Pacific Northwest 12, June 11, 2017

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Tillamook Estuaries’ $12M Project Restores Oregon Wetlands

By Lori Tobias

ing communities tackle challenges, to lend a hand.

“They came to town and an engineer was brought on board,” Phipps said. “Northwest Hydraulic Engineering started modeling different potential projects to address flooding. A number of activities took place to help smooth the way for flood waters to exit more quickly. The project started to develop to involve some land the county had purchased in 1999 at the mouths of the Wilson, Trask and Tillamook Rivers — which all converge at the same point. This property sits in the middle of that.

It looks like a mitten from above.

There is this land sitting down there and suddenly the wheels started turning. When modeled, it showed the greatest flood mitigation.”

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For decades, folks in Tillamook, Ore., looked for ways to diminish the flooding that so frequently troubles this agricultural community, damaging property, threatening lives and generally shutting down town.

“We had a series of 100-year events,” said Lisa Phipps, executive director of the Tillamook Estuaries Partnership. “It was obvious that we were going to experience these events on a fairly regular basis, causing impacts on the economy, as well as lots of frustrations and lots of concerns.”

Then in 2007, state Sen. Betsy Johnson and Tillamook County Commissioner Mark Labhart invited Oregon Solutions, a state government agency aimed at help-

Work on the $12 million project began in May 2016.

see WETLANDS page 6

Reconstruction Along I-90 in the Heart of Idaho’s Silver Valley

By Jennifer Rupp CEG CORRESPONDENT

Scarsella Bros. performs bituminous removal to subgrade.

The small town of Mullan in Shoshone County, Idaho, marks the start of a 4.5-mi. reconstruction project along I-90 extending east to the Idaho/Montana state line. By the 1980s, this area known as the Silver Valley, had produced more than a billion ounces of silver, 3 million tons of zinc, and 8 million tons of lead, totalling more than $6 billion in value, ranking the valley among the top 10 mining districts in world history, according to the Spokane Daily Chronicle.

N.A.Degerstrom Inc. of Spokane Valley, Wash., began work in the fall of 2014 with the bridge overlay in the westbound lane of I-90. Work continued with traffic reductions to a single lane in each direction, utilizing crossovers where necessary.

Prime Contractor ACME Concrete Paving of Spokane headed up the paving, using 50,000 sq. yds. of asphalt. Frank Gurney Inc., also of Spokane, worked on all guardrail metal and concrete, crash attenuators, delineation and snow poles. Zannetti Brothers, based in Osburn, Idaho, hauled out 82,000 cu. yds. of excavation and hauled in base. Scarsella Bros Inc. of Kent, Wash., was responsible for removal of obstructions, bituminous and concrete, all drainage, dirt work, runaway truck ramp repairs, slope repair, and ¾ base placement.

The roadway was fully opened in midNovember with some miscellaneous change order work to resume in spring of 2017.

The Idaho Transportation Department (ITD) made accommodations to minimize delays and traffic interruptions. see ECONOMY page 8

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Cleanup at Idaho Oregon School Wins Forestry Award Nuclear Landfill on Hold After Collapse

By Rebecca Boone ASSOCIATED PRESS

BOISE, Idaho (AP) Some cleanup efforts at a nuclear waste landfill in eastern Idaho are on hold while workers try to figure out what caused a collapse in a dig area that sent an excavator into a pit.

The excavator was digging up transuranic waste — which is waste contaminated with highly radioactive elements.

No radiation was released during the incident, and no one was injured, said Erik Simpson of Fluor Idaho, the contractor hired to clean up the site at the Idaho National Laboratory (INL).

“Our crews had been exhuming waste for about 30 minutes when a portion of the pit wall where the excavator was operating sloughed off and the excavator slid into the pit,” said Simpson.

“We’re working on a path to remove the excavator from the edge of the pit and basically make some additional enhancements to protect the operators and the excavators from this point forward.”

The excavator was digging inside a large building at the 97-acre Subsurface Disposal Area when the side of the pit collapsed. The pit is about 21-ft. deep, and the operator remained inside his protective cab for about 90 minutes afterward while crews worked to make sure it was safe for him to leave.

The collapse at INL happened just a few days after workers at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation in Washington state discovered that a large sinkhole had caved in a tunnel filled with radioactive waste there. That discovery prompted an emergency, with some workers evacuated and others ordered to stay inside buildings for a time.

But the collapsed pit at the Idaho National Laboratory was less dramatic, in part because the nearly 2-acre dig site is completely enclosed in a soft-sided building designed to contain any radioactive debris.

Simpson said the workers inside the building also were wearing protective gear, and the excavator operator was in a protected cab with a personal air supply.

“So, it’s very safe," Simpson said. “We’ve been doing this since 2005 and this is the first time this type of event has happened within one of these facilities.”

