HomeMy WebLinkAbout2014-12 Rolling gate 2
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From: Don Coleman [colemanheavyconst@yahoo.com]
Sent: Friday, December 12, 2014 3:08 PM
To: Ron Super; RQLD Richie Benninghoven; RQLD Ben Drake; RQLD Mike McGinness; Brent Miles - Forward; RQLD Kevin Street; RQLD Richie Benninghoven; Richard Worrel
Cc: Coleman Heavy
Subject: Rolling gate #2
> See photos below. Damage is very minor, but will require extensive repair. Kevin has missing pieces at shop. Problem is that rail plates were bedded in Portland cement (no, no and
no!) should have been bedded in epoxy grout. (Reziweld) Remove rail plate and bad grout, Renee rail plate in epoxy, shim rail to new grade. Bad news is that the existing bolts are too
short to allow much shimming.
Will require drilling in new anchor bolts and re drilling plate to match. Set plate to new grade but be sure bolts are long enough to allow for future shimming. Every time BN levels
the tracks, the rails will come up, never down. Notice in the undamaged photo that the grout is also falling apart. The gate rail is about an inch lower than the freight rail but there
is only about 3/8" of anchor bolt left. The entire length of both gate rails should be re leveled and all new anchor bolts installed on re bedded plates with longer bolts. My estimate
is about $20,000.