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Independence Excavating Takes Delivery of First Cat D7E in Northeastern Ohio
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$B Independence Excavating Inc., MM Valley View, Ohio, took delivery of the first Caterpillar D7E sold in Northeast Ohio. The Caterpillar D7E track-type tractor was delivered to Independence Excavating Inc. at the Ohio Operating Engineers Local 18 Regional Training Facility in Richfield, Ohio. The location provided an opportunity for representatives from Caterpillar Inc. and Ohio CAT to gather and present the new tractor to the Independence Excavating management team. According to Independence Excavating Equipment Superintendent Terry Tomosko, the decision to pur- Ohio CAT President Ken Taylor (L) chase the new tractor came about after presents Independence Excavating the principles at Independence President Victor DiGeronimo Sr. Excavating attended a demonstration with a scale model of the new and presentation of the machine during Caterpillar D7E track-type tractor. Caterpillar’s traveling road show to introduce the tractor the previous fall. DiGeronimo who founded The tractor’s productivity and fuel effi- Independence Excavating along with (L-R): Ohio CAT’s Jan Foley and Ken Taylor join Independence Excavating’s Vic DiGeronimo Jr., Victor DiGeronimo Sr., Bob DiGeronimo, Rob DiGeronimo, Tony DiGeronimo, and Ohio ciency caught the attention of Victor’s brother Don. CAT’s Paul Liesem in front of the Independence Excavating Inc’s DiGeronimo recalled that the cur- new Caterpillar D7E track-type President Victor DiGeronimo Sr. rent business environment and their tractor. The purchase of Caterpillar equip- decision to purchase the Caterpillar ment is not new to the owners of D7E has many parallels with a decision Independence Excavating. During the they made 26 years ago. He explained then, he purchased more than 20 ceremony to present the Caterpillar that back in the 1980s, the economy machines from Caterpillar. He felt the D7E to Independence, Ohio CAT was suffering and fuel costs were sky- purchase would be good for President Ken Taylor recalled that the rocketing. Rather than back away from Independence Excavating, Ohio CAT ties between the owners of both com- purchasing equipment, DiGeronimo and Caterpillar. panies goes back several generations. decided it was the right time to invest in The site where the presentation took Taylor went on to say that presenting the future by growing his fleet. Back place, the Ohio Operating Engineers the first Caterpillar D7E trackLocal 18 Regional Training type tractor sold in the Facility, was chosen so that Northeast was a celebration of the new owners could take the people at both the Caterpillar D7E trackIndependence Excavating and type tractor for a few test Ohio CAT. runs. DiGeronimo was the Taylor added that the first to climb into the cab and Caterpillar D7E was a good put the tractor through its match for Independence paces. Excavating, “It’s all about Also on hand at the presenproductivity and hard work.� tation were Caterpillar Inc.’s DiGeronimo also spoke of Tractor Project Engineer Neil the ties between the two comRoth, and Caterpillar panies, saying that the relaRegional Industry Supervisor tionship went back to Ken Independence Excavating President Victor Jason Rhoades along with Taylor’s father and grandfa- DiGeronimo Sr. takes the Caterpillar D7E track-type Ohio CAT Technical Training The DiGeronimo family members (L-R) are Vic Jr., Victor Sr., Bob, Rob and Tony DiGeronimo. ther and his father, Sam tractor for its first test run. Supervisor Ben Courson.
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TRPAftermarket Debuts New Spring Brake Chamber TRP Aftermarket Parts is introducing the TRP Aftermarket Parts spring brake chamber manufactured for use in all Class 6, 7 and 8 trucks, trailers and buses. “The TRP spring brake chamber is available from TRP authorized Kenworth and Peterbilt parts and service distributors, throughout North America and is the first of a series of aftermarket products available for all make of trucks, trailers and buses,” said Everett Seymoure, brand manager of TRP. “TRP will continue to roll out products this year and into 2010.” “Choosing the right replacement part is one of the most important decisions vehicle operators can make for their business, and their peace of mind,” Seymoure said. “That’s why the spring brake chamber was carefully tested and selected for high performance and reliability before receiving the
Go Bucks Trucking’s fleet of 12 Kenworth T800 dump trucks have to be in top shape because contractors rely on the company to make timely deliveries.
