June 2015 CAM Magazine

JUNE 2015

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

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SUSTAIN-ABILITY 12 Celebrate Energy Independence

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GLASS/GLAZING 14 Glass Magic at the “Qube” 20 Ergo Robotic Solutions: Solutions for Every Glass Installation Need

CARPENTRY

DEPARTMENTS

22 Carpenters in the Making:

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Industry News

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Safety Tool Kit

Training that Pays at the Carpenter Apprenticeship Program

26 The Real Apprentice CONSTRUCTION HIGHLIGHT 28 The 96Fix: The Need for Speed

10 Marketing on the Level 34 Product Showcase 42 People in Construction / Corporate News 45 CAM Welcomes New Members 46 Construction Calendar 46 Advertising Index

ABOUT THE COVER Chris Briggs, an instructor for the Michigan Statewide Carpenters and Millwrights Joint Apprenticeship Training Fund, is shown on the cover teaching a footing and foundations class. As part of the class, Briggs is busy checking heights at the top of the forms.

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PUBLISHER EDITOR

Kevin N. Koehler Amanda M. Tackett

ASSOCIATE EDITOR

Mary E. Kremposky

PRODUCTION DIRECTOR GRAPHIC DESIGN DIRECTOR OF MARKETING ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE

Matthew J. Austermann Noelle E. Scharer Gregg A. Montowski Cathy A. Jones

DIRECTORS OFFICERS Chairman

Larry S. Brinker, Jr. The Brinker Group

Vice Chairman

Stephen J. Hohenshil Glasco Corporation

Vice Chairman

Donielle Wunderlich George W. Auch Company

Treasurer

Joe S. Palazzolo

President

Kevin N. Koehler

DIRECTORS

Thomas R. Broad

Detroit Spectrum Painters, Inc.

Midwest Steel, Inc.

Joseph Fontanesi Fontanesi & Kann Company Architectural Building Components, Inc.

Brad Leidal Mason Contractors, Inc.

Jennifer T. Panning Artisan Tile, Inc.

John Raimondo Roncelli, Inc.

John W. Rieckhoff C.L. Rieckhoff Company, Inc.

Kevin F. Ryan Powerlink Facility Management Services

Preston Wallace Limbach Company, LLC

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William L. Borch, Jr. Ironworkers Local Union 25

Gary Boyajian Division 8 Solutions, Inc.

Stevan Bratic Bratic Enterprises, LLC

Marty Burnstein Law Office of Marty Burnstein

George Dobrowitsky Walbridge

Daniel Englehart Peter Basso and Associates, Inc.

Chris Hippler Capital Letters

Dennis King DMKING Consulting, LLC

Nancy Marshall Aluminum Supply Company

Rick Rys Hi Def Color

Sanford (Sandy) Sulkes International Building Products, Inc.

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CAM TESTIFIES TO MICHIGAN HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Leaders Discuss Workforce Development

By Jason Wadaga, V.P. of Government Affairs Kindsvatter, Dalling & Associates

CAM Chairman of the Board and President of the Brinker Group, Larry Brinker Jr., joined CAM President Kevin Koehler in Lansing to testify before the Michigan House of Representatives Workforce Development Committee in April.

This marks the second time in the past eight months that CAM has been solicited by the Michigan Legislature to give a historical perspective and offer solutions on how to solve the workforce development issues surrounding the construction industry in Michigan. CAM had previously testified in the Economic Development Committee in the Michigan Senate.

The testimony from CAM provided background on the association and the workforce crisis surrounding the construction industry; identified the need for young adults in construction in Michigan; summarized what CAM is currently doing to address the workforce shortage; and outlined what the Michigan Legislature and state departments can do to partner with CAM. The Workforce crisis Brinker, Jr. opened by recapping to the committee how Michigan’s construction industry got to where it is today with labor shortages, citing Michigan’s economic downturn over the last decade. “At the end of the past decade’s Great Recession, the State of Michigan lost 42 percent of its construction workforce from its peak of 214,900 in April 2000, to 124,900 in July 2013. That’s a loss of 89,300 in Michigan’s construction workforce.

Construction workers were forced to find new professions or leave Michigan to make a living and provide for their families,” he said.

The Need To ATTrAcT YouNg PeoPle iNTo The Workforce Compounding the problem, the current construction workforce across most of the various trades is getting older, and many have either retired or are nearing retirement age. Three in four construction skilled trade vacancies through 2020 will be based on the need to replace existing workers due to retirement. These statistics do not factor into the number of construction professionals we are losing to other states. “While I cannot sit here today and give you an exact number of what our industry needs to alleviate the workforce problem, we do feel that the issue is at a critical mass,” added Brinker, Jr. Brinker, Jr. and Koehler went on outline how young people entering construction trades is a win-win for both parties. They listed the benefits of a construction career for high school students entering the workforce, including learning a skilled trade that can be used anywhere, making a middle class wage while not incurring any debt, receiving healthcare and retirement benefits, and working with cutting-edge technology. “There’s a common perception that the construction industry is strictly shoveling and hammering all day. While we do need manual labor, a lot of the jobs we need to fill are working with very high-tech equipment,” said Koehler.

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CAM President Kevin Koehler and CAM Chairman of the Board Larry Brinker, Jr. at the State Capitol in Lansing.

WhAT cAM is doiNg To Address The ProbleM As the state’s largest construction association, CAM has been a leader in developing strategies to address workforce issues. The Roundtables conducted with industry leaders last year allowed CAM to share with the committee what we are doing as an association to solve problems, such as: • Establishing a website exclusively dedicated to workforce development.

We plan to make the CAM-CORE (Construction Opportunity Resources Education) website the home portal for people who want to work in construction.

• Working with the Building and Construction Trades Department and AFL-CIO on the “Helmets to Hardhats” program that connects military service members with construction jobs.

• Offering to partner with the State of Michigan and act as the “One Stop Shop” for construction jobs and careers.

• Attending high schools and colleges on Career Days to share information on trade labor wages and benefits, both short- and longterm. hoW The legislATure/sTATe goverNMeNT cAN PArTNer WiTh cAM While CAM is working feverishly to solve the workforce crisis in the industry, Workforce Development Committee Chairman Rep. Joel Johnson (R-Clare) did ask that the association share with the committee how the legislature and state government can be helpful partners in this endeavor. CAM was able to identify a few key items: • Partnering with CAM to link job openings throughout the state on the CAM-CORE website.

• Incentivizing experienced construction talent to return to Michigan.

• Providing funding to assist workforce programs, such as the Detroit Registered Apprenticeship Pilot Program (D-RAPP), which is designed to recruit/prepare Detroit residents with marketable skills and allow them to earn and learn in high-demand fields.

• Building a sound, long-lasting partnership with CAM on all workforce issues that is ultimately beneficial to both parties.

“CAM has the ability to be the main source for workforce development in the construction industry. There is no need to reinvent the wheel; we can act as a funnel to all construction interests in Michigan,” said Brinker, Jr. The hearing closed with Brinker, Jr. and Koehler thanking the committee for the invitation to speak and allowed some time afterward for them to talk individually with Chairman Johnson and other committee members. “It’s an honor when we are asked to come to Lansing to testify. I think it shows that our leaders are aware of the job we do at CAM, and that we are partners in the Michigan turnaround,” said Koehler.

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CONSTRUCTION AMONG THE “HOI POLLOI”

By Carl Granger, CSP SAFETY DIRECTOR, WOODS CONSTRUCTION

There really isn’t a way to do a construction project on planet Earth without some kind of possible exposure to the general public.

The “Hoi Polloi,” as the ancient Greeks dubbed them, entrust us with keeping them safe as we pave our roads, erect our houses, hospitals and sports arenas, and continue to build the world in which we live.

Our most basic commitment as safety professionals is Safety (with a capital “S”), but with regulatory compliance often guiding, if not leading, our company Safety policies and procedures, our focus can be unintentionally narrow.

Keeping our workers safe is absolutely vital… they are our friends, family, colleagues, and our ethical responsibility. However, we must also widen our approach to make sure we are keeping everyone else, including visitors, passers-by, pedestrians, and even trespassers, from being injured because of our work or worksite hazards.

In an April 22, 2015 Wall Street Journal article, ‘Around New York Building Sites, A Little Known Threat’, the author details that “at least once a month on average, a passerby is injured near a New York City construction site by anything from falling bricks, hammers and glass to windblown fences and collapsing sidewalk sheds.”

While we may not have quite as much construction going on in Detroit as they do in New York City, the challenges and hazards of doing construction work in public spaces are certainly as difficult to manage.

We could spend the entirety of CAM Magazine going over risks of legal action,

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potential worst-case scenarios, definitions of “negligence” vs. “intentional torts,” and debating whether lawyers have the public’s best interest at heart; but instead, let’s look toward the principal reason we all got into safety in the first place - to keep people safe. Let’s not get bogged down in the minutia of whether we are protecting our worker, a passerby, a visitor to our site, or a trespasser. Our goal should always be to eliminate hazards in an effort to keep EVERYONE safe, regardless of who they are.

So, as you look at your worksites, remember to look for hazards: around your site, adjacent to your site, and if the wind picks up or gravity happens, what protective measures are prudent within the areas/fall-zones surrounding your site so that everyone goes home safe-and-sound.

