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Constructs Phase 1 Through 4 Westside Parkway Project In Bakersfield

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Coastline Equipment & Terra Pave, Inc

Terra Pave, Inc.’s new John Deere 328D skid steer photographed at their Whittier facility.

(L-R) Andy Valdez, Sales Representative, Coastline Equipment and Bill Allred, General Superintendent, Terra Pave, Inc.

For over 30 years Terra Pave, Inc. has been providing quality grading and paving services throughout Southern California. The scope of their work covers both the private and public sectors, focusing primarily on asphalt paving projects for general contractors, agencies and private owners.

Recently Terra Pave, Inc. purchased a John Deere 328D skid steer loader from Coastline Equipment. Bill Allred, General Superintendent, Terra Pave, Inc. comments, “When it came time to update our fleet with a new skid steer, we knew John Deere was a brand we could trust and that Coastline Equipment was a dealer that provided excellent support and service. The John Deere 328D is a faster, stronger and more powerful machine. We primarily use it with a grinder on our projects and with our new Deere 328D behind it, this attachment provides a faster and more accurate cut. The John Deere 328D skid steer really gets the job done and it is just more reliable than the other brands we have tried in the past.”

Bill adds, “We’ve worked with Coastline Equipment for a long time and have had other John Deere machines. The whole Coastline team has been very accommodating and appreciative of our business. Our Coastline representative Andy Valdez is an old family friend that has always been there for us. The other divisions like finance, parts and service have not let us down either. I know Coastline will be there for us down the road, working by our side to help us meet our business goals.”

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Features 06 Security Paving CompanyConstructs Phase 1 through 4 of the Westside Parkway Projects in Bakersfield

12 ATP - Where Quality, Emission Reduction & a Clean Environment is the Main Concern

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16 Sully-Miller Contracting Co. - Rehabilitates Ramps A & B and Taxiway at Bob Hope Airport in Burbank

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20 Norwegian Grade Rehabilitation and Roadside Safety Enhancements Project awarded the ASCE Project of the Year for 2010 – and PRS played a Big Part!

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Dan Chapman Jr. came over to Security Paving Co. as Technical Manager in June 2010.

SECURITY PAVING COMPANY, INC.

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Constructs Phase 1 through 4 of the Westside Parkway Projects In Bakersfield Written by: Brian Hoover

According to U.S. Census estimates, Bakersfield is the 9th largest city in California and the 51st largest city in the United States. During the past 30 years, Bakersfield has more than tripled, going from approximately 105,000 in 1980 to 347,000 in 2010, with expectations of reaching 486,900

by 2030. This kind of growth demands a highway and interstate freeway system to support it, yet Bakersfield is one of the largest cities in the U.S. that is not currently directly linked to an Interstate highway. Instead, the community is now primarily served by State Route 99, SR 58 and SR 178.

The Westside Parkway is a new multi-lane east-west freeway being constructed in Bakersfield that extends from Truxtun Ave. near SR 99 to Stockdale Highway near Heath Rd. When complete, the Westside Parkway will help to reduce congestion on key arterials, such as Rosedale Highway,

(1 & 2) Dirt Removals. (3) Loader keeping the plant full during production. (4) Fine Grading.

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Stockdale Highway, and Truxton Avenue. The Parkway is specifically designed to accommodate current and future development throughout Bakersfield. The overall project is funded by the State Transportation Improvement Program (STIP), and includes the extension of Mohawk Street (Phase I) from Truxtun Avenue to Rosedale Highway. This Phase of the construction began in the summer of 2009 and is scheduled for completion by the spring of 2012. In particular, the Mohawk Street Extension (Phase I) will provide a 1.2-mile north-south connection from Rosedale Highway to Truxtun Ave., with three lanes in each direction. Construction includes a new railroad grade separation at the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway, a bridge over the Kern River, and the future Westside

Parkway interchange.

The California Transportation Commission voted to allocate $133.2 million in August 2008, to construct the initial phases of this project. The City of Bakersfield awarded a 27.7 million construction contract to Security Paving Company for their work on Phase I. Dan Chapman Jr. is the Technical Manager for Security Paving and comments, “The extension of Mohawk Street over the Kern River will help ease traffic congestion in Bakersfield. We have finished the erection of three bridges that include one over the existing railroad, another over the actual new parkway, and one over the Kern River that ties into Truxtun Avenue on the south side. Most all of the bridges have been designed with details that include a stone

facing, decorative railing treatments and lighting fixtures.

