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Challenges & Solutions on I-880 Bay Cities Excavates Contaminated Soil for Highway Job By Irwin Rapoport CEG CORRESPONDENT
Bay Cities Paving & Grading Inc. is on target to deliver the Metropolitan Transportation Commission’s (MTC) $139 million I-880 express lanes project between Oakland and Milpitas in late summer, an initiative that will create 45 mi. of new express lanes. The project, which began in September 2017 from the southern end towards the northern limit of the corridor, will see the addition of a 20-mi. northbound express lane from Dixon Landing Road to Lewelling Boulevard and a 25-mi. southbound express lane from Hegenberger Road to Dixon Landing Road. Close to three miles of new lanes were constructed by Bay Cities at three locations, which also installed
overhead sign structures, new drainage improvements, retaining walls and weave/merge lanes areas to help people get in and out of the express lanes. The total cost is approximately $139 million, which includes planning, design, construction, utilities and toll system integration. Bay Cities’ contract is worth $43.9 million. The existing I-880 HOV lanes are being converted into express lanes, and that involves restriping lanes and installing lighting, sign structures, signs, FasTrak toll tag readers and other tolling technology, traffic monitoring video cameras, a data communications network and CHP observation areas. The road widening that created merge lanes between the express lanes and the general purpose lanes is being
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Tadano Saves DeWolfe Time, Labor on I-405 Job see SOIL page 6
Bay Cities Paving & Grading is building an additional 20-mi. northbound express lane from Dixon Landing Road to Lewelling Boulevard and a 25-mi. southbound express lane from Hegenberger Road to Dixon Landing Road.
A Tadano GR900XL 90 ton rough terrain crane. is delivered to DeWolfe Crane for use on the I-405 project in Orange County. DeWolfe is the primary crane service provider on the project. See complete story on pg 4.
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Leaning on Good Relationships Makes Jobs Run Smoothly Neither a global pandemic nor a slowed economy has kept one Southern California contractor off its desired growth curve. Dewolfe Crane Service’s work with Orange County Transit and Caltrans has kept it steadily busy thru the first two quarters of 2020 and has even fueled the need to add one crane to its fleet. When company owner Jim Dewolfe first learned that OCTA, in cooperation with Caltrans, planned to widen a 16-mi. stretch of the San Diego Freeway (I-405) in Orange County, he began reaching out to the contractor chosen for the project, OHL. As a result, Dewolfe has been the primary crane contractor on the project over the last year and a half. Due to the number of bridges being replaced on the highway, the construction crew’s primary focus has been on hoisting reinforcing
program for Dewolfe staffers and continues to offer support in the field. “Coastline has given us great after-purchase care,” DeWolfe said. “With a new crane purchase there are always technical questions and Ben Marrujo, service manager, has always answered all our questions after hours and on the weekend.”
Standing on the newly purchased Tadano GR900XL 90 ton rough terrain crane (L-R) ere Fausto Lopez, DeWolfe Crane Service; Stephen DeWolfe, DeWolfe Crane Service; Darall Maldonado, Coastline Crane instructor and Ricardo Alamillo, DeWolfe Crane Service. Bottom row: Gary Bach, Coastline Crane Sales (L) and Jim DeWolfe, DeWolfe Crane Service.
DeWolfe Crane Service hoisting reinforcing steel to the concrete form for the box structure of the bridge on the 1-405 OC freeway widening project with a 2016 Tadano GR900XL 90 ton rough terrain Crane.