Also, how should we be protecting the public from the same hazards that we require our workers to don hard hats, safety glasses, etc.?

For example, if our workers are working near sidewalks or public spaces, how do we keep machinery, tools and materials from becoming a hazard in “public” areas?

If a sheet of plywood is blown off a roof like a paper airplane, where will it go? If there are electrical cords running through public spaces, how to we keep the guy texting and walking from tripping on them? Tricky, right?

The reality is there isn’t a one-size-fits-all fix for all hazards on our sites. Keeping people safe from themselves is a hazard we cannot always control, but maintaining a

safe jobsite for our workers and anyone who may be near our jobsite is certainly something we can work towards. Due diligence is key. It is something we are morally and legally obligated to do, in fact.

If you have questions on how to be most effective at protecting the public, please take a look at the ANSI Consensus Standard: ANSI/ASSE A10.34-2001 (R2005), Protection of the Public on or Adjacent to Construction. It is a great place to start. Also, if you Google “Lawyers and Construction Liability,” you will get just shy of 32 million hits worth of lawyers with all the claims they have won stemming from alleged worksite negligence. And don’t forget to ask your peers, colleagues and mentors - in fact, the CAM Safety Committee is a fabulous place to ask a question.

Anticipating, identifying and abating or eliminating hazards allows us to have a safer worksite for our workers and anyone else who just happens to be nearby. Stay safe out there – and thanks for keeping it safe for my son and me as we admire the new construction project going on just down the street!

About the author: Carl Granger is a Certified Safety Professional (CSP) and has been in the field of safety and human resources for over 15 years. He is currently the safety director for Woods Construction and the president of the American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) Greater Detroit Chapter. Carl is an active member of the CAM Safety Committee and a past presenter at the CAM/ASSE Safety Leadership Conference.

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CONSTRUCTION COMPANY KONGA GUMI BASED IN OSAKA, JAPAN WAS FOUNDED IN 578.

The national statistics for family-owned businesses are sobering. According to the Family Business Institute, about 30 percent survive beyond the founder’s generation, and just 12 percent make it to a third. Why is it so hard to sustain a family-owned business?

The nature of family-owned businesses is complex and idiosyncratic, so there is no single answer. Key to a successful transition, though, is engaging the next generation and developing a strong online presence for the company.

FAMILY BUSINESSES ARE CRUCIAL TO THE NATIONAL ECONOMY. THERE ARE 5.5 MILLION

to your business. Updates on your site are as important as regular maintenance on your equipment.

Your website is not a marketing cost; it is the cost of infrastructure. Your home page is the modern equivalent of your shop front. It is the online presence of your company and, increasingly, the hub for other marketing like enewsletters, AdWords campaigns, and more.

FAMILY-OWNED BUSINESSES IN THE UNITED STATES. THEY ACCOUNT FOR 57 PERCENT OF THE GDP AND EMPLOY 63 PERCENT OF THE U.S. WORKFORCE, ACCORDING TO FAMILY ENTERPRISE USA.

relATioNshiP MArkeTiNg Relationship Marketing - a tried-and-true practice that dates back centuries - is how most family-owned companies were founded, and continues to be the bedrock for growth.

Bill Hughes, president of Innoquest, Inc., an engineering and manufacturing firm, put it this way: “When I’m working with another family-owned business, I’m working with someone who is able to make the decisions necessary to fix my problems on the spot. If a fellow business owner tells me he will do something, I know I can take it to the bank.”

But for second and third generations, relationship marketing is not enough, especially when it comes to prospecting for new customers. esTAblish A sTroNg oNliNe PreseNce The Internet has changed how business is done. Your website is the beginning of the online presence of your company and, increasingly, the Web is the preferred way people research businesses.

Today, relationship marketing has to work hand-in-hand with online marketing.

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The chAlleNge of chANge At Capital Letters, many of our CAM clients are family-owned. We work with founders as well as second, third, and even fourth generations, and listen to the differences between the generations regularly.

“WHY DO WE NEED A WEBSITE? EVERYBODY KNOWS WE DO GOOD WORK.” “MARKETING IS ONLY AS GOOD AS A FIRM HANDSHAKE.”

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Old ways die hard, and for good reason; some of those ways work. Relationships are important. Ill thought-out advertising is an unnecessary expense. And shaking hands with a regular customer to seal a deal is as good as it gets.

But to endure, a family business must remain relevant. It must change, and in 2015 the Internet is integral to how business is done.

“It's always, always, always easier to not change," says psychologist Dr. Mike Lyons.

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SUSTAIN |ABILITY INDUSTRY NEWS

CELEBRATE ENERGY INDEPENDENCE

BY DOUGLAS ELBINGER ENERGY SYSTEMS ANALYST, NEWMAN CONSULTING GROUP, LLC DOUGE@NGCONSULTING.US.COM

Kick off your Fourth of July holiday week at the Michigan Renewable Energy Fair (MREF). The Michigan Renewable Energy Fair, now in its 15th year, is Michigan's premier event bringing people together to learn about renewable energy and alternatives which create sustainable lifestyles for homeowners, businesses and municipalities of all sizes. learn smart energy solutions at the Michigan renewable energy fair June 26 & 27, 2015 ingham county fairgrounds, Mason, Michigan

During the past 14 years, interested citizens gather each summer at the fair to learn about renewable energy, energy efficiency, and other sustainable lifestyle practices. Over the years, friendships have been forged, businesses have grown, and a welcoming sense of community has flourished surrounding the fair attendees and exhibitors. As Michigan’s renewable energy and energy efficiency economy has grown, so has the fair.

This fair provides opportunity for families, small businesses, kids of all ages, and students a chance to learn about ways to save money in homes and businesses by becoming more energy efficient, and how to invest in renewable energy to get a return on their investment. The MREF draws attendees from all over the Midwest to learn how to take steps to become more energy independent and learn from others the practices that can make your family or business more sustainable. Be advised the fair is not your typical tradeshow – it combines family fun with local food, handson activities, and small-sized workshops where you can ask questions to engaging speakers. The music and food are thrown in good measure to insure a festive 12 CAM MAGAZINE JUNE 2015

atmosphere!

The MREF is the place if you have questions! Have you ever wondered…

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• Does solar work in Michigan?

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• Would new windows make sense in your home?

• Is there a way you can replace your propane pig?

• How can I find hidden energy savings in my home and business?

• What is an energy audit?

• How you can grow enough food to feed your family?

• How you can replace your roof with a cool energy saving roof?

• How to build a Net Zero home, or even what IS a Net Zero home?

• What kind of power does an electric vehicle have?

• How can I get a charger for my electric vehicle?

• How can I go off grid?

You and your family can take away answers to these questions and much more. At the fair you can see these new technologies and learn how they work in a low-key, no pressure, FUN atmosphere. If you have questions, you can talk to installers, contractors, manufacturers and utility representatives in a relaxing environment so you can make friends as well as informed choices.

Among the many special guests, the keynote speaker on Friday, June 26 is Mr. Patrick King, vice president of Suniva, the company that recently opened a solar panel manufacturing plant in Saginaw and plans to bring hundreds of jobs to Saginaw County over the next three years. According to Suniva's website, "Suniva is the leading American manufacturer of high-efficiency, cost-competitive PV solar cells and modules. The company is known worldwide for its high-quality solar products, patented low-cost manufacturing technology, and long-term reliable performance."

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The Great Lakes Renewable Energy Association (GLREA) takes special pride in the Kids Tent and Activity Area on Saturday from 9 am - 3 pm, so your kids can enjoy fun and games just like you! In addition, on Saturday, June 28, there will be a drawing in which 10 high school students are awarded a $500 scholarship to be applied toward tuition at a college of their choice.

Last year, GLREA awarded scholarships to graduates entering college or a technical school in a STEM field. This was a huge success last year, and we will continue the tradition this year.

There are a variety of different workshops which run through the day both Friday and Saturday, so you are able to select from several topics you may be interested in. The workshops start on the hour and run about 50 minutes. Energy efficiency and renewable energy are not one-size-fits-all; solutions are as individual as people.

New this year will be an area where local artisans and crafters can participate in the fair and give visitors and opportunity to buy local! The fair organizers are looking for a variety of small businesses and hobbyist to be involved in the “BUY LOCAL Artisans Area.” Visit www.GLREA.org for more information.

Everyone is welcome! Come to the fair whether you have an interest in energy efficiency or you are just looking for a pleasant day trip the weekend of June 26 & 27. For those so inclined, there are excellent camping facilities at the fairgrounds so you can make a weekend out of it. For more information, visit http://fb.ingham.org/ There is a small gate fee which helps defray a portion of event costs; however, there is a free “Independence Pass” available - GLREA Members get free admittance to the fair. Join GLREA today and be the first to get information about the fair and gain free admission. To make membership easier, the GLREA is offering half-off on student, individual and family membership during month of June 2015.

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A Saturday morning in late April found the crew of Modern Mirror & Glass Co. removing an over-18-foot-tall glass lite on the Qube, also known as the Chase Tower.

The Future is under construction in downtown Detroit. For the glazing industry, it may have already arrived at 611 Woodward Avenue. In late April 2015, Ergo Robotic Solutions’ wonder machine rolled into town from Queensbury, New York and parked in front of the “Qube” in downtown Detroit. The Qube, also known as Chase Tower, is occupied by one of Quicken Loans’ sizzling offices in The D; the building is also the new home of WXYZ-TV’s downtown Detroit studio. Built in 1959, the building’s many lives 14 CAM MAGAZINE JUNE 2015

include stints as the National Bank of Detroit Building, the Bank One Center, and now Chase Tower or the Qube.

