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Confusion Hill Realignment Project Nearly Complete By Erik Pisor CEG CORRESPONDENT

For more than a decade, a portion of Route 101 in Mendocino County, Calif., has experienced regular winter road delays due to landslides and slipouts. These often five-hour plus delays have affected travelers and the transportation of goods and services into the area. The landslides also have caused multiple-day road closures, which from 1997 to 2006 resulted in more than $33 million in maintenance and restoration expenses to Caltrans. This winter however, delays and closures along the portion of Route 101 known as Confusion Hill will be a thing of the past, as the $65 million Confusion Hill Roadway Realignment Project is nearly complete. The project involved relocating approximately 1.5 mi. (2.4 km) of Route 101 by constructing a 255-ft. (77 m) tall, three span, cast-in-place segmental bridge; and a 142-ft. (43 m) tall, three span, cast-in-place concrete box girder bridge above the Eel River, according to Evan Paine, project manager for Sacramento-based MCM construction. Construction of a short section of new highway, which involved an approximately 400,000 cu. yds. (305,800 cu m) rock cut and the installation of two steel soldier pile retaining walls, also was part of the Federal Highway Administration-funded project that began in June 2006. However it was the bridgework that set the project apart. “Each bridge has a unique design due to time and cost restraints placed on project development,” said Phil Frisbie, public information officer for Caltrans District 1. The south, segmental bridge has 30-degree slant legs that allowed the foundations to stay above the 100-year flood plain and reduced environmental permit requirements. “The segmental bridge is only the sixth of its kind built in

Pictured is the completed South Bridge.

California,” Paine said. Sloping piers, are a feature of the north, box girder bridge, which because of steep and rugged site access required an 80-ft. (24 m) high, 300-ft. (91 m) long work trestle to construct. The main cranes utilized by MCM for the bridgework included a Maintowoc 4000, a Maintowoc 3900, a Link-Belt

LS-518 and a Link-Belt LS-338, according to Paine, who added a pair of self-launching travelers were used during construction of the south, segmental bridge. All the crane equipment was owned by MCM, who was selected based on being the lowest qualified bidder. The three-span, south segmental bridge has a main span see CONFUSION page 6

California Leads Nation With More Than $2B in Federal Funds Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger announced that more than $2 billion in Recovery Act funding has now been federally obligated to 620 highway transportation infrastructure projects statewide. Focused on pumping Recovery funding into the California economy quickly, effectively and responsibly, California has obligated more Recovery Act funding federally designated for highway transportation infrastructure than any other

state in the nation. “We are working around the clock with the federal government to ensure President Obama’s Recovery funding is pumped into California quickly, effectively and responsibly,” said Schwarzenegger. “California is the first state in the nation to obligate $2 billion of this funding, which will improve our state’s transportation infrastructure for generations to come while stimulating our econ-

omy, creating jobs and helping drive California down the road to economic recovery.” Under the Recovery Act, states were given 120 days to obligate half of their federal stimulus transportation funding to projects — which California completed more than two months ahead of federal deadline. California also was the first state in the nation to obligate $1 billion in stimulus

funding to improve its highways, local streets, public transit and airports. “From day one, our focus has been and continues to be ensuring that California gets the maximum benefit from federal stimulus funding,” said Caltrans Director Randy Iwasaki. “With the help of billions in stimulus dollars, we’re putting people to work and building better roads, bridges, and transit for Californians.”

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Former Helicopter Pilot Gets Up to Speed With MC2 Dozer Spartakoss Valverdini is a retired Marine colonel and a former Apache helicopter pilot. He likes speed…the faster, the better. Speed is not what he expects when working as a finish blade operator in the construction industry. But speed is what he experienced on a John Deere 750J dozer during a recent hands-on demonstration of the fastest machine control technology on the market today. Topcon Positioning Systems’ (TPS) 3DMC2 technology, according to published information and accounts from end-users, allows a dozer operator to go “twice as fast with twice the accuracy” of a regular 3DGPS system, and four to five times as fast as a dozer without any machine control system. Valverdini, a finish blade operator versed in the use of laser grade control, GPS and ATS systems, and a member of the Operating Engineers Union, said, “3D-MC2 allows you to go fast all right. But that’s just part of the job. More importantly, it gives you the smooth, accurate, finish grade of a grader…with a dozer. I’ve never seen anything like it.” After minimal instructions and a couple of passes on a football field-size test site near the company’s headquarters in Livermore, Calif., John Dice, TPS senior training man-

