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Voters Approve Prop 7 for Road Construction, Maintenance By Will Weissert ASSOCIATED PRESS
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) Voters statewide approved all seven proposed amendments to the Texas Constitution on Nov. 3, including Proposition 7 which will pump billions of extra public dollars into roads. Proposition 5 lets counties with fewer than 7,500 people privatize road construc-
tion and maintenance — up from the current maximum of 5,000 residents. About 70 counties qualify. And Proposition 7 means that when sales tax revenue exceeds $28 billion per fiscal year, the next $2.5 billion would go to road construction and maintenance starting in Sept. 2017. Then, beginning in September 2019, if tax revenue from vehicle sales and rentals
exceeds $5 billion per fiscal year, 35 percent of the amount exceeding $5 billion would go to road funding. The amendment allows the GOP-controlled Legislature to bolster transportation infrastructure strained by Texas’ booming population without raising taxes. “Prop 7 will provide an efficient way to dedicate a portion of our sales tax revenue to build the roads that our children and grand-
children will use,” said Rep. Joe Pickett, an El Paso Democrat who chairs the House Transportation Committee. “All we are doing is taking the success of the Texas economy and dedicating a portion of it to transportation.” (This story also can be found on Construction Equipment Guide’s Web site at www.constructionequipmentguide.com.)
Houston Museum of Fine Arts Undergoes $450M Expansion By Lori Lovely CEG CORRESPONDENT
Like a reworked piece of art, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, one of the largest cultural institutions in the country, will present a dramatically altered appearance by the end of 2019, due to a campus transformation of its 14-acre campus that includes construction of two new buildings designed by Steven Holl Architects; a new conservation center designed by Lake|Flato Architects; and a landscape plan that unifies a century’s worth of architectural legacy. There are technically two separate projects, but the museum is treating them as one. Work includes the addition of a new art school, new exhibition building and new conservation center. The space above the parking garages also will be modified. “There will be three new During demolition, they will be exportbuildings and two new inter- ing about 115,000 cu. yds. (87,924 cu connected underground m) of dirt and importing sand and parking garages,” said gravel for backfill and drainage, using Willard Holmes, COO and track hoes, excavators, loaders, some project manager serving as small bulldozers and tandem dump the owner’s representative in trucks to haul materials.
Once building begins, they’ll bring in two tower cranes and a 110ton (99.79 t) hydraulic crane to set the precast concrete panels, various drilling rigs. There also will be additional equipment associated with the retention system the project will be using.
the museum. It’s the first major construction since two buildings were added to the Fayez S. Sarofim campus in 2000. An important aspect of the redevelopment is a unifying master plan to integrate the new structures with the diverse architectural elements already on campus, such as the glass and steel designs of
German-born Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, considered the father of Modern architecture, and the Neoclassical limestone designs of Spaniard Rafael Moneo, known for his postmodern influence, as well as the Hugh Roy Cullen Sculpture Garden designed by Isamu Noguchi, the renowned Modern sculptor.
“We want the buildings to be distinctive, not be stylistically homogeneous,” Holmes explained. “We want them to add to the campus, to use materials in unique ways and to reflect our standards.” Their choice of architects will introduce the translucent forms of Steven Holl Architects and the regional Modernism of Lake|Flato Architects. In addition to helping blend the existing architecture with the new buildings, the landscape will make a major contribution to Houston’s efforts to improve the pedestrian experience. Located in Houston’s Museum District in the heart of the city, the MFAH is enhancing its pedestrian-friendly urban campus with an array of public plazas, reflecting pools and gardens. “There will be a new public plaza north of the existing Noguchi sculpture garden,” Holmes said. “There will be water features, a small café and public space for the community.” Sidewalks, street lights and “way finding” also will be improved. The intent of the campus redesign is to expand MFAH’s see MUSEUM page 16
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DFW’S I-35 Project Stays on Track Despite Record Rain By Giles Lambertson CEG CORRESPONDENT
Dallas-Fort Worth was inundated in May with nearly 17 in. (43.19 cm) of rainfall, according to the National Weather Service, making it the rainiest May in the Texas cities in almost a quarter century. The 17 in. was just four shy of the amount of rain falling on the cities in all of 2014. Yet despite this veritable monsoon, major reconstruction of Fort Worth’s Interstate 35W is on track. “The record rainfall slowed the work,” acknowledged Michael Peters, public information officer of the Texas Department of Transportation, which owns and is funding the contract, “but the contractor is still planning to finish on schedule next year.” Peters spoke specifically of the 3.6-mi. (5.7 km) leg that runs between two major intersecting arteries in Fort Worth, Interstate 820 and U.S. 81/287. The $200 million reconstruction of that stretch of roadway is expected to be substantially complete in mid2016, three full years after work began. Unfortunately for commuters and I-30 travelers, that isn’t the only piece of I-35W torn up at the moment. The 6.5 mi. (10.4 km) running south from I-820 to the intersection of Interstate 30 nearer downtown Fort Worth also is being widened and upgraded. Like their peers to the north, construction crews in the southern work segment were idled for several weeks by the torrential spring rains, disrupting work schedules. Splitting I-35 Interstate 35 splits into east and west legs as it approaches the Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area, with I-35E routed through Dallas and I-35W through Fort Worth, the 16th largest city in the United States. The west corridor was first redeveloped in the 1960s, with further reconstruction in the 1970s and 1980s. Despite the improvements, the artery remained a clogged one, as was once expressed plainly by a resident of the city in a Fort Worth public forum: “I have always felt so sorry for schmucks driving from Austin to Oklahoma North on I-35. They now hate Fort Worth. It is hard to forgive constant gridlock. Nothing gives a worse name to a city.” The corridor indeed is a significant one, for good or ill. “I-35W is important for the region and the state,” said Peters. He added that, because it is a trucking lane north from Mexico, “the highway is a special international trade corridor, too. Daily truck volume amounts to 11 percent of all traffic.” Peters calls it “Main Street Texas” with 140,000 vehicles rumbling through the corridor daily. The roadway includes a section that has been declared the most congested in all of Texas.
