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Ala. Hospital Expansion Largest in State History

Trekker Tractor Hosts Triple Threat Rodeo…8

N.C. Firm Survives Tornado, Tough Economy…14

Haile Gold Mine Looks to Reopen

Photos courtesy of Denise McGill, Children’s Hospital of Alabama

The architectural design is quite interesting, featuring mostly glass with injections of color strips that glow at night. There are four connecting bridges and an underground tunnel that connects the old and new loading docks for material movement. Express piping installation on bridge number 2 of the four connecting bridges is pictured at right.

By Cindy Riley CEG CORRESPONDENT

pus of Children’s Hospital of Alabama, making it the largest medical facility expansion in the state’s history. “Our existing facility dates back to the early 1960s and had been updated about every ten years in stages. The expansion allows us to better focus on family centered care, bring new technology to the bedside and allows a much more efficient plat-

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Nearly half a century after its original construction, a Birmingham, Ala., health care facility devoted to treating youngsters is undergoing a dramatic transformation. When completed, the new Benjamin Russell Hospital for Children will add more than 762,000 sq. ft. (70,792 sq m) to the cam-

Backhoes & Attachments Section ......................43-45

ARTBA Backs ‘Infrastructure Bank’

Ajax Paving Sees Orange as Good Ne ws …49

Paving Section ........49-63 Parts Section ................65 Business Calendar ........72 Auction Section ......81-91 Advertisers Index ..........90

Federal financial instruments and initiatives like a proposed national “Infrastructure Bank” designed to attract private investment into transportation infrastructure projects should be included in the new highway/transit bill, Pete Ruane, president of the American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA), told the Senate Commerce, Science & Transportation Committee July 20. He cautioned lawmakers, however, not to think that such initiatives alone could solve the transportation funding problem caused by the constrained revenue stream into the Highway Trust Fund.

see HOSPITAL page 36

Ruane said private investors would likely not seek to be partners in the vast majority of transportation improvement projects needed in the states. Market experience, he said, shows public-private partnerships (P3s) generally serve a small, yet very important, niche — very expensive projects that add highway capacity in congested urban areas and can be tolled to provide a return on private investment. Addressing the nearly two-year delayed surface transportation bill, Ruane said the biggest obstacle to moving forward is the Highway Trust Fund’s see BANK page 87

A Canada-based gold development company is heavily investing its resources into a South Carolina mine that was once a target of General Sherman in the Civil War. The historic Haile Mine in Lancaster County — one of the first operating gold mines in the United States — was purchased by Romarco Minerals in 2007. Romarco is hoping advancements in technology could lead to gold production once more, although the company is facing a significant delay. “Romarco has a $30 million drilling budget for 2011, most of which will be spent at Haile for exploration,” explained Jim Arnold, chief operating officer of Romarco. “Some drilling will also be done at other regional targets and some condemnation drilling at Haile. Right now lab construction is under way and the design for the mill is well advanced.” see GOLD page 34

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2004 VOLVO A40D, 12604 Hrs ........$115,000 2006 VOLVO A40D, 6326 Hrs ..........$240,000 2007 VOLVO A30D, 5577 Hrs ..........$225,000 2007 VOLVO A30D, 4456 Hrs ..........$220,000 2007 VOLVO A30D, 3973 Hrs ..........$270,000 2007 VOLVO A30D, 5908 Hrs ..........$230,000 2007 VOLVO A30D, 5223 Hrs ..........$245,000 2007 VOLVO A40D, 6656 Hrs ..........$370,000 2007 VOLVO A25D, 5272 Hrs ..........$185,000 2007 VOLVO A25D, 4204 Hrs ..........$290,000 2007 VOLVO A25D, 5325 Hrs ..........$220,000 2007 VOLVO A25D, 5876 Hrs ..........$175,000 2007 VOLVO A40D, 5124 Hrs ..........$400,000 2007 VOLVO A40D, 5111 Hrs............$350,000 2007 VOLVO A40D, 5774 Hrs ..........$400,000 2007 VOLVO A40D, 7486 Hrs ..........$290,000 2007 VOLVO A30D, 4456 Hrs ..........$245,000 2007 VOLVO A40D, 6432 Hrs ..........$305,000 2008 VOLVO A25E, 1836 Hrs ..........$260,000 2008 VOLVO A25E, 1996 Hrs ..........$255,000 2008 VOLVO A40E, 4988 Hrs ..........$405,000 2008 VOLVO A40E, 4897 Hrs ..........$490,000 2007 VOLVO A40D, 3214 Hrs ..........$380,000 2007 VOLVO A25D, 2555 Hrs ..........$205,000 1996 VOLVO A30C, 14671 Hrs ..........$50,000 2005 VOLVO A40D, 3615 Hrs ..........$270,000

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TREKKER TRACTOR HOLDS TRIPLE THREAT RODEO

The winning competitor at each local event will earn a trip for two to the North American Triple Threat Rodeo Championship in Las Vegas.

TAR HEEL MACHINERY SURVIVES TORNADO, TOUGH ECONOMY

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In the late 1920s, Mack Wooldridge became interested in the new hydraulic lifting technology that had been developed for dump trucks and saw an application to lift and apply downward pressure on dozer blades.

PROJECTS HALTED DUE TO CONGRESS FAILING TO RENEW FAA’S OPERATING AUTHORITY About $2.5 billion in federal airport construction grants cannot be processed because workers who handle those grants have been furloughed.

AJAX PAVING INDUSTRIES SEES ORANGE BARRELS AS GOOD NEWS

Founded 1951 in Detroit, the asphalt company retains its Michigan roots but also has a base in Florida serving the Gulf Coast.

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Trekker Tractor Holds Triple Threat Rodeo

rekker Tractor Co. held a Case Triple Threat Rodeo July 15 at its Tampa, Fla., branch. Across the United States and Canada, Case dealerships are hosting local Triple Threat Rodeos from April to October 2011. One winner from each local rodeo and five wildcard competitors will advance to the North American Championship Event to be held at the World of Concrete Show in Las Vegas in January 2012. There, a champion will be crowned. First prize will be a 2011 Dodge Ram 2500HD pickup truck and a 2011 Case Construction TR270 compact track loader. Second and third place winners will receive a $5,000 and $2,500 CNH Capital Card, respectively. The winning competitor at each local event will earn a trip for two to the North American Triple Threat Rodeo Championship in Las Vegas, $500 and commemorative Triple Threat Rodeo belt buckle. Local second and third place finishers receive $250 and $100, respectively; a commemorative Triple Threat Rodeo belt buckle and a chance to become one of five Wildcard entries. Case’s Triple Threat Rodeo consists of

three events, which use the Case N Series loader/backhoe, the F Series wheel loader and the Alpha Series skid steer: • Backhoe Bronc Buster — the backhoe is used in a series of obstacles, which includes the use of soccer and tennis balls. • Wheel Loader Roundup — contestants use a wheel loader to pick up various transport bars off their bases and carry/move to other areas across the event space. • Skid Steer Showdown — a bar is attached to the bucket and the contestant must carry two soccer balls (and one floating soccer ball inside of bucket) while maneuvering around cones and through F-assemblies to the final destination, without dropping the soccer balls. In addition to the competition, attendees also were served lunch and had the opportunity to win door prizes and view pieces of equipment that were on display. First place went to Todd Hall, of TCT Construction, with second and third place going to his two sons, Adam and David.

Mark Choate of Haulotte Group was on hand to demonstrate one of the company’s personnel lifts.

Skeet Mizell of Trekker Tractor announces some of the early scores.

Lunch was available as was equipment to look over. The Wheel Loader Roundup started with contestants removing a pipe from a rack.

see TREKKER page 82

The Hall boys, father and sons, took the top three places. (L-R): David, Adam and Todd Hall were the top three finishers. This was the easiest place to put the pipe.

