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Washington Removes Barriers, Improves Fish Passage By Andrea Watts CEG CORRESPONDENT
The Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) is currently improving the traffic flow for a number of Western Washington residents. Yet these residents don’t use the roadways; instead they travel in the streams flowing beneath the state’s roadways and bridges. Just as improperly designed roadways result in backups or accidents when there are too many cars on the road, so too can improperly designed culverts impend a fish’s passage downstream or upstream — and in the worst case, lead to their death. For a number of years, culverts weren’t designed or installed with fish in mind, but once science revealed the detrimental effects of improperly designed culverts upon fish migration, WSDOT began including fish-friendly culverts in new projects. In 1991, the agency started to replace the older culverts; however, the replacement was dictated on the availability of funds and whether the replacement was part of a larger roadway project. With nearly 1,000 barriers needing replaced, and seeing slow progress, 21 Western Washington tribes (Lummi, Nooksack, Swinomish, Upper Skagit, Sauk-Suiattle, Stillaguamish, WSDOT photo Tulalip, Muckleshoot, Puyallup, Nisqually, Squaxin Island, Removing the culvert required excavating the fill down to the streambed. Crews could work safely without havsee FISH page 8
ing to contend with traffic because the roadway was shut down and traffic was detoured onto nearby roads.
Osprey’s New Housing Enables Inspections at Dent Bridge An environmental innovation and agency collaboration may finally allow the inspection of the overhead cable saddles on the 1,500-ft. (457.2 m)-long Dent Bridge spanning the Dworshak Reservoir on the North Fork of the Clearwater River north of Orofino, Idaho. Four new aluminum platforms were installed Jan. 25 to 29, at the highest points on the bridge, holding the nests of federally protected osprey. A small amount of the old nesting material also was transferred to encourage the birds to start building their nests on the new platforms. As a complex bridge design, the Federal Highway Administration requires inspections of the suspension
The osprey nest on the bridge before the new platforms were installed. The birds were building their nests over the saddles, obstructing the inspections.
bridge every two years. “Inspectors needed to check the 45-year-old bridge, but could not inspect the top of the towers because of the nesting osprey,” said Dan Gorley, bridge asset management engineer of the Idaho Transportation Department (ITD). “Efforts to remove the nests to clear the area for inspection only resulted in the birds returning to rebuild the nests in the same spot.” The birds were building their nests over the saddles, obstructing the inspections. see PLATFORM page 10
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Environmental Work Continues as Hwy. 20 Nears Completion By Lori Tobias CEG CORRESPONDENT
Part 3 of a 3-part series: As a 10-year project to straighten 10 mi. (16 km) of narrow, curving dangerous highway through the Oregon Coast Range nears completion, Oregonians eagerly await the chance to drive the new stretch of road. But for the Oregon Department of Transportation, environmental mitigation work on the project will continue for another decade. “Pioneer Mountain-Eddyville is an immense project with an impact to the environment in forms of streams, riparian areas and fish and wildlife,” said Jerry Wolcott, ODOT project leader. “When we are done, we will have totally mitigated 5.5 acres of inundated habitat and 23 acres of riparian. We will create new channels and enhance stream channels
ancient landmines that, unknown to ODOT, were still moving. Six years ago, engineers discovered newly built bridges were out of plumb, and the decision was made to blast the bridges and begin anew. The new segment of the highway is expected to open in the fall. Meanwhile, work to mitigate the environmental impacts is ongoing. While it is one large body of work, Wolcott has broken it into phases to make it less unwieldly, though there remain plenty of challenges. “Phase 5 is a 2-year project,” Wolcott said. “There are two fairly good sized mitigation areas and three smaller sized. The permit required that we create 3.4 acres of wetland, create 1,200 feet of stream and plant on at least 4,500 feet of a 50-foot riparian buffer. The specifics are that we have to take three acres of water features that are below the ordinary high-
“Pioneer Mountain-Eddyville is an immense project with an impact to the environment in forms of streams, riparian areas and fish and wildlife.”
