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The project encompasses repairing the two bridges on I-75. Interstate 75 is a major north-south interstate highway bisecting the country from southern Florida for 1,786.47 mi. up to the northeastern point on the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, making it one of the longest in the United States, as it passes through six states.
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Nothing lasts forever. When the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) conducted routine inspections of the bridge decks and surface of Interstate 75 over Edwin C. Moses Boulevard and Carillon Boulevard
near the Great Miami River in Dayton, Ohio, they concluded that the bridge decks built in 1963 had reached the end of their useful design life. ODOT rated them “poor.” To bring them up to date, ODOT awarded an $18.8 million contract to the Ruhlin Company, an employee-owned general contractor based in Sharon Center, Ohio.
Founded by John G. Ruhlin in 1915, the company served as general contractor in the commercial and industrial markets in northeastern Ohio before expanding in 1955 to the civil market, where work included bridge and road construction and water and sewer treatment facilities. A structural division was added in 2006 to
complement its heavy civil division. “The project sold in July 2020 for approximately $18.8 million,” said Tiffany Oliphant, ODOT District 7 public information officer. Work began a quick two months later. The project’s anticipated completion date is sometime in fall 2022. see BRIDGE page 8
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Ohio Machinery Co. Cuts Ribbon On Perrysburg Facilities
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hio Machinery Co. held a ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate the commencement of business operations at its new site in Perrysburg, Ohio, with the grand opening celebration coming in the fall. The new campus houses Ohio CAT, The Cat Rental Store and Ohio Peterbilt on a nearly 40-acre property off of Eckel Junction Road. This marks the completion of the company’s largest building project investment to date. Increased business activity in northwest Ohio has necessitated a larger facility in the Toledo market. The company is very optimistic about continued growth in Wood County, and it looks forward to providing its customers with the absolute best in customer service through increased personnel and enhanced capabilities offered by the new facilities. Ohio CAT, the authorized and exclusive Caterpillar dealer in Ohio, northern Kentucky and southeastern Indiana, is now located at 13017 Eckel Junction Rd. in Perrysburg. The new facility includes a 65,250-sq.-ft. building comprised of shop space; a parts warehouse; and office space for Ohio CAT’s machine sales, rental, parts and service personnel. Other equipment-related space includes an 8,300-sq.-ft. wash building and a 5,940-sq.-ft. cold storage structure. This expansive new facility provides much-needed space to better serve customers and house The Cat Rental Store fleet. In addition, Ohio Peterbilt, the company’s onhighway Peterbilt truck dealership, will be housed in a new 68,642-sq.-ft. building adjacent to Ohio CAT at 13015 Eckel Junction Rd, with 26 service bays, each equipped to service CNG (compressed natural gas) vehicles and a 7,400-sq.-ft. cold storage structure. This facility represents a significant investment and an upgrade to the former Perrysburg location, both in footprint and services offered. Ohio Peterbilt will offer new and used truck sales as well as complete, bumper-to-bumper truck service and access to more than 16,000 unique part numbers — everything customers expect from the largest Peterbilt distributor in the state. The new Ohio Peterbilt location will be co-located with the Power Systems Division of Ohio CAT and will offer Ken Taylor (first row, third from R) and daughter Gillian Taylor see PERRYSBURG page 6
Ohio Machinery Co. President and Owner Ken Taylor (fifth from L) prepares to cut the ribbon in celebration of the new campus.
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(second row, fifth from L) are surrounded by the company’s appreciative employees at the ribbon-cutting ceremony.
Located at 13017 Eckel Junction Rd. in Perrysburg, the new facility includes a 65,250-sq.-ft. building consisted of shop space, a parts warehouse and office space for Ohio CAT’s machine sales, rental, parts and service personnel. Other equipment-related space includes an 8,300-sq.-ft. wash building and a 5,940-sq.-ft. cold storage structure.
The Mayor of Perrysburg, Tom Mackin (L), thanks Ken Taylor for the company’s contribution and investment in the community and acknowledges the behind-the-scenes work of local and county officials in support of the project.
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New Perrysburg Campus Will Better Serve Customers
Ken Taylor (third from L) and daughter Gillian Taylor (fourth from L) are flanked by the Ohio Machinery management team at the ribbon-cutting ceremony.
