I got asked to bid on cleaning some bridges. The city is doing this because of a golf tournament. MY LORD. Two bridges, four sides total. HUGE! under the bridges are a two lane busy road and a creek. They want NO chemicals, just hot water. Ok, questions;
How am I going to hang over the bridge? I cannot use a lift in the creek....I don't think.....
Do I need to capture the water as it falls to keep from contaminating the creek below? This is a bridge that is an interstate, you can imagine the amount of grit, grime and oil that has to be cleaned off of this.
They only want the sides and columns done, not the deck obviously. I am obviously looking at night work with cones, lights and bright flashing trucks. I have a landa 3500 psi 3.5 gpm hot at 210 deg. I will have to rent a couple more. These things are HUGE! There is no graffiti. The bridges are complete concrete, no steel. I could not measure the bridges due to traffic and safety issues. Not to mention it scares the crap out of me to be on an interstate at 5:30 pm. I don't want to become part of the grit and grime that needs to be cleaned up. Approximately 700 feet long per bridge. I wonder if it would be cheaper for them to just paint it. It only needs to look clean for like a week.....LOL Just kidding.
Um, that is a start I guess. Ready for the laughs and criticisms....... Keep 'em coming please.
Thanks so much.
John
How am I going to hang over the bridge? I cannot use a lift in the creek....I don't think.....
Do I need to capture the water as it falls to keep from contaminating the creek below? This is a bridge that is an interstate, you can imagine the amount of grit, grime and oil that has to be cleaned off of this.
They only want the sides and columns done, not the deck obviously. I am obviously looking at night work with cones, lights and bright flashing trucks. I have a landa 3500 psi 3.5 gpm hot at 210 deg. I will have to rent a couple more. These things are HUGE! There is no graffiti. The bridges are complete concrete, no steel. I could not measure the bridges due to traffic and safety issues. Not to mention it scares the crap out of me to be on an interstate at 5:30 pm. I don't want to become part of the grit and grime that needs to be cleaned up. Approximately 700 feet long per bridge. I wonder if it would be cheaper for them to just paint it. It only needs to look clean for like a week.....LOL Just kidding.
Um, that is a start I guess. Ready for the laughs and criticisms....... Keep 'em coming please.
Thanks so much.
John