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Rayco Opens Doors for 25th Annual Customer Appreciaton, Demo Day

ore than 150 customers came out on April 11 for Rayco’s Customer Appreciation and Demo Day in Wooster, Ohio. For more than 25 years Rayco has opened its doors to celebrate with customers and to allow them the opportunity to take a look at its complete line of equipment, watch its equipment in action and enjoy some southern style BBQ with the Rayco family. Customers came in from all over Ohio and neighboring states of West Virginia and Pennsylvania. During CAD, Rayco had its newest equipment on hand to view or demo, parts discounts available for customers who wished to purchase parts and a southern style BBQ lunch topped off with an ice cream bar. In addition, Rayco gave away an Arborwear jacket to one lucky winner; E.W. Smith won.

(This story also can be found on Construction Equipment Guide’s Web site at www.constructionequipmentguide.com.)

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ODOT issued an emergency declaration to extend an existing contract with DGM Inc. to help remove the giant stone

Between a Rock and a Hard Place

(L-R): Vice President of Sales and Marketing J. R. Bowling; Owner and President John Bowling; and Sales Representative Jim Bowling.

By Kathleen Fuller SPECIAL TO CEG

Dick (L) and Frank Farroni of Farroni Tree, speak with Vice President of Sales and Marketing J.R. Bowling.

Say what you will, but more than 2,000 tons (1,814.37 t) of rock on a highway makes an impression — in more ways than one. Shortly before 2:30 a.m. on Friday, April 10, a landslide occurred on U.S. Route 52 near the Ashland, Ky. bridges at Coal Grove in Lawrence County. Nearly 2,350 tons (2,131.88 t) of rock and debris landed on the roadway, including a gigantic boulder — roughly the size of a two-story house — that came to rest in the middle Salesman Mike Utterback (R) speaks to a of the westbound lanes. The boulder’s weight alone was esticustomer. mated to be 1,500 tons (1,360.77 t).

On the left RG100X stump grinder is being demoed and on the right an RG45 Super Jr. stump grinder is being demoed.

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The event made local and national news. But for ODOT District 9, this spectacular obstacle was just another day at the office.

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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: 140574 Type: Two lane resurfacing. Location: BRO-US 68-31.28 State Estimate: $1,734,000 Contractors and Bid Amounts: • Brown County Asphalt Inc., Georgetown, Ohio — $1,401,674 • Brown County Construction Co Inc., Aberdeen, Ohio — $1,484,767 • Shelly Company, Thornville, Ohio — $1,538,344 Completion Date: Oct. 31, 2015 Project No: 140575 Type: Bridge replacement (1 bridge). Location: CUY-IR 77-13.75 State Estimate: $5,889,000 Contractors and Bid Amounts: • J D Williamson Construction Company Inc., Tallmadge, Ohio — $6,273,748 • Cosmos Industrial Services Inc., Cleveland, Ohio — $6,493,104 • Shelly & Sands Inc., Columbus, Ohio — $6,626,248 • Great Lakes Construction Company, Hinckley, Ohio — $6,696,203 • Karvo Paving Company, Stow, Ohio — $$6,751,167 • Union Industrial Contractors Inc., Ashtabula, Ohio — $7,397,413 • Ruhlin Company, Sharon Center, Ohio — $7,414,763 Completion Date: Sept. 16, 2016 Project No: 140578 Type: Two lane resurfacing. Location: HOC-SR 56-13.60 State Estimate: $2,190,000 Contractors and Bid Amounts: • Shelly & Sands Inc., Columbus, Ohio — $2,140,429 • Nuko Paving Inc., Jackson, Ohio — $2,149,145 Completion Date: July 1, 2015 Project No: 140582 Type: Bridge replacement (1 bridge). Location: MRW-CR 146-0.28 State Estimate: $1,963,000 Contractors and Bid Amounts: • Shelly & Sands Inc., Columbus, Ohio — $1,881,624 • Double Z Construction Company, Columbus, Ohio — $1,978,118 • Eagle Bridge Company, Sidney, Ohio — $2,038,759 • Mosser Construction Inc., Fremont, Ohio — $2,056,160 • Rietschlin Construction Inc., Crestline, Ohio — $2,157,758. • Complete General Construction Company, Columbus, Ohio — $2,219,108 • R & I Construction Inc., Tiffin, Ohio — $2,272,123 Completion Date: Sept. 30, 2015

