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Brewers Hit Home Run With $60M Spring Training Facility By Chuck Harvey CEG CORRESPONDENT
game,” said Barnes. “We expect to have substantial completion by mid-January.”
Spring training facilities for the Milwaukee Brewers have been a hit with players and fans, but in 2019 they look to be a home run. Construction is moving ahead on a $60 million renovation and expansion of Milwaukee Brewers’ spring training home in the western Phoenix community of Maryvale, Ariz. The ballpark sits on 60 acres at 51st Avenue and Indian School Road. During last season’s spring training session, Rick Schlesinger, chief operating officer of the Milwaukee Brewers; Tyler Barnes, senior vice president of communications and affiliate operations of the Milwaukee Brewers; Craig Counsell, manager of the Milwaukee Brewers; and Eric Thames, first baseman of the Milwaukee Brewers, joined other
More Space Improved Design The original stadium dates back to the late 1990s. “This is a renovation with significant additions, but not a completely new facility,” Barnes said. “Maryvale Baseball Park served as a great home to the Brewers for two decades, but as our operations grew, we were challenged for space, amenities and infrastructure.” Mortenson Construction of Minneapolis is prime contractor and HKS of Los Angeles is the architect for the combined publicprivate project. Mortenson is known for its project consulting, project delivery and facilities management. The Brewers declined to name subcontractors for the project.
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The city of Phoenix will allocate $2 million per year over the next five years and the Arizona Sports and Tourism Authority will contribute about $5.7 million.
staff to view the construction site. Like a good game strategy, plans came together.
Then construction began. “We started work immediately after the final 2018 spring training
In November 2017, the baseball club reached an agreement with the city of Phoenix to remain at Maryvale for another 25 years. Maryvale Baseball Park opened in 1998 on more than 60 acres. The Milwaukee Brewers will foot most of the bill for the project. The city of Phoenix will allocate $2 million per year over the next five years and the Arizona Sports and Tourism Authority will contribute about $5.7 million. What fans will see is a bigger, better overall facility. The existing Major League and minor league buildings total about 41,000 sq. ft. The comparable space in the new construction and renovation will approximately double that to 82,000 sq. ft. Fifteen major league teams spring train in the Valley. Cactus League baseball is a major tourism and spending driver for the region each year. see BREWERS page 6
ADOT Sets Final Girders on SMF’s Salt River Bridges Two hundred and ninety-two. That’s the number of concrete girders installed on two Loop 202 South Mountain Freeway bridges spanning the Salt River between Broadway Road and Southern Avenue in the southwest Valley. It’s also nearly a third of the 1,000 girders to be installed on 40 bridges throughout the 22-mi. corridor, according to the Arizona Department of Transportation. Working overnight, crews placed the final support beams for the half-milelong northbound and southbound bridges that will carry traffic across the Salt River when the South Mountain Freeway opens as early as late 2019.
Connect 202 Partners, developer of the South Mountain Freeway, placed the first girder at the Salt River on July 21, 2017. Many of the girders are very long and heavy, weighing 169,000 lbs. and extending 170 ft. in length. That’s 9 ft. longer than any single-span girder ADOT has ever used for a bridge. All of the girders were manufactured locally and hauled to the construction site overnight, when traffic is lighter. Two large cranes carefully hoisted and set the girders atop the bridges’abutments and piers. Now that all girders have been installed, crews will finish pouring concrete decks and adding barrier walls on the bridges. Construction equipment is
expected to be able to cross the bridges by early 2019. The freeway’s Salt River bridges will provide a much-needed local crossing to and from Laveen, especially when the river flows, while also reducing congestion at current crossings. The city of Phoenix’s 51st Avenue bridge is currently the lone all-weather Salt River crossing between 35th Avenue and Avondale Boulevard. For information on the project, visit SouthMountainFreeway.com. (This story also can be found on Construction Equipment Guide’s website at www.constructionequipmentguide.com.)
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Now that all girders have been installed, crews will finish pouring concrete decks and adding barrier walls on the bridges.
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Value Engineering Increases Value, Reduces Delivery Time
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Building abutments normally takes weeks. With this technique, being used for the first time on an ADOT project, it took only days for crews to create abutments for the I-17 bridges at Willard Springs Road.
