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Granite Makes Major Repairs on Interstate 5 see story page 4

Granite and WSDOT partnered with subcontractors to complete the paving project on a busy section of I-5 that travels north from Seattle toward Canada.

By Chuck MacDonald CEG CORRESPONDENT

A driver traveling north on I-5 from Seattle toward the Canadian border might note the variety of transportation arteries that surround this busy interstate. The heavy truck traffic rolling out of the Port of Seattle carries cargo out of container ships docked from around the world. Seattle’s location in the Puget Sound means commuters and visitors scurrying to their destinations after traveling from the islands in the Sound via the Washington State see REPAIRS page 5

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Doosan Road Builder, Excavator Play Key Role in Recovery

R&L’s specialty has been building and maintaining logging roads.

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By Lori Tobias CEG CORRESPONDENT

Robert Leininger, president of R&L Excavating Inc. of Sweet Home, Ore., bought his first piece of equipment — a front end loader — from Feenaughty Machinery Co. in Eugene about two years ago.

That purchase went a long way for Leininger to achieve project success, so much so that he decided to add a Doosan 300LL-5 road builder and a Doosan DX 140 excavator from Feenaughty this year.

“Bobby Meyers was keeping in contact with me,” Leininger said. “He swings by my office once a week and leaves a card to let me know he was here. Their customer service was fantastic and that to me means a lot. That’s how I choose — customer service, availability of machinery and price. We’ve been real happy with them. No issues.”

The new equipment turned out to be important tools in fighting and cleaning up after wildfires that ravaged the Oregon landscape last summer. The company is signed up with the state and federal forest service to help out when wildfires strike.

“The fires came real close to me,” Leininger said. “I’d say a mile and a half from us evacuation orders were in effect for a while. It was really, really, really smoky. But we were fighting the fires and we were out in it. We had one guy on the fire for 14 to 15 days. We had excavators and Cat D-8s cutting fire lines, and our lowboy mobilization. The Doosan 500 has a forestry approved cab that is structurally engineered see RECOVERY page 6

Robert Leininger and his company R&L Excavating relied on a Doosan 300LL-5 road builder and a Doosan DX 140 excavator from Feenaughty to help assist in the wildfire recovery in the Pacific Northwest.

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The project required night paving because of the heavy traffic, which included trucks bearing cargo from the Port of Seattle and passenger traffic arriving from ferries.

Granite Construction Rehabilitates Deteriorating Asphalt REPAIRS from page 1

Ferry System. In addition, an active bus transit station shuttles passengers and commuters over 40 routes each day. And finally, a section of the light rail system is under construction, which will carry passengers northward, then cross over the freeway to deliver passengers traveling south.

This interstate bulging with travelers also is intersected by numerous side streets overseen by varying municipalities with sometimes competing interests. The task of doing major repairs to this round-the-clock transportation corridor was daunting.

When Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) decided that sections of the highway needed rehabilitation, it turned to Granite Construction to handle the task, including coordinating with the numerous agencies that would be affected by the rehab.

“This was a hugely complicated project,” said Ed Kane, engineering manager of WSDOT in Snohomish and King counties.

The $7.6 million project called for the replacement of deteriorating asphalt in two sections of the interstate and bridge maintenance. “The work had to be done at night, which required a large amount of work to be accomplished in just a few hours before the road had to be reopened for traffic.

Frequently the schedules called for one lane to be opened for a few hours, a second lane opened for fewer hours and a third lane on a

different schedule. The team at Granite handled the coordination beautifully. It was a joy to work with them.”

Early in the planning stages, Granite worked with WSDOT to bring in

Washington State police to be positioned at the work zones. All parties agreed that the flashing lights would slow the night traffic and contribute to a safer work zone. The result of this and other safety efforts meant

In addition to the bridgework, the Granite team replaced sidewalk ramps to make the street ADA accessible.

that workers completed 17,619 hours without injury during this night-paving project.

