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“The Nation’s Best Read Construction Newspaper… Founded in 1957.” Your Ohio Connection: Ed Bryden, Strongsville, OH • 1-800-810-7640
U.S. Route 33 Nelsonville Bypass Wins Transportation Award ODOT was recognized at the Mid America Association of State Transportation Officials (MAASTO) annual meeting for the work done on the U.S. Route 33 Nelsonville Bypass project. The Nelsonville Bypass was one of three projects to receive America’s Best Use of Innovation Award. The program is sponsored by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO), the American Automobile Association and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. “I’m proud that this important project has been recognized by our peers,” said ODOT Director Jerry Wray. “The Nelsonville Bypass will help bring new jobs and additional tourism to southeast Ohio.” The three-phase, 8.5-mi. (13.6 km), $160 million Nelsonville Bypass project is the largest high-
ODOT was recognized at the Mid America Association of State Transportation Officials (MAASTO) annual meeting for the work done on the U.S. Route 33 Nelsonville Bypass project.
way construction project in southeast Ohio’s history. The original U.S. Route 33 through Nelsonville was heavily congested and had a history of crashes and injuries.
The bypass consists of two interchanges into historic Nelsonville by way of Athens and Hocking counties, and includes several overpasses and local road
improvements. It is expected the new bypass will open up commerce and economic development opportunities to the region. Motorists can now travel more safely and efficiently to southeast Ohio. The project has cut nearly 50 mi. off the trip from Columbus to Charleston, W.Va. “Winning the award helps put southeastern Ohio and the entire Appalachian region in the national spotlight — a wonderful thing for the area,” said District 10 Deputy Director Steve Williams. “This award is dedicated not only to southeast Ohioans, but to the ODOT employees who spent countless hours on planning, designing and building the Nelsonville Bypass.” One of the reasons the projectwas recognized by MAASTO was because nearly 5 mi. (8 km) of the
bypass bisects Wayne National Forest. Constructing a new highway through a national forest required collaboration and oversight by numerous agencies, including ODOT, the National Forest Service, the Environmental Protection Agency, wildlife specialists and others. The project’s unique alignment prompted ODOT to implement several wildlife and environmental mitigation techniques. The department invested more than $10 million protecting natural habitat and endangered species of the forest, and actually increased its size due to land donated by ODOT. The department also spent nearly $30 million on mitigating century-old mines under the roadway. (This story also can be found on Construction Equipment Guide’s Web site at www.constructionequipmentguide.com.)
Hutton Strader Joins ALL Erection & Crane Rental Corp. Hutton Strader has joined the ALL Family of Companies in the newly created position of business development specialist. The multifaceted position will focus on high-priority account management, which includes overseeing the company’s national accounts program. He also will be responsible for conducting technical sales support across the ALL Family’s entire North American footprint. Additionally, he will assist product managers at the company’s Cleveland headquarters with fleet evaluation and new product assessments. Overall, Strader will bridge sales and marketing functions, approaching both with a unique strategy that combines problem solving and problem avoidance. Strader will be able to draw from his years of experience as an engineer to further improve the lift analysis capabilities within
the ALL Family of Companies — continuing to emphasize safety, efficiency and uptime. “I am humbled that this is the third position I’ve had that was created specifically for me,” said Strader. “As an engineer, I think I have shown value by approaching organizations differently and helping them look at themselves differently.” Strader joins ALL Erection & Crane Rental Corp. from Liebherr Cranes Inc., where he was national accounts manager for more than five years. It was in this position that Strader came to learn more about the ALL Family. “I took a comprehensive approach to national accounts and came to understand how the company operated, seeing the 37branch ALL Family as one entity,” said
Strader. “I work from the top down and from the bottom up; I know that everyone in the organization has something important to share.” “Hutton was an essential part of our past successes with Liebherr, and we saw synergies in forging a closer partnership,” said Michael Liptak, president of ALL. “As an engineer, Hutton has an analytical way of looking at cranes, lift sites and their interaction. But more so, he takes an engineering approach to business problems, bringing about solutions in a logical fashion. That makes him a great asset to our team.” For more information call 800/232-4100 or visit www.allcrane.com. (This story also can be found on Construction Equipment Guide’s Web site at www.constructionequipmentguide.com.)
Hutton Strader has joined the ALL Family of Companies in the newly created position of business development specialist.