steel and bridge falsework including large I Beams, bents and concrete forms. Dewolfe expects his company’s work on the project to be wrapped up next year. The highway project underscored the company’s need to expand its fleet, particularly in the 90-ton range. Looking to reduce operator costs and time with his current 40 ton truck cranes, DeWolfe decided to start looking for a more cost-effective solution. “In the union, crane rental business anything larger than a 40-ton in a truck crane requires two men on it and if it’s a rough terrain
crane, you can go up to a 90-ton and have it a one-man machine. When you only have to pay for one guy, it is more crane for less money”, said DeWolfe. A 90 ton machine seemed like the right solution. Being new to the rough terrain crane market, Dewolfe picked the brains of the people he said “know the machines best.” He talked to crane mechanics. “Overwhelmingly, I was told Tadano was the machine I needed,” he said. “The mechanics told me the Tadano crane was virtually trouble free and required much fewer serv-
ice calls than other manufacturer’s cranes,” Dewolfe added. “Saving my customer’s time and money and creating a better work performance for my operators is the ultimate goal”. DeWolfe reached out to the local Tadano dealer, Coastline Crane. “Having known Neil Goodale, division manager at Coastline Crane, for 20 years and Gary Bach ,Coastline Crane sales, for over 40 years, I knew that they would be a good company to work with”, said DeWolfe. Within days, DeWolfe found what he was looking for with a 2016 Tadano GR900XL 90Ton Rough Terrain Crane. Bach said he felt the GR900XL would be a good fit for Dewolfe. “A single cab, multiple steering options and four-wheel drive makes it very versatile once you are on the jobsite,” Bach said. “It is very compact and mobile, so it moves easily around the jobsite. “Historically, most of the rough terrain cranes like we provide have been on a bare rental basis,” he added. “Now that it is required to
have licensed operators on these machines, Jim is able to provide not only the rough terrain crane, but the operator as well. This is really advantageous to Jim because the contractors not only want the rough terrain cranes, but they also want the operator as well. That’s where Jim comes into play.” Satisfied Customer “I feel very fortunate,” said DeWolfe, “the Tadano is performing well in conjunction with our other Tier 4 cranes, Terex T 340's (40 ton) and Grove 9000E (110 ton) on a taxi crane basis. Our customer is very pleased with boom length, the capacity and the maneuverability of the Tadano crane.” Dewolfe said he is also impressed with the ECM (Electronic Control Module) satellite monitoring that is part of the Tadano package. The ability for his crews to track the crane’s performance from the factory and make some repair changes remotely brings huge value, he said. Coastline provided a training
About Dewolfe Crane Service With over 30 years of experience in the crane rental industry, Dewolfe provides cranes and operators on a rental basis. Their fleet consists of 9 cranes: 6 forty ton cranes, (4 of which are Tier 4), a 90 ton, a 100 ton and 110 ton, also tier 4. Most of Dewolfe’s operators have 30 plus years of experience operating cranes in Southern California and have been involved with almost every type of construction project. Centrally located in Stanton they serve most of Southern California, including Los Angeles, Riverside, San Bernardino and Orange Counties. They specialize in Government funded infrastructure projects, Structural Steel, Marine Construction, Retail/Residential Multi use housing projects, HVAC hoisting, Water filtration vaults and Hoisting trees for Landscape projects. For more information, please visit www.dewolfecrane.com About Coastline Crane Coastline Crane is a full service crane dealership representing: Tadano – Rough Terrain, Truck and All Terrain Cranes, Manitex Boom Trucks, Shuttlelift / Manitowoc Industrial Model Carry Deck Cranes, Elliott Truck Mounted Work Platforms, Zoom Boom / SkyJack Rough Terrain Reach Forklifts – 20,000lb capacity & Palfinger Knuckle Boom Cranes. Coastline Crane Division’s newest line is the Broderson Industrial Crane line. Their five locations include: Sacramento, Calif., Santa Ana, Calif., Las Vegas, Elko, Nev. and Meridian, Ida. For more information, please visit www.Coastlinecd.com. CEG
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Crews Use Three Excavation Types For Contiminated Soil Bay Cities Paving & Grading Inc. photo
To prevent the spread of dust, the soil was wet down and then placed on trucks for removal. SOIL from page 1
coordinated with Caltrans, including the replacement of the median barrier on I-880. Bay Cities has completed the capital construction elements, and the remaining items include the permanent striping, which began on June 1, and the removal of temporary signs that are being replaced with permanent signage for the express lanes along the sides of the highway and on the overhead sign structures. Overcoming Obstacles An added challenge for the excavation of the new lanes was the lead contaminated soil. “There was a misclassification of it and we approached BAIFA to re-test and classify a lot of the soil,” said Nott. There were three types of roadway excavation — regular clean dirt, ADL with a lower amount of lead that can be reused or taken to a common facility and Type 2 ADL, which has to go a hazardous material facility and we only have one in California — Buttonwillow, near Bakersfield. We had to change our methods. Instead of digging it out, we had to break it up and dispose of it according to the new test results.” To prevent the spread of dust, the soil was wetted down and then placed on trucks for removal. A street sweeper was also used to clean the area. Material removed included 7,400 cu. yds. of non-contaminated material, 900 cu. yds. of ADL Type Z-2, 6,200 cu. yds. of ADL Type COM, and 1,200 cu. yds. of structural excavation for retaining walls. After excavating each section, crews would install the new drainage infrastructure and place the subbase, lean concrete base and asphalt surface. The three widening sections were spread out over a large area and each one had different milestones. “There were times when we would work at two locations at the same time,” said Nott. “The crews developed a good rhythm.” Bay Cities’s work at the Hacienda widen-
