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Rehabilitation of Taxiways A, F and G2 at Southwest Florida International Airport

This project started in the end of November 2020 and was a 454 calendar contract with 12 separate construction phases and no weather day forgiveness, these factors made for an exciting project.

This project was running simultaneously with our Cargo Ramp Project, both projects were airside (Secured Area SIDA). All employees and subcontractors had to go through the badging process with TSA or be escorted at all times.

Coordinating our construction work schedule with the flight schedule, while working inside the RSA (Runway Safety Area) was very challenging, especially since we only had a 4 hour window.

Working with LCPA and Aircom made this portion of our construction run smooth with excellent planning on all parts. The project was delayed 2 months by LCPA due to increased air travel for spring, after the COVID restriction were lifted. The biggest battle this project had was supply change issues with the Air Field Lighting composites. We overcame all obstacles and the project was completed in August of 2022.

Kudos to all invovled in this sucessful project! Joseph Dutton, Project Manager

CONTRACT AMOUNT $11.4 Million

TONNAGE

46,000

SCOPE OF WORK

• Mill and replace 46,000 tons of asphalt with P-401 • Subsurface Grout Injection • Remove and Replace the airfield signs and lighting CONTRACT AMOUNT $1.4 Million

TONNAGE 12,500

SCOPE OF WORK

• Mill and replace 46,000 tons of asphalt with P-401 • Subsurface Grout Injection • Remove and Replace the airfield signs and lighting

“The road serves as the only way in and out of the tropical community, and had long been dealing with flooding issues due to the tidal patterns along the low-lying road.”

Goodland Drive Rehabilitation Project

To deal with regularly occurring rain in the late summer in Florida is one thing, and we all know what to expect. To deal with that and working around the tidal patterns that regularly caused flooding issues on Goodland Drive, added an extra challenge.

The Goodland Drive Rehabilitation Project for the small town of Goodland in Collier County was a great paving project. The road serves as the only way in and out of the tropical community, and had long been dealing with flooding issues due to the tidal patterns along the low-lying road. To alleviate these issues, we raised the elevation of the road by approximately 1.5 feet, all of which was with asphalt. Chris Ance’s crew put down 12,500 tons of asphalt within a total project length of just one mile! Due to the one way in/one way out road, maintenance of traffic was also crucial to keeping the paving crew and residents moving – a big thanks to Sam Manahov, Tommie Harris, and their crews for safely securing the road! A project well executed all because of proper planning, strong communication, and excellent safety measures.

Great job A-Team! Elliott Kresse Project Manager

Location: Fort Myers, FL

In August of 2021, after months of plan changes and negotiations, we were contracted by Plateau Excavating, a sister company to Dewitt Excavating, to pave the Amazon Distribution Center, also known as RSW5. This project is literally 1 minute away from our Alico plant so naturally we had to have it. Chris Ance’s crew started some of the bottom lift while Lee Lamb’s crew finished the remaining bottom lift and the rest of the project.

Mark Slomski and Ariel Ortiz helped with the Quality Control by keeping track of where all 4,400 tons were placed. We could not have stayed on track without the mechanical help from Harry Hoxie and Zach Jahn. We were faced with many scheduling challenges for the project and I can proudly say that we not only met their challenges, we exceeded them! Thank you Garrett Fons for making the schedules work! The General Contractor was very impressed with our crew’s work ethics, communication and skill.

In the midst of the RSW5 project, we negotiated and were awarded the Amazon Delivery Center DJX8, which was right next door to RSW5. DJX8 was more than twice as much asphalt as RSW5 at over 9,000 tons. Again, we were faced with tight schedule deadlines and again, we exceeded their expectations. DJX8 also had 90 sets of speed bumps that were completed by Lee’s crew with the assistance of Paramount Construction and Russ Berner Contracting to help meet the deadlines.

Every day the crew had to do Covid checks, attend safety meetings, complete toolbox talks and a daily job hazard analysis sheet. Every day the crew had a great attitude and were excited to get such a large parking lot project completed. They had every reason to be proud. RSW5 had a zero item punch list and DJX8 had one item. The Construction Manager, The Conlan Company, mentioned that they had never had a zero item punch list from a paving contractor.

I would say that Ajax delivered! Thank you for your hard work and dedication! Lee Strauss Estimator/Project Manager