of 14,000 linear feet and then set aside 84 acres of riparian — including the creation of 23 acres, as well as purchasing property and setting it aside so it can’t be developed. We’re also purchasing 52 acres of prime headwaters and riparian of the Yaquina River and transferring that to the U.S. Forest Service so it can’t be developed. We’ve already completed quite a bit, including removing culverts blocking fish passage, creating wetlands, installing large woody debris. But as part of the conditions of the permit we have to monitor some of these areas for 10 years.” The project to straighten U.S. Highway 20 has been ongoing since 2004 and plagued with all sorts of problems, including
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way. Of those, .15 acres have to be inundated at the summer lows and then 1.85 of stream terrace has to be inundated between 12 and 18 inches at the winter base flow, and three acres have to be inundated at ordinary high water elevation. All this was to create refuge for fish, critters and bugs at summer time lows, winter base and summer high flows, too.” The project was engineered by Otak, which gathered data for a year and used it to create the design, which Wolcott describes as “basically braided channels at different grades.” Engineers considered data for the hydraulics, soil conditions, channel stability and sediment transport so it didn’t silt up. “That was half of the project,” Wolcott said. “We also have to plant it in such a way that restores the native plants and helps to support the new channels. We have four different schemes for planting, stream bank planting, willow depressions, upland patches and upland seeding. The stream bank is willows. The willow depressions are planted in a little pocket that provides plant and habitat diversity, same with upland patches. It slowly moves away from high density planting to more of the seeds. “The last piece is the installation of large woody debris. We’ve collected a lot of trees from the very beginning and hung on to them for see OREGON page 10
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As a 10-year project to straighten 10 mi. (16 km) of narrow, curving dangerous highway through the Oregon Coast Range nears completion, Oregonians eagerly await the chance to drive the new stretch of road.
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Oregon Logging Conference Announces Google Buys Land 2016-2017 Officers for 79th Annual Event in The Dalles, Has Room to Grow
The Oregon Logging Conference (OLC) has announced its new officers for 2016-2017. The following board officers and staff will serve the OLC for 2016-2017: • Jeff Wimer, Student Logging Training Program, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Ore., president • Rick Kriege, Kriege Logging LLC. Inc., Prineville, Ore., first vice president • Jim Dudley, Swanson Group, Glendale, Ore., second vice president • Greg Stratton, consultant, Riddle, Ore., third vice president • Milton Moran, Cascade Timber Consulting Inc., Sweet Home, Ore., treasurer • Rikki Wellman, Oregon Logging Conference, Eugene, Ore., conference manager The 2017 Oregon Logging Conference is scheduled for Feb. 23 to Feb. 25 at the Lane Events Center in Eugene, Ore., and will feature education seminars, exhibits on the latest
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(L-R, standing) are Greg Stratton, third vice president; Jeff Wimer, president; and Jim Dudley, second vice president. (L-R, seated) are Rick Kriege, first vice president, and Milton Moran, treasurer.