Now that the bridges are in place, we have started on the road excavation, base course, the first paving lift and will be capping within the next week or two. The job has been fairly straightforward including the relocation of oil, gas and electric utilities. We are currently right on schedule on the Mohawk Street Extension and moving to begin construction on Phase 4.�

Westside Parkway Phase 2 is currently underway and Security Paving is building the east-west section of roadway between Mohawk Street and Allen Road at a cost of $76.6 million. Phase 2 included several concrete pours, including ithe Jewetta Avenue bridge on February 11th, where 400 cubic yards of concrete was required to

(1) Breakdown, intermediate and finishing rolling. (2) HMA asphalt pick-up machine. (3) Dumping it into the paving machine hopper.

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complete the deck. This phase of the job also includes full interchanges at Mohawk Street, Coffee Road and Calloway Drive; a bridge at Jewetta Avenue; and a temporary signalized intersection at Allen Road.

Soundwalls will be built along the right-of-way adjacent to residential developments. Completion of Phase 2 is anticipated to take approximately three years. Future phases will complete the east and west ends of the project. The Truxtun Tie-in consists of extending the new parkway between Mohawk Street and Truxtun Avenue, and will span the Kern River. The Stockdale/Heath Tie-in will construct the new freeway between Allen Road and Stockdale Highway near Heath Road. This phase of construction will also build a full interchange at Allen Road, a bridge at Renfro Road, and

soundwalls along the right-of-way adjacent to residential neighborhoods.

Construction will begin on all future phases as funding becomes available.

In addition to these freeway extensions, there is also a proposed network of beltways being considered in Bakersfield. The West Beltway would run north-south from Seventh Standard Rd. to Taft Highway. It will run parallel to Heath Road to the north and parallel to South Allen Road to the south. A future extension would connect the West Beltway to SR 99 and I-5, providing a bypass to Bakersfield. The South Beltway would run east-west from SR 58 to I-5. From SR 58, it would run south, parallel to Comanche Drive until Taft Highway. From there, the freeway would turn west, and run parallel to Taft Hwy. until terminating at I-5. A future extension

would extend the freeway north to SR 178 and terminate at Alfred Harrell Highway. Bakersfield also envisioned CalTrans building a North Beltway as the western extension of SR 58, but this has been withdrawn in favor of the Centennial Corridor.

Security Paving Company owns and operates a Gencor asphalt plant and will produce all of the hot mix asphalt for the entire Westside Parkway project. They also have (2) portable ready mix plants and (14) volumetric mixers for rapid set concrete slab replacement jobs.

Dan Chapman Jr. continues, “We use our mobile Gencor asphalt plant to supply all of our jobs in Kern County, from Route 138 down to Lancaster. With our current and future projects coming up, we will most likely install more than one

(4) Hot and fresh asphalt going down on Mohawk Street. (5) Finished asphalt surface. (6 & 7) Paving a section of the Westside Phase 2.

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One of Security Paving’s RMC plants ready for action in Bakersfield.

Artist rendering of completed project.

Security Paving’s portable HMA plant being used on one of its many projects throughout Kern Co.

million tons of asphalt, with over 400 thousand tons being produced by our plant on our current projects. In addition to our mobile Gencor plant, we have two mobile rubber asphalt plants that we utilize throughout Kern County, Caltrans District 6 and in the LA area. We also recently added a lime marination plant, which we are currently using on two jobs for Caltrans District 6, which require the addition of lime slurry as an anti-stripping agent.”

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Security Paving performs public works projects from Petaluma down to Los Angeles and right now they are not having any problem staying busy. In addition to the Westside Parkway Project, they have completed or are currently working on many other jobs in Kern County this year including: the 7th Standard Road Project, the Hageman Rd. project, Route 178 towards Lake Isabella, Route 119 & 99. In addition, Security Paving will soon be self supplying over 350

thousand tons of hot mix asphalt for the Route 46 Project in Lost Hills.

Security Paving Company was established in 1947 by Bruno Mattivi. The company has been run

by Albert and Tom Mattivi for the last 50 years. Their main office is located in Sun Valley, California with a satellite office in Bakersfield.