Perrysburg and Wood County officials join Ken Taylor (first row, third from L) and daughter Gillian Taylor (first row, fourth from L) in celebrating the new facility.
PERRYSBURG from page 4
Marous Brothers Construction President Chip Marous discussed the company’s long and rewarding relationship with Ohio Machinery, working on a total of 27 projects for the company, culminating in the construction of the all-new Perrysburg Ohio CAT, The Cat Rental Store and Ohio Peterbilt campus.
engine and generator parts and service as well as generator, temperature control and air compressor equipment rental. For more than 75 years, Ohio Machinery Co. has been serving the equipment and power systems needs of local businesses in the state of Ohio, and over the past 20 years, the company has diversified into the agricultural equipment business as well as the on-highway truck business. Specializing in rental services, The Cat Rental Store provides Cat and non-Cat rental solutions on a daily, weekly or monthly basis. Ohio Peterbilt sells and supports heavy-duty, mediumduty and vocational Peterbilt trucks. Its parts stores carry both OEM and aftermarket parts. The company’s Ag division, Ohio Ag Equipment, sells and supports AGCO and CLAAS agricultural equipment. Component repair and remanufacturing services are provided through Complete Hydraulic Component Service in Bolivar, and Complete Diesel Component Service in Findlay. Ohio Machinery Co.’s corporate headquarters is located at 3993 East Royalton Rd., Broadview Heights, Ohio. For more information, visit ohiocat.com.
The company’s on-highway Peterbilt truck dealership, Ohio Peterbilt is housed in a new 68,642-sq.-ft. building adjacent to Ohio CAT at 13015 Eckel Junction Rd., with 26 service bays, each equipped to service CNG (compressed natural gas) vehicles and a 7,400-sq.-ft. cold storage structure.
In an opening statement during the ribbon-cutting ceremony at Ohio Machinery Co.’s new Perrysburg facilities, President and Owner Ken Taylor addressed a crowd of well-wishers, discussing the company’s history and growth as well as how the new campus fits in with its vision for the future, calling it the company’s “crown jewel.”
The Marous Brothers Construction team was on hand to celebrate the ribbon cutting.
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ODOT, Ruhlin Company Modernize Two Bridges On I-75 BRIDGE from page 1
Doin’ the Dual The project encompasses repairing the two bridges on I-75. Interstate 75 is a major north-south interstate highway bisecting the country from southern Florida for 1,786.47 mi. up to the northeastern point on the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, making it one of the longest in the United States, as it passes through six states. Construction on it started in 1957, but the bridges in Dayton were built in the early 1960s. Bridge work includes replacing bridge decks, removing hinge joints and removing the continuous U-turn lane from the Edwin C. Moses Boulevard interchange. “The U-turn was installed to facilitate the modernization of I-75 projects and the U.S. 35/I-75 interchange projects to the north,” Oliphant explained. Both are complete, except for the last phase of U.S. 35/I-75 Interchange. Since the projects it was intended to assist are complete and because reconstruction of I-75 over Edwin C Moses structure will conflict with the U-turn, the U-turn lane will be taken out. From Oct. 4 to 15, 2021, the GC shifted three lanes of I-75 northbound to the right of the interstate between Albany Street and S.R. 741. “They also shifted the far-left lane of I-75 southbound [con-
When the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) conducted routine inspections of the bridge decks and surface of Interstate 75 over Edwin C. Moses Boulevard and Carillon Boulevard near the Great Miami River in Dayton, Ohio, they concluded that the bridge decks built in 1963 had reached the end of their useful design life.
traflow] onto I-75 northbound between Stewart Street and S.R. 741 [Springboro Pike],” Oliphant said. There are two 10-ft. throughlanes on I-75 southbound along the median wall. The Edwin C. Moses Boulevard entrance ramp to I-75 southbound is closed from Oct. 16, 2020, through Oct. 15, 2021. A detour for I-75 southbound traffic at Edwin C. Moses ramp closure sends motorists on Edwin C. Moses Boulevard to Dryden Road and then to I-75 southbound. Traffic pattern shifts, ramp closures and lane restrictions in each direction of I-75, as well as the resulting delays, are expected to last for the duration of the project. see BRIDGE page 10
“The U-turn was installed to facilitate the modernization of I-75 projects and the U.S. 35/I-75 interchange projects to the north.” Tiffany Oliphant Ohio Department of Transportation
“The project sold in July 2020 for approximately $18.8 million,” said Tiffany Oliphant, ODOT District 7 public information officer. Work began a quick two months later. The project’s anticipated completion date is sometime in fall 2022.