The 1960s building now has a definite 21st Century vibe, but no matter the era, building maintenance is a must. Two cracks in the corner of the Qube’s slightly-over-18-foot-tall exterior lobby window called for its replacement as a preventive measure, said Gary A. Boyajian, project manager for Modern Mirror & Glass Co. Bedrock Real Estate Services selected this experienced Roseville glass and “The Voice Of The Construction Industry”®

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glazing company to undertake the delicate replacement operation, having worked with the firm on previous projects in downtown Detroit, including work within “the Z” parking structure.

Having seen the Ergo Robotic machines in action on a Baltimore, Maryland project, and having used a related piece of equipment on the Federal Reserve Building in Detroit, Modern Mirror & Glass embraced the use of Ergo Robotic’s GM 2000-12 model to lift and set this towering piece of glass effortlessly and seamlessly into place. Such machinery has been available for less than 10 years in various forms, but Ergo Robotic Solutions has taken it to a new level of development, said Jerry Nudi, Ergo Robotic Solutions coowner and partner. glaSS handling With FineSSe The magic is in this well-engineered machine’s articulation abilities.

“One of the things that impressed me the most about the abilities of these machines is that in addition to handling that large of a weight – at the Qube the glass was 1,200 lbs. – is how the operator can control the movement,” said Boyajian, a veteran project manager for Modern Mirror and a glass consultant with Division 8 Solutions.

A crane goes either up or down or in or out, but Ergo Robotic Solutions’ six model lines can pivot, tilt and rotate each glass lite on a different axis and in infinitesimal gradations of movement.

“This machine has very delicate, intricate abilities as far as movement,” said Boyajian. “The beauty of this machine is that it allows the operator to move the glass as little as a 1/16th of an inch or 1/32nd of an inch. The operator can virtually wiggle the glass into the opening and place it where it needs to go. Compare that to six guys straining and struggling to lift a lite of glass into its final place with each one of them carrying as much as 200 lbs.”

A glazing crew’s collective muscle power is needed not only for the final setting of the glass lite, but also for the initial removal from the delivery truck. Glass lites are usually shipped with the long dimension oriented horizontally for safety reasons and for protection of the glass. Given its articulation capabilities, an Ergo Robotic Solutions’ machine easily rolls the glass off the delivery truck from a horizontal to a vertical position. This is a godsend for the crew who typically use only a rolling block and their own physical strength for this maneuver.

The Ergo Robotic glass installation machine can manipulate the glass almost with the ease and precision of a human arm. This dream machine can even transport the glass lite through areas of limited clearance, raise it up and then set the glass into the curtain wall frame or channel. The crew then secures it into place.

Safety and speed are clear benefits of this well-engineered product line. Back strain is reduced, and installation is accelerated, because these wheel-based machines also have the ability to move with the glass. This helps the crew, the contractor, and the building owner. “The Ergo Robotic glass installation machines speed up the process, so that the building interior’s exposure to the elements is reduced to only a minimal amount of time,” said Visit us online at www.cammagazineonline.com

Boyajian. “I have nothing but good things to say about Ergo Robotic Solutions.”

No wonder one of the website videos of this amazing piece of glass-handling equipment begins with the intro music to the classic movie, 2001 Space Odyssey. “We make an excellent articulating mechanism with a superior engineered suction system,” said Nudi.

“It is very exacting.” Nudi is not hesitant in saying, “We have the best articulating unit in the business.”

Smooth operatorS Hydraulic valves, in part, give the Ergo Robotic machines its finely calibrated articulation. “They have a type of hydraulic valve that allows for the finest bit of movement,” said Nudi. “It operates like a gas stove in the sense that you can turn it on as much or as little as you want. Our machines do not have a number one or a number two setting; the movement range is infinite.”

Smooth operation is another hallmark of the Ergo Robotic product line, again thanks to its hydraulics.

While some equipment lines of this ilk use electric motors, Ergo Robotic machines operate on a hydraulic system, adding smoothness, strength and durability to the finesse of its movements. “A hydraulic system is just more reliable, and that is why backhoes and other large pieces of equipment have a hydraulic system,” said Nudi.

Ergo Robotic Solutions’ long list of enviable attributes, include having a compact profile that allows the machines to fit through a standard door and set glass from the floor of a building interior, if necessary.

As a bonus for the U.S. workforce and the customer, the entire product line is made in the USA. “We are the only ones making a machine like this in America,” declares Nudi. Rather than await delivery of machines or parts from “across the pond” in Europe or even beyond, Ergo Robotic Solutions offers next-day delivery of parts and equipment in an emergency and a high level of “homegrown” service.

The glass installation machines are also well-made by a highly skilled, in-house team. “We are fabricating metal pieces from raw metal,” said Nudi. “We have certified welders who weld these machines together from steel plates. We cut, weld, drill and grind all the metal right in our shop. Other than the hydraulic and electrical components, we outsource very little.”

Setting an 18-Foot-tall glaSS lite All of these benefits were important to the Qube’s window replacement. The 10-foot-wide and almost story-and-a-half-tall window fronts the main lobby and rests about seven feet above the ground. More importantly, this immense window is tucked under an overhang or soffit skirting the entire lower level of the 14story building located on the edge of Campus Martius.

According to Boyajian, the position of the glass gives the advantage to the GM 2000-12 over a conventional crane.

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‘How would we get a crane up above to lift it?” said Boyajian. “We would have to come straight in with a boom, and even then we are limited. The crane doesn’t have that finesse of control. It can’t rotate the glass lite, or maneuver or manipulate it. The crane would carry the weight of the glass and get it close to the opening, but then the crew must push and lean on this piece of glass to make sure it goes where it is supposed to.”

Boyajian believes that the use of the Ergo Robotic Solutions machine sliced installation time by a third to a half over the use of a crane. The ERS machine also eases the permitting process by reducing the time reserved for lane closures, and given its greater mobility, the GM 2000-12 eliminates the need to set a heavy crane into position on a tight, urban site.

Overall, the entire installation took only a few hours on a Sunday morning. “The machine arrived from New York, picked up and rotated the piece of glass into the proper position, drove it right into the opening in the frame, and set it,” said Boyajian. “Two men in our crew were positioned on the building interior with suction cups to grab and hold the glass.

Before the machine released the glass lite, we installed glass stops to make sure it didn’t fall. We secured it into place, and Ergo Robotic drove the machine back to New York. We were finished with the installation later that morning.”

Watching the Big liFt An audience of peers in the glazing industry watched the “big lift” on a Sunday morning in late April. “I mentioned it to a couple of the guys I compete with in the glass business,” said Boyajian. “When they heard about what we were doing, several of them said, ‘I am going to come down with my lawn chair and watch this take place.’”

The work, however, began long before the actual lift. Finding a fabricator capable of producing, packaging and shipping such a massive piece of replacement glass was the first concern. Only a few such glass fabrication companies exist in North America. What better company to fit the bill

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Ergo Robotic Solutions’ product line has well-engineered articulation abilities. The GM 2000-12 - and other ERS machines - can pivot, tilt and rotate each glass lite on a different axis and in infinitesimal gradations of movement.

than one with a website named www.BigAssGlass.com. The company is actually called Architectural Glass of North America or AGNORA. “They are located about two hours north of Toronto,” said Boyajian. “They probably have as large capabilities, as far as production, as any company I have ever dealt with. There is only a handful in the country that can do this.”

The “show” began on Saturday April 25.

Modern Mirror & Glass took delivery of the new glass and began to remove the existing window in small pieces. “We cut out the broken glass piece by piece throughout the course of the day, scoring and breaking it into small, manageable pieces,” said Boyajian.

He gives a play-by-play offering a glimpse into the glazier’s world: “The six- to eightperson crew removed the screw-applied stops on the glass, and scored the glass with a wheel that actually puts a groove in the glass. One person scored and placed pressure on the glass to make it crack, while another placed suction cups on the 18 CAM MAGAZINE JUNE 2015

glass. As soon as the glass broke free, he lifted it and set it down on the scissor lift.

Each piece of glass was two or three feet and weighed about 45 to 50 lbs. The glass is half-inch glass that weighs about 7 pounds a square-foot.”

The area was cordoned off, preventing curious bystanders from entering within 50 feet of the jobsite. Clad in safety glasses, hard hats, Kevlar sleeves and Kevlar gloves, the experienced team proceeded carefully, because the existing glass was aged, brittle and annealed – all factors making the glass more inclined to cracking irregularly or in unexpected ways. “The Chase Tower was built before glass was typically tempered,” said Boyajian. “Also, no one had the capabilities back then to temper glass of that large of a size.”

To prevent the upper crack from spreading, the crew scored the glass in the area of the crack, effectively encompassing, isolating and removing that piece first.

“They then pushed out that piece of scored glass and worked across the top of the glass one piece at a time like a jigsaw

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puzzle,” said Boyajian. “We worked it down to a point where they pulled the last third of the glass out in one piece.”

