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Contractors Conclude Busy Year With 131 DOT Projects The Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT) recently announced that contractors completed 131 projects statewide during 2023, with a total value of approximately $1.1 billion.

Construction crews spent much of 2023 performing upgrades to the existing highway system to give a needed boost to state infrastructure.

In 2023, UDOT completed new highways, added wildlife underpasses, replaced pavement, connected trail networks and installed essential safety improvements for drivers, pedestrians and cyclists. The list below includes some of the projects completed this year on Utah’s highway system.

I-80/I-215 Upgrades — Salt Lake County: UDOT repaved I-80 between 1300 East and 2300 East and the I-215 east belt between 3300 South and 4500 South. A new lane also was added to eastbound I-80 between 1300 East and 2300 East. The 1300 East, 1700 East and 2000 East bridges along I-80 were demolished and reconstructed. Two of these Crews build the Vineyard Connector — a north-south corridor west of I-15 connecting Geneva Road (SR 114) in Vineyard to Pioneer Crossing (SR 145) in Lehi.

UDOT and Vineyard City partnered in constructing a segment of the corridor from Main Street to 1600 North in Vineyard.

The Utah Department of Transportation recently revealed its construction project totals for 2023. Contractor crews working for UDOT completed 131 projects throughout the state valued at $1.1 billion.

bridges were slid into place overnight using the innovative accelerated bridge construction method, where the bridge is built to the side of the road and slid into place overnight.

Vineyard Connector — Utah County: Crews built the Vineyard Connector — a north-south corridor west of I-15 connecting Geneva Road (SR 114) in Vineyard to Pioneer Crossing (SR 145) in Lehi. UDOT and Vineyard City partnered in constructing a segment of the corridor from Main Street to 1600 North in Vineyard.

I-15 Enhanced Freeway Striping — Utah County: Lane markings were replaced or improved on I-15 from Payson to Lehi with new, wider lines designed for high visibility and reflectivity. This is the first phase of a larger project that will see CONTRACTORS page 9

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A widening and reconstruction project in the northwest Tucson area has transformed a 4-mi. segment of Interstate 10 since work began last spring, demolishing travel lanes, multiple bridges and two interchanges that have been in constant use for decades.

The $171 million project is now 25 percent complete as crews have regraded sections of the roadway, while also placing foundations for nine new bridges that will span washes and reconstructed interchanges at Orange Grove and Sunset roads.

New Roadways, Bridges Taking Shape in Tucson as Crews Ramp Up Work A widening and reconstruction project in the northwest Tucson area has transformed a 4-mi. segment of Interstate 10 since work began last spring, demolishing travel lanes, multiple bridges and two interchanges that have been in constant use for decades.

Residents are starting to see the initial signs of the highway’s new features as the Arizona Department of Transportation rebuilds the roadway to add a fourth travel lane between Ina and Ruthrauff roads.

The $171 million project is now closer to 50 percent complete as crews have regraded sections of the roadway, while also placing foundations for nine new bridges that will span washes and reconstructed interchanges at Orange Grove and Sunset roads.

Within the next several months, even more dramatic changes will become apparent as crews begin pouring the concrete roadway surface and hoisting 121 bridge girders into place.

Many of those girders will make up a reconfigured Sunset Road interchange that will carry the roadway over I-10, reversing the old design that had Sunset beneath the highway. As part of the interchange work, a project funded by Pima County will extend Sunset Road east to River Road, with new bridges over the Union Pacific Railroad tracks and the Rillito River.

ADOT has minimized construction impacts by maintaining three lanes of traffic on the I-10 frontage roads dur-

ing daytime hours, with lane restrictions limited to overnight hours. However, traffic will return to the newly rebuilt and widened area of I-10 by late 2024. At that time, the reconstructed Orange Grove interchange will also reopen.

The project will continue through late 2025, when the Sunset Road interchange will reopen. At Orange Grove and Sunset roads, the new interchanges will feature additional lanes on the entrance and exit ramps to promote safety and reduce delays. While Orange Grove and Sunset road interchanges are closed, motorists should consider Ruthrauff and Ina roads as alternate routes.