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Thousands Turn Out as Gov. Inslee Cuts Ribbon on Route 520 Floating Bridge SEATTLE (AP) Thousands of people turned out Saturday, April 2 for festivities celebrating the opening of the new State Route 520 floating bridge across Lake Washington — so many that the state Department of Transportation declared the event “at capacity” and halted buses that had been expected to shuttle additional people to the structure. Gov. Jay Inslee cut an orange ribbon at the middle of the 1.5-mi. (2.4 km)-long span to commemorate the completion of work, more than 12,000 people participated in a 10K fun run, and a representative of Guinness World Records presented a certificate designating it the world’s longest floating bridge — at 7,708 ft (2,349 m), it’s about 130 ft. (39.6 m) longer than the old one. “This is what it’s all about — seeing years of public engagement, planning, design and construction all come to fruition,” said Roger Millar, acting transportation secretary. “This grand bridge is going to serve our region well for a long, long time.” The six-lane bridge, which replaces a four-lane version built in 1963, will be fully open to car traffic by the end of April. The state says it features heavier, stronger pontoons and anchors that allow the structure to withstand stronger winds and waves; a bus and carpool lane in each direction;
a 14-ft. (4.3 m)-wide bike and pedestrian path; and system to collect and treat storm water, which will improve water quality in Lake Washington. The old bridge is expected to be dismantled by the end of the year. The masses strolled along the car-free pavement and enjoyed views of the lake and the mountains on a beautiful spring day. But it was so crowded that some complained about an hour or more wait for shuttles to make their way off the bridge, and the lines at the food trucks were formidable. The state DOT communicated with frustrated bridgegoers by Twitter, sending messages such as “event is currently at capacity. We’re working to move people on the bridge off & are halting inbound bus loads for AT LEAST an hour,” and, “Water is on its way to folks waiting for shuttles...Thank you for your patience.” The celebration also featured interactive exhibits for children focusing on science, technology, engineering and math. On Sunday, April 3, 7,000 bicyclists joined a 20-mi. (32 km) ride across the bridge and through downtown Seattle streets that were closed to car traffic. (This story also can be found on Construction Equipment Guide’s Web site at www.constructionequipmentguide.com.)
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) Google has acquired 74 acres in The Dalles, making room for the company to add considerably to its growing data-center campus along the Columbia River. The Dalles was home to Google’s first corporate data center anywhere, opening back in 2006. The company steadily expanded on that original site and held a ceremonial groundbreaking on a new, $600 million facility near its original site. It will bring Google’s total investment in The Dalles to $1.8 billion, consisting primarily of the expensive computers running the data centers. Google said it bought the new acreage from Northwest Aluminum, which operated a smelter nearby until 2000. Google didn’t report terms of the deal and Wasco County said the sale price has yet to be recorded with the assessor’s office. Google’s new property had been used by the Fort Dalles Rodeo Association since 1975, according to The Dalles Chronicle. The Chronicle reported the rodeo doesn’t plan an event this summer but may continue to hold events on the site in future years while it looks for a new, long-term home. The new, 10-million-cu.-ft. (7.6-million-cu m) data center now under construction is on 23 acres acquired last year from the Port of The Dalles. The port’s industrial land is nearly exhausted, so buying Northwest Aluminum’s land gives Google room to continue growing. “We don’t have plans to build on this piece of property in the immediate future, but we want to ensure that we have options to continue to invest in The Dalles in the future if our business demands it,” Darcy Nothnagle, Google’s Northwest head of external affairs, said in a written statement. Oregon is among the most popular destinations in the country for large data centers, largely due to local tax breaks that exempt data centers’ computers from local property taxes. Facebook, Apple and Amazon all have large facilities in eastern or central Oregon, and all are expanding those operations. Last year, Wasco County valued Google’s exemption just shy of $6.9 million. The company compensates the county with negotiated fees that partially offset the tax savings — those payments will total nearly $2.2 million annually with the new data center now going up. Additionally, franchise fees generated by Google’s electricity use currently account for about 6 percent of The Dalles’ general fund. Google estimates that total will rise to 10 percent when the new data center opens. Approximately 175 people work in Google’s data center in The Dalles, about half of them contractors. The company says employment could increase by about 50 when the newest data center opens next year. For more information, visit http://www.oregonlive.com. (This story also can be found on Construction Equipment Guide’s Web site at www.constructionequipmentguide.com.)
