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Ill. Contractor Leads $150M Rail Yard Project in Joliet
Illinois-based “D” Construction works on the 800,000sq.-yd. (668,900 sq m) intermodular project at the company’s rail yard in Joliet, Ill.
An additional GOMACO GP2800 on the job is fed by two GOMACO GT9500 placers.
Finkbiner Equipment Co. Sales Representative Chad Cailteux (L) and “D” Construction Inc. Concrete Foreman Darin London stand in front of the GOMACO GP2800 concrete paver.
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the company’s rail yard in Joliet, Ill. “The PCC costs approximately $40 million and the aggregate portion that we are constructing on the project is more than $150 million,” Bill Savoree, project superintendent of “D” Construction said. “The biggest challenge this year has been the above normal rainfall. So we’re really glad we purchased the polyroll attachment for our texture cure machine.” To tackle such a large project, “D” Construction called on Finkbiner Equipment Co. for back up. Finkbiner, a GOMACO dealer, supplied the contractor with three GOMACO machines to work on site — a TC-600 texture/cure machine, a GHP-2800 4-track slipform paver and a Integrated Dowel Bar Inserter (IDBI), which attaches to the GOMACO GHP-2800.
“D” Construction placed 225,000 cu. yds. (172,000 cu m) of concrete and 450,000 tons (408,000 t) of stone.
At the controls of this GOMACO GP2800 concrete slip form paver is “D” Construction Inc. Foreman Darin London.
The purchase was completed on April 10 and the machines were delivered from GOMACO in Ida Grove, Iowa, the last week of August. “For the project we purchased a new GOMACO 2800 4 track with compact IDBI and a GOMACO TC600 through our GOMACO dealer Finkbiner Equipment,” Savoree said. “We also purchased a LMGS through Leica Geosystems to enable us to pave without stringlines. We are placing the aggregate with a JD blade and dozer using GPS and bring the stone to final grade using an asphalt paver, which is also running off the Leica stringless system using robotic total stations.” “D” Construction installed a 10-in. (25 cm) aggregate base over lime modified soil. Then, the contractor placed jointed concrete pavements ranging in thickness from 8 see RAIL page 46
(L-R) are Bill Savoree, project superintendent of “D” Construction; Todd Sandeno, vice president of “D” Construction; Chad Cailteux of Finkbiner Equipment Co. Inc.; and Ken Sandeno Jr., vice president of “D” Construction Inc. in Coal City, Ill.