After removal, Modern Mirror & Glass secured the opening with plywood on Saturday, removing it on Sunday. Ergo Robotic Solution arrived early Sunday morning with its trailer loaded with the GM 2000- 12. “It looked like an easy job for us, and a difficult job without us,” said Nudi in speaking of the actual lift of the towering replacement window. Ergo Robotic easily lifted the glass into place, inserting it through some standing columns. After about two-and-a-half hours they were back on the road. The drive to Detroit actually took far longer than the actual work. reaching higher Once home in Queensbury, New York, the Ergo Robotic team returned to what it does best: engineering and manufacturing new models and envisioning advances in glass installation technology. “About a year ago, we made a machine that can reach up to 20 feet high – the GM 2000-20,” said Nudi.

“No one had ever offered that before. Now we are working on a glass installation machine that will go even higher, perhaps even over 25 feet.” This model may possibly debut in the marketplace in September 2015.

Ergo Robotic Solutions is currently examining how to adapt the amazing articulation abilities of its machines to forklifts and other large pieces of equipment. Basically, the lift machine would provide the height and the Ergo Robotic product would offer the articulation ability.

“The forklift or other large equipment lift

could make use of the functions, precision and delicate finesse of the Ergo Robotic glass lifter,” said Nudi. “That way they don’t necessarily have to buy the full machine.

They will be able to buy a part of it – the articulation part.”

In another development, Ergo Robotic Solutions has added a hydraulic winch onto

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its glass manipulation machine. “Our glass manipulation machine, paired with a hydraulic winch, will now handle up to 2,000 lbs.,” said Nudi.

In terms of market segments, Ergo Robotic Solutions machines are not only being used on glazing jobsites across the country, but area also being used in glass manufacturing and handling facilities.

The company is also considering branching out into servicing the pre-formed concrete products and stone market, as well, Nudi added.

Modern Mirror & Glass can now add yet another successful downtown Detroit project to its portfolio. Other recent projects include installing large radius glass pieces on The Albert in Detroit’s growing and increasingly vibrant Capitol Park. At the Qube, three great companies came together to create a better future for Detroit and all of southeastern Michigan: Bedrock Real Estate Services, Modern Mirror & Glass, and a friendly “visitor” with an amazing machine – Ergo Robotic Solutions.

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Given its articulation capabilities, an Ergo Robotic Solutions’ machine easily rolls the glass off the delivery truck from a horizontal to a vertical position. This is a godsend for the crew who typically use only a rolling block and their own physical strength for this maneuver.

ERGO ROBOTIC SOLUTIONS: SOLUTIONS FOR EVERY GLASS INSTALLATION NEED Ergo Robotic Solutions, Queensbury, New York, launched its business only a yearand- a-half ago. The company, however, has a deep knowledge base; its co-partner is none other than Bart Knotts, one of the original masterminds behind the intricate engineering of these amazing glass installation machines.

Knotts codeveloped this glass installation piece of equipment as minority partner in another company. Knotts has now brought his expertise to Ergo Robotic Solutions, working in partnership with Jerry Nudi to rehabilitate and transform the entire product line. “We’ve increased the number of models to create a line of machines to fit

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every need and size,” said Nudi.

Current product lines include the Power Lifter PL 1000, GM 800, GM 1200, GM 2000-12, GM 2000-20 and the SkyHookWPI. The Power Lifter 1000: Imagine a dolly that you can load your glass on and push it through a standard-sized door.

When you get to the lift site, the dolly transforms into a heavy lifter.

The other machines increase in lift capacity and maximum height, beginning with the GM 800 and moving all the way up to the GM 2000-20, a machine introduced in 2014 that does exactly what its name suggests: lift a maximum of 2,000 lbs. and reach a maximum height of

20 feet, six inches.

The SkyHook-WPI can lift up to 4,000 lbs.; custom SkyHooks can be built to handle up to 6,000 lbs. “In one video on our website, the SkyHook is hanging from a crane and lifting a 10-by-20 skylight in the air that weighs about 3,200 lbs.,” said Nudi. “The SkyHook even set the skylight on an angle on top of a seven-story building in New York City.”

Overall, Ergo Robotic Solutions currently offers six product lines with more on the way. Visit www.ergoroboticsolutions.com for a full description of the company’s machines and Web videos of the equipment in action.

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CARPENTERS IN THE MAKING: TRAINING THAT PAYS AT THE CARPENTER APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM

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Detroit Carpenters Apprenticeship School students are hard at work in the field learning the carpenter’s craft. CAM’s Director of Labor Relations and Government Affairs James Oleksinski, M.A., J.D., LL.M., serves as a management trustee for the Detroit Carpentry Joint Apprenticeship Training Committee.

The Michigan Statewide Carpenters and Millwrights Joint Apprenticeship Training Fund (JATF) is all about building the next generation workforce for Michigan’s construction industry. The Fund’s own tools of the trade not only include power drills and nail guns, but a set of innovative programs with the power to attract more applicants and to hammer home the fundamentals of the carpentry craft.

The past recession left a significant “trade drain” in Michigan. The state lost over 82,000 skilled trade construction jobs and 22 CAM MAGAZINE JUNE 2015

The Michigan Carpenter and Millwright Training Program offers evening enhancement classes for journeymen, including such innovation classes as Best Practices in Healthcare Construction.

The class teaches how to take periodic air samples, how to seal an area, and how to employ HEPA filtration operations.

saw employment drop by 40 percent between 2007 and 2009, according to a 2013 report of the Michigan Bureau of Labor Market Information and Strategic Initiatives, quoted by Construction Association of Michigan (CAM) Chairman, and President of the Brinker Group’s L.S. Brinker Company, Larry S. Brinker, Jr. at CAM’s Annual Meeting in February 2015.

Both the economy and workforce development, however, appear to be turning the corner. In the Detroit area, every Wednesday from 9 am to noon, applicants

walk through the doors of the Detroit Carpenters Joint Apprenticeship Training School on Farrow Street in Ferndale.

“We have approximately 350 apprentices currently at our Ferndale facility, and that is a sign that things are getting a bit better,” said Michigan Statewide Carpenters & Millwrights JATF State Training Director Donald G. Kissel, who oversees training programs in seven apprenticeship schools spread across Michigan from Marquette and Grayling to Fennville in west Michigan and east to Mason and Saginaw. The

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Fifteen years ago, the Ferndale training facility alone had 1,100 students. “That number gradually went down starting in 2008,” said Kissel. “We got down to below 300 students, and it stayed there for a couple of years. But we are now seeing an increase in apprentices, and in contractors looking to hire new apprentices.”

The anemic economy of the recent past produced an extremely competitive business environment. Contractors were inclined to keep the most seasoned, productive and experienced journeymen working for the last seven years. “The market was so tight that when contractors were bidding these jobs there was not a whole lot of play in any of these projects,” said Kissel. Essentially, contractors had to focus on a select cadre of productive journeyman. These forces played a part in the decrease in apprenticeship numbers.

In looking to the future, Kissel says, “If we had 500 apprentices in this school that would be a good sign,” said Kissel. “If we had 800, that number would be a sign of a real resurgence.”

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These carpenter apprentices are part of the Michigan Regional Council of Carpenters and Millwrights that represents 14,000 carpenters and millwrights across Michigan.

Making a new PaCT The Michigan Statewide Carpenters and Millwrights JATF is doing its part to boost the number of applicants and apprentices.

One of the biggest “carrots” attracting an applicant to apprenticeship training is the “earn as you learn” approach. Each apprentice earns more than the minimal cost of tuition and books. According to the Michigan Carpenter and Millwright Training Program website www.realapprenticeship.com, “During the apprenticeship term, the apprentice is paid an ascending scale of wages, ranging from 50 percent of the journeyman’s scale when training begins to 95 percent during the fourth year of apprenticeship.”

Under Kissel, the Michigan Statewide Carpenters and Millwrights JATF has made apprenticeship training even more attractive through an initiative designed to create both new apprentices and new construction professionals. An apprentice is not only paid for attending class, but credits can be applied to a future Associate Degree in construction management at a community college. The actual initiative is called the new Pathway to Apprenticeship & Construction Technology (PACT) Program.

Kissel has recently been crisscrossing Michigan to forge a series of articulation agreements with several of the largest community colleges in southeastern Michigan, including Macomb Community College (MCC), the first educational institution to come on board. Kissel is using the written agreement between MCC and Michigan Statewide Carpenters and Millwrights JATF as a template for other community college liaisons.

To date, “Graduating from our four-year program will give students 32 credit hours towards an Associate Degree at five different community colleges, including Macomb, Monroe, Delta, Oakland and Henry Ford Community Colleges,” said Kissel. “We are trying to create the same articulation agreements with all 28 community colleges in Michigan.”

Five trades are involved in the articulation agreements, including the Michigan Carpenter and Millwright Training Program, as well as training programs for brick layers, operating engineers, laborers and electricians. “Telling an individual that our apprenticeship program could be a pathway to college is one of our many selling points,” said Kissel.

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Detroit and across Michigan. Kissel points to “Access for All” as an example of a successful outreach program for gathering motivated, hard-working people into the trades.

Michigan Works! Association and SER Metro-Detroit, two workforce development organizations interview applicants, typically selecting 15 people per class. Applicants take a drug test and the ACT WorkKeys test, “a job skills assessment system that helps employers select, hire, train, develop and retain a high-performance workforce.

