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Idaho Hospital Bids Farewell to ‘Sheila’, Sets Skybridge By Lori Tobias
St. Luke’s Children’s Hospital photo
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A towering feature on the Boise, Idaho, skyline is disappearing, its job done after more than a year on site. Dubbed “Sheila” by project manager Jamal Nelson, the 175-ft.tall Linden Comansa 2100 tower crane played a critical role in the construction of the new Idaho Elk’s Children’s Pavilion since its erection in June 2017. In late October, two assist cranes — a Liebherr 1300 360-ton and a Terex T780 80-ton — arrived at the hospital site to dismantle the tower crane and move it off site. “They took her apart in chunks,” Nelson said. “They made a connection to the assist, unbolt the jib and took out the counter weights and took her apart from top down. There was a select crew of three or four guys who did the dismantle and unrigging. They dropped large pieces down and they get broken
The Idaho Elks Children’s Pavilion at St. Luke’s. This photo was taken from the hospital roof on Oct. 10, 2018.
down into smaller pieces. Then they go to crane suppliers’ lot and did all the regular maintenance and recertifications. When they dismantled her, they went back through every single part of her and made sure she is top notch operating condition before she gets reassigned.” While on the job, the tower crane was used for numerous aspects of the project from the underground up, Nelson said. “There’s two things about tower cranes. Sort of like the left and right brain. There’s the functional physical tool, it’s raising and lowering materials to a place that are difficult to reach. With that tool we went 30 feet underground and built a parking structure, lowering all the equipment and materials into the hole. And then all the stuff we had to pull out. Once you go vertical, hang steel going up, concrete buckets, all your material coming see SKYWALK page 4
WSDOT Plans for Alaskan Way Viaduct Closure, Beyond The start of the new year signals dramatic changes ahead for Seattle drivers and commuters. On Jan. 11, 2019, the Alaskan Way Viaduct permanently closed to start three weeks of work needed to open the new State Route 99 tunnel. When the new SR 99 tunnel opens in early February, getting to and from Seattle via SR 99 will be a very different experience than it is today. The tunnel is a direct, 2-mi. trip underneath downtown Seattle. Tunnel entrances and exits, near Seattle’s Space Needle to the north and the stadiums to the south, work differently than the entrances and exits on the viaduct.
The Washington State Department of Transportation produced four new videos to help drivers navigate the changes the new tunnel brings. The videos show: • Driving north to and through Seattle with the new SR 99 tunnel; • Driving south to and through Seattle with the new SR 99 tunnel; • Getting to northbound 99 from in and around Seattle with the new SR 99 tunnel; and • Getting to southbound SR 99 from in and around Seattle with the new SR 99 tunnel. The tunnel will be free to use when it first see TUNNEL page 6
After the tunnel opens, it could take weeks or months for traffic patterns to settle down as drivers try different routes to and from their destinations.
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Peterson Acquires Brattain, Operates Five New Locations
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Oregon Logging Conference Announces Guest Speakers for 2019 Gathering Anthony S. Davis and Erin Isselmann will speak at this year’s 81st Annual Oregon Logging Conference, to be held Feb. 21 to 23 in Eugene, Ore. This year’s theme is “Building Products for Building Futures.” Anthony S. Davis is the Interim Dean for the College of Forestry at Oregon State University, the nation’s top ranked forestry research school, and a recognized leader in teaching and outreach. Davis is recognized as a global leader in seedling production and landscape restoration, working with several research programs in the Pacific Northwest, Caribbean, Africa and the Middle East. His address will speak to the interest in what he calls “forest to frame” similar to the farm to fork movement in agriculture. “The construction, look and atmosphere of the Oregon Forest Science Complex will reinforce Oregon State University’s international status as a premier institution devoted to improving the health of our forest landscapes and ecosystems,” Davis said.
“Climate change is real and it is here now,” he said. “Its effects are pervasive and affect everything and everyone, everywhere. It is our innovations that can bring some new thought and practice to addressing these challenges. Management, conservation and economic development require an informed society, and we are Oregon’s leader in providing outreach and engagement programs that serve as the bridge between knowledge and practice.” Davis oversees academic programs delivered though the Wood Science and Engineering, Forest Ecosystems and Society and Forest Resources, Engineering and Management departments. His purview includes the Forest Research Laboratory and the Institute for Working Forest Landscapes. Erin Isselmann is the executive director of the Oregon Forest Resources Institute. She has a marketing and communications executive background with more than two decades of experience in corporate communications, public relations and digital marketing.