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New Fish Passages Mimic Natural Stream Conditions FISH from page 1
Skokomish, Suquamish, Port Gamble S’Klallam, Jamestown S’Klallam, Lower Elwha Klallam, Makah, Quileute, Hoh, Quinault, and Yakama) filed a “Request for Determination” in 2001. They petitioned the U.S. District Court to find that preserving fish runs was a treaty-based duty of the state of Washington. Six years later, the court ruled that the state may not own or operate culverts that hinder fish passage, and in 2013, the court issued an injunction that requires the state and its respective agencies to replace these culverts. Of these culverts, more than 800 fall within WSDOT’s jurisdiction, and the agency has until 2030 to replace them. Dean Moon, fish passage manager at WSDOT, said that following the injunction the agency established design teams and ramped up efforts to design barrier corrections that would eventually replace these 800 culverts. These new designs include bridges, box culverts or a reinforced concrete split box. “Most of what we’re installing are box culverts; many of them are in the 18 to 26 ft. range wide and the height varies depending upon the site specific conditions,” he explained, “and there are some bridge structures as well.” Designing these projects require several areas of expertise including hydrologic and hydraulic engineers, geotechnical engineers, structural engineers, transportation engineers and biologists because a number of site conditions dictate the type of replacement structure. The stream channel characteristics,
such as stream channel width and stream flow, soil type, are the primary consideration for the stream design. “The theory is we try to mimic the natural stream conditions, upstream and downstream, which allow the system to function naturally, and then it will sustain itself over time,” Moon said. However, the design team also must account for how traffic will be managed through the construction, such as whether detours are available, which also can contribute to the determination of the replacement structure. “There are a number of things that we’re trying to balance,” during these projects, he added. The work also must be scheduled around the in-water work windows established by biologists. These in-water work windows are planned around the migration periods of the fish which inhabit the steam and typically fall in the summer months from July through September. Moon said that “most days of the year, there are in-water work windows that typically last anywhere from two to eight weeks for many of these locations.” The two culverts beneath Whatcom County’s SR 542 where it crossed Anderson Creek are examples of barrier culvert that needed to be replaced. A timber bridge originally spanned the creek, but in the 1930s, it was replaced with two culverts and 40 ft. (12.2 m) of fill. These culverts frequently became blocked with debris that had to removed, and a fish ladder was necessary so the fish could travel upstream.
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The 65-ft. (19.8 m) bridge structure was built with precast, prestressed voided slabs and lightweight concrete fill. This project was the first time that WSDOT used the material on a project.
Shane Spahr, WSDOT design project engineer, said Anderson Creek had a number of issues which required several design iterations, including a 350 ft. (107 m) bank-to-bank span, the floodplain, an 11 ft. (3.3 m) drop at the outlet of the existing culvert, soft soils, and a stream bank that was 40 ft. below the roadway. He described the project site as triangular area on each side that is about 40 ft. deep and 100 ft. (30.5 m) long with a meandering creek running through the middle. “We looked at arch structures, large round structures, and a bridge; we vetted a number of dif-
ferent options,” Spahr explained. “Ultimately what drove things was that the soft soils limited the options available to span the wide creek channel. A few foundation designs, such as what would be required for a precast reinforced arch structure, were deemed not feasible or too risky, because of the soft soils and high water table.” Consequently, WSDOT’s geotechnical office and bridge office collaborated and determined a design was needed that would spread out the load and also that didn’t add more load that the soil in the existing embankment was already used to.
The final design was a 65-ft. (19.8 m) bridge structure composed of precast, prestressed voided slabs on top of lightweight concrete fill. Washington State’s Bellingham branch of Granite Construction was awarded the $4.7-million project and received notice to proceed in July 2015. Luke Bentley, project manager of the project, said the Anderson Creek Culvert project was “a good combination job that combined all the work we do and good man-hours for our crews in the summer.” The job had a 75-day closure period; however, Bentley said they see FISH page 12
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Bellingham branch of Granite Construction was awarded the project and by expediting the schedule, the roadway opened 14 days early.