ing site was impacted by an existing Caltrans pump station and underground storm water storage box. ‘They were full of debris and trash and they pump station did not function properly,” said Nott. “This created some flooding and we spent a lot of time cleaning both structures out to get them somewhat functional so that we could continue our work. We had to do an extension of the storage box. In many ways, this job turned out to be an almost complete design change around the existing facilities.” The restriping operations went smoothly, as did the installation of the overhead signage structure and new lighting systems and poles. This work was often coordinated with TransCore, which installed the FasTrak toll tag readers and other tolling technology, traffic monitoring video cameras, data communications network and CHP observation areas. “It was straight-forward work,” said Nott. “With the survey staking, we knew exactly where the center lines had to go and where to drill for the overhead signs and light structures.” Due to the limited hours for night work, extensive planning was required to maximize operations and clear the work sites for the morning traffic. Project Challenges The project has been a challenging one for the general contractor, but solutions were found for those that arose. “The biggest challenge was the unforeseen buried utilities,” said David Nott, Bay Cities project manager. “There are a lot of existing Caltrans electrical and drainage systems that were either not shown on the plans or in the correct configuration. We had to modify some of the structures, and sometimes we had to go back to the designer to get their blessing for the modifications to change our plans. Other times decisions were made in the field by the inspectors on
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how to move forward. Finding out what was working or not was also a challenge — a lot of times we found out that they were abandoned. If they were live and functioning, we had to wait to proceed.” Day and night operations were a staple for the construction, especially for the overhead sign installation and the temporary striping that often took place in the median area, and temporary K-rail was used to protect the workers and motorists. Materials New materials brought in included 4,200 cu. yds. for the aggregate base, 3,500 cu. yds. of LCB, and 8,400 tons of hot mix asphalt. In order to complete the work, Bay Cities is utilizing various pieces of equipment, including a CAT 235, 328 and 335 excava-
tors; a CAT D5 dozer; a CAT 950 loader; a CAT AP1055E paver; CAT and HAMM rollers; a CAT 420 backhoe; a John Deere 210 backdrag; a CAT 140 Blade; a Grove 90 ton crane; and a Lodril TR 80 110,000 lb. drill rig. Independent Structures Inc utilized the following equipment: a Grove 90 ton truck crane, a Komatsu 336 with a Lo Dril attachment TR 80. (110,000 lb. drill rig), an Ape 250 vm pile hammer to drive casings at 60ft. depth, a 36-m Schwing concrete pump, Dragon 6,000 gallon vacume tanks and Dragon 21,000 gallon vacume slurry storage tanks. Bay Cities has a shop 40 mi. from the construction site and mechanics can easily be dispatched to it rapidly effect repairs. “Our equipment is serviced daily,” said see SOIL page 10
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Bay Cities Paving & Grading Nearing Completion of I-880 SOIL from page 6
Nott. It is fueled and lubed and the oil is checked daily. If there is a break down, it is usually repaired the same day. It’s a team effort. If the operators or lube guys see something, they’ll mention it.” Equipment involved in the excavation of contaminated materials were cleaned at the end of shifts. The company purchases and rents it equipment from Cresco Equipment Rentals, Sunbelt Equipment Rentals and Sunstate Equipment Rentals. “A lot of equipment was rented for this project,” said Nott, who noted that rented equipment was primarily serviced by the dealerships. “We have a long running relationship with our dealerships — they appreciate our business as much as we appreciate theirs. Open and honest communications are crucial and we try to give them as much lead time as possible – we don’t call them up and say that we need this piece of equipment tomorrow. “We want to give them advance notice, especially during the busy seasons so they can meet the demands of their clientele,” he added. “Planning ahead and scheduling our equipment needs is a big thing.” Managing the Project With so many variables out of Bay Cities control, patience was key to managing this multi-year project. “We are adjacent to ongoing Caltrans projects and you have additional MTC projects like the Tolling System Integration con-
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The total cost of the project is approximately $139 million, which includes planning, design, construction, utilities and toll system integration.