Fisher Industries proposed creating new bridge abutments by using giant steel plates attached to construction vehicles as molds around rebar cages. Once the concrete sets, the steel plates can be moved quickly, allowing crews to pour concrete for another part of the abutment.
The Arizona Department of Transportation’s original plan for improving the Interstate 17 bridges at Willard Springs Road south of Flagstaff called for replacing the decks in both directions over two summers, ending well into 2019. The project that’s under way, however, is replacing the bridges in their entirety by the end of November — at no additional cost. The difference is due to a process called value engineering. Once a project has been awarded, ADOT and contractors can use value engineering to systematically analyze the plans and identify ways to deliver improvements safely, reliably and efficiently for the lowest overall cost possible, looking for ways to improve quality and value while reducing time needed to complete the work. For ADOT to
approve a contractor’s value engineering proposal, the change must either reduce cost or delivery time or both while adding value. As an alternative to removing and replacing just the bridge decks at I-17 and Willard Springs Road, the contractor, Fisher Industries, proposed creating new bridge abutments as well by using giant steel plates attached to construction vehicles as molds around rebar cages. Once the concrete sets, the steel plates can be moved quickly, allowing crews to pour concrete for another part of the abutment. Building abutments normally takes weeks. With this technique, being used for the first time on an ADOT project, it took only days for crews to create abutments for the I-17 bridges at Willard Springs Road. “Once the abutments are built, the bridge
work is the same that we’ve always done,” said Steve Monroe, senior resident engineer of ADOT’s North Central District. “It’s nice to have the contractor get in, get the job done in a much more efficient way and get out.” The new bridges are expected to be ready prior to the long Thanksgiving weekend. For now, drivers are moving by the work zone along I-17 using two lanes. Willard Springs Road is closed under I-17 while work is occurring, but drivers who need to access Willard Springs can still do so using the southbound lanes of I-17. In addition to improving delivery time and value, having both bridges done in one season rather than two reduces the length of time drivers must deal with restrictions at Willard Springs Road. The bridge improvements are part of a
larger project to improve northbound I-17 from milepost 312 north to the Flagstaff area. Several miles of the interstate have been repaved along with new guardrail. Both the right and left lanes from milepost 312 to 315 have been completely rebuilt and are already being used by traffic. In the final weeks before the weather turns too cold for paving, crews will focus on completing paving of both lanes between mileposts 312 and 316 and the right lane up to milepost 331 at Kelly Canyon Road. After a winter hiatus, crews will return when the weather warms to finish the project. For more information, visit azdot.gov/I17Paving. (This story also can be found on Construction Equipment Guide’s website at www.constructionequipmentguide.com.)
ADOT Busy With Projects Leading Up to Holiday Season Phoenix-area freeway drivers may have noticed more construction and maintenance closures along interstates 10 and 17. There’s some good news behind those restrictions. A scheduled increase in freeway work and closures in October and November allows the Arizona Department of Transportation to make progress on important improvements before a decrease in restrictions sets in during the holiday travel season. Crews have been busy in recent weeks on ADOT projects ranging from bridge construction at the Loop 202 South Mountain Freeway interchange at I-10 and 59th Avenue to I-17 pave-
ment improvements south of downtown Phoenix. ADOT is getting that work done now in order to limit weekend restrictions, including full freeway closures, during the holiday travel and shopping season between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Day. Scheduling weekend or overnight freeway restrictions in order to lighten the load during the holidays hasn’t been easy, especially with record-setting rainfall in the Phoenix area in October. Project teams made substantial progress at the I-10/South Mountain Freeway interchange, including pouring the concrete deck for the elevated
ramp that will provide a connection between northbound Loop 202 and westbound I-10 by late 2019. The Phoenix area can expect additional closures or lane restrictions along I-10 near 59th Avenue for work on the Loop 202 interchange. Bridge inspections also are planned at the I-10/I-17 “Stack” interchange near downtown. An ongoing I-10 project near Loop 303 in Goodyear is installing traffic-flow sensors in the pavement as well as electronic message signs above the interstate. (This story also can be found on Construction Equipment Guide’s website at www.constructionequipmentguide.com.)
ADOT is getting that work done now in order to limit weekend restrictions, including full freeway closures, during the holiday travel and shopping season between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Day.
