Georgia 6, March 24, 2021

State Supplement sponsored by:

441

59

75

Cornella 19

Rome 85 27

Athens

GEORGIA STATE EDITION

A Supplement to:

441

Atlanta

20

Madison Augusta

85

20

Griffin 1

129

Milledgeville

75

La Grange

Macon

301

185 19

16

Dublin

Swainsboro Oak Park

Columbus

Statesboro

341 441 16

Lyons Americus

Savannah

McRae

301

1

Cordele

27 82

Dorchester

341

Cuthbert

75

Albany

84

Douglas Tifton

82

95

82

Blakely

Pearson 27 84

Moultrie

19 319

Bainbridge

84

Valdosta Thomasville

®

Waycross Brunswick 82

SHIP WITHIN 48 HOURS

1 441

SAME DAY PARTS AVAILABILITY 24 HOUR TECHNICAL SUPPORT BACKED BY A 75 YEAR BUSINESS

March 24 2021

Thousands in Service!

Vol. XXIII • No. 6

“The Nation’s Best Read Construction Newspaper… Founded in 1957.”

Your Georgia Connection: Rich Olivier, Atlanta, GA • 1-800-409-1479

Peachtree Creek Bridge Gets Its $20M Upgrade

By Irwin Rapoport CEG CORRESPONDENT

The Peachtree Creek Bridge on SR 3/Northside Drive in North Atlanta (Fulton County), built in 1926, is being replaced by the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) via a $20,164,623.92 contract that was awarded to C. W. Matthews Contracting Co. Inc. (CWM).

The aging structure over Peachtree Creek has been reconstructed with a new

utility/pedestrian bridge on Northside Drive at a total project cost of $25.6M — project engineering, right-of-way purchases and utility relocations. The work includes a new 15-ft. wide utility/pedestrian bridge on the east side of the new Peachtree Creek bridge.

Thus far, nearly 90 percent of the construction has been completed. The work began in March 2019 with extensive vegetation removal and utility relocations. The current anticipated completion date is August see PEACHTREE page 2

Funds to Upgrade Georgia Tech Athletics Facility Exceeds Goal Georgia Tech Athletics rendering

An artist’s rendering of the renovated Edge Center, the headquarters of Georgia Tech’s athletic department. The renovation was the centerpiece of the athletic department’s $125 million capital campaign, which ended in December 2020 with $175 million raised.

Launched in January 2018 with a vision to raise competitiveness across the athletic department, Georgia Tech’s $125 million capital campaign was completed with more than $175 million raised.

In total, Tech donors exceeded the goal by a hair more than 40 percent according

to an announcement made by the university on March 4.

The centerpiece of athletic director Todd Stansbury’s fundraising campaign, dubbed “Athletics Initiative 2020”, is a renovation of the Edge Center, which has see ATHLETICS page 6

Affordable Price. Premium Service.

CALL 800-367-4937 *On approved credit • Financing Available

The new bridge, which is 210 ft. long, has two 10-ft. lanes separated by a 10-ft. TWLTL, with a 2-ft.-wide border. It also will have a bike lane and a sidewalk on the western side and the multi-use path on the eastern side of the bridge.

Page 2 • March 24, 2021 • www.constructionequipmentguide.com • Georgia State Supplement • Construction Equipment Guide

Replacement Bridge Will Serve as North Atlanta Connector

Initial planning for the project started in 2007 with preliminary engineering studies, followed by right-of-way purchases in 2018 ($1,250,000) and utility relocations in 2019 ($2,643,529.73).

PEACHTREE from page 1

2021.

“Northside Drive serves as a connector for north-south travel in North Atlanta,” said Tori Brown, GDOT’s District 7 communications specialist. “It is located in a community with many historic resources, including the Atlanta Memorial Park, Woodfield Historic District, Spring Lake Historic District, Haynes Manor Historic District and the historic Bobby Hones Golf Course. The road on either side of the bridge is abutted by historic homes, schools and religious institutions, and it is a heavily travelled corridor serving residents, commuters, cyclists, pedestrians and transit.”

The new bridge accommodates high vehicular, pedestrian and bike traffic. The old bridge had outlived its useful lifespan and the new one was designed to meet modern standards.

“GDOT routinely conducts The work began in March 2019 with extensive vegstudies to determine the adequa- etation removal and utility relocations. The current cy and integrity of the bridges anticipated completion date is August 2021. and we identified the bridge over Peachtree Creek for replacement,” said 41.29 out of 100. A GDOT document preBrown. “There were significant cracks in the pared for a March 2015 public meeting bridge piers, abutments and deck. Scour to stressed that “the option of not acting to the streambed negatively affected the replace the bridge in the near future is not integrity of the bridge, and they were likely prudent.”

The old bridge was 125-ft. long and conto continue to worsen. Additionally, having been constructed in 1926, this structure was sisted of two 10-ft. lanes with a 10-ft. left not designed to accommodate the size and turn and a 5-ft. barrier separated sidewalk on the western side, along with an approach of weight of present day vehicles.”

