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Numerous cranes are used during the rehabilitation of approximately 20 bridges along the 5.5 mi. (8.8 km) stretch of Highway 172.

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Vermeerr Tapped d forr Lake County y Work…22

The first dirt moved by the new Komatsu PC200LC-8 hybrid excavator occurred on the $6.3 billion Illinois Tollway reconstruction project.

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IDOT Takes on New Phase for Freeway in Ill.

A Case CX225 excavator sets coping panels on top of the retaining wall on the toll road project.

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on the construction economy Here’ the deal: Though the Senate agreed with the House at the very last moment to a CEG CORRESPONDENT one-month extension of existing transportation funding authority, senators When the U.S. Senate failed in September to enact six-year transporta-failed to include a provision to roll back funding rescissions stipulated in tion legislation or to extend the existing funding authority in a responsiblethe last six-year bill. The $8.7 billion in rescission money was a bookit created a billion-dollar-a-month hole for the construction industry keeping method of understating the true cost of SAFETEA-LU, which “The baseline for the federal highway account is reduced by a billionwas passed in 2005 (two years into the six years of its effective authority). dollars each month we have a continuing resolution,” said Tony Dorsey The sleight of hand was needed to help win legislative support. However media spokesman of the American Association of State Highway and the scheduled rescissions never were voided, as planned, and inadvertentTransportation Officials (AASHTO). “It will cost our members one bil-ly became effective Oct. 1. “For most states, it is not hard cash money, just promise money ” said lion dollars every month we have a resolution.” While the huge loss is mostly on paper — so far — it nonetheless is adrag

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‘Start Us Up USA!’Rallies for Investment, Jobs in Ill. Start Us Up USA!, a nationwide grass- by a caravan of construction equipment, roots campaign of the construction equip- idled by the lack of federal support, paradment industry and their allies, descended ing around Soldier Field to urge the federupon Chicago Oct. 20 with a rally of local al government to stop job loss. business and labor leaders and construc- “The construction equipment industry tion workers calling on the federal gov- is in a deep depression and we have lost ernment to move quickly on the reautho- 33,000 jobs in Illinois and 37 percent of rization of a critical transportation bill. our workforce nationwide the past few New transportation funding is neces- years,” said Toby Mack, president and sary to improve the nation’s infrastructure CEO of the Associated Equipment Diane Benck, vice president of West Side Tractor Sales and spur a recovery of the construction Distributors (AED), based in Oak Brook, Co., noted how difficult this recession has been on the equipment industry, especially in hard-hit Ill. employees of her company as well as the other disstates like Illinois. The rally was followed tributors across America.

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hort 19-mi. (30.5 km) stretch of road just north of Detroit has been transformed into an provement project with a rather complicated strategy. Extensive work on the I-96/I-696 corridor i Oakland and Ma comb counties has been divided into four separate projects. Project 1 consists ofrehabilitation of eight bridges and repair of 4 mi. (6.4 km) of pavement in Oakland County between Novi and Halsted roads, including the I-9 6/I-696/M-5 interchange in Novi and Farmington Hills. Project 2 picks up where the first project ends and involves pavementpatching and rehabilitation of 42 bridges on I-696 in Oakland County between Halsted and Cam bell-Hilton roads. Project 3 focuses on rehabilitating 22 bridges on I-696, 15 of which ar e located within the IA total of 56 bridges will undergo rehabilitati on. Because C.A. Hall is a subcontractor for 696/Mound Road interchange. all bridge work on both contra cts and since there is a lot of bridge work in the west conProject 4 includes rehabili tation of six bridges tract, Hall is doing cons iderable work on both. and extensive pavement repairs to I-696 between H yes and N eman roads in M comb particularly concerning the bridge work. $14 million contract toconduct bridge rehabiliCount Also included are safety upgrades and total of 56 bridges will under o rehabilita-tation and concrete patching on I-696 — the east lighting replacement on the median and ramps. tion. Because C.A Hall isa subcontractor for all project. The west cont ract involves significant bridge work on both cont racts and since there’ amounts of overlay but there is none on the east Ove a lot of bridge work in the west contract, H ll iscontract. Instead, there i , as Daavettila s “a For all practical purposes, the $67 milliondoing considerable work on both. lot of concrete patching.” overall project has been divided into two con- “Because they’re a major sub, it leads to a lot tracts — east and west — with two prime con-of coordination. H ll is at all the meetings for Other N s for a tractors: D s Excavating out of G ant, M ch.,the Dan’s contract.” Old-Ti T on the west contract na d C. Hall on the east. According to Daavettila, the two big con- Before being designate d as a military highBut even that divisionis a little blurry tracts consist of a twoyear project for $47 mil- way in 1832, the corridorfrom Lake Michigan “There are overlapping facets,” says Bob lion to reconstruct pavement from Novi tothrough Detroit, Lansing Daavettila, construction director for Tetra Tech, Farmington Hills — the west project —