”We can’t afford to have brake failures slow us down. And we certainly can’t have one of our trucks filled with aggregate roll away. That’s something we’ve seen happen to other companies, particularly when they run their trucks with inferior quality parking brakes.” Bob Broerman Go Bucks Trucking
New Bremen, Ohio-based Go Bucks Trucking hauls approximately a quarter million ton of aggregate annually from local stone and gravel quarries for more than 100 area contractors.
TRP stamp of approval.” Bob Broerman, owner and president of New Bremen, Ohio-based Go Bucks Trucking, said he’s been pleased with the performance and quality of his new TRP spring brake chambers. Broerman’s company operates a fleet of 12 Kenworth T800 dump trucks, including four units equipped with conveyor bodies. “We have a pretty long life cycle on our trucks; it’s about 10 to 15 years before we get something new,” Broerman said. “So, we
rely on quality parts to keep our trucks operating in top shape.” Go Bucks Trucking hauls about a quarter million ton of aggregate annually from local stone and gravel quarries for more than 100 area contractors. The aggregate is used in a variety of projects, including the construction of driveways, foundations, drainages, and septic drainfields. “Our trucks have to be in top shape because contractors rely on us to make timely deliveries,” Broerman said. “Often, we have 30 to 45-minute delivery windows we
have to make. We can’t afford to have brake failures slow us down. And we certainly can’t have one of our trucks filled with aggregate roll away. That’s something we’ve seen happen to other companies, particularly when they run their trucks with inferior quality parking brakes.” Broerman said he trusts TRP spring brakes since they are manufactured in North America. Features include: • Epoxy-coated steel power springs for longer life and highly resistant to corrosion from road salts, chemicals and other con-
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Ohio’s TRAC Gives Approval…
Major Multi-Modal Transportation Projects Get Funding Prioritizing transportation projects that promote the growth of jobs and economic development, Ohio’s Transportation Review Advisory Council (TRAC) has approved the state’s plans for investing more than $2.8 billion in a multi-modal transportation system for Ohio’s future. “Today’s vote is the culmination of months of intensive and productive work and the outcome of a transparent and accountable process for identifying Ohio’s future transportation needs,” said Ohio Department of Transportation Director Jolene M. Molitoris. The TRAC - the independent committee that assists ODOT in selecting its largest investments — unanimously voted to approve the 2010 listing of major new construction projects. In addition to projects already under construction, the list includes projects ready for new construction and projects that will be studied and designed for potential construction in the future. “Every major new road, bridge, rail, transit, airport, bikeway, pedestrian or port proj-
“Today’s vote is the culmination of months of intensive and productive work and the outcome of a transparent and accountable process for identifying Ohio’s future transportation needs.” Jolene M. Molitoris ODOT
ect that comes to our department is viewed as an economic development and job growth opportunity,” said Molitoris, who also noted that the TRAC-approved list includes more than $30 million in proposed new construction investments and nearly $70 million in new planning, design, and right-of-way work. Over the past several months, ODOT and members of the TRAC reviewed more than 100 project applications submitted by communities and transportation partners throughout Ohio. The TRAC also held a
series of regional public hearings around the state to meet with project sponsors. The TRAC received nearly 600 public comments submitted in support of the recommended funding. Through the 2010-2014 planning horizon, the TRAC has approved $2.877 billion of total investments by ODOT through its Major New Construction Program, which targets all multi-modal projects more than $5 million in cost that add capacity to the state transportation system. Among the projects on the list are $14.5
million in new funds to modernize and reconfigure the Interstate 75 West Carrolton interchange near Dayton — a project that will ignite redevelopment near the former General Motors Moraine Assembly plant; $15 million toward the Cincinnati Streetcar plan, a project that would connect the city’s two largest employment centers with electric streetcars; and $3 million for detailed design work on the State Route 7 Chesapeake Bypass to help ease congestion and spur economic development along the Ohio River in Southern Ohio. The TRAC also approved the state’s future investment of $400 million in new federal stimulus funds in the 3C “Quick Start” Passenger Rail Service — an effort to restore passenger rail service connecting Cleveland, Columbus, Springfield, Dayton and Cincinnati by as early as 2012. Also at the meeting, the TRAC welcomed its newest member on the nine-member council. Matthew Elli, a 25-year non-profit and private-sector veteran, was appointed by Governor Strickland earlier this month.
