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December 19 2018 Vol. XXXI • No. 26
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Bridge Expansion Tests Crews’ Ingenuity By Brenda Ruggiero
The first project crane is delivered to the construction site by barge.
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LiuGong Celebrates 60th Anniversary…8
Asphalt Add-Ons Mean More Uptime…35
Compacts, Minis Offer Power at Low Cost…58
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A $409.6 million bridge and highway project under way in Chesapeake, Va., constitutes the largest design-build contract awarded by the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) to date. The work involves improvements and expanded capacity along nearly 9 mi. of I-64 and the creation of a new fixed-span bridge with 100-ft. vertical clearance. When the project is completed, the existing bridge will carry only I-64 eastbound traffic (toward I-264/Bower’s Hill), while the new bridge, which will be constructed immediately to the south, will carry I-64 westbound traffic toward Virginia Beach. The current bridge was opened in 1972 and crosses the Southern Branch of the Elizabeth River. Phase 1 of the I-64 Southside and High Rise Bridge project began in the summer of 2018 and is scheduled for completion in July 2021. The project was awarded to Granite-ParsonsCorman (GPC). VDOT’s project director is Mike Prezioso, and the project manager for GPC is Glenn Olechnowich. Funding for the project is provided by the Hampton Roads Transportation Accountability Commission and Virginia’s Smart Scale Program VDOT determined that a design-build contracting approach would expedite delivery of the
I-64 High Rise Bridge project. Under this method, the designer-builder performs final design, right-of-way acquisition, utility relocation, permit acquisition and construction, thus allowing some of these activities to be pursued concurrently. According to Dave Forster, senior communications specialist for the VDOT Office of Communications, the new bridge will be built
immediately to the south of the existing High Rise Bridge, which will remain in operation. To create space for the new High Rise Bridge, a new Great Bridge Boulevard bridge will be built over I-64 directly to the west of the current bridge, which will remain in operation until the new bridge is completed and traffic is shifted onto it. The new bridge will feature larger sidesee BRIDGE page 22
Table of Contents ................4 Paving Section..............35-49 Parts Section ......................50 Mini & Compact Equipment Section ..........................51-73 Business Calendar ............80 Auction Section ............82-89 Advertisers Index ..............90
Army Corps Dedicates $41M to Deepen S.C. Harbor COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nov. 21 announced the release of more than $40 million to help deepen a South Carolina harbor, bringing total federal funding for the project to $108 million thus far. The Army Corps announced that it was dedicating $41.4 million to deepen the Charleston Harbor to 52 ft., a project that will make it the deepest on the East Coast.
Local maritime interests have long wanted the channel deepened to at least 50 ft. so the Port of Charleston can handle a new generation of larger container ships that are becoming more popular in global shipping. South Carolina State Ports Authority President and CEO Jim Newsome has said that handling larger ships without waiting for high tides so they can reach the
docks is a key to the competitiveness of the state’s ports, a sentiment he echoed in a statement Nov. 21. “This depth advantage is vitally important for significant long-term volume growth and the deployment of large container ships,” Newsome said. “We are very grateful for the dedication and hard work by many to keep this project moving forward at record speed.” In 2014, the Army Corps
released a long-awaited draft feasibility study and environmental impact statement on a deepening project, proposing that it would cost just over a half-billion dollars, higher than the $350 million previously suggested. Officials have estimated the project could take anywhere from three to six years. Construction to deepen the Charleston Harbor Entrance see HARBOR page 14