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Constructing a Healthy Look at Health Care Reform reform odel in which government w ould provide most health care services would dramaticallychange the way every business operates, lar e or CEG CORRESPONDENT small. care reform will be tailored to the Health care reformin the United Stat es has been beaten nearly to death It is impractical to hope that health this ye by a voc tes and c itics alike. Yet a the debate moves intoconstruction industry Nevertheless,small businesses consistently favor October the final shape of “reform” mains re elusive and elastic w th con-certain reform initiatives over hers. ot ere ashington to institute reform ght lay down, the following features struction industry executives anxious about its impact on their com anies.along the lines general contractors mi change in the system definitelywill have impact on contractors would be among the legislated changes: and a sweeping change could upendsmaller firms — and most construc- • New authority for sociations to negotiate insurance packages t on companies are small-to-medium-si zed. The truth of the matter is the

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Cat 321C LCR a d 330DL excavators are hardat work at a C.W. Matthews project i Nort east Cobb Cou ty, Ga., for emergency Cobb DOT road replacement, w ich i cluded installatio of a triple barrel 72 i (183 c ., 70 ft. (21 lo g pipi g syste a d te porary road to service 40 o es that were without a roadway to get out of their Waterford subdivisio ho es.

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For the past three years, the Indiana Toll Road has undergone major improvements. These improvements came about as a result of the growing population in Lake and Porter

counties, necessitating the ITR Concession Company LLC (ITRCC) to widen the Indiana Toll Road. As a result, ITRCC hired Indiana TollRoads Contractors LLC, a joint venture between Ferrovial Agroman Indiana LLC see TOLL page 50

For the third time in 20 years, Mike Myszkowski, Illinois Department of Transportation engineer, is resurfacing the Bishop Ford Freeway just outside of Chicago. In 1989, a “surface fix” was performed, putting down a 2-in. (5 cm) layer of asphalt. In 1998, the work needed to be repeated, due to wear caused by heavy traffic. Nearly 10 years later, the road once again needs repair. The current rehabilitation project involves resurfacing all lanes and shoulders of the 9-mi. (14.5 km) stretch of freeway between Martin Luther King Drive and 159th Street, as well as pavement patching, bridge repairs, new guardrail installation and exit/entrance ramp resurfacing — including the Stony Island Feeder Ramp. One of nearly 250 “shovel-ready” construction projects in Illinois, the $27.5 million job, funded by the Stimulus Plan — President Obama’s American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, is a joint venture headed by Chicago area-based Gallagher Asphalt and K-Five Construction. Let in April, work got see BISHOP page 42

Annual Chicago Construction Expo Draws Nears Mark your calendars! The fourth annual Chicago Construction Expo at the Renaissance Shaumburg Convention Center in Schaumburg, Ill., is primed and ready to go on Wednesday, Feb. 24 and Thursday, Feb. 25, 2010. Show hours will be 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Visitors have come to expect an extensive and diverse collection of exhibitors at the Chicago Construction Expo, and this year’s show will be no different. Additionally, the expo will provide networking and educational opportunities for attendees. This year’s show will feature several seminars, training sessions and certification programs including Julie One Call, LICA and UCA as presenters. The show is going green this year, with the introduc-

tion of the virtual totebag. The Virtual Totebag is an eco-friendly solution designed to reduce the cost and waste of printing, shipping and distributing paper collateral. With the Virtual Totebag, attendees can request, store and share session content and exhibitor materials via their mobile devices. Door prizes, donated by the exhibitors, will be awarded throughout the show, and show-goers are likely to run into a celebrity or two as they travel the show floor. For more information on exhibiting, call Bob Buckley, CEG Productions sales manager, at 800/9927116. For all other questions, call Sheila Kirby, CEG Productions trade show manager, at 800/523-2200, or visit www.cegltd.com.