tract,” said Nott. “Their work impacts our schedule to some extent. It’s all about coordination and seeing the big picture to get things done.” Two of the five weave lanes did not require any construction, with the other three connected to the widening operations. The road work was complicated due to the drainage and electrical infrastructure that needed to installed or relocated. Pulling new fiber optic line for the express lanes was important. “A lot of it was supposed to be pulled through existing empty Caltrans conduit, and some of the existing conduit was not where it was shown or could not be used,” said Nott. A majority of the widening work occurred adjacent to sound wall and for the road work adjacent to homes and businesses, a public outreach campaign notified people
when the operations would take place. Peak days had between 30 and 40 Bay Cities and subcontractor employees on-site, with the major subcontractors being Avar Construction, Inc., Bridgeway Civil Constructors, Inc., Chrisp Company, Independent Structures, Inc., Sturgeon Electric California, and Vanguard Construction. Project Background I-880 is owned by the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans), including the right-ofway, but the MTC operates the express lanes. The Bay Area Infrastructure Financing Authority (a subgroup of MTC) is funding the project. The MTC is the transportation planning, financing and coordinating agency for the ninecounty San Francisco Bay Area. Prior to the work, the section of
I-880 was five-lanes in each direction throughout most of the corridor. The promotion of carpooling to help reduce traffic volumes on a stretch of highway that carries some 300,000 cars and trucks daily is a crucial element. A new toll ordinance adopted by MTC last January calls for cars with three occupants to be exempt from the toll, while those with two occupants will receive a 50 percent discount, and solo drivers pay full price. “Given the incompatibility of promoting carpooling while also encouraging social distancing during the Covid-19 pandemic,” said John Goodwin, assistant director, communications of MTC/Bay Area Toll Authority, “MTC may opt to delay the introduction of tolls for two-occupant vehicles until sometime after the Express Lanes open for business.” Between 2015 and 2040, the Bay Area’s population is expected to grow about 25 percent and employment about 17 percent. “Funding and land to expand the transportation network are limited, so the region needs to move more people on the existing network,” said Goodwin. “Today, Bay Area carpool lanes, including I-880’s lanes, rarely provide the speedier trips that carpools and buses deserve. Express lanes can decrease carpool lane congestion by allowing three-plus carpools to travel toll-free and encouraging two-person carpools and clean air
vehicles with partial tolls. Caltrans points out that express lanes allow for more reliable trips; ensure use of all lane capacity; reduces carpool cheating; provides tools to manage traffic flow and give more vehicles the opportunity to use the lanes; grows the carpool lane network; and funds operations and maintenance with user fees. The project was designed by HDR, Inc. Key concerns regarding the construction plan were coordinating the effort with ongoing projects in the corridor and I-880 traffic volumes and patterns - heavy truck traffic and commute traffic. “Protecting express lanes infrastructure from inadvertent damage was important,” said Goodwin. “The approach to dealing with all these issues was creating partnerships with other projects/agencies and communicating extensively to identify and resolve any issues.” Social media and email are being utilized to inform motorist about construction and traffic updates. Temporary lane closures continue as the work proceeds, particularly for night operations. The tollway systems are being installed and tested by TransCore. This work is being done at night via lane closures by Independent Structures, a subcontractor with vast experience in this field. These operations will have crews using boom lifts. “They’ve been doing this on multiple corridors and are proficient in their means and methods,” said Nott. CEG
Cosumnes Bridge Replacement Project Goes to Granite Granite announced recently that it has been awarded the Child Project 4 (CP4) portion of the Construction Manager/ General Contractor (CM/GC) contract of the Cosumnes Bridge Replacement Project by the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) in Sacramento County, California. This CM/GC contract is part of a phased delivery of the overall $158 million project. The $16 million project contract is included in Granite’s second quarter 2020 backlog. “It has been our honor to be the CM/GC for five of the seven projects, and a testament to the experience and quality of our team.” The Cosumnes Bridge Replacement Project is located on State Route (SR) 99, in Elk Grove, Calif. Project scope includes the removal and replacement of four bridges over the Cosumnes River as well as replacing two existing railroad overhead and underpass bridges with a single new overhead bridge, requiring partial realignment of SR 99 southbound. Granite completed the early work portion of this project in
December 2019 which included the construction of two approaches to the new overhead railroad bridge, foundations and approach fills for two temporary alignment bridge widenings, and procurement of the precast girders for the railroad bridge. CP4 is a segment of the overall parent project which has been subdivided into seven contracts to allow construction to proceed while design is being completed on other improvements. The segmentation of the project allows for an accelerated delivery, which is one year ahead of schedule to the timeline anticipated by the owner. “The Granite team has worked alongside the Caltrans design and field teams for the last 18 months to develop the most cost-effective and best plans to deliver these critical improvements safely and ahead of schedule,” said Granite Senior Project Manager George Delano. “It has been our honor to be the CM/GC for five of the seven projects, and a testament to the experience and quality of our team.”
Construction materials for the project will be supplied by Granite’s Bradshaw Facility. Construction began in June 2020 and will conclude in October 2022. About Granite Incorporated since 1922, Granite is one of the largest diversified construction and construction materials companies in the United States as well as a full-suite provider in the transportation, water infrastructure and mineral exploration markets. Granite’s Code of Conduct and strong Core Values guide the Company and its employees to uphold the highest ethical standards. In addition to being one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies for eleven consecutive years, Granite is an industry leader in safety and an award-winning firm in quality and sustainability. For more information, visit the Granite website, and connect with Granite on LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.
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