forcebwithu Posted July 21, 2019 Share Posted July 21, 2019 Easy R-Con open sewer project; concrete pad to Buakhao was poured last night. The finished product this morning. Looks like the pumps have been delivered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forcebwithu Posted July 24, 2019 Share Posted July 24, 2019 Buakhao is now connected to the Easy R-Con open sewer project with a new concrete road. Wonder if the spec called for a textured surface for both lanes, but the crew working on the right forgot about that little detail. Now working on cleaning up the work site. I see the pumps are still waiting to be installed. Picture from the smelly end of the box. They're pumping water into the new box from the storm water system using an access shaft a few meters from the box. In this picture you can see the box has a connection to the storm water system, so it begs the question why are they now having to pump water from that same system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grayray Posted July 24, 2019 Share Posted July 24, 2019 1 hour ago, forcebwithu said: Buakhao is now connected to the Easy R-Con open sewer project with a new concrete road. Wonder if the spec called for a textured surface for both lanes, but the crew working on the right forgot about that little detail. Now working on cleaning up the work site. I see the pumps are still waiting to be installed. Picture from the smelly end of the box. They're pumping water into the new box from the storm water system using an access shaft a few meters from the box. In this picture you can see the box has a connection to the storm water system, so it begs the question why are they now having to pump water from that same system. T.I.T regards grayray 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john luke Posted July 26, 2019 Author Share Posted July 26, 2019 A few from yesterday afternoon. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john luke Posted July 26, 2019 Author Share Posted July 26, 2019 Captured a shot of this little creature yesterday afternoon. We do not seem to see much wildlife like this in Pattaya, (unless someone knows different.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john luke Posted July 26, 2019 Author Share Posted July 26, 2019 Work, I assume in connection with drainage is ongoing on Beach Road near to Walking Street. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john luke Posted July 26, 2019 Author Share Posted July 26, 2019 Works also on Sukhumvit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pumpuynarak Posted July 26, 2019 Share Posted July 26, 2019 2 hours ago, john luke said: Work, I assume in connection with drainage is ongoing on Beach Road near to Walking Street. I believe its new drains..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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KWA Posted July 27, 2019 Share Posted July 27, 2019 23 hours ago, Pumpuynarak said: I believe its new drains..... Drains and also putting cables underground is what I heard. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forcebwithu Posted July 28, 2019 Share Posted July 28, 2019 13 hours ago, KWA said: Drains and also putting cables underground is what I heard. The work on Beach Rd is only drains. 2nd Rd, Klang, Nua, plus a few more are getting the bury cables underground treatment. Pretty much every major road in Pattaya now has some kind of construction/destruction going on. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john luke Posted July 28, 2019 Author Share Posted July 28, 2019 I have seen this gent in Soi Buakhao many times. He dances and sings to the music. Does anyone know if there is a story? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john luke Posted July 28, 2019 Author Share Posted July 28, 2019 The state of play yesterday afternoon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pumpuynarak Posted July 28, 2019 Share Posted July 28, 2019 54 minutes ago, john luke said: I have seen this gent in Soi Buakhao many times. He dances and sings to the music. Does anyone know if there is a story? Wifey and i sat in a bar one night watching him, i don't think he's the full ticket.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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forcebwithu Posted July 28, 2019 Share Posted July 28, 2019 (edited) Had a look on the other side of the Easy R-Con open sewer project and see they finished laying the concrete road on that side. So what they've created on the end of the soi is a massive speed bump. What is even more curious is they built big storm water drains on top of the concrete box with none on the low point of the road leading into the box. It'll be interesting to see with the next big rain how they get water to flow uphill into the drains. Pumps are still sitting on the side waiting to be installed. Also looks like someone forgot to measure how high the valves are before building the framework for the storm water grates. Result, in typical Thai fashion, rip it out and do over. Edited to add: Looking at earlier pictures of the opening for the valves I see they had not started on the framework for the grates. So they are doing it right, noting the height of the valves and building the framework with the proper clearance. Edited July 28, 2019 by forcebwithu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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john luke Posted July 30, 2019 Author Share Posted July 30, 2019 Quite a slope! See the extent of the slope Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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forcebwithu Posted July 31, 2019 Share Posted July 31, 2019 Another Easy R-Con open sewer project update. Thanks to Zeb's heads up I took my camera with me yesterday evening to see for myself the "adjustment" to the valves. Sure enough, they've rotated the valves to make room for the stormwater grate. Fair enough solution to the problem, but if it were me I would have had them rotate both towards the center to give the person operating the valve more room to work. Pumps are now installed. Note the garbage left behind sitting on the pump and floating around in the water. This is a shot of the opposite side of the box I took on Sunday. I wondered then how they were going to handle the flood of water that will have nowhere to go once it hits the low end of the box. The solution, a small channel was cut to divert water into the three existing small drains. This pic I took back in April after a heavy storm hit the area. This is the amount of water those small drains will need to handle. No way Jose will they be able to handle that volume of water. Given all the screws up we've seen during the construction of the box, the latest being lack of clearance for the valves, I'm wondering if the biggest screw up of all was not digging down deep enough so the the top of the box and its large drains would be flush with the existing road surface. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KhunDon Posted July 31, 2019 Share Posted July 31, 2019 The sump with the valves in will soon fill up with dog shite and other crap from the street. Wouldn’t want to be the person that has to climb in and shut them off. 💩 Typical Thai rubbish job from start to finish. 🤣 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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boydeste Posted August 1, 2019 Share Posted August 1, 2019 Just caught up with the pictures John, thanks muchley for keeping us up to date with all the work that is going on. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forcebwithu Posted August 2, 2019 Share Posted August 2, 2019 A few pics of the various road projects currently going on around Pattaya. Starting off with the south end of Beach Rd. Part of the project to bury the overhead cables. Looks like they're also starting on the new, improved, drainage system. The cynic in me thinks they'll destroy a few of the underground cable conduits as they dig to put in the new drains. Over at the Soi 16, south Pattaya canal. The unauthorized bridge is still there. Looking towards and progressing up the canal towards 2nd Rd. Canal is now under the soi. On 2nd Rd they're working on enlarging the drain feeding into the canal. On Sukhumvit, near the Pattaya Tai intersection they're also working on burying the rats nest of overhead cables. Over on the road that runs parallel to the railroad, the lowest spot on the road near Khao Talo they've started work on what I believe will be a pumping station to help with flood control. 4 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john luke Posted August 2, 2019 Author Share Posted August 2, 2019 44 minutes ago, forcebwithu said: A few pics of the various road projects currently going on around Pattaya. Starting off with the south end of Beach Rd. Part of the project to bury the overhead cables. Looks like they're also starting on the new, improved, drainage system. The cynic in me thinks they'll destroy a few of the underground cable conduits as they dig to put in the new drains. Over at the Soi 16, south Pattaya canal. The unauthorized bridge is still there. Looking towards and progressing up the canal towards 2nd Rd. Canal is now under the soi. On 2nd Rd they're working on enlarging the drain feeding into the canal. On Sukhumvit, near the Pattaya Tai intersection they're also working on burying the rats nest of overhead cables. Over on the road that runs parallel to the railroad, the lowest spot on the road near Khao Talo they've started work on what I believe will be a pumping station to help with flood control. Good, illustrative and informative. Many thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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