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Beaver Excavating Crews Make History in a Big Way Sixteen miles of four-lane divided highway. Twenty-one bridges. Five interchanges. Twenty million cu. yds. of excavation. 300,000 sq. ft. of mechanically stabilized earth (MSE) wall. The Beaver Excavating Company is making history by helping complete the Ohio Department of Transportation’s (ODOT) massive Southern Ohio Veterans Memorial Highway (State Route 823) project. And they’re making it happen in less than four years —three years and eight months, to be exact. Once completed, the highway will bypass approximately 26 mi. of U.S. routes 52 and 23 through the City of Portsmouth in Scioto County. This project is one for the books. With a $430 million design and construction price tag, it’s Ohio’s largest project in terms of dollar value and earthwork volume. It’s also a design-build-finance-operate-maintain (DBFOM) project set up as a P3 (public-private partnership), which makes it the first of its kind in ODOT history. ODOT’s public-private partner is a group of companies known as the Portsmouth Gateway Group. Additionally, the Beaver
the largest heavy civil and highway infrastructure construction companies in Ohio and the surrounding region. “Beaver Excavating is familyowned, field-centric and we have a strong safety culture,” said Chad Ratkovich, Beaver Excavating project manager. “These attributes make us a good fit for this job. Our success is based on adherence to our company core values and positioning ourselves competitively by partnering with companies that complement our strengths. We’re honored to be part of this project.” see HIGHWAY page 4
The Beaver Excavating Company is making history by helping complete the Ohio Department of Transportation’s (ODOT) massive Southern Ohio Veterans Memorial Highway (State Route 823) project.
Excavating Company, Dragados USA Inc. and The John R. Jurgensen Company formed the Portsmouth Joint Venture (PJV), which is responsible for managing
$430 million worth of design and construction aspects of the project. Established in 1953, Beaver Excavating has grown from humble beginnings to become one of
Once completed, the highway will bypass approximately 26 mi. of U.S. routes 52 and 23 through the City of Portsmouth in Scioto County.
Executive Order to Enable Connected Vehicle Technologies Ohio Gov. John R. Kasich signed an executive order creating a one-stop shop that will make it easier for researchers to advance connected and autonomous vehicle technologies. The new center, DriveOhio, will bring together those responsible for building infrastructure in Ohio with those who are developing new transportation technologies to better coordinate efforts and connect trans-
portation providers with automotive and equipment manufacturers. “Just as the Wright Brothers gave birth to flight here in Ohio, we are positioning the state to lead on developing the vehicles, highways and smart transportation technologies of the future,” said Kasich. “Our goal is to make Ohio the premiere destination for researchers, developers and man-
ufacturers to test, build and deploy advanced mobility solutions that will make our roads safer and less congested.” Initially, DriveOhio will be housed within the Ohio Department of Transportation. In order to ensure the center is meeting the needs and see TECHNOLOGIES page 5