ADOT will maintain access to local businesses throughout the project.

Other project improvements include: • Rebuilding the Orange Grove Road bridges to allow for higher clearance; • Replacing all nine bridges in the project area, including those over Canada del Oro Wash and Rillito River; • Constructing an access path to the Chuck Huckelberry Loop from Sunset Road; • Related work on lighting, landscaping and drainage; The I-10 project is part of the Regional Transportation Authority’s roadway improvement plan, managed by the Pima Association of Governments.

For more information, visit azdot.gov/i10ina2ruthrauff.  (All photos courtesy of ADOT.)

Within the next several months, even more dramatic changes will become apparent as crews begin pouring the concrete roadway surface and hoisting 121 bridge girders into place.

The project will continue through late 2025, when the Sunset Road interchange will reopen.

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Ace Intermountain Recycling Efficiently Handles Waste

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Nine years ago in Salt Lake City, Utah, Ace Disposal and Intermountain Regional Landfill partnered to establish Ace Intermountain Recycling Center, essentially a transfer station.

Both parties — Ace Disposal and Intermountain Regional Landfill — are privately owned companies.

Landfills are not ideally designed to directly receive the garbage that they process. A transfer station provides the interim step between disposal companies and/or garbage producers and what ultimately ends up in the landfill.

Ace Intermountain Recycling receives waste collectors’ garbage and recyclables, as well as construction recyclable materials, sorts out what needs to go to the landfill and what needs to go to a recycling facility and then transports those materials to its ultimate destination. In the process, transfer stations take small loads of garbage and combine them into large loads, reducing the number of trips into the landfill, making it more economical to transport.

Salt Lake City is Ace’s largest facility (110,000 sq. ft.) with additional locations in Pleasant Grove, Utah, and Heber City, Utah. These transfer stations by necessity must run clean to reflect the company’s green business initiatives and at the same time run in a very efficient manner due to the volume of trucks that are coming into the facilities each hour to prevent backups and frustrations to those that are using the facility.

Trucks routinely get in and out of the transfer station in under 20 min. Great care also is taken to make sure that the facility is as clean as possible to maintain a good relationship with the neighbors of the facility.

With a massive amount of material to be processed, Ace Intermountain Recycling is always looking for ways to streamline operations.

The Salt Lake City facility processes between 1,600 to 1,800 tons of material a day. The Heber City facility is 15,000 sq. ft. and only processes construction recycling materials and processes approximately 260 tons of material a day. The Pleasant Grove facility receives all materials. The facility is 50,000 sq. ft. and processes approximately 800 to 900 tons of materials a day.

Between the three facilities, a massive amount of material is being loaded, unloaded, stacked and sorted each day. The backbone of all that material processing is made up of a fleet of predominantly Liebherr excavators. Each facility has its own fleet of Liebherr loaders and excavators running all day

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“As we have grown and expanded, we tried several different brands of excavators and loaders,” said Seth Burgess, controller of Ace Intermountain Recycling. “We’ve settled on the Liebherr brand, finding that they were really engineered for this type of work. This is a very harsh environment. It tends to really tear machines up. The Liebherr machines have held up by far, stronger than anything else we’ve tried.”

As previously mentioned, the pressure is really on at a recycling facility to move loads in and out as fast as possible.

“As our volume has grown, we’ve also had to move to larger excavators with the goal being to be able to move material faster,” Burgess said. “The key tool on each excavator is the grapple attachment that is used like a giant hand to pick up the materials and move them. This is a high wear item, it gets a lot of abuse, but how much material it can pick up and hold in one grab is the key to our success.

“The decision was made to start moving towards larger excavators, thus the ability to use larger grapples. In the last eight months, we have purchased four of the Liebherr R936 machines. In Salt Lake City, we have reached our capacity, loading one truck at a time. So, our only option for growth

was to start loading two trucks at a time.

