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Salude Rehab to Open in July By Eric Olson
The first five weeks on the project were spent concentrated on clearing and grubbing, grading the site and putting in retaining walls.
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center has yet to be finalized, but will employ nursing staff and clinical specialists, as well as hospitality-focused staff like a concierge.
Construction crews north of Atlanta are finishing up a 46,610 sq. ft. (4,330.2 sq m) upscale transitional care medical facility designed to care for patients who have been discharged from the hospital but still in need of daily rehabilitation. Texas-based Golden Living — the second largest skilled nursing provider in the United States, will manage the 64-bed Salude transitional care center. The company has been developing the new Georgia facility for the last year in Suwanee. Located just off Interstate 85 on Atlanta’s suburban north side, Salude is just the second development in a new mixed-use commercial enclave called Suwanee Gateway. Encompassing almost 14 million sq. ft. of industrial, office, retail and hotel space, the development is being counted on to help revitalize the area between the interstate and downtown Suwanee. The medical facility plans to have its grand opening July 8, according to Kelli Luneborg, public relations director of Golden Living. She added that the number of employees at the
Built for Short-Term Patients Salude is being built to replace another Golden Living facility in nearby Lawrenceville that had to be closed due to roof damage. The Suwanee rehab center is designed for patients who are recovering from a variety of postacute and post-surgical conditions, including orthopedic, cardiac and other complex, short-term rehabilitation needs. “We knew we wanted to rebuild so we decided to use the opportunity to offer the community a new model of health care — one that would cater to short-term rehabilitation patients,” Luneborg said. “We worked closely with the state to make sure they supported our vision to offer a new transitional care model. There are very few transitional care facilities, if any at all, that are equally focused on clinical experience and delivering a hospitalityoriented customer-service experience.” see SALUDE page 4
Texas-based Golden Living — the second largest skilled nursing provider in the United States., has been developing the new Georgia facility for the last year in Suwanee.
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Salude Fulfills Healing, Rehabilitation Needs for Suwanee
The lay of the land itself also proved a challenge for the work crew due to the fact that the site was located in a relatively deep and narrow valley. Most of the building will be done by the end of May, according to Jason Nail, director of construction management of Golden Living and project manager of Salude. SALUDE from page 1
Luneborg added that Salude will be geared to patients in need of physical therapy, like those recovering from knee and hip replacements. “Salude is for people who are well enough to leave the hospital but are not quite ready to go home where they may have stairs or other things in their day to day living that may preclude them from easily getting back on their feet,” Luneborg said. Traditionally speaking, Luneborg said that there has not been a good healthcare environment to accept these people and fully expedite the healing process between the hospital and home. She explained that hotels are often built adjacent to hospitals because patients from out of town need a good place to stay while still being close to their doctor or physical therapist. Construction Almost Complete Now, after more than a year of construction, Salude is almost ready to fill that critical need. Most of the building will be done by the end of May, according to Jason Nail, the director of construction management of Golden Living and the project manager for Salude. Between that time and the grand opening, almost all of the work will be in readying the interior for patients. Weather, Topography Key Factors Like every other building project in the Southeast over the past year or so, weather has played havoc with the pace of the work, according to Nail. “We’ve had record rainfall and then you
add the snow days in there; those two elements combined really gave us some trouble,” Nail said. “But, I’ll tell you what, we are working with a pretty reputable general contractor in Integra Construction in Atlanta and they have managed to keep us on track.” Any time that the bad weather threatened to put the project behind schedule, Nail said, “these guys just managed to man up and work overtime” to keep the job moving forward. He added that the first five weeks on the project last year were spent concentrated on clearing and grubbing, grading the site and putting in retaining walls. “We actually had to monitor the backfill for 30 days to ensure that we had the proper compaction and that settlement had stopped,” Nail said. “That’s one reason that we are at 12 months right now.” The lay of the land itself also proved challenging to Nail and the work crew due to the fact that the site was located in a relatively deep and narrow valley. Crews had to construct a building pad to level the slopes of the site, as well as build retaining walls that vary in height from 28 to 47 ft. (8.5 to 14.3 m), with another 7 or 8 ft. to the building pad, Nail said. He added that Golden Living owns about 14.5 acres at the site, but only 4.92 acres was developed. “That’s a pretty big undertaking for that small of acreage relative to the site,” Nail said. (This story also can be found on Construction Equipment Guide’s Web site at www.constructionequipmentguide.com.) CEG
Crews had to construct a building pad to level the slopes of the site, as well as build retaining walls that vary in height from 28 to 47 ft. (8.5 to 14.3 m), with another 7 or 8 ft. to the building pad.