ager, put Valverdini behind the joystick controls of the dozer. Valverdina made a slow pass in manual, then a return pass at about the same speed, still in manual control. Grading at about 1.8 to 2 mph., his passes were “acceptable,” he later said. Engaging the 3D-MC2 system, his third and fourth passes were at about 4 mph. The cuts were definitely smoother…finish grade quality. The fifth pass had Valverdini pushing the Deere dozer wide open, between 6 and 7 mph. The cut, trimmed on both sides by the dozer tracks was ultra-smooth. A level demonstration showed it was “on bubble.” “That was something,” Valverdini said. “I have read about 3D-MC2 technology, and listened to what John Dice said. But until you actually run it, it does not compute what he can actually do.” He admitted that is was “hard to jump the dozer up as fast as I finally did. Operators are not used to doing that. We are used to controlling the dozer, not the dozer controlling the cut regardless of the speed.” Dice complimented Valverdini’s performance, saying, “He’s a good operator at any speed. But just because he’s a good operator, he didn’t close his mind to the possibilities of

Spartakoss Valverdini is a retired Marine colonel and a former Apache helicopter pilot.

After minimal instructions and a couple of passes on a football field-size test site near the company’s headquarters in Livermore, Calif., John Dice (R), TPS senior training manager, put Spartakoss Valverdini behind the joystick controls of the dozer.

what 3D-MC2 can do. If you accept the premise this machine can make you more productive, thus saving time and money, it’s a natural progression from running with no machine control system, or even a GPS-only system, to running with 3D-MC2.” With normal GPS machine control having 10 and 20 grade corrections per second, it’s “hard to believe you can jump from that to

100 corrections per second,” Valverdini said. “But all you have to do is make a couple of passes, and look at the finish grade you get at that speed and it makes you a believer in a hurry.” To think, he said, “that you can use one dozer to do the work of two, and do finish grade work equal to that of a grader…is unbelievable.”

Spartakoss Valverdini (2nd from L) discusses specs with the other attendees in front of a John Deere 750J dozer.

Construction Starts on Key SoCal Freeway in San Bernardino SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (AP) Construction has begun on a freeway widening project through downtown San Bernardino that’s received $128 million in federal stimulus funding and promises to create thousands of jobs. Federal Highway Administrator Victor Mendez, state and

local officials celebrated the groundbreaking of the latest phase of the Interstate 215 project Sept. 14. Officials say it’s the largest stimulus-funded freeway project to begin construction. They say the money will support

about 2,000 jobs per year for the next four years in a region that has some of the nation’s worst unemployment and foreclosure rate. The full project is expected to finish in 2013 for about $800 million.

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Caltrans Reopens Bay Area Bridge After Repairs Completed By Sudhin Thanawala ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) The San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge reopened Sept. 8 just in time for the start of the work week after transit officials hastily announced that crews were able to make a crucial repair a day ahead of schedule. “Traffic seems to be flowing smoothly,” California Department of Transportation spokesman Bart Ney said after the bridge reopened just before 7 a.m. “I think it’s still a surprise.” Officials had pushed the reopening to 5 a.m. Sept. 9 after crews discovered a crack Sept. 5 while conducting seismic upgrades on the 73-year-old bridge. The bridge, which carries about 260,000 vehicles a day between San Francisco and heavily populated cities to its east, was closed over the Labor Day weekend so a football-field-sized, 3,300-ton (2,993 t) section of the eastern span could be cut out and replaced with a new double-deck section. The new section connects the bridge with a short detour that will be used until a new east span is completed by 2013. Crews used the opportunity to inspect the bridge and found a 2-in. (5 cm) -thick steel

link cracked halfway through. Ney said a contractor worked throughout the night to make a replacement part and complete the work. An inspection following the repair “went without a hitch,” he said. “The bridge has been inspected and it’s safer than it was when we closed it,” said Caltrans director Randy Iwasaki. The bridge shut down the night of Sept. 3, and other bridges and public transportation systems were able to accommodate extra riders Sept. 4, the first time that the bridge was closed on a working day since a major earthquake in 1989. Meanwhile, the Sept. 8 morning rush hour was still heavy on several other Bay Area roadways including the Golden Gate Bridge, said Sgt. Trent Cross, spokesman for the California Highway Patrol’s Golden Gate division. “I think most motorists weren’t aware or didn’t know that the bridge was open,” Cross said. Public transit also was busier than usual despite the early reopening. Bay Area Rapid Transit spokesman Jim Allison said the commuter rail line could still set a record. Officials expected some 7,700 more passengers than the previous week. It averages about 340,000 commuters a day.