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The expansive Illinois Tollway’s reconstruction, rehabilitation and widening project is part of the $6.3 billion Congestion-Relief Program.

By the end of 2009, the Illinois Tollway will complete nearly $3 billion in work to reconstruct/rehabilitate and widen about 120 mi. (193 km) of roadway across the 286-mi. system. However, one segment of the 286 mi. see TOLLWAY page 46

The inaugural Midwest Construction Expo will be held at the Minneapolis Convention Center on Thursday and Friday, March 18 and 19, 2010. Show hours are 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. both days, and admission is free. More than 100 exhibits are planned, featuring the latest makes and models of construction equipment, as well as trucks, trailers, attachments, contractor supplies and all the ancillary products and services, such as finance, bonding, insurance, and more. Several of the area’s top equipment dealers have already committed to the show, including Ziegler Cat, Lano Equipment, St. Joseph Equipment, Road Machinery & Supplies, RDO and Trenchers Plus. In addition to the exhibits the show will be an outstanding educational opportunity for attendees. Many of the industry’s leading associations are working closely with CEG Productions, the show’s producers, to develop programs that will help contractors do their jobs better, faster, safer and more efficiently. Among the participating associations will be the Minneapolis Utility Contractors Association, the

Kentucky Digs Deep on $109M Tunnel Project

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By Lori Lovely Sanitation District 1 (SD1) of Northern Kentucky broke ground in September on a 6-mi.-long (9.6 km) tunnel intended to convey sewage across western Boone County to a new treatment plant on the banks of the Ohio River. The gravity sewer project will route flow to a new 20 million gallon-per-day Western Regional Wastewater Reclamation Facility. When completed, ultimate peak hourly flow can reach as high as 177 million gal. per day (gpd), with average daily flow expected to initially be more in the realm of 10 million gpd.

As Jeff Olsen, vice president of HDR Engineering and project manager of this job, explained, the project will provide relief for an overburdened collection and treatment system and can be used to store up to 14 million gallons of excess water after heavy rains. “There’s a significant wet weather component” to this sanitary sewer, he explained, adding that it is designed to accommodate wet weather issues and alleviate the burden on the Dry Creek treatment plant in Kenton County. Other benefits include relief to existing interceptor sewers, with added capacity for future growth; operational simplicity, requiring minimal maintesee TUNNEL page 26

Currently, “D” Construction has between 65 and 90 people on site everyday, depending on how many trucks are running on the Union Pacific Railroad job.

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Work onsite began June 1 and by the end of August, the bore machine was in the ground. Its first cut was completed by Aug. 24 and its initial 100-ft. (30.5 m) mining drive through shaft 5 was done on Sept. 10.

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Union Pacific Railroad covers 23 states in the western two-thirds of the country. So, when any work is done at one of the company’s rail yards, the project tends to be just as expansive. Union Pacific Railroad tapped Illinois-based “D” Construction as subcontractor for Ragnar Benson to work on the 800,000-sq.-yd. (668,900 sq m) intermodular project at see RAIL page 28

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What should have been a fairly routine sewage lift station installation, turned out to be a much larger project when overly wet soil was encountered. The project is located just east of downtown St. Paul, Minn., and a quarter of a mile away from the Mississippi River on Highway 61 and Lower Afton Road. The sewage lift station is located at the bottom of a river bluff so everything drains to that point, explained Glen Haugen, of Kober Excavating of St. Paul, Minn. Originally it was planned that a 36-sq.-ft. (3.3 sq m) box would be sufficient to shore the area, but because of the soggy soil, Metropolitan Council wanted an additional depth of rock to support the structure. The end design became a 45 by 45 by 24 ft. (13.7 by 13.7 by 7.3 m) high clear span A Bobcat skid steer is lowered into the censlide rail system. This design ter of the Slide Rail system for a sewage lift station project in St. Paul, Minn., along the required the use of double cross Mississippi River on Highway 61 at Lower brace roller assemblies within the Afton Road.