For more information on Security Paving Company, please call 818-767-8418. Cc

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(Above) ATP placing approximately 750-tons of warm mix asphalt on Bay Marina St. in San Diego, California for the City of National City. ATP utilizes Caterpillar ACERT with EGR technology that provides plenty of power while minimizing particulate matter, NOX and Greenhouse Gases.

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ATP is a full-service asphalt paving contractor established in 2010, that provides San Diego's construction industry with state-of-the-art solutions for any and all asphalt paving needs. In addition, ATP is leading the way with eco-friendly alternatives to conventional methods of asphalt concrete mixtures, production and lay-down. Their asphalt pavement services include new construction, repairs and maintenance, all while utilizing clean burning biodiesel fuel blends and emission compliant paving machines and trucks. In addition, ATP also works with carb compliant companies like D III Transport for the delivery of their HMA products.

Providing the best possible product and doing everything they can to keep the environment and their employees safe and healthy is job one at ATP. ATP guarantees the delivery of a quality long-lasting asphalt pavement product, while significantly mitigating

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environmental impact. In addition to receiving a quality end-product, partnering with ATP will greatly contribute to a construction companies ability to earn LEED certification.

ATP is a locally owned and operated paving company led by Don Daley III and Frank Coakley, and they are one of the few that offer an alternative to conventional asphalt, through warm mix ashpalt (WMA) technology. WMA uses a variety of technological advances that allow the reduction of the temperature needed to produce and compact asphalt for use on roadways. The benefits are many and include: reduced construction costs by lowering energy use, an improved environment through decreased air emissions and an overall more efficient and better quality pavement.

Specifically, WMA is produced at temperatures that are 30 degrees to 100 degrees lower than typical HMA. This process actually lowers the

viscosity of the asphalt binder, which slows cooling rates and reduces aging, resulting in better compaction and the ability to haul the mix for longer distances.

ATP started their first warm mix project for a municipality in late August 2010 and completed it in the first quarter of 2011. Frank Coakley is the Vice President and General Manager of ATP and explains the newest WMA job, “We started ATP in 2010 to promote and educate the public on sustainable asphalt and green technology in paving. We are dedicated to better environmental solutions and cleaner asphalt such as warm mix. Recently, we bid a conventional HMA job for the City of National City. The overall project called for 30,000 tons of HMA for various streets, and included a rubberized asphalt overlay. We knew that the City of National City was interested in sustainable technology and so around half way through our job we approached them and asked if www.calcontractor.com

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(Above) Frank Coakley, VP, D III Transport, National City Mayor Ron Morrison, Don Daley III, President, ATP, Don Daley Jr. President, CCA and Chris Sparks, Sales Assoc. for CCA.

they would be interested in utilizing warm mix asphalt on a portion of the project. We did our due diligence and put all of the documentation together in order to prove to the city that WMA was indeed a durable, high quality, sustainable product, that they should consider using on future projects. They responded that they would be very interested and that they had the perfect test area for the WMA material, so they added Bay Marina Street to the project for the very fact that it was so heavily traveled with truck traffic. Bay Marina is a thoroughfare that leads to one of the busiest ports in San Diego, and is utilized daily by the auto industry for the importing and exporting of vehicles. This particular half-mile stretch of road is owned, maintained and used by the City of National City, and they felt that it would be an ideal test to see just how warm mix stands up to such daily abuse. We ended up paving 780-tons of WMA at approximately 220 degrees and the compaction came in at between 95% and 98%. I believe it was the ease at 14

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which we achieved What is the Value to the end-user? compaction that really impressed the city, along with • Extended Pavement Life the fact that the cold joints virtually • Extended Duration Between Sealcoats disappeared. Our • Reduced Green-House Emissions main goal here is to • Reduced Dependence on Raw Materials reduce greenhouse gases and the only Including Foreign Oil way you are going • Potential LEED Credits to accomplish this is by lowering the • In-Place Pricing Comparable to HMA emissions. This of course can only be done by lowering product. This provides a more the temperature of the hot mix sustainable material that can be asphalt. I believe that this particular trucked up to five hours without job will serve as an example of just what WMA is capable of, and it is our exhibiting any compaction or workability issues. Don Daley III hope that one day all of our paving comments, “We believe that the use will be done with warm mix asphalt.” of Evotherm allows for optimal ATP purchases their warm mix emission reductions, and we are asphalt from California Commercial working very hard to prove to our Asphalt, LLC out of San Diego. local cities and municipalities, that California Commercial Asphalt, LLC they can get more and better uses an additive known as Evotherm coverage with CCA’s warm mix in their WMA, which they mix with a products. We also continue to look high percentage of recycled asphalt www.calcontractor.com

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for additional beneficial solutions to use along with WMA, such as warm mix rubberized asphalt.

