Peninsula Pipeline Project Receives Top Project Award!

San Andreas Pipeline No. 3 installation in San Bruno

Water & Wastes Digest selected the Peninsula Pipeline Seismic Upgrade (PPSU) Project as one of their Top Projects for 2016! Congrats PPSU project team, hopefully this is the first of many awards!

The PPSU project repaired and replaced several sections of water delivery pipelines in northern San Mateo County, to ensure these critical pipelines can withstand a major earthquake. This project completed all WSIP work in February 2016.

For more information about this project, visit www.sfwater.org/PPSU. 

PPSU Project Will Close Whitman Way for Pipeline Work

Beginning as early as Thursday, September 3, Whitman Way will be closed between Shelter Creek Lane and Courtland Drive from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. for back filling and repaving across Whitman Way as part of the Peninsula Pipeline Seismic Upgrade (PPSU) Project. Whitman Way will reopen at the end of each work day at 3:30 p.m. 

Whitman Way will be closed during the following time periods: 

· Thursday, September 3 and Friday, September 4

· Tuesday, September 8 through Friday, September 11 

· Monday, September 14 through Friday, September 18

During this closure, all traffic will be detoured to San Bruno Avenue via Shelter Creek Lane, Madison Avenue and Crestmoor Drive. For more information and updates about this closure, please call the 24-hour answering service at (866) 973-1476 or subscribe to this blog to receive project updates.

The full closure of Whitman Way anticipates starting as early as Thursday, September 3 inside the orange rectangle pictured above.

The PPSU project includes seismically upgrading three Hetch Hetchy regional water delivery pipelines located in Northern San Mateo County. This project will ensure the pipelines can continue to deliver water to customers after an emergency. 

PPSU Construction Activities Kick-off In Shelter Creek Condominiums This Week

The region outlined above indicates where construction activities inside 

Shelter Creek Condominiums will occur.

This week the PPSU project contractor, Ranger Pipelines, Inc., started construction activities inside the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission’s (SFPUC)’s right of way in Shelter Creek Condominiums. The contractor started site clearing within the right of way, setting up the construction staging areas, installing construction fences and installing shoring along the SFPUC right of way to prepare for pipeline construction that will begin in February.

Permitted construction hours are currently Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on an as-needed basis. Construction activities inside Shelter Creek Condominiums are expected to last through summer 2015.

During daytime activities, Shelter Creek Lane inside Shelter Creek Condominiums, depicted in the visual above, will be closed to vehicle traffic. All daytime traffic accessing Garage 4 and residents of Buildings 3, 4 and 5 may be rerouted via Whitman Way. Garage 3 residents will not be affected. At nighttime, the contractor will reopen one lane to traffic on Shelter Creek Lane and will implement temporary signals to regulate the flow of traffic.

The PPSU project includes the seismic upgrades of three Hetch Hetchy regional water delivery pipelines located in Northern San Mateo County. This project will ensure the pipelines can continue to deliver water to customers after an emergency.

PPSU CONTACT INFORMATION:
· 24-hour Answering Service - 866-973-1476

· Subscribe to this project blog for construction updates.

Crews to begin Preliminary Potholing in Daly City on Monday

The San Andreas Pipeline No.3 Installation project has began full construction in San Francisco's Merced Manor neighborhood. In preparing for full construction to commence next year in Daly City. Mountain Cascade, Inc. contractor working for the SFPUC will begin potholing on Wilshire Avenue in mid November.

The preliminary stages of potholing of the construction project will consist of crews verifying the existing placement of pipelines and other utilities in the following locations:

Wilshire Avenue to Sheffield Drive 7 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Sheffield Drive to John Daly Boulevard 7a.m. - 5p.m.
John Daly Boulevard to Poncetta Drive 7a.m. - 5p.m.

Potholing is expected to be completed by December 2009.

For continuing updates on this project, please visit www.sfwater.org/sanandreas3

SFPUC to begin Prepping for Installation of San Andreas Pipeline No. 3

The San Andreas Pipeline No. 3 Installation will be replacing an aging pipeline, with a newly constructed 4 miles extension from Daly City to San Francisco.

Work will commence near the County line and proceed north. Construction south of John Daly Boulevard will begin after January 2010.

In early September, SFPUC will begin preliminary stages of the construction project by potholing, or verifying the existing placement of pipelines and other utilities. Potholing is expected to be completed by the end of October 2009.


What to expect?
Contractor will need to restrict parking around locations where potholing will take place. Advance notice will be given 72-hours in advance.

If work is not commenced prior to noon, parking is available to the public.


Workdays and Hours
Monday-Friday 7:00 am - 5:00 pm

No construction will occur outside of these posted hours without advanced written notice.


Traffic
Minimal traffic impact, possible detours.


Noise
Noise levels will be in compliance with San Francisco Noise Ordinance and the noise will be limited to the immediate work areas.

Complete construction duration for San Andreas Pipeline No. 3 will be from:
September 2009 - January 2012

For more information on San Andreas Pipeline No. 3, please visit sfwater.org/wsip