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This little spectator studies the competition, readying perhaps for the day he’ll be big enough to play.

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Tar Heel Machinery Survives Tornado, Tough Economy By Cindy Riley CEG CORRESPONDENT

For Penn McMichael and Scott Woody, running a successful heavy equipment rental business centers around these principles — respect, fairness, integrity, all focused around a strong ethical core. “Our operating philosophy is based on the principles of Christ,” said Penn McMichael, co-owner of Tar Heel Machinery. “We do all things through Him as His representative — the Lord is our ‘Boss.’ So we strive to be honest, fair, disclosing all information (good or bad) about the machines we are representing or whatever the case may be.” “Customers keep coming back for our way of doing business,” explained McMichael. “In tough times, they want to deal with someone they trust.” “It’s what we love,” added Woody. “Equipment is something you take pride in working with. There’s a sense of accomplishment in helping to build, tear down and change the world with what we do, especially with our rental fleet. We like to ride to jobs, during and upon completion, to watch the progress. To think our equipment had something to do with building that new hospital, stadium, landfill, stream restoration, environmental cleanup, etc. means a great deal to us.” Not even a powerful tornado last April could keep the company down for long, although that’s something neither owner will ever forget. “The industrial area where our office and shop was located looked like a bomb had gone off for a couple of miles,” Woody recalled. “You could see the tornado’s path cut clearly from one side of Raleigh to the other. Some parts of our building ended up two blocks down the road. Sadly, the tornadoes in North Carolina claimed 30 lives in a matter of a couple of hours. It was one of the worst in our state’s history. Tragically, many lives and businesses were affected and rebuilding is still going on to this day. “Our shop was totally destroyed. We had some loss in the shop with parts and supplies, damage to the service truck, water inside one machine, but it appears we were spared the worst of it. Many businesses on both sides of I-440 had showrooms, warehouses, and retail centers that got demolished. Ironically, we were already looking to start moving to a new facility. In the grand scheme of things, we were sad to have lost our shop, but so fortunate to have found an even better place, where we were meant to be.” Tar Heel Machinery, which buys, sells, rents and repairs excavators, dozers, track trucks, rollers, motorgraders and water see TAR HEEL page 84

Tar Heel Machinery’s new facility. Ironically, McMichael and Woody were already looking at moving to a new facility when the tornado hit their shop.

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Tar Heel Machinery’s shop was totally destroyed by the tornado. They had some loss in the shop with parts and supplies, damage to the service truck, water inside one machine, but it appears they were spared the worst of it.

McMichael was looking for a strong Christian partner to help build a heavy equipment company. Scott Woody, a former general equipment manager of Rifenburg Construction’s Park East Sales seemed the right fit.

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Study Proposes ‘Devolution’ of Rural Cat’s On-Highway Road in Va.; Idea Worries Localities Truck Arrives at By Bob Lewis AP POLITICAL WRITER

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) In 1932, with a still-agrarian Virginia struggling through the Great Depression, the General Assembly took over rural or “secondary” roads as a way to help out cash-strapped counties. Now, with the state struggling to find transportation money, local officials believe the state is about to put the budgetary burden back on them. A comprehensive study by George Mason University told in compelling detail how the number of secondary roads listed as deficient has steadily grown as state highway maintenance funding fails to keep pace. In 2007, one-fourth of Virginia’s 48,280 mi. of secondary pavement was deficient. By 2009, the ratio of deficient roads had increased to nearly one-third. Total costs for taking care of all substandard secondary pavement in Virginia is about $1.3 billion, according to a Virginia Department of Transportation estimate. Among the options the study presents prominently for coping with the growing backlog of crumbling byways is “devolution,” or restoring secondary highway responsibilities to the counties. “The ‘devolution’ is in the details,” punned Spotsylvania County Board of Supervisors member Hap Connors, who sees opportunity in the concept if it’s done right, but deeper fiscal woe for counties and local taxpayers if it’s botched. Spotsylvania, where suburbanization is spreading across a still-rural countryside, is already going its own way on some transportation initiatives out of necessity, Connors said. That allows local officials to make land-use decisions free of worrying whether the state will agree and provide the funding. “But ... because of the neglect of the state since 1986 to fix the [transportation] funding formula and revenue stream, we’re playing catch-up with a lot of these roads and we just don’t have the adequate tools to do it in a meaningful way. I can’t just raise the revenue I need,” Connors said. Cities and counties have seen numerous state costs for public schools, public safety and health care shifted onto them in recent years as a General Assembly fearful of increasing taxes coped with a deep recession that sapped state revenues. “They don’t want to raise taxes and they get credit for not raising taxes,” Connors said. But in Spotsylvania, where the county real estate tax rate is 86 cents per $100 of assessed valuation, 40 cents of it pays for unfunded state mandates and obligations. The Virginia Association of Counties wrote in response to a draft of the study that it is “unalterably opposed to any option that would transfer responsibility for the construction and/or maintenance of the secondary road system” to counties. “...Any proposals to shift secondary road construction and

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Rish Equipment Company Names Ron Hunt New GM

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Rish Equipment Company has appointed Ron Hunt as the general manager of the Salem and Staunton, Va., operations. Hunt started in 1971 in the construction industry, serving as a warehouseman. He also served as a parts manager and assistant sales manager for a Komatsu and Volvo dealer. For the past 10 years, he served as a heavy equipment manager of an independent dealer in Virginia. Rish Equipment is the authorized dealer of Komatsu, Dynapac, Atlas Copco, Esco, Hensley, NPK and LeeBoy in Virginia.

Ed Gerber Joins LBX as General Manager of International Business Ed Gerber has joined LBX to lead the company’s sales expansion efforts throughout Latin America, including Brazil. Gerber comes to LBX with extensive experience in the construction equipment industry, having spent 23 years with Wacker Corporation. He held the position of international sales representative for Latin America prior to moving to Brazil as the managing director of Wacker Maquinas Ltda. Gerber later returned to Wacker’s headquarters located in Wisconsin, where he was responsible for both sales and product management for the Asia Pacific region. Gerber then moved to Tokyo, Japan, where he spent nine years as the managing director of Wacker’s Japanese division, Nippon Wacker Co. Ltd. “As we establish LBX in Brazil and expand our business throughout the balance of Latin America there is no one better to lead our efforts than Ed,” said Mike Davis, vice president of marketing and sales. “He knows the cultures and fluently speaks the languages of each country, and has the industry experience and strong business acumen to have an immediate impact to quickly grow our business throughout the region.” For more information, call 859/245-3900, or visit www.lbxco.com

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(Edgar Browning Collection Photo)

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Wooldridge Manufacturing Company Offers Rich History Wooldridge Manufacturing Company founder Mack Wooldridge (1890-1962) was one of the early pioneers of the earthmoving industry. Like R. G. LeTourneau, M. W. Baker, E. W. LaPlant, Roy Choate and Garfield Wood, he saw the utility of attaching a blade to a crawler tractor when tractors were in their infancy. Wooldridge grew up in California, became a mechanic and developed a strong interest in crawler tractors. In the mid 1920s, he opened a dealership for Cletrac tractors in southern California and soon began custom-building hand-operated blades and other attachments for the tractors he sold. He incorporated under the name Mack Wooldridge, Inc., with a head office in Los Angeles, Calif., and a branch in Birmingham, Ala. He also built snowplows for crawlers that he sold to dealers in the Midwest. In the late 1920s, Wooldridge became interested in the

new hydraulic lifting technology that had been developed for dump trucks and saw an application to lift and apply downward pressure on dozer blades. His first hydraulic blade had only one hydraulic cylinder to lift the blade, which was attached to lifting arms by chains and thus could not exert downward pressure. Wooldridge applied for a patent for this design in 1928 and it was awarded in 1931; he would receive over a dozen patents for construction equipment in his lifetime. Wooldridge kept improving his blade design, and soon had a line of hydraulic blades for Cletrac models 20, 30, and 40. Young and Budy recount a story of Wooldridge and his early dozer blades in Endless Tracks in the Woods. In 1928, the U.S. Forest Service held a demonstration of road construction equipment in Santa Barbara, Calif., with a stipula-

