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Flatiron Construction Ahead of Schedule for I-710 Project

By Irwin Rapoport CEG CORRESPONDENT

Construction began in May 2018 on the California Department of Transportation’s (Caltrans) $150.7 million Interstate 710 Pavement Rehabilitation and Bridge Widening Project, which was awarded to Flatiron Construction Corporation in February 2018.

Crews have been making solid progress on the project that covers a 3.5-mi. stretch of the north-south I-710 through the cities of Commerce, Vernon, Bell, and the unincorporated area of East Los Angeles from Slauson Ave. to State Route 60. The project, financed by state and federal dollars, is scheduled to be completed in 2021.

Rehabilitation The project consists of rehabilitating a portion of the highway (five lanes in each

During weekend closures, Flatiron vehicles are able to enter and exit the work zone.

Operations are ongoing to remove sections of the old road to be replaced.

direction) with joint plain concrete pavement, (JPCP), and continuously reinforced concrete pavement (CRCP). All northbound lanes between Bandini Boulvard and the I5/I-710 Interchange are being replaced with JPCP. The Hobart Yard Bridge, which spans BNSF16 rail tracks and several Metro lanes, is being widened.

The highway has five non-standard lanes (11 ft.) in each direction and is being widened to five standard lanes (12 ft.) with 8-ft. wide shoulders (inside and outside). In addition, the median shoulders are being repaved with JPCP and the median barrier will be upgraded to meet current standards.

The work also includes installing new overhead sign structures, an overhead changeable message sign, and upgrades to drainage.

Caltrans wants the project completed rapidly and crews are working non-stop, seven days a week, with road closures occurring between 7 p.m. and 6 a.m. for 24 weekends (16 thus far); 55-hour closures are invoked.

The Hobart Yard Bridge at 1,200 ft. is the longest, while the Bandini, Washington, and Pacific Way bridges are shorter. The on/off ramps for the bridges also are being see FLATIRON page 10

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Can You Dig It: Slew of Construction Projects Begin

Anvil Builders crews sort through the wreckage of the Camp Fire in Paradise. All cars were removed and hauled away for recycling.

A loader cleans up the beach in Coronado with the Hotel Del Coronado visible in the background.

Independent Construction uses a fleet of 657 scrapers to move mountains to make way for thousands of new homes.

Ferma Corp. demolishes an old shopping mall in Cupertino using a fleet of its custom demolition machines, including this high reach excavator.

LB3 Enterprise’s Hitachi 1200 excavator moves excess dirt on a housing development project in Southern California.

A Caltrans loader cruises Highway 1 in Big Sur after cleaning up material washed onto the highway following winter storms. see DIG page 6

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Paving the Way: Town of Moraga Honored With Award The Town of Moraga, Calif., was honored By leveraging $600,000 of the $1.7 million

by FP2 Inc. late last year with the 2019 James annual sales tax revenue, the town yielded B. Sorenson Award for Excellence in $7.7 million to complete an intensive threePavement Preservation, which recognizes year pavement repair program focused on superior pavement preservation practice, usuresidential streets, with the first year (2013) ally to a city, township, county or state agency. concentrating on preventive maintenance, The award was presented to Moraga public second year (2014) on overlays, and third works director/town engineer Edric Kwan, at year (2015) on reconstruction treatments. the October annual meeting of the Rocky Educating the public from the start that Mountain West Pavement Preservation Measure K is a critical funding source to help Partnership in Park City, Utah. address, but not fix, the town’s entire pave“By 2012, Moraga’s Pavement Condition ment network set realistic expectations by Index [PCI] had deteriorated to 49 and was expressing that the $7.7 million would only ranked in the bottom 15 of all 109 Bay Area tackle 30 percent of the $25 million in backcities and counties,” Kwan said. “The town’s log needs. pavement network was at a critical juncture, Public outreach for the intensive pavement with a backlog of $25 million in pavement program over three years included pre-conneeds. Without significant maintenance, the struction activities such as letters mailed to town’s network would deteriorate at a more At the October Rocky Mountain West Pavement Preservation Partnership meeting affected residents, door-to-door education by rapid rate and put much of the network at risk in Park City, Utah, National Center for Pavement Preservation director Judith volunteers and two town hall public outreach Corley-Lay presents FP2’s James B. Sorenson Award for Excellence in Pavement meetings. of falling into poor condition.”