RDO Equipment Co. Acquires B&B Heavy Equipment in Calif. RDO Equipment Co. has acquired B&B Heavy Equipment Sales & Rentals Inc., one of the largest heavy equipment rental suppliers servicing southern California and beyond. “We are thrilled to have B&B Equipment Rental join our company. They are an established business with excellent employees, a great reputation in the region, and superb customer service,” said Christi Offutt, RDO Equipment Co. chief executive officer. “The combination of B&B Equipment Rental and RDO Equipment Co. will be able to provide customers an expanded rental equipment offering through more locations in southern California and Arizona.” Bob Wheelington, B&B Equipment Rental’s former president and newly appointed vice president and general manager, will provide the day-to-day leadership for the rental operation.

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Confusion Hill Realignment Target to Finish by October CONFUSION from page 1

of 571 ft. (174 m) and end spans of 348 and 436 ft. (106 and 132 m). The structure depth varies from 31.5 ft. (9.6 m) at the piers to 11.5 ft. (3.5 m) at the midspans and abutments, Paine said. The bridge is comprised of more than 15,000 cu. yds. (11,470 cu m) of concrete, some of which is high, early strength concrete, and nearly 5 million lbs. (2.2 million kg) of reinforcement. The foundations consist of 11 piles, each 5 ft. (1.5 m) in diameter and approximately 100 ft. (30.5 m) long, at each of the two piers. At each of the abutments are 16-in. (40 cm) diameter piles. During bridge pours a concrete delivery system pumped concrete approximately 255 vertical ft. (77 m) and another 285 horizontal ft. (86 m) at the extreme lengths, Paine said, adding a mobile concrete batchplant was located onsite. The pile caps at the bridge’s pier footings are nearly 50 by 36 ft. (15 by 10.9 m) and 10.5 ft. (3.2 m) deep. The architectural piers are nearly 25 by 19 ft. (7.6 by 5.8 m) at the base, but vary as they stair step in at two locations. The majority of the bridge’s deck is on a 5 percent incline with a 2 percent cross slope, according to Paine, who said at the peak of construction MCM had more than 60 employees working onsite. As of July 7 of this year, southbound traffic began using the new segmental bridge and new alignment, according to Frisbie. The northbound, three-span, box girder bridge has a main span of 229.3 ft. (69.8 m), end spans of 175.8 ft. (53.5 m) and was open for commuter use in late August. More than 4,400 cu. yds. (3,360 m) of concrete and more than 1.5 million lbs. (700,000 kg) of reinforcement comprise the bridge. The piers of the bridge were sloped 30 degrees from vertical and varied in dimensions from about 17 by 7 ft. (5 by 2.1 m), at the base, to about 17 by 14 ft. (5 by 4.2 m) at the top of the pier, Paine said. Because of the slope and the bridge cur-

vature, the pier was trapezoidal rather than rectangular. Aside from bridge construction, a thru cut that removed of more than 400,000 cu. yds of rock and soil was required in order to construct a new portion of highway. Blasting also was required to make way for the new highway realignment. During the thru cut and blasting, Cat 735 trucks hauled rock and soil across the completed north bridge. The Cat 735s were either rented or owned by subcontractor Ladd and Associates, who was responsible for structure excavation/backfill and roadway rock excavation, Paine said. Construction of the new highway also included the installation of two, steel soldier pile retaining walls with tieback anchors. The first wall is nearly 375 ft. (114 m) long and varies in lagging height, which reached as high as 20 ft. (6 m). The wall includes more than 300 ft. (91 m) of wide flange soldier pile and 43 tiebacks, and received an architectural sur-

face resembling rock formations. The second wall is 504 ft. (153 m) long and has a lagging height of up to 40 ft. (12 m). This wall contains 62 wide flange soldier piles, with a combined length of 3,100 ft. (944 m), and utilized concrete whalers to anchor each of the 77 tiebacks. At the point where the existing Route 101 meets new the alignment, MCM and Caltrans used nearly 3,748 tons (3,400 t) of shredded tires to raise the old highway to the height of the newly constructed highway. Known as tire derived aggregate, the recycled material is about half the weight per cubic foot of rocky soil and has a lower cost than other lightweight alternatives, such as expanded polystyrene blocks. The lower weight allowed the large arched culvert below the highway to handle the added road height without reinforcement. Reinforcing the culvert would have increased the project cost, and increased the development time, which would have delayed the start of construction, according

to a Caltrans release. Because the project site was in a remote area and involved the construction of 1.5 mi. (2.4 km) of new bridges and roadways, the project had little impact on the surrounding community. All aspects of the realignment project will be complete by the middle of October, Paine said. Besides Ladd & Associates, other subcontractors on the project included: CMC Fontana Steel, furnish/place reinforcement; Schwager Davis Inc, prestressing; Mercer Fraser, furnish concrete, base, and AC paving; Drill Tec, soldier pile walls; Pacific Coast Drillers, bridge CIDH piles; Finley Engineering Group, segmental construction engineering; Roadway Electrical Works, underground and bridge electrical and seismic; Apex Fence Company, metal beam guard rail installation and removal; and Traffic Solutions, striping and rumble strips. (This story also can be found on Construction Equipment Guide’s Web site at www.constructionequipmentguide.com.) CEG

Pictured is the completed North Bridge.

