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Construction is well under way on a $25 million project that will serve as a gateway to Ohio State University (OSU’s) health sciences campus. The OSU College of Nursing structure will be the first WELL-certified building on the property.

“Our college’s tremendous growth during the past ten years, fueled by the burgeoning need in the healthcare industry for prepared, evidence-based healthcare providers and leaders, also has brought the need for a dynamic new space

with classrooms, meetings, faculty and staff offices, research, evidence-based practice, wellness and healthcare innovation programs,” said Laurel Van Dromme, OSU School of Nursing chief of strategic partnerships and special projects.

While several structures on Ohio State’s campus have earned LEED certification to be energy efficient, College of Nursing leadership wanted the new building to be WELLcertified, to ensure its capacity to promote wellness. WELL certification covers not only the design and construction periods, including materials selected and processes utilized, but also the environment and operation of the building post-

occupancy. To date, the plans have met with approval for WELLv2 Silver certification with measured standards for air, water, nourishment, light, movement, thermal comfort, sound, materials, mind, community and innovation.

Van Dromme noted that the atrium is designed for community gatherings of students, faculty, staff and visitors, and will connect the new building to the College of Nursing’s initial home, Newton Hall. The atrium will be a space full of light, with entire walls of glass on both its east and west facades, and will offer a radiant heat grid hidden in the floor for winter warmth. see OSU page 4

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OAIMA Hosts 2021 Annual Meeting, Trade Show in Columbus

(L-R): AGGCORP’s Roberto Arnbruster and Sue Vitaz caught up with Jon Stock from Tiger Sand and Gravel during the reception.

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he Ohio Aggregates and Industrial Minerals Association’s (OAIMA) annual meeting and trade show returned as a live event this year. Held at the Hilton at Easton in Columbus, Ohio, on Nov. 11 to 12, the event offered a full schedule for those attending. The general session kicked off the two-day meeting with an introduction of the OAIMA leadership team and association announcements from Patrick Jacomet, executive director.

The event included a series of educational sessions covering subjects ranging from new technologies geared toward increasing productivity, safety and business management to community relations. Between sessions and during an exhibitor reception, attendees caught up with representatives of local equipment dealers, national manufacturers and product and service providers within the trade show area. The reception

(L-R): Midwest Mine Services’ Bob Keaton III, Sean Weisiger, Tim Kidd, Adam Rice, Tim Meighan and Brice Jacobs were ready to discuss the company’s engineering, design and technology capabilities in addressing material handling and processing.

also featured an OA-PAC live auction conducted by Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers’ vice president, Gary Seybold.

OAIMA was founded in 1918 as a trade association representing the interests of Ohio’s mining operations and those involved with the production of construction materials including sand, gravel, crushed stone and slag as well as salt, clay, shale, gypsum, industrial sand, building stone, lime, cement and recycled concrete.

The association provides support to its membership through educational programs and interaction with governmental officials while providing a forum for sharing information among association members.  CEG

(All photographs in this article are Copyright 2021 Construction Equipment Guide. All Rights Reserved.) see OAIMA page 6

(L-R): Maverick Environmental Equipment’s Tim Smith and Craig Kaser visit with Lakeside Sand and Gravel’s Ray Stone during the reception.

(L-R): OAIMA’s Patrick Jacomet and Aline George received a helping hand to keep the show running smoothly from Brandi Davis of The Shelly Company and Ohio CAT’s Linda Meier, along with OAIMA’s Dawn Hoover.

(L-R): Rudd Equipment Company’s Martin McCutcheon, Josh Poston and Brian James welcomed attendees during the exhibitor reception.

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Crews Complete Structural Concrete for New OSU Building OSU from page 1 ing activities to continue to move the project forward Ruscilli Construction Co. Inc. photo A multi-purpose event space will include a 176for a turnover of the building in summer 2022.” seat flexible classroom suitable for large lectures and Workers have completed the structural concrete meetings, and connects via a retractable partition to a work, including the footings and basement founda40-seat group-learning classroom dedicated to the tion walls for the entire structure. The basement conHelene Fuld Health Trust National Institute for EBP crete slab on grade and the elevated concrete slabs on in Nursing and Healthcare. Together, these spaces can metal decking have been finished on all levels. hold 300 for all-college events, national summits and Structural steel erection has been completed for the major dinners. structure. Waterproofing of all basement foundation In August 2021, a topping off event was held to walls is completed around the exterior perimeter of celebrate a milestone in construction — the placethe building. ment of the last steel beam. Builders, architects and Tasks yet to be completed include exterior metal College of Nursing students, faculty and staff were stud framing and sheathing, exterior façade work invited to sign the beam in the weeks before the event. including glazed storefront/curtain wall, brick, metal Instead of the traditional fir, the College of Nursing panels and the membrane roof system. Interior framA ribbon-cutting to christen the new building is scheduled for ing/drywall, mechanical/plumbing/electrical system chose an Ohio buckeye tree.