The 6.5 mi. (10.4 km) running south from I-820 to the intersection of Interstate 30 nearer downtown Fort Worth also is being widened and upgraded.
The longer southern leg of the project is being worked and overseen by a design-build team in the consortium called North Tarrant Infrastructure LLC.
of $1.4 billion. It began tearing up the old roadway last year.
Later this year, Texas DOT will accept bids for a final far north 8-mi. (13 km) segment of I-35W that runs past Fort Worth Alliance Airport and reconnects with I-35.
So the major reworking of the highway is at least due, perhaps overdue. A tertiary part of the project was the recent reconstruction of a dozen mi. of North Tarrant Expressway, which feeds into I-35W. That project was completed late last year at a cost of more than $2 billion. In addition, all major intersections
with the interstate are being rebuilt at this time, which means local drivers merely crossing over I-35W are running into construction delays, too. A consortium, NTE Mobility Partners, is building, financing and ultimately managing the longer southern section of I-35W at a cost
An unusual element in the reconstruction of I-35W through Fort Worth, Texas, is the source of some of its funding. The longer of the two I-35 segments is being rebuilt through a publicprivate partnership that includes a consortium of investment companies and organizations. One of the 2009 investors is the Dallas Police and Fire Pension System. The Dallas system claimed to be the first pension fund in the United States to invest in an infrastructure project. Such investments are more common in Canada and a few other countries than they are in the United States. Pension funds and other private sources of money are increasingly talked about as alternatives to the unreliable highway funding coming out of Washington. The Dallas system invested $43 million of its $3 billion fund. The fund’s administrator called it a “proud moment” and “an excellent investment.” Richard Tettamant declared, “We believe that private investment is the future model for infrastructure construction in this country. It’s a visionary move by our leadership to be the first pension fund to participate, and a win-win-win for the citizens of the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex.” Other investors in the public-private partnership include Cintra US, a global investor in transportation infrastructure, and Meridiam Infrastructure, a global investor in public facilities.
Day and Night Work Crews work night and day on the combined 10.1-mi. (16.3 km) highway project. In the northern (DOT) segment, all four lanes of the existing roadway are open during peak travel periods, with intermittent exceptions, but there are numerous lane closures at night and during off-peak hours. The southern portion of the project is even more constricted as workers and travelers obstruct one another. “On a typical day in the 3A [southern] segment,” said Tommy Williamson, assistant public relations manager for the consortium, “two to three lanes are still operating in each direction. During night-time hours, there may be a lane or two closed in each direction to allow the roadway works to be performed and minimize the disruption to commuters.” Asked in October if this clogging has contributed to any significant accidents, Williamson responded, “So far, so good.” Local commuters are trying to avoid the congestion, of course, but in some parts of Fort Worth such attempts at avoidance are futile. Travelers crossing the country on the interstate can, of course, go through Dallas instead of Fort Worth, but stretches of I-35E also are under construction. The northern section of I-35W is today a four-lane expressway with four frontage roads. Upon completion of the upgrade, the interstate will be an eight-lane roadway (four of them toll lanes) with four frontage roads. Because the entire corridor is being rebuilt, the frontage roads also are being torn up and constructed anew. The northern section is farther along than the southern one. The northern section is about 60 percent complete, in fact, so some completed improvements see DFW page 8
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Iron Helps Deliver Water to South Texas Providing water to about 130 agricultural customers and 19,000 residents served by the Delta Lake Irrigation District of south Texas is no easy task. Among the challenges: an unpredictable water supply, strategic planning so the water arrives when needed and balancing deliveries for everyone in the district. A dozen years ago, the list of challenges included keeping the canals, ditches and reservoirs clean so the water would flow effortlessly throughout the lower Rio Grande Valley. The arrival of four durable crawler excavators — including a trio of super-longreach machines — has made that much less of a problem today. Rio Grande Water to Farms and Towns The Delta Lake Irrigation District is the largest of the 26 irrigation districts in the valley. Although it’s called a valley, the area is actually a delta or floodplain that lies along the northern bank of the Rio Grande River that separates Texas from Mexico. The 1,760-mi. (2,832 km) river, which begins in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado, is the fifth longest in North America. The district, a governmental entity, uses a series of canals, ditches and pipelines to deliver the water needed to irrigate 83,000 acres of