At the time of purchase of the property in April 2014, there was a partial driveway constructed in 2007 that spanned about one half of the 1,200 ft. distance to the platted home site behind the septic reserve area near the center of the property. The purpose of this project was to:

Construct the remaining portion of the driveway to the home site,
Correct a flooding problem at the stream crossing of the existing driveway, and
Repair and rebuild the existing driveway section.

The following diagram shows the driveway on the plat with the existing driveway in blue and the new section to be constructed in red.

The driveway is a 10 ft. wide gravel driveway approximately 1200 ft. in length. The soil was cut down to a depth to accommodate a six inch layer of #2 stone with a three inch layer of crusher run 6 (CR6) on top. A woven geotextile fabric was laid down under the first layer of #2 stone. Both layers were compacted using a Caterpillar CS-563C Vibratory Smooth Drum Roller. A Caterpillar D5G Bulldozer was used for the bulk of the driveway construction work including the cut-ins, tree and stump removal, and grading. The older existing driveway had a similar profile with a woven geotextile fabric at the bottom. This was not disturbed as it was very firm from years of use. This portion of the driveway was rebuilt up with approximately three inches of #2 stone and two inches of CR6 and compacted.

The following table lists the different contractors employed in this project and their services and contact information.

State Line Engineering (SLE) was contracted to evaluate a flooding problem at the stream crossing of the existing driveway and recommend a new design. It was noticed when we were negotiating the purchase of the property that this stream crossing floods during a heavy prolonged rain. SLE completed this evaluation and recommendation on June 11, 2014.

Highland Survey Associates was contracted to restake the septic reserve area and to stakeout the home site footprint and locate where the driveway will end. This work was performed on November 20, 2016.

C.D. Davis Excavating was contracted to perform the construction of the driveway under an estimated time and material budget. The build time was estimated at five working days and it was completed in six. There were some problems with getting the trucks back into the new driveway section which slowed progress. The time and material cost for the construction came in 13% under budget. The entire build took six work days over the 10-day period of December 7 to December 16, 2015. Greene Construction supplied and delivered the stone to the job site.

This ends the first of two phases of driveway construction. The second phase will occur after the home has been built where the driveway will have undergone a lot of abuse from the constant traffic of heavy construction equipment. In the second phase, the driveway will be repaired and cleaned up where necessary and a layer of finishing stone will be installed.

Pictures are posted in the PICS section of this website.