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Model TC-W14 Terra Cobra Dump Wagon, launched in 1949.

tion that only “proven” equipment would be shown. The demonstration was to include a tractor-drawn road grader, gas-powered shovel, and several horse-drawn Fresno scrapers. Forest Service engineer Ted Flynn, another dozer blade pioneer, unofficially invited Wooldridge and asked him to bring one of his Cletracs with a hydraulic blade. Unannounced, Wooldridge drove the tractor into the show grounds and proceeded to show how well the dozer could perform, while most of the other machines either broke down or performed poorly. The officials at the demonstration were duly impressed, and the event received favorable reviews in the newspapers and trade journals. Because of their horsepower to weight ratios, differential controlled steering, and smaller size, Cletrac tractors had become the favored make in forestry and agriculture, and Wooldridge had an early edge on supplying blades for them. The Forest Service in particular purchased large numbers of Cletracs with Wooldridge blades for building trails and opening new roads in the National Forests. During the early 1930s, what was now called the Wooldridge Company expanded its blade line to fit other crawler makes, and began building towed implements including rippers and scrapers. Around 1931, Wooldridge was contracted by Continental Roll & Steel Foundry Company to build scrapers at its Los Angeles plant. In 1935, two of the Wooldridge employees responsible for building Wooldridge Model RS3 three-shank pulled ripper.

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Ga. Contractor Recognized for Honoring Sept. 11 Victims Reames Concrete Company, Valdosta, Ga., is the April winner of the Case Community Challenge. This program recognizes construction contractors who support their local communities with significant community service projects. Reames Concrete was awarded for its commitment to participate in the second annual week-long Freedom Build in September, organized by the ValdostaLowndes County Habitat for Humanity. During the project, a complete home is built in memory of those who lost their lives in the Sept. 11 attacks and for U.S. servicemen and women currently serving at home and overseas. Reames Concrete will excavate and pour the concrete foundation and driveway for this year’s Freedom Build home. As the April winner of the Case Community Challenge, Reames Concrete will receive a $1,000 CNH parts and service gift card to use at its preferred Case dealer. The company also qualifies as a finalist for the Case Community Challenge grand prize — one year’s free use of a Case N Series loader/backhoe. In addition, Case will make a $1,000 cash donation to the ValdostaLowndes County Habitat for Humanity. “We are so proud to be involved with the Valdosta-Lowndes County Habitat for

ect makes a positive, lasting contribution to the local community. In November, a panel of industry leaders will select a winner from the semi-finalists, who will receive one year’s free use of a new Case N Series loader/backhoe. In addition, Case will donate $5,000 to a charitable organization of the winner’s choice.

Reames Concrete Co., Valdosta, Ga., is the most recent monthly winner of the Case Community Challenge program, for its commitment to donate materials, labor and the use of construction equipment to a home-building project for the ValdostaLowndes County Habitat for Humanity chapter. The finished home will be similar to the home pictured here, which the chapter built in 2010.

Humanity chapter,” said Trey Odom, vice president of Reames Concrete Company. “Stuart Mullis and the rest of the local Habitat for Humanity chapter’s staff are not just our neighbors; they’re our friends. We’re happy to help build these houses for the peo-

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Case Encourages Fan Voting on Facebook Now through October, Case will award the first contractor who receives 100 votes on www.facebook.com/caseconstruction a $100 donation toward their community service. Case invites communities and service organizations to encourage contractors to nominate their projects, by visiting www.CaseCE.com/communitychallenge and completing the entry form. Contractors who have used construction equipment to complete a community service project begun after Jan. 1, 2010, are eligible for nomination to the Case Community Challenge program. Case will accept nominations for the Case Community Challenge through Oct. 31, 2011.

Petersburg Steel Mill Produces Sheet Piling for Panama Canal PETERSBURG, Va. (AP) A Petersburg steel mill is playing a role in major upgrades to the Panama Canal. Steel sheet piling produced by Gerdau Ameristeel’s mills in Petersburg and Midlothian, Texas, is being used in the expansion of one of the world’s most vital shipping paths. The $5.25 billion project will double the capacity of the canal, allowing more ships and larger ships to traverse it. “It is one of those projects that doesn’t come along too often, to be able to participate in the expansion of such a notable feature on the globe,” said David Maedgen, manager of piling sales at Gerdau Ameristeel. “There is so much international traffic that goes through that canal.” The Richmond-Times Dispatch reported that the Petersburg mill produced 1,200 tons of sheet piling the company manufactured for the Panama Canal expansion. Steel sheet piling is a manufactured construction product with connections that interlock to form a continuous wall. The materials will be used for the excavation of the canal’s Pacific access channel and the construction of the Borinquen Dam, a key part of the expansion. The process of moving the steel from the Virginia and Texas facilities to the site in Panama involved 161 rail cars, four oceangoing vessels and 880 truckloads. The Petersburg mill has 415 employees and the capacity to produce 1 million tons of steel per year.

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Terra Cobra TCY scraper is being push-loaded by an Allis-Chalmers HD19 dozer. The machines belong to C. J. Langenfelder & Son, and are at work on the BaltimoreWashington Parkway in 1949.

(Caterpillar Inc. Photo)

Curtiss-Wright Model CW-18M scraper pulled by a Caterpillar 830M tractor.

Company One of First to Offer Operator Training Program WOOLDRIDGE from page 24

scrapers under this contract were hired by Bucyrus-Erie to design its new line of scrapers and dozer blades. On its end, Continental produced straight and angle dozers for crawler tractors under the patents held by Wooldridge. Wooldridge received his first patent for a towed scraper in 1934, and was soon offering them in several sizes. To compete with LeTourneau’s Carryall scraper line, Wooldridge adopted the name “Digancary.” Digancary scraper capacities ranged from 2½ to 12 yds.; the two largest models could be

(Harry Young II Photo)

A Wooldridge 41-yard model OS300 scraper mated to an MRS Model 250 tractor is getting a mega-push from Allis-Chalmers HD-21 and Euclid TC-12 dozers near Pittsburgh, Pa.

ordered with either a PTO-operated hydraulic pump or with its own gas engine to power the hydraulic controls, allowing it to be pulled by a bare tractor. A 30-yard dump wagon with 16 wheels also was offered. Unlike most of the other blade and scraper makers of this era, Wooldridge did not become an allied supplier of attachments to a crawler tractor manufacturer. Wooldridge was one of the first equipment makers to offer a training program for operators. In 1931, he started a school for bulldozer operators under the direction of the Civilian Conservation Corps, which was either constructing or funding construction of public works projects all over the country. In 1938, Wooldridge partnered with Harold Guzman to form the Wooldridge Manufacturing Company, and opened a new factory in Sunnyvale, Calif. Guzman was listed as

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An advertisement for the earliest Terra Cobra motor scraper, dated February1945.

Wooldridge TD-8 blade on a Caterpillar D-8 tractor.

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Speedway Developer Eyes Meeting With Ark. Officials FORSYTH, Mo. (AP) The man who has faced strong criticism for his plans to build a $150 million motor speedway near Branson in southern Missouri will meet with Arkansas economic development officials to discuss options for moving the project to that state, his spokesman said. Russell Cook, of Hollister, Mo., has cleared about 70 acres about 2 mi. (3.2 km) from the Missouri-Arkansas border in Taney County for the proposed 1.25-mi. (2 km) track, with plans to bring NASCAR races to the track after it is completed in 2013. He planned to meet with the Arkansas Economic Development Commission on July 15, spokesman Nathan Adams said. “We will not deny that we have a planned meeting with Arkansas state officials in Little Rock,” Adams told The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette on July 12. He said Cook signed a nondisclosure agreement with the Arkansas economic commission, which requested financial information about the speedway proposal.