The company’s rule is that excavators can’t be closer than 2 ft. to the edge of the pit, and the excavator was positioned more than twice as far away from the sides than required, Simpson said.

“We’re still in a recovery phase so we are still collecting information about the event itself,” Simpson said, but the company could adjust its excavator positioning standards in the future.

The site is a nuclear landfill that stored material from Idaho in the 1950s, and also accepted shipments of nuclear waste from the Rocky Flats nuclear weapons plant near Denver throughout much of the 1950s and the 1960s. Commercial nuclear waste also was sent to the facility for years, but Idaho officials eventually sued the federal government in an effort to stop the shipments and force the cleanup. The facility currently stores more than 330 tons of spent nuclear fuel.

In 1995, the federal government reached a legal settlement that requires the high-level transuranic nuclear waste to be removed from the site. Transuranic waste includes substances contaminated with plutonium, americium or other highly radioactive elements.

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

SUTHERLIN (AP) On behalf of the Oregon Natural Resources Education Fund (ONREF), the Society of American Foresters presented an award certificate at a May 15 Sutherlin school board meeting to Sutherlin High School and instructor Wes Crawford to show support for the school’s commitment to providing educational opportunities in forestry.

The amount ONREF awarded to the Sutherlin Agricultural Science and Technology Program for the 2017-18 school year was $1,500.

Sutherlin’s program was established in 1978 and today has 125 students enrolled. That’s 31 percent of the entire student body at Sutherlin High School.

The funds will go toward providing students with clinometers, spencer tapes, compasses and GPS units. These forestry tools will bene-

fit up to 50 students yearly.

Sutherlin’s ASTP program contains four courses: introduction to agricultural science; agricultural biology; horticulture and natural resources; and horticulture and forestry.

To assist with its program, SHS has a greenhouse facility and a land lab for field and lab work. Both public and private local forest property is accessible to the program for educational purposes. In spring 2016, scientific inquiry with drones by Sutherlin students was facilitated by Lone Rock Timber.

Wes Crawford has been teaching at the high school as the agricultural science and technology instructor and FFA advisor for the past 10 years. In that time the program has expanded and grown, including the natural resource and forestry components.

This growth has culminated in several student accomplishments, including competing in the FFA National Forestry Career Development Event in 2014 and placing 14th in the nation. The students also competed on May 15 in the FFA State Forestry CDE. Crawford submitted an application for the grant, but was not awarded the full amount he requested.

Across the state, 11 applications were received. ONREF awarded 34 percent of the total grant request value of all the applications. The number and amounts of grant applications show a trend of increasing interest and involvement with forestry and natural resources education.

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

WAMA Recognizes WSDOT Aviation The Washington State Department of Transportation is the recipient of the 2017 President’s Award from the Washington Airport Management Association (WAMA).

This marks the first time WAMA has recognized a state agency with the award.

“I am impressed with the proactive approach and ‘above and beyond’ attitude of WSDOT Aviation’s staff in supporting airports and aviation interests,” said Arif Ghouse, WAMA president. “It was my pleasure to have selected the entire staff for the 2017 President’s Award. It was well-deserved, and I look forward to our continued partnership with WSDOT.” The honor recognizes the WSDOT Aviation team for managing major aviation projects and legislative efforts

while also administering day-to-day programs that enable crucial airport projects and planning efforts.

“On behalf of the entire WSDOT Aviation staff, I couldn’t be more grateful — not only for receiving this award — but for our valued partnership with WAMA,” said WSDOT Director of Aviation Tristan Atkins. “Our strong relationship with WAMA, and with airports around the state, is truly what enables our successes.”

WSDOT Aviation staff members accepted the award during a special ceremony at the WAMA Spring Conference on May 3 at the Semiahmoo Resort in Blaine.

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

Honnen Promotes Murphy, Krausch Honnen Equipment Co. announced the promotion of Matt Murphy to director of John Deere sales. He will be responsible for contributing to the overall sales strategy of Honnen Equipment throughout our ten branches in Colorado, Utah, Wyoming and southern Idaho. Murphy’s 19 years of heavy equipment sales and sales management experience will aid in strengthening customer relationships as well as help drive company goals.

To fill Murphy’s previous role, Honnen promoted Kevin Krausch to Colorado Front Range sales manager. To this position Krausch brings more than 18 years in heavy equipment industry sales experience including seven most recently spent as a territory/account manager of Honnen. He will be responsible for overseeing all John Deere Construction & Forestry sales operations for the Front Range of Colorado.

For more information, visit www.Honnen.com.

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

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Flood Mitigation Project Leads to Tidal Wetlands Restoration By taking out the levees that were blocking the flow of flood water, the flood plain was reconnected to the river system and bay, resulting in the reconnection of 14 mi. of ancient channels, which provide habitat for salmon.

For decades, folks in Tillamook, Ore., looked for ways to diminish the flooding that so frequently troubles this agricultural community, damaging property, threatening lives and generally shutting downtown.

