SME provided construction engineering, inspection, and testing for the Muskegon TSC. Inspections included culvert, underdrain, lead concrete paving, guardrail, and restoration. Testing included Michigan cone, T-99, and T-180 density testing, and PWL and non-PWL concrete testing.

This project included 6.83 miles of concrete pavement reconstruction, concrete curb and gutter, culverts, sewer, drainage precast concrete box culverts, sheet piling, cofferdams, bridge deck patching, guardrail, signing, and pavement parking on I-196 from west of Byron Road east to 32^nd Avenue in Ottawa County.

During the culvert work, SME’s Construction Engineering Inspection group performed inspection of the excavation work, removal of existing culverts, and installation of the new culverts. SME’s inspector also performed backfill density testing at the culverts on cohesive and non-cohesive soils.

For the concrete pavement, SME provided lead paving inspection to verify proper placement, quantity, and installation of straight and bent lane ties, performed test header measurements to verify that load transfer dowel bars were being inserted to the required specifications, inspected dowel baskets used for ramp paving, and performed visual inspection of the finished material, texturing, curing, and saw-cutting procedures.

SME also provided PWL Quality Assurance testing during placement of the concrete pavement.

When culvert or concrete pavement work was not being performed, SME’s inspector and tester also provided assistance with underdrain and guardrail installation, restoration measurements and verification of materials, subbase and open graded drainage course density testing, and non-PWL concrete testing for right of way fencing.