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Jimi Martin, Cobb County Earn Top Awards for 2013
(L-R): Dale McLemore, Bennie Lino, Josh Davis, Bill Smith, John Davis and Clay Eubanks.
(L-R): Clay Eubanks, Joel Webb, Jimi Martin and Dale McLemore.
Takeuchi recently handed out its top awards for 2013 — Cobb County Tractor Co. /Perimeter Takeuchi was announced as dealer of the year while salesman Jimi Martin of Perimeter Takeuchi was named salesman of the year. Takeuchi regional business manager Dale McLemore and Takeuchi president Clay Eubanks were both on hand to present them with their well-earned awards. Located in Marietta, Ga., Cobb County Tractor supplies both the construction and agricultural markets. The company is a full line dealer of Takeuchi equipment that has had a great deal of success with the product line. Cobb County Tractor’s combined efforts with Perimeter Takeuchi (a division of Cobb County Tractor) helped them achieve top performance nationally in machine sales and market share to win the top dealer award. “Supplying equipment needs to both the agricultural and construction market is no easy feat to accomplish — to do so successfully, you need to have the ability to understand the needs for both the agricultural and construction markets, which Cobb County Tractor has done with success,” said McLemore, who has been working with Cobb County Tractor and Perimeter Takeuchi for the past four years. “Cobb County Tractor provides excellent customer service. As a top performing dealer they are committed to their service technicians attending factory service training and their service department puts the needs of the customer first.” One reason Cobb Country Tractor and Perimeter Takeuchi are so successful is because of its dedicated sales force. A prime example is salesman Jimi Martin who earned the top salesman award for 2013. Martin ranked as number one in retail sales for North America. “Jimi is an extremely hard worker, starting his day before the sun comes up and works long days,” said McLemore. “He is a great listener, understanding the needs of his customers and has the ability to meet all of their equipment requirements. He certainly is well-deserving of this award and we are proud to present it to him.” (This story also can be found on Construction Equipment Guide’s Web site at www.constructionequipmentguide.com.) CEG
Doosan Introduces New Authorized Dealer in Bloomingdale, Ga. Doosan has expanded its dealer network with the addition of Acme Operations’ Bobcat of Savannah as an authorized sales, parts and service provider of Doosan equipment. With six authorized Bobcat dealerships — Bobcat of Asheville, Bobcat of Greenville, Bobcat of Columbia, Bobcat of Spartanburg,
Bobcat of Charleston and Bobcat of Savannah — Acme Operations primarily serves the compact equipment needs of customers throughout North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia. After experiencing years of continued success selling, servicing and renting Bobcat machines, the dealership’s Bloomingdale
location recently added the compact equipment manufacturer’s parent brand, Doosan, to its product lineup — marking the dealership’s entrance into the heavy equipment market. Bobcat of Savannah will distribute Doosan heavy excavators, wheel loaders and log loaders.