agricultural land. Also it provides raw water to five rural communities — Hargill, Monte Alto, Lasara, Lyford and Raymondville — located north of the McAllen and Harlingen metropolitan areas. Before arriving at customers in those municipalities, the water is processed through treatment facilities. The district’s activities are funded by two sources of revenue: a flat-rate assessment that each landowner pays annually and water sales to farmers and municipalities, either by volume or a flat rate by the acre. Water for agricultural use is diverted 320 days a year because much of the land is doublecropped. The delta is one of the prime farm areas in the Southwest, producing cotton, sugarcane, sorghum, corn, citrus, vegetables and pasture. There is a big range in farm size — from 10 to 15 acres to several thousand acres. The one thing they have in common is a reliance on water from the irrigation district. “Planning is key to providing water,” said Troy Allen, general manager of the Delta Lake Irrigation District. “After ordering water from the watermaster’s office [Texas
Commission on Environmental Quality], we have to wait three days before we can start our pumps to the farms nearest the originating source at Falcon Dam. It takes another three or four days to reach our farthest customers. We have to push the water a long way.” During the first quarter of 2015, however, not much irrigation water flowed. “Since August of 2014, we have had almost one and one-half times our normal amount of rainfall,” Allen said. “We needed the rain really bad, so that’s been a positive. However, maintenance of our ditches and canals has been curtailed and our revenue from water sales is way down.” When Allen arrived at Delta Lake in 2003, money was tight and maintenance of ditches and canals had been neglected for about six years. Some of the canals had 4 ft. (1.21 m) of silt in them, reducing water flow by twothirds. The main cleaning tool, a drag line, was broken. “The first year I was here, we purchased a used super-long-reach [SLR] excavator to clean out the ditches and canals,” Allen said. “We were so far behind that we worked the machine 12 hours a day, five days a week. Within the first five years, we racked up 10,000 hours on the excavator and, as a result, the diverted water routes were in much better shape.” Long-Reach Excavators Do the Job Once Allen built up the district’s bank account, he was able to purchase more high-performance excavators and a 3.5 cu. yd. (2.67 cu m) wheel loader. He had such good luck with the first used excavator — a Doosan machine — that he returned to the local dealer, H&V Equipment in Progresso, Texas. Due to favorable pricing and financing options, the district presently owns four Doosan crawler excavators. • DX225LC SLR “super long reach” • DX300LC SLR • DX340LC • DX340LC SLR Each super-long-reach excavator is equipped with a 60-in. (152.4 cm) ditching bucket, while the DX340LC standard arm excavator has a 52-in. (132 cm) trenching bucket. With 165 mi. (265.5 km) of drainage ditches, 42 mi. (67.5 km) of earthen canals and three reservoirs to clean, the Doosan excavators are kept plenty busy. “The ditches and canals have to be
cleaned every three or four years,” Allen said. “Our soil is mostly sandy loam, so it regularly washes into the waterways. Silt builds up, especially after a storm. Before we had the heavy equipment to handle routine maintenance, not only did the silt reach as high as four feet, but we had trees 6 to 10 inches in diameter growing in the ditches.” The earthen canals are 40- to 120-ft. (12.2. to 36.5 m) wide, and the width of the ditches ranges from 20 to 120 ft. (6 m to 36.5 m). With three super-longreach excavators and a standard-reach machine, the Delta Lake Irrigation District has the perfect combination of reliable equipment for canal and ditch maintenance. “Initially, we had to take out trees and brush from several of our waterways,” Allen said. “We used the standard-reach excavator to remove that growth and followed with a superlong-reach machine to work to the center of the canals and ditches. Now, we mostly use the super-long-reach excavators to handle these projects. At times we will have one on each side of the waterway, and when they won’t reach all the way to the middle, we build a pad a little ways out from the bank.” Allen and his crew have cleaned out so much silt from the drainage ditches that sometimes the banks are built up 6 to 8 ft. (1.82 to 2.44 cm) high, which can reduce the reach of the excavators. “Our operators do a good job of spreading out the dirt so it’s relatively easy to remove and relocate to areas where banks have to be raised,” said Allen. “We use our Doosan DL250 wheel loader with a three-cu. yd. bucket to load trucks for transport to other locations.” The district’s trio of reservoirs total about 2,240 surface acres — that’s more than 10 mi. (16 km) of surrounding banks that have to be cleaned of silt every two or three years. That work is handled by the excavators, too. The machines also are used to remove beaver dams, rebuild banks and for new construction. “A decade ago, there was concern about maintenance of the ditches and canals,” Allen said. “Today we are getting so much more done that we receive compliments all the time. Everything is so much better when you have the right equipment.” (This story also can be found on Construction Equipment Guide’s Web site at www.constructionequipmentguide.com.)
