BRIEF DESCRIPTION

The entire Project was divided into two separate operations, Southern Dredging Area & the Northern Dredging Area. The southern operation was 135,000 cubic yards and the northern area being 40,000 cubic yards of dredged material. The Southern Area was located about 7 miles north of Nassau Sound and the Northern Area was located 5 miles north of the SR 200 Causeway, Amelia Island in the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway.

There were two disposal sites, Dredged Material Management Area (DMMA) DU-2 & NA-1.

Although the Project dredged volume was not large by dredging standards, the logistics presented were challenging. The Southern Area required 29,000 lineal feet of high density polyethylene (HDPE) 18” pipeline and the Northern Area, 27,000 LF. These distances required the use of two booster barges.

Environmental concerns:

Aquatic vegetation

Turbidity tests conducted 3 times daily at the dredge site and the outfall pipe insuring the Nephelometric Turbidity Unit (NTU) didn’t exceed the 29 NTU threshold above the background reading. Weir boards had to be maintained to achieve best water quality returning into the channel. Much of dredged material was liquid mud.

Endangered species: Manatee, sawfish & sea turtle.

Safety concerns:

Fusing and deploying 29,000’ of pipeline, demobilizing and deploying 27,000’ at the Northern Area

6’ tide range and reversing current directions

Boat and vessel traffic

Hurricane Irma and weather. Upon arrival, Hurricane Irma forced the dredge, vessels and equipment to seek safe harbor in the St. John’s river, delaying startup for 1 week.

Despite the challenges, Southwind Construction and all personnel involved completed the Projects ahead of the scheduled deadline with no accidents to personnel or property. Good working relations were maintained throughout the Project with USACE, managing the Project. Southwind Construction received excellent recommendations.

TITAN provided a Quality Control Manager and SSHO to the project.

AT A GLANCE

Project Type	Government
TITAN Role	Site Safety & Health Officer (SSHO) & Quality Control (QC) Manager
Client	Southwind Construction
Completion Date	December 2017

QUALITY CONTROL MANAGER SCOPE OF WORK

Procedures for tracking preparatory, initial, and follow-up control phases; control, verification, and acceptance tests including documentation
Coordination of project logistics, materials and equipment
Managing the day-to-day quality control activities
Kept designated personnel and management staff apprised of status of work
Ensured all reports were prepared and submitted in accordance with the QC Plan, including the Daily Quality Control Reports
Maintained all the project quality control files
Reported and logged any work not meeting Spec requirements
Recorded all data in QCS database

SITE SAFETY AND HEALTH OFFICER SCOPE OF WORK

Maintained MSDS to ensure no hazardous items were brought onto jobsite
Enforced USACE EM 385-1-1 and held the project to OSHA standards
Maintained MSDS to ensure no hazardous items were brought onto jobsite
Managed all phases of safety control
Conducted daily safety inspections
Conducted daily safety briefings and weekly toolbox talks
Kept list of deficient safety items and maintained list until all safety deficiencies were addressed
Coordinated with USACE QA on site all safety items
Ensured public safety with additional warning signs and barriers
Maintained OSHA 300 Form and Daily Production reports
Kept photo logs of all safety issues
Attended pre-construction conference, pre-work meetings including preparatory inspection meeting, and periodic in-progress meetings
Enforced accepted APPS and AHAs
Spoke to local businesses and discussed safety issues with their patrons with our current operations