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March 14 2021 Vol. V • No. 6
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Angela Beers-Seydel was enjoying some well-deserved downtime on Feb. 5 when she learned of the collapsed U.S. 101 Oregon coast highway that sent a drill rig and its operator plummeting from the 150-ft. high road.
Seydel, spokeswoman of the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT), knew instantly they were dealing with an accident that might very well turn out to be tragic; and that getting help would be hindered by the lack of cell phone coverage in the area. “When I was called, all that was known was that the rig had gone over the edge, that emergency services were on
their way and that Coast Guard rescue had been called because no one was sure about the status of the operator, and whether or not the rig would stay on the rocks or go into the ocean,” Seydel said. At the time of the collapse, crews with GeoStabilization International (GSI) were on the scene working to stabilize see RESCUE page 6
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Construction Crews Reach Milestone at Climate Pledge Arena
Covering an area of approximately 190,000 sq. ft., the arena roof consists of bi-directional, steel space-truss “three-pinned” arches with an intermediate post-tensioned cable system spanning between the main trusses and the perimeter concrete structure.
Construction crews from Mortenson and OVG Construction and Concrete reached a major milestone at Seattle’s Climate Pledge Arena. Workers from the construction crews were taking a mid-day break to join in the traditional “topping out” ceremony that marks the final steel beam being secured into place. It indicates the steel-framing structural phase of a project is complete. In the case of Climate Pledge Arena, the final beam was fastened to the rigging grid that now sits beneath the iconic landmark roof, preserved from the original 1962 World’s Fair building. The steel in the rigging grid will help support 200,000 lbs. of equipment and staging elements, fitting the needs of pretty much any type on concert tour show. The roof — which weighs 44 million lbs. — had been supported by 72 temporary steel columns and a reinforcement structure for nearly a year to the date. Removing those columns was a complicated process that required meticulous and careful work. Workers removed the last of temporary supports that were holding the iconic roof up while permanent supports were built.
The final steel beam has been placed at Climate Pledge Arena, which is expected to open in Fall 2021.
Robert Nellams, director of Seattle Center, said, “You are building it for new audiences for years and decades to come. You guys are amazing. I am blown away by the light you are creating this time of darkness.” Steve Mattson, Climate Pledge Arena general manager and senior vice president of Oak View Group, concluded, “Your work will always be part of the fan experience for every game and event. I will always remember those efforts. Thank you and congratulations.”
The final beam was fastened to the rigging grid that now sits beneath the iconic landmark roof, preserved from the original 1962 World’s Fair building.
“Now we’re in here, we’ve got less than 12 inches in many areas between new structures and temporary roof elements, we’ve got to get 55 thousand pounds of steel out of here without damaging the new structure,” said Mortenson Senior Project Manager Will Traylor said in an interview with
MyNorthwest. Mortenson Project Executive Greg Huber added, “These are the jobs that build people. There’s a lot of young talent here and to see their dedication, leaning into challenges and shaping them into great builders is what it's all about.”
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Mast Brothers Towing & Recovery Helps Salvage Drill Rig RESCUE from page 1
the historic highway after cracks were reported in January. A tiltmeter indicated a retaining wall beneath the surface was moving and would require 150 ft. of micropiling to stabilize. That was the job at hand when 50 ft. of the wall collapsed. Crews feared the worst. But as it turned out, the operator survived the fall with three fractures. “We now know that the rig slid down the hill,” Seydel said. “He stayed belted in the cab, and had the presence of mind to turn off the engine before the crew and others helped him out and up the hill to the surface.” Days later, crews with Mast Brothers Towing & Recovery, based on the southern Oregon coast and in business since 1969, were on site with three semi-tow trucks ready to retrieve the drill rig from the rocks and thundering waves below. The equipment included a 2017 Peterbilt with a 50-60 ton Jerr-Dan rotator unit; a 1995 Peterbilt with a 35ton Jerr-Dan wrecker unit; and a 2001 Kenworth P2000 with a 45-ton Vulcan 940 wrecker unit. While it was originally thought a crane would be necessary to recover the rig, that idea was quickly dispelled. “A crane was not the best option because it doesn’t have that capacity,” said Josh Mast, general manager and secondgeneration member of the soon-to-be 4th-generation family business. “A crane’s power is in the direct pick up. It has to be directly over it. Cranes aren’t meant to drag and winch and scoot things. That’s not where all the lift is.” One of Mast’s biggest concerns was whether the highway could hold the added weight of the recovery equipment. A portion of it had already collapsed and there wasn’t much remaining of the already-narrow stretch. They called in an extra team from GSI and a repel team from Seattle to fashioned a plan. The first day was spent on prep work, cleaning up debris from the fall and getting the drill rig — now facing the ocean and wedged in the rocks — upright, turned around and facing uphill. “The way we anticipated hooking to that machine ... normally, they have eyes you can grab ahold of it,” Mast said.