She will focus her presentation on educational programs provided by the Oregon Forest Resources Institute (OFRI), which help shape the future of forestry. “To help support forestry education in the field and the classroom, OFRI’s K-12 education programs provide curriculum materials, teacher professional development and field trip opportunities,” Isselmann said. She also will mention a new educational program developed last year by OFRI, called Oregon Proud. Through this program, materials are available to employers, for sharing with employees, to reinforce key reasons to be proud of working in the forest sector. Davis and Isselmann will address the membership on Feb. 21, 2019 in the Wheeler Pavilion, Lane Events Center and Fairgrounds, Eugene, Ore. For more information, call 541/6869191 or visit www.oregonloggingconference.com. (This story also can be found on Construction Equipment Guide’s website at www.constructionequipmentguide.com.)
Peterson Trucks Inc. (PTI), authorized International trucks, IC Bus, and Idealease dealer to customers in Northern California acquired the business assets of Brattain International on Nov. 2, 2018. PTI began operating from five Oregon locations during normal business hours on Nov. 5. Prior to this acquisition, Brattain was the authorized International Truck and IC Bus dealer to customers throughout western Oregon. Peterson will rebrand the company’s former locations in Eugene, Salem, Albany, Bend and Portland. Tom Bagwell, PTI’s executive vice-president, stressed the company’s commitment to product support for its new customers: “We are making significant investments in parts inventory at all of our new Peterson Trucks locations,” he said. “We know how important this is. Anywhere we provide truck or bus service we will have an impressive parts inventory, dedicated to turning equipment around fast.” To deliver on this promise, PTI’s product support team will integrate its newly-acquired Brattain assets with the company’s network of more than 110 parts drops in Oregon, California and Washington; its existing team of on-highway truck technicians; and its Navistar-certified training facilities. These enhancements will allow PTI to give its customers the International and IC Bus brand’s full value. Bagwell looks forward to building on Brattain’s success in promoting International trucks and IC Bus in PTI’s new territory: “We’re going to keep doing what Brattain did well, and we’re going to provide additional resources to bring the overall experience into line with what Peterson customers have come to expect. We provide best-in-class service to our customers in every segment; Peterson Trucks’ northern division will deliver on that promise, too.” About Peterson Peterson has been a family-owned Caterpillar, Navistar, and Trimble dealer for more than eighty years. The Peterson family of companies serves more than 100,000 sq. mi. of northern California, Oregon, and southwestern Washington with an expansive line of equipment: Cat machinery, International trucks, agricultural equipment from AGCO and CLAAS, rental equipment, portable and stationary dieselpowered Cat generators, marine power and advanced equipment guidance systems. Peterson employs approximately 1700 people. For more information, visit www.petersontrucks.com. (This story also can be found on Construction Equipment Guide’s website at www.constructionequipmentguide.com.)
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Crews Place Final Beam for St. Luke’s Hospital Skywalk SKYWALK from page 1
in and out. Then, because we’re on a very tight site with only one roadway accessible, which passes through the building, we took all deliveries on one street. We used the crane to make every single pick. Every single delivery had to be scheduled. I did the scheduling. The contractors provided advance notice: here is what is coming in; here’s when I need it; here’s where it is going. Everything was color coded for each contractor.” Then there’s the second side to crane work, the operator. In this case that was Randy Fisher, a man Nelson describes as a “phenomenal operator.” “He is someone I trust just about more than anybody,” Nelson said. “He is extraordinarily talented in using that piece of equipment. He can see and communicate things I
St. Luke’s Children’s Hospital photo
Rendering of the new Idaho Elks Children’s Pavilion at St. Luke’s Children’s Hospital.