HMA with Evotherm offers temperature reductions, better compaction and the ability to haul the material further, all at a price that makes sense. At ATP we look forward to the day when we are using products like warm mix asphalt on every job. As the trend continues, I believe we can achieve this goal within five years and eventually begin adding in other materials like rubber to our mixes as well. I want everyone interested in our industry to know that at ATP, we are a sustainable asphalt company whose main concern is quality, emission reduction and a clean environment for our workers and for the end users as well.�

ATP is located at 187 Mace Street in Chula Vista, California. For more information on ATP, please visit them online at www.paveitgreen.com or call (619) 572-2376. Cc (Right) Mayor Ron Morrison of the City of National City addressing city officials and guests at the ATP warm mix pilot project. (Below) ATP compacts warm mix asphalt with ease, achieving 95% to 98% compaction on Bay Marina St. in San Diego.

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Rehabilitates Ramps A & B and Taxiway at Bob Hope Airport in Burbank Written by: Brian Hoover

Although known by many names over the years, Bob Hope Airport has always been known as a convenient and friendly air travel location. Today the terminals serve: Alaska Airlines, Horizon Air, American Airlines, Delta Connection, jetBlue, Southwest, United Express and US Airways.

Bob Hope Airport has been known by many names over the years including: Angeles Mesa Drive Airport (1928-1930), United Airport (1930-1934), Union Air Terminal (1934-1940), Lockheed Air Terminal (1940-1967), Hollywood-Burbank Airport (1967-1978), Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airport (1978-2003) and the Bob Hope Airport (2003-Present). Bob Hope kept his own personal plane at the airfield and was also a longtime resident of the area.

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on the 100th anniversary of the Wright Brothers first flight and also the year that Bob Hope was born.

After officially opening on Memorial Day Weekend in 1930, United Airport quickly became the primary airport for the greater Los Angeles area. Lockheed then purchased it in 1940 to build fighters and bombers in support of the imminent war effort. The airport, however continued to serve the general public and passengers would fly out for business or to see their family and friends amongst B-17’s, and P-38 fighters that were rolling off the Lockheed

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(Above) Sully-Miller constructing Ramps A & B at the Bob Hope Airport. (Right) Sully-Miller Contracting Co. also removed and replaced the entire 225,000 sq. ft. taxiway.

assembly line. After the war, the major carriers moved to what today is known as LAX, but the airline industry soon returned to Burbank in 1960, as jet airliners were now capable of taking off and landing on the short airstrips. Back in the beginning, the planes that landed in Burbank, had tailskids instead of a wheel, few had brakes and consequently runways were not usually paved. The first landing strips were made of a 5” mixture of oil and sand and originally there were no taxi strips. Today the Bob Hope Airport has two asphalt-paved runways that sit on approximately 610 acres of land. In 2010, around 4.5 million passengers and 96.2 million pounds of cargo took off from Bob Hope Airport. This type of traffic obviously puts constant strain on the pavement surface and regular maintenance is necessary to keep the airport up and running safely and efficiently.

Sully-Miller Contracting Co. was recently called on to rehabilitate Ramps A and B at the Bob Hope Airport. The $6.6 million project began in January

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of 2011 and was completed on May 16, 2011.

The asphalt and concrete were first removed from both ramp areas, which is the portion where commercial planes land and passengers board and disembark. In all, 9 inches of asphalt and 19” of concrete were removed from both ramp A and B, which covers an approximate 247,500 sq. ft. area. Sully-Miller also removed and replaced the entire 225,000 sq. ft. taxiway, made up of 8” thick asphalt. Blue Diamond Materials in Irwindale provided the 27,000 tons of P401 FAA asphalt mix, which is built for heavier traffic with 1 1/4” minus aggregate. In addition, 2,400 yards of concrete was placed and screeded mostly by hand.

Travis Clausen was the Project Manager for Sully-Miller Contracting on this project and comments, “The construction of Ramp A and B was organized into seven phases. Each phase had to be completed within a 2-week period.

