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Ditch Witch Acquires Albany, Ga., Location By Brenda Ruggiero CEG CORRESPONDENT
Ditch Witch of Georgia recently acquired its third location, adding Ditch Witch of Albany to the existing facilities in Savannah and Atlanta (Forest Park). The company, owned by the Ditch Witch factory, is Charles Machine Works Inc., located in Perry, Okla. Wade Bailey, general manager of Ditch Witch of Georgia, started with the company 33 years ago. Over the years, Bailey worked his way up through four different owners and various positions, including salesman, sales manager and assistant general manager. He explained that back in the 1970’s, all three stores had the same owner, Clarence Merritt. When his two daughters married, he split the state, giving each of them separate dealerships, one in Savannah, see ALBANY page 6
(L-R): Mike Holton, parts sales; Ricky McCrary, operations manager; and Ed Oliver, service manager, head up sales and product support functions of Ditch Witch of Albany, Ga.
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Sen. Isakson Pushes Funding to Deepen Shipping Channel By Russ Bynum ASSOCIATED PRESS
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) While acknowledging it’s a bad time to seek money from Washington, U.S. Sen. Johnny Isakson said April 3 he’s pushing hard to get federal funding to begin deepening the shipping channel to the Port of Savannah by the end of 2013. The Georgia Republican told reporters during a visit to the bustling seaport that the harbor deepening is his top issue to discuss with President Barack Obama when the president joins Isakson and other GOP senators for dinner. They’ll be dining the same day Obama plans to release his proposed budget, which Georgia port officials hope will include money to start construction on the $652 million project. “We’re still working diligently in
Washington to close the deal,’’ Isakson said. “And we’re very, very close.’’ Savannah and other East Coast ports are scrambling to deepen their shipping channels to make room for supersized cargo ships expected to begin arriving after the Panama Canal finishes a major expansion. That work is expected to be finished in 2015. Even before the Panama Canal project added urgency to the issue, the Georgia Ports Authority had been working since the 1990s to deepen more than 30 mi. (48 km) of the Savannah River between its docks and the Atlantic Ocean. The federal government, which spent $41 million studying the project, gave final approval last October to deepen the harbor from 42 to 47 ft. (12.8 to 14 m). Now the major hurdle is money, though a federal lawsuit filed in South Carolina by
environmental groups opposed to the project remains unresolved as well. The federal government is on the hook for 70 percent of the cost. Getting any sizable funding from Washington at a time when lawmakers are focused on painful budget cuts won’t be easy. “You’re talking about a lot of money,’’ Isakson said. “And we’re having a lot of problems in Washington with money.’’ The Army Corps of Engineers said last fall it hoped to begin dredging by this summer. Asked when realistically the corps might get funding to start that work, Isakson declined to give a specific timetable but said “this is the year that we have to get the job done.’’ Obama has called for expediting improvements at U.S. ports to help spur the economy and has included a line item for the Savannah project in past budgets. Last year
the president’s budget included $2.8 million for the Savannah harbor project — enough to keep it on Washington’s radar but far less than the $105 million Georgia officials wanted to put toward the start of construction. If Obama doesn’t come up with the money in his upcoming budget, Georgia officials are looking at other options. Steve Green, vice chairman of the Georgia Ports Authority board, said $231 million the state has already appropriated for its share of the cost could be tapped to cover the federal share of the first phase of dredging if no money comes from Washington. But he said the move would need approval from the federal government, which has authority over maintaining navigable waters. (This story also can be found on Construction Equipment Guide’s Web site at www.constructionequipmentguide.com.)
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Zero Percent* Parts Financing on Cat® parts nterr,, through Shop S orders over the counter Service or through Field Service from Feb. 1 - July 31, 2013.
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Albany 800.768.2892 Augusta 800.446.5131 Austell 800.282.1562 Brunswick 800.299.5010 Calhoun 800.752.9804
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Offer good from February 1 to May 31, 2013 on select new models at Yancey Bros. Co. Offer cannot be combined with any other offers. Suggested retail 60-month lease payment does not necessarily r based on a 10% down payment. The stated financing offer is through Cat Financial and does not include taxes, freight, set-up, delivery, additional options, or attachments. The Maintenance Credit applies to select models at Yancey Bros. Co. Financing and published rates are subject to credit approval through Cat Financial. Additional terms and conditions may apply. Subject bject to change without prior notice. CAT CAT, CA CATERPILLAR, TERPILLAR, their respective logos, “Caterpillar Yellow” and the “Power Edge” trade dress, as well as corporate and product identity used herein, are trademarks of Caterpillar Inc. and may not be used without permission. © 2013 Yancey Bros. Co. All Rights Reserved.