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Maeda Provides Lift Where Tower Crane Can’t Reach A Maeda mini-crane came to the rescue of a structure that was beyond the reach of a tower crane. On this addition to the St. David’s Medical Facility in Austin, Texas, the tower crane couldn’t reach the farthest corner of the structure. It could however, hoist a Maeda MC 285 mini-crane to the roof and stage the steel beams. Erectors found the mini-crane was much faster assembling the steel because of its close proximity and precision placement. The mini-crane operator was able to closely monitor the workers on the beams and communicate directly with them. This advantage also improved the safety of the steel erection. The Maeda was a much less expensive alternative than a large mobile crane rental. The crew was able to bolt-up the steel columns and beams in one day on the rooftop corner. The track-mounted MC 285, which was rented from Inman Texas Company in Houston, was easily able to maneuver on the roof with its compact 30-in. (76 cm) width. This is a trend that is making mini-cranes standard equipment on steel erection projects. As tower crane time becomes more valuable, the precision and safety of a mini-crane is faster and safer. For more information, visit www.maedausa.com. (This story also can be found on Construction Equipment Guide’s Web site at www.constructionequipmentguide.com.)
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Texas DOT to Accept Bids Later in Year for More I-35 Work DFW from page 4
already are enhancing travel. For instance, 17 on-off and connecting ramps in the northern section were touched by the project and nine of those have been finished and are in service. All told in that segment, some 600,000 cu. yds. (45,873 cu m) of embankment will be pushed up by dozers and more than a million cu. yds. (764,554 cu m) of dirt excavated. Major intersections and bridging in this segment include Western Center Boulevard and Basswood Boulevard, with a bridge over Big Fossil Creek. Connecticut-based Lane Construction is the contractor and also the supplier of surfacing material for this segment of the project. Most traffic lanes will be constructed of asphalt, some 500,000 tons (453,592 t) of it. Structures, curbing and elevated pavement will consume about 100,000 cu. yds. (76,455 cu m) of concrete. A Consortium Project The longer southern leg of the
project is being worked and overseen by a design-build team in the consortium called North Tarrant Infrastructure LLC. The joint venture construction team is comprised of global company Ferrovial Agroman, with U.S. headquarters in Austin, and Webber LLC, a Texas-based construction firm operating in the state for more than half a century. Webber is actually a subsidiary of Ferrovial, and is the largest heavy highway construction company in Texas. The company reached that plateau after starting with six employees in 1963. The southern section is slightly wider than the northern section. The current roadway in that stretch is four to six lanes wide, with four frontage lanes in most areas. When completed, the roadway will be eight to 10 lanes wide (four toll lanes) with four improved frontage lanes. Some rerouting of the frontage roads will occur. Besides being nearly twice as long as the northern DOT-managed segment, the southern stretch contains about 60 bridges and 28 off-on ramps.
Interstate 35 splits into east and west legs as it approaches the Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area, with I-35E routed through Dallas and I-35W through Fort Worth, the 16th largest city in the United States.
Potholes in the original pavement as well as new ones created by the heavy May rains were an aggravation for travelers in this section until they were fixed this fall. The soaking of the roadway by remnants of Tropical Storm Patricia in late October threatened to create more potholing. NTE Mobility Partners said it has spent more than a million dollars on cosmetic repairs and
other temporary measures just to keep motorists safe and happy. This longer segment is a about 25 percent finished. Nearly 1,300 Ferrovial-Webber onsite employees are plugging away 24-7 to complete the project in 2018. “Thanks to the design-build nature of our project and the hard work of our employees, this project is still on schedule,” Williamson said.
When both segments are finally finished three years from now, a comprehensive development agreement calls for NTE Mobility Partners to operate and maintain the revived expressway. This will include such maintenance responsibilities as pothole repair, guard rail repair, snow and ice removal, mowing of right-of-ways and similar seasonal and incidental work. The organization’s tolling service provider, North Texas Tollway Authority, will be responsible for collecting tolls. However, that will not be the end of the I-35W reconstruction story. Later this year, Texas DOT will accept bids for a final far north eight-mi. (13 km) segment of I35W that runs past Fort Worth Alliance Airport and reconnects with I-35. Reworking of that final segment of the corridor won’t be finished until 2021. (This story also can be found on Construction Equipment Guide’s Web site at www.constructionequipmentguide.com.) CEG
CW Machine Worx Seeks to Expand in Texas Market CW Machine Worx Ltd. continues to build its distribution network and is currently seeking dealers to represent its U.S. engineered and manufactured products in Texas. CW Machine Worx is the engineering, fabrication and manufacturing arm of Company Wrench Ltd. The company has a fully-accredited, licensed, professional engineering staff on board; a team of fabricators with many capabilities; and multi-certified welders. In its 15,000 sq. ft. fabrication facility, CW Machine Worx uses the latest in CAD software to assist in the design and engineering of boom and stick conversions, counterweight assemblies and multiple engineered high reach and long reach products to meet customer needs. Although the company specializes in conversion services, it has created many products that it manufactures. One example is the diesel HAWC/Dust Destroyer — a self-contained dust-suppression unit, which has multiple uses in a cross section of market segments. Other products include the patented CP100 Mag combo, 2nd Member hammer bracket and dual pin boom. CW Machine Worx has the means to provide specialty items to fit almost any need in the scrap, demolition and construction industries, according to the company. CW Machine Worx’s full product line includes: • High reach conversions • Long reach conversions • Custom booms and sticks • Material handler conversions • Hybridizations • Dust suppression For more information, call Hugh Gordon 740-808-3130 or email h.gordon@companywrench.com. (This story also can be found on Construction Equipment Guide’s Web site at www.constructionequipmentguide.com.)
