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Nelsonville Bypass Sees Successful, Productive Year

From January 2012 to November 2012, contractors Kokosing Construction Company (Phase II) and Beaver Excavating (Phase III) along with their subcontractors logged more than 160,000 hours combined on the two phases — that’s equivalent to working 24 hours a day for 18 years.

The official start of winter means the shutting down of many construction projects across the state, including the Nelsonville Bypass. Although work on the 8.5 mi. (13.7 km) long bypass will start back up next spring, 2012 was a highly productive and successful year for the $138 million project. “We couldn’t be more pleased with the progress we’ve made this year,” said ODOT District 10 Deputy Director Steve Williams. “Once we open the bypass next year, this major corridor and busy truck route will not only be safer to travel but will further enhance economic development opportunities in southeastern Ohio.” ODOT broke ground on Phase II and III on Oct. 13, 2009. The entire bypass is scheduled to open by fall 2013. From January 2012 to November 2012, contractors Kokosing Construction Company (Phase II) and Beaver Excavating (Phase III) along with their subcontractors logged more than 160,000 hours combined on the two phases — that’s equivalent to working 24 hours a day for 18 years. 2012 Phase II Stats Phase II of the Nelsonville Bypass includes more than 3 mi. (4.8 km) of highway earth work and 4.56 mi. (7.4 km)

Phase II of the Nelsonville Bypass includes more than 3 mi. (4.8 km) of highway earth work and 4.56 mi. (7.4 km) of four-lane paving.

of four-lane paving. Phase II also consists of construction of the west interchange as well as the construction of four bridges. • Poured four bridge decks for a total of 1,304 cu. yds. (997 cu m) of concrete • Installed 19,000 ft. (5,791 m) of guardrail — equivalent to the length of nearly 53 football fields • Placed more than 52,000 tons (47,174 t) of aggregate base — equivalent to the weight of the Titanic • Paved 8,646 cu. yds. (6610 cu m) of asphalt • Placed more than 475,000 sq. yds. (363,164 sq m) of seeding and mulching • Installed 89,000 ft. (27,127 m) of drainage pipe — approximately 17 mi. (27.4 km) long One of the greatest accomplishments made this year was the opening of 3.8 miles of Phase II — nearly nine months ahead of schedule. “The opening of phase two ahead of schedule is incredible and illustrates the hard work ODOT and the contractors have been doing since we broke ground in 2009,” said Phase II Project Engineer Audrey Seals. “Motorists can now get into and out of Nelsonville much safer than before.” 2012 Phase III Stats Phase III begins near Doanville and includes construction

of 3.87 mi. (6.2 km) of four-lane highway. Also included in Phase III is the construction of the U.S. 33 / SR 78 / SR 691 interchange. The project will reroute SR 78 1.63 mi. (2.6 km) through the Happy Hollow area to form the interchange. • Excavated the final 400,000 cu. yds. (305,822 cu m) of dirt and placed the last 170,000 cu. yds. (129,974 cu m) of embankment • Placed 15,000 cu. yds. (11,468 cu m) of grout — that’s enough to fill four-and-a-half Olympic sized pools • Installed 111,000 ft. (33,832 m) of drainage pipe — approximately 21 mi. (33.8 km) long • Placed 75,000 tons (68,038 t) of aggregate base — the weight of nearly three-and-a-half Great Sphinx • Paved 70,000 sq. yds. (58,529 sq m) of concrete pavement — equal to nearly 14-and-a-half acres • Poured 5 bridge decks for a total of 2,165 cu. yds. (1,655 cu m) of concrete • Placed 437,000 sq. yds. (365,388 sq m) of seeding and mulching “We accomplished our goals this year of finishing the excavation work, mine grouting and pouring the concrete decks,” said Phase III Project Engineer Daniel McDonald. “Next year we’ll focus on paving, finishing the State Route 78 interchange and installing safety items such as pavement markings, signs and lighting.”

