Where’s the rock entrance? I am just glad it’s not my project. This is a small staging area for a bike path extension next to a creek. All dirty runoff ends up in the creek. There used to be a rock entrance, but with mud being tracked over it, it has disappeared. With a small staging area and rainy season work next to a creek, I would have specified that the entire staging area be covered with Asphalt Treated Base (ATB), to be removed and recycled at the end of the job. I have done this on several staging areas of up to about two acres. This can end up being much less expensive than managing tire washes and sweepers.
I saw this fancy rock entrance on the way to work and thought it was amusing on the surface. Really, though, I think they needed the elevation to access the upper part of the site. That’s a nice mini excavator.
Construction Entrance Fail Photo: IG:freudianswppps
Another construction entrance fail. Vehicles drive through the Soaker tire wash, over some rock, then over dirt and sand, defeating the purpose of the tire wash. This exit from the tire wash needs to be rock or asphalt to the street. Disclaimer: I do not promote any products or suppliers.
The photo is taken right at the paved road access to this project. It makes no sense to me why this tire wash is so far back into the site. The fact that the rock exit is so poorly installed and maintained makes it completely ineffective at preventing sediment trackout. i call this a tire wash fail.
Placing construction fence on both sides of a stabilized construction entrance keeps vehicles from taking shortcuts and dragging mud from work areas onto the rock.
