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USACE Plans Jetty Projects Along Oregon Coast By Lori Tobias CEG CORRESPONDENT
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers recently held an Oregon Coast Jetties Industry Day, gearing up for a series of jetty and breakwater projects expected to keep construction crews working through 2022. The projects include the complete rehabilitation of three jetties at the mouth of the Columbia River; repair of the Tillamook Jetties; the Coos Bay North Jetty; and the Port Orford breakwater. Over the last few years, this is the third Industry Day we’ve had,” said Jerry Otto, project manager of the Corps. “Because we had the authorization to rehab the jetties at the mouth of the Columbia River, and we also have these others, it is
Larger barges can carry nearly 14,000 tons, the equivalent of 500 truck loads.
good timing to make sure the industry knows not only is the South Jetty at the mouth of the Columbia coming, but now we have Tillamook and Coos Bay and Port Orford coming up, too. We
want to make sure the industry is aware and can start planning for this work. We can’t do these projects without these folks. We really try to communicate to them as early as possible when we know
there is some certainty that we have funding to do these projects.”vt Jetties help stabilize the bar, that place where the ocean collides with the flat water of the bay, by
creating a channel for boats to transit and also by allowing the water to carry sediment out to sea, reducing the need for dredging. The bar is generally considered the most dangerous place for a boat going out to sea. The jetties on the Columbia River, originally built in 1885, transformed the mouth from a 5mi. opening to a 2-mi. opening. More than 2,000 ships have been lost at the mouth because of the unpredictable bars. Jetties are built with tons of massive armor rock on the exterior and smaller rock, of lesser quality on the inside. It’s an effort that takes time, planning and many, many millions of dollars. Jetty A, at 0.9 mi., the smallest of the three jetties at the mouth of the Columbia see JETTY page 4
Wood Makes Comeback as Mass Timber Projects Thrive By Lori Tobias CEG CORRESPONDENT
Despite a few setbacks, tall wood building construction is thriving in the United States and beyond. As of June 2018, more than 400 mass timber projects have been completed or are in the design stage, according to WoodWorks, which provides education and free project support for commercial and multi-family wood buildings. Mass timber is defined by products that are engineered and consist of smaller pieces and are assembled into larger pieces. Two recent setbacks caused some criticism, but didn’t stall industry momentum, said Timm Locke, director of forest products of the Oregon Forest Resources Institute. “A 12-story project known as Framework, which was planned for the Pearl district in
Portland, was put on hold by the developer for financial reasons,” he said. “It would have been the tallest wood structure in the United States. Now it’s likely that a 12-story apartment building in the Vancouver, Wash., waterfront development will be the first in the United States to go that height. “Also, there was a manufacturing defect in a few panels used at the new Peavy Hall in Corvallis. The problem was identified and corrected, but it caused some tongues to wag.” In August, the state of Oregon became the first state to adopt code language providing for taller wood building construction in Oregon. The approval provides greater predictability for owners, developers, contractors and designers to have additional choices in construction, according to the State of Oregon Building Codes Structures Board. It see WOOD page 6
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Team on Its Way — Arena Construction Begins in Seattle By Tim Booth ASSOCIATED PRESS
SEATTLE (AP) The celebration outside the building Seattle’s NHL team will eventually call home Dec. 5 came with all the formality of a groundbreaking event with the principals taking turns giving remarks and ceremonially shoveling dirt. It also came with a new price tag even higher than what was stated a day earlier when Seattle was awarded the NHL’s 32nd franchise. The cost now is $850 million for the new arena at Seattle Center, according to Oak View Group CEO Tim Leiweke, with construction expected to get started almost immediately. That’s an increase of $200 million from the initial projections for the privately financed project, but the principals involved believe the increased investment is part of making the new building one of the top arenas in the country. “We never value engineered. That to me was an amazing com-
mitment on behalf of ownership,” Leiweke said. “We did not do any value ownership on this project. Everything we dreamed about and more we have kept in this building and will write the check.” The ceremonial event — complete with heavy construction equipment sitting nearby the stage waiting — concluded a whirlwind 36 hours for hockey fans in the region. While it seemed a foregone conclusion, the unanimous vote from the NHL Board of Governors ended a lengthy dance between the league and the city and solved Seattle’s winter sports void created when the SuperSonics departed in 2008. The franchise will begin with the 2021-22 season after the league and ownership group decided not to risk an already tight arena construction schedule. Rather than having the franchise start for the 2020 season with the potential of delays possibly creating adverse conditions for the new team, the launch was delayed by a year. That does provide a cushion in
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the construction timeline, but it’s not a complete year. Leiweke noted the start of the hockey franchise will be pushed back a year to October 2021, the extra time on getting the arena finished is only a few months. The goal is to have the building open by March or April of 2021 so that the WNBA Seattle Storm can play the 2021 season in the building and other events can be scheduled to start recouping the
investment on the project. Tod Lewieke, the CEO and president of NHL Seattle, said the additional time should allow the team to have its three-rink practice facility completed in time for the team’s first training camp in 2021. The team also intends to have its expansion draft in the new arena in the summer of 2021. And the extended time frame should reduce some of the con-
struction disruptions in a neighborhood that is dense with condos and apartments. “We’ve always wanted to build in a very responsible way so we’re going got have a little more time to do that,” Leiweke said. By the time the entirety of all the projects and investments in the franchise is realized with the team’s first game — arena, expansion fee, practice facility and other costs — bringing the franchise to Seattle could end up running in the neighborhood of $2 billion. “This marketplace is brilliant,” Leiweke said. “This marketplace is the fastest growing marketplace in North America. So, it demands brilliance and we’re going to answer it so we make sure we don’t sit here five years after it opens and say ‘we could have done better.’ We’re going to be great day one and that’s what Seattle deserves.” (This story also can be found on Construction Equipment Guide’s website at www.constructionequipmentguide.com.)