The old bridge had a sufficiency rating of two 10-ft. lanes with historic granite curb

The aging structure over Peachtree Creek has been reconstructed by C.W. Matthews with a new utility/pedestrian bridge on Northside Drive at a total project cost of $25.6 million.

and a 10-ft. two-lane left turn (TWLTL) The new bridge, 210-ft. long, has two 10-ft. lanes separated by a 10-ft. TWLTL, with a 2-ft. wide border. It also will have a bike lane and a sidewalk on the western side and the multiuse path on the eastern side of the bridge.

“These paths will connect the existing paths at the Atlanta Memorial Park, Haynes Manor Park and the proposed multi-use path along Bobby Jones Golf Course,” said Brown.

The speed limit on the new bridge will be 35 mph.

The work zone, 0.17 mi., begins at the Springlake Historic District, across the street from the golf course, and ends at the Ahavath Achim Synagogue, across the street from the Haynes Manor Historic District.

The bridge is situated in the middle, next to

Woodward Way and Sagamore Drive.

Initial planning for the project started in 2007 with preliminary engineering studies, followed by right-of-way purchases in 2018 ($1,250,000) and utility relocations in 2019 ($2,643,529.73).

The new bridge, based on a AASHTO LRFD 7th Ed. Bridge Design, was designed

by GDOT Bridge Office.

“This project employed numerous bridge construction techniques such as precast deck panels, UHPC (ultra-high performance concrete), micropile foundations, and two-hour ready mix concrete,” C. W. Matthews Contracting Co. said. “This is all part of the ABC [accelerated bridge construction] concept, which allowed CWM to complete the bridge within the 90-day closure. “The ABC see PEACHTREE page 6

Construction Equipment Guide • Georgia State Supplement • www.constructionequipmentguide.com • March 24, 2021 • Page 3

Page 4 • March 24, 2021 • www.constructionequipmentguide.com • Georgia State Supplement • Construction Equipment Guide

Atlanta, GA 404.696.7210 Birmingham, AL 205.841.6666 Madison, AL 256.350.0006 Mobile, AL 251.633.4020 Montgomery, AL 334.262.6642 Oxford, AL 256.832.5053 Tuscaloosa, AL 205.848.4147 Pensacola, FL 850.479.3004

Construction Equipment Guide • Georgia State Supplement • www.constructionequipmentguide.com • March 24, 2021 • Page 5

SPENND WAAY LESS

GETT WAY WAAY MORRE

AVAILABLE ON ALL NEW CAT® COMPAC EQUIPMENT! T

GRAB 0% 0 FOR 600 MONTHSS OR LEASSE $410/MOONTH ON A NEW N CAT® AT® 301.7 MIN MINI NI EXCAV EX AVATTOR + CAT® AT®® CVVAA Flexiblle payment options and convenient one monthly payment Cat® CVA C with 3-year/1,500-hour preventative maintenance kits 24/7 assset monitoring & expertise through Cat® App 3-year y r/1,500-hour ppowertrain, hydraulics, y & technology gy pprotection pplan Combine offer with association member disscount & save even more

READY TO SPEND LESS & GET MORE? 800.282.1562 | www.YanceyBros.com/getmore *Offer valid from February 1, 2021 through July 31, 2021 on new small and compact Cat® machines sold or leased by Yancey Bross. Co.. Offer subject to machine availability and credit approval by Cat Financial. Not all customers will qualify. Payments based on 60-month lease or loan. The offered Cat Customer Value Agreement (CVA) includes 3 maintenance partss kits (exception: small wheel loader includes 6 kits); TA1 equipment inspection; Product LinkTM; and a 3-year/3,000-hour Powertrain, Hydraulics and Technology Equipment Protection P Plan (EPP); and final drive oil only for compact track loaders and mini excavators. The maintenance parts cover the first 1,500 hours^ (estimated 3 years, ^3,000 hours for small wheel loader) of machine utilization. The kit contains c one set of parts for regular planned maintenance under normal operating conditions. Offer O excludes additional maintenance parts, dealer labor, wear parts, S∙O∙SSMM and fluids. Payments do not include taxes, freight, set-up, delivery, documentt fees, inspections, additional options or attachments. Additional terms and conditions may apply. Contact Yancey for details. ©2021 Caterpillar. All Rights Reserved. CA CAT, T, CATERPILLAR, CA LET’S DO THE WORK, their respective logos, “Caterpillar Corpo orate Yellow,” the “Power Edge” and Cat “Modern Hex” trade dress, as well as corporate and product identity used herein, are trademarks of Caterpillar ar and may not be used without permission.

Page 6 • March 24, 2021 • www.constructionequipmentguide.com • Georgia State Supplement • Construction Equipment Guide

Old Bridge Receives Structurally Poor Sufficiency Rating PEACHTREE from page 2

concept allowed CWM to construct the bridge in a fraction of the time by eliminating waiting periods between construction elements and allowing an ‘around the clock’ type schedule.”

To minimize the construction impacts on the busy section of road, GDOT has worked cooperatively with area residents, businesses and local elected officials to make them aware of upcoming traffic impacts and address concerns.