To support the new SR 542 bridge over Anderson Creek in Whatcom County, contractor crews built concrete bulkheads more than 30 ft. (9 m) tall. Girders come next, then pouring the concrete bridge deck. Removing a culvert installed in the 1930s and building a bridge will improve fish passage in Anderson Creek and eliminate a chronic maintenance issue.
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Oregon Prepares for Final Phase of Hwy. 20 Project OREGON from page 4
a long period of time and will place them along the streams to provide habitat for the fish.” ODOT plans to let the bid for that phase this month (April), but already knows just the type of contractor it needs. “The contractor that bids on this is going to be challenged with pretty fine-tuned grading and I think the one that is most creative and most efficient at that will probably be the best suited,” Wolcott said. Another phase involves erosion control, using an innovative approach that calls for planting grasses that grow quickly, but are non-native, such as rye grass. Along with the rye grass, they’ll plant native seeds for lupine, alder, Douglas fir and cedar. Those will grow up and shade out the grass, allowing ODOT to return in about three years to plant more native plants. While the environmental mitigation work continues, for the most part, the biggest challenges of the $300 plus million project have been met and conquered. “It’s like the baby is almost ready to be delivered,” said Wolcott. “I’m sure the project will define the careers of many people. It’s going to be a sweet ride. Smooth and safe and uneventful. That is [the] way you want to get to the coast, uneventfully.” (This story also can be found on Construction Equipment Guide’s Web site at www.constructionequipmentguide.com.) CEG
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Installation of Platforms Allows for Inspections to Resume PLATFORM from page 1
But as protected birds, the nesting also was protected, so ITD came up with an environmentally responsible plan that accommodates the birds and also the inspections. Biologists were uncertain if building adjacent nest platforms would be successful because the current nesting location is highly attractive to the birds due to its height and proximity to the water. Therefore, four new platforms were installed 3 ft. (.9 m) above the current nesting areas, at the bridge’s crown, about 125 ft. (38.1 m) above the bridge’s driving surface. Each platform is approximately 5 ft. (1.5 m) wide by 5 ft. long, and is engineered to hold up to 1,000 lbs. (454 kg). The new platforms are the collaboration of Gorley and Melinda Lowe of ITD’s Environmental Section in Boise. The potential solution is a powerful example of the kind of innovation and collaborative win that can result from the partnership of
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Four new aluminum platforms were installed Jan. 25 to 29, at the highest points on the bridge, holding the nests of federally protected osprey.
several agencies. In this case, three ITD sections (environmental, bridge and district 2, who manufactured the new platforms) coordinated with the Fish & Wildlife Service (providing biological expertise) and Clearwater County (help funding and installing the new platform). ITD’s goal was to have the platforms installed before the birds return in the spring. ITD’s osprey-nest platform is among the nation’s first. A similar project was done by Connecticut DOT and partners in 2015. It was partially funded by the public via a “Go Fund Me” program. Many raptor-nest platforms have been built on utility facilities, but CTDOT and ITD are rare examples of osprey platforms constructed on a bridge. The osprey is federally protected by the Migratory Bird Treaty Act. (This story also can be found on Construction Equipment Guide’s Web site at www.constructionequipmentguide.com.)
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TOWERS & YARDERS DIAMOND D425 SWING YARDER, track mt. ................ ......................................................................................$575,000 HITACHI EX200LL Yarder Pkg. For. Cab, Excell ............ ......................................................................................$139,000 KOMATSU PC300LC-6HD Yarder Pkg, nice!$199,500 MADILL 071, 4-Guys, Eagle IV, complete ....$144,500 MADILL 071 Tank Mount, 3-Guys..........................P.O.R. SKAGIT BU-94 Drums, parts only ..........................P.O.R. SKAGIT BU-94 Slackline, T100HD, SP ..................P.O.R. SKAGIT 739 SLACKLINE T100HD, Trailer MT ................ ......................................................................................$149,500 THUNDERBIRD TTY-70 Track mt., Excell ....$550,000 THUNDERBIRD TY40, Trailer mt., Excell......$159,000 WASHINGTON 137W Slackline, Trl. Mt., Nice! .............. ......................................................................................$189,500 WESTCOASTER Yarder, Track mt ..........................P.O.R.