Idaho Airports Receive Nearly $53M in University of Washington... Federal, State Grants for Improvements City Council OKs Massive Growth Plan for Campus Federal Airport Improvement Program (AIP) grants of about $39.5 million will help seven primary (commercial) airports across the state with needed improvements to their passenger and aviation facilities. In addition, AIP grants of almost $10 million will help 18 medium and small General Aviation airports across Idaho maintain and improve their aviation facilities. A local match of $3.2 million also is included in the total. “Idaho has a somewhat larger FAA program this year than previous years, with a few notable improvements,” said Bill Statham, Idaho Division of Aeronautics Airport planning and development manager. The Idaho Airport Aid Program (IAAP) will benefit 7 primary, 18 General Aviation, and five community airports throughout Idaho with $1 million. Here is a list of Gem State airports that received those grants: • four primary airports (with commercial passengers) received 1 FAA
grant each, totaling $10.16 million: Boise, Idaho Falls, Lewiston and Twin Falls; • two primary airports (with commercial passengers) received 2 FAA grants each, totaling $2.35 million: Hailey and Pocatello; • one primary airport (with commercial passengers) received 3 FAA grants totaling $27 million, of which one was a supplemental FAA grant: MoscowPullman; • 16 General Aviation airports received 16 FAA grants totaling $9 million: Bear Lake County, BlackfootMcCarley Field, Caldwell Industrial, Cascade, Challis, Coeur D’AlenePappy Boyington Field, Council Municipal, Gooding Municipal, Jerome County, Mountain Home Municipal, Nampa Municipal, Orofino Municipal, Priest River Municipal, Rexburg-Madison County, SalmonLemhi County and Weiser Municipal; • two General Aviation airports received 4 FAA grants totaling $2.55
million of which one was a supplemental FAA grant: Driggs and McCall; • 25 primary and General Aviation airports received Idaho Airport Aid Program (IAAP) grants, totaling $646,426: all listed primary and General Aviation airports; and • five community airports received 5 IAAP grants totaling $223,471: Midvale, Rigby, Payette, Downey, and Mackay. For a complete list of airports receiving grants, the amount of the AIP and IAAP grants, and the improvements that received funding, visit itd.idaho.gov/wp-content/uploads/ 2 0 1 8 / 11 / W P S R e v i s e d _ I A A P AIP_Table.pdf. Several Idaho airports are in the running for additional federal grants through a second round of FAA Supplemental Funding. (This story also can be found on Construction Equipment Guide’s website at www.constructionequipmentguide.com.)
SEATTLE (AP) The University of Washington has won City Council approval for an immense growth plan including a high-rise “innovation district.” The Seattle Times reports the university’s master plan for its Seattle campus in the next 10 years calls for up to 6 million sq. ft. in new construction to accommodate an additional 7,000-plus students and employees. The council approved the plan on Dec. 10 with conditions including a more aggressive goal for reducing car commutes. The legislation said the university must have no more than 12 percent of students and employees commute by driving alone by 2028. The university had proposed 15 percent. When council members gave preliminary approval, they included a condition that the university build at least 450 units of affordable housing for its lower-wage employees. The university agreed to build the housing but asked that the legislation treat the construction as voluntary. (This story also can be found on Construction Equipment Guide’s website at www.constructionequipmentguide.com.)
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Jetty Rehabilitation Improves Safety, Stabilizes Coastline
Jetties help stabilize the bar by creating a channel for boats to transit and also by allowing the water to carry sediment out to sea, reducing the need for dredging. JETTY from page 1
River, cost $20 million; while the 2.5-mi.-long N. Jetty is expected to cost $30 million. Specifications for the S. Jetty, which juts 6.3 mi. out to the sea are still being designed. Armor stones weigh anywhere from four to 38 tons each, Otto said. “We require the contractors to individually place these armor stones. There are multiple quarry sources from Washington into California along the Pacific Coast that produce a basalt type of stone that has a good density to it. We don’t really use granite because granite is less dense than basalt. Sometimes it has to come from several hundred miles away.” Some quarries use geophysical investigation to help determine how to blast the rock, while others work solely from experience and an understanding of the terrain. Once the stone is available, the contractors generally truck the stone to the port, then use barges to float it to the jetty site. Larger barges can carry nearly 14,000 tons, the equivalent of 500 truck loads. “There is a tremendous amount of waste material that comes with getting those big stones,” Otto said. “Eighty percent of the cost of building a jetty is producing the stone and shipping it. Twenty percent of the cost is placing it at the site. They have some large loaders, like the Cat 990 loader that can lift these larger stones, and Cat 773 haul trucks that they use to haul the stones. If they are delivering by
Jetties help stabilize the bar by creating a channel for boats to transit and also by allowing the water to carry sediment out to sea, reducing the need for dredging.