This broke down to 2 or 3 days of removal, 2 to 3 days for the installation of an electrical power

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station, 3-days for concrete and 3 or 4 days to install the asphalt. We worked around the clock with both a day and night crew, and were required to have the live taxiways open by 6:00 am. This meant that we had to cease construction activity at 5:00 am. During the day we continued to work in the ramp areas, with active planes being parked and utilized on both sides of our work area. The job had a few other challenges, including having to work around unknown underground utilities. The job sits on the old Northrop aircraft facility and old utilities had to be removed or worked around. This included railroad and hanger rails that were located throughout the site, including under the new terminal building. With the help of our Foreman, Steve Gomez and our Project Engineer, Trent LeClaire, we were able to complete the job on time and on budget.”

Professionalism has been Sully-Miller’s primary aim since George W. Sully and Earl B. Miller started the company back in 1923. Today, as part of the Colas Group, Sully-Miller has gained the technical and financial strength needed to build infrastructure ranging from road construction and heavy highway to airports and commercial private work. Travis Clausen concludes, “As it says on our website, “We strive everyday to continue to build the confidence of our customers, with the following 10 core values embedded in our work: Safety, Quality, Respect, Trust, Integrity, Enjoyment, Innovation, Teamwork, Social Responsibility, and Continuous Learning.”

For more information on Sully-Miller Contracting Co., visit www.sully-miller.com, call 714-578-9600 or visit their corporate office at 135 S. State College Blvd, Ste 400, Brea CA 92821. Cc

The Bob Hope Airport has had seven different names since its opening in 1930. United Airport (1930–1934), Union Air Terminal (1934–1940), Lockheed Air Terminal (1940–1967), Hollywood-Burbank Airport (1967–1978), Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airport (1978–2003) and Bob Hope Airport (2003–Present).

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NORWEGIAN GRADE REHABILITATION AND ROADSIDE SAFETY ENHANCEMENTS PROJECT AWARDED THE ASCE PROJECT OF THE YEAR FOR 2010 – AND PRS PLAYED A BIG PART! This article was contributed by: Chris Gabriel, Penfield & Smith, Chris Gerber, Twining, Inc., Tom Pizza, City of Thousand Oaks and the staff of PRS.

Photos by: Jim O’Kane, PRS, Inc.

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he historic Norwegian Grade was built by hand between 1900-1911 using picks, shovels, crow bars, farm equipment and $60 worth of dynamite given by the County of Ventura. The grade was constructed by members of the Norwegian Colony who hired help to provide a safe way to move bales of hay and sacks of wheat and barley to farmers on the Oxnard Plain and to the Hueneme Wharf. Today, Moorpark Road between Calle Contento and Santa Rosa Road (commonly known as the Norwegian Grade) is a major thoroughfare carrying over 13,000 vehicles per day between the Santa Rosa Valley/Moorpark area and the City of Thousand Oaks.

City staff, in consultation with Twining Laboratories, determined in the early 1990s that the roadway pavement was at the end of its useful service life. In addition, an area of unstable slope in close proximity to the edge of travelled way was identified as an engineering issue that needed to be corrected. It took nearly twenty years to secure funding for this much-needed project. Once funding was in place, Penfield and Smith Engineers (P&S) of Camarillo were retained to prepare design and bid documents.

In cooperation with Twining Laboratories, City staff, and Pavement Recycling Systems (Jim O’Kane & Marco Estrada), P&S value-engineered the method of reconstructing the structural roadway section, as well as the proposed retaining walls for the unstable slope.

The value engineering design included an in-situ asphalt reclamation process for the pavement rehabilitation and replaced retaining wall designs with a soil-cement engineered structural fill for the slope reconstruction.

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(Top) Entrance into the Historic Norwegian Grade thoroughfare located in the Santa Rosa Valley between the Moorpark area and the City of Thousand Oaks.

(Above Left) Stockpiled millings to be used for slope repair. (Above Right) PRS and the general contractor’s equipment train applying emulsion, grading and compacting the subgrade.

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(Left) Moorpark Road between Calle Contento and Santa Rosa Road (commonly known as the Norwegian Grade) is a major thoroughfare carrying over 13,000 vehicles per day between the Santa Rosa Valley/Moorpark area and the City of Thousand Oaks.

