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Savannah, U.S. to Reap Benefits of Harbor Expansion By Lori Tobias CEG CORRESPONDENT

Dredging on a long-awaited Georgia project that could earn the U.S. more than five times its investment may get underway full speed ahead as early as the end of this year. That’s the expectation of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, though the final word belongs to the U.S. Congress. The Georgia Ports Authority has already begun its share of work on the Savannah Harbor expansion project, a deepening of the harbor that will allow super ships sailing through the see HARBOR page 2

The MSC vessel leaves the Garden City Terminal and passes through the city of Savannah on its way out (going past River St.).

The U.S. Corps of Army Engineers approved the project in October 2012 and the project has received strong bi-partisan support from the U.S. Congress, including an endorsement by U.S. Vice-President Joe Biden who said it must be accomplished, “come hell or high water.”

Cobb County Gears Up for Atlanta Braves Stadium By Lori Tobias CEG CORRESPONDENT

Fifteen years ago when the members of the Cumberland Community Improvement District (CCID) set out on a plan to make multi-million dollar highway improvements, a new Atlanta Braves baseball stadium was probably not even a glimmer in someone’s eye. But in 2013 when the Braves chose Cobb County as the location for their new stadium, it was obvious all those long, long years of planning and persistence had paid off. “People keep asking, ‘Are you doing improvements because the Braves are coming,’

said Tad Leithead, chairman of the CCID. “I can only speak so far about the Braves. But the Braves are coming because we’re doing transportation improvements. Because those improvements are under way they will provide fantastic access.” The improvement project is actually two projects that started out as one, but was later split to better utilize available funding. The first is the $12.6 million replacement of a bridge on U.S. 41 over the Chattahoochee River. Construction on the bridge got underway in 2011 and is continuing today. The old bridge was not only too narrow, Leithead said, but dyssee BRAVES page 4

The improvement project is two projects that started out as one.

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The Maersk vessel leaves Garden City Terminal and the China Shipping vessel is at berth at the same terminal.

Environmental Concerns Prompt Mitigation Measures HARBOR from page 1

enlarged Panama Canal to call upon the Port of Savannah. The Corps is responsible for dredging the Port, the turning basin and the shipping channel leading to the Atlantic Ocean. “We know the shipping fleet is growing and the size of the ships are getting larger, too,” said Corps spokesman Billy Birdwell. “In order to accommodate those ships, we need a deeper harbor and channel up to the harbor. What we expect to gain from this is a greater increase in shipping efficiency. Larger ships mean fewer ships can move in and out more regularly. With that shipping efficiency we will gain significant benefit to the national economy. For every $1 we invest into this project, the national economy will get $5.50 back.” The $652 million project has been in discussion with federal, state and local authorities for close to two decades. The U.S. Corps of Army Engineers approved the project in October 2012 and the project has received strong bi-partisan support from the U.S. Congress, including an endorsement by U.S. Vice-President Joe Biden who said it must be accomplished, “come hell or high water.” The port has begun designing improvements around bulkheads and docks to allow it to deepen the harbor and several berths from 42 to 47 ft. (12.8 to 14.3 m).

“Right now there are nine container berths,” said Chris Novack, director of engineer and facility maintenance for the Georgia Ports Authority. “Of those, four, five, six and seven require some additional construction improvements that will allow deepening. “In addition to the deepening, we have to upgrade our fendering systems, our bollards that allow for tying off. We’ve already implemented these programs. That work is completed.” The Corps has not let any contracts for deepening yet, but is awaiting the resolution of several issues in Congress, Birdwell said. “We are anticipating that we may get contracts and some work started by end of this year but that is still subject to change at all times,” Birdwell said. “Once started, we anticipate it will take four to five years to complete.” The Panama Canal is in the final stage of construction of a third set of locks that will allow ships too large for the original two locks to transit the expanded canal through the new lock. Deepening the Savannah harbor and shipping channel is important because the larger ships carry significantly more containers, Birdwell said.

“The new ships are more efficient to operate. So as they move up to the harbor they are able to quickly move containers off and on with multiple cranes and the ships can be on their way.” While large ships can currently call on the Georgia port, they are tidily restricted, Birdwell said. That means they can only come and go only at high tide. Once in the port, they must wait for the next high tide. Likewise, incoming ships arriving at low tide must wait at sea for a high tide. The project has gone through years of environmental scrutiny, which has resulted in numerous mitigation measures, including the installation of an oxygen injection system. “We know there will be an impact on dissolved oxygen and that impacts fish and other marine life down there, Birdwell said. “We’re having to install what are known as speece cones. That is a significant project. It pulls water out of the river, supersaturates it with oxygen and the water is put back into the river. We’re installing them at 45 locations. As we go through, there is pre-construction monitoring, monitoring during construction, and post-construction monitoring see HARBOR page 8