Hawthorne CAT, Laser West Positioning Form New Alliance Hawthorne CAT, an authorized Caterpillar dealer, and Laser West Positioning Inc., a Global Positioning Systems (GPS) and equipment company, recently formed a new alliance to offer GPS technology and service to contractors in San Diego and Hawaii. Based in Vista, Calif., Laser West Positioning Inc. sells GPS systems and laser machine control guidance equipment to contractors. The company also is the local distributor of Trimble products. Trimble is a provider of advanced positioning solutions that maximize productivity and enhance

profitability. Though best known for GPS technology, Trimble integrates a wide range of positioning technologies including GPS, laser, optical and inertial technologies with application software, wireless communications, and services to provide complete commercial solutions. Its integrated solutions allow customers to collect, manage and analyze complex information faster and easier, making them more productive, efficient and profitable. “This alliance will accelerate the introduction of solutions that will enable contractors to better manage the work site

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The California Department of Transportation received bids for transportation-related improvement projects. Following is a list of some of the projects let. Counties: Orange, Riverside Contract Number: 12-0G0404. Location: In Anaheim, Yorba Linda and near Corona. Project: Widen freeway and bridges. Number of Working Days: 665. Contractors and Bid Amounts: • Brutoco Engineering and Construction Inc., Fontana, Calif. — $40,855,853. • Sema Construction Inc., Lake Forest, Calif. — $42,656,351. • Flatiron West Inc., San Marcos, Calif. — $42,672,469. • C.C. Myers Inc., Rancho Cordova, Calif. — $44,651,172. • Griffith Co., Santa Ana, Calif. — $45,552,886. • Skanska USA Civil West California District Inc., Riverside, Calif. — $46,650,867. • Riverside Construction Co. Inc., Riverside, Calif. — $47,781,072. • Chumo Construction Inc., Baldwin Park, Calif. — $49,256,254. • Diablo Contractors Inc., San Ramon, Calif. — $51,994,167. County: Shasta Contract Number: 02-378904. Location: Near Lakehead from 0.2 mi. north of Antler Summit overcrossing to 0.3 mi. north of Antler underpass. Project: Bridge replacement. Number of Working Days: 1300. Contractors and Bid Amounts: • Tutor Saliba Corp., Sylmar, Calif. — $124,677,700. • Flatiron Manson A Joint Venture, Benicia, Calif. — $142,510,910. • Balfour Beatty Infrastructure Inc. Golden State Bridge Inc., Fairfield, Calif. — $146,163,925. • M.C.M. Construction Inc., North Highlands, Calif. — $149,771,124. • Kiewit Pacific Co., Concord, Calif. — $157,069,098. County: Stanislaus Contract Number: 10-0G7704. Location: In Newman from Inyo Avenue to 0.1 mi. south of Jensen Road and in Patterson from Sperry Avenue to Ward Avenue. Project: Rehabilitate roadway. Number of Working Days: 45. Contractors and Bid Amounts: • Knife River Construction, Stockton, Calif. — $1,303,729. • Granite Construction Co., Watsonville, Calif. — $1,395,956. • George Reed Inc., Sonora, Calif. — $1,513,168. • Teichert Construction, Turlock, Calif. — $1,536,647.

Counties: Kings, Tulare Contract Number: 06-3568U4. Location: Approximately 0.5 mi. east of Hanford. Project: Convert two lane highway. Number of Working Days: 500. Contractors and Bid Amounts: • Flatiron West Inc., Benicia, Calif. — $45,178,321. • Granite Construction Co., Watsonville, Calif. — $45,849,382. • De Silva Gates Construction, Dublin, Calif. — $46,734,866. • R and L Brosamer Inc., Walnut Creek, Calif. — $48,832,380. • Coffman Specialties Inc., San Diego, Calif. — $48,865,000. • Teichert Construction, Turlock, Calif. — $49,029,348. • Security Paving Co. Inc., Sun Valley, Calif. — $49,596,165. • Diablo Contractors Inc., San Ramon, Calif. — $50,812,453. • Top Grade Construction Inc., Livermore, Calif. — $51,498,226. • Agee Construction Corp., Clovis, Calif. — $51,975,576. • Lees Paving Pave Tech JV, Visalia, Calif. — $54,568,289. • Emmetts Excavation Inc., Clovis, Calif. — $55,168,964. • Berry Wood JV, Selma, Calif. — $55,612,745. County: Kern Contract Number: 06-442534. Location: Near Lost Hills on Route 46 and Route 33. Project: Widen Route 46 and realign Route 33. Number of Working Days: 320. Contractors and Bid Amounts:

