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Construction Has Begun on New $130M Classic Center Arena A ceremonial groundbreaking on April 28 in Athens, Ga., signaled the beginning of construction on a new $130 million arena in the city — one designed to seat up to 8,500 attendees. Currently dubbed the “Classic Center Arena,” it will likely have a new corporate sponsor name attached to it by the time it opens in the fall of 2023, if the building schedule hold, the Atlanta JournalConstitution reported. The multi-purpose arena is being built for sports events, large conventions and concerts. The venue will be by far the largest in the Athens area unconnected to the University of Georgia (UGA). Athens’ 25-year-old Classic Center Theatre can handle approximately 2,100 people while the Georgia Theatre fits approximately 1,000. On the UGA campus, by comparison, the university’s 60-year-old Stegeman Coliseum, an arena with a capacity of about 10,000 seats, is primarily used for school activities like Bulldogs’ basketball games, commencements, and convocations.
Paul Cramer, president and CEO of the Classic Center, explained to the Atlanta news source that inflation has raised the price tag of the project from $70 million to about $130 million. But he said the developers of the venue have the money, culled from a mix of state funding, revenue bonds backed by Athens-Clarke County, private partnership funding and sponsorships. J.E. Dunn Construction, with an office in Atlanta, and Impact Construction Management LLC, based in the Georgia capital, have each partnered with Athens to get the arena built. Rich Variety of Attractions Will Make Arena Popular The new arena is being built adjacent to the Classic Center Theatre, taking up unused land that hugs the Oconee River. There also are plans for a new hotel and other mixed-use projects in the vicinity, the newspaper learned. Don Dethlefs, a principal at Denver, Co.-based
Perkins+Will, one of the architecture firms involved in the current project, said the arena should be able to handle most larger music acts that up until now could not be accommodated in Athens, such as Bon Jovi and the Eagles. The arena’s closest competitor will be Duluth’s Gas South Arena, which has a capacity of up to 13,000 people, and is about an hour’s drive west of Athens toward
Atlanta. Classic Center Arena General Manager Danny Bryant told the Journal-Constitution that he has already signed deals for 65 events, among which are two cheerleading competitions, a robotics event, and a regional hockey championship tournament. He hopes to fill the arena with 125 events a year covering 300 days, including 25 concerts. The arena also will be home to the relocated Georgia Music Hall of Fame, Classic Center rendering which shut down in 2011 in Macon. Costumes, instruments and video and sound footage by the likes of James Brown, Ray Charles and R.E.M. that have been stored in a basement at the UGA library archives can now be displayed around the concourse, he added. In addition, UGA’s Ice Dawgs hockey team and a future ECHL minor league hockey franchise also are set to play in the Classic Center Arena.
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Terex Utilities Opens New Service Center in Atlanta
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The Atlanta service center is situated on 5 acres and is equipped with 14 drive-thru bays, a wash bay and two 10-ton OHD bridge cranes to support all utility and aerial equipment repair needs.
Terex Utilities has opened a new Terex service center in Georgia. The brand-new location in Atlanta was built-to-suit, offering full-service repair facilities, as well as inspections, preventative maintenance, transfers and rebuilds, and more. “Atlanta continues to be one of the fastest growing cities in the southeast U.S., and our new service center is strategically located to provide our local customers convenient access to parts, service, and field technicians when and where they need them,” said Mike Charles, director, regional operations — East of Terex Utilities.
The Atlanta location is opening in May 2022 and adds additional support for customers in the southeast United States, along with existing locations in Birmingham, Ala., Whitehouse, Tenn., and Charlotte, N.C. The Atlanta service center is situated on 5 acres and is equipped with 14 drivethru bays, a wash bay and two 10-ton OHD bridge cranes to support all utility and aerial equipment repair needs. “Expanding our footprint of service centers in key markets enables Terex Utilities to strengthen our partnership with our customers by providing them parts and service, plus access to the latest technical training and technology — for
Terex and Genie brands and other equipment,” said Charles. “Terex Services continues to evaluate other markets for 2022,” he added. Bryan Kornhaus, branch manager, has been named to lead the sales and service teams at the Atlanta location. He comes to Terex from a full-line rental company, where he had operational and sales responsibility for multiple locations. He has 16 years of experience serving customers in and around the heavy equipment industry. The Atlanta Terex Service Center is located at 1400 Oakley Industrial Blvd., Fairburn, GA 30213 and can be reached at 844-TEREX-4U (844/837-3948).