This series of tests measures foundational and soft skills and offers specialized assessments to target institutional needs,” according to the WorkKeys website.

In operation for the last three years, “Access for All” is a no-cost, nine-week program involving 40 hours a week of hands-on training, as well as OSHA 30.

“People are introduced to five different trades, including carpentry, operating engineers, electricians, bricklayers and cement masons,” explained Kissel. “We talk to participants and then they come to our facilities for hands-on activities. At the end of nine weeks, they have a better idea of what they want to do for their future.”

CusToM Classes Michigan Statewide Carpenters and Millwrights JATF continues to host career days to boost the number of applicants and apprentices.

“We are constantly conducting career days, particularly in the City of Detroit,” said Kissel. “A lot of it has to do with projected growth in Detroit. We are also seeing growth all around the State of Michigan.”

The Michigan Regional Council of Carpenters and Millwrights (www.hammer9.com) is also instituting OSHA 30 classes to prepare City of Detroit residents for the new Red Wings arena and other Detroit projects. “Usually an OSHA 30 class is good forever, but some owners are now requiring anyone who hasn’t taken an OSHA 30 in the last three years take the class over again.”

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market conditions. “Right now, there is interest in taking our bridge formwork class, because of the road work that may possibly be coming out of Proposal 1 Michigan Safe Roads,” said Kissel.

Journeymen also reap the benefits of the Michigan Carpenters training facilities.

The statewide facilities offer evening enhancement classes for journeymen, ranging from the staple certification courses in scaffolding and rigging to innovative classes such as Best Practices in Healthcare Construction.

Procedures learned in this class can be applied to renovation projects in offices, food courts and other occupied buildings. “The class teaches how to take periodic air samples after sealing an area, during tear-off and after HEPA filter operation,” said Kissel.

“We teach how to seal off work areas by covering HVAC ducts and how to properly remove materials in sealed containers to be loaded onto wheeled dumpsters and safely removed. We are even trying to insert the class and its protocols into the specifications for healthcare projects.” geTTing on The saMe Page As another recent initiative, the Michigan Statewide Carpenters and Millwrights JATF is in the process of aligning the content offered in all seven schools. The goal: A uniform curriculum in all of its Michigan training facilities that is in sync with apprenticeship schools across the country. “The Carpenters International Training Center has created a curriculum that they are trying to get everyone to use throughout the country,” said Kissel. “Everybody will be on the same page.”

The generic core curriculum will be paired with region-specific content that caters to the different industries, weather patterns and other variables in different regions across Michigan and the nation.

Instructors will follow the same outline and use the same materials, making the content of a particular course the same across all apprenticeship facilities. “If a person transfers from one facility to another, we are going to know that the training was the same in both,” said Kissel.

Kissel has already begun creating a uniform curriculum in the Mason, Saginaw and Detroit area facilities. The idea is to have these nearby facilities “at the same level and teaching the same content so that we can move students back and forth between the three,” said Kissel. With a uniform core curriculum, apprentices can not only more easily circulate among different training schools, but contractors can be more comfortable knowing that each apprentice has absorbed a set body of knowledge and skills.

As the summer construction season begins in earnest, slightly more apprentices are now available to hammer together the increasing number of projects sprouting up in Detroit and across Michigan.

Today, both the economy and workforce development are on the rise, and the Michigan Statewide Carpenters and Millwrights JATF has a firm handle on a host of initiatives to build the workforce needed to rebuild Detroit and Michigan.

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The Real Apprentice who: The Michigan Statewide Carpenters and Millwrights JATF has been reaching out to apprenticeship applicants across the state.

“Our biggest target now is 18- to 26-yearold applicants,” said Kissel.

The apprenticeship program, however, is open to all ages. where: The Michigan Statewide Carpenters and Millwrights JATF has seven schools, including millwright training in Warren; millwright training in Fennville near Grand Rapids; carpenter and floor laying training in Mason south of Lansing; carpentry training in Saginaw and Grayling; carpentry and millwright training in Marquette; and carpentry and floor laying in the Detroit area. how: Visit the Detroit area facility on any Wednesday and fill out an application between 9 am and noon. The applicant is given a list of contractors, and their first “assignment” is to be sponsored or hired by one of the companies. Once hired, the individual gains a letter of sponsorship, returns to the apprenticeship training facility and fills out the required forms for 26 CAM MAGAZINE JUNE 2015

registration with the U.S. Department of Labor. The next step is a drug test. A clear result then leads to attendance at an orientation day. Or call 248-541-2740 to get more information about the other training facilities.

The Michigan Statewide Carpenters and Millwrights JATF has several initiatives that permit direct entrance into the apprenticeship program.

Helmets to Hardhats is a program that welcomes veterans directly into apprenticeship training. “All they have to do is go the Helmets to Hardhats website H2H.com and register,” said Kissel. “Veterans then come to our facility and show us their DD214 paperwork. They are admitted into the program, but must find a contractor to work for before continuing.”

Participation in Job Corps is another direct route into a life in the trades. Job Corps participants must bring their certification of completion from the Job Corps program to the respective apprenticeship training facility.

Another recent program is for City of Detroit residents. “After filling out an application, we would send a letter of invitation after a few months to come to our facility and take the WorkKeys math test,”

said Kissel. “Anyone scoring a Level Five out of seven levels, seven being the highest, has direct entry into our program.” how long: Once accepted in the four-year apprenticeship program, the apprentice attends 16 classes and receives on-the-job training. Apprentices take four classes a year; each class meets once every two weeks for three months. “Students are working on the jobsite for those two weeks in between each class session,” said Kissel.

“Our program is 90 percent on the job training, and the student gets paid for attendance.”

Because apprentices travel farther distances to attend Marquette and Fennville classes, the classes are conducted as block training. Apprentices attend classes for an entire week and for four weeks out of the year. Unlike traditional schools, each apprenticeship class lasts an entire eighthour day. how MuCh: The cost of apprenticeship training is minimal compared to even a semester at a university. “There is some out of pocket expense, but if they’re working for one of “The Voice Of The Construction Industry”®

our contractors, they’re being paid to come to school, so theoretically, the training is free.” said Kissel.

The economics are clearly in the apprentice’s favor. “If you are working for a contractor you’re being paid to come to school, plus all the benefits that a journeyman receives proportionately,” said Kissel. “When you graduate after four years, there are no student loans to pay back, and you have four years invested into a pension and an annuity. You are now a journeyman and well on your way to a career that pays sustainable wages as a carpenter, millwright or floor layer.”

The apprentice also receives a 10 to 12 page history booklet on the United Brotherhood of Carpenters. “The booklet explains the history of how the carpenters union came to be, and details some of the trials and tribulations throughout the years,” said Kissel. “The booklet shows them that people actually worked hard for the amount of money we are making right now, along with the benefit packages.”

Beyond the apprentices themselves, the taxpayer also gets a good deal. “We are no burden on the taxpayers,” said Kissel, “because everything is funded by the Michigan Regional Council of Carpenters.

Everyone who is a carpenter, millwright or floor layer pays into the apprenticeship fund, making us a self-funded program.” whY: Apprentices not only learn the craft of carpentry, millwright and floor laying; they also learn how to build a life. “We are not just training carpenters, millwrights and floor layers,” said Kissel. “We are creating positive, responsible, productive members of society.”

Life lessons include time and money management. “We even have a little program on Excel where we show them how to manage their budget,” said Kissel.

“We introduce them to this budget when they first come into the program.”

The entire Michigan construction industry also clearly benefits from the skills, training and commitment of the next generation of carpenters, millwrights, and floor layers.

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MDOT reopened this seven-mile stretch of I-96 more than two weeks early. As lead contractor, Danâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Excavating coordinated an expert project team and completed the project in 167 days, well ahead of the 180day schedule.

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The 96fix: The Need for Speed High-Profile Project Completed in 167 Days “the 96fix” was not only the largest singleseason, single-construction contract awarded in MDot history, but under the leadership of Dan’s excavating, inc., shelby township, the project ran at a pace never before attempted in Michigan. As lead contractor, Dan’s excavating coordinated a project team with an extensive breadth of engineering and construction expertise, including G2 consulting Group, llc, troy; c.A. hull company, Walled lake; Ajax Paving industries, troy; and nicholson construction, Kalamazoo.

MDot led the design and management of the $150 million project that rebuilt a seven-mile section of i-96 between us-24 and newburgh road. Work included rebuilding 56 lane miles of freeway, repairing 37 bridges, reconstructing 22 ramps, and installing new lighting and utilities. thanks to this hard-driving project team, this heavily used stretch of freeway in livonia ultimately reopened more than two weeks early. the citizens of southeastern Michigan were elated and grateful. An estimated 10,000 to 15,000 people celebrated the opening of i-96 on september 21 by walking, running, biking or skateboarding along the newly constructed highway – another first for Michigan, MDot, and an infrastructure project!

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continued comeback,” said Governor snyder in a press packet submitted by G2 consulting. “congratulations to MDot and the construction team who collaborated and used new innovations to complete this project ahead of schedule and on-budget.” the “Pit crew” the entire project demonstrates collaboration of owner, engineer and constructor at its best. over 50 MDot staff was assigned to coordinate this project.