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Family Ties Run Deep at Witch Equipment Co. in Texas
Rick Stiffler joined the team four years ago and has made a significant impact on the business as a top producer.
In late December 2012, Kevin Knuckley and Koy Kelley had been general managers at Witch Equipment Co. Inc. for about three years. That is when they became the majority owners of the now third-generation family business, where “family” is still a meaningful word that is prevalent throughout the organization. Witch Equipment was founded in 1960 by Gifford Glover, Kevin’s grandfather, and has a long tradition as a family-owned business. In fact, Kevin’s father, Paul Knuckley, currently owns Ditch Witch of East Texas in Tyler. Larry
Tim Scott’s “new” customers will appreciate his extensive knowledge of equipment and the industry.
Glover, Kevin’s uncle and Koy’s father-in-law, is still very active in the business as well. In order to improve the customer and employee experience at their locations in Fort Worth and Waco/Hewitt, the newest owners’ primary focus is to upgrade current facilities. To better serve its customers, Witch Equipment Company, has recently undergone quite a transformation. In the past few years, the entire sales team has turned over, and a new service and rental manager has been installed. “Due to the fact that Paul
Chris Taylor has been covering the north and east Dallas territory for about a year.
Knuckley and Larry Glover are responsible for hiring some of our long-tenured teammates and previous employees, the respect and loyalty that they earned made it imperative that Koy and I provide strong leadership and bring on people that shared our historical values and future vision,” said Knuckley. “We believe that was key in gaining the same respect and loyalty amongst everyone in our organization — veterans and rookies alike.” One former salesman from Ft. Worth is now manager/salesman of the company’s Waco location. Also, two long-tenured “team-
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mates” retired. This gives both locations a completely new look, when it comes to sales staff. Rick Stiffler joined the team four years ago and has made a significant impact on the business as a top producer. He has provided tremendous leadership skills amongst his team and the organization, according to Knuckley. He covers the Dallas and South Dallas area. Tim Scott took over the Waco territory when Billy Lawson retired after more than 35 years. “Billy had many great relationships and was firmly established in
Mike Bearden has been with the company for three years.
that area,” Knuckley said. “After three years, Tim is doing a great job of maintaining and building relationships, while gaining market share in central Texas.” Scott’s “new” customers will appreciate his extensive knowledge of equipment and the industry. Mike Bearden has been with the company for three years. He transitioned into the territory that was covered by Tim Scott, running from Fort Worth to Comanche and Eastland. “Mike mirrors the relationship skills that customers in that area see WITCH page 20
Ryan Thomas was recently hired in May, and has been covering the area of north Ft. Worth to Gainesville and Vernon.
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Mack Trucks Brings ‘Big Red’ to Texas Motor Speedway As racing fans gathered to quench their need for speed, they also had the chance to experience the original daredevil Evel Knievel. With the help of a Mack Pinnacle 70-in. (177.8 cm) high-rise sleeper model, Knievel’s 1974 Mack FS786LST model show truck was on display throughout the NASCAR triple header, which ran Nov. 6 to 8 at Texas Motor Speedway. The fully restored show truck, affectionately known as “Big Red,” was located on the Texas Motor Speedway Midway, giving fans a chance to get up close and personal with the rig. Big Red gained fame as the support vehicle for some of the wildest and most-watched stunts ever attempted. Big Red began as a standard Mack FS model cabover truck. The FS model combined Mack’s high torque rise Maxidyne diesel engine with Mack durability. A completely customized rig, Big Red was best known for Knievel’s custom-built dressing room and a cab finished in his signature red, white and blue theme. The truck is the centerpiece of Mack provided two Mack Pinnacle models to haul a permanent Evel Knievel Big Red to stops across the country. exhibit that will be housed at Topeka, Kan.-based Historic Harley- and other one-of-a-kind items. As part of a Davison. The exhibit features several pieces partnership between Mack Trucks, Evel of Knievel memorabilia, including motorcy- Knievel Enterprises and Historic Harleycles, leathers, helmets, medical X-rays, casts Davison, Mack provided two Mack Pinnacle
With help from Mack Trucks, Evel Knievel’s “Big Red” was on display throughout the NASCAR triple header, which ran Nov. 6 to 8 at Texas Motor Speedway.