ODOT Employees Work Begins on Roebling Deliver With ‘Plow Suspension Bridge Project Through Hunger’ Updating Historic Bridge...
COVINGTON, Ky. (AP) A multimilliondollar paint job is getting under way on the historic suspension bridge that links Covington with Cincinnati over the Ohio River. Crews are setting up equipment to begin work on the Roebling Suspension Bridge. The project will cost $16.2 million, The Kentucky Enquirer reported. The bridge will be painted in 100-ft. (30.5 m) sections. Each section will be totally enclosed while it is sandblasted and given three coats of blue paint. “They were already laying some cables underneath for the containment,” said Kentucky Transportation Cabinet spokeswoman Nancy Wood, in early March. Crews will close the bridge to all vehicle traffic from April 7 until the work is finished by mid-November. Walkways will remain open through the process, so people can walk to Cincinnati Bengals and Reds games,
Wood said. Anonprofit group continues to raise funds to replace lights on the bridge, which was opened in 1866 and was a model for the Brooklyn Bridge, designed later by the same architect, John A. Roebling. “We will raise the money, and we will be putting lights back on the bridge,” predicted a confident Bob Armstrong of Milford, president of the Covington-Cincinnati Suspension Bridge Committee. “And hopefully, yet this year.” The bridge’s decorative necklace lights, which Kentucky Gov. Martha Layne Collins first switched on in 1984, were shut off for the last time in December. The bridge committee hopes to raise $453,000 for new lights. Tom Schomaker, chief engineer for the Northern Kentucky transportation district, said the bridge carries an average of 10,000 vehicles a day.
In an effort to give back to the communities in which they live and work, Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) employees across the state delivered food to local food banks collected during its six-week “Plow through Hunger” food drive. By partnering with the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services, ODOT selected one food pantry in each of the 88 Ohio counties in which to give. The statewide goal was to collect 20,000 pounds of food, enough to fill two ODOT plow trucks. Employees exceeded that goal by almost doubling their goal. ODOT Director Jolene M. Molitoris was at the Mid-Ohio food bank, while food bank workers and ODOT employees unloaded thousands of pounds of food on April 16.
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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: 101001 Type: Bridge replacement (1 bridge). Location: FRA-US-62D-1.21-Parts 1 and 2. State Estimate: $26,259,000. Contractors and Bid Amounts: • Kokosing Construction Co. Inc., Columbus, Ohio — $21,871,269. • Complete General Construction Co., Columbus, Ohio — $21,917,334. • Great Lakes Construction Co., Hinckley, Ohio — $22,314,516. • C.J. Mahan Construction Co. LLC, Grove City, Ohio — $26,498,776. Completion Date: Aug. 31, 2011. Project No: 100032 Type: New bridge. Location: FRA-US-33-Blacklick Creek Greenway. State Estimate: $2,670,000. Contractors and Bid Amounts: • Complete General Construction Co., Columbus, Ohio — $2,056,854. • Kenmore Construction Co. Inc., Akron, Ohio — $2,085,930. • Shelly & Sands Inc., Zanesville, Ohio — $2,120,484. • Eagle Bridge Co., Sidney, Ohio — $2,150,422. • Shaw & Holter Inc., Lancaster, Ohio — $2,153,875. • Righter Co. Inc., Columbus, Ohio — $2,229,724. • Kokosing Construction Co. Inc., Columbus, Ohio — $2,270,473. • Double Z Construction Co., Columbus, Ohio — $2,491,933. Completion Date: May 31, 2011. Project No: 101005 Type: Intersection. Location: SUM-SR-619/Arlington Road. State Estimate: $6,790,000. Contractors and Bid Amounts: • Wenger Excavating Inc., Dalton, Ohio — $5,411,626. • Kenmore Construction Co. Inc., Akron, Ohio — $5,963,016. • Karvo Paving Co., Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio — $6,125,298. • Fabrizi Trucking & Paving Co. Inc., Valley City, Ohio — $6,287,018. • Shelly & Sands Inc., Zanesville, Ohio — $6,363,641. Completion Date: Oct. 1, 2011. Project No: 101038 Type: Railroad grade separation. Location: SEN-LR-Jones Road. State Estimate: $7,385,000. Contractors and Bid Amounts: • Miller Bros. Construction Inc., Archbold, Ohio — $6,144,881.