“With our previous excavators with a grapple, we were able to load a 34-ton load into a truck in 20 to 30 minutes,” Burgess added. “Currently, our goal of buying new excavators and larger grapples is to dramatically reduce that load time. We knew what excavators we were going to buy. We started to search as a team for the ideal grapple and our search led us to National Attachments.

“We worked with Gabe Guimond at National Attachments who matched up what he felt would be the ideal grapple to work with our sized excavators. What he recommended for us was a 4 over 5 grapple built with heavy duty steel for severe duty which fully opens to 92 inches. The grapples are manufactured by NYE. “In talking with National Attachments, we felt very comfortable with their level of knowledge and expertise. They were very confident that they had the grapples that would excel in our application. When they were delivered, we knew we had made the right move. Everything about these grapples were far more impressive than what we had been using. The steel was heavier, the welds were strong and perfect, they were beasts. It didn’t take long to find out that these grapples didn’t just look strong. We’ve been using them for a while now and where our previous grapples would start to wear and crack quickly, we’ve seen none of that with the NYE grapples.

Our truck load time has changed dramatically from 20 to 30 minutes down to every nine to 10 minutes. That’s two trucks every nine to 10 minutes instead of one truck every 20 to 30 minutes. It has completely turned around the volume that we can process.

“It’s a real game changer for us,” Burgess said. “We’ve gone from trucks being backed up and waiting to unload to completely eliminating the bottleneck. Mission accomplished. It was a team effort. We had to get the right durable, larger excavators from Liebherr and we needed to get the right recommendations for a grapple that would maximize the efficiency that the Liebherr excavators brought to the table and National Attachments got that done with the NYE grapples. It is a premium product and worth every penny. We had deadlines to meet, and they met all of our deadlines. Our initial order was for two grapples. We are now receiving our fourth.”

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Utah Contractor Simplifies Service With Thunder Creek “We do power.” That simple statement is the foundation for Grade Tech Power Services, a civil contractor and familyowned business that grades and excavates sites exclusively for power generation companies. Its work includes right-of-way paths for installing power lines, as well as sitework for building, expanding and demolishing substations across the western United States.

Supplying these services, plus reclamation and restoration, is where the Midvale, Utah-based company excels — from both a safety and quality standpoint.

“We got into this work years and years ago here, just working on the local substations and all the upgrades for the Olympics back [in] 2002 in Salt Lake City,” said Rory Hall, co-owner and operations manager of Grade Tech Power Services. “But ultimately, to stay in the work that we do, we have to travel. 100 percent.”

With the travel required to provide services across Utah, Idaho, Wyoming, California and more, comes logistical considerations — particularly for fueling equipment and performing maintenance in the field.

“The initial struggle was fuel on site,” Hall explained. “And then, one of our biggest challenges was with the auto greasers. We were spending hours filling them up with a little hand grease gun.”

Recognizing that this approach to maintenance was costing time, money and labor that could be used elsewhere, the company turned to Thunder Creek multi-tank oil trailers (MTO) in the 690-gal. capacity. Since making the investment, Grade Tech Services has seen significant benefits in time, efficiency and labor.

Streamlining Fueling, Maintenance When prepping the sites for power companies, Hall and his crew run a diverse fleet of both compact and heavy equipment to grade and excavate. They regularly build the pads for structures and poles to be installed and excavate and backfill for structural concrete at the front end of the job. Once the power company has completed the wiring and power line installation, Grade Tech then reclaims the area, putting it back to its natural state.

“We run a lot of small equipment, whether it’s mini skidders or cast slingers for putting in gravel and backfilling foundations. Then we go all the way up to D8 dozers, power wheel scrapers and graders,” Hall said. “We move dirt just like everybody else does. But ours is a little more precise.”

The Thunder Creek MTO has proven to be a reliable solution in caring for all the equipment. This multi-fluid trailer offers both fuel and preventive maintenance solutions. It can hold up to six service fuels,

Environmental Advantages Along with the efficiencies that Grade Tech has gained with the MTO, Hall appreciates the added environmental benefits the trailer offers.