models to help transport the truck while its permanent home is awaiting completion. “The Chase drivers are down to crunch time as they race toward a championship, and nobody knew the pressure of performing under tough circumstances better than Evel Knievel,” said John Walsh, Mack vice president of marketing. “We build our Mack models to perform under pressure as well, which is why we were honored to have our trucks bring Big Red to the races at Texas Motor Speedway.” Built to handle the challenges of the open road, the Mack Pinnacle includes several
ROMCO Equipment Co. Introduces Customers to Volvo’s Density Direct Volvo & ROMCO Equipment Co. introduced Density Direct to Texas paving contractors at the 41st Annual Texas Asphalt Pavement Association Conference held at the La Cantera Resort, in San Antonio, Texas, Sept. 22 to 25. Density Direct provides pass mapping, temperature sensing and real-time density mapping over 100 percent of the map, according to the manufacturer. According to Pat Slattery, paving equipment sales, of ROMCO, the product has been well-received by contractors. “Whether it’s coming from the manufacturer, the distributor or the salesman, any time you can provide a tool to help make the contractor’s job easier is
a bonus,” he said. Jeff Greene, vice president of Durwood Greene Construction Co., Stafford, Texas, said, “As a contractor, any time someone offers you a tool that will help increase productivity or improve your job performance, you have to consider it. If the Volvo Intelligent Compaction System with Density Direct can show any asphalt paving contractor when he has hit his target density, it would be considered an asset to the roller operator, the job superintendent and the DOT overseeing the job.” ROMCO Equipment Co., a familyowned business founded in 1961, sells, rents and services equipment for the construction, paving, mining and aggregate industries. They have loca-
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Museum Campus Showcases Pedestrian-Friendly Plan MUSEUM from page 1
role as a cultural institution to embrace that of an urban oasis, providing much-needed green space. “We’ll do something to help fit everything together,” Holmes said, “but it won’t be a grid.” He views the campus more like a “village of different buildings” that requires a natural-looking transitional landscape. Houston Mayor Annise Parker told local media that the city has experienced “incredible growth” over the past 20 years, and that MFAH, which traces its origins to 1900, has grown with the city. “The museum has embraced other parts of the world in its collections and its programs, and so it has become more and more a reflection of the breadth of this city,” Parker said. “The redevelopment of the campus and the resulting increase in public access to art and programming will further enhance the museum’s service to the city.” Transformation Demolition for the 35-year-old school of art began on August 24, said Brian Luney, project director of McCarthy Building Companies Inc., general contractor on the project, and was completed in early October. “There was an existing twostory cast-in-place concrete building at roughly 80,000 square feet, with one exterior wall being a glass block,” he said. “McCarthy was asked to salvage and reuse a portion of the glass block. The rest of the building, along with some pavement, was demoed by a demolition subcontractor.” Excavation will begin in late October. Construction of the Exhibition Hall is expected to begin in February 2017. Work on the Conservation Center will commence at the end of 2016. “It will take two years to build,” Holmes noted. “The whole project will take four years.” It’s been in the planning stage a long time, he added. “We purchased land across the street eight years ago; we’ve been in active planning seven to eight years.” The main portion of the project consists of two buildings: an art school and a new exhibition hall.
“The project timelines will overlap,” Luney stated. “A parking lot currently sits on the future site of the new Exhibition Hall, which will break ground once a new parking lot for the school of art is completed.” School of Art Construction of the new Glassell School of Art is scheduled for 2015 to 2017. The 80,000-sq.-ft. Lshaped building designed by Steven Holl Architects will be formed from a series of sandblasted, precast concrete panels in a rhythm of verticals and slight angles. The building will open onto the Brown Foundation Inc. Plaza, which offers ample outdoor space for programs and performances without disturbing the peacefulness of the Noguchi sculpture garden. The BBVA Roof Garden, a sloping, walkable green roof, rises from an outdoor amphitheater to a rooftop trellis offering dramatic views of the campus. “We envision the expansions at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, as an integrated campus,” Steven Holl said. “Our L-shaped Glassell School of Art building is a key part of our overall space-shaping strategy. At the campus, all buildings are in conversation with each other, and the lush nature of the Houston landscape serves as connecting syntax. Our new museum pavilion, in soft-etched, translucent glass tubes, will provide natural light to the galleries, offer a glowing presence at night, and form a ‘cool jacket’ around the new building, reducing solar gain and creating cooling energy. Punctuated by seven gardens, the new gallery building, with its transparent ground level, will have spectacular views into Noguchi’s sculpture garden. Likewise, the views offered from the rooftop gardens on the Glassell School building will give the public an overview of the entire, newly unified campus.” Inside, a broad-stepped central staircase allows easy access to the studios, each of which will feature abundant natural light. Students and the public can visit the streetlevel café/art supply store. When completed, it will be the only museum school in the country offering programs for students of
The new state-of-the-art Center, which will be characterized by a day-lit design, will bring the conservation team together under one roof and in close proximity to the museum for the first time. A café will be installed on the ground level.