• Ruhlin Co., Sharon Center, Ohio — $6,240,715. • Great Lakes Construction Co., Hinckley, Ohio — $6,299,039. • Mosser Construction Inc., Fremont, Ohio — $6,301,805. • Kokosing Construction Co. Inc., Columbus, Ohio — $6,342,443. • Trucco Construction Co. Inc., Delaware, Ohio — $6,657,207. • Posen Construction Inc., Shelby Township, Mich. — $6,966,428. • J.D. Williamson Construction Co. Inc., Tallmadge, Ohio — $7,197,894. Completion Date: Sept. 1, 2011. Project No: 101044 Type: Railroad grade separation. Location: DEL-CR-CR124-4.11. State Estimate: $9,075,000. Contractors and Bid Amounts: • Trucco Construction Co. Inc., Delaware, Ohio — $7,751,184. • Ruhlin Co., Sharon Center, Ohio — $8,190,662. • Great Lakes Construction Co., Hinckley, Ohio — $8,374,070. • Kokosing Construction Co. Inc., Columbus, Ohio — $8,801,255. • Shelly & Sands Inc., Zanesville, Ohio — $8,960,110.
• Complete General Construction Co., Columbus, Ohio — $9,639,527. Completion Date: Oct. 31, 2011. Project No: 101053 Type: Major widening. Location: BUT-SR-4B-1.90. State Estimate: $12,400,000. Contractors and Bid Amounts: • John R. Jurgensen Co., Cincinnati, Ohio — $11,000,812. • Barrett Paving Materials Inc., Cincinnati, Ohio — $11,753,365. • Kokosing Construction Co. Inc., Columbus, Ohio — $11,834,264. • R.B. Jergens Contractors Inc., Vandalia, Ohio — $11,848,096. • Complete General Construction Co., Columbus, Ohio — $12,228,542. Completion Date: Sept. 30, 2011. Project No: 100168 Type: Two lane resurfacing. Location: ATH-SR-13-6.02. State Estimate: $2,105,000. Contractors and Bid Amounts: • Shelly & Sands Inc., Zanesville, Ohio — $1,984,552. Completion Date: Sept. 15, 2010.
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Camera Plane for Highway Projects Grounded by FAA COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) State transportation officials are scrambling to get an aerial photography plane up in the air this summer so engineers can get better images for road and bridge projects. The Ohio Department of Transportation bought the $1.3 million camera last year and mounted it on the plane’s underbelly. But the plane was grounded because the Federal Aviation Administration said the mounting system did not meet new specifications adopted in 2008. In the meantime, the state has paid $238,000 to outside vendors to fly and take photos needed for various road projects across Ohio.
“It’s not just enough to take pictures. You need to get the detailed information that allows you to start the design work.” Scott Varner ODOT
Scott Varner, a spokesman for the Transportation Department, said the agency hopes to meet the FAA’s specifications this summer and put the state plane back to use. Federal funds were used to buy the camera, which can spot a dollar bill on the ground while flying by at 1,500 ft. and more than 100 mph, Varner said. “It’s extremely powerful,” said Charles Toth, a researcher of Ohio State University’s Center for Mapping who helped ODOT select the system. The 106-megapixel camera, working with a separate light detection and ranging system, can help produce precise aerial photos and three-dimensional maps needed for engineering drawings and environmental studies. It will eliminate the need for much of the on-the-ground surveying work done now, Varner said. “It’s not just enough to take pictures. You need to get the detailed information that allows you to start the design work,” he said. For example, the new system will be able to tell engineers if a bridge has shifted by a few centimeters, gauge how much earth a contractor will have to move for a road project and cut the time and manpower it takes to survey land. The light detection and ranging system also has been used by archeologists to map ancient ruins, meteorologists to track storms, geologists to detect faults and monitor glacier movement, and astrophysicists to find snow on Mars.
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