The dealership is located at 402 U.S. Highway 80 E., Bloomingdale, Ga. For more information call 912/236-5588 or visit bobcatops.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 bids for transportation-related improvement projects. Following is a list of some of the projects let. Counties: Barrow and Walton Contract ID: B14727-14-000-0 Location: On SR 81 (Loganville Highway) over the Apalachee River. Project: 0.418 mi. of construction of a bridge and approaches. also includes construction of a detour bridge. Contractors and Bid Amounts: • Pittman Construction Company — $2,385,901 • Baldwin Paving Company Inc. — $2,496,965 • Rogers Bridge Company Inc. — $2,524,368 • E. R. Snell Contractor Inc. — $2,581,890 County: Berrien Contract ID: B14726-14-000-0 Location: Various locations in Berrien County. Project: Traffic signal upgrades and installation of intersection video detection systems (VDS). Contractors and Bid Amounts: • The Navitus Group Inc. — $436,297 • R. J. Haynie & Associates Inc. — $461,476 • North Cherokee Electrical Contractors Inc. — $495,903 • Corbett Electrical Construction Inc. — $510,668 • JHC Corporation Inc. — $530,914 County: Chatham Contract ID: B14731-14-000-0 Location: On SR 204 (Abercorn Street) beginning east of Pine Grove Road (CR 68) and extending west of Veterans Parkway (CR 975); Two bridges and approaches over the CSX Railroad and over King George Boulevard. Project: 1.477 mi. of construction of an interchange. Also includes construction of two bridges and approaches. Contractors and Bid Amounts: • Balfour Beatty Infrastructure Inc. — $26,939,700 • Superior Construction Company Southeast LLC — $30,814,454 • McLendon Enterprises Inc. — $31,300,115 • Reeves Construction Company — $31,388,939 • Plant Improvement Company Inc. — $32,452,565 • Oldcastle Southern Group Inc. D/B/A Apac Southeast, Inc. — $35,582,241 • G.P.’s Enterprises Inc. — $38,942,942 Counties: Clayton, Fayette, Fulton and Henry Contract ID: B14734-14-000-0 Location: On SR 138 beginning at SR 279 (Old National Highway and extending west of U.S. 23/SR 42. Project: 9.886 mi. of milling, inlay and plant mix resurfacing. Contractors and Bid Amounts: • C. W. Matthews Contracting Company Inc. — $4,037,998 • E. R. Snell Contractor Inc. — $4,189,480
• Baldwin Paving Company Inc. — $4,393,528 • Stewart Bros. Inc. — $5,574,378 County: Columbia Contract ID: B14699-14-000-0 Location: On SR 232 over Walton Branch. Project: 0.426 mi. of construction of a bridge and approaches. Contractors and Bid Amounts: • Gregory Bridge Company — $1,930,211 • C And H Paving Inc. — $1,967,306 • E. R. Snell Contractor Inc. — $2,062,664 • Rogers Bridge Company Inc. — $2,213,524 • Reeves Construction Company — $2,321,264 • G.P.’s Enterprises Inc. — $3,088,412 Counties: Crisp, Dodge and Wilcox Contract ID: B14730-14-000-0 Location: Various locations. Project: Installation of railroad crossing signs and pavement markings. Contractors and Bid Amounts: • JHC Corporation Inc. — $197,732 • Peek Pavement Marking LLC — $217,276 • The L. C. Whitford Company Inc. — $294,487 County: Dooly Contract ID: B14732-14-000-0 Location: On SR 230 over Turkey Creek. Project: 0.150 mi. of construction of a bridge and approaches. Contractors and Bid Amounts: • Rogers Bridge Company Inc. — $1,021,524 • Southern Concrete Construction Company Inc. —
$1,062,002 • G.P.’s Enterprises Inc. — $1,372,005 County: Fulton Contract ID: B14728-14-000-0 Location: On Buffington Road (CR 1385) over Morning Creek Tributary. Project: 0.237 mi. of construction of a bridge and approaches. Contractors and Bid Amounts: • Tidwell Construction Company — $1,784,012 • Rogers Bridge Company Inc. — $1,794,423 • Southeastern Site Development Inc. — $1,797,588 • C. W. Matthews Contracting Company Inc. — $1,820,142 • E. R. Snell Contractor Inc. — $1,822,788 • McCarthy Improvement Company — $1,893,151 • G.P.’s Enterprises Inc. — $3,182,705 County: Jackson Contract ID: B14724-14-000-0 Location: On SR 15/SR 82 (Kissam Street) over Curry Creek. Project: 0.694 mi. of construction of a total of 2 bridges and approaches. Also includes installation of intersection video detection systems (VDS). Contractors and Bid Amounts: • Pittman Construction Company — $6,905,135 • C. W. Matthews Contracting Company Inc. — $7,306,247 • Southeastern Site Development Inc. — $8,089,229 • G.P.’s Enterprises Inc. — $8,177,606 • E. R. Snell Contractor Inc. — $8,465,106
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