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‘Buckeye State’ Highway Lettings

The Ohio State Department of Transportation received bids for transportation-related improvement projects. The following is a list of some of the projects let. Project No: 120561 Type: Bridge replacement (1 bridge). Location: HIG-SR-138-18.48. State Estimate: $1,140,000 Contractors and Bid Amounts: • Righter Company Inc., Columbus, Ohio — $1,067,700 • Complete General Construction Company, Columbus, Ohio — $1,138,552 • Eagle Bridge Company, Sidney, Ohio — $1,178,031 • Double Z Construction Company, Columbus, Ohio — $1,191,580 • Rietschlin Construction Inc., Crestline, Ohio — $1,214,728 • Shelly & Sands Inc., Columbus, Ohio — $1,220,848 • John R Jurgensen Company, Cincinnati, Ohio — $1,223,328 • D G M Inc., Beaver, Ohio — $1,230,608 • Sunesis Construction Company, West Chester, Ohio — $1,245,239 • Ratzlaff Construction Company Inc., Chillicothe, Ohio — $1,249,926 • Ford Development Corp., Cincinnati, Ohio — $1,272,020 Completion Date: Sept. 30, 2013 Project No: 120578 Type: Intersection. Location: HOC-US-33-7.74. State Estimate: $4,920,000 Contractors and Bid Amounts: • Complete General Construction Company, Columbus, Ohio — $5,289,222 • Shelly & Sands Inc., Columbus, Ohio — $5,326,846 • George J Igel & Company Inc., Columbus, Ohio — $5,574,142 • Trucco Construction Company Inc., Delaware, Ohio — $5,746,804 Completion Date: Oct. 18, 2013 Project No: 120580 Type: Two lane resurfacing. Location: ADA-SR-125-16.30. State Estimate: $1,631,000 Contractors and Bid Amounts: • Shelly Company, Thornville, Ohio — $1,664,623 • Brown County Construction Company Inc., Aberdeen, Ohio — $1,676,555 Completion Date: Oct. 31, 2013 Project No: 120583 Type: Two lane resurfacing. Location: COL-SR-7-11.98. State Estimate: $3,782,000 Contractors and Bid Amounts: • Shelly Company, Thornville, Ohio — $3,671,967

• Shelly & Sands Inc., Columbus, Ohio — $3,742,213 • Karvo Paving Company, Stow, Ohio — $3,883,695 • Diorio Paving Company Inc., Girard, Ohio — $3,930,852 • Central-Allied Enterprises Inc., Canton, Ohio — $3,953,577 Completion Date: Aug. 31, 2013 Project No: 120591 Type: Bridge replacement (1 Bridge). Location: STA-SR-21-5.25, PART 1;STA-21-0.00, PART 2. State Estimate: $4,089,000 Contractors and Bid Amounts: • Mosser Construction Inc., Fremont, Ohio — $3,747,260 • Beaver Excavating Company, Canton, Ohio — $3,844,595 • J D Williamson Construction Company Inc., Tallmadge, Ohio — $3,859,880 • Karvo Paving Company, Stow, Ohio — $4,098,722 • Great Lakes Construction Company, Hinckley, Ohio — $4,098,848 • Kenmore Construction Company Inc., Akron, Ohio — $4,122,481 • Ruhlin Company, Sharon Center, Ohio — $4,163,572 Completion Date: Oct. 15, 2013

Project No: 120585 Type: Culvert replacement. Location: BUT-VA-INVERTS-FY2013. State Estimate: $2,002,000 Contractors and Bid Amounts: • BCC Ohio Inc., New London, Ohio — $1,827,618 • Barrett Paving Materials Inc., Middletown, Ohio — $2,113,577 • Ford Development Corporation, Cincinnati, Ohio — $2,156,055 Completion Date: Sept. 30, 2013 Project No: 123010 Type: Interchange. Location: MAD-IR-70-10.27. State Estimate: $3,145,000 Contractors and Bid Amounts: • George J Igel & Company Inc., Columbus, Ohio — $3,543,525 • Double Z Construction Company, Columbus, Ohio — $3,544,250 • Shelly & Sands Inc., Columbus, Ohio — $3,646,850 • Fechko Excavating Inc., Medina, Ohio — $4,041,890 • John R Jurgensen Company, Cincinnati, Ohio — $4,227,167 • Complete General Construction Company, Columbus, Ohio — $5,655,500 Completion Date: June 15, 2014

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2012 Annual Meeting, Trade Show...