Scott Hardin, a spokesman for the Arkansas agency, told the newspaper he couldn’t comment. The project is planned for an 800-acre site near Ridgedale, Mo., about 2 mi. from the Big Cedar Lodge on Table Rock Lake. Several opponents, including Johnny Morris, founder of Bass Pro Shops, say the project would bring too much noise and traffic to the scenic Ozark region. Supporters contend the track would bring much needed jobs and economic development to the area. Cook said he intends to build the speedway in Missouri but he has to consider all his options. “I’ll be honest, because I’ve lived up here all my life I’d like to see it up here,” Cook said. “But it has got to be a business decision. We’re going to build a racetrack. Whether it’s here or down the road a little farther south has yet to be determined.” Cook hinted at several possible locations in Arkansas, most in the central region of the state.

About 400 people attended a six-hour public hearing of the Taney County Planning and Zoning Commission July 11 in Forsyth. The commissioners were scheduled to vote on the proposal July 18. Bob Atchley, Taney County’s planning administrator, said based on applause for different comments made at the hearing, the crowd seemed evenly split on the proposed racetrack. Cook did not attend the meeting. Bryan Wade of Springfield, Mo., an attorney representing Big Cedar Lodge, noted Cook’s previous unsuccessful attempts to develop projects in the area. Land was cleared for Tuscany on the Lake, a condominium development on Table Rock Lake, and TanStone Plaza, a commercial development in Branson, but no buildings have been constructed. “The land has been scarred and no development has occurred,” Wade said. Wade also said Cook has not been forthcoming about funding sources for the proposed speedway.

Cook has said he has funding lined up but has declined to reveal the sources. Tom Gammon, director of construction and development for Branson Sports Entertainment Complex — the name of the proposed speedway — said the 1.9 million people who live within 100 mi. of the proposed site would provide enough business to make the track and adjacent development profitable. Noise was one of the main concerns expressed at the meeting. Representatives of HNTB Corp. of Kansas City, Mo., which is working for the developer, said noise from the track would be 30 to 45 decibels by the time it reached Big Cedar Lodge. Keith Crawford, who lives a half-mile from the proposed track, said the noise during a race would be 60 to 70 decibels at his house. “That’s approximately five times louder than the normal ambient level and three times louder than conversations,” he said.

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Projects Halted Due to Congress Failing Spanning Oregon Inlet… to Renew FAA’s Operating Authority NCDOT Awards By Joan Lowy ASSOCIATED PRESS

WASHINGTON (AP) Dozens of airport construction projects across the country are on hold and thousands of federal employees are not working because Congress failed to pass legislation to keep the Federal Aviation Administration operating, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said July 25. The FAA’s operating authority expired at midnight July 22, forcing a partial agency shutdown. Dozens of stop-work orders were issued over the weekend for projects to build and modernize airport control towers, as well as other improvement projects, officials said. Many of the airport projects are designed to improve the efficiency of air travel and reduce congestion. “Because Congress didn’t do its work, FAA programs and thousands of public and private sector jobs are in jeopardy,” LaHood told reporters in a conference call. He called on lawmakers to quickly pass legislation to restart shuttered operations. But all indications July 25 pointed to a prolonged shutdown. Rep. John Mica, R-Fla., chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, said there are no negotiations between the House and Senate to resolve the dispute, and House Republican leaders are determined to hold their position. “I have no idea when we’ll open the FAA again,” he said. Air traffic controllers have remained on the job, as well as FAA employees who inspect the safety of planes and test pilots. But airlines’ authority to collect federal ticket taxes has expired, costing FAA about $30 million a day in lost revenue, Babbitt said. That money goes into an aviation trust fund. The fund “has a healthy balance now, but that would be depleted in fairly rapid order” without congressional action, he said. Nearly 4,000 FAA employees in 35 states, and the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, who are paid from the trust fund have been furloughed. About $2.5 billion in federal airport construction grants cannot be processed because workers who handle those grants have been furloughed, officials said. That, in turn, has halted construction projects, putting hundreds

of other people employed by those jobs out of work. “This is simply going to slow down our ability to expand to keep up with growing traffic demands,” FAA Administrator Randy Babbitt said. For example, work was scheduled to begin July 23 on a $6 million project to demolish a control tower at New York’s LaGuardia Airport. But the Paul J. Scariano construction firm laid off 40 workers who were assigned to the demolition project, leaving the partly dismantled tower unattended, said company vice president Luca Toscano. “I’m worried about the planes underneath,” Toscano said. “There’s nobody up there keeping an eye on the equip-

have resolved most of the differences between the bills, but no progress has been made on a half dozen other issues. Among their key differences are air service subsidies for rural communities and a Republican proposal that would make it more difficult for airline workers to unionize. Republicans say Senate Majority leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., is insisting that a labor provision in the House bill sought by the airline industry be dropped before negotiations can continue. The labor provision would overturn a National Mediation Board rule approved last year that allows airline and railroad employees to form a union

“Because Congress didn’t do its work, FAA programs and thousands of public and private sector jobs are in jeopardy.” Ray LaHood Transportation Secretary

ment or scaffolding or anything. If we get a bad storm, a piece of wood or something might go flying.” Work also has stopped for new control towers at airports in Las Vegas; Palm Springs, Calif.; Oakland, Calif.; Wilkes-Barre, Pa.; Kalamazoo, Mich., and Gulfport, Miss., among other projects, officials said. At Oakland International Airport, 60 people working on the facility’s new $31 million control tower were told not to report to work on July 25, said Rosemary Barnes, an airport spokeswoman. Barnes said the construction workers would not get paid until the issue was resolved Approval also is on hold for airports to receive a new generation of super large airliners, including permission for Boeing 747-800s to begin servicing San Francisco, Chicago, Houston, Newark, N.J., and Huntsville, Ala., according to the FAA. Long-term funding authority for the FAA expired in 2007. Unable to agree on new long-term funding legislation for the agency, Congress has kept the FAA operating through a series of 20 short-term extension bills. The Senate passed a long-term bill in February and the House approved a different version in April. Lawmakers

by a simple majority of those voting. Under the old rule, workers who didn’t vote were treated as “no” votes. Republicans complain that the new rule reverses 75 years of precedent to favor labor unions. Democrats and union officials say the change puts airline and railroad elections under the same rules required for unionizing all other companies. The White House warned in March that President Barack Obama might veto the bill if the GOP labor provision is retained. In mid July, the House passed what would be the 21st extension of FAA’s operating authority. But this time Republicans included provisions in the bill that would eliminate $16.5 million in subsidies for air service to 10 small airports that are less than 90 miles from a hub airport and three other remote airports in Montana, Nevada and New Mexico where subsidies average more than $1,000 per passenger. Senate Democrats say the House is trying to force them to accept policies that haven’t been negotiated. They blocked passage of the House extension bill. Senate Republicans then blocked passage of a Democratic extension that doesn’t include the air services subsidies provision.