WETLANDS from page 1

But it also came with an unexpected benefit.

“It started as flood mitigation and wound up also as tidal wetland restoration,” Phipps said. “It was a great opportunity on how restoration and flood mitigation can work together and don’t have to be isolated from each other. It restored 520 acres of tidal wetland, the largest restoration of tidal wetland in Oregon.”

Work on the $12 million project began in May 2016.

Project manager Paul Levesque

describes it as a major earth-moving challenge.

“There were 234,000 cubic yards of material that had to be dealt with,” he said. There was the removal of 8.5 miles of levees; the construction of 2.5 miles of new reinforced set back tidal levees, the clean-up of two mill sites that were legacy sites from the 1920s and 1940s that were contaminated with primarily motor lubricant that was disposed of on site. Then we uncovered an abundance of asbestos contaminated roofing material that had to be handled and

No work was permitted two hours after sunrise or two hours before sunset, the hours when eagles are hunting and bringing food back to the nest.

properly disposed of. I characterize this project as whack-a-mole.”

It’s not only a deconstruction project, Phipps said, but also a construction project. In addition to the levees, they removed dykes and existing tide gates.

“They did some channel work.

They then had to rebuild substantial levees and spillways. And there was a lot of tree removal. I saw some awesome equipment. There was this massive machine. They’d dig big blocks of concrete and asphalt at the old mill site and dump it in this machine and it

would chew it down to pebble size.

The whole world shook when this machine ran.”

That machine was no doubt a cement grinder, just one piece of heavy equipment in a fleet of many.

“We had seven-yard dump trucks on tracks, Morookas, a wide variety of dozers G-5s and G-6s,” Levesque said. “We had a crawler dozer, John Deere 850Cs and 850Ks, hauler dozers. We had articulated dump trucks, a variety of highway trucks, rollers, Hitachi 450s, loaders, a couple Link-Belt

In addition to the levees, they removed dykes and existing tide gates.

excavators, miscellaneous scrapers and other equipment.”

The construction price tag was about $6 million or half of the total price tag.

By taking out the levees that were blocking the flow of flood water, the flood plain was reconnected to the river system and bay, resulting in the reconnection of 14 mi. of ancient channels, which provide habitat for salmon, Levesque noted.

“What was happening was when tides come in, the tide gates see WETLANDS page 8

Project manager Paul Levesque describes it as a major earthmoving challenge.

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Construction Crews Boost Small Idaho Town’s Economy ECONOMY from page 1

A view of the project standing on the Idaho/Montana state line.

“Don’s Towing Service was staged on the project 24/7 due to our single lanes placed in between porta rail. This assured traffic delays would be 15 minutes or less,” said Chris Williams, ITD transportation principal.

The town saw an uptick in business with ITD employees and outof-town contractors renting houses, hotels and RV spots, as well as frequenting local restaurants and gas stations for the two years of construction.

During the 1970s, nearly half of

Recycling existing pavement to produce open graded base during the 2015 construction season.

the nation’s silver production came from the Silver Valley. While mining still plays a part in the local economy, there has recently been a shift to outdoor recreation, tourism and light manufacturing.

The Idaho Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ), the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and partners have designated the Valley a “Superfund” site to clean up all the heavy metals from the smelters.

Superfund is a United States federal government program designed to fund the cleanup of sites contaminated with hazardous substances and pollutants. It was established by the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA).

ACME Concrete Paving at the beginning of a 16-hour night time paving shift.

“It makes working in the Valley a little more stringent than most areas,” said Williams, but despite any delays caused by the Superfund site, ITD and contractors pulled together to complete the

project on time.

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

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Wetlands Revival Project Under Way in Tillamook, Oregon WETLANDS from page 6

close and block the salt water from coming in,” added Phipps. “The water behind the gate stays in place. It’s not a problem until you have flooding situation. Now that whole area that has been opened up. The Wilson, Trask and Hoquarton Slough can move versus coming through the community. There is still a levy there because we had to protect the structures behind it. The idea is it will help relieve flood events. Not the big ones, but the nuisance events. It doesn’t stop flooding, but it does reduce the flood levels in terms of height and it also should reduce the duration. It’s a little lower and there for less time.”

In addition to the mill sites, workers discovered a bald eagle nest in the middle of the area, requiring strict monitoring. No work was permitted two hours after sunrise or two

The construction price tag was about $6 million or half of the total price tag.

hours before sunset, the hours when eagles are hunting and bringing food back to the nest. It also straddled an ancient Native American village, calling for full-time cultural resource managers to be on site.

Workers didn’t find any Native American artifacts but they did uncover someone’s garbage — largely bottles and the like — that was old enough to call for documentation.

“Tillamook Estuaries Partnership has been involved from the start,” Phipps said.

“We will step in now as the monitoring agency, following the project to see that it does what we hoped it would.”

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

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