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Ditch Witch of Georgia Offers Wide Variety of Equipment ALBANY from page 1
and another in Albany. “When a situation came up at the end of 2012, CMW acted to acquire Albany, thus reuniting all of Georgia again for the first time in 40 years. We are now one company, which is Ditch Witch of Georgia with Albany and Savannah branches,” said Bailey. The other members of the Ditch Witch of Georgia management team responsible for day-to-day operations are Ronnie Mayfield, service and rental manager; David Ponder, parts manager; Cindy Fawcett, controller, and, Ricky McCrary, branch manager in Albany. All totaled, 134 years of Ditch Witch experience are wrapped up in this management team. Ditch Witch of Georgia has a wide variety of equipment offerings including pedestrian and riding trenchers, plows from 12 to 115, the SK750, 755 compact tool carriers with multiple attachments, cutting edge cable locators and ground penetrating radar (GPR), a complete line of vacuum excavating units and tools, a Hammerhead product line from pneumatic piercing tools to “pipe bursting” the directional drill line: JT5, JT922, JT20, JT25, JT30, JT4020, JT100, and rock drilling units: AT30, AT4020, AT100. These JT units complete with tracking electronics, mixing systems and trailers, are offered at all DW locations to meet customer’s underground needs wherever they are located in the state of Georgia. Much of this equipment is available for rent. “At Ditch Witch of Georgia, offering the finest underground equipment is not where our job ends, it’s where it begins…we believe that our equipment is only as good as the parts and service we offer to our customer,” Bailey said. For more information: www.ditchwitchga.com (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 Contractors and Bid Amounts: • Plant Improvement Company Inc. — $665,456 bids for transportation-related improvement projects. • Dixie Roadbuilders Inc. — $719,726 Following is a list of some of the projects let. • Ricketson Construction Company Inc. — $743,138 Completion Date: n/a County: Butts County: Franklin Contract ID: B14405-12-000-0 Contract ID: B14406-12-000-0 District: District 3 Location: 8.110 mi. of milling, plant mix resurfacing, single District: District 1 surface treatment paving and shoulder rehabilitation on SR 36 Location: 4.572 mi. of plant mix resurfacing and double surbeginning northwest of Short Road (Prison Blvd.) and face treatment paving on SR 174 beginning west of U.S. 29/SR 8 and extending east of SR 51. (E). extending to SR 16. (E). Project: M004306. Project: M004354. Contractors and Bid Amounts: Contractors and Bid Amounts: • C. W. Matthews Contracting Company Inc. — • Georgia Asphalt Inc. — $1,785,840 $697,201 • E. R. Snell Contractor Inc. — $1,822,339 • Pittman Construction Company — $709,725 • C. W. Matthews Contracting Company Inc. — • Allied Paving Contractors Inc. — $763,912 $1,881,433 • E. R. Snell Contractor Inc. — $772,183 Completion Date: n/a Completion Date: Aug. 31, 2013 County: Charlton County: Fulton Contract ID: B14410-12-000-0 Contract ID: B14409-12-000-0 District: District 5 Location: 3.847 mi. of milling, plant mix resurfacing and District: District 7 shoulder rehabilitation on SR 40 beginning east of U.S. 1/SR Location: Intersection improvements on Mt. Paran Road (CR 624) at I-75 and at U.S. 41/SR 3. (E). 4 and extending to the Camden County Line. (E). Project: 0009678. Project: M004392.
Contractors and Bid Amounts: • Precision 2000 Inc. — $707,289 • Southeastern Site Development Inc. — $721,840 • R. J. Haynie & Associates Inc. — $798,583 • Baldwin Paving Company Inc. — $808,718 • JHC Corporation Inc. — $830,734 • G.P.’s Enterprises Inc. — $922,946 • E. R. Snell Contractor Inc. — $1,056,336 Completion Date: Aug. 31, 2013 County: Glynn Contract ID: B14408-12-000-0 District: District 5 Location: Interchange reconstruction on I-95/SR 405 at SR 99; also includes construction of a bridge and approaches over I-95. (E). Project: NHS00-0001-00 (585). Contractors and Bid Amounts: • Rogers Bridge Company Inc. & Plant Improvement Company Inc. — $11,063,460 • Balfour Beatty Infrastructure Inc. — $11,087,396 • Archer Western Contractors LLC — $11,932,996 • Prince Contracting LLC — $12,536,573 • Superior Construction Company Southeast LLC — $13,383,878 • Tic-The Industrial Company — $15,393,041 Completion Date: Nov. 30, 2014
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