EXCAVATOR/DOZER/GRADER/ WHEEL LOADER/SKIDDER CAT 14E Grader ........................................................$14,500 CAT 527 Track Skidder, Swinger, Super Clean .............. ......................................................................................$175,000 CAT 950 Wheel Loader..........................................$19,500 CAT 966D Wheel Loader, Bucket, good tires$49,500 CAT 980C Wheel Loader, Rollout Bkt ..............$42,500 DOOSAN DL500 / CWS LogForks, low hrs..$199,000 DOOSAN DX225LC Excav., Bkt/Thumb..........$59,500
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FIAT ALLIS 8 Crawler Tractor, Winch/Arch....$16,000 FIAT ALLIS FR130-2 Wheel Loader, Clean ....$25,000 GARRETT 25 Skidder, Cummins ........................$12,500 INTERNAT'L TD7E 6-way Blade, Bare Rear ....$16,500 KOEHRING BANTAM 366 Excav., Bkt/Thumb$17,500 MOUNTAIN LOGGER ML150 Skidder, new tires.......... ........................................................................................$18,500 TREE FARMER C5D Skidder, clean....................$13,500 WAGNER L100 Log Stacker, '89, Excell ........$174,500 WAGNER L480 Log Stacker ................................$69,500 WAGNER L90 Log Stacker....................................$29,500
CARRIAGES & MISC EAGLE II Motorized Carriage ..............................$10,000 EAGLE VI Motorized Carriage ............................$45,000 EAGLE III Motorized Carriage..............................$20,000 PRO MAC PC120 Mulching head, low hrs..........P.O.R.
TRUCKS & TRAILERS KW Dump 1973 ..........................................................$8,950 KW W900L Logger, 2000, 3406E, 18 sp, nice!$49,500 MOXY MT30 Articulated Dump Truck ............$37,500
SKIDDERS CAT 518 Cable Skidder, good runner............$14,500 CAT 525B, Swing Grapple ........................................P.O.R. CLARK 666 Cable Skidder, good tires..............$12,000 JOHN DEERE 748H, Swing Grapple, 2010 ........P.O.R.
MISCELLANEOUS CLEARING Rake w/Push Beams, D7F/G ............$2,950 GENERAL LOG PUP TRAILER, 2-Axle, 8’6” Bunks ........ ........................................................................................$10,500 OLATHE 867TG 10’ Tub Grinder, recent work ............ ........................................................................................$54,500 TIMBER PRO 840 FORWARDER, ‘08, clean$110,000
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Wind Turbine Towers...