Lt. Governor Mary Taylor Addresses OAIMA Members The Ohio Aggregates and Industrial Minerals Association (OAIMA) held its 2012 Annual Meeting and Trade Show recently in Columbus, Ohio. More than 450 industry personnel were in attendance along with more than 60 exhibitors. Highlighting the kick-off of the event was a visit from Ohio Lt. Gov. Mary Taylor. The lieutenant governor spoke of economic development and jobs for Ohioans and recognized the OAIMA’s role as an association and an industry in achieving positive results.

She also thanked members for their support of the Common Sense Initiative and for their continuing efforts to help streamline government including OAIMA’s continuing involvement with the CSI office. During the event, several long-time OAIMA and industry leaders were honored at the 2012 Annual Meeting including: • Tom Milligan (Western Ohio Cut Stone) — Hall of Fame Award • Chris Scala (American Sand & Gravel) — Hall of Fame Award

Lt. Gov. Mary Taylor spoke of economic development and jobs for Ohioans and recognized the OAIMA’s role as an association and an industry in achieving positive results.

• Marlene Oster (OsterSand & Gravel) — Ed Hole Award • State Rep. Dave Hall — Robert A. Wilkinson Award Brian Barger (Brady, Coyle & Schmidt) — Rocky Award A total of 7 Reclamation Achievement and Pride Awards were presented as well, from representatives of National Lime and Stone, The Shelly Company and Oscar Brugmann Sand & Gravel. In addition to awards, Tony Kruse, nominating committee chairman (National Lime & Stone), announced the 2013 OAIMA Board of Directors: • President, Tony Price (National Lime & Stone) • First Vice President, Hugh Gunn (East Fairfield Coal Co., Limestone Division) • Second Vice President, Todd Young (Mar-Zane Materials, Inc.) • Immediate Past President, Dennis Philips (Philips Companies) • Treasurer, Jack Kersjes For more information, visit www.oaima.org.

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Palfinger Purchases Indiana Department of Transportation Tiffin Loader Crane Finalizes Deal for Ohio River Bridge Building, Property By Tom Davies ASSOCIATED PRESS

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) The Indiana Department of Transportation announced Dec. 28 that the state had finalized its agreement with the partnership group that will build a new Ohio River bridge between Indiana and Kentucky for $763 million. The step represents a final decision on the selection of the WVB East End Partners consortium that the Indiana Finance Authority preliminarily approved in November. Indiana is overseeing construction of the so-called East End bridge that will complete an interstate loop around Louisville, Ky., with a crossing between Utica, Ind., and Prospect, Ky. Kentucky officials are handling construction of a second bridge for Interstate 65 at downtown Louisville and upgrades to the current bridge. Kentucky Transportation Cabinet officials said that the agency gave notice to proceed to Walsh Construction Co., which will build the downtown crossing. Motorists will pay tolls to use all three of the spans after they’re completed. The WVB East End Partners group can now complete design work on the East End bridge that is scheduled for com-

pletion in late 2016, Indiana highway department spokesman Will Wingfield said. “We’re thinking it’s likely construction crews will start mobilizing this summer,” Wingfield said. The $763 million bid from WVB East End Partners is 23 percent below the project’s previous $987 million cost estimate, which doesn’t include costs for land acquisition and relocating utilities. WVB East End Partners includes Walsh Investors, VINCI Concessions and Bilfinger Berger and 21 other entities. The Indiana Finance Authority formally finalized the deal Dec. 27 after Gov. Mitch Daniels gave it his approval earlier in the month, Wingfield said. Kentucky is financing its bridge projects through traditional state bonding. In contrast, Indiana is using a public-private arrangement under which WVB East End Partners will line up its own financing for the East End bridge and receive annual payments from the state for 35 years after the bridge opens. “At this point, the team needs to secure their financing for the project,” Wingfield said. “We are moving forward with the project now.” Wingfield said Indiana and Kentucky officials will later choose a private company to manage tolling on the bridges.