At the time of the collapse, crews with GeoStabilization International (GSI) were on the scene working to stabilize the historic highway after cracks were reported in January.
“Once I got down and could look, I could tell there were no holes. We had to rethink the way we were going to hook to it and pull it out. It kind of changed our initial plan, but it worked out really well. In the back of the machine is a compressor unit. It was all but torn off, but there were mounting holes and we used those for our primary pull points. We needed the drill head off because of the position the boom was in and also because of the vertical drop we had to go up. If we didn’t get the drill head off, the drill was going to dig in like an anchor. We had to get it off not only because it was going to dig in, but those drill heads, even beat up, are
Equipment used in the recovery included a 2017 Peterbilt with a 50-60 ton Jerr-Dan rotator unit, a 1995 Peterbilt with a 35-ton Jerr-Dan wrecker unit and a 2001 Kenworth P2000 with a 45-ton Vulcan 940 wrecker unit.
extremely expensive.” The three trucks were positioned with two on either side and the rotator unit in the center. The outside trucks would grab one side each and rotator. The three trucks outweighed the drill rig and the rotator would allow operators to maneuver the drill rig side to side as it was coming up Recovery of the rig was set for Feb. 26. But Mother Nature had other ideas. On that morning, crews found a winter storm had moved in with waves already breaking over the rig and winds rocksee RESCUE page 10
A tiltmeter indicated a retaining wall beneath the surface was moving and would require 150 ft. of micropiling to stabilize. That was the job at hand when 50 ft. of the wall collapsed.
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Family Business McLaughlin Logging Thriving in Idaho In Idaho, you can find forest for miles. These trees are a resource and a way of life for many who live there. Being surrounded by endless forest can transport you back to a simpler time. But there’s another thought that it can bring to mind — finding a way to survive. Located in the woods of Clearwater County, McLaughlin Logging found the sweet spot between maintaining their family-founded identity and embracing innovation as a way to thrive.
The DX225LL-5 road builder piles brush and helps clean up the landing. It has an excavator boom and arm and a brush grapple to stack the material. The reason why the work looks a little different and the reason for the success of McLaughlin Logging is the same: evolution. Mick and his team have found the key to maintaining a trustworthy and consistent business model that is also able to adapt and change with the times. Though the basic job hasn’t changed too much during the 60-plus years they have been in business, the way they go about doing it has. McLaughlin Logging has always been an early adopter of equipment and technology that help get the job done quicker and better. In the late ‘80s they moved to mechanized logging with stroke delimbers, feller bunchers and grapple rubber-tired skidders. In 1994 they adopted the cut-to-length system for sizing and cutting trees for commercial thinnings. They also started working with some of the dangle heads. Now, they have equipment to access even more timber.