“We work in very environmentally sensitive settings. Before, if we had five-gallon buckets of oil or other fluids, along with taking too much time to care for the equipment, we’d run the risk of making messes,” he explained.

With the MTO, Grade Tech has fluids at the ready and doesn’t have to worry about extra oil containment.

“The other piece of the puzzle there is when we’re moving the trailer and fueling each piece of equipment, we’re not creating a little spill zone,” Hall added.

“Plus, the way these trailers are built, we don’t get any scrutiny from anyone on the environThe Thunder Creek multi-tank oil trailmental side of things. It’s been ers (MTO) have proven to be a reliable solution in caring for all equipment. This a huge, helpful piece for us.” multi-fluid trailer offers both fuel and Not only is this design more preventive maintenance solutions. environmentally sound, but it also eliminates the need for including oil, diesel, coolant and tanks for Hall and his crew to carry waste oil reclaim with additional systems for HAZMAT endorsements. In grease and DEF. many instances (depending on “The MTOs have been a huge problemtruck and trailer combinations, solver for us,” said Hall. “Depending on our and local regulations), crew crew size, we only need to get fuel once a members may not need a week. We can leave the trailer on site. At the CDL either. From a labor end of every week, we either fill them up standpoint, those benefits are locally or the fuel companies come out and MTO can hold up to six service fuels, including oil, important. fill us up.”

“Any of our younger crew diesel, coolant and tanks for waste oil reclaim with That efficiency is in stark contrast to the additional systems for grease and DEF. members, under the age of 21, process Grade Tech relied on before investwouldn’t have valid HAZing in the MTOs. Previously, the crew car- nates the need to load two-gallon jugs into MAT or CDLS when we leave ried tanks and smaller containers in their truck beds and allows for faster fill times. the state. And we leave the state week in and trucks that could require multiple trips to According to Hall, in addition to saving week out,” explained Hall. “So that’s anothrefill during the two to three weeks they time, the MTOs have allowed them to better er huge advantage, not having to have of were on a project — time that Hall needed organize the daily care of equipment. those. It's very helpful.” crew members on site.

“We have a very structured system now,” “If we only had a couple crew trucks and he said. “We make sure everything at the end Looking Forward were in middle of nowhere, we’d fuel up our of a shift is taken care of. We fuel all our Grade Tech has carved a place for itself iron and have to send someone back to equipment. We grease everything. The guys serving the power generation industry. Hall town,” he explained. “Because we work and have a better sense about the overall mainte- said the company relies on organic growth to travel all over, we’re not usually close to nance. It’s kind of like running their own build the business and prides itself on retainanything. We’re 20 to 30 minutes from the fleet.” ing crew members, especially with the travel closest town on average. We don’t have to Hall added that there is less opportunity required for the job. worry about that lost time with the MTOs.” for maintenance activities to be overlooked “We don’t go chasing work unless it’s Hall also has seen increased efficiency since the crew has all the tools onsite that with our relationships and we’re asked to go with its routine maintenance. Because the they need. It’s also faster than having just there. And that’s worked very well for us,” MTOs feature a system for grease, the crew one person care for the equipment or risking he said. can quickly and easily grease components downtime if a piece of equipment runs out of As the company moves forward, Hall and on its equipment. the crew will continue to look for ways to fuel.

“Before, we’d have to have a box of Along with fuel and daily fluids, Grade streamline their operations. That includes grease and make sure we had enough Tech also enjoys the convenience of having improvements brought by their Thunder charged grease gun batteries,” said Hall. a compressor, generator and other tools on Creek MTOs. “We’d sit there and pump the grease pots full their MTO. The company also supplements “All I can say is we love them. They’ve every day and would just be there waiting to the MTOs with one of Thunder Creek’s No been great to us,” Hall said. “I’d absolutely finish it.”

