Community Corner
Hard Labor Creek Reservoir Board Turns Down Request From Contractor For Time Extension For Dam Completion
Board told that additional oversight work by engineering firm needed because of contractor actions.
The Hard Labor Creek Regional Reservoir Management Board has turned down a request by its general contractor for a time extension for completion of the dam in southeastern Walton County.
Construction of the reservoir originally was to be completed by Jan. 20 of this year, and the Board already had given Layne Heavy Civil Inc. an extension of 71 days. The current official expected completion date is April 1.
Layne had asked for 11 additional days without a contract penalty, but the Board voted, after nearly 40-minutes of discussion at its meeting on Feb. 17, to grant only a half day.
At the time of the meeting, the earthen dam embankment was 95 percent complete, but the labyrinth weir/chute spillway was only 65 percent complete.
That spillway has presented most of the problems leading to the construction delay, according to engineers overseeing the project for the Board.
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Pictured: Project Manager Jimmy Parker