A Family Business McLaughlin Logging got its start when a young Bruce McLaughlin headed west from Michigan to Clearwater County in Idaho. In 1958, he started his own logging venture: McLaughlin Logging. The operation began as a family business, and to this day it continues that legacy. Although Bruce and his wife, Marguerite, are no longer living, his son, Mick McLaughlin, now serves as president of the company. Working alongside Mick are his wife, Mary Anne, son and daughter-in-law, Bruce and Andrea, and daughter and son-inlaw Molly and Austin. They all do their part Steep Slopes to keep the family business going strong. Innovation and adaptation have been key They also credit their success to their dedito McLaughlin Logging’s continued succated employees: Ed, Gary, Zane, Tom, Mick McLaughlin (L) and Cascade Trader Sales Specialist Cooper Brunoff. cess. Most recently they adopted a Traction Wade, Tristen, Tres, Gerald, Jay, Lined Tethering machine for harvestWard, Bennie, Joe and Larry. ing on steep slopes. Mick’s journey in the company In 2018, they invested in this equipstarted when he was a teenager. “I ment to allow them to work on steeply worked with my dad on weekends and sloped land. This has been an area that school breaks since I was about 13 is tough for traditional logging equipyears old, just kind of riding around ment. The additional equipment has with him and doing odds and ends,” enabled them to add approximately 6 Mick said. “I worked every summer million feet to what they typically with him since I was about 16 years move annually, around 20 million old. Then I went to college and gradufeet. ated from Boise State in 1975. I came Not only has their ability to work back here and pretty much was fullon vertical slopes helped them time with the company.” increase their volume, but it has also Mick graduated with a degree in To fell the trees, move timber and maintain logset them apart from their competition. roads, McLaughlin Logging’s team oper- Mick McLaughlin leads a team of approxieducation. But between the lure of ging McLaughlin Logging also conates a variety of heavy equipment. Among mately 17 employees and seven to 12 contracfamily and the promise of decent them are two Doosan DX300LL log loaders tors. Their equipment and operations move tracts with PotlatchDeltic and the income, he was drawn back to the with processing heads. Idaho Department of Lands to perapproximately 20 loads of timber a day. family business and has been with it form road maintenance, slide repair, since. road building and bridge installations, Today, things are much different. logger, DX225LL-5 road builder, and a Mick leads a team of approximately 17 Doosan DX225LL log loader. The company which is overseen by their son, Bruce. The Logging Life This is in addition to their regular timber employees and seven to 12 contractors. purchased the machines from Cascade Much has changed since Bruce started his Their equipment and operations move Trader, the local Doosan dealer. harvesting work. original logging company in Michigan. At approximately 20 loads of timber a day. The This is promising to Mick. With their “Cascade Trader is excellent to work that time the work was done with a team harvests the timber and then works with,” Mick said. “They provide good serv- main business of traditional land logging McColloch chainsaw and his favorite draft with contracted trucks to deliver the logs to ice and we get our parts in a timely manner. going well, they are looking forward to seehorse, Baldy Bill. the various destinations that PotlatchDeltic They furnished us with a used KETO 870 ing where they can expand with this applicaFrom the start, their main business has has contracted with. until our new one was in. The equipment is tion. been logging. They harvest timber for For more information, visit To fell the trees, move the timber and reliable, too. landowners who sell the timber to mills for maintain logging roads, Mick and his team “We hardly have anybody on the ground na.DoosanEquipment.com/McLaughlinLog all sorts of purposes. To harvest the trees, operate a variety of heavy equipment. anymore,” Mick said. “Our company runs a ging. their company previously had three-man Among them are two Doosan DX300LL log handsaw probably 15 days out of the year (This story was reprinted with permission crews that operated with tools such as hand loaders with processing heads, one when we need to avoid SPZ zones and rocky from Doosan’s DoMore Magazine, Winter fellers, hand buckers and cat skinners. DX300LL shovel logger, DX380LL shovel areas.” 2021 Issue.)
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Recovery Effort Makes for ‘Unique’ Story for Contractor RESCUE from page 6
ing to 60 mph. They knew it was only going to get worse, and decided to wait. The very next morning, the weather and ocean had both calmed, and the tide was low. Crews moved the trucks into position, hooked the lines to the drill rig and started pulling. Seydel recalls watching the operation. “The wreckers were set in position and the drill rig had been moved a few feet up the rocks,” she said. “Crews surrounded it, re-setting and testing tow lines. People moved out of the way, engine sounds increased, everyone near the edge watched intently and the tow lines became taunt. Everyone holds their breath. The drill rig inches up. Everything stops, lines are reset and it moves forward again. “Reaching the road surface, the drill rig was held, the front half in the air and the back leaning on the slope, for what seemed like forever,” she added. “Slowly it lowered to the ground to a collective sigh of relief. Recovery had gone according to plan.” For Mast, it was one for the books. “We’ve done a big variety of jobs,” Mast said. “I would say out of all … this is probably one of the more challenging. It was unique. When you get stuff over the side, it’s usually cars, or you might get a semi truck, but nothing of that weight, plus the terrain and only lane to work with and three semi tow trucks, and an excavator fit in a spot not very big. It made you think, that’s for sure.” CEG
Days after the collapse, crews with Mast Brothers Towing & Recovery, based on the southern Oregon coast and in business since 1969, were on site with three semi-tow trucks ready to retrieve the drill rig from the rocks and thundering waves below.
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