“In addition to the busy traffic on Northside, a state route, the project is located at a five-legged intersection leading to neighborhoods on the city street grid, warranting coordinating with COA,” said Terrance Cooper, GDOT’s project manager.

“In addition to some daytime single lane closures on Northside, the primary impact of the project involved a 90-day closure of a portion of Northside while contractors demolished and replaced the Peachtree The old bridge had a sufficiency rating of 41.29 out of 100.

Creek bridge, removed and relocated utilities on the utility/pedestrian bridge. Woodward Way east and the utility path using a large crane,” stated CWM. “Two large rock jetties were constructed on either The scheduling of this extended closure was tiepin on Woodward Way. “Working in tight proximity to traffic and side of the creek bank in order to demolish communicated widely and often with the project stakeholders. As Northside is also an high pedestrian volume [was a challenge],” the old bridge piers using large backhoe exit off I-75, a detour was installed to elimi- stated CWM. “Efficient use of lane closures, hammers. No real challenges were encounnate all but local traffic in proximity of the proper signage and constant communication tered during this work other than mother with local stakeholders and GDOT were all nature — a tropical storm. Demolition took project during the 90 days.

C. W. Matthews Contracting has complet- key elements to the successful completion of approximately seven shifts from start to finish.” ed the following elements: the pedestrian this project.”

The demolition of the old bridge consisted CWM’s management team includes bridge, the road bridge, seven retaining walls, sections of new roadway and new of saw cutting and removing the deck in Project Manager Juan Velasquez and drainage/waterline infrastructure. The large sections to prevent rubble from falling Superintendent Steve Aponik.

Peak days have had 60 CWM and subremaining work consists of the construction onto the creek.

“These pieces were lifted off the bridge contractor employees, with the key subconof the Woodward Way pump station,

tractors being Ruby Collins and Robert Kelly Construction.

The excavation and bridge demolition should generate 3,000 tons of asphalt, 550 tons of concrete, steel (the amount has not been tallied), and 250 tons of earth and rock. New materials being brought in will include 2,000 tons of asphalt, 2,350 tons of concrete and 300 tons of steel.

“All of excavated earth and rock was utilized on common fills,” stated CWM. “Recycling is important and emphasis is always placed on trying to reuse as much material as possible.”

Additional equipment on-site includes: five cranes, eight excavators, three dozers, two loaders, three rollers, two pavers and three skid steers. The manufacturers include Cat, Link Belt, Liebherr, RoadTec and Hamm.

“CWM employs 24/7 on-call mechanics, as well as daily maintenance/servicing on our equipment,” stated CWM. “This is normal on all CWM projects and it ensures zero downtime due to equipment failure.”

C.W. Matthews purchases and rents equipment from regional and local dealerships.

Along with Cooper, GDOT’s team consists of Senior Inspector Selby Cordner and inspectors Demetrius Gibson, Adebayo, Farida, Charles Chapman and Price Aristilde.

“Doing the 90-day closure, different members of the D7 Area Office helped on the project because the demanding schedule,” said Cooper.  CEG

‘Athletics Initiative 2020’ Drive Helps Renovate Edge Center ATHLETICS from page 1

housed the main offices for the athletics department since 1982. It has remained functional in recent years but is showing its age.

The project had a $70 million price tag, but nearly $85 million has been raised for the new building, envisioned as a six-story space that will sit on the footprint of the Edge Center at the northeast corner of Bobby Dodd Stadium in Atlanta.

The building project is nearing the end of the design phase. Construction, which can commence once the design is complete, is expected to take between 12 to 18 months.

It has been Stansbury’s belief that the building, planned to be filled with natural light and offering a view of the stadium, can be a front porch and a branding element for the athletic department.

Moreover, the building will house services for athletes, including academic, wellness and performance support, as well as programming to prepare them for professional careers.

“We had to do some things so we could recruit and build a better student-athlete, which ultimately leads to wins,” Stansbury said on a recent recording of his podcast.

The AI2020 project was three-pronged, with the development office seeking gifts for

facilities, endowments and current operations. Facilities (with a goal of $88 million) and endowments (at $25 million) comprised the bulk of the campaign, and those two buckets have been filled with a little more than $140 million in gifts and commitments.

Likewise, the original $12 million goal for operations was far exceeded, at $37.4 million, as Tech has faced severe budget issues because of the revenue shortage caused by COVID-19.

Completed projects include the football locker room, the women’s basketball locker room and a renovation of Russ Chandler Stadium.

Fortunately for the university, most of the

financial commitments and legwork for fundraising had been completed by the time COVID-19 made face-to-face meetings unfeasible. Stansbury credited the Alexander-Tharpe Fund, Tech’s development office for athletics, for laying the foundation for the project’s success well before the pandemic.

“We were very, very fortunate that our donors came through and put us in this position, where we were able to provide facilities for student-athletes and coaches,” Stansbury said on his podcast.

The next facility project set to be addressed is a $2 million team suite for the track and field/cross country teams. 

Construction Equipment Guide • Georgia State Supplement • www.constructionequipmentguide.com • March 24, 2021 • Page 7

Page 8 • March 24, 2021 • www.constructionequipmentguide.com • Georgia State Supplement • Construction Equipment Guide