Concrete Repair Materials Used to Reconstruct Pedestrian Rapid Transit Station

Project Timeframe: October 2015
Project Name: Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority (GCRTA) Lee Van Aken Station Reconstruction
Contractor: Schirmer Construction LLC / Project Manager: Mike DiLoreto, P.E. / Superintendent: Andy Costello
Concrete Repair Materials:

• Euclid VersaSpeed LS
• Euclid Tammscoat
• Euclid Concrete Top Supreme
• BASF NP1
• ADA Replacable Mats

Challenge: Reconstruct a pedestrian rapid transit station on a small work site while continuing to keep adjacent vehicular, pedestrian and rapid transit traffic open to the public during construction.
Solution: The Chas E. Phipps Co worked closely with Schirmer Construction LLC to ensure that the concrete materials and equipment would be delivered on an “as needed” basis to utilize as little space as possible.

The GCRTA Lee Van Aken rapid transit station is located at the congested intersection of Lee Rd and Van Aken Boulevard in Shaker Heights Ohio. Public access to the rapid transit station could not afford to be shut down during reconstruction of the station and thus Schirmer Construction LLC had to find unique solutions to work within the timeframes set forth by the GCRTA. Along with the scheduling challenges, working space and storage area was limited. The Chas E. Phipps Co worked closely with Schirmer Construction LLC to ensure that materials and equipment would be delivered on an “as needed” basis to utilize as little space as possible. Material deliveries and rented concrete equipment and mortar mixers were delivered and picked up on the day of use.

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A portion of the project required vertical and horizontal concrete repairs on existing retaining walls as well as sidewalk concrete patching on the existing bridge structure. Euclid Chemical’s VersaSpeed LS was used both in a form and pour vertical application on the retaining walls and also in a horizontal application on the bridge. Following the concrete sidewalk patching on the bridge, it was then topped with high performance Euclid Concrete Top Supreme. The bridge sidewalk required a Watson Bowman Evazote expansion joint on each end of the structure. Vendor support was instrumental in the building of this project. Dave Burkhardt from Euclid Chemical was onsite during the installation of the Concrete Top Supreme to provide technical assistance while Matt Krauss from Chas E Phipps was on site several times throughout the project providing technical assistance as well.

Other portions of the project included ADA replaceable mats that were utilized for proper ADA access to the station head houses. BASF NP1 was installed in all of the stations joints. The existing retaining wall structure was then coated with Euclid Chemical’s Tammscoat for weather protection and aesthetics.

The team effort between the contractor, distributor, and vendors is a key component to the completion of this project.

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