Elkhart County Engineering Project Manager:                                                  Design Consulting Engineer:

                                                                          Katie Niblock                                                                                                        DLZ

** DLZ will assume responsibility for construction inspection.

November 2, 2006                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           Scheduled county bridge inspection 

• This inspection encompasses an overall review of the structure.

• This inspection is scheduled to be done every 2 years.

May 8, 2006                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    +Fracture critical inspection.

• During this inspection, tension members, connections, floor beams and floor beam hangers are reviewed in detail.

• This inspection is scheduled to be done every 2 years.

August 17, 2007                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Structure Size and Type Analysis complete (DLZ)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  

August 29, 2007                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Life Cycle Analysis Complete (DLZ

August 30, 2007                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Preliminary Design Plans submitted

September 10, 2007                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         DLZ/Highway Dept. presented structure options to Commissioners

• Commissioners chose to proceed with a 2-span steel girder option for the new structure

September 13, 2007                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                2^nd INDOT inspection (with larger inspection vehicle)

•   INDOT has hired a consultant, Janssen & Spaans Engineering, Inc., to do fracture critical inspections of the bridge every 3 months.

September 14, 2007                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Preliminary Plan Review meeting with DLZ

September 20, 2007                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Coordination meeting between Elkhart City and County

December 12, 2007                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               DLZ to submit Final Plans to County 

January 25, 2008                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   DLZ to submit Final Tracings to County

April 7, 2008                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Posted project for bid