Project No: 140586 Type: Bridge painting. Location: WAY-BH-FY2015 State Estimate: $2,050,000 Contractors and Bid Amounts: • APBN Inc., Campbell, Ohio — $1,535,000 • Cosmos Industrial Services Inc., Cleveland, Ohio — $1,671,498 • Elite Contractors Inc., Campbell, Ohio — $1,692,327 • Corrosion Resistance Ltd., Stow, Ohio — $1,844,215 • 360 Construction Company Inc., Brunswick, Ohio — $1,944,972 • Cosmos Comprehensive Construction Inc., Canal Fulton, Ohio — $1,947,347 • KMX Painting Inc., Lowellville, Ohio — $2,222,575 • Euro Paint LLC, Lowellville, Ohio — $2,239,288 • Eagle Industrial Painting LLC, Magnolia, Ohio — $2,247,420 Completion Date: Sept. 30, 2015 Project No: 140587 Type: Two lane resurfacing. Location: WOO-SR 65-5.89 State Estimate: $1,972,000 Contractors and Bid Amounts: • Gerken Paving Inc., Napoleon, Ohio — $1,921,899 • Shelly Company, Thornville, Ohio — $1,930,403 Completion Date: June 30, 2015

Project No: 140535 Type: New construction. Location: FAI-US 33-05.60 (Carroll Area). State Estimate: $34,141,00 Contractors and Bid Amounts: • Shelly & Sands Inc., Columbus, Ohio — $33,549,600 • George J Igel & Company Inc., Columbus, Ohio — $34,426,324 • Complete General Construction Company, Columbus, Ohio — $35,324,049 • Kokosing Construction Company Inc., Columbus, Ohio — $36,337,270 • Trucco Construction Company Inc., Delaware, Ohio — $39,061,985 Completion Date: May 31, 2017 Project No: 140536 Type: Major widening. Location: LUC-IR 75-6.70 State Estimate: $60,600,000 Contractors and Bid Amounts: • Kokosing Construction Company Inc., Columbus, Ohio — $62,643,618 • E S Wagner Company, Oregon, Ohio — $63,513,084 • Miller Bros. Construction Inc., Archbold, Ohio — $70,469,809 Completion Date: May 31, 2017

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Touring the CCI truck run facility (L-R) are Travis Avery, District 1 mechanic; Kirk Slusher, District 1 deputy director; Luke Rohrs, Defiance County mechanic; Mark Yost, Wyandot County mechanic; Kevin Wildermuth, District 1 mechanic; Mike Webb, District 1 mechanic; Doug Burke, transportation engineer over the equipment section of ODOT’s Office of Equipment Management; Tom Justus, liaison between the Ohio Penal Institute (OPI) and ODOT; Rhonda Pees, District 1 public information officer; and Dave Scheckelhoff, District 1 fleet manager.

CCI, ODOT Offer Inmates Chance to Service Trucks

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The Chillicothe Correctional Institute (CCI) in Pike County currently holds about 3,000 inmates. The medium security prison was originally built during World War I as a training camp, then became a federal prison before becoming a state prison in 1966. Like most prison facilities, it offers inmates the opportunity to use or learn job skills. But a special relationship between CCI and ODOT offers inmates a chance to learn a skill while providing the department with its main tool to carry out its signature service. For more than 40 years, the inmates at CCI have built dump trucks for ODOT, producing about 160 vehicles per year. The arrangement between the two state agencies is the only one of its kind in the nation. Roughly 200 inmates work in the truck facility, which includes welding, painting, machine and fabrication shops. Vehicle assembly is the final stop, where the hydraulics and plow hitches are mounted, electrical wiring is installed, and paint stripes are applied. The final inspection is completed here before the trucks leave. A typical ODOT truck can be built within 90 days at a cost ranging from $150,000 to $210,000, depending on the features. There are a possible 163 combinations a truck can have, and a more complex design adds time. The inmates build truck beds, hoppers, brine systems and spreader gates as specified for each county. If needed, they relocate gear boxes and fabricate any other needed parts. The spreader gates used by ODOT were designed at the facility in the 1980s and are still built by hand. “Anything we throw at them, they build,” said Doug Burke, transportation engineer of the equipment section of ODOT’s office of equipment management. “Almost no [two] trucks are the same; One county to another is going to be different.” Like any other job, inmates must complete an application, interview, and be selected for a position in the truck run facility. Any inmate is eligible to apply, so long as they possess the skills or the aptitude to learn them. Inmates earn $.60 cents per hour. According to Burke, the inmates display very few behavioral issues. “They don’t want to screw up,” he said, “for fear they’ll be removed from the vehicle facility. These are highly soughtafter jobs.” Dave Scheckelhoff, District 1 fleet manager, said that the vehicles produced by the inmates have served the department well. “Very seldom do we have issues with quality,” said Scheckelhoff. “Things are clean when they arrive and are ready to go.” (This story also can be found on Construction Equipment Guide’s Web site at www.constructionequipmentguide.com.)

