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Treating I-270 Interchange Hot Spots With Diamonds

By Lori Lovely

crashes, while fewer points of contact theoretically improve safety.

However, because there were no DDIs in this country until June 2009, when the first opened to traffic in Springfield, Mo., there is no safety record available.

Potential disadvantages of the DDI include driver unfamiliarity with the configuration and merging maneuvers on the left side of the road and the reversed flow of traffic. Exiting traffic cannot reenter the freeway in the same direction without leaving the interchange. This prohibits emergency vehicles from using the ramps to bypass crashes at the bridge, and oversize loads from using the ramps to bypass low bridges.

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Roberts Road over I-270 on the west side of Columbus, Ohio, was identified as a “hot spot location” — a 2 mi. (3.2 km) segment of the freeway or non-freeway with more than 250 crashes over three years.

In addition, its bridges over the interstate loop needed new bridge decks and more clearance in order to meet federal highway standards.

“The last major work on this section of roadway was in 1988, when an additional concrete layer was placed over the original 1967 pavement,” said Breanna Watzka, of the Ohio Department of Transportation.

At that time, the mainline bridge decks also were overlayed. “The original subgrade constructed in 1967 had failed severely,” Watzka continued. “Existing roadway drainage had also failed over time.

This led to numerous pavement failures and sunken concrete roadway slabs.”

The 1988 bridge overlays were overdue for replacement, having exceeded their design life. This section of roadwork was originally planned for the early 2000s, but got passed over due to funding issues at the time. Instead, several “bandaid” projects were done to try to keep the road together during the 2000s prior to the start of this project.

“The overall ride quality of this section of road was terrible prior to construction,” Watzka said.

Because this section of road is a direct link for any oversize and overweight loads that are headed from Cleveland or Dayton to Cincinnati, it sees a lot of heavy traffic as these loads are routed from I-71 and I-70 around this sec-

Along with other projects around the state, this project is a testing ground for the concrete dowel bar inserter paving process.

Additional work includes upgrading drainage, signing, lighting, vertical clearance improvements, and rehabilitation of overhead and ramp bridges. Designated bike lanes also will be provided.

tion of I-270 and then back onto I71 to Cincinnati.

Diamond in the Rough ODOT’s highway safety programs focus on freeway and nonfreeway, high congested locations.

Each year, the department prioritizes these locations for improvements using available funding. A mixture of federal and state funding will be used on the $81.5 million contract.

Initially, ODOT presented four proposed alternatives to the public in November 2010. Based on comments from the public meeting and further evaluation, the diverging

diamond interchange (DDI) was selected because of its projections to eliminate all the congestion at the interchange, one of ODOT’s goals, along with improved safety.

The diverging diamond interchange, also called a double crossover diamond interchange, was listed by Popular Science magazine as one of the best innovations in 2009 in the engineering category. It’s a type of diamond interchange in which the two directions of traffic on the non-freeway road cross to the opposite side on both sides of the bridge at the freeway. It requires traffic on the freeway overpass to briefly drive on

the opposite side of the road from what is customary.

The diverging diamond interchange at Roberts Road/I-270 is intended to reduce congestion and improve traffic flow by switching traffic to the opposite sides of the road as it passes over the freeway and constructing entrance ramps to I-270 that are free-flow turns.

Benefits include elimination of congestion and the need for arrows on traffic signals. Two-phase signals significantly reduce delay. In addition, by removing turn lanes, capacity is increased.

Reduced horizontal curvature is thought to reduce risk of off-road

By the Numbers Construction began Aug. 22, 2011 and is scheduled for completion July 31, 2014, according to Watzka. “This project involves the reconstruction of pavement and mainline bridges for 7.02 mi. (11.3 km) of I-270 in southwest Columbus. The work also includes reconstruction of all ramps and widening the median and outside shoulders on I-270.”

Additional work includes upgrading drainage, signing, lighting, vertical clearance improvements, and rehabilitation of overhead and ramp bridges. Designated bike lanes also will be provided.

On the surface, it’s not a unique project, Watzka said. “The project is basically rip out the old and rebuild new. However, to stabilize the bad subgrade, the project did perform a 12-in. (30 cm)-deep cement stabilization using the existing subgrade material. While not unique, it’s not something we do on every project.” This led to an see ODOT page 5

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Ohio Forestry Association Hosts Annual Paul Bunyan Show

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he Ohio Forestry Association held The Paul Bunyan Show at the Guernsey County Fairgrounds in Cambridge, Ohio on Oct. 4 to 6.