• Griffith Co., Bakersfield, Calif. — $22,999,250. • Security Paving Co. Inc., Sun Valley, Calif. — $23,114,827. • Papich Construction Co. Inc., Pismo Beach, Calif. — $24,280,820. • W. Jaxon Baker Inc., Redding, Calif. — $24,396,952. • Granite Construction Co., Watsonville, Calif. — $25,105,463. • Sukut Construction Inc., Riverside, Calif. — $25,320,405. • Teichert Construction, Fowler, Calif. — $25,547,195. • Sim J. Harris Inc., San Diego, Calif. — $25,705,000. • Sierra Nevada Construction Inc., Sparks, Nev. — $25,947,007. • John Madonna Construction Co. Inc., San Luis Obispo, Calif. — $26,566,133. County: Sonoma Contract Number: 04-4A8704. Location: Near Kellogg at Maacama Creek Bridge from 0.2 mi. west to 0.3 mi. east of Redwood Creek Bridge. Project: Replace bridges. Number of Working Days: 260. Contractors and Bid Amounts: • Viking Construction Co. Inc., Rancho Cordova, Calif. — $5,033,181. • Gordon N. Ball Inc., Alamo, Calif. — $5,112,449. • Golden State Bridge Inc., Martinez, Calif. — $5,306,393. • Granite Construction Co., Watsonville, Calif. — $5,396,537. • M.C.M. Construction Inc., North Highlands, Calif. — $5,666,666. • Shasta Constructors Inc. and Argonaut Constructors JV, Redding, Calif. — $5,767,612. • Disney Construction Inc., Pacifica, Calif. — $5,990,739.

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Calif. Approves HUSS MK Retrofit System for Volvo Iron In late 2008, Volvo Construction Equipment entered into a strategic partnership with HUSS LLC to provide retrofit systems for Volvo construction equipment that will significantly reduce exhaust emissions. The HUSS MK system now has final approval from California for Volvo Tier III IEGR-equipped machines in that state. The HUSS MK system, approved for use on Volvo engines utilizing V-ACT technology with internal exhaust gas recirculation (IEGR), meets California’s CARB Level 3+ requirements. Volvo equipment owners can utilize the system to help comply with the “In-Use Off-Road Diesel Vehicle Regulation,” or to provide the best available control technology (BACT) for the newest machines in owners’ fleets. Previously, engines using any type of EGR had been excluded from applying exhaust retrofit technology in California. This has now changed with the recent system verification by the state. The HUSS retrofit system for Volvo equipment is capable of collecting up to 99 percent of diesel particulate matter (PM) emissions, substantially exceeding the California CARB requirements, according to the manufacturer.

time swapping filters due to the clogging and cleaning cycle of misapplied passive systems, according to the manufacturer. HUSS LLC, Palm Springs, Calif., is a specialist in exhaust aftertreatment for diesel engines with more than 20 years of experience in the manufacturing and servicing of diesel particulate filtration systems. HUSS

The Volvo/HUSS emissions reduction retrofit system may be installed on all Volvo equipment in customer fleets and in addition to improving the environment, customers using the system may be able to realize thousands of dollars in savings by keeping machines in their current fleets.

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How the Retrofit System Works The retrofit system is equipped with a HUSS control unit that constantly monitors filter function to precisely control diesel PM loading and regeneration. This is an active filter regeneration system, accomplished through an integrated fuel burner system. Regeneration typically takes place after approximately 8 to 10 operating hours and is completed during breaks or shift change in 5 to 35 minutes with no external support needed. Engine exhaust backpressure is set to Volvo requirements. In addition to the reduction of 99 percent PM, there is no increase of NO2 or other secondary emissions. The HUSS technology is adaptable to low and high-horsepower equipment (up to 700 hp) providing reliable installations for both rubber tired and tracked machines. With the active system, there is no need to be concerned with exhaust temperature profiles, changing duty cycles, ULSD fuel, stocking extra filters or incur undue down-

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