“We’re so grateful to our architectural and con- August 2022. installations and all interior finishes are still to be struction partners for the passion they completed on the project. Exterior have brought to this project. They Ruscilli Construction Co. Inc. photo landscaping and hardscaping work have worked tirelessly and with high will be completed in spring 2022. regard for what this building will The elements have not had a sigmean to our university. The pandemic nificant impact on the schedule or certainly threw some character activities. builders into the equation, but our “With winter quickly approachpartners have been steadfast in their ing, the urgency to escape the major own mission to construct a truly effects of winter weather is to get all remarkable and dynamic structure, exterior activities completed, and to and we are grateful for their terrific get the building enclosed.” work.”

Types of equipment used include Ohio State architecture graduate all-terrain lulls, aerial lifts, skid Ken Cleaver worked on Newton steers, track hoe excavators, scissor Hall’s lobby redesign, transforming lifts and a 110-ton all-terrain crane. the original dark, wood-paneled space “The all-terrain lulls are utilized into the current light-filled living to transport materials around the site room it is today. or to hoist materials up into the In designing the new 40,000-sq.-ft. building,” said Riva. “The aerial and building adjacent to Newton Hall, scissor lifts are manlifts that are used ikon.5 design architect Joseph G. to lift workers up to elevated work Tattoni and colleagues drew inspiraareas. For the excavation work and tion from a concept from medieval art. grading around the project site, we According to Andy Riva, project Types of equipment used include all-terrain lulls, aerial lifts, skid steers, track hoe excavators, have used track hoe excavator, skid manager, Ruscilli Construction Co. scissor lifts and a 110-ton all-terrain crane. steers and high lift track loaders.

Inc., the biggest challenge on the projDuring the structural steel erection, a ect has been overcoming the material supply issues to main- Andrew Weber, OSU College of Nursing photo 110-ton all-terrain rubber wheeled crane was utilized for tain the overall construction schedule. erection of all structural steel members.”

“Currently onsite, we are installing the precast concrete The main materials for the project are concrete, structural wall panels on the exterior of the building along the first steel, brick and precast panels. floor. The mechanical, electrical and plumbing contractors The site prior to construction consisted of lawn and trees are working on roughing-in systems in the basement of the on the east half of the site, and a gravel parking lot on the building. The exterior structural metal stud framing is being west side of the site. There also were leftover construction installed on the second and third floors. The fireproofing of items that were stored on the site from past projects. structural steel is being installed on the first and second Prep work for the site involved setting up a temporary floors.” fence around the site along with all erosion control measures Riva said building during COVID-19 has created numerbeing installed. Trees, shrubs, stumps and ground cover were ous additional obstacles for crews working on construction removed around the site. Once all landscaping and hardscapprojects, including dealing with health regulations and ing was removed, the site was stripped of topsoil and then obtaining materials. began site utility work and basement excavation.

“The pandemic created major supply issues with materials “This project has a basement with 17-foot tall walls on a having very long lead times to obtain to the project site. The very tight site constrained by existing buildings and 9th and supply issues and inability to obtain materials within the Neil Avenues,” said Riva. “Having to do deep excavation, it required timeframes has led to the construction and design had to be properly planned out in terms of what equipment teams to continually look for alternative suppliers or materi- According to Andy Riva, project manager, Ruscilli can be utilized, what routes we can use for getting trucks and als that meet all project requirements and still be obtained Construction Co. Inc., the biggest challenge on the proj- equipment in and out of the site and how to access the basewithin the time frame needed. This also has led the construc- ect has been overcoming the material supply issues to ment level where the excavation is occurring. Due to these tion team to get creative in the scheduling of work and shift- maintain the overall construction schedule. see OSU page 7