GDOT Selects Joint-Venture for $685.6M I-285/I-20 Project Georgia added fuel to a massive roadbuilding binge in metro Atlanta on April 21 when it chose a contractor to rebuild the Interstate 285 interchange at Interstate 20 east of the city, one of the state’s first Major Mobility Investment Program (MMIP) projects when it was first envisioned four years ago. The State Transportation Board agreed to negotiate a final agreement worth $685.6 million with East Interchange Builders LLC, a team led by two of Georgia’s largest transportation construction companies: Atlanta’s Archer Western Construction LLC and E.R. Snell Contractor Inc., based in Snellville. In addition, the team includes Infrastructure Consulting & Engineering (ICE) as the lead designer. That firm is headquartered in West Columbia, S.C. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported that the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) received three proposals to do the work before selecting East Interchange Builders.
GDOT used a best-value procurement method for the design-build-finance project which evaluates both price and technical proposals. Chief Engineer Meg Pirkle said the joint venture was chosen because it scored highest on each of those proposals, the newspaper noted. The Atlanta news source said the new interchange is one of a handful of major highway construction projects that will transform commuting in metro Atlanta in the coming years. GDOT is already rebuilding the I-285 interchange at GA Highway 400 and has plans in the works to construct toll roads on the top half of the Perimeter, on GA 400, and rebuild the I-285 interchange at I20 west of Atlanta. Work is slated to begin on the new I285/I-20 interchange on the capital city’s east side in mid-2023 and finish in late 2026. The I-285/I-20 East interchange is ranked No. 21 on the American Transportation Research Institute’s (ATRI) 2022 list of “Top
100 Truck Bottlenecks” in the country. According to the ATRI, the average speed through the I-285/I-20 East interchange is 46.6 mph but drops to 41.4 mph during peak traffic, the Journal-Constitution said. To alleviate that, GDOT said the massive rebuild will improve traffic flow and safety by constructing new ramps in the interchange, building new collector-distributor lanes, adding auxiliary lanes, and constructing new bridges. The state agency added that East Interchange Builders’ work will smooth the flow of traffic through the interchange and decrease travel times. Experienced Builders Tabbed for Job The joint venture’s executive summary of its proposal indicated that the collective team has delivered over $1 billion in GDOT projects employing more than 2,000 local construction personnel and engineers. It also has provided more than $2 billion in private financing on ¬public projects across the
country. “Every team gave an incredible effort throughout the lengthy and rigorous procurement process. We are proud of the outcome and of the bidding community who provided exceptional value to the department and in advancing this critical project forward,” said GDOT’s P3 Division Director Joe Carpenter. In his comments on GDOT’s contractor choice, Program Manager Matthew Fowler explained, “This is an important milestone for the department to reach. Selecting a team who will design, build and finance this crucial project will enhance metro Atlanta mobility for our motorists and transit users.” The I-285/I-20 East interchange project has been in development since 2018, GDOT noted, beginning soon after the MMIP was created. Robust stakeholder and public engagement have taken place including accepting official public comment on the project in 2019 and 2020.