St. Luke’s Children’s Hospital photo
communicate with them? The operator is equally important, if not more so than the crane. When I say I am losing Sheila, I am more concerned I am losing Randy.” Along with saying so long to Sheila, contractors reached Steel workers on top of the Idaho Elks Children’s another milestone in the project Pavilion at St. Luke’s moments after setting the when they began putting in signed beam. place key pieces of the sky can’t otherwise see. He has to deal with dif- bridge that will link the new four-story, ferent skill sectors. With iron workers, 100,000-sq.-ft. Children’s Pavilion to the St. there’s more of a natural sync and flow. Luke’s downtown Boise hospital. That They’re used to doing crane work. Other included a 21-ft.-long, 305-lb. steel beam, contractors don’t know the crane. They don’t also given a name, Jenny, and signed by know the etiquette, the language. How do I more than 1,000 St. Luke’s employees and
donors before being lifted into place. Construction of the sky bridge raised a myriad of questions that had to be answered well before work could begin, Nelson said. Would they build it in the air over a five-lane roadway, or build it on site or at a remote spot? In the end, they opted for a mix, building the steel trusses, curtain wall, roof and metal decking on the ground, but waiting on the concrete work until the bridge is in place. “What’s interesting about the sky bridge is it sits at an angle,” Nelson said. “It’s at a 66degree angle from one building to another, and it falls 4.5 feet in elevation. It’s a 123clear span. The bridge is actually longer than that, but the span over the roadway is 123
feet. “We used a two-crane pick because that makes more sense. With two smaller cranes, you have more control. We had an engineer put together a cribbing design to support it in the air while we clad it and do all the glazing. We designed structural support systems to support it in the air 6 feet one end and 12 feet the other. We put the curtain wall in, figured out our dolly and how drive it into place. We set it the week of Dec. 14. We wanted to have it be a holiday thing right before the end of the year.” (This story also can be found on Construction Equipment Guide’s website at www.constructionequipmentguide.com.)
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Changes to Mukilteo Waterfront Coming in New Year Washington State Ferries selected IMCO Construction as the general contractor for the next stage of construction in the Mukilteo Multimodal Ferry Terminal Project. Valued at $49.7 million, this work will include the passenger building, holding lanes, toll plaza, and waterfront promenade. It represents the largest part of the project to replace the existing 61-yearold seismically vulnerable terminal. Construction is set to begin in early 2019. “IMCO brings a close knowledge of the project and the site as they have worked under a smaller
contract to tunnel a portion of the stormwater system at the site,” said Nicole McIntosh, director of terminal engineering. “IMCO has done a great job on the stormwater lines, so we’re excited to work with them to bring the new terminal to the Mukilteo waterfront.” A Modern Terminal The new terminal, to be built one-third of a mile east of the existing one, is one of many steps to reshape the Mukilteo waterfront. It will sit on the site of a former U.S. Air Force fueling station that has been unused since 1989. Earlier
work removed that fueling pier. The terminal’s location is also near the Sounder commuter rail station, which improves transit connections and opens up the waterfront to pedestrians. The existing terminal was built in 1957, when ridership and surrounding population numbers were a fraction of what they are today. “This is a giant step forward for this project,” said WSF head Amy Scarton. “It is designed to improve safety for our customers and reduce congestion conflicts between people driving and walking onto the ferry.”
In August, WSF rejected bids for this phase because they exceeded funds available. To help lower costs this time around, WSF split construction into two contracts — this one for upland buildings and another for remaining marine structures. The new package also includes efficiencies designed to reduce costs while upholding commitments to local tribes and the city of Mukilteo. The second contract will be advertised to bidders in early 2019. “We want the new terminal to be a centerpiece of the community,” McIntosh said. “We’ve worked
with the public, tribal partners and a range of stakeholders to get to this point. We’re excited to deliver a project that will improve safety and accessibility for pedestrians, vehicles and bicycles.” WSF, a division of the Washington State Department of Transportation, is the largest ferry system in the U.S. and safely and efficiently carries 25 million people a year through some of the most majestic scenery in the world. (This story also can be found on Construction Equipment Guide’s website at www.constructionequipmentguide.com.)
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fic disruptions for up to six weeks. Make a plan. Now. The three week closure of SR 99 through Seattle will be the longest planned highway closure the Puget Sound region has ever experienced. History shows traffic congestion worsens considerably during a viaduct closure – no matter what roads are traveled. This is why regional transportation agencies have asked everyone to make a plan to get around differently during the 3-week viaduct closure — whether changing commute times, carpooling, taking transit or even working from home if possible. Resources and ideas are available including the WSDOT app, King County Metro’s Get Ready page and the Seattle Department of Transportation’s new traffic website. (This story also can be found on Construction Equipment Guide’s website at www.constructionequipmentguide.com.) CEG
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