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Annual OAIMA Meeting Brings Education, Inspiration
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his year’s Ohio Aggregates & Industrial Minerals Association (OAIMA) Annual Meeting and Trade Show, held Nov. 14 to 16 at the Hilton at Easton in Columbus, Ohio, marked the 100th anniversary of the association. The event opened on the evening of the 14th with a 100th anniversary dinner sponsored by Barrett
Paving Materials Inc. and Eastman & Smith Ltd. Official business started the next morning with the general session, which included a welcome from OAIMA President Jim Meckstroth of Barrett Paving Materials and announcements from OAIMA Executive Director Patrick Jacomet. see OAIMA page 2
(L-R): The McLean Company’s Tom Wade, Scott Riffle and Kirk Sidwell were on hand to greet attendees. Larry Fleeman (L) of Dredge Central LLC speaks with OAIMA Executive Director Patrick Jacomet at the reception.
(L-R): Ohio Cat’s Aaron Mittendorf, Ned Herald, Kyle Bodkin, Chris Harris, Mike Little, Brad Friend, Ed Blasini and Mike Cullen welcome attendees to the reception event.
Officials Open Cleveland Opportunity Corridor Section 2 The second phase of a project bringing job opportunities to a portion of Cleveland referred to as the “Forgotten Triangle” has opened. Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT), city of Cleveland, Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority (GCRTA), The Great Lakes Construction Company, stakeholders and community members gathered Nov. 29 to officially cut the ribbon on Opportunity Corridor Section 2. This section opened to traffic in late-November and features a new roadway between East 93rd Street and Quebec Avenue. It includes the new East 105th Street Bridge that passes over Norfolk Southern Railroad and the newly expanded Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority station platform. The Great Lakes Construction Company and GPD The Great Lakes Construction Company and GPD Group constiGroup were the design-build team awarded the contract tuted the design-build team for Section 2 of the Cleveland to construct Section 2, which began construction in the Opportunity Corridor.
spring of 2016. “Great Lakes Construction Company is proud to be an integral partner in the Opportunity Corridor Project that is transforming this important part of the city of Cleveland,” said George Palko, president/CEO of The Great Lakes Construction Company. The $35 million project was funded by the Ohio Turnpike and Infrastructure Commission, Cuyahoga County, city of Cleveland, GCRTA and NOACA. “We are truly thankful for our funding partners as well as the construction companies that helped build this historic project. Outside of the transportation benefits it could bring to the Cleveland area, this effort opens the potential for new economic development, new jobs and a new identity for the community,” said Myron Pakush, ODOT District 12 deputy director. see CORRIDOR page 4