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“The Nation’s Best Read Construction Newspaper… Founded in 1957.” Your Carolina States Connection • Richard McKeon, Charlotte, NC 1-800-288-4234
Watauga’s New High School Combines Modern Convenience, ‘Green’Features ity,” he said. The new facility, the only high school in this largely rural county, boasts 280,368 sq. ft. (26,047 sq m) of space on three The finishing touches are now being applied to the sparkling levels. The main building has three wings that house the school’s new Watauga High School, a project designed to replace a facil- more than 100 classrooms and other educational spaces. There ity opened 45 years ago. Located on the eastern edge of Boone, is also a gymnasium that holds up to 1,400 people, as well as a N.C., the new school, with a price tag approaching $80 million, smaller, auxiliary gym, a 709-seat auditorium (with a balcony) is nestled in a picturesque valley surrounded by the Blue Ridge for the school’s various performing arts and a large commons area. Mountains. Within the commons area is a spacious cafeteria that offers Work began with the groundbreaking in September 2007 on 93 acres off U.S. Highway 421, just to the southeast of the boule- both conventional seating, as well as bistro-type seating, Hemric said. vard’s intersection with The cafeteria — indeed N.C. 194. The location, the whole school — offers known as the Perkinsville wireless internet as all site, has enough room for Watauga High students, several athletic fields and for the first time, will be parking areas, besides the equipped with laptops in school itself. the 2010-11 school year. Approximately 1,364 “Within the classstudents attended classes rooms, we will offer desks in the old school, located that are boomerangonly a few miles away, shaped in order to allow during the just-completed for multiple configura2009-2010 school year. tions so that students can The old Watauga High, work in a collaborative opened in 1965, will be setting,” Hemric razed and the site used as a explained. new recreation center for He also is quite proud Watauga County residents. The commons area is designed with windows facing west so the of the many “green” fea“The old school was best use is made of natural sunlight. tures of the new school, pretty full and near its capacity,” said Marty Hemric, superintendent of the Watauga including using construction products that are non-toxic to stuCounty School System. “Our population has actually been on a dents, teachers and the environment. “It is comforting having a facility where you know that all the decline and is projected to be flat for the next decade, so building the new school was not due to overcrowding. It was more products that went into the construction emit very low levels of that the infrastructure and the technology of that facility had just oxidants,” he said. “From the wallboard to the paints to the lighting it is a safe environment that will not hinder students’ ability reached the end of its useful life.” The new school can hold up to 1,600 students, a number that to stay alert and engaged. Research has consistently shown that Hemric doesn’t anticipating hitting in the near future. However, these things improve academic performance.” Another unique feature of the school is the installation of two should the total enrollment exceed that number, he said, the 60,000-gal. containers underneath the front entrance of the main school’s design allows quite easily for additions. “We hope that it will be in use for 75-plus years and we think building. These two tanks are designed to serve as catch basins that that will occur due to the design’s adaptability and flexibilsee WATAUGA page 2
By Eric Olson
CEG CORRESPONDENT
Crew members working on the 30-ft. (9 m)-high auditorium ceiling.
The instrumental music space features an acoustic ceiling to ensure the best sound.
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School Bells Ringing for Students Beginning August 11 WATAUGA from page 1
in order to reuse rainwater coming off the roof and from the parking areas. Finally, more than 200 geothermal wells have been placed under the baseball field to help heat and cool the facility. Hemric hopes they will pay for themselves relatively quickly. “These conservation measures were very important to everyone at the school,” he added. Hemric credited Shuller Ferris Lindstrom Architects, which has offices in Fayetteville, Raleigh and Charlotte, N.C., with helping the school system realize the many unique design conceptions that it wanted for the new facility. A collaboration between two North Carolina-based construction companies, Barnhill Contracting, headquartered in Tarboro; and Vannoy Construction, from nearby Jefferson, kept the school’s construction largely ahead of schedule
despite a particularly harsh winter in 2009-10. On the outside of the main school building is a football/soccer/lacrosse field encircled with a running track and ringed with seating for more than 4,000 spectators. The field will utilize an artificial turf similar to that being used at nearby Kidd-Brewer Stadium, home to the Appalachian State University athletic teams. Adjacent to the field will be a large field house and concessions building. Nearby, a baseball/softball field has been built, also with a field house and concession area. Rounding out Watauga High’s athletic facilities are six brand-new tennis courts. The school also will come equipped with a $110,000 greenhouse that Hemric hoped will be able to provide produce for the school’s cafeteria through hydroponic gardening. Most all of the work was fin-
ished on the outside of the school by the time that Boone’s notoriously fierce winter weather set in last December. With the town situated at an elevation of just over 3,300 ft., the winds and snow can be brutal on any construction project in the area, but despite that, the new high school actually remained ahead of schedule, Hemric reported.