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The U.S. 41 project is on the fast track to be completed in time for the Braves’ first pitch in spring 2017 — up from the original completion date of later that year. BRAVES from page 1

sufficiency rating was a mere 47. Anything under 50 is considered to be in need of replacement. Part two of the project is the $35 million widening of U.S. 41 from four lanes to six lanes just north of the new bridge. The new stretch of highway will offer three opportunities to access the new stadium. Both projects came with their share of challenges, Leithead said. The bridge joins two counties, Cobb and Fulton, meaning planners had to work not only with state and federal transportation departments but with two counties as well. And while Cobb is widening U.S. 41 on its side, Fulton is not. “You go from six lanes to a four-lane road,” said Leithead. “You can’t just put a brick wall there and let cars drive into it. You

have to do a taper.” Environmental restrictions, particularly related to the river, made for slow going. “The bridge spans the Chattahoochee River, and the National Park Trail system operates in the Chattahoochee corridor,” said said Leithead. “The National Park system uses the river for their own boats to access the water. We had to relocate the boat access. We had to consider structural issues The current bridge is wider than the old bridge, so it Part one of the project is the $12.6 million replacement of a bridge on U.S. 41 over casts more shade on the river so we had to do the Chattahoochee River. a study on what impact, if any, the additional shade would have on the fish. Would it change the river temperature? Would it alter habitat? There are asterids growing on the riverbank. Asterids are a form of vegetation that only bloom once a year in October. The see BRAVES page 8

“ A Community Improvement District is a self-taxing group, made up of real estate developers,” said Tad Leithead, chairman of the Cumberland Community Improvement District in Georgia. “ Our CID has 180 commercial properties in the district. Those 180 property owners pay property tax and the money goes to the CID. The member, that is, the people who pay the tax, elect the board and the board spends the money.” The groups are restricted by law to spend their funds on very specific purposes, generally related to transportation. “ It’ s very restricted,” Leithead said. “ We simply can’ t go outside of that. It includes transportation, public transportation such as sidewalks, alternative forms of transportation, parking decks and garages, water and sewer facilities, parks and recreation, essentially infrastructure.” The CCID is the fastest growing business district in the southeast and represents five percent of the total economy in the state of Georgia, according to Leithead. The CCID has grown from 4 million sq. ft. of office space to 20 million sq. ft. of office space, and is responsible for $750 million improvements and 90,000 jobs in the 25 years it’ s been in existence.

The bridge joins two counties, Cobb and Fulton, meaning planners had to work not only with state and federal transportation departments but with two counties as well.

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Expansion to Save U.S. Economy $174M in Shipping Costs HARBOR from page 2

for 10 years so we know the impacts for this. We anticipate we will only need oxygen injection on certain days, particularly on hot days.” The Port of Savannah is the fourth largest container port in the United States behind Los Angeles, Long Beach and Newark. Its primary markets encompass 138 million people or 44 percent of U.S. consumers and businesses. Savannah handles eight percent of all U.S. containerized trade and nearly 12 percent of U.S. containerized exports, according to the Georgia Ports Authority. While construction is ongoing, the Ports Authority estimates 352,146 full and part-time jobs will be created. The project is expected to generate a statewide economic impact of $18.5 billion in income, $66.9 billion in sales and $32.4 billion in GDP. “This is a huge deal for us,” said Novack. “Right now we will be at 3 million TEUS [twenty-foot equivalent units] this year. We expect the growth to continue, and this type of improvement is necessary for the growth to continue in the Southeast.” The project also is expected to save the U.S. economy an average $174 million in shipping costs annually for the next 50 years. “We only look at 50 years,” Birdwell said. “But we know the harbor will be here a lot longer than that. In the later years, there will be even greater savings.” (This story also can be found on Construction Equipment Guide’s Web site at www.constructionequipmentguide.com.) CEG

The Georgia Ports Authority has already begun its share of work on the Savannah Harbor expansion project, a deepening of the harbor that will allow super ships sailing through the enlarged Panama Canal to call upon the Port of Savannah.

Widening Involves Burying Utility Lines Where Possible BRAVES from page 4

Environmental restrictions, particularly related to the river, made for slow going.

that only bloom once a year in October. The rest of the time you can’t tell the difference between the asterids and the weeds. So we had to wait until October for them to bloom to tell which were asterids and which were weeds and then relocate the asterids. The environmental concerns were complex. They caused the project to move slowly, but we got there. Developers are by nature impatient. We have to be patient.” The completed half of the new bridge is now open to traffic, with a finish date set for late 2014. The widening project from Paces Mill to Akers Mill roads involves burying utility lines where possible. When the lines can’t be buried, the poles will be replaced with taller poles and painted green to make them more attractive, Leithead said. While it seems obvious the new roadwork played a big role in helping to lure the Braves to the new Cobb County site, there are other benefits from the construction as well, Leithead said. “The transportation projects make a huge improvement to traffic and thereby make a huge improvement in congestion,” Leithead said. “By reducing congestion, that makes people more inclined to relocate from a place where there is more congestion.” The U.S. 41 project is on the fast track to be completed in time for the Braves’ first pitch in spring 2017 — up from the original completion date of later that year. (This story also can be found on Construction Equipment Guide’s Web site at www.constructionequipmentguide.com.) CEG