land, they use low-boy semis. That’s mostly what the public sees. On some of those stones, the ones up to 30 tons, there is just one stone per truck. The stone sizes will vary. The bigger ones will go where the sea is roughest. Smallest, at root of jetty connected to land.” The armor stones are carefully placed and must have contact at the side, top and bottom of the stone next to it, he said. “It’s a jigsaw puzzle. It doesn’t go very fast. When you are trying to get something to last 50 years in those conditions out there you are going to take the time to do it right.” The Project Details Jetties at the mouth of the Columbia River: Jetty A has been completed, the North Jetty is under construction and the Corps anticipates releasing requests for proposals for the South Jetty rehabilitation project in winter 2018-2019. The current estimated stone quantity for South Jetty is 360,000 tons. Of this quantity, approximately 30 percent will be highdensity stone with a minimum unit weight of 180 lbs/cu.ft. The stone placement period of performance will run five years through October 2024. Tillamook Jetties: The Corps has contracted out an engineering report to further develop the repair design for the South Jetty and a portion of the North Jetty at the root. The Corps currently anticipates releasing requests for jetty
Armor stones weigh anywhere from four to 38 tons each. The armor stones are carefully placed and must have contact at the side, top and bottom of the stone next to it.
repair sometime between fiscal year 2020 and 2022, dependent on funding availability. The current planning estimate for stone quantities ranges from
80,000 to 120,000 tons depending on rate of jetty degradation and final design. High-density stone (greater than 175 lbs. per cu. ft.) is expected to be required for at least
“Eighty percent of the cost of building a jetty is producing the stone and shipping it,” said Jerry Otto, project manager of the Army Corps of Engineers.
1/3 of the stone volume. Coos Bay North Jetty: The Corps will complete an engineering design report in fiscal year 2018 to further develop the repair design for the North Jetty Head, Jetty Root, and shoreline fill along Log Spiral Bay. The Corps currently anticipates releasing requests for jetty repair sometime between fiscal year 2020 and fiscal year 2022, dependent on project sequencing and funding availability. The current planning estimate for stone quantities is approximately 100,000 tons depending on rate of jetty degradation and final design. High-density stone (greater than 175 lbs. per cu. ft.) is expected to be required for 10-15 percent of the total stone volume. Port Orford Jetty: The Corps received funding in fiscal year 2018 to award the construction contract for the breakwater repair. The Corps currently anticipates releasing requests for proposals for the Breakwater repair in first quarter FY19. The current planning estimate for stone quantities is 25,000 to 30,000 tons of new jetty stone procurement and placement. Highdensity stone (greater than 175 lbs. per cu. ft.) is expected to be required for at least half of the stone volume. (This story also can be found on Construction Equipment Guide’s website at www.constructionequipmentguide.com.) CEG
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Mass Timber Building Projects on Rise in United States WOOD from page 1
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created a statewide alternative method, which incorporates same 14 changes. That becomes effective immediately. Anyone who wants to build a building according to the prescriptions in the statewide alternative method can. The state of Washington is leaning in that direction. They are interested in not waiting. I think the state of California also is not interesting in waiting. I heard the same about Colorado. As that occurs, it becomes easier and easier to build these buildings.” Cross laminated timber (CLT), the product that is most commonly used in wood building, was developed in Europe 25 to 30 years ago. “The United Kingdom has seen 500 to 600 CLTs built in the last 10 years. The governmental organizations were like, we are going to build as environmentally sound as we can. They started building public buildings and schools out of CLT and discovered it was cheaper and faster. It took off recently in Canada and more recently in the United States. People look at this technology and start to get excited about it. We’re a timber state and we’re interested in seeing how it can transform the wood industry.” The new technology is popular for several reasons. Wood is an environmentally sound
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to spend 10 hours a day that is a difference maker,” said Locke. The main concern with mass timber building is that wood burns. But Locke notes, wood also is resistant to fire. “We know how wood burns,” he said. “It burns at 1.8 inches an hour. So, for a 2-by-4 — about an inch and a-half thick — it would burn up in less than an hour. If you have a 24-inch thick piece of wood, it is going to take a whole heck of a lot longer to burn.” So, in designing the mass timber buildings, extra wood becomes part of the plan. “If we need to get a two-hour fire rating, we can add an additional 3.6 inches on each side. Say, we need a 10-by-10 beam, we make it a 14-by-14 beam so you can lose four inches and still hold the building. “Ironically a lot of these buildings that have been built have steel connectors. Steel won’t burn, but it will melt and lose its strength. If you have steel connectors and the connectors fail, the structure falls down. So, they encase the steel connectors inside pieces of wood.” (This story also can be found on Construction Equipment Guide’s website at www.constructionequipmentguide.com.) CEG
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