“It was our worst winter as far as snowfall amounts go,” he added. “That did hamper us somewhat but the project was consistently many days ahead of schedule. I had worked with Barnhill and Vannoy in other schools and that is what you come to expect from them.” The month of June is being used mainly to install the running track at the football stadium and for the
The new stadium’s home stands are on the east side and are elevated on piers.
moving of materials from the old school to the new facility, he said. A formal dedication is scheduled for the end of July and students in grades 9 through 12 will begin classes at the new Watauga High on Aug. 11. Although Hemric only became Watauga County’s school superintendent less than two years ago, he lauded the more than seven years that the school board and the community put in to plan the new high school. “What they came up with, after looking at a number of other facilities, was a creative 21st century design which will support the programming we currently use to prepare kids for a successful future,” he added. (This story also can be found on Construction Equipment Guide’s Web site at www.constructionequipmentguide.com.) CEG
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Stoltz Site Spreaders put together the winning bid for a new cement spreader design specified by the South Carolina Department of Transportation.
Stoltz Site Spreaders of Morgantown, Pa., and Carolina Trailer of Landrum, S.C., put together the winning bid for a new cement spreader design specified by the South Carolina Department of Transportation. It required a 15 ton (13.6 t) self-contained soil stabilization spreader on a highway-rated fifth wheel trailer. Special equipment included Stoltz’proprietary digital spreader control
console, a Deutz Turbo 73 hp (54 kW) air cooled engine with cab controls and EPA tier IV Interim certification, a 12 ft. (3.6 m) wide spreading auger with transport cradle, dual electric winch setup for auger installation in the field, and a 6 load cell digital scale system. “We are happy to customize our spreaders to fit our customers needs,” said Stoltz
President Bernard Hershberger. “South Carolina DOT wanted a spreader that could be towed by a truck, so we designed and built it for them in a very short time frame.” Site Spreaders can be used to spread cement, quicklime, fly ash, kiln dust and similar materials. They are filled pneumatically from bulk material transport trucks. They use a slide
gate to seal the hopper during loading, while the “double reverse expanded flow” air circulation system drops dust before air exits the hopper through a specially designed filter. Level spreading is accomplished by an adjustable spreading auger. For more information, call 800/843-8731 or visit www.stoltzmfg.com.
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On the Cutting Edge…
Collum’s Lumber Co. Mills S.C. for More Than 80 Years Uriah Collum founded Collum’s Lumber Company in the 1920s in Batesburg, S.C. Now operated by his grandsons, Hank, Mickey and Bill Scott, the company has been keeping the area in boards, telephone poles, fence posts and spindles for more than 80 years. Collum’s Lumber Company has several properties where it harvests its own timber, in addition to purchasing from other growers throughout the state. Southern yellow pine is harvested, cut and transported to the Allendale lumber mill. From there, the trees go through a complete transformation before they are ready to be sold to lumber suppliers. After the trees are unloaded from logging trucks, Collum’s Prentice knuckleboom loaders are used to sort and organize them for the debarking process. The logs are then passed along the assembly line, where they are cut to a predetermined length by giant saws. Next, using state-of-the-art technology, the log is “read” by a series of optimizers. “We get the most out of every log by using the latest technology available,” said Bill Scott. “The optimizer reads the log and determines how it should be cut.” The logs are then cut into traditional-sized boards: 2x4, 2x6, 2x10, etc. Operators are placed at various stations along the assembly line to monitor the computers and the line, watching for any issues that may arise. Once the boards have been cut, they are dropped into bins based on their size. When a bin is full, the group of boards are moved along the line and stacked to enter the dry kiln. The stacks are moved to the dry
kiln, where steam is injected into the drying chamber. After drying, the wood is then moved to the planer mill. Running the wood through the planer ensures a smooth finish. The boards also are re-checked for quality and size in the planer mill. As the wood goes through the planer, it is again read by optimizers where it is assigned and stamped with a grade. It also is here that the boards are stamped with the Collum’s Lumber Mill logo. Once the boards have been re-evaluated, sorted and stacked, they are moved to storage sheds where they await sale to lumber suppliers. Collum’s Lumber Company relies heavily on Pioneer and Blanchard CAT. “Collum’s has partnered with Pioneer for our forestry equipment since the 1970s,” said Bill Scott. “It’s simple. When I need parts and service from Pioneer, I get them. The folks at Pioneer go the extra mile. For example, I’ve had a technician stay in the woods until three in the morning working on a machine. They’ve driven parts here that I had to have the next day. They accommodate me however it needs to be done.” In addition to being a loyal Pioneer customer, Collum’s Lumber Company also relies on Blanchard for its Cat products. “All my trucks run on Cat engines. The 3406C engine is the best engine Cat ever built, in my opinion,” he said. For more information, call 803/584-3451. (This story also can be found on Construction Equipment Guide’s Web site at www.constructionequipmentguide.com.) CEG Staff
Operators carefully monitor the logs as they travel along the assembly line.
After all lumber has been cut to size, it is stacked and moved to a dry kiln to cure.
Collum’s uses Prentice knuckleboom loaders to sort and organize its logs for the debarking process.
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