By Lori Lovely CEG CORRESPONDENT

The infamous forty-year traffic bottleneck along 159th Street between the Tristate Tollway (I-294) and Halsted St. (IL Rt. 1) in Harvey, Ill., is coming to an end. In a two-pronged project, the Illinois Department of Transportation will reconstruct the viaduct that carries the Metra electric commuter and the Canadian National Railroad over 159th St. and simultaneously widen and improve 159th St. This stretch of road is a main line between I-294 and the Bishop Ford, Ed McGuire resident technician for IDOT, explained — a main detour route for the expressway 2 mi. west of the Bishop Ford south of the city: a true commuter area. “It’s been bottlenecked for 40 years.” Average daily traffic (ADT) in 1995 was 20,200. Projected ADT for 2020 is 33,000. see VIADUCT page 46

see MINNESOTA page 41

By Dorinda Anderson

Chicago, Midwest Expos to Offer Numerous Seminars Are you confused about new and continually changing standards? Would you like to find ways to avoid pesky citations? CEG Productions has new seminars lined up at both the fourth annual Chicago Construction Expo and the inaugural Midwest Construction Expo.

Due to last year’s success, The Chicago Construction Expo at the Renaissance Schaumburg Convention Center in Schaumburg, Ill., will feature new seminars to address industry-related problems and more Feb. 24 and 25. Presenters and educators also have see EXPOS page 45

CEG CORRESPONDENT

Construction on the first half of a 5.5 mi. (8.8 km) stretch of roadway that will ease traffic issues for a future project was completed this fall in time for the Green Bay Packers football season. There was potential to complete both halves of this Green Bay, Wis., area Department of Transportation project in one year, but there was no way to know what Mother Nature would dish out, and the possibility of major delays to weather could have made it difficult to finish the project in one year, so it was decided that the work would be separated into two seasons, explained Kristin Van Hout, project leader of construction engisee WSDOT page 56

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Company Founder Viewed as Angel Amid Disaster By Giles Lambertson CEG CORRESPONDENT

Table of Contents ................4 Underground Utility, Trenchers & Boxes Section............37-39 Business Calendar ..............46 Paving Section ..............59-67 Parts Section......................68 Auction Section ............74-82 Advertisers Index ..............83

“Tad Agoglia is almost looked upon as an angel here in Parkersburg, Iowa,” said city administrator Chris Luhring. Agoglia doesn’t have wings, as it turns out, but his story does have a Christmas feel. Two years ago, Agoglia converted his profitable disaster response and cleanup company to a nonprofit foundation. He left his home and went on the road where he spends all year donating his expertise to stricken communities and seeking support and training for his team. Several leading equipment manufacturers

and construction industry companies have caught the giving spirit and are backing him with money and machinery. “When you meet him, you’ll quickly see that his passion is unprecedented,” said Darrin Foulk, vice president of Cleveland Brothers Equipment Co., which has Caterpillar dealerships across Pennsylvania. Foulk speaks from experience. He met Agoglia when the latter entered a Cleveland Brothers branch in Lancaster to buy a piece of equipment. The company executive overheard Agoglia’s story and invited him to dinner.

By the time they folded their napkins and pushed away from the table, Agoglia had been offered a Cat skid steer under cost as well as donated cables for his generator and a full complement of spare parts for his mechanical repair truck. Not finished, Foulk rang up two other equipment manufacturers and persuaded them to help out with major pieces of equipment. “These are the unique kinds of people I have been meeting lately,” Agoglia said, reflecting on the $800,000 in equipment received in the last two months. “I can’t explain Tad Agoglia surveying the it. They offer their help with no damage in part of see ANGEL page 28

Parkersburg, Iowa.


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