A key element of the pedestrian-friendly master plan is the concept of moving all parking below ground to free up space on the campus for the new buildings and for outdoor public green space.
all ages. “It will combine the Junior School for kids and the Studio School for post-graduate programs and continuing education for adults,” Holmes said. “It’s the first time everyone will be in the same building. The ability to have everything in one building is immense. The bigger studios are adapted to the way people make art today: large art, digital art, different materials. The New Gallery Another building designed by Steven Holl Architects is the Nancy and Rich Kinder Building, a largely translucent and transparent structure that will contain art created after 1900. Punctuated by seven vertical gardens with reflecting pools at ground level, the new 164,000-sq.ft. (15,236 sq m) building dedicated to 20th- and 21st-century art will be porous to the landscape on all sides. The building’s curved, etched glass exterior provides natural light to the galleries and emits a soft glow at night. Interior spaces will be naturally lit under a “luminous canopy” roof, its concave curves mimicking the billowing clouds that fill the “big sky” of Texas. Inside, two floors of galleries will circle a three-level atrium, with a distinctive roof that will let in natural light to flood the central spaces. The 54,000 sq. ft. (5,016 sq m) of galleries around the central rotunda will increase the museum’s existing gallery space by 30 percent.
The extra space will enable the museum to showcase more art. Holmes said the museum’s collection is growing dramatically. Excited about a new building that will allow the largely unseen collection of 20th- and 21st-century masterworks to be displayed, he said, “Many pieces haven’t been seen before; they’ve been in storage.” The Kinder building also will feature a restaurant, café, the 202seat Lynn and Oscar Wyatt Theater and meeting rooms, and will lead out to the Noguchi Sculpture Garden. Construction is scheduled for 2017–2019. Conserving Art Construction of the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation Center for Conservation, designed by Lake/Flato Architects, is slated to commence in 2016. Because it is a separate project, a different general contractor will be retained. “We’re interviewing other firms for the Conservation Center,” Holmes said. The glass rooftop structure will be built on top of a parking garage that opened in 2000 and will enable passersby to glimpse activity inside as they care for and research more than 65,000 objects in the museum’s collection. “The Conservation Center will house scientists who study and care for the art,” Holmes explained, adding that they currently work out of a converted warehouse. “Now they will have a proper facility. It adds to our scientific activities.”
Meet the Architects Lake/Flato, designer of the Conservation Center, was established in 1984 in San Antonio, Texas. The group has attracted national attention because its designs are connected to the landscape and integrate with the natural environment. Named one of the World’s Top 10 Most Innovative Companies in Architecture by Fast Company magazine in 2013, Lake/Flato has received the national Top Ten Green Projects Award from the AIA Committee on the Environment, the highest recognition for sustainable design. Designing a “sustainable and flexible building where the museum’s collections can be brought for care and research” was important, according to David Lake, who said they attempted to “balance the art and science of conservation while taking into account the natural environment of the Houston landscape.” Sustainability was an important issue for Steven Holl Architects, as well. The New York City-based firm, which has extensive experience working with museums and was named America’s Best Architect by Time magazine in 2001, installed radiant floor heat in the Glassell building and created a “skin of glass” on the Kinder building that acts as a cooling jacket so sunlight never hits the concrete directly. Additional measures have been taken to ensure sustainability. “In our efforts to be a LEED project, all materials including concrete, steel, metals, etc. were taken to various recycling centers,” Luney said. Efforts extend even beyond the campus. McCarthy will be transplanting 12 existing live oak trees to various city parks within the city of Houston. “We’re trying to make things energy-efficient,” Holmes said. “We need a new central plant that see MUSEUM page 18
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is compact and efficient.” Funding and Jobs Money for a central plant may stretch a tight budget. Funding for the renovations has come primarily from private donations, Holmes said. “About 90 percent is private donations. It’s a $450 million campaign. The hard and soft costs are $350 million; there’s another $50 million for the organization — staffing, operational costs, lease space — and a $100 million endowment.” The museum announced that $330 million — more than 73 percent of its $450-million capital and endowment campaign goal — has been raised, as fundraising enters a more public phase. Overall, the museum has received 86 gifts, nearly half in the amount of $1 million or more. Finances are a two-way street, with the museum expected to generate nearly $334 million in economic activity, including more than $2.5 million in direct, indirect
and induced city tax revenues, once construction is complete. The museum also will have a significant impact through local job creation. “We’re adding 50,000 square feet to the Art School, 165,000 to the Exhibition building and 300,000 [square feet] to the Conservation building,” Holmes estimated. “That’s 400,000 square feet of space that will require maintenance, security, preparatory and engineering. That’s part of why we’re intent on the $100 million endowment.” Construction Details Holmes’ numbers don’t include temporary construction workers. Luney estimated that McCarthy has 200 employees on site on peak days. “In general, we average about 145 to 150 workers each day,” he said. Those employees are working six days a week. During demolition, they will be exporting about 115,000 cu. yds. (87,924 cu m) of dirt and import-