MDot used an innovative e-construction system to coordinate construction documents. While the system has been piloted on two small projects, this was the first time on a project of this size. MDot also used ltP tracker, a Web-based program to certify payrolls, and B2G now, which tracks DBe payments.

Dan’s excavating was responsible for managing 3,000 line items in less than 180 days. the team beat the schedule despite facing such challenges as a 350-year storm event that flooded some areas of the project site with over 48 inches of water, as well as contending with night-time restrictions on bridge demolition. Despite these hurdles, the team completed the project in 167 days, well ahead of the 180-day schedule.

G2consulting Group’s critical geotechnical and construction engineering expertise also kept the project moving forward. running beneath and adjacent to

i-96 is a network of civic infrastructure, most notably a 48-inch diameter Detroit Water and sewerage Department water supply pipeline that provides fresh water to a major portion of western Wayne county. needless to say, it could not be compromised. G2 consulting designed 11 earth retention wall systems that safeguarded the pipeline and other assets during the excavation phase, while minimizing construction materials and reducing construction time. three firms acted as project partners, providing key expertise and personnel during the project: • c.A. hull company was the lead subcontractor responsible for bridge repair and reconstruction.

• Ajax Paving industries was the lead subcontractor responsible for concrete paving.

• nicholson construction provided the pressure grouted anchoring system for the retaining walls.

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“The 96fix” was the largest single-season, single-construction contract project awarded in MDOT history. Work included rebuilding 56 lane miles of freeway on a seven-mile stretch between US-24 and Newburgh Road in Livonia.

keen focus on reducing materials used, maximizing materials reused and shortening the schedule, all while meeting the challenge of implementing the most up-todate federal standards on an existing highway project. to this end, Dan’s excavating implemented computerized stringless paving, using an automated machine equipped with a 3D model and GPs to eliminate the need for traditional staking to steer the concrete paver.

G2 consulting’s approach to construction engineering also focused on these goals, often developing barrier wall designs in a day. complex engineering was a key “tool” in both planning and implementing construction strategies. specific areas included not only designing the 11 retaining walls to protect critical underground infrastructure and applying new federal design guidelines to an existing highway system, but also crafting careful topographic evaluations to maintain overpass clearances, providing cost analysis to determine value of construction, and preparing both bridge and bridge foundation design.

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mile mArker one: A FAst-PAced schedule the project team leveraged construction and engineering know-how and technology gained from decades of experience to complete this project. from a project superintendent with 40 years of field experience and schematics taped to the wall in the project office, to MDot’s innovative electronic filing, document and payroll tracking systems and Dan’s excavating’s GPs-guided paving equipment, the team used every traditional and innovative tool available to complete this project in record time. the project management approach to this project was completely driven by schedule, from MDot’s bid structure to project planning by the construction team to construction engineering focused on reducing time and materials at every opportunity. the bidding approach was crucial.

MDot structured the contract as an “A + B bid,” meaning that in addition to the cost of work proposed by contract bidders, MDot assigned the value of $150,000/day to the

number of days proposed in the schedule. these two numbers were added to select the winning team. in response to this approach, Dan’s excavating was $30 million and 40 days less than the next nearest team. Dan’s Project Manager Joe Goodall summarized the company’s approach: “you have to start from the outside of the roadway and work in. Most of the work lies at the perimeter of the roadway – that’s where the roadway construction critical path lies.” in terms of project coordination, Dan’s excavating knew that when the clock started ticking on this project schedule (when the highway was closed to traffic) all eyes would be on the project team to get it done quickly. three months before actual work was launched on this important roadway, numerous preconstruction meetings were held to discuss every aspect of the project. Because of these crucial meetings, every team member knew exactly what their role was, and what their tasks were prior to a single lane closure. think before you speak, became think before you build. some of the key “The Voice Of The Construction Industry”®

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questions answered during preconstruction meetings included: • Where is the existing underground infrastructure, and how do we protect it during excavation and construction, while minimizing materials used and the schedule?

• how do we manage the enormous amount of material that we will need to remove and reuse?

• how do we accomplish the demolition work required, while keeping construction traffic flowing and the site safe?

• how do we orchestrate over 300 workers on a site at one time? once construction was launched, each member of the project team was committed to maintaining the schedule. G2 consulting remained on call throughout construction. often when a problem was identified in the field during the day, the engineering team came up with a solution that very night to keep progress moving the next day.

and maintained a flexible plan to provide corrective action if required during the course of the construction project. All of this was accomplished while maintaining near zero movement within the zone of influence of the critical utility identified early during the bid phase of the project.

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mile mArker two: eArth retention systems the widening of i-96 produced over 800,000 cubic yards of fill. this immense volume of material was moved while maintaining the schedule and without jeopardizing existing underground infrastructure, thanks to G2 consulting’s design of the retaining wall systems.

During design, the team collaborated on the earth retention system required to secure the critical 48-inch water supply line. in locations where the excavation zone of influence enveloped the water line, structural elements were identified as critical, and the design team specified “zero movement.” nicholson construction’s pressure grouted anchoring system was installed as close as safely possible to the utility bottom. Where the water main was outside the critical area, open cut techniques were used to reduce sheeting, reducing material costs and schedule significantly. the team implemented pre-developed contingency plans twice to stabilize sloughing slopes in this critical area. this approach minimized construction time, minimized materials used,

G2 Consulting designed 11 earth retention wall systems that safeguarded vital infrastructure, including a 48-inch-diameter water supply pipeline that provides fresh water to a major portion of western Wayne County.

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Dan’s Excavating constructed two mobile crushing operations on the project site to minimize transportation of materials.

Recycled aggregate from the plant provided the subgrade for the 11.5-inch, nonreinforced concrete used to construct the new highway.

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lowering energy consumption by installing leD lighting. no steel, concrete or soil was landfilled on this project. in addition, the new lighting maximizes energy efficiency. on a project this size, the resulting efficiencies are significant. sustainability by the stats: • two mobile crushing operations reused 410,000 tons of crushed concrete • repurposed 1,200,000 yards of soil • recycled 200 tons of steel • installed 500 leD lights

resulted in a two- to three-year project. completing the work two weeks early, not to mention protecting critical underground infrastructure, honored the commitment made to local residents. every effort possible was made to beat the schedule, and the stellar results show the merits of the entire project team. every driver cruising along i96 can thank MDot, Dan’s excavating, G2 consulting Group, along with c.A. hull company, Ajax Paving industries and nicholson construction, for a job well done.

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Dan’s excavating constructed two mobile crushing operations on the project site to minimize transportation of materials. recycled aggregate from the plant provided subgrade for the 11.5-inch, non-reinforced concrete used to construct the new highway. this stretch of i-96 between telegraph and newburgh road carries about 70,000 commuters (one way) each day. Displacing this level of traffic overloaded alternate routes quickly. i-696, i-275 and many surface streets were congested hours before and after typical rush hours. residents knew they would experience inconvenience. local residents and businesses, however, voted to close the freeway to get work done more quickly and at a lower cost, versus adopting the option of only partially closing the freeway – a more expensive approach that would have 32 CAM MAGAZINE JUNE 2015

The following is a list of the companies and individuals that held prime roles in the team’s structure: Design Team: • MDot - Gorette yung, transportation service center Manager • MDot - Adam Penzenstadler, senior Project Manager MDOT partnered with the following design firms: • hntB Michigan, Detroit, okemos Peter Kinney, Project Manager • Parsons Brinckerhoff Michigan, Detroit, lansing - William Zipp, Project Manager Construction Oversight Team: • MDot – Gerard Pawloski, senior Project Manager • MDot – William erben, resident engineer

MDOT partnered with the following consultant group: • Prime vendor, Great lakes engineering Group, lansing – Amy trahey, Project Manager • sub-vendor, hntB Michigan – victor frendo, Project Manager • tetra tech of Michigan, Brighton, Ann Arbor – robert Daavettila, Project Manager • sub-vendor, Parsons Brinckerhoff Michigan – David Wilson, Project Manager • sub-vendor, surveying solutions, inc., st. Johns – Jeff Bartlett, Project Manager Contractor Team: • Prime contractor, Dan’s excavating, inc., shelby township – Joe Goodall, Project Manager and Kirk cooley, Assistant Project Manager Dan’s Excavating partnered with the following subcontractors: • Partner and Paving subcontractor, Ajax Paving industries, troy – hugh luedtke, Project Manager • Partner and Bridge subcontractor, c.A. hull co., inc., commerce township – randy rosso, Project Manager • Partner and Grouted Anchor tiebacks, nicholson construction company, Kalamazoo – Dan A. thome, Pe., regional Manager “The Voice Of The Construction Industry”®

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THE ULTIMATE ROAD TRIP I96Fix Project Stakeholders owner: Michigan Department of transportation (MDot) engineers: MDot, G2 consulting Group, llc, troy, Ann Arbor lead contractor: Dan’s excavating, inc., shelby township • reconstructed seven miles of highway • rebuilt 56 lane miles of freeway • repaired 35 bridges • reconstructed two bridges and 22 ramps • constructed 11 retaining walls • 78,000 feet of new storm sewers • 16,000 feet of special barrier walls • Placed 350,000 cubic yards of concrete and 850,000 tons of stone • 1,200 drainage structures • 1,200 castings • repurposed 1,200,000 yards of soil • reused 410,000 tons of crushed concrete • 500 leD lights • 3,000 schedule items • no steel, concrete or soil landfilled • completed in 167 days

The following subcontractors contributed to the I96Fix: • Misc. critical concrete Approach Work – GM and sons, inc., Whitmore lake • curb & Gutter – Doan companies, ypsilanti • landscape Plantings and seed and Blanket – Wh canon, romulus • surface coating of concrete - G and M Painting, riverview • Bridge Painting – civil coatings and construction, valparaiso, in • resteel – Black swamp steel, holland, oh • epoxy flood coating and Geotextile separator Placement – Progress company, romulus • large Diameter sewer rehabilitation – national industrial Maintenance, east chicago, in Visit us online at www.cammagazineonline.com

• Patching – florence cement, shelby charter township • fencing – riteway fence company, sterling heights; future fence company, Warren • surveying – Anderson, eckstein and Westrick, inc., shelby charter township • temporary Barricades – Poco, inc., canton • Permanent signs – Action traffic Maintenance, flint • striping – PK contracting, inc., troy • sidewalk – f and M concrete construction, Westland • video of sewers – Advanced underground inspection, Westland The list of project participants was provided courtesy of the owner, engineer and/or contractor.