Palfinger, a leading truck equipment manufacturer employing more than 1,000 employees across North America, purchased a property and building in Tiffin, Ohio, on Dec. 27, 2012. Tiffin Loader Crane began selling and installing knuckle boom cranes in 1985 and quickly built a reputation for developing innovative solutions to its customers’ material handling needs, according to the company. The Tiffin location also serves as a manufacturing site of the new Palfinger GT brand of truck-mounted forklifts. The relationship between Palfinger and Tiffin Loader Crane’s dates back to 1991 when Tiffin Loader Crane became the largest independent dealer of Palfinger. Since then, the relationship has continued to strengthen as Palfinger acquired the company in 2000, making Tiffin its U.S. home. Palfinger managing directors Michael Berger and Mark Woody agreed that, “the future is never easy to foresee with new challenges just around the corner but it is reassuring to know that Palfinger will always be able to call Tiffin, Ohio, our home.” For more information, visit www.palfinger.com, or www.palfleet.com.

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Indiana Gives Approval for East End Bridge Makeover By Marcus Green THE COURIER-JOURNAL

UTICA, Ind. (AP) The East End Bridge is getting a new look. With Indiana’s approval, the companies in charge of designing and building the span rejected the style selected by a committee of elected and community leaders more than six years ago. Instead of the needle-like towers that had been originally proposed to support cables carrying the bridge deck, the cables now connect to two bulkier arches rising above the roadway.

Indiana officials say the new design helped WVB East End Partners cut the overall cost of the eastern bridge and its approach roads by more than $220 million, and more closely matches the choice of a public vote held before a group headed by Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels and former Kentucky Gov. Ernie Fletcher in December 2006 chose the needle towers. The popular design — favored by about 51 percent of the 2,800 people who voted online and at four meetings for the eastern span in 2006 — had arches that came to a point, while the new design’s supports are squared at the top. But, “We feel as if we were able to meet the wishes of the public while also saving dollars for taxpayers and toll pay-

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ers,” Will Wingfield, spokesman of the Indiana Department of Transportation, told The Courier-Journal in an interview. Indiana didn’t widely publicize the change, which Wingfield said could undergo more revisions. Wingfield and Ron Heustis, Indiana’s project manager, said the state made clear at various stakeholder meetings over the past year that it would be open to a new design. And Wingfield noted that the design had been publicly available on the Indiana Finance Authority’s Web site, where it’s found in WVB’s technical proposal for the bridge. “It’s been up there for more than a month at this point,” Wingfield said. The 18-month bridge design process culminated in 2006 with a selection committee choosing the designs for both spans. The three-tower design for the new downtown bridge hasn’t changed, according to the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet. Wingfield said the selection occurred before the states decided to allow the same firms to design and build the eastern bridge, rather than taking construction bids on a set design. He cited those changes as helping reduce the cost and construction schedule. But the new look has its critics, including the architect of the bridge’s previous design. Miguel Rosales had favored the narrow tower look as compact and minimal for the bridge’s largely undeveloped setting. Rosales, who was paid for his work, said he isn’t surprised by the change because of its cost savings, although he is disappointed by what he calls a “standard design.” “It doesn’t really reflect the conditions that we thought were important at that location,” said Rosales, principal at Rosales + Partners in Boston. Prospect resident David Warner, who lives in the Bridgepointe subdivision near the bridge’s Kentucky approach, said the new design is “not unattractive” and understands the financial reasons for the change. Still, he said, needle-like tower “is much more attractive, and a piece of artwork.” The cost of the bridge itself is redacted in WVB’s financial plan, which was submitted to the finance authority along with its design proposal in late October. The previous design was projected to cost $284 million as of last March. Rosales said he wasn’t consulted about the design change and Wingfield said all of the previous design work was provided to WVB. Former Jeffersonville Mayor Dale Orem, a member of the 2006 committee that selected the bridge design, said he was unaware of the change until notified by a reporter. Orem said he isn’t concerned that his committee’s choice was discarded, saying he still believes the bridge will have a nice “silhouette.” “At least they kept the total idea,” Orem said. “They didn’t go ... to a box girder or any obtrusive thing. To the East End, I think this still will be attractive.” The new design has greater resistance to “wind, seismic and other load demands, and is a more redundant and robust structure,” according to WVB’s proposal. The bridge’s cable system is designed to last for up to 75 years, and the individual strands can be removed for testing or other inspection without affecting traffic on the span, according to the proposal. Among other features, the bridge would have an “inspection catwalk” allowing crews to walk the structure’s entire 2,510 ft. below the deck. Construction on both portions of the project is expected to start later this summer.