$216M Contract for Bonner Bridge By Michael Biesecker ASSOCIATED PRESS

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) The N.C. Department of Transportation awarded a $216 million contract July 26 for the design and construction of a new span across Oregon Inlet to replace the aging Bonner Bridge. The existing 2.7-mi. (4.3 km) long bridge connects Hatteras Island to the mainland. It was built in 1962 and has exceeded its expected lifespan. The new contract comes after more than two decades of debate and environmental studies. “We’ve spent 20 years working hard to make a new bridge a reality, and it’s exciting to reach this step in the process,” said Gene Conti, the state’s transportation secretary. “We look forward to starting construction on this critically important project, which will provide a safer, more reliable way for residents and visitors to get from Hatteras Island to the mainland.” Design work is expected to begin in the next few weeks, with construction scheduled to start by the end of 2012. Under the contract, the new bridge is to open by the spring of 2015, with the old bridge demolished by the following year. Bonner Bridge has long been criticized as too narrow and ill-suited to handle the annual crush of summertime vacation traffic headed to the Outer Banks. DOT has spent $26.5 million in the last 10 years on the old bridge to fix deterioration caused by constant exposure to salt, strong currents and wind. Conti awarded the contract to PCL Civil Constructors Inc. and HDR Engineering Inc. of the Carolinas. The companies’ bid was the cheapest of the three firms competing for the contract, but it also received the lowest technical score from the state officials who reviewed the proposals. Specifications for the job require the new bridge to be built of stainless steel and corrosion resistant concrete, while having minimal impacts on Bodie Island and the Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge during construction. State engineers expect the span to last more than 100 years. Greer Beaty, a DOT spokeswoman, said the $216 million project is the largest construction contract funded through state and federal tax dollars in North Carolina going back several years. “People have been looking forward to this for a very long time,” Beaty said. “This is a big deal, with a massive economic impact and critical to the tourism economy on the coast.”

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Historic Mine Has Not Been Worked Since Early 1990s GOLD from page 1

Attempts to reopen the gold mine, however, have hit a roadblock. Federal regulators say Romarco Minerals must now prepare a full environmental impact statement that will set the project back one year. In trying to reopen the Haile Mine and extract bits of gold from rocks dug out of a pit nearly 900 ft. (274 m) deep and a mile wide, the company has come under scrutiny. The EPA and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service have expressed concern for nearby wetlands and streams. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has ordered Romarco to complete an environmental impact report for the project, as opposed to merely an environmental assessment of the mining project. The permitting process also has been a challenge, but not one the company sees as overwhelming. “Major permits have been applied for,” said Arnold. “Since our technology is off-the-shelf and our mining is conventional, our major issues will be the same issues that all construction projects encounter, such as staffing good people, employee training, meeting schedules, meeting budgets and keeping everything on track. “We will be a conventional open pit mine with crushing, grinding, flotation and leaching,” Arnold pointed out. “About the only thing at all different is that we will fine grind the flotation concentrate, but even that is getting to be pretty common.” According to Arnold, most work cannot begin until the permitting process is completed. “We are designing a road overpass that we might be able to start on under separate permits, but that is all we have planned right now. In the mine there will be about 16 million tons of overburden moved before start-up.” Haile was the original site of the first gold rush in the United States and there have been multiple phases of mining off and on for almost 200 years. Located about three miles north of Kershaw, the mine hasn’t been active since the early 1990s. It and surrounding property contain at least four million ounces of gold, making it one of the more

significant gold discoveries in the United States in the past decade, according to Romarco President and CEO Diane Garrett. Romarco expects the mine to produce at least 140,000 ounces per year for at least 12 years. The expansion will reportedly create hundreds of jobs during construction and about 300 permanent jobs once the mine is fully operational, following the 14month construction process. Gold was first discovered at the Haile site in 1827 and was mined off and on for the rest of that century and into the early 1900s. The mine operated again from 1936 to 1942. But modern mining didn’t begin there until the mid-1980s, when Haile became the first commercial-scale gold mine in South Carolina. The mine stopped gold operations in the early 1990s. Romarco became aware of the A Haile gold mine drill rig truck ready to work.

One of the multiple drilling locations on the Haile gold mine property.

Haile mine while mining in Nevada. The mines weren’t reaching the potential company officials had hoped, and Romarco’s geologist recommended they investigate Haile because significant gold had been found there before and there likely was much more undiscovered. With improvements in mining technology, Romarco can dig more than 1,200 ft. (365 m) underground. Previous drilling at the site was limited to around 300 ft. (91 m). The company expects to produce more than $120 million in gold each year once the mine is fully operational. Romarco has increased its exploration drilling

program each year and in 2011 had planned to complete 564,304 ft. (172,000 m) of drilling. In February 2011, Romarco announced it was adding an eleventh drill rig. The company has currently been drilling the largest program in its history — 564,304 ft. The 2011 exploration drilling program has consisted of approximately 360,892 ft. (110,000 m), which represents an 83 percent increase over the 2010 exploration drilling program. This significant exploration drilling program substantiates what Romarco’s team continues to see as further potential at the Haile Gold Mine. As for environmental concerns,

Haile was the original site of the first gold rush in the United States and there have been multiple phases of mining off and on for almost 200 years. company officials have stated their operations won’t affect the federally protected Carolina heelsplitter shellfish, and claim their work will not pollute the air or water. A major concern for environmentalists and concerned citizens has been the use of toxic chemicals to extract gold. The Romarco mining operation will use cyanide, a caustic compound that if leaked into groundwater could seep into nearby Flat Creek. Cyanide, crucial to wash gold from rocks, also can kill birds and other wildlife. Romarco officials have announced they will control cyanide with a different process than past gold mining operations in South Carolina. According to biologist Morgan

Wolf of South Carolina’s U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, however, “After reviewing all information received to date, the Service continues to believe the excavation and fill of 161.81 acres of wetlands and 38,775 linear feet of stream constitutes a major federal action involving significant effects on the environment. The project appears to be in direct conflict with the purpose and intent of the Clean Water Act, which was established to restore and maintain the chemical, physical, and biological integrity of waters through the control of discharges of dredged or fill material. “As stated in the Clean Water Act’s guidelines,” added Wolf, “when a significant ecological change in the aquatic environment is proposed by the discharge of dredged or fill material, the permitting authority should consider the ecosystem that will be lost as well as the environmental benefits of the new system. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service believes the significant adverse environmental impacts that would result from development and operation of the proposed mine greatly outweigh the benefits.” CEO Garrett said the company will take advantage of the additional time needed to complete the EIS process by optimizing the mine plan, increasing resources and reducing strip ratio through additional drilling. While the EIS is being prepared, Romarco will increase its focus on exploration drilling, continue metallurgical test work at the company-owned laboratory in the hopes of improving current gold recoveries and will optimize design and mine planning through more trade-off studies. Officials also will continue to define underground targets and conduct economic studies on potential underground mining. Romarco has set aside $2 million for the additional study. It originally hoped to begin production at the mine in early 2013. Because of the setback, that date will now be 2014. (This story also can be found on Construction Equipment Guide’s Web site at www.constructionequipmentguide.com.) CEG

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Project Set to Boost Area Long-Term Employment Rate HOSPITAL from page 1

form for patient care,” explained Children’s Hospital Executive Vice President Mike McDevitt, who is overseeing the high-profile, $400- million expansion. “We need more space. We’re adding more than 50 new beds and bringing on new services. When construction is complete, we will be able to perform cardiovascular surgeries and provide a full range of cardiac services that previously had to be done down the street at University Hospital.” Children’s Hospital of Alabama is currently licensed for 275 specialty pediatric beds and is the only free-standing hospital in the state dedicated solely to the care and treatment of youths. Recognized as one of the 10 busiest pediatric medical centers in the United States, the facility is home to the state’s only Level I pediatric trauma center. Children’s campus also includes the largest pediatric burn center in the Southeast, one of the largest pediatric outpatient centers in the country, is a leading pediatric hematology/oncology center and offers a bone marrow transplant program. “We’ve basically run out of room,” said McDevitt. who admits the expansion challenges have been numerous, but not insurmountable. “For starters, we wanted to try to be local in terms of our construction efforts to benefit Birmingham-area architects, engineers, etc. while still getting the broad perspective from more nationally recognized sets of professionals. We’ve formed some partnerships to help with that effort, plus we’re lucky in that this city has several great international builders with a lot of experience in the area of health care. “Trying to plan a major new facility while balancing full-time jobs has also been interesting. Also, the construction footprint of the new space takes up the majority of a full city block, so we have had to work with the city to allow for street closures and such. There are also four connecting bridges and an underground tunnel that connects the old and new loading docks for material movement, so there’s a lot to keep up with. According to McDevitt, “There also have been weather delays and a problem that’s not unfamiliar to contractors in Birmingham. We’ve had to deal with issues where there’s too much rock in some spots, not enough in others.” Sign of Hope When completed, the new hospital will house 340 specialty pediatric beds. The existing structure will be used to house other patient beds and will offer outpatient services and additional storage space. McDevitt believes the project has been an encouraging sign for the community the past two years, when construction in the area had been basically at a halt.