(Right) PRS pulverized the existing asphalt surfacing and blended the pulverized material with the underlying subgrade to a depth of 12”. (Below) The Norwegian Grade project was chosen because of its engineering, as well as its historic significance. The project showcases modern design construction methods, while paying homage to the Norwegian community that built the road over a century ago

On June 23, 2010, five bids for construction were received by the City, ranging from $1.5 to $2.0 million. C.A. Rasmussen, Inc. was awarded the project along with subcontractor Pavement Recycling Systems (PRS). PRS milled 2” off the existing structural section and the material was stockpiled on site for later use as the cement treated structural fill material to repair the failed slope. PRS spread and mixed cement into the stockpiled millings

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which Rasmussen placed and compacted in the slope repair area.

With regards to the roadway rehabilitation, PRS pulverized the existing asphalt surface and blended the pulverized material with the underlying subgrade to a depth of 12”. In some areas, because of the varying quality of the subgrade, it was necessary to spread between 1% - 2% cement in front of the emulsion stabilization process which added approximately 4.75%

emulsion to a depth of 12” into the blended material. Rasmussen and PRS successfully completed the work in time for a November 24, 2010 reopening of this important arterial thoroughfare.

The Norwegian Grade project was chosen because of its engineering, as well as its historic significance. The project showcases modern design construction methods, pays homage to the Norwegian community that built the road over a century ago, and delivers an improved vital transportation artery to the citizens of the City of Thousand Oaks and adjoining communities, all with a minimum of public inconvenience during construction.

PRS would like to thank Rick Alvarez, Jake Schakel, Chris Rogers & Kevin Rogers for their outstanding performance on this project. PRS would also like to thank the staff of Twining Laboratories for their assistance and support. The project was partially funded with a Federal highway safety grant. For more information on this project or other inquiries, please contact Jim O’Kane at Pavement Recycling Systems at 951-682-1091 or visit them online at www.pavementrecycling.com. Cc www.calcontractor.com

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Located in San Diego (Kearny Mesa), California, this division also has branches in Hawaii and Guam. For more on Hawthorne visit www.hawthornecat.com. Cc

California’s Coastline Equipment Honored by John Deere Coastline Equipment has been honored by John Deere Construction & Forestry as a high-performing dealer. The dealership is based in Long Beach, but has branches in Lancaster, Oxnard, Santa Ana, Santa Maria, Sylmar, Bakersfield and Sacramento.

Deere honors dealers for achieving high sales goals in their respective territories, as well as for customer service and rental efforts. Coastline scored high in all these categories.

“We’re very pleased to be recognized by John Deere Construction & Forestry as a highperforming dealer,” said Coastline’s Tom Michael, general sales manager.

“It’s a fitting recognition for all the hard work put in by our employees, whether they’re in outside sales calling on customers, in the shop or behind the parts counter. We’re one big team.”

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Del Hosler, Vice President & General Manager and Tom Michael, General Sales Manager of Coastline Equipment shown above with their high performance dealer award from John Deere Construction & Forestry.

Coastline, formed in 1984, has 150 employees according to Michael, and sells the full complement of Deere equipment, including Deere’s

compact Commercial Worksite Products line. It also has an active rental operation. Cc

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VCES California Rallies Back To Near Pre-Recession Levels • At one point California was the 6th biggest economy in the world compared to other countries. Today it’s the 8th. The peak of the GPPE market in California was 2600 machines/year.

• At its lowest point in recent decennia, California only represented 350 machines/year.

• Last year, there were signs of recovery with 500 machines.

As of end of April 2011 the market was up 55% and trending in a very positive direction.

• Caterpillar is the biggest competitor in California with 5 dealers spread over 38 locations.

(Above) When Mike Mathews became President of Volvo Construction Equipment and Services (VCES) California in November 2010, he was not new in the business. He had been VP Product Support at Mathews Machinery, an independent Volvo dealer founded in 2002 by Mike’s father, Tom, and his brother, Dave.

In 2008, Mathews Machinery – with 6 outlets – and VCES California – with 4 outlets in the state, came together to form VCES California. At the time, Mike was very busy working on integrating the two companies and consolidating the outlet base from 10 locations in 2008 to 6 in 2009.

“It made no sense at any time to have such close locations,” says Mike. “For example, when the two companies came together, we had two outlets within 6 miles of each other!”

Combined with the deep recession, this meant that the employee base had to come down from around 120 at the peak to 62 at its lowest level.