New Foundation System Cuts Concrete Use by 75 Percent An Oregon startup is developing a new foundation system for wind turbine towers that cuts the amount of concrete used by 75 percent, reducing CO2 emissions, shortening wind farm construction times and lowering the overall cost of wind energy. RUTE Foundation Systems and a research team at Portland State University are receiving earlystage investment support from Oregon BEST to commercialize the new technology, which could speed wind farm development and keep millions of pounds of carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere. Current wind turbine tower installation involves pouring a very large concrete footing at the base of each 300-ft. (91.44 m) tower. The footings are 9 ft. (2.74 m) thick, 60 ft. (18.29 m) in diameter and require 30 to 40 truckloads of concrete — approximately 300 cu. yds. (229 cu m). Each footing weighs about 2 million lbs. (907,185 kg) and is not removed
from the soil when a turbine tower is decommissioned. “We’ve developed a manufactured assembly of anchored grade beams that saves a lot of concrete, transportation costs, construction time and carbon dioxide,” said Doug Krause, founder of RUTE Foundation Systems. “Using this footing saves wind farm developers time and money, is more environmentally friendly and reduces the cost of bringing renewable energy to the world.” Construction of a single wind farm with up to 50 turbine towers takes many months to complete in ideal conditions. Weather and curing of the concrete used in the footings can impact wind turbine delivery schedules, dragging out overall construction time and increasing costs. “Our foundation system is delivered fully hardened, so there is very little risk as to if it will be installed, cured and ready when the turbine is delivered to the site,”
said Krause, who uses the analogy of a massive Douglas fir tree held in place by a root system that weighs much less than the total weight of the tree. Because the components in the RUTE system are made in a beam manufacturing plant, the finished product is three times stronger than cast-in-place concrete. And using less concrete requires less cement, a material that is extremely energyintensive to make and generates CO2 during production. The RUTE system can save as much as 6 million lbs. (2,721,554 kg) of CO2 emissions for a single wind farm, Krause said. The company is working with Franz Rad, a Portland State University professor of civil and environmental engineering, to design instrumentation and procedures to monitor beam flexure in a range of soil and weather conditions. The work at PSU involves structural analysis, stress analysis and design of the beams and the
supporting hub. It will provide critical validation of the material properties and structural design before initial field studies begin. “It is interesting and challenging for me and my grad students to look at replacing massive concrete footings with a new foundation system that has post-tensioned beams connected to a hub,” said Rad. “Computer models show us the strength and stiffness of the foundation, and in the process grad students learn about practical design, structural innovations and developing specifications for a field monitoring program.” RUTE Foundations also is working with a technical team that includes Nishkian Dean Structural Engineers in Portland Ore., and Marvel Bridge Engineers in Denver, Colo. Oregon BEST is supporting the project with $66,000 in early-stage investment funding. Ken Vaughn, director of commercialization pro-
grams at Oregon BEST, said the project is an example of how a relatively mature clean technology can be improved through innovation, resulting in multiple benefits. “This really shows how innovating an existing technology can further reduce the cost of renewable energy, while also cutting greenhouse gas emissions,” Vaughn said. Oregon BEST offers a wide range of support for cleantech startups in Oregon, and currently has more than 35 start-up companies listed as Oregon BEST Companies that are receiving help moving their technologies toward the marketplace. For more information, visit http://oregonbest.org/ and http://www.rutefoundations.com/. (This story also can be found on Construction Equipment Guide’s Web site at www.constructionequipmentguide.com.)
Washington Has Six-Year Plan to Improve Fish Passage FISH from page 8
expedited the schedule to minimize the impact to the public and opened 14 days early. They worked day and night shifts, with two six-worker dirt crews and the structures crew consisted of two crews of six-ten workers. In addition to Granite Construction’s crews, 20 different subcontractors also worked on the site. The steam was bypassed around the work area, and Chris Damitio, WSDOT project manager, said that care was taken during the dewatering process to ensure that fish were not left stranded. Bentley said that because of the hot summer, the stream had dried out quite a bit which made the stream work easier. Preparing the site for the bridge required excavating the existing culvert and removing 30,000 cu. yds. (22,936 cu m) of fill. Then it was building the 40 ft. retaining walls. Using lightweight concrete in these retaining walls was a first for both WSDOT and for Bentley’s crews. “We set up a batch plant onsite, making the material onsite and pumping it right to the location where it went,” Bentley said. Of the lightweight concrete, he said, “we definitely got a better feel for it and worked great for what we had there. It’s a pretty unique product.”