The Town of Moraga is a semi-rural com- Preservation to Edric Kwan, public works director/town engineer of the Town of It included construction literature such as a munity of 17,416 located east of Oakland. Moraga, Calif. public outreach brochure, frequently asked Moraga was incorporated in 1974 and in the questions and door hangers; a project website years that followed, its street network of 56 centerline miles public outreach program through a Revenue Enhancement with up-to-date project status reports and a three-week look Community Outreach to Neighborhoods (RECON) commit- ahead; a Facebook site; and notifications two weeks in was neglected due to lack of dedicated funding. tee to communicate the critical need of the town’s roads. advance of work and three days in advance of no-parking After a vigorous public outreach, town voters approved signs.

Conveying the Need for Improvement Recognizing the funding shortfall and community needs, Measure K on Nov. 6, 2012 — instituting a 1 percent sales see MORAGA page 11 the town embarked on an intensive and thorough grassroots tax — with a 70 percent approval rate.

Contractors Moving Mountains in Effort to Get Projects Started DIG from page 4

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Construction Crews Work to Replace 37 Lane Miles

Weekend operations are crucial to the removal of sections of the old highway 710.

FLATIRON from page 1

widened.

“The Bandini, Washington, and Pacific Way bridges are most utilized by trucking,” said Peter Lee, Disrict 7 resident engineer.

Approximately 37 lane miles will be replaced, which includes all lanes of I-710 from Slauson to SR 60.

“The project will reduce congestion,” said Eric Menjivar, public information officer of Caltrans District 7. “With the shoulders, motorists in an emergency will have a safe place to pull over and backups will not occur. It also provides a safe place for the California Highway Patrol and Caltrans maintenance workers to do their jobs. It will improve the movement of goods into and out of the Port of Los Angeles and the rail yards, creating a smooth transition for trailers where there is no interruption for them and motorists.”

Planning for the initiative began in 1999. The infrastructure was built in the 1960s and upgrades are needed to extend the lifespan.

Prior to construction, the highway carried 214,000 cars and trucks daily. When completed, the new infrastructure will be able to handle 230,000 vehicles and meet

traffic demands for the next two decades.

New Infrastructure In-house Caltrans engineers designed the new infrastructure.

“The biggest challenge is widening the Hobart Yard Bridge over the rail yard,” said Lee. “We’re also rehabilitating the old concrete pavement, which is being

Flatiron crews are preparing a new section of a concrete surface for a new lane on I-710.

done on weekends from Friday night to Monday morning, reducing traffic to two lanes. We’re using a fast setting concrete, with a polyester concrete overlay, that sets in 12 hours. With conventional concrete, we could not put traffic on for at least 10 days. Normally the concrete pavement is 9-to-10 in. thick, but we’re putting in over 13 in. — a thicker, beefier pave-

ment because a lot of trucks use the highway.”

The existing drainage system is being extended to the areas being widened with reinforced concrete pipe and drainage inlet, along with a Gross Solids Removal Device system (GSRD) to filter out the debris from the runoff before it goes into the channel adjacent to the Washington Bridge. A mini-

This is a section of the old road being removed. The rebuilding process has crews going directly under the subbase.

mum amount of landscaping using drought tolerant foliage will be done when feasible.

Local traffic is impacted due to lane closures.

“Since the start of construction, extended closure signs have been posted at the start and end of the construction zone,” said Menjivar.

“Signs alerting drivers that there may be temporary closures are also at every ramp in the construction zone. Electronic changeable message signs with detour and closure information will be posted at various locations around the construction zone during construction hours.”

Caltrans is extensively using social media to keep motorists updated on lane closures and detours.

Flatiron has completed nearly 90 percent of the bridge work, with the remainder taking place on the Hobart Yard Bridge. But a fair amount of the road work sill remains.

“We’re about 70 percent complete,” said Lee. “For the 2020 construction season, our goal is to finish all the weekend pavement work by May and finish the Hobart Yard Bridge work just before summer so the full weight of that see FLATIRON page 14

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Grassroots Program Spurs Paving Preservation Work MORAGA from page 6

Signage also was important, including contractor equipment and workers identifying Measure K funding, neighborhood entrances identifying Measure K funding, and lawn signs urging Shop Moraga First to support Chamber of Commerce’s endorsement of Measure K, and to enhance sales tax receipts.