HAZMAT multi-tank fuel and service trail- recommend them.”  Hall and his crew also like the DEF sys- ers (MTT), which supplies Hall and the crew (All photos courtesy of Grade Tech Power tem included on the MTOs, since it elimi- with additional diesel fuel when needed.

Services.)

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New Highways, Underpasses Pace Construction in Utah CONTRACTORS from page 1

eventually include many other sections of freeway along the Wasatch Front. Another phase in Salt Lake, Davis, Tooele and Summit counties is scheduled to start in 2024, and will include sections of I-15, I-215, I-80 and SR-201.

U.S. 40 Maintenance — Wasatch County: Crews replaced sections of concrete pavement north of Heber City, as well as the bridge driving surface at the Mayflower exit. This work improved road conditions and extended the life of the bridge.

U.S. 89 Reconstruction — Davis County: Crews converted a 9.5-mi. section of U.S. 89 to a freeway by widening the road to three lanes in each direction; replaced existing intersections with new interchanges (with onand off-ramps) at 200 North/400 North, Oak Hills Drive, Gordon Avenue, and Antelope Drive; and added new underpasses at Nicholls Road and Crestwood Road. The project also built a new 3-mi. extension of Gordon Avenue and extended and connected frontage roads on both sides of U.S. 89. Three new pedestrian tunnels were built to enable future city and county trail expansions, along with a new multi-use trail to connect the South Weber frontage road

to Valley View Drive.

U.S. 91 Upgrades — Cache County: This project improved safety and traffic flow on U.S. 91 near 3200 South, as well as improved the connectivity between the local and regional planned transportation networks. UDOT realigned uncontrolled and skewed intersections, creating safer travel conditions and improving traffic flow. The project also included new paving along U.S. 91 to accommodate lane widening; updated signage and striping and installation of barriers on U.S. 91.

SR 126 Paving — Weber County: This project included the repaving of a large, heavily traveled section of SR-126 in West Haven, Roy and Sunset.

UDOT also replaced pedestrian ramps to meet ADA standards and added new signage.

SR 132 Passing Lanes — Sanpete County: UDOT added new passing lanes in both directions on SR-132 north of Fountain Green to improve safety for drivers.

Work continues on the new West Davis Highway project in 2024. A maintenance project in Nephi to replace the driving surface on two bridges and complete various other repairs will continue through spring 2024.  (All photos courtesy of UDOT.)

Three new pedestrian tunnels were built to enable future city and county trail expansions, along with a new multi-use trail to connect the South Weber frontage road to Valley View Drive.

Crews converted a 9.5-mi. section of U.S. 89 to a freeway by widening the road to three lanes in each direction and replacing existing intersections with new interchanges.

The U.S. 89 project built a new 3-mi. extension of Gordon Avenue and extended and connected frontage roads on both sides of U.S. 89.

Construction crews performed upgrades on the U.S. 40 bridge driving surface at the Mayflower exit. This work improved road conditions and extended the life of the bridge.

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Colorado Construction Crews Work to Clear Bank Slides Colorado’s high country has experienced conditions closely reminiscent of the March 2019 ‘bomb cyclone’ event that closed much of the state’s mountain highways for an extended period. Storm totals have surged up to 60 in. since Fri., Jan. 12 at many of Colorado’s ski resorts.

U.S. 40 Berthoud Pass was one of the most impacted roadways during the course of the storm, having closed on Sun., Jan. 14, and not reopening until the evening of Wed., Jan. 17, due to natural avalanche slides and ongoing adverse conditions. Crews cleared 5 ft. of new snow from the roadway and nearby banks above the road during the severe winter storm.

During the first half of the storm, from Jan. 13 through Jan. 16, Colorado Department of Transportation crews reported 32 bank slides, though more may have occurred. During the closure, bank slides took place along nearly the entire length of U.S. 40 Berthoud Pass. One example of the storm’s severity and snowfall is an unusual slide at Mile Point 235.6, just east of the Mary Jane access to Winter Park Ski Resort.