“At one time we had the only swinging cranes on the skyline, with between 2,500 to 3,500 workers putting in time on this job. Also, as many as 500 permanent jobs are expected to be created as a result of the new addition, ranging from physicians and nurses to support staff and maintenance crews.” Children’s Hospital of Alabama, ranked among the nation’s best children’s hospitals by U.S. News and World Report magazine, is located along one of the busiest academic and business districts in Birmingham. The multi-million dollar expansion has been marked by deep foundations with 229 caissons, a 35,000 sq. ft. (3,251 sq m) green roof and lean construction techniques. John Harchelroad, senior operation manager of Hoar Construction, describes the expansion as a 50/50 partnership with BE&K Building Group of Charlotte, N.C. Others involved in the project include Construction Manager KLMK of Birmingham, the Dallas-based architectural firm HKS Inc. and Walter Schoal Engineering of Birmingham. “A project of this size has many challenges,” said Harchelroad. “It is an acutecare facility with lots of cutting edge technology design. It also touches everything around it. It has four bridges which connect the existing Hospital, the adjacent Harbor Building, UAB Women’s & Infants Hospital to the east, and the hospital parking deck located to the north across 5th Avenue South. There also is a tunnel across 6th Avenue South which connects to the existing hospital loading dock. This will serve for back of house functions and to deliver hot and chilled water to the existing hospital energy plant. Caissons Go Rolling “Probably the biggest challenge has been the fast-track nature of this project. We, the contractor, were actually awarded the project before the design consultants (architect and consulting engineers). We started site work May 18, 2009 and did not receive final construction documents until May of 2010. Installation of deep caisson foundations also proved to be a major challenge. Allowing for anticipated rock irregularities within a key area related to the project’s foundation, HOAR estimated 15 weeks to complete the foundation plan, which included 229 caissons across a typical 30-foot grid. The first obstacle was discovering that the depth of the caissons would need to be adjusted substantially. Rather than building the foundation on a universal caisson length of 35 ft. (10.6 m), drilling confirmed certain caissons only needed to be 8 ft. (2.4 m), while others re-quired at least 130 ft. (40 m). While caisson depths were being recalibrated, several sinkholes surfaced, with the most problematic sinkhole located in the least favorable plot of land on the job site, where caisson work had already proven to

be most difficult. This limited the areas where crews could work and could have seriously delayed completion of the new hospital. With elevated slab work underway, additional manpower and material was brought in, including form work, structure crews and hoisting cranes. More than half a dozen cranes worked simultaneously on the site, juggling the order when necessary. To solve the sinkhole problem, crews pumped in more than 1,500 yds. (1,371 m) of grout to stabilize the subsurface. The work led to changes to the foundation and vertical work schedule, as workers stair-stepped the erection of the building. This helped avoid any potential weather-related and foundation delays. Despite repeated bouts of heavy rain, ground work delays were offset by progress on the structure itself. Behind the Curtain Wall Physical Security LLC of Bessemer is handling the curtain wall installation, which also includes design assist, manufacturing and installation of all the exterior glazing systems for the project, including testing and validation of the system and design to meet all performance requirements. The total project duration is about 18 months. “We are nearing completion of the installation of the unitized, shop glazed curtain wall system,” said Ken Hays, who serves as vice president of preconstruction for physical security. “The total square footage of curtain wall for the project is approximately 220,000 square feet, including the bridges. We used cranes to install the prefabricated unitized curtain wall glass panels. A number of man lifts and scissor lifts were required for installation of the curtain wall anchors. As well, the standard forklifts were required for unloading material. “But even with the preplanning efforts,” Hays pointed out, “Mother Nature has a mind of her own and presented the major challenge on this project. High winds were our biggest challenge. With curtain wall panels sized eight feet wide by 30 feet tall, a slight increase in the wind speed shuts down the installation operation. “There’s been nothing major as far as setbacks, especially given the size of the project. The intent of the design assist contract award was that we could get out in front of the schedule working intimately with the contractor and the architect to finalize the exterior curtain wall design in a manner meeting the architect’s intent, so that we could start fabricating and glazing the shop glazed curtain wall units to backlog them so that once the structure was ready we could quickly dry-in the building. That is very important, given the amount of interior work required in a medical facility.” Hays also said the project was a unique opportunity to bring his company’s skill sets

as a glazing contractor that also manufactures glass skins of buildings to bear. Richard Drennen, president of subcontractor Superior Mechanical, also is keeping a close eye on the hospital’s progress. “Our firm installed the medical gas piping and equipment, as well as the deionized and domestic water system. We essentially did anything that involved pressure piping. We are approximately 70 percent complete. “As a plumbing contractor, we are using lulls, forklifts, skid steer loaders and backhoes, along with man lifts, drills, band saws and purging rigs. Currently, we have men on ten floors at a time which makes concurrent deadlines a challenge.” Drennen said his crews are well aware of the contribution they are making. “We’ve had the CEO of the hospital speak to our staff to help them appreciate the value that they are adding. The work that they are doing today on a certain floor might be a triage unit that will save a child’s life two years from now.” Lean Construction Strategies According to Drennen, “Through the course of this project, we have implemented a variety of new strategies that are taking the construction industry by storm. Lean construction is at the top of the list, which causes us to identify and eliminate waste in our processes. Equipment use is certainly a part of that discussion, and we may see more projects use the concept of an equipment pool where trade partners like us are allowed to use equipment only when we need it. Thereafter, it would be returned to the pool to be checked out for use by other subcontractors on the job. In so doing, we would eliminate the enormous amount of time that most equipment sits idle, which is currently the case on the largest construction projects today.” As for where construction stands right now, Harchelroad explained, “We are essentially dried in and should be completely dried in within the next several weeks. We are in the finish trades on the bottom floors, paint, floor covering, cabinetry etc. Some highlights have been our utilization of BIM (Building Information Modeling) and our lean efforts. It also will be a LEED-certified project and will be the first new hospital project in Alabama to receive that certification.” For the most part, Harchelroad explained, crews have been working five days a week, eight hours per day. “We do stagger start times to help facilitate getting people in and out of the building. Peak manpower has been at approximately 1,100 workers a day. We are in excess of 1,700,000 man hours for the project. And we have faced many extremes in weather from hot to cold to wet. Many weather records see HOSPITAL page 40