Today, VCES California has 73 employees.

“Decisions on where to reduce headcount were based on the business environment, and not performance,” he insists. “But still, it was very difficult to make those decisions.”

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Redundant positions as well as administrative overhead positions were eliminated and the company needed to be realigned, meaning more responsibility was put on fewer people. At the same time, the company changed from being privately held to a Volvo owned store

Our employees have rallied, they have redefined their work ethic and they are committed to success.

and communication was a challenge.

The employees went through a lot of cross training and constant change, bringing with it lots of pressure and workload. But all this was necessary if the company was going to get through the difficult time.

“There is a positive in everything,” says Mike thoughtfully. “In a situation like this, you force each individual in

the organization to understand what they are truly capable of.

This provided opportunities for employees to grow personally and professionally in roles that they would under normal conditions they would not have thought they would be able to take on.”

“The revenue base of the company was at its lowest two years ago with $35 million in annual sales,” says Mike. “But we are back to what appears to be almost pre-recession numbers with a forecasted $60 million for this year”.

“The Volvo brand is one of the most recognized in the world,” believes Mike. “Some customers think they can’t afford Volvo and the challenge is to demonstrate that the quality of the product is what you would expect from the brand. When you look at Volvo you need to look at the total cost of ownership. Volvo provides value that is beyond the acquisition price of the product,” he says, “and having the Volvo brand is a distinct advantage in the marketplace.”

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Amid all the change, a clear strategic direction on what lines to represent was formulated and the company was redefined to both its customers and employees.

He talked to each and every employee about what the plans were, what their job was going to be, and what the financial objectives were.

“We needed to be very direct in our communication,” states Mike.

“Transparency is imperative when you are dealing with change. You need to avoid speculation. It’s always difficult to handle and it is very destructive.”

Today, Mike describes the VCES mission in two sentences: • To take the N° 2 position as an equipment provider in the California marketplace.

• To be the best provider of products and solutions to the customer base that aligns with our product offering.

Mike’s expectations have not changed. “I wanted the company to become profitable again. And to achieve that, having the trust of your people is very important. Our employees have rallied, they have

redefined their work ethic and they are committed to success,” he believes.

When asked about the toughest challenges he has encountered, he says, “I have high expectations of myself and of my people. Spending time with the employees communicating the objectives and influencing them daily is crucial. I need to share our results and empower them so they can make the right decisions every day. This improves morale and employee satisfaction.”

Mike doesn’t see any big changes over the next months. He feels the course has been set, and VCES California is making progress towards achieving their goals. “We have gotten very good results with our direction,” he muses, “but things take time and that’s difficult for me. I know what I want and I want it now!”

Most important to Mike is the way he looks at life. “I look at the opportunities and am grateful for them,” he says and quotes Todd Gothberg saying, “You can look at life in two ways. There’s what I have to do vs. what I get to do.

Mike Mathews, President VCES California Changing these two small words profoundly influences the way in which I go about my life on both a personal and professional basis,” he concludes. Cc

Wirtgen “Operator Comfort System” for Cold Milling Machines Wirtgen is setting new standards in terms of driving experience and userfriendliness with their new “Operator Comfort System” (OCS) for their large milling machines. The hydraulically moving and swivelling cabin is a key element of OCS, which also offers quick adjustment to the optimal operator position with full visability at all times. The new OCS is for Wirtgen large milling machines of the new generation W200, W 210 and W 250 and is offered as an alternative to the standard operator’s platform.

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milling projects that would normally require an operating crew of two to be completed efficiently by just one operator. This is made possible the six cameras installed to monitor important work processes. Joysticks are installed at the armrests that allow the operator to intuitively control the entire machine in comfort. With addition new climate control features and sound-insulated cabin, the operator can fully focus on his milling job and thus achieve even better milling quality and performance. For more information on the Operator Comfort System, call Nixon-Egli Equipment Co.

(Above) The Operator Comfort System cabin comes complete with the compact transport of the large milling machine, as the cabin is moved into transport position quickly and hydraulically at the mere push of a button.