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ODOT, Gov. Launch ‘Jobs and Transportation Plan’ Gov. John R. Kasich recently embarked on a two-day state tour as he, Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) Director Jerry Wray, Ohio Turnpike Director Rick Hodges and others unveil a first-of-its-kind plan to generate approximately $3 billion for highway road construction without leasing the Ohio Turnpike and without Turnpike employee layoffs. The Ohio Jobs and Transportation Plan would generate $1.5 billion in new funds for Ohio highways from bonds issued by the Ohio Turnpike Commission and backed by future toll revenues. Up to an additional $1.5 billion could be generated from matching local and federal funds coming to a combined total of approximately $3 billion for Ohio’s major highway construction projects. “This plan just makes sense as we continue Ohio’s economic resurgence, grow jobs and make our state prosperous once again,” Kasich said. “Billions of dollars in new highway funds further strengthens Ohio’s jobs-friendly climate and keeps our state moving by delivering more projects faster.” “Bonding against future Turnpike revenue generates enough money to erase our highway budget deficit,” Wray said. “Combined with ODOT’s work to reduce our cost of doing business and improve service to the state’s motoring public, this plan puts the resources we need into our major construction budget.” Details of the Ohio Jobs and Transportation Plan include: • No long-term, private lease; • A continued public, independent Turnpike with expanded authority and renamed the “Ohio Turnpike and Infrastructure Commission”; • More than 90 percent of new bond money will go directly to northern Ohio highway projects, including the Turnpike itself; • Rebuilding the Ohio Turnpike will occur decades sooner than planned; • Tolls for local passenger trips paid with an EZ Pass are frozen for 10 years; • All other toll rates are capped at inflation, which is significantly less than historic toll increases; • No Turnpike employee lay-offs are anticipated. “Maintaining public control and an independent Turnpike Commission helps keep tolls low and workers on the job,” Hodges said. “Plus, with this new plan we can get to work rebuilding the entire Turnpike decades sooner than we once had planned.” ODOT has cut the agency’s $1.6 billion highway budget deficit by $400 million thanks to new savings and operational efficiencies, but more money and more innovation is needed. Money generated from the Ohio Jobs and Transportation Plan will help fill budget deficit without raising taxes that would kill jobs. The launch of the new plan concludes a year-long study of options for better using the revenue generated by the Ohio Turnpike.

Ohio Attorney General DeWine Issues Opinion on Truck Weights Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine has issued an opinion on the 7.5 percent weight tolerance for vehicles hauling aggregate on Ohio’s public highways and streets. In part it states: “The term ‘surface mining truck,’ as used in R.C. 5577.043(A)(1), means a ‘vehicle’ as defined in R.C. 4501.01(A), used to haul minerals upon Ohio’s improved public highways and streets.” This definition is important as several local law enforcement agencies had claimed

that a “surface mining truck” was a larger truck that hauled aggregate within a plant property such as an articulated haul truck or a 100 ton (91 t) ore truck. Much of these claims were based on images obtained from “Wikipedia” or “Google” searches online. The simple clarification that a “surface mining truck” is indeed a “vehicle” should eliminate any future issues. For more information, visit www.oaima.org.

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