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ODOT Project Helping Revitalize Cleveland Neighborhood The Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) advantaged business. As of Sept. 30, such businesses is making final changes to Opportunity Corridor received more than $70 million of the project’s $207 Boulevard Project in Cleveland, an undertaking million construction costs. specifically designed to revitalize the neighborhood Additionally, the Ohio Corridor project aimed to between I-490 and University Circle once known as place 38,500 hours of work via the department’s the “Forgotten Triangle” due to the lack of economic on-the-job training or OJT program, which gives activity. participants hands-on experience working on the The agency said the purpose of the Opportunity job alongside experienced workers. As of Sept. 30, Corridor project is to improve the transportation sysOJT participants actually worked more than 49,000 tem while supporting planned economic develophours, the agency said. ment via the construction of a new boulevard The project also helped jump-start economic between I-490/E. 55th Street to E. 105th in University activity in the area, Ohio DOT noted, with new and Circle. existing businesses investing nearly $1 billion in The new 35-mph boulevard-type road includes a development within a quarter mile of the boulevard median, traffic signals, new pedestrian and bicycle over the last five years. paths, tree lawns and landscaping. It also includes a The Ohio DOT noted that funding partners for this collection of vehicular, pedestrian and railroad project include FHWA during its development phasbridges.

The purpose of the Opportunity Corridor project is to improve the es, with the Ohio Turnpike and Infrastructure “Transportation is about connecting people. This transportation system while supporting planned economic develop- Commission (OTIC), city of Cleveland, Cuyahoga isn’t just an investment in asphalt, concrete and steel, ment via the construction of a new boulevard between I-490/E. 55th County, Northeast Ohio Area Coordinating Agency this is an investment in people, business and opportu- Street to E. 105th in University Circle. and Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority nity,” said Gov. Mike DeWine (R) in a statement. collaborating on the boulevard’s construction.

“The Opportunity Corridor will benefit these neighborhoods call them home have been bypassed by opportunity,” added The OTIC also provided what Ohio DOT described as an and better connect northeast Ohio with University Circle and Jack Marchbanks, director of the Ohio DOT. “innovative plan” to help fund construction, including lever“Now, we’re bringing opportunity right to their front aging monies from future revenues of the Ohio Turnpike, to all the resources available there.”

The project also came in well under budget, the Ohio door,” he said. “For a lot of residents, this opportunity is a help break ground sooner.

DOT noted — roughly $74 million less than the initial cost career, not just a job.”

Ohio DOT said minor work on the boulevard would Marchbanks noted that Ohio DOT also sought to spend 20 continue through June 2022; work includes striping, landestimate of $331 million calculated by the Federal Highway percent of all Opportunity Corridor project construction scaping, bridge painting, as well as asphalt and bridge Administration in 2013.

“For too many years, these neighborhoods and those who costs — roughly $41.9 million — with new, small and dis- work, which will require various lane restrictions. 

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Despite Supply Issues, OSU Project Remains On Schedule OSU from page 4

constraints along 9th Avenue at the south end of the building, we had to utilize installing a shoring system with steel beams driven into the ground and the timber slatting installed between beams, creating a wall to hold back the existing soils and elevations for work to commence safely.

“The site had no room for storing material for future backfill, so all material that was excavated out of the basement was put in dump trucks and hauled off the project site due to tight site constraints. During excavation we encountered old house foundations and abandoned pipe while excavating the basement and foundations.”

No demolition work was required to start the project, as it’s a stand-alone addition to the existing building. There will be demo required in the future to tie the addition into the existing building, so that the two blend. The work will involve cutting through the existing façade on the south side of the existing Newton Hall for doorways and access between the two buildings.

The main concerns of connecting a new structure to an existing building is assuring elevations and connection points are properly surveyed and designed to have the two buildings at the same elevations and points when installing materials. The other concern, when tying into an existing

building that is occupied, is weather protection and making sure the tie-in is properly sealed to eliminate water and air infiltration into an existing structure.

Because of the tight conditions on the site, topsoil and structural soil had to be exported from the site and then brought back to backfill around the basement foundation walls.

“The basement excavation was approximately 10,000 cubic yards,” said Riva. “There was a lot of export required during the storm and sanitary lines installation. After installation, the site utility trenches were then backfilled with imported gravel. The basement foundation walls are back-

filled with imported gravel and structural dirt. With site utility work, basement excavation and basement foundation wall backfill we have probably moved approximately 20,000 cubic yards on the site with export and import.”

The College of Nursing hosted a virtual groundbreaking ceremony in early December 2020. A ribbon cutting to christen the new building is scheduled for August 2022.

“Our students, faculty and staff are so excited about this new building,” said Van Dromme. “They all recognize the need, the opportunity and the potential for this new space to be transformational in our mission to dream, discover and deliver a healthier world.”  CEG

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