The 8,800 cu. yds. (6,728.083 cu m) of lightweight concrete was poured at a rate of 2 ft. (.6 m) per day as part of the expedited schedule. In addition to building the bridge, crews also did stream work that included regrading the stream and putting in new material, such as woody debris, to create habitat With the highway shut down and traffic rerouted onto nearby county roads, crews could work without worrying about traffic. “The county and local law enforcement was great to work with in making sure the detour flowed well, despite the additional traffic on the county road system,” Damitio said. Although the project was declared operationally complete in September 2015, he said that they still have to paint the bridge to give it a natural gray finish and install bridge rails. Of the project, he said, “everything went really well and the only reason we’re having to do work this spring is because of the early rains. We needed about two more weeks of good weather and we could have finished it.” SR 542 Anderson Creek Culvert was one of several projects that were completed during summer 2015. Although the injunction recommends that WSDOT prioritize replacing barriers that will yield the greatest habitat benefit, Moon said that the initial projects
WSDOT photo
The two culverts beneath SR 542 were deemed barrier culverts by WSDOT because of the debris that frequently clogged the culverts and a fish ladder was necessary for fish to continue traveling upstream.
the design teams started with were selected because the department had existing information, which allowed it to move quickly into the design process. However, “habitat gain is of high importance and we look for partnership opportunities and we group projects in geographic areas when it makes sense,” he said. The final portion of projects is monitoring whether the culverts are positively affecting fish passage. “The injunction has monitoring requirements to ensure we watch over each location
for a number of years to make sure the correction is functioning as it’s intended to,” Moon explained, “and so far they have been.” Funding for this replacement work comes from the federal government and state funds, including Connecting Washington. “In the 2015-17 budget, we did get around $88 million in the current biennium, so many of those projects that were designed in last biennium are scheduled for construction this coming summer,” he explained. WSDOT has webpages devoted to explaining the Fish Passage Program and includes a number of helpful resources, such as annual reports and the WSDOT Fish Passage Six-year plan which details where in the state future projects are scheduled so the public can track the agency’s progress. As of December 2014, WSDOT has completed 282 fish passage projects, resulting in access to 970 mi. (1561 km) of potential steam habitat. And with 825 barriers left to replace, Moon said, after taking the year to design the replacement structures first, “now we’re starting to make better progress in completing the projects.” (This story also can be found on Construction Equipment Guide’s Web site at www.constructionequipmentguide.com.) CEG
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Boise’s JUMP Project Wins ‘Excellence in Concrete’ Award
The six-story, 65,000-sq.-ft. (6,039 sq m) main building in Boise includes five interactive learning studios, a five-story slide and rooftop gardens. In addition, a public park and outdoor amphitheater will surround the center.
A huge quantity of concrete was used in Jack’s Urban Meeting Place, for which the Intermountain Chapter of the American Concrete Association recently rewarded the massive JUMP project with an “Excellence in Concrete” award at a ceremony in Salt Lake City. ITD has joint jurisdiction along with ACHD, as the transportation department has responsibility for A huge quantity of concrete was used in Jack’s Front and Myrtle streets, and the Urban Meeting Place, for which the county for 9th and 11th streets. The Intermountain Chapter of the American Concrete project has its address on Myrtle, Association recently rewarded the massive JUMP but work heavily impacted local project with an “Excellence in Concrete” award at a ceremony in Salt Lake City. roads as well. The six-story, 65,000-sq.-ft. (6,039 sq m) main building in Boise includes success in both form and function. Curved five interactive learning studios, a five-story concrete surfaces blend with the overall slide and rooftop gardens. In addition, a pub- structure, contributing to the building’s overlic park and outdoor amphitheater will sur- all architectural significance. The grand pioneer staircase required class round the center. Construction crews broke ground on 1 concrete finishes with as-cast conditions. The elevated and curved (horizontally and Jack’s Urban Meeting Place in 2012. McAlvain Concrete served as concrete vertically) stair structure is the architectural contractor on the JUMP project, placing cornerstone to this project and serves as the more than 25,000 cu. yds. (19,114 cu m) of main entrance to this new facility. (This story also can be found on cast-in-place concrete in multiple phases. The double helix ramp structure, only the Construction Equipment Guide’s Web site second of its kind in the United States, was a at www.constructionequipmentguide.com.)
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