“The three-year intensive pavement program effectively stopped the hemorrhaging of the town’s failing pavement network,” Kwan said. “Through being good stewards of the local sales tax revenue, the leveraged funds raised the town’s network PCI significantly, from 49, a network at risk, to 70, a network in good condition.”

Another aspect of the education process also explained why applying the “right treatment, in the right place, at the right time” is better than the fixing the “worst case first.” 

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2009 — California Department of Transportation

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Owner-Operators Struggle With Strict Rules of AB5 When the California Supreme Court signed Assembly Bill 5 (AB5) into law, things began to look grim for California owner-operators working for trucking companies.

AB5, which goes into effect on Jan. 1, 2020, puts strict rules into place regarding the independent contractor status. The status is determined by the ABC Test, which states the following three components: A: that the worker is free from the control and direction of the hiring entity in connection with the performance of the work, both under the contract for the performance of the work and in fact; B: that the worker performs work that is outside the usual course of the hiring entity’s business; and C: that the worker is customarily engaged in an independently established trade, occupation, or business of the same nature as the work performed.

Opponents of the law explain that the “B” component will put California’s owner-operators out of business because it is impossible for an independent driver working for a trucking company to be performing outside

of the hiring entity’s business.

This, opponents say, will bring down the many thousands of drivers who have built their businesses following the traditional independent contractor model. These are people who have invested hugely in their businesses, many of whom have been working for decades.

Indeed, many owner-operators in California have already received notification from the carriers they work for, putting the burden of how to proceed on their shoulders.

Options given have included, getting their own authority, an expensive endeavor; becoming company drivers which many say, will decrease their income substantially; or move out of the state.

The California Trucking Association (CTA) has sued the State of California to block use of the ABC Test for truckers. The lawsuit is waiting for review in federal court.

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Reconstruction Begins to Make Highway Commute Easier FLATIRON from page 10

bridge can be utilized. For the second half of the year, Flatiron will rebuild the median pavement sections and place a new median barrier. There will be some landscaping and hardscape improvements in 2021.”

On Jan. 13, crews began the demolition of an overhang with an existing barrier on the Hobart Yard Bridge.

“We have to remove the existing overhang barrier and build a bridge deck closure pour to tie the existing structure together,” said Lee. “We’re coordinating with BNSF to secure the work windows where we can go in. A temporary platform is being built to help catch all the concrete rubble that will fall down so that it doesn’t damage the tracks.”

Mike Roe, Flatiron’s project manager, also is dealing with the restrictions of a tight work zone and constant traffic.

“We try to provide a 30-and-40 ft. work zone for the crews,” said Lee. “For the weekend closures, K rails are placed and for weeknights, cones are placed. We close the ramps on weekends and this is where crews access the work area and bring in construction materials.”

Relations between Caltrans and Flatiron are excellent.

“We have a good team,” said Lee. “Flatiron is a seasoned and experienced contractor in Southern California and we don’t have any disputes as of today. We have developed great partnering relationship and trust in our team and the project is ahead of schedule.

We also have weekly meetings with BNSF to coordinate the upcoming construction work.”

Much of the lane reconstruction is done on weekends.

“We’ve learned a lot as the work has progressed because there is only so much that you can do on weekends,” said Lee. “You cannot do more than you planned, because once you’re committed, you have to finish what you started and the freeway closure has to be opened for the Monday morning commute.”

Multiple crews remove the concrete and the soil beneath it, going down directly to the subgrade.

“It’s a brand new roadway and

construction projects,” said Menjivar. “Residents and local businesses nearest to the freeway may notice noise, vibrations and dust associated with the batching operation. We’re making every effort to mitigate noise associated with construction activities by installing a noise reduction barrier around the plant location.”

Noise levels do not exceed state, federal and city regulations; water trucks are being used to minimize dust during working hours; and dump truck drivers are minimizing backing up operations to reduce back-up alarm noise.