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Glass Railing System Innovation from the Wagner Companies Industry Leader Updates Cutting-Edge Technology with the Launch of PanelGrip® 2 Wagner, previously first-to-market with the industry’s pioneering dry glaze structural railing solution, is building upon the legacy of its already highly-efficient PanelGrip® system with the new streamlined design of PanelGrip 2.

By offering enhanced durability and a lighter weight single aluminum base shoe moulding, the PanelGrip 2 design effectively reduces shipping, labor and inventory costs without sacrificing quality. This, along with its unique, durable and American-made locking mechanism, simplifies installation while still providing code compliance and safety when properly specified and installed.

Likewise, it accommodates tempered, laminated glass as required by the 2015 International Building Code (IBC).

Exceeding market level performance for the quick assembly of structural glass railing, PanelGrip 2 does not require any messy fillers or other glass preparation and provides the broadest glass grip range of any dry glaze system. The intuitive, non-weld installation can be performed on one side of the glass by a single person using a standard Allen wrench. This makes it an ideal solution for balcony applications.

Perfect for guard, stair and ramp applications, the full line of fittings and accessories comes in a range of options to customize

your look and is available for prompt shipping. Exacting specs also make it easy to ensure contractors get the right system for their specific project needs. The ability to paint or clad the base shoe to match area décor, along with its no-post, glass infill design, gives PanelGrip 2 aesthetic appeal with outstanding sight lines. Finally, the extruded aluminum shoe qualifies for LEED credits as a Green building material.

With PanelGrip 2, Wagner introduces the market to an attractive and cost-effective next generation dry glaze glass railing solution.

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Bendheim’s New Oberon™ Etched Glass Lends Depth & ThreeDimensionality to Interior & Exterior Surfaces Bendheim has launched its Etched Elements™ Collection with the introduction of Oberon™ architectural etched glass.

Featuring a proprietary design in a substantial ½-inch thickness, Oberon’s dual-sided, fine etched surfaces echo and enhance each other. The multifaceted design adds a sense of body and depth to interior partitions and building facades, whether viewed up-close or from afar.

Oberon’s acid-etched pattern is inspired by micro-bone structures and natural biomorphic forms and is the result of Bendheim’s collaboration with an emerging graphic artist. The obscuring design offers a degree of privacy while maintaining a sense of openness and allowing for daylighting. The pattern’s strong sense of dimensionality and depth is magnified in edge-lighting applications. Oberon can be used to create decorative glass partitions, 34 CAM MAGAZINE JUNE 2015

stair railings, balustrades, shower doors, ceilings, doors and windows, and expansive glass facades in a variety of architectural applications and project types, including hospitality, retail, corporate and healthcare settings.

The permanent, chemically etched Oberon surfaces are exceptionally fine and maintenance-friendly. They are superior to sandblasted and particle-etched glass surfaces, and are naturally resistant to staining and fingerprints over the product’s lifetime.

The unique Oberon pattern is applied to ultra-clear (low-iron) glass, resulting in a highly sought-after brilliant, crystalline, nearly colorless aesthetic. The glass provides a sense of privacy, gently diffuses light, reduces glare, and minimizes continuous reflections. Designed to the bird-safe “2 x 4 rule”, Oberon can be used

to create bird-friendly exterior glass walls that curtail the risk of accidental bird collisions.

Oberon can be specified in sizes up to 90” by 124” (2.29 m by 3.15 m) in thickness of approximately 1/2” (12 mm) and in safety tempered form. To learn more about Bendheim decorative architectural glass, please visit them online at www.BendheimArchitectural.com.

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New Glass Clips from Wagner Stock Glass Mounting Clips Expand Wagner Product Offering The Wagner Companies has expanded their product offering with four new, stock glass mounting clips in corrosion resistant type 316 satin stainless steel. They are available for 1-5/8” to 2” diameter round posts or flat posts.

The clips are supplied with an optional security pin and are suitable for ½” through 5/8” tempered glass or laminated glass panels.

For more information, visit Wagner’s website at www.wagnercompanies.com or contact Wagner at (414) 214-0444 or info@mailwagner.com.

Hilti Cordless Drill Driver SF 10W-A18 Corded Performance. Cordless Productivity.

The new Hilti Cordless drill driver SF 10WA18 is the first cordless tool to deliver corded performance and reliability for high torque and high-speed applications. In high torque applications like 4” hole saw drilling in wood or metal, this drill driver performs as if it were corded. Users have more options to improve drilling performance due to more RPM options, which allows them to shift into high gear and punch 1” holes through multiple layers of plywood.

With its high-efficiency motor, all-metal gears and high 1,062 in-lb. torque, this tool can drill holes through wood as fast as a corded version - making extension cords a thing of the past.

These tools are built to withstand tough jobsite conditions and are covered by Hilti Lifetime Service (some limitations apply) which provides wear and tear coverage for tools, batteries, and charger for two years, three years on fleet management. This includes an unlimited number of battery replacements for these periods.

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Eco-flaps® Splash Guards Expand to Include 18-Inch Widths Andersen Flaps is pleased to announce the expansion of its revolutionary aerodynamic Eco-flaps® splash guard line with the addition of an 18-inch-wide splash guard that can be paired with wide-based tires.* Available in custom lengths, the new 18inch-wide splash guard is backed by Eco-flaps standard two-year warranty. The custom length option means less surface blocking airflow behind these tires, allowing better highway fuel economy. Shorter-length flaps also reduce the risk of catching when backing over curbs.

The new 18-inch-wide splash guard offers the same innovative design that reduces wind resistance (drag) to improve highway fuel economy and reduces excessive road

spray by redirecting airborne water to the pavement rather than into passing or trailing vehicle’s lines-of-sight.

This new size of Eco-flaps splash guards is manufactured of the same durable, highimpact nylon as all Eco-flaps. This high-grade nylon enables them to withstand extreme conditions, providing longer life than competitive flaps.

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Larson Electronics WAL-M-3X48LED-120 LED Work Light The WAL-M-3X48LED-120 LED work light from Larson Electronics is capable of illuminating an area 675 feet in length by 450 feet in width with 8,640 lumens of brilliant illumination. This compact 120 volt work light comes attached to an aluminum bracket equipped with three 200 lbs. grip magnetic feet that allows operators to easily mount this unit to any ferrous metallic surface. This light can be mounted overhead, on tank walls etc. and will stay firmly in place.

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The versatile WAL-M-3X48LED120 magnetic mount LED work light from Larson Electronics is attached to a square aluminum frame fitted with three 200 lbs. grip magnetic feet that makes it ideal for industrial applications, maintenance, cleaning and servicing duties, large open space areas, and any area where metallic surfaces provide opportunity for mounting. This unit is features three 48 watt LED light emitters producing 2,880 lumens each and is capable of creating 675’ L X 450’ W of work space illumination.

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New Convertible NLB Pump Offers 350 hp with Portability A new high-pressure water jet pump unit from NLB Corp., the Model 350, combines an innovative new fluid end design with a rugged 350 hp (261 kW) diesel engine in a unit that can be easily towed to job sites. It is the latest model in the popular NLB 225 Series of convertible pump units.

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Safety Today Introduces Brass Knuckle® CR4300 Glove 13-gauge, ANSI-Level 4 Cut Protection with Hold-Tight Grip Safety Today, Inc. has introduced Brass Knuckle® CR4300 (BKCR4300) work gloves featuring ANSI Cut Level 4 protection and a “hold-tight” latex coating on full-finger and palm. The crinkle grip pattern enhances dexterity, reduces the likelihood of sprains and minimizes fatigue. The gloves are made of a high-density polyethylene (HDPE) - a low-lint, continuous filament yarn that is stronger than steel on an equal-weight basis.

The stylish salt-and-pepper shell and blue palm - plus carefully considered form and fit make the BKCR4300 a glove model that workers want to wear, encouraging compliance. This heavy-duty work glove offers durable grip and dexterity, without bulk.

The latex coating is designed not to mar product surfaces - ideal when processing glass, steel and more. The glove is equally well suited in other industries requiring protection from large, fragile or bulky materials, including assembly, manufacturing, construction, automotive or recycling.