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Congressman Pat Tiberi Tours Screen Machine Industries Central Ohio Congressman Pat Tiberi toured Screen Machine Industries to gauge the impact of upcoming international trade legislation on Ohio jobs. Screen Machine Industries has experienced tremendous growth from exports over the past few years. Lifting trade barriers will create new opportunities to establish dealer relationships in markets otherwise unapproachable. With 96 percent of the world’s consumers living outside the United States, for American exporters to grow, they need barriers knocked down to access those consumers. Two trade agreements that the United States is currently negotiating would give American exporters access to one bil-

lion new customers. Trade supports one in five jobs in Ohio and trade-related jobs are growing rapidly. While overall employment declined in Ohio between 2004 and 2013, trade-related jobs grew by 19 percent. While Ohio companies export to more than 200 countries, over half of all exports go to our trade partners. The United States has trade agreements with only 20 nations. If the United States grows its amount of trade partners, it will expand its exports. For the United States to be in the best possible negotiating position, Congress needs to pass trade promotion authority,

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or TPA. TPA inserts accountability and transparency into the negotiating process by putting Congress in the driver’s seat in outlining the types of trade agreements Congress will or won’t consider. TPA ensures that trade agreements are made available for the general public to review at least 60 days before the president finalizes it and before Congress even considers it. (This story also can be found on Construction Equipment Guide’s Web site at www.constructionequipmentguide.com.)

AK Steel to Build New Research, Innovation Center WEST CHESTER, Ohio (AP) — AK Steel said it will build a new research and innovation center in southwestern Ohio. The West Chester-based company said the 120,000 sq. ft. facility will be built on a 15-acre site in Middletown at an estimated cost of $36 million. It will be located in the Cincinnati-Dayton growth corridor along Interstate 75. The center will replace the company’s existing research facility at another Middletown site. The company's largest steel manufacturing plant also is in Middletown. AK Steel produces flat-rolled carbon, stainless and electrical steel products for industries including automotive, construction and infrastructure, manufacturing and electricity. AK Steel said groundbreaking for its new center is planned for the late spring or early summer of 2015. The company said the project is subject to final state and local government approvals. (This story also can be found on Construction Equipment Guide’s Web site at www.constructionequipmentguide.com.)

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ODOT Issues Emergency Declaration to Remove Giant Rock ODOT from page 1

Fortunately, the landslide happened during the overnight hours, and traffic was light. No one was injured when the giant rock shut down the four-lane highway. The event made local and national news. But for ODOT District 9, this spectacular obstacle was just another day at the office. Work crews were able to clear the eastbound lanes and open them to traffic by 9:30 a.m. that day. ODOT issued an emergency declaration to extend an existing contract with DGM Inc. to help remove the giant stone. With additional equipment, its crews worked with ODOT maintenance forces to continuously cut, clear and haul the massive boulder — measuring about 20 ft. (6.1 m) high, 20 ft. wide, and 50 ft. (15.24 m) tall — from the site. After 65 hours of work, including five spent repairing damage to the roadway, U.S. Route 52 westbound was reopened to traffic on April 12. “This was a tremendous undertaking and one of great teamwork between our forces and our contractors, DGM,” said ODOT District 9 Deputy Director Vaughn Wilson. “Both teams did an outstanding job to expedite operations and clear the highway efficiently and effectively, and I couldn’t be more proud of their efforts. (This story also can be found on Construction Equipment Guide’s Web site at www.constructionequipmentguide.com.) ODOT Photo

With additional equipment, DGM crews worked with ODOT maintenance forces to continuously cut, clear and haul the massive boulder — measuring about 20 ft. (6.1 m) high, 20 ft. wide, and 50 ft. (15.24 m) tall — from the site.

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“This was a tremendous undertaking and one of great teamwork between our forces and our contractors, DGM,” said ODOT District 9 Deputy Director Vaughn Wilson.

Work crews were able to clear the eastbound lanes and open them to traffic by 9:30 a.m. that day.

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ODOT issued an emergency declaration to extend an existing contract with DGM Inc. to help remove the giant stone

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Nearly 2,350 tons (2,131.88 t) of rock and debris landed on the roadway, including a gigantic boulder — roughly the size of a two-story house — that came to rest in the middle of the westbound lanes. The boulder’s weight alone was estimated to be 1,500 tons (1,360.77 t).

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