ing sand and gravel for backfill and drainage, using track hoes, excavators, loaders, some small bulldozers and tandem dump trucks to haul materials. Once building begins, they’ll bring in two tower cranes and a 110-ton (99.79 t) hydraulic crane to set the precast concrete panels, various drilling rigs. There also will be additional equipment associated with the retention system the project will be using. As Luney addresses autumn weather concerns with contingency plans, he said the biggest challenge on the project so far has been the “unique structure above grade for the school with the use of precast panels, cast-in-place concrete decks and the hollow core planks, and how they all tie together to create a unique structure. No two precast panels are the same. They are each unique in shape and size. We have engaged with subcontractors early on, focused on coordination, conducted logistical studies, engaged the design team on constructability, and essentially
looked at all aspects of how these elements will come together in the sequence of construction.” Another challenge includes coordination of infrastructure. “With new centerpoint lines, we are moving AT&T and gas lines,” Holmes said. “There are water mains running through the area. The complexity of the infrastructure makes things difficult.” A key element of the pedestrianfriendly master plan is the concept of moving all parking below ground to free up space on the campus for the new buildings and for outdoor public green space. The museum wants to preserve the live oaks, which is complicated by all the digging for underground parking structures and tunnels. “The parking lot across the street has 200 to 260 spaces,” Holmes calculated. “We’re building 400 spaces on two levels underground — the equivalent of an eight-story garage. Crews will dig down two stories.” The two parking areas will be “spread out,” he said, to ease traffic
congestion. “They will empty onto two streets.” Two new pedestrian tunnels will connect the Kinder Building to the Caroline Wiess Law Building, and the Glassell School of Art to the Kinder Building. With the existing Wilson Tunnel between the Mies and Moneo buildings, the campus will be fully connected below ground. An overriding challenge is to ensure that all the work doesn’t hinder movement. “We want people to visit,” Holmes emphasized. “We don’t want to close for three years, so we’re trying to make sure the work has a small impact on the day-today activities.” Connecting to existing buildings with tunnels helps, as does an outreach program to inform people what’s going on now and in the future at the museum. (This story also can be found on Construction Equipment Guide’s Web site at www.constructionequipmentguide.com.) CEG
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Kirby-Smith Machinery, Inc. is expanding, creating new employment opportunities throughout the company, at its 10 locations across Texas, Oklahoma and Missouri. Whether you have many years of experience, or you’re just starting out, Kirby-Smith Machinery can help you build a career. “We have openings in service, sales, parts, inventory control, the IT field, marketing, accounting, human resources and management,” said Kathy Dunn, human resources manager. “Kirby-Smith actively promotes from within. In fact, more than 20 people have moved up in the ranks during the past couple of years. We want employees to start here and stay with us long-term.” Kirby-Smith Machinery helps build employee success through ongoing education. Service technicians make up one-third of the company’s workforce, and they receive both factory and in-house training to keep them current on the latest equipment technology. Sales personnel also have educa-
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tional opportunities, which are focused on the latest machinery models and features that keep valued customers productive and profitable. “Ongoing educational costs are covered by Kirby-Smith Machinery,” said Dunn. “We also pay for that added expertise, as well as for experience. We have some of the highest incomes in the industries we serve. We also offer great benefits and a friendly atmosphere that’s considerate of employees and family obligations.” Dunn encourages anyone looking for a career to see what Kirby-Smith has to offer.
“There is much to be said for working with one of the top equipment dealerships in the industry. We have an outstanding reputation, and because of that, a diverse group of people from all over the country has come to work for Kirby-Smith. We’re looking for more people to help us grow an already profitable, stable company that has a solid track record of success,” she said. For more information, visit www.kirby-smith.com, careers. (This story also can be found on Construction Equipment Guide’s Web site at www.constructionequipmentguide.com.)
The mission of an auction professional should be to serve the customer and market the assets, to the best of its ability. Beazley Auctioneers, a Texas firm, was presented with an opportunity to assist a customer in bringing a package of rough terrain cranes to the market in Houston. Realizing that this package would require a global marketing effort; Beazley joined forces with Euro Auctions, one of Europe’s largest equipment auction companies, and Iron Bid Global, a company with deep roots on the U.S. East coast. The three have collaborated to host this auction in Houston on Dec. 4. Ultimately, the customer benefits from the collective marketing and buying power that cooperating auction companies bring to bear. It is not overly common for auction companies to collaborate, but when they do the customer is the ultimate beneficiary. As the world becomes more interdependent, innovators and a fresh, creative approach may prove to be a powerful force in the global equipment market. For more information visit, www.beazleyauction.com; www.euroauctions.com; www.ironbidglobal.com (This story also can be found on Construction Equipment Guide’s Web site at www.constructionequipmentguide.com.)
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