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LEED Certification Aims to Provide Learning Opportunity HOSPITAL from page 36

have been broken both in winter and summer since we started construction. To date, I believe we have 30 rain days above the mean average.” As far as chief concerns, “First, this project has to be built within AIA guidelines for Healthcare Construction. Life safety systems are paramount when it comes to patient safety. Also the technology of the equipment used calls for special requirements. There is redundancy built into electrical and mechanical systems. Most of us have been involved with health care construction for a long time but the Children’s mission is particularly touching.” Children’s is using millions from city occupational tax rebates to help fund the replacement hospital, which will give medical professionals a proper work environment that matches the skills they bring. Numerous local benefactors have also contributed millions to the project. Mark Harry of Marathon Electrical Contractors Inc. of Birmingham said his company had the task of handling the electrical system for the project, along with voice data installation. “The biggest obstacle has been keeping floors stocked with materials. Not being able to store materials on-site due to curb-to-curb

construction is definitely a challenge. Setting the large equipment was subbed to Crane Works to fly to the upper floors. Delivery time was crucial to make this happen.” Using a variety of lifts, crews have worked meticulously completing wiring for the new facility, which often involved drilling into concrete. With more than 140 men on the job, Harry said the work has gone smoothly for the most part. “It’s a big job, but one that has special meaning to us. It’s close to our hearts, knowing people from all over can bring there children here to receive treatment.” The new hospital will feature glass connecting walkways and is located on the block directly north of the current hospital and would incorporate the existing Children’s Harbor facility. The replacement facility will relieve crowding in the current building, help accommodate projected growth in patient volumes and allow for anticipated medical technology needs and planned consolidation of pediatric services. Two buildings on the site were razed to make way for the new hospital, which is located next to the University of Alabama at Birmingham’s Women and Children’s facility. Construction of the new building is expected to be completed by May 2012, three years after work began. The hospital

won’t officially open, however, until early August of next year. Building More Than a Structure Said McDevitt, “It’s very exciting to be adding a more notable structure to the city’s horizon. The architectural design is quite interesting, featuring mostly glass with injections of color strips that glow at night. In an area where buildings are made mostly of standard brick and punched out windows, this new hospital will definitely add something new. And we chose for the front doors to face the city, plus it has a nice view of a lovely park that recently opened.” McDevitt said being green was also important in the planning phase. The expansion is seeking to become the first health care facility in Alabama to receive its LEED Certification, making it environmentally friendly. Features of the expansion required for LEED certification include the recycling and reuse of building materials salvaged from the demolition of two outdated existing buildings on the construction site; selection of low-emission building materials; reduction of construction activity pollution; and rooftop landscaping to reduce heat absorption and storm water runoff. “We’re using this LEED journey as an education process for the kids. We are taking elements and creating stories with them, so

the children can establish a dialogue. Indoor air quality also is very important to us, along with water conservation and being energy efficient. These kids will appreciate our efforts as they grow older and become more aware of the environment, we hope.” Patients also will find inviting rooms awaiting them. Each will be private, larger and will have a family zone with a sleeper sofa, large wardrobe and small safe for valuables. Every patient floor will have a family kitchen with refrigerator and microwave, a laundry room, and small waiting areas with natural light. Some patients and their parents even had a chance to become part of the construction process, when a metal beam covered with their names and personal messages was hoisted during the topping-out ceremony, marking the last structural beam of the project. “ This is going to be a wonderful place for patients’ parents to visit and great things are going to be happening in terms of medical care for these kids,” said McDevitt. “We also are very pleased that this expansion will allow us to leave the right kind of legacy as far as the environment is concerned.” (This story also can be found on Construction Equipment Guide’s Web site at www.constructionequipmentguide.com.) CEG

Terex Enters Wood Chipper Business Through Woodsman Terex Corporation whollyowned subsidiary Terex USA, LLC has entered the wood chipper business through the acquisition of Woodsman LLC, a Michiganbased manufacturer of wood processing equipment. The Woodsman product lines will be integrated into the materials processing segment of Terex, which is a major player in the crushing and screening industry globally. The business has a comprehensive line of hand fed chippers as well a portfolio of biomass chippers. Kieran Hegarty, materials processing president, said: “The addition of Woodsman’s products provides a great opportunity to extend the capabilities of Terex Materials Processing into the adjacent businesses of wood processing and recycling. Our customers can expect tangible investments in terms of distribution coverage for enhanced customer support, a commitment to product development The Woodsman product lines will be integrated into the materials processing segment of Terex. and a focus on readily available The business has a comprehensive line of hand fed chippers as well a portfolio of biomass chipspare parts.” pers.

Terex will be using a number of well-developed distribution channels to make sure that the particular needs of customers for both hand fed and biomass chippers are met effectively. The business will be showing its Terex Woodsman 440 biomass chipper, which is equipped with a 50 in. diameter by 45 in. (127 by 114 cm) wide full pocket cutting drum, at the upcoming ICUEE exhibition in Louisville, Ky., in October. A month later, the Terex Woodsman 730 will be exhibited at the Tree Care Show in Hartford, Conn., a compact hand fed machine for customers seeking a compact chipping solution. Woodsman founder, Bob Engler added, “We are excited to be joining a company that shares our passion for delivering quality, productivity and value to our customers. In addition, we are pleased that our products are now poised to fully benefit from the business recovery with the solid backing of a global company.” For more information, visit www.terex.com.

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Advancements in Technology Become Hallmark of 1940s WOOLDRIDGE from page 28

president, and Wooldridge was vice president. The arrangement did not last; the next year, Woodlridge left the company and became president of ATECO (American Tractor Equipment Corporation), another California-based manufacturer of attachments and allied equipment for crawler tractors. (For clarity’s sake, all Wooldridge citations from this point forward are to Wooldridge Manufacturing, not Mack Wooldridge unless he is specifically named). Under Guzman, Wooldridge produced blades, rippers and scrapers similar to what Wooldridge’s former company was selling, but with the addition of a 25-yard scraper with six rear wheels. Recognizing the increasing demand for scrapers, Wooldridge Manufacturing concentrated on developing a full line of one- and two-axle models, and changed the name to Terra Clipper. However, the limitations of hydraulic technology at the time probably caused Wooldridge to choose cable operation for its implement line. (Contamination from dirt was one of the problems of early hydraulics, and Mack Wooldridge hired a University of Southern California engineering student, Harry F. Vickers, to solve the problem. Vickers did so, and went on to great success in the field of fluid power; the American Society of Mechanical Engineers called him the father of industrial hydraulics and, in 1956, awarded him the ASME Medal to recognize his “eminently distinguished engineering achievement.”) By the early 1940s, all Wooldridge blades, rippers and scrapers were cable-operated, and the company added a line of cable-control units in one-, two-, three- and four-drum configurations. The Terra Clipper scrapers ranged in capacity from 6 to 28 yds., and models were designated by a single letter preceded by “TC”. The larger models were offered with four rear wheels as an option, and the largest had the option of four wheels on each axle. Similar to Bucyrus-Erie,

Curtiss-Wright Model CW-320 three-axle motor scraper.

Curtiss-Wright Model CW-28 “Cobrette” motor scraper.

Curtiss-Wright Model CW-226 two-axle motor scraper.