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ADOT Program Helping Women Enter Construction Trades Iris Bost, an unemployed single mom of three, hoped to break into the male-dominated construction industry that would provide better pay than working retail. Through a social media post, the Globe resident was excited to learn about an Arizona Department of Tr a n s p o r t a t i o n - s p o n s o r e d Construction Academy at Gila Community College. She signed up for the free apprenticeship program to learn carpentry and earned college credit too. After finishing her training last year, Bost decided to start her own business teaching classes on jobrelated safety and health hazards as well as flagger/traffic control certification in partnership Arizona Department of Transportation photo with ADOT and Gila Iris Bost (3rd from L) with her class at Gila Community Community College. Construction Academy. “There should be more heavy equipment operators, highOffered through ADOT’s Onwomen in the construction way surveyors, electricians, carThe-Job-Training Supportive field, and I want to do what I penters, painters, pipe fitters, con- Services Program, part of the can to help them,” said Bost, crete finishers and block masons. agency’s Business Engagement who taught her first Depending on the position, they and Compliance Office, the Occupational Safety and start out earning $14 to $24 an Construction Academy combines Health Administration class hour, and sometimes more. hands-on activities and classwork at Gila Community College “ADOT is investing in attracting that includes computer technology, in August. “I want to teach and training skilled construction construction math, commercial both women and men about workers. Our Construction driving and job-related safety and what they can and cannot do Academy not only benefits indi- health hazards. Training is offered on the job so that they will viduals but helps the construction in the evenings and some weekwork safely.” Arizona Department of Transportation photo industry in Arizona as a whole ends to make it more accessible. To help remove barriers to Due to ADOT’s Construction Academy, while connecting women and othAlong with safety gear such as careers in transportation construction, Construction Patricia McKinley was able to obtain ers with construction job opportu- hard hats, protective eyewear and commercial driver license at no nities,’’ said Vivien Lattibeaudiere, boots, Construction Academy parAcademy programs that her cost. She also earned her traffic con- ADOT’s employee and business ticipants receive job-readiness ADOT offers with employ- trol flagger certification. development administrator. “We training and continued mentoring ers, community colleges, Native American tribes and others women enter the construction help place Construction Academy to help them achieve journeyman graduates into apprenticeships and status. provide free training and other sup- trades. As an added bonus, Of the more than 600 people trainee positions with contractors port — including safety gear and that build roads in Arizona. This Construction Academy particiwho have graduated from help with transportation and child care — for members of economi- Construction Academy pre- helps advance Arizona’s trans- pants like Bost perfect their concally disadvantaged groups. While apprentice training programs since portation system and the state’s struction skills by giving back to their communities. Bost and her the list of qualifying individuals they began in 2014, about 35 per- economy.’’ Women comprise about 9 perclassmates built a shed for the cent are women. Three-quarters of also includes minorities, veterans and those who are unemployed, participants have gone on to work cent of construction workers Globe Miami Piranha swim team among others, one benefit of this in the construction field as flag- nationally, according to the U.S. and rehabilitated an elderly man’s home. She’s also found the skills program has been helping more gers, commercial truck drivers, Department of Labor.
helpful in her personal life. “The ADOT Construction Academy is a great opportunity not only to prepare you for a job in the construction field, but you also learn what to do if you want to make repairs in your own home,’’ Bost said. Patricia McKinley, another Construction Academy participant, said she wanted to do more than office work at the small trucking company that she and her husband started in Phoenix. She wanted to drive a large truck for construction jobs but couldn’t afford the training to get a Class A commercial driver license. Due to ADOT’s Construction Academy, McKinley was able to obtain her commercial driver license at no cost. While working full-time, she participated in a sixweek program offered four nights a week at Southwest Truck Driving School in Phoenix. She also earned her traffic control flagger certification. Today, the mother of two operates an 18-wheeler to transport dirt excavated for highway projects. She and her husband, Jonvai, own KHAVL Transport LLC, an ADOT-certified Disadvantaged Business Enterprise. “I was the only woman out of six students in the commercial driver license class, and I was intimidated at first. But my husband encouraged me to keep going,’’ McKinley said. “This is a great opportunity for anyone looking to grow. ADOT’s program provided me with free gear and taught me what I needed to go to work.” For more information or to apply for a Construction Academy, visit azdot.gov/BECO. (This story also can be found on Construction Equipment Guide’s website at www.constructionequipmentguide.com.)