A bank slide at that location was the first observed slide in at least 30 years in that location. The slide was 200 yds. long and 10 ft. to 12 ft. high across U.S. 40, which

delayed clearing snow from tions during any given time, using CDOT photo Berthoud Pass and reopening the loaders, loaders with blowers, roadway. In addition to the signifmotor graders and snowplows. icant fresh snow totals, strong “Our crews were relentless in winds and a weak snowpack layer their work to clear the roadways contributed to conditions leading and mitigate avalanche slide to many bank slides. paths,” said CDOT Executive “CDOT crews have been Director Shoshana Lew. “I am working continuously for a week proud of the work our mainteto clear our roadways and avanance and operations team have lanche slide paths to either safely done and want to thank all of keep open or reopen roads and to them for dedicating a tremendous ensure the movement of the travamount of hours that kept them eling public and the goods they CDOT crews execute snow removal operations on Berthoud from friends and family in order depend on,” said John Lorme, Pass from Jan. 18, 2024. to serve the people of Colorado. I CDOT’s director of maintenance especially want to thank our and operations. “For this team, our mission as weather and circumstances allow, know- maintenance crews from Section 2, who matters most. While the closures this past ing that public safety is our number one con- oversee the central mountains and part of the week were an inconvenience to motorists, cern. We wargame the worst-case scenarios northwest portion of the state and are led by we are proud of the proactive measures we before they happen and implement plans to John David; Section 6, who oversee northtook to close the roads when the conditions help prevent those scenarios from coming to west Colorado and are led by Spencer were unsafe for the traveling public. We fruition, as was the case with our closures on Dickey, and Section 9, who manage I-70 and helped minimize the number of crashes on Berthoud Pass and Vail Pass.”

U.S. 40 through Clear Creek County and are Crews continue their work after moving led by Mike Willyard. They have worked our roadways with our safety closures. We are also proud of our continuing strong part- snow another 4 ft. to 6 ft. further to the side tirelessly to open up our roads and make sure nerships with the Colorado Avalanche of the roadway. This work is necessary to the traveling public stays safe. I would also Information Center and the Colorado State make room for the next round of snow. like to thank our crews that came from other Patrol. It is unity of effort that gets the job Currently, snow is approximately 8 ft. high regions of the state to help their fellow maindone. We work as one team to strategize on along the roadway. As many as 16 crew tainers and continue to prove they are dedithe best ways to keep our roads operational, members have been part of clearing opera- cated and selfless individuals.” 

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“I’m delighted to join in the announcement of nearly $68 million in new electric vehicle charging infrastructure for New Mexico,” said Gov. Lujan Grisham. “In particular, the electrification of I-10 with 2 medium and heavy-weight vehicle stations will transform travel on this New Mexico highway. With local matches, these grants will result in over $84 million in infrastructure development along I-10 and the communities of Lordsburg and Vado as well as smaller investments in Santa Fe County and the Town of Taos. I want to express my thanks to President Biden for making this game-changing work possible.”

The town of Taos, Santa Fe County and the New Mexico Department of Transportation will install more than 40 EV chargers statewide and two EV charging

centers for medium and heavy-duty commercial EVs traveling along I-10.

“The New Mexico Department of Transportation [NMDOT] is ecstatic to receive this funding as well as establishing an important first step in improving the southwest infrastructure,” said NMDOT Cabinet Secretary Ricky Serna. “This partnership and these charging stations are some of the first in the nation of their kind and will truly revolutionize electric vehicle connectivity routes not only in New Mexico, but the entire southwest region of the nation.

Furthermore, the funding of projects in northern New Mexico demonstrates our state’s continued commitment to connectivity statewide.”

These awards are three of 47 projects in 22 states and Puerto Rico selected to receive a total of $623 million in funding to help build out an EV charging network under the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Charging and Fueling Infrastructure (CFI) Discretionary Grant Program.

This means EV drivers in New Mexico and across the country can charge their electric vehicles where they live, work and shop.

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