The annual event, said to be the oldest forest industry trade show in the United States, is billed as “The Original American Forestry Show,” The show featured educational sessions, live demonstrations and more than 120 exhibitors displaying the latest innovations in equipment, products and services related to the forestry industry as presented by manufacturers and area equipment dealers, retailers and service providers.

Major show sponsors included Columbus Equipment Company, Murphy Tractor & Equipment and Rudd Equipment Company.

Bandit factory representative Alex Weisenburger (L) lent Vince Pusateri, Bandit of Ohio, a hand at its display of wood chippers and stump grinders.

(This story also can be found on Construction Equipment Guide’s Web site at www.constructionequipmentguide.com.)

Kyle Fannin (L) and Brian Mayfield of Murphy Tractor & Equipment attracted a good deal of attention with their line of John Deere machines.

(L-R): Rudd Equipment Company’s Martin McCutcheon, Ron Jacobs, Ron Filipiak and Ralph Hamilton had plenty of Volvo equipment on hand for attendees to see.

Aggcorp’s Sean McIvor and Rob Armbruster were joined by Matt August and Mark Disalvo of Terex Environmental Equipment to unveil their one of a kind prototype TG640 biomass whole tree chipper.

Brian Kile (L) and Bob Candee of Fecon were pleased to have their new FTX 128L track mulcher fresh from its introduction at the ICUEE show earlier in the week.

(L-R): Ohio CAT’s Brad Bair speaks with Tony and Matt D’Amico of Central Forestree, in from Illinois, along with Ohio CAT’s Linda Meier, Rich Egnot and Art Westfall about the new Caterpillar 299D compact track loader.

Columbus Equipment Company conducted a demonstration with its Kubota SVL90-2 compact track loader equipped with a HF200 log splitter, operated by Charlie VanDusartz of U.S. Pride Products, manufacturer of the log splitter attachment.

(L-R): Southeastern Equipment Company’s John Robinson, Jon Wickline and Greg Mercer were on hand to discuss their lineup of Case Construction Equipment and Carlton wood chippers and stump cutters.

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Ohio Appeals Court Agrees With ASA...

Claims Provisions Placed ‘Impossible Burden’ on Contractor An Ohio appeals court on Sept. 5 affirmed a lower court’s decision granting damages to a construction contractor whose claims were initially denied when it could not meet the unworkable notice and claims requirements in its contract with a public owner.

The American Subcontractors Association and ASA of Ohio urged the appeals court to uphold the lower court’s decision in an amicus brief filed on Sept. 24, 2012, in J&H Reinforcing & Structural Erectors Inc. v. Ohio School

Facilities Commission.

The Court of Appeals of Ohio, 10th Appellate District, reviewed and overruled all 21 of the Ohio School Facilities Commission’s “assignments of error” and J&H’s three “assignments of error” and affirmed the judgment of the Court of Claims of Ohio.

On Feb. 10, 2012, the Court of Claims ruled that notice and claims provisions placed an “impossible burden” on the contractor, whose claims were denied despite substantially

following the notice and claims process and writing numerous letters to the project’s construction manager detailing the impact of unforeseen site conditions and the late delivery of air handling units. The late delivery directly affected the progress of all of the other trade contractors that were to follow the installation of the units, trades whose work was required to be performed prior to the contractor’s work.

After the Court of Claims decision, the Ohio School Facilities Commission, which administers the entire Ohio Public School Building Program, appealed, and contractor J&H then cross-appealed.

In their brief, ASA and ASA of Ohio said to the Ohio appeals court: “The contract contained multiple differing and unworkable claim notice provisions which had the effect of placing J&H in a position where it was impossible to strictly comply when the cause of delay was beyond the control or knowledge of J&H. For example, Article 6.4.2.2 required J&H to identify all responsible parties for any delays, even if it was, as the Referee and trial court found, an ‘impossible burden on J&H’ because J&H could not know whether the [air handling unit] delay was caused by the manufacturer, U.S. Customs, the installer, the engineer, the OSFC, the construction manager, or some other party. Similarly, J&H did not know, and could not be expected to know, when that delay would be incurred, and whether the schedule could be revised.”