An average of 20 workers from Ruhlin Company as well as subs from John R. Jurgensen Company, a Cincinnati-based company providing asphalt pavement and aggregates; KLE Construction Company, a heavy civil contractor with headquarters in North Dakota; and 360 Construction Company Inc., a Brunswick, Ohio, company known for bridge restoration, industrial painting and sandblasting, have been working a 4 by 10 schedule (four 10-hour days)
Two Cat 336 excavators; a Komatsu PC 228; a Link-Belt 138 lattice boom crawler crane; a Grove RT-760E crane; a Komatsu W380 loader; and a Cat D4 dozer are being used on the project.
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Norwalk Firm to Build New $4M Manufacturing Facility
Photo of completed project. New building is seen in the foreground.
American Excelsior Company finalized plans earlier this year to construct a new 60,000-sq.-ft. manufacturing facility adjacent to its current manufacturing facility, located at 180 Cleveland Rd. in Norwalk, Ohio.
decision was made to build another manufacturing plant on the land the company already owns in Norwalk. The new building will solely be devoted to the production and fabrication of flexible foams. This will allow the company to use the current 76,882-sq.-ft. building to produce and warehouse products for the “We have experienced strong earth science division. The company announced growth over the past couple of a series of investments at of its nationwide years and we have simply several locations last fall. This new construction is further evioutgrown our current building.” dence of the company's commitment to the industries it Casey Poignon serves and continuous effort to support its 133-year histoAmerican Excelsior Company ry. Casey Poignon, general manager of the Norwalk The current manufacturing facility is plant, said, “We have experienced strong divided into two separate manufacturing growth over the past couple of years and we operations. One part of the plant is dedicated have simply outgrown our current building. to fabricating foam products for the compa- We are excited to develop a workable plan to ny’s flexible foam division, which provides build on the current property, as it prevents foam products used in packaging, furniture, us from relocating. Our associates help make medical and many other industries. The the difference in the markets we serve and other manufacturing operation produces a expanding right here in Norwalk is a winvariety of products used in the construction win for us, our associates and the local comindustry to help erosion control and sedi- munity.” ment runoff products as part of American Construction of the new facility is expectExcelsior’s earth science division. ed to start this spring and to be completed in Over the past year, both divisions have early fall. In addition to providing construcexperienced strong growth, which has result- tion jobs, the company is expecting to add ed in the need for additional equipment. It approximately 10 to 15 new positions once became apparent that operating out of one both operations are fully operational. building was no longer feasible, so instead of For more information, visit americanexmoving the operation to a new location, the celsior.com.
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Ruhlin, ODOT Meet With Community to Discuss Bridges BRIDGE from page 8
To update the bridges, ODOT awarded an $18.8 million contract to the Ruhlin Company, an employee-owned general contractor based in Sharon Center, Ohio.
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Lane changes are expected to end this year. Oliphant said, “Early in the project, Ruhlin and ODOT hosted a meeting with community members, including local towing companies, hospitals, Dayton Public Schools, the University of Dayton and Montgomery County Sherriff’s Department, to explain how the project would impact traffic and provide time frames for the various phases of work.” see BRIDGE page 11
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Crews Excavate to Build Causeway for Equipment In addition to the excavation, approximately 5,500 cu. yds. of material will be moved to construct a causeway into the Great Miami River to provide access for equipment.
BRIDGE from page 10
North Dakota; and 360 Construction Company Inc., a Brunswick, Ohio, company known for bridge restoration, industrial painting and sandblasting, have been working a 4 by 10 schedule (four 10-hour days), using two Cat 336 excavators; a Komatsu PC 228; a Link-Belt 138 lattice boom crawler crane; a Grove RT-760E crane; a
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