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GDOT’s I-85 Widening Will Enhance Mobility, Improve Safety By Irwin Rapoport CEG CORRESPONDENT
C.W. Matthews Contracting Co. Inc. began work on the Georgia Department of Transportation’s $111 million I-85 Widening, Phase II (SR 53 to US 129) project in June 2021 that is taking place in the municipalities of Braselton and Pendergrass (Jackson County) to ease traffic congestion. The initiative was expected to be delivered in August, but construction and the project management team’s efforts will have the new I-85 bridges on target for completion in July, approximately 30 days ahead of schedule. GDOT announced the accelerated delivery schedule recently following an emergency closure on I-85 northbound in mid-March, in which C.W. Matthews corrected a patch of deck spalling that grew to 4-ft.-tall by 12-ft.-wide and straddled both lanes of the bridge. Crews completed that emergency repair in 36 hours. Those rapid repairs and the new expedited timeline allows for the removal of the old bridge structures that were built in the 1950s. Construction crews also will turn their attention to the mainline bridges, noted GDOT, as the SR 332 overpass bridge replacement is now slated to reopen by late July. “We understand that the community is looking forward to the new SR 332 bridge and we’re working to have the new structure in place as soon as safely possible,” said GDOT Project Manager Albert “Butch” Welch. “We appreciate the cooperation from local residents and motorists as we extend
the detour for just an additional 30 days.” Over the May 13 to 15 weekend, crews shifted traffic on to the three new northbound bridges on I-85 between SR 332 and U.S. 129, between mile markers 135 to 137. This resulted in the roadway being reduced to one lane with crews placing asphalt paving, installing temporary barrier wall and applying pavement markings. Once completed, traffic will shift to the center lanes to allow crews to replace the existing structures along I-85. Similar work will be completed on the southbound side in mid-June. “In just eight weeks, the contractor and subcontractors increased workforces by 50 percent,” said Welch. “Over 220 employees for both the contractor and Georgia DOT project teams are part of around the clock shifts to expedite this work. The contractor’s flexibility in maximizing their resources to expedite these traffic shifts is much appreciated. This advanced bridge work will improve safety in the corridor, while still maintaining the overall project schedule. We’re excited to carry this momentum forward as we complete this vital project.” Project Need “The I-85 corridor improvements will provide relief by widening I-85 from two to three lanes in both directions from SR 53 to just north of U.S. 129,” said Kyle Collins, a communications & marketing strategist with Georgia DOT’s office of strategic communications. “It will reduce congestion, improve operational efficien-
cies and enhance mobility on I-85 in Jackson County, a welltraveled corridor heading into and out of South Carolina. The completed project is expected to add highway capacity for over 110,000 vehicles and support Georgia’s fast-growing economic development. Once completed there will be an estimated 69 percent reduction in delays in the corridor.” Additional work on the project includes replacing one overpass bridge (SR 332) and six mainline bridges along I85. The project will be delivered and open to traffic four years ahead of the original schedule. “The MMIP is a grouping of projects expected to yield a significant reduction in congestion along key freight and passenger corridors,” stated the project web site. “The projects will create additional capacity, improve the movement of freight, provide operational improvements and efficiencies, enhance safety, and decrease travel times.” For more information, visit https://majormobilityga.com/ Phase II is adding 6.77-mi. of new lane miles on I-85 in each direction, with the new lanes being built into the median. Two bridges will span over the Middle Oconee River (northbound and southbound). The two bridges (northbound and southbound) will go across on the mainline tracks of the CSX Railroad. Two other bridges (northbound and southbound) will span across the Walnut Creek. Crews also are adding newguardrail. The bridge replacements will require temporary detours and GDOT is mitigating the construction impacts via social media and regular updates on the project web page. CEG
C.W. Matthews photo
C.W. Matthews photo
C.W. Matthews is expected to complete Phase 2 of the I-85 Widening project in Jackson County by this summer.
The construction and project management team’s efforts will have the new I-85 bridges on target for completion in July, approximately 30 to 60 days ahead of schedule.
C.W. Matthews photo
C.W. Matthews photo
The I-85 corridor improvements will provide relief by widening I-85 from two to three lanes in both directions from SR 53 to just north of U.S. 129.
Additional work on the project includes replacing one overpass bridge (SR 332) and six mainline bridges along I-85.
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