J&H entered into the construction contract with the commission and agreed to perform general trades work and other subcontracting, as well as to self-perform masonry and interior case work, on the Wheelersburg local school district K12 school building construction project.

“Construction schedules are generally revised by construction managers, after such delays, with input from the impacted contractors and subcontractors,” ASA and ASA of Ohio said. “But here, the construction manager performed unilateral and undisclosed schedule revisions, without considering such input. The construction manager’s computer program is designed to aid in schedule adjustments …

However, OSFC’s construction manager overrode its computer program to produce an illogical and ‘unworkable schedule,’ to the detriment of J&H.” J&H filed its complaint against the commission seeking damages for OSFC’s breach of contract, including, among other things, costs, expenses, and losses J&H sustained as a result of numerous delays that occurred on the project. “…

Upholding the Court of Claims decision will serve as a stark warning that this sort of gamesmanship will be seen for what it is and will be prohibited by the law of the State of Ohio,” ASA and ASA of Ohio wrote.

ASA’s Subcontractors Legal Defense Fund financed the brief in this case. The SLDF supports ASA’s critical legal activities in precedent-setting cases to protect the interests of all subcontractors. ASA taps the SLDF to fund amicus briefs in appellate-level cases that would have a significant impact on subcontractor rights. Contributions may be made to the SLDF via the ASA Web site.

(This story also can be found on Construction Equipment Guide’s Web site at www.constructionequipmentguide.com.)

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Upgrading Work Includes Drainage, Signing, Lighting

The diverging diamond interchange, also called a double crossover diamond interchange, was listed by Popular Science magazine as one of the best innovations in 2009 in the engineering category.

ODOT from page 1

extremely strong road base.

On average 70 people were working on site — up to 100 during double shift work periods.

“Normal shift was 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. five days a week,” Watzka said, “but we routinely worked 8 p.m. to 5 a.m. night shifts espe- Potential disadvantages of the diverging diamond cially for the old concrete pave- interchange include driver unfamiliarity with the ment removal. Countless week- configuration and merging maneuvers on the left ends were worked, mostly during side of the road and the reversed flow of traffic.

15- and 30-day ramp closures.”

Prime contractor for the project is Shelly m) of 13.5 ft. (4.1 m) concrete pavement, as & Sands Inc. Sub-contractors include: (list- well as 3.5 million lbs. (1,598,182 kg) of reinforcing steel in the bridges. In addition, ed in order of sub-contract amount) 14,700 tons (13,336 t) of cement will be • Armstrong Steel Erectors, Inc. • Cosmos Comprehensive Construction, incorporated into the subgrade for stabilization.

Inc. Watzka’s list of equipment being used to • M.P. Dory Co. accomplish this work includes six trackhoes, • Lake Erie Construction Company nine pavers, two concrete screeds, a dozen • Cem-Base, Inc. rubber tire hoes, two graders, four rollers, • Cuyahoga Fence LLC. seven lifts, six dozers, two road wideners, a • Miller Cable Company vac truck and numerous service, water and • Griffin Pavement Striping Inc. boom trucks, as well as assorted dumps, • Paul Peterson Company Plans call for removal of 648,344 sq. yds. sprayers and other support equipment.

(495,695 sq m) of old concrete pavement “Notable is the Gomaco GHP 2800 paver,” (both 1967 and 1988 pavement). Once that’s Watzka said. “[It] paved 24 feet [two lanes] completed, crews will place 45,728 sq. yds. in one pass and is an automatic DBI [dowel (34,962 sq m) of 12.5 ft. (3.81 m) concrete bar inserter] paver.” pavement and 655,302 sq. yds. (501,014 sq see ODOT page 7

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Canton 1509 Raff Rd SW Canton, OH 44710-2321 (330) 477-9304 • (866) 235-0438

Poland (Youngstown) 590 E Western Reserve Rd Bldg 3 Poland, OH 44514-3393 (330) 629-6299 • (866) 503-7259

Cincinnati 11441 Mosteller Rd Cincinnati, OH 45241-1829 (513) 772-3232 • (800) 844-3734

Brunswick 1240 Industrial Pkwy N Brunswick, OH 44212-4317 (330) 220-4999 • (800) 716-9796

Chillicothe 5775 US Highway 23 Chillicothe, OH 45601-9562 (740) 663-5300

Vandalia (Dayton) 1015 Industrial Park Dr Vandalia, OH 45377-3117 (937) 898-4198 • (800) 233-4228