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Roadtec Ships 1000th Shuttle Buggy® MTV

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7651 Ronson Rd. San Diego, CA 92111 Office: 858-278-8351 Fax: 858-492-9959 San Diego 4726 Convoy St. Office: 858-278-8338 Fax: 858-278-4845 Escondido 1330 Mission Rd. Office: 760-739-9100 Fax: 760-739-8888 Fontana 8520 Cherry Ave. Office: 909-429-9100 Fax: 909-429-9397 Imperial 440 West Aten Rd. Office: 760-355-7700 Fax: 760-355-7704 Indio 81-501 Industrial Place Office: 760-863-5558 Fax: 760-863-0959

The 1000th SB-2500 Shuttle Buggy MTV leaves the Roadtec factory in Chattanooga.

In 1989 Astec Industries, Roadtec’s parent company, introduced the very first material transfer vehicle, the Shuttle Buggy MTV. Roadtec material transfer technology has led the way to improved smoothness and even densities in asphalt pavements, which is key to durability of the asphalt surface. Now hundreds of Shuttle Buggy MTV’s are in use all over the world: in 48 U.S. States, in 20 countries, and on 6 continents.

The company shipped the 1000th SB-2500 Shuttle Buggy MTV this spring.

When pavement failure began to be studied more closely in the 1980’s, it was found that one of the most important causes was material segregation. This discovery inspired Roadtec engineers to find a solution, and they designed a mobile device that could re-mix hot mix asphalt just before feeding it to the paver. With the help of a Shuttle Buggy MTV,

road builders were then able to eliminate material segregation.

Segregation in hot mix asphalt can ruin the quality of an asphalt lift. Yet the things that cause segregation, like less than perfect stockpile management at the hot mix plant or long truck wait times, are often out of the road builder’s control. The ability to remix the asphalt for even temperatures and even material size gave road builders the control they needed.

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ADVERTISERSINDEX Art’s Trench Plate & K-Rail Svc. Co. ....25 Nixon-Egli Equipment Co.......Back Cover California Asphalt Association ............30 Quinn Company ....................................21 Clairemont Equipment....................28, 29 RDO Equipment Co. ................................5 Coastline Equipment ..............................3 Trench Shoring Co. ................................7 Coastline Equipment Crane Division ..25 UB Equipment Corp...............................17 Ditch Witch ..........................................23 Valero Asphalt Products ........................2 Hawthorne CAT ....................................13 Vermeer Corporation ..............................5 Herrmann Equipment............................11 Volvo Construction Equip. & Svcs. ........7 Kenco Engineering, Inc. ......................31

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Nixon-Egli Equipment Co., W ir tgen & ANRAK Corporation

(Upper Left) Tom Schmidt, General Manager, ANRAK Corporation with Ron Speroni, Sales Representative, Nixon-Egli Equipment Co. (Above) ANRAK Corporation’s new Wirtgen W 210 Cold Milling Machine purchased from Nixon-Egli Equipment Co. (Left) Wirtgen W 120 Cold Milling Machine hard at work for ANRAK Corporation.

Established in 1976, ANRAK Corporation was one of the first contractors on the West Coast to specialize in asphalt concrete pavement profiling, grinding, milling, and removal. Today, ANRAK serves all of California and Nevada from their headquarters in Sacramento. They own and operate around 30 profiling machines, represented primarily by the Wirtgen brand. The newest addition to their fleet is the Wirtgen W 210 profiler purchased from Nixon-Egli Equipment Co. Tom Schmidt, General Manager, ANRAK Corporation comments. “We purchase Wirtgen profiling machines because they are the most durable milling machines on the market. The production and reliability we get from Wirtgen is second to none and these machines are built to last. Our new Wirtgen machine is also extremely operator-friendly and at over 650 horsepower, it has the power to handle anything and everything we throw at it.”

Tom adds, “Nixon-Egli is a very solid company to do business with, and they have always treated us right.

Our Nixon-Egli representative is Ron Speroni and his knowledge and professionalism is what has nurtured our long-standing relationship with Nixon-Egli. If Ron says he is going to do something, it’s going to happen.

I also want to mention Randy Davis their service manager, he has really been there for us when we’ve needed him. He has fixed any problem we’ve had quickly and efficiently. The whole team at the Tracy branch takes care of all of our needs and just makes it easy to continue doing business with Nixon-Egli Equipment Co.”

California’s Largest General Line Construction and Municipal Equipment Dealer.

So. California: 2044 S. Vineyard Ave., Ontario, CA 91761 • (909) 930-1822 No. California: 800 E. Grant Line Rd., Tracy, CA 95304 • (209) 830-8600 www.nixon-egli.com