BLD 165, Fall 2016

Northern Virginia Community College

Report Number 2

Ebenezer, Offei Boadi

Reston Town Center West

Commercial Township Development

September 1, 2016

Section 1

Project: Reston Town Center West

Location: 12100 Sunset Hills Road, Reston, VA 20191

Type of Construction: Commercial Township Development

Date of Visit: Thursday, September 1, 2016

Construction Company: L. F. Jennings, Inc.

Superintendent: Josh Beltran, Gary Parsons, Tim Jones

Estimated Value of Completion: $17 – 24 Million

Percentage of Completion: 30%

Expected Date of Substantial Completion: February 2018

Project Manager: James Godino

Architect: Matt Hopkins, Director – Streetsense Architecture

Weather: Rainy, 70 – 80s

Section 2

Site Access: The site is easily accessible from Tysons Corner Center merging onto VA-267

W/Dulles Toll Rd via EXIT 45 on the left toward Reston/Herndon/Dulles Airport. Take the VA-

602/Reston Pkwy exit, EXIT 12 where you slight right Reston Pkwy/VA-602 turning right onto

Sunset Hills Rd for about 0.49 miles reaches the site on your right. There is only one wide

construction entrance where equipment and deliveries are made through unto the site where they

turn around at the open area because the storage was about 670ft from the main construction.

Demolition and Site Clearing: There was no existing building on the site which was supposed

to be demolished for the new project to take place. The was no “buried city” found when

excavation took place. Since the area was already reserved for future development.

Protection of Adjacent Property: The project is surrounded by a standard construction fence and

notification signs were put in place starting from the walk way, the entrance and the fence itself.

Security has not been a problem because the site is surrounded by commercial buildings and

other construction sites.

Utility Availability (Temporary): The project had a fuel tanks installed in place for the heavy

machines and operating equipment which this was provided by the subcontractors.

Utility Availability (Permanent): Permanent power will be provided by BKY Electric

company, INC. There is an underground transformer located on Sunset Hills Rd. Alexandria,

Virginia. The duct bank has already been installed to the street and installed on the site for the

other existing buildings but they are waiting for the work to reach some stage for Doherty

Plumbing Co, INC. to connect the permanent service. Permanent water, sewer, sanitary, and

sprinkler service will be provided by the SSWR. Since the site is too small, there is no

communication services provided because the Superintendent is able to reach the subcontractors

with ease.

Surface Topography and Drainage: A large underground storm water management system was

put in place on the site. This system was designed to capture and treat the existing site as well as

planned future development on the site. Therefore, the necessary preventive measures had been

installed and put in place.

Subsurface Conditions: When excavation began, the contractor discovered that the soil was

suitable for backfill which was recognize in accordance to the geotechnical report. The

contractor did not import any treated control fill for the project and the excavated one disposed-

off site. Base on the soil type and the topography, the contractor adopted pad foundation and

introduce damp proof course around it as well as raising a footing for the structure to rest on.

Equipment: The site utilizes standard heavy equipment for excavation and setting large

components in place. Majority of the equipment is provided by the subcontractors where the

equipment is owned by the company.

Special Equipment: There were some special equipment on the job site like cranes.

Equipment filling station Ongoing construction

Stanchion installation Sewer

Storage area Road

Gas line Vehicular parking