Painesville 811 Callendar Blvd Painesville, OH 44077-1218 (440) 639-0700 • (866) 800-1398

Cambridge 60611 Hulse Rd Cambridge, OH 43725-8937 (740) 439-2747

Lima 3550 Saint Johns Rd Lima, OH 45804-4017 (419) 221-3666 • (800) 423-7445

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Southeastern Equipment Holds Sales Training Sessions

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outheastern Equipment Company held two day long Kobelco Sales Training sessions at its Dublin, Ohio, branch on Oct. 15 and 16. The sessions were attended by 60 sales representatives from all 18 branches located in Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky and Michigan. With the recent re-launch of the brand, Southeastern Equipment Company felt the sessions would be extremely beneficial.

Kobelco Construction Machinery U.S.A. Product Development Manager George Lumpkins conducted the training sessions which consisted of classroom time and equipment walk-arounds and demonstrations with the assistance of District Business Manager, Terry Ober.

Given the dealership’s history with Kobelco products and embedded base of satisfied Kobelco owners, the dealership was enthusiastic about reconfirming its commitment to the line, according to Southeastern Equipment’s Jon Wickline.

Its team is confident that the recent changes will result in improved opportunities to support existing clients while introducing a new group of customers to the line.

Wickline said they welcome the level of communication, access and support they’re receiving from Kobelco’s new management team, adding there’s little in the way of bureaucracy to work through in getting answers.

While there’s still a lot of commonality and continuity with its lineup of excavators post re-launch, there have already been some significant improvements, according to Lumpkins. New engines, pumps, and wire harnesses have been integrated into the machines as well as several design changes geared toward operator safety and equipment durability.

“Kobelco’s commitment to the U.S. and support of their dealer network in the market is reflected in their goal of conducting sales training sessions with all of their dealerships by year’s end and the fact that they’ve already doubled their parts inventory,” said Kobelco’s Terry Ober.

Southeastern Equipment Company is the authorized dealer of Kobelco in Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky and Michigan. Other manufacturer product lines carried by Southeastern Equipment include Case Construction, Bomag, Etnyre, Gradall, Kawasaki and Terex Trucks.

(This story also can be found on Construction Equipment Guide’s Web site at www.constructionequipmentguide.com.)

Kobelco’s George Lumpkins and Terry Ober joined Southeastern Equipment Company’s sales team for its sales training session.

In from Evansville, Ind., Southeastern Equipment Company’s Jeremy Eckert (L) gets some tips from Kobelco’s Terry Ober.

Product Development Manager George Lumpkins discusses Kobelco’s latest product improvements.

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Overlays Overdue for Replacement, Exceed Design Life ODOT from page 5

Along with other projects around the state, this project is a testing ground for the concrete dowel bar inserter paving process. “New specifications and testing of dowel bars The 1988 bridge overlays were overdue for replacement, having exceeded their design life. This section of roadplaced with this kind of paver have been developed using work was originally planned for the early 2000s, but got passed over due to funding issues at the time. some of the testing that has been performed on this project,” Watzka said.

Traffic Maintenance of traffic was the biggest challenge, with “countless” different phases and sub-phases per plan, Watzka said. “There were several cases where we had to maintain traffic and determine our own design in the field. Major traffic switches required pre-meetings and a detailed agenda with times to be able to effectively execute the switch within the allotted timeframe.”

Even the smaller traffic switches required pre-planning.

This project used a contra-flow lane to be able to maintain three lanes of traffic, which Watzka believed caused the project to be extremely responsive with accidents. ODOT worked with and met with local emergency personnel to make sure they understood how to access an accident scene within the work zone.

By closing both bridges on Roberts Road simultaneously, ODOT cut construction time in half and saved $1.1 million.

All ramps will remain open, with traffic detoured.

When the diamond is finished, Watzka said commuters will enjoy 7 mi. (11.3 km) of smooth riding concrete pavement, wider outside (from 10 to 12 ft. [3 to 3.7 m]) and inside shoulders (from 4 to 12 ft. [1.2 to 3.7m]), brand new bridge decks, barrier walls upgraded to new higher height requirements and all-new signage, both overhead and groundmounted.

(This story also can be found on Construction Equipment Guide’s Web site at www.constructionequipmentguide.com.)

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