{"id":5591,"date":"2019-09-12T16:26:02","date_gmt":"2019-09-12T21:26:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/yrrtc.ca\/?p=5591"},"modified":"2019-09-12T16:26:02","modified_gmt":"2019-09-12T21:26:02","slug":"why-vivanext-staff-do-walk-downs-of-our-construction-sites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yrrtc.ca\/blog\/2019\/09\/12\/why-vivanext-staff-do-walk-downs-of-our-construction-sites\/","title":{"rendered":"why vivaNext staff do \u2018walk-downs\u2019 of our construction sites"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Blog post by: Elizabeth Kim<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Have you\never seen a group of people with white hard-hats walking along a rapidway\nconstruction site, although it seems like there isn\u2019t much construction\nhappening? Have you ever wondered, \u201cHow many people does it take to look in a\nhole?\u201d or, \u201cWhy is everyone just standing around and talking?\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Well, we hope\nto help answer those questions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

getting a closer look <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The\nconstructor schedules regular walk-downs of each of our rapidway construction\nprojects \u2013 from one end to another \u2013 in order to closely review completed, ongoing\nand upcoming work. Different walks have different purposes, including safety\nmonitoring, the quality of work in progress and the quality of completed\nelements to ensure everything works as intended once the rapidway opens for\nservice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That\u2019s not\nall. As we get closer to a project\u2019s completion and opening for service, the\nnumber of walk-downs goes way up to ensure that everything has been built\naccording to plan in order to ensure that projects can be opened for service to\nthe public. Here are some answers to the two biggest questions about walk-downs:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

why so many people?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Each team\nmember on a walk-down has a specific job. And depending on the purpose of the walk-down,\na variety of people with different expertise may participate. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

To review\nan area before a major work operation, for example, the walk-down team may\ninclude a vivaNext Project Engineer, who would ensure that the work plan is\naccurate to engineering drawings; and the Community Liaison, who communicates\nthe impacts to businesses, residents and other stakeholders. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It may\nalso include an Engineer from York Region\u2019s Transportation Services, who inspects\nthe roadway elements \u2013 such as street lighting, sidewalks, boulevards, traffic\nsignals, pavement markings, and signs \u2013 and ensures compliance with lane\nclosure permits; <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Safety\nManagers ensure that the work plan is safe. And Supervisors from the Constructor\nand sub-contractor companies take everyone through the work plan and operation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In some\ncases, municipal and regional staff will join us on inspections\u2013 for example, with\nwater main connections, vivastation construction, paving, and red asphalt in\nthe rapidways; and for works near Highway 400, provincial Ministry staff may\njoin the walk-down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

what are they looking for during a walk-down?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Participants\nare looking at a variety of factors based on their role within the project team,\nand depending on the particular purpose of the walk-down. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some\nparticipants are specifically looking for possible errors in construction \u2013 in new\npavement, installed signs, storm sewers, and other quality concerns to be\naddressed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

All items are\ndocumented and while some items may need to be fixed immediately, others will be\naddressed during the contractor\u2019s warranty period. Other participants look for\nhow the operation will unfold and the impact to the community, such as accessibility\nfor pedestrians. Follow-up walk-downs are then scheduled to review progress on\ndocumented items.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Each\nparticipant on a walk-down plays an important role in order to deliver\nhigh-quality rapidway projects throughout York Region.    <\/p>\n\n\n\n

STAYING INFORMED<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Make sure\nto connect with us on social media to receive regular construction updates and\nstay in touch! The\nbest way to stay informed about our construction projects is to sign-up for\nemail notifications at vivanext.com\/subscribe<\/a>, and to follow us on our\nsocial media platforms.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Blog post by: Elizabeth Kim Have you ever seen a group of people with white hard-hats walking along a rapidway construction site, although it seems like there isn\u2019t much construction happening? Have you ever wondered, \u201cHow many people does it take to look in a hole?\u201d or, \u201cWhy is everyone just standing around and talking?\u201d […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[603,96,1084,30,430,1051,67,832,886,1067,1,723],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5591","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-commissioning-2","category-construction","category-design","category-rapidways","category-safety","category-signs-and-barrels","category-stations","category-technical","category-traffic-signals","category-transit","category-uncategorized","category-utilities-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yrrtc.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5591","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yrrtc.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yrrtc.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yrrtc.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yrrtc.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5591"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/yrrtc.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5591\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5594,"href":"https:\/\/yrrtc.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5591\/revisions\/5594"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yrrtc.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5591"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yrrtc.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5591"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yrrtc.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5591"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}