Local Governments Weigh Incentives for Car Maker CASA GRANDE, Ariz. (AP) Local governments are discussing proposals to provide incentives to a Saudi-backed California startup electric car maker that plans to build a plant in south-central Arizona. The Casa Grande Dispatch reports that the city of Casa Grande and Pinal County officials discussed proposals to offer $8.2 million in incentives to Newark, Calif.-based
Lucid Motors. Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund in September invested more than $1 billion in Lucid. Lucid plans to build its factory in Casa Grande, where it has pledged to employ 2,000 workers by 2022 while making 130,000 vehicles annually. Under proposed agreements, the incentives could include
reimbursements for construction sales taxes, rebates on airquality permit fees, a 500-acre purchase of land to lease to Lucid and money for workforce training, utility hookups, employee relocations and road improvements. (This story also can be found on Construction Equipment Guide’s website at www.constructionequipmentguide.com.)
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Brewers Expand Spring Training Facility Near Phoenix BREWERS from page 1
Stadium Takes Shape For this construction project, the building’s walls are poured directly at the job site in large slabs of concrete called “tilt-up panels” or “tiltwall panels”. The panels are then raised into position around the building’s perimeter forming the exterior walls. “The schedule is tight but we are seeing excellent progress every day,” Barnes said. Asked to describe the renovation, he said size and convenience were big factors. “The old facility had separate buildings for the Major League and Minor League operations,” Barnes said. “The renovated facility will bring all of that under one roof in a much larger footprint. We also took down the entire third base concourse and are rebuilding that with new ticketing, concessions, back-of-house offices and restrooms. We are building a new agility field, expanding one of the half fields into a full-size replica of Miller Park, and investing heavily in technology and training facilities.” Other areas of the stadium also are being refreshed to blend with the renovated areas, and all the playing fields will be replaced in a three-year cycle. Heavy equipment is on site including loaders, pile drivers, backhoes, bulldozers and delivery trucks. Part of renovation of the stadium includes modernization. Fixed seats will replace the existing benches in the stadium and a new scoreboard will be put in place. Navy blue and desert tones are the primary color scheme on the new stadium. Barnes said little will change in the dimensions of the main playing field. It will hold 10,000 fans and feature a grass surface. Field dimensions are 350 ft. in left field, 400 ft. in center field and 340 ft. in right field. The stadium will have adequate parking, Barnes said. It will have one primary lot and several smaller lots — including some new lots — for public parking. The ball club owns the vast majority of available parking, he said.
League players and have capacity for 100 spaces; it also will be covered to protect from foul balls. The third will be a refurbishment of an existing lot just south of the new covered parking. New Landscaping, Signage New landscaping and associated irrigation will be installed throughout the complex. The materials will follow an “Oasis” theme with a goal to provide improved aesthetics, help define circulation paths and use areas.
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Construction is moving ahead on a $60 million renovation and expansion of Milwaukee Brewers’ spring training home in the western Phoenix community of Maryvale, Ariz.
New Clubhouse Building The renovated stadium includes a new clubhouse building, featuring locker rooms, concessions, restrooms, shops, ticketing and support areas. A new stand-alone, two-story building will be constructed, running the length of the area from an updated home plate gate plaza to a connection with the existing Major League clubhouse building. This building will house new locker rooms, training spaces and support functions for the Major and Minor League teams; a new flagship retail sales store; and a new primary ticket office at the new home plate gate. The north side of the building will be home to new concession stands and restrooms as the first base concourse will be widened to accommodate better pedestrian traffic. A second floor will be constructed to house new offices for baseball operations and will feature a walkout patio with views of training facilities to the south. The existing Minor League building will be demolished, as will the structure that ran along the first base side of the stadium that housed the various game-day services offices, commissary, restrooms, maintenance and concession stands. The existing shade structures will remain on both the first and third base concourses.
New Entry Plaza A new entry plaza will be created behind home plate and will feature the primary ticket office and gates to the stadium. It is expected that the majority of fans will enter the facility through this new plaza. The east side of the plaza area will include the lobby entrance to the new clubhouse building. In addition, there will be the entry to the new retail store from outside of the home plate gate, allowing fans access to the store during nongame times.
Agility Field A new high-performance agility field will be constructed south of the new clubhouse structure. The surface will be primarily natural grass.