Easily identifiable by the Brass Knuckle logo on the back of the hand, the BKCR4300 is available in five different sizes, each color-coded to simplify re-issuance.

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Red Hawk Road: Chicago Pneumatic Gas-Powered Breaker Now Available in North American Markets Chicago Pneumatic Construction Equipment has introduced the Red Hawk Road gas-powered breaker to the North American market, featuring a powerful breaking force, easy portability, minimum vibration and maximum production all in one tool, ideal for general construction, demolition and road building applications.

The Red Hawk Road – the only gaspowered breaker in the Chicago Pneumatic breaker lineup – is easily transported to any jobsite, and is designed to get the job done faster, combining high percussive energy with high blow frequency.

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The Michigan Chronicle recently honored CREW Real (Commercial Estate Women) Detroit member Dannis Mitchell with a 2015 Women of Mitchell Excellence Award. The awards are presented to “remarkable, local, African-American women who inspire others through their vision and leadership.” Awards went to 55 women from the region who have been championing economic empowerment and diversity, supporting religious and educational organizations, and serving the public through politics and community service. Founded in 1936, the Michigan Chronicle is one of the country’s oldest African American newspapers. Mitchell is the diversity manager for Barton Malow Company, Southfield. She is responsible for driving strategies that leverage the inclusion of underrepresented businesses and a multicultural workforce in Barton Malow’s commercial construction projects. She has been a member of CREW Detroit since 2010 and has served as Communications Committee Chair and Foundation Liaison.

Roncelli, Inc., Sterling Heights, has announced that Jeffrey A. Larson, PE has joined their firm as senior healthcare planner.

Larson brings over 27 Larson years of healthcare industry construction and development experience to Roncelli, with particular expertise in planning, design and construction. Larson will serve in a leadership capacity for Roncelli’s healthcare team, providing design review oversight, defining program requirements, facility master planning, and functional and space design for renovations and new construction.

He will also provide leadership and support to project teams in planning, budgeting, schedule management, quality of performance and construction product.

Barton Malow Company, Southfield, is pleased to announce that Todd Doenitz has joined their team as director. He will lead Barton Malow’s Doenitz self-perform concrete efforts throughout the Midwest. With over 31 years of experience in concrete construction, Doenitz has engineered and overseen concrete formwork for over 310 projects across the country. He is a registered professional engineer (PE) in Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, West Virginia and Florida. He is an active member of AGC Michigan, participating in labor negotiations for over 20 years, and has served in several board leadership positions, including the 2011 Chairman of the Board.

Lansing-based ASTI Environmental Directors George Kandler and Robert Anderson recently led a session entitled Beyond the Phase I ESA: Kandler Potential Issues that Impact Timing and Costs at the 2015 Building Michigan Communities Conference (BMCC) held in downtown Lansing in April 2015. Kandler is also an Anderson officer of the Michigan Housing Council, and serves as their vice president of professional services. Further, Jeremy Efros, CPG, has joined ASTI. He has conducted investigative activities on environmentally impacted sites in several states for both public and private clients. He has worked as a Superfund Technical Assessment and Response Team (START) member for the USEPA in Regions IV, V, and V and has completed numerous Phase I and Phase II Environmental Site Assessments throughout Michigan for all land types uses.

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Ghafari Associates, Dearborn, is pleased to announce that Thomas Gunn, AIA has joined the firm as a senior healthcare planner. Gunn brings nearly 40 years of architecture, planning and project management experience to the table. He specializes in the planning, design and Gunn development of innovative and cost-effective healthcare facilities; he studied advanced healthcare planning, information technology, psychology and statistics in the doctoral program at the University of Michigan. He is also a licensed architect in the State of Michigan.

Eric Benington has accepted the positon of chief financial officer for the Rudolph Libbe Group, headquartered in Walbridge, Ohio. Benington has over 22 years of accounting and financial experience in various industries. Also, Kenetta Kay Jones, human resources manager for the Rudolph Libbe Group, has been elected vice president community relations for the Northwest Ohio Human Resource Association (NOHRA). She will be responsible for overseeing outreach opportunities and driving social responsibility for the organization. She will also be responsible for overseeing sponsorship packages for NOHRA events through its Resource Partner Steering committee and supports in-transition members to improve job search and workforce readiness skills.

Detroit-based ROSSETTI has hired three new associates. Jerry Attia, principal, brings two decades of management, design and financial expertise to the ROSSETTI team.

Kirk Phillips, architecture lead Attia design, includes 22 years of experience including an extensive background in master planning, concept and program development, branding, retail design, hospitality and entertainment planning. Mike Shea, senior project manager, brings a background of marketing, journalism and business development to the ROSSETTI A/E team.

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Grand Rapids-based Triangle Associates recently hired Nicholas Ballou as assistant project manager, and Teresa Riley as project administrator. Ballou’s responsibilities include assisting with the administration and management of shop drawings, implementing project safety and quality control programs, and assisting the project manager with contract management. As project administrator, Riley is responsible for assisting the project manager with pre- and post-construction activities and preparing Visit us online at www.cammagazineonline.com

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CORPORATE NEWS Stephen Auger + Associates Architects (SA+A Architects), Lake Orion, has announced the launch of its new website, which can be found at www.saaarchitects.com.

The dramatically redesigned site, created in collaboration with the SA+A Design Team and Rachael Ross of Ross Web Design, embodies the unique vision and passion for architecture the firm has become known for in its 20 year history. The homepage welcomes visitors with a clean, uncluttered and responsive design, making the site convenience to use from desktop as well as mobile devices.

Michigan State University has selected Walbridge to serve as construction manager on its Special Housing Needs/Spartan Village Redevelopment project, which will be built at the corner of Harrison Road and Kalamazoo Street. The development will replace the apartments in the current Spartan Village, portions of which were built in the 1950s. Located closer to campus, the redevelopment is expected to serve as a gateway to MSU. Plans for the project, which are pending final approval from the MSU Board of Trustees, include roughly 400,000 square feet of new housing, a 100,000-square-foot office building for the university’s Residential and Hospitality Services Division, event and resident parking, a community garden, retail and indoor and outdoor common space. The entire property would accommodate more than 1,200 residents and, in sum, more than 1,800 parking spaces following completion of the redevelopment. Walbridge has teamed with Orion Construction to assist the wood-frame portion of the project, which includes the new apartments planned for the 44 CAM MAGAZINE JUNE 2015

redevelopment. Orion, headquartered in Grand Rapids, specializes in wood-frame construction and multi-unit housing.

Neumann/Smith is the project’s architect of record.

For the third consecutive year, Plunkett Cooney, one of the Midwest’s oldest and largest law firms, has been named by American Lawyer Media (ALM) as a “GoTo” law firm in the area of litigation for companies ranking among the Fortune 500.

Law firms on the “Go-To” list are determined by the “Who Represents Corporate America” feature that appears annually in Corporate Counsel magazine. Plunkett Cooney is a leading provider of transactional and litigation services to clients in the private and public sectors. The firm’s litigation services include appellate law, business litigation, construction law, environmental liability, healthcare law, insurance law, labor and employment law, marine liability, motor vehicle liability, medical malpractice, municipal liability, product liability, professional liability, title insurance and workers’ compensation.

Established in 1913, Plunkett Cooney employs over 150 attorneys in nine Michigan cities, Columbus, OH and Indianapolis, IN. For the 12th consecutive year, Triangle Associates, Inc. has been named one of West Michigan’s 101 Best & Brightest Companies to Work For by the Michigan Business & Professional Association. Each company’s entry was judged on its human resource practices by an independent research firm. Nominees were evaluated in a number of categories including communications; community initiatives; compensation and benefits; diversity and multiculturalism; employee education and development; employee engagement and commitment; recognition and retention; recruitment and selection; and work-life balance. Founded in 1918 in Grand Rapids, Triangle Associates, Inc. is currently celebrating its 97th anniversary and employs more than 111 associates throughout the country.

Troy-based G2 Consulting Group is proud to have been selected as part of the Design-Build team on one of MDOT’s premier projects for 2015: The design and reconstruction of the I-75/University Drive interchange in Oakland County. The job kicked off in February and is scheduled to be completed by year-end with restoration work planned for early 2016.

The interchange will feature Michigan’s first “diverging diamond” interchange, a design that Popular Science named a ‘Best Innovation’ for its ability to allow left turns on and off the freeway to occur without crossing the approaching traffic flow. The diverging diamond is a relatively new design technology in the U.S. but has been used extensively throughout Europe. It is considered to be more efficient, userfriendly and safer than other design approaches. G2 is providing geotechnical design services for bridge pile foundations, MSE abutments, roadway embankments, sign and signal foundations and peat excavation. In December 2014, G2 Consulting Group was named as a prequalified geotechnical engineer through MDOT’s “as-needed” indefinite service contract.

Groundbreaking ceremonies were held in mid-April to officially commence construction of the expansion project, The Gathering Place, at Sparrow Hospital in Lansing. Clark Construction is serving as construction manager on the project.

Construction is expected to begin immediately on the 17,000-square-foot renovation and 4,000-square-foot addition.

The dining room and retail facility is estimated to be completed by summer 2016. Sparrow Hospital is mid-Michigan’s largest health system and provides some of the most advanced medical technology through its diverse range of facilities.

Sparrow strives to improve the health of all people in the community by providing quality, compassionate care to everyone, every time.

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