Greenup continues to make progress on their portion of the West Shore Lake Pontchartrain Project (WSLPP), awarded to them in January 2020. Greenup’s primary operations on the site have been excavating, processing, and stockpiling clay in two areas within the Bonnet Carre Spillway.
Construction Manager Steven Keen reported that despite “rain…hampering clay hauling and stockpiling,” approximately 10,000 cubic yards of clay have been moved to Stockpile Area 1. At the same time, Greenup has been extending the hauling road for the stockpile so that it can better reach future levee sites: “This consists of clearing vegetation,” Keen explained, “leveling the existing ground surface, installing a geogrid material for enhanced stabilization, adding sand on top of the geogrid, spreading a geotextile fabric, and finally crushed limestone.” The access road renovation at the Stockpile location in LaPlace is estimated at 30% complete.
Weather setbacks at Stockpile 2 have had more impact because the pit and stockpile are located in the spillway. “We expect to restart hauling and stockpiling before the end of the month,” Keen remarked.
Greenup will have removed 1.5 million cubic yards of clay from the Spillway at the end of the project.
About Greenup Industries
Based in Kenner, Greenup Industries offers contracting and specialized construction services for industrial, commercial, and municipal clients. The company’s proprietary software, the Greenup Tracker, can connect third-party vendors with facilities that need painters, plumbers, groundskeepers, carpenters, etc.
If you would like more information on this project, please get in touch with Greenup Industries at 225.283.4843 or info@greenupind.com.