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The Georgia State Department of Transportation received bids for transportation-related improvement projects. Following is a list of some of the projects let. County: Cobb Proposal Number: B14602-13-000-1 Location: SR 120 Alt at Sope Creek Tributary. (FOS). Project: Bridge culvert repair. Contractors and Bid Amounts: • Sunbelt Structures Inc. — $169,874 • Massana Construction Inc. — $205,758 • McCarthy Improvement Company — $240,529 • The L. C. Whitford Company Inc. — $268,887 Counties: Baker and Dougherty Proposal Number: B14667-13-000-0 Location: Various locations in District 4. (E). Project: Bridge painting of a total of eight bridges. Contractors and Bid Amounts: • S & D Industrial Painting Inc. — $1,185,400 • Seminole Equipment Inc. — $1,222,000 • Gulf Coast Contracting LLC — $1,420,709 • K.V.K. Contracting Inc. — $1,498,000 • Vimas Painting Company Inc. — $1,534,000 • Elite Contractors Inc. — $1,737,926 • Monoko LLC — $1,784,222 • Blastech Enterprises Inc. — $2,325,000 • M & J Construction Company Of Pinellas County Inc. — $2,999,000 County: Cherokee Proposal Number: B14668-13-000-0 Location: Various locations on SR 20 and on SR 140. Project: Safety improvements. Contractors and Bid Amounts: • Baldwin Paving Company Inc. — $4,139,352 • Northwest Georgia Paving Inc. — $4,140,106 • RMD Holdings Ltd. d/b/a Nationwide Construction Group — $4,602,315 County: Cobb Proposal Number: B14661-13-000-0 Location: I-285/SR 407. (E). Project: Bridge rehabilitation. Contractors and Bid Amounts: • Comanche Construction Inc. — $331,190 • Olympus Painting Contractors Inc. — $375,930 • Sunbelt Structures Inc. — $412,410 • Massana Construction Inc. — $459,551 • The L. C. Whitford Company Inc. — $524,887 Counties: Crawford and Taylor Proposal Number: B14599-13-000-0 Location: SR 128 over the Flint River. (E). Project: 0.866 mi. of construction of a bridge and approaches. Contractors and Bid Amounts: • Robinson Paving Company — $6,384,498 • Southern Concrete Construction Company Inc. — $6,574,795 • G.P.’s Enterprises Inc. — $6,943,632

• Rogers Bridge Company Inc. — $7,128,524 • Scott Bridge Company Inc. — $7,644,302 • E. R. Snell Contractor Inc. — $7,677,860 County: Dekalb Proposal Number: B14648-13-000-0 Location: SR 236 (Lavista Road) at Oak Grove Road and at Oak Road Drive. (E). Project: Intersection improvements. Contractors and Bid Amounts: • CMES Inc. — $1,483,377 • R. J. Haynie & Associates Inc. — $1,608,005 • Baldwin Paving Company Inc. — $1,763,251 • E. R. Snell Contractor Inc. — $1,786,026 • Southeastern Site Development Inc. — $1,885,046 • Pittman Construction Company — $2,048,375 • G.P.’s Enterprises Inc. — $2,693,406 County: Gwinnett Proposal Number: B14654-13-000-0 Location: SR 84 beginning at SR 10 and extending south of SR 20. (E). Project: 3.496 mi. of milling, plant mix resurfacing and shoulder rehabilitation. Contractors and Bid Amounts: • Pittman Construction Company — $867,902 • C. W. Matthews Contracting Company Inc. — $873,945 • Baldwin Paving Company Inc. — $898,289 • E. R. Snell Contractor Inc. — $898,835 • Stewart Bros. Inc. — $1,030,696 County: Haraison Proposal Number: B14587-13-000-1

Location: At H.A. Jones Elementary School. (E). Project: Pedestrian and school zone safety improvements. Contractors and Bid Amounts: • Southeastern Site Development Inc. — $342,268 • Bartow Paving Company Inc. — $392,036 • R. J. Haynie & Associates Inc. — $431,246 • C. W. Matthews Contracting Company Inc. — $467,872 • JHC Corporation Inc. — $514,967 • Baldwin Paving Company Inc. — $559,759 • G.P.’s Enterprises Inc. — $988,848 County: Jefferson Proposal Number: B14649-13-000-0 Location: SR 102 beginning at the Glascock County Line and extending to SR 17 and on sr 80 beginning east of SR 80/SR 88 and extending to SR 17. (E). Project: 10.750 mi. of milling, inlay, plant mix resurfacing, single surface treatment paving and shoulder rehabilitation. Contractors and Bid Amounts: • C and H Paving Inc. — $2,299,807 • Pittman Construction Company — $2,343,166 • Reeves Construction Company — $2,424,447 County: Laurens Proposal Number: B14659-13-000-0 Location: SR 26 beginning at SR 29 And extending to the Johnson County Line. (E). Project: 12.192 mi. of milling, inlay, plant mix resurfacing, single surface treatment paving and shoulder rehabilitation. Contractors and Bid Amounts: • Reeves Construction Company — $2,507,095 • East Coast Asphalt LLC — $2,693,810 • Everett Dykes Grassing Company Inc. — $2,858,263

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