearing and Grubbing
Select Material Harvested & Screened On-Site
Select Material (Imported)
Void-Filled Riprap (Type VH, D50-24 IN)
Habitat Boulders (B18)
Boulder Bank Protection (B36)
Root Wad Logs, Toe Wood (Dia=1.5 Feet, Fan Dia = 3 Feet, Length = 30 Feet)
Cut Logs, Toe Wood (Dia = 1.5 Feet, Length = 30 Feet)
Slash (Small Branches, Limbs, Etc.)
Live Willow Staking in Soil Lifts ( 2 Feet O.C)
Coir Wrapped Soil Lift (Nedia Koirwrap 1200 or Equal)
Nedia Koirmat 900 (Or Equal)
Root Wad Logs, Log Jams (Dia = 1.5 Feet, Fan Dia = 3 Feet, Length = 30 Feet)
Permanent Seeding (Upland)
Permanent Seeding (Riparian)
Landscape Planting (Riparian-Willow, 4 Feet O.C.)
Landscape Planting (Riparian – Cottonwood, 10 Feet O.C.)
Water Control and Dewatering