The job was begun in April 2019 and finished in October 2020, ahead of time. The first part of the project called for Granite to mill 2 mi. of the freeway and replace the worn asphalt with 2 in. of fresh asphalt. The second part of the project called for removal and replacement of asphalt at the intersection at 164th Street including the on- and offramps leading on to the overpass.

“Unsafe conditions like cracked asphalt and potholes were reasons for the project,” said Cody Hookland, Granite’s project engineer of the job. “When we finished all the paving work on I-5, we earned a bonus for smoothness, so that was an excellent result.”

The overpass from 164th Street onto I-5 needed extensive work on a tight schedule.

“This is a major thoroughfare for work and business, so we need to get the transition joints in the bridge installed for a smooth ride for drivers that would be using it the next day.” Hookland said.

In addition to the bridgework, the Granite team replaced sidewalk ramps to make the street ADA accessible.

“The added work and restricted work hours make it challenging but we maintained our schedule,” said Hookland.

The Granite team produced 18,850 tons of asphalt at its Smith Island facility in Everett and acquired the 3/8-in. aggregate from its see REPAIRS page 8

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R&L Leans on Feenaughty for Its Heavy Equipment Needs RECOVERY from page 4

for the safety of the operator so that it would withstand impact and not collapse if rolled over. The Doosan’s high and wide undercarriage is perfect for out in the woods.”

Founded by Leininger’s uncle, R&L has been in business since 1980, when it began with just one backhoe.

“We’ve been at it ever since,” Leininger said. “We have 50 employees now. We have two lowboy trucks, three lowboy trailers, 10 excavators, five Cats, three front end loaders, eight dump trucks and three road graders.”

R&L’s specialty has been building and maintaining logging roads. In 2009, they planned to expand into rock crushing, but the downturn in the economy nixed that. So they bided their time, studying the market while waiting, and in 2015 moved into rock crushing, which is in demand in the summer.

“The logging companies like to build the roads in the summer when it’s dry and we get them rocked with jaw run, which is like 4.5 to 6.5-inch rock,” Leininger said. “They get the rocks compacted in summer and put jaw run on the roads.

That way, we get by with using a lot less rock than using straight quarry rock. Then they use the roads in the winter.”

Since 2015, R&L has been heavy into rock crushing and currently has five rock crushers now. Three Doosans came from Feenaughty, while Caterpillar and John Deere crushers came from Peterson CAT and Pape Machinery, respectively, both located in Eugene. R&L also does business with Evergreen Tractors.

They also do a lot of smaller rock for maintaining the roads during the winter and are always looking to expand.

“Ninety-nine percent are old rock pits that they’ve used over the years on timberline,” Leininger said. “It’s allowed us to expand from who we normally work for to just more opportunities for crushing.

“Our recipe for success is pretty simple,” he added. “You’ve got to work hard, be honest and watch for the little areas. Like when we got into rock crushing, it was just a niche with one of the outfits we work for. I guess you would call that foresight.”  CEG

“Ninety-nine percent are old rock pits that they’ve used over the years on timberline. It’s allowed us to expand from who we normally work for to just more opportunities for crushing,” said Ryan Leininger.

Since 2015, R&L has been heavy into rock crushing and currently has five rock crushers.

Leininger said evacuations were a close to a mile and a half away from the company.

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Crews Rebuild Road With 20 Percent Recylced Material REPAIRS from page 5

Granite Falls aggregate facility. The asphalt pavement was Superpave, a hard, durable mix that WSDOT requires for most of its interstate roads. As a company, Granite is committed to incorporate recycling on its projects to conserve raw materials and energy. On this job, Granite ground up the old asphalt and incorporated it into the new road.

Approximately 20 percent of the completed road was built from recycled materials.

In addition to the normal coordination between Granite, WSDOT and subcontractors, Granite had to account for the fact that two separate projects for the new light rail system intersected the work zone.

“Before each shift, the crew met to review safety plans and nightly work plans which covered what we planned to get done and Despite the complexity of the project, Granite began the job in April 2019 and fin- how we were going to do it,” said Hookland. ished in October 2020 ahead of schedule.