Major League Clubhouse Renovation The existing Major League clubhouse will be renovated to include facilities for psychological services, sports science, maintenance, grounds, a new right field gate, ticket office and vendor commissary. The existing upper level will become business operations offices and will have new finishes. New building services include new lighting and phone-data low voltage systems.
New Practice Field A new high-performance natural turf practice field will be constructed at the site of the existing half field to the east. The new field will have dimensions and layout matching Miller Park in Milwaukee.
Batting Tunnels A new eight-lane, Major League batting tunnel will be constructed immediately south of the renovated major league clubhouse. Two of the tunnels will be fully enclosed and air conditioned.
New Pitching Mounds New pitching and catching mounds will be provided to accommodate eight pairs of players. The mounds and home plate areas will be partially covered (plates and mounds) to provide shade for the players.
New Parking Lots New or refurbished parking lots will be created in three places: A new lot along 53rd Avenue will replace what is currently known as Lot C. The new lot — similar in capacity to Lot C — will be constructed primarily on the site that now houses the Minor League building. There will be two additional lots on the east side, closer to 51st Avenue. One of the lots will be new to accommodate Major
New Commissary, Visiting Clubhouse A new commissary for cooking, refrigeration and dry storage and a new visiting team-umpire clubhouse will be constructed on the third base side, outboard of the existing concourse structures. The new building will have vehicular access from 53rd Avenue to the western side of the commissary building. Field Surface Improvements The stadium outfield surface as well as the existing Major League practice field will be completely resurfaced with new turf, clay and foul territory/warning tracks. Press Box, Suites The press box, GM suites and party suite will be refurbished with new windows, paint (press box interior and exterior) and other finishes. There will be direct access from the press box to the new second floor Baseball Operations offices in the new clubhouse building. New Scoreboard A new scoreboard will be built and located in left field, replacing the current structure. Learning Lounge Part of the renovations include a “learning lounge” where free tutoring will be offered to neighborhood students via a partnership between the Brewers and Grand Canyon University. (This story also can be found on Construction Equipment Guide’s website at www.constructionequipmentguide.com.) CEG
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Organizations Protect Native Cactus Before U.S. 60 Project To prepare for a project replacing the Pinto Creek Bridge on U.S. 60 east of the Valley, biologists from the Arizona Department of Transportation and partner organizations spent several days working to protect a native cactus, in some cases rappelling down the canyon walls to do so. Their efforts over the summer collected samples, seeds and stem cuttings of the Arizona hedgehog cactus, which exists only in areas in Gila and Pinal counties north of the Gila River. “We have a responsibility to make sure the plants and animals that make Arizona special are protected,” said Josh Fife, ADOT’s biology team lead. “We’re proud that the work we did will make sure the Arizona hedgehog cactus will continue to exist in the one special place in the world where they thrive.” An upcoming ADOT project will replace the steel Pinto Creek Bridge, which spans a canyon at milepost 238 of U.S. 60 between Superior and Globe. Built in 1949, the bridge is outdated and well beyond its original life expectancy of 50 years. Workers will build supports for the new bridge and remove supports for the current bridge on slopes that are home to many Arizona hedgehog cactuses. Due the efforts
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Some of the biologists rappelled into the canyon, while others worked on the rim to collect seeds and haul out samples.
of biologists and engineers from ADOT, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Desert Botanical Garden in Phoenix and Tonto
National Forest, items removed from areas that will be affected by construction will be replanted once work is complete.
Some of the biologists rappelled into the canyon, while others worked on the rim to collect seeds and haul out samples. The Federal Highway Administration funded this effort. About a foot high, usually covered in spines and often with red flowers at the top, Arizona hedgehog cactus looks something like the small animal it’s named after. The species is listed as endangered by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and is protected under Arizona law. Protecting native plants and wildlife is part of every ADOT project. Along the South Mountain Freeway’s 22-mi. corridor, for example, saguaros, barrel cactuses and palo verde trees are being kept in temporary nurseries until they can be replanted along the freeway. Meanwhile, biologists working on the project have relocated animals including chuckwallas and burrowing owls. New Ina Road bridges over the Santa Cruz River in Marana, built as part of an ADOT project creating a modern interchange at I-10, include bat boxes that have become a new home for bats that lived in crevices under the old bridge. (This story also can be found on Construction Equipment Guide’s website at www.constructionequipmentguide.com.)
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