Some of the ongoing road construction involves crews building new lanes for I-710. that requires a lot of planning and coordinating,” said Lee. “We stop paving on Sunday afternoon so that motorists can use the new lane on Monday morning. Because they excavate down 3 feet, the material they run into can be a bit tricky — claylike or soupy dirt and soil, which is a challenge for the crews.”

Between 3,000 and 4,000 ft. of new lanes can be constructed on weekends.

One of the challenges for the Hobart Yard Bridge work are the CIDH — cast in drilled hole concrete foundations.

“These pilings are 80 feet deep and we’re working on them next to train traffic,” said Lee. The drainage system is being installed as the new roads are being constructed.

“Last winter it rained more than previous years in Southern California and Flatiron had to provide many temporary drainage systems — channeling and diverting stormwater around the work area — while the new pipes, inlets, and GSRD were placed,” said Lee. Peak days have 80 Flatiron and subcontractor employees on site.

The subcontractors are Statewide Traffic Safety & Signs; BC Traffic Specialist; CGO Construction Company; Advanced Concrete Sawing & Sealing; All American Asphalt; Ace Fence Company; Velarde Concrete Construction;

Using a roller, the ground is being compacted for a new section of road.

Penhall Company; Griffith Company; Ferreira Construction; Don H. Mahaffey; Diversified Landscape Co.; Coral Construction Company; Cooper Engineering; Con-Fab California LLC; CMC Commercial Metals; LSM Transport; and Pre-Con Products.

What’s Being Removed Materials being removed include 30,000 cu. yds. of concrete, 3,000 tons of asphalt, and 5,000 tons of steel. New materials

to be brought will see 40,000 cu. yds. of concrete, 10,000 tons of asphalt, and 10,000 tons of steel, and 30,000 cu. yds. of base materials.

Flatiron set up a batch plant at the Bandini Blvd. off-ramp in Vernon to produce concrete for the repaving, which is using concrete removed from the existing structures, barriers and pavement.

“In keeping with our efforts to enhance the environmental sustainability, concrete is being recycled and used for this and other

What’s Being Used Flatiron is using a large amount of equipment, including: cranes — a Link-Belt RT-8065 and an RTC8080 SER II 80 ton RT, and Terex 75-ton RTs and a T-340-XL; backhoes — a John Deere 410G, and Cat 430Es and a Cat 430E; excavators — a Cat 308E2 CRSBs, M322Ds, 321Cs 328D, 330CLs; and 345Cs; rollers — a Bomag 3-5 ton DBL, a Cat CS563, and a Dynapac CA260D; air compressors — Ingersoll Rand 185s and 250s; light towers — I-R and Magnum; loaders — Cat 938G IIs, 950Hs, 950Gs, 950 HQs, and 950Ks; skidsteers — a Volvo MC 90 B, a John Deere 325 LDR, and a Cat 259D CCE; forklifts — Hyster H80FT 8Ks and H360HDs, XTREME 11Ks and 12Ks; paving equipment — an Air Screed 58LF, a Multiquip screed, GOMACO RTP - 500 placer. an E2 Systems converyer placer, Bidwell BR201s and 4800s, GOMACO 2800, 4000, and Commander III pavers, GOMACO T600 cure tnm machines; batch plants — a Rexcon and a Strayer M-11; volumetric mixer trucks — Mack/Global 10 yds. and Peterbilt 14s; a variety of Ford and Dodge trucks; and various Sterling, Ford, Dodge, Peterbilt, and Kenworth mechanics trucks.

Mechanics are on site to do rapid repairs to maximize the work hours.

Flatiron purchased and rented equipment from many regional Los Angeles dealerships, which are helping with the project by providing spare parts and servicing machine under warranty.  CEG

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1215 West Glenwood Ave Turlock, CA 95380-5703 (209) 634-1777

N&S Tractor

Terms & Conditions: Pictures shown with optional accessories. For towing policy please consult with your local state transportation office. Offers may change without notice and may not be combined. Additional terms and conditions may apply, please contact your local JCB dealer for details. JCB dealer reserves the right to withdraw, alter or decline any product from sale or any offer without prior notice. Price, if shown, does not include government fees, taxes, dealer freight/preparation, dealer document preparation charges or any finance charges (if applicable). Final actual sales price will vary depending on options or accessories selected.

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