“Clearly defining the haul routes for trucks bringing in fresh asphalt and removing the old ensured that everyone knew what was happening and when. Planning our work and following that plan helps to get everyone home safely at the end of the shift.

“Even with all of our preparations we encountered a few hurdles,” said Hookland.

“Addressing last-minute requests from the other two projects that overlapped with ours sometimes resulted in unexpected lane closures and rerouting our large paving equipment. Our daily meetings allowed our teams to tackle these challenges quickly and safely.”

Another unique aspect of the project was handling the vehicles and passenger traffic poured from the Washington State Ferry at Edmonds. The ferry brings in traffic from the Kitsap and Olympic Peninsulas located across Puget Sound.

“The southern part of our project was at SR 104, which leads to I-5. This is where much of the ferry traffic would be entering the traffic flow. It was a heavily trafficked area, so we had to make sure our work was completed on time each day so as not to impact these commuters,” said Hookland.

Project Manager Beth Duffus of Granite has been working on paving projects for 13 years and sees this project as a highlight.

“There were so many things going on at once, scheduling challenges, contingency plans, and of course the weather here can change so quickly. Our working relationship with WSDOT was also a highlight. Granite and WSDOT shared a project-first mentality when addressing challenges, which led to time and cost savings. When everyone is focused on getting the project done safely, on time and on budget, it makes a huge difference in the working relationship between the owner and the contractor.

“And finally, I was proud of the diversity of our crew. Twenty-two percent of our project team were women and seven percent were veterans. Tangible proof that we’re making progress in Granite’s commitment to inclusive diversity.”  CEG

The Granite team produced 18,850 tons of asphalt at its Smith Island facility in Everett and acquired the 3/8-in. aggregate from its Granite Falls aggregate facility.

The project was recognized for achieving high standards for smoothness.

In addition to the normal coordination between Granite, WSDOT and subcontractors, Granite had to account for the fact that two separate projects for the new light rail system intersected the work zone.

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The new study built on previous state-sponsored studies that asserted there is sufficient demand for trains running at up to 250 mph between Portland, Seattle and Vancouver, BC.

High-Speed Rail Proposal for Portland, Seattle, Vancouver A new government report on high speed rail in the Pacific Northwest recommends that Oregon, Washington and British Columbia formalize their interest in a Cascadia bullet train by creating an independent body to plan and eventually build it.

But a critic with a conservative think tank said the region should take heed of California’s high speed rail woes and end the Cascadia bullet train ambitions, the Northwest News Network reported.

The new study built on previous statesponsored studies that asserted there is sufficient demand for trains running at up to 250 mph between Portland, Seattle and Vancouver, BC. “Creating a coordinating entity does take it to the next level in terms of the possibility of making it a reality,” said Janet Matkin, communications manager of the rail division of the Washington State Department of Transportation. “It really is beyond just the study phase and looking at more of an implementation focus.”

The report said one of the first jobs of the coordinating entity should be to select a technology for the “ultra-high speed ground transportation” corridor. Options include traditional high speed rail, magnetic levitation trains or a hyperloop, where passengers

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Target travel times are approximately one hour between Portland and Seattle and another hour from Seattle to Vancouver, BC. The top speed of 250 mph for the project is faster than other rail services on the horizon in North America.

The recent study released was led by the engineering consultancy WSP USA. It was funded by contributions from Washington, Oregon, British Columbia and Microsoft.

Oregon Gov. Kate Brown, Washington Gov. Jay Inslee, British Columbia Premier John Horgan and Microsoft President Brad Smith renewed their endorsements of a Cascadia bullet train.

“Transformative infrastructure projects like this one could help us rebuild our economy in the short term and provide us with a strong competitive advantage in the future,” Inslee said in a news release. Rubin said the chances of securing significant federal funding for a high speed rail infrastructure project of this scale depend on Democrats controlling both chambers of Congress alongside a Democratic president.

“That’s the only possibility to get major U.S. federal government dollars anytime in the near future,” Rubin said. 

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