LeTourneau, and Gar Wood scrapers, the Terra Clipper’s ejector cable was routed over the center of the bowl to a sheave on top of the ejector, which used a roll-out ejection system instead of forced ejection by a tailgate. During World War II, Wooldridge continued building blades, rippers and scrapers for the military, and started designing a motor scraper. Its first motor scraper, the Terra Cobra Model TCY, was introduced in 1945; “TC” stood for the Terra Cobra tractor, and “Y” was for the scraper. Like the Terra Clipper scrapers, the Terra Cobras were cable operated. The first models used a three-drum system with air controls, but later models had an air-controlled two-drum system. The Terra Cobras also had a unique steering system that used two hydraulic cylinders running along each sideframe of the tractor. A multi-strand roller chain ran from the cylin-

ders back and around a swing circle below and concentric with the scraper’s kingpin. Instead of a steering wheel, Terra Cobras used a horizontal bar with short handles at each end, much like those used on the early Caterpillar crawlers. Turning the bar to the left or right moved the cylinder in that direction. Until the mid-1950s, all Terra Cobras used Cummins engines, and Cummins powered some models into the 1960s. Rated at 14 yds. struck and 18 yds. heaped, the TCY had four forward speeds and was powered by a sixcylinder, 150 hp engine. It was upgraded to the TC-S14 in 1948 and the TC-S142, with 225 hp and a 10-speed transmission, in 1950. It was also around this time that the Morrison-Knudsen Company, Inc., of Boise, Idaho, acquired a financial interest in Wooldridge. M-K, part of the Six Companies joint venture that built Hoover Dam and other major projects, had grown to become one of the largest contractors in the western U.S. During the 1940s and 1950s, M-K purchased large numbers of scrapers and other equipment from Wooldridge. M-K had 34 Wooldridge pull scrapers and nine Terra Cobra motor scrapers on one Missouri River levee job, and for the Union Pacific Railroad’s third main line over Sherman Hill from Cheyenne to Dale, Wyo., M-K used eight 17-yard Terra Clippers and five 15-yard Terra Cobras in 1952 to 1953. Wooldridge also offered a 20-yard dump wagon called the Cobra Wagon (later, the Cobra Haul) for the Terra Cobra tractor that could be easily interchanged with the scraper unit. Rather than having hinged doors on the bottom, the dump body was bottomless and rested on a steel plate with rails on either side. To drop its load, the body was pulled by cable along the rails toward the rear beyond the steel plate. Later models included standard rear dump wagons as well. Meanwhile, the pull scraper line evolved into two series: the larger Terra Clippers (18-30 yds. heaped) and the Boiling see WOOLDRIDGE page 86

Curtiss-Wright Model CWD321 three-axle dump wagon.

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Model

Loader SAE HP (kw)

Loader Loader kout Force ea Br Life Capacity . (kg) lbs lbs. (kg)

ALLMAND BROS. TLB-220 TLB-325 TLB-425 TLB-535 TLB-6235

20 (15) 25 (18.5) 25 (18.5) 33.3 (24.6) 33.3 (24.6)

CASE 580N 580 Super N 590 Super N WT 590 Super N

78 (58) 95 (71) 95 (71) 108 (81)

CATERPILLAR(64.9) 416E 420E 420E IT 430E 430E IT 450E

JCB 1CX MIDI 2CX 12 3CX 14 3CX 15 3CX 17 4CX 14 4CX 15 4CX 17

LIUGONG 766III Standard Stick

87 93 (69.3) 93 (69.3) 102 (76.1) 102 (76.1) 124 (92.5)

50 (37) 50 (37) 75 (56) 92 (69) 100 (75) 100 (75) 100 (75) 100 (75) 100 (75)

100 (74.5)

ND NEW HOLLA95 (71) B90B B95B B95B TC B95B LR B110B B115B

TEREX

97 (72) 97 (72) 97 (72) 110 (82) 110 (82)

87 (64.88) TX760B 94 (70.3) TX860B 94 (70.3) B 70 TX8 94 (70.3) er Ste eel Wh AllB TX970

1,700 (771) 2,100 (952) 2,100 (952) 2,100 (952) 2,100 (952)

6,803 (3,086) 7,044 (3,195) 8,425 (3,821) 8,202 (3,721)

5,503 (2,496) 6,340 (2,876) 6,340 (2,876) 6,356 (2,883) 6,356 (2,883) 11,375 (3,570)

1,345 (610) 3,478 (1,578) 4,850 (2,200) 7,670 (3,480) 10,255 (4,650) 10,225 (4,630) 10,255 (4,630) 10,255 (4,630) 10,255 (4,630)

9,577 (4,344)

7,690 (3,488) 8,095 (3,672) 6,856 (3,110) 8,095 (3,672) 7,925 (3,595) 7,464 (3,386)

7,604 (3,449) 8,783 (3,984) 8,783 (3,984) 8,783 (3,984)

Backhoe Loading Height ft. (m)

2,600 (1,170) 3,400 (1,542) 3,400 (1,542) 3,400 (1,542) 3,400 (1,542)

9,506 (4,312) 9,833 (4,460) 11,450 (5,194) 11,463 (5,200)

9,014 (4,089) 10,076 (4,570) 10,076 (4,570) 10,225 (4,638) 10,225 (4,638) 11,375 (5,160)

5,179 (2,350) 5,830 (2,644) 7,935 (3,600) 13,603 (6,170) 14,498 (6,575) 14,498 (6,575) 13,730 (6,228) 16,387 (7,433) 16,387 (7,433) 12,095 (5,486)

14,454 (6,556) 15,212 (6,900) 14,109 (6,400) 14,212 (6,446) 14,109 (6,400) 12,169 (5,520)

10,485 (4,756) 12,291 (5,575) 12,291 (5,575) 12,291 (5,575)

Max Digging Depth ft. (m)

5.5 (1.7) 7.0 (2.1) 7.6 (2.3) 7.7 (2.3) 7.8 (2.4)

8.3 (2.5) 8.8 (2.7) 8.7 (2.7) 9.9 (3.0) 9.8 (3.0)

11.8 (3.6) 12.4 (3.8) 12.0 (3.66) 13.0 (4.0)

14.8 (4.5) 14.5 (4.4) 14.5 (4.4) 15.5 (4.7)

11.9 (3.6) 11.9 (3.6) 11.9 (3.6) 13.0 (4.0) 13.0 (4.0) 14.6 (4.5)

8.2 (2.5) 9.0 (2.7) 10.9 (3.3) 11.2 (3.4) 13.0 (4.0) 14.3 (4.4) 11.2 (3.4) 13.0 (4.0) 14.3 (4.4)

11.5 (3.5)

12.0 (3.67) 12.0 (3.67) 12.0 (3.67) 12.7 (3.87) 12.7 (3.87) 12.11 (3.69)

12.3 (3.74) 12.3 (3.74) 13.1 (3.99) 13.1 (3.99)

Travel Speed 4th Gear Fwd MPH (kmh) hydrostatic hydrostatic hydrostatic hydrostatic hydrostatic

24.3 (39.1) 24 (38.6) 23 (38.8) 24.2 (38.9)

14.3 (4.4) 14.3 (4.4) 14.3 (4.4) 15.4 (4.7) 15.4 (4.7) 17.3 (5.3)

8.3 (2.5) 10 (3.0) 12 (3.7) 14.6 (4.5) 16.3 (5.0) 17.6 (5.4) 14.6 (4.5) 16.3 (5.0) 17.6 (5.4)

14.4 (4.3)

14.4 (4.4) 14.4 (4.4) 14.4 (4.4) 15.3 (4.7) 15.3 (4.7) 15.0 (4.6)

14.8 (4.5) 14.8 (4.5) 15.11 (4.9) 15.11 (4.9)

25 (40.0) 25 (40.0) 25 (40.0) 27 (43.5) 27 (43.5) 25 (40.0)

7.0 (11.3) 17.4 (28.0) 12.5 (20.1) 22.5 (36.0) 22.5 (36.0) 22.5 (36.0) 16.9 (27.2) 16.9 (27.2) 16.9 (27.2

22.4 (36.0)

20 (32.2) 20 (32.2) 20 (32.2) 20 (32.2) 20 (32.2) 24 (39.2)

23.3 (37.5) 23.3 (37.5) 26.2 (42.1) 25.8 (41.6)

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Operating Weight lbs. (kg) 3,115 (1,406) 4,045 (1,834) 4,320 (1,960) 4,690 (2,127) 5,800 (2,631)

14,564 (6,606) 16,239 (7,366) 19,985 (9,065) 20,458 (9,280)

14,960 (6,786) 15,474 (7,019) 15,474 (7,019) 16,066 (7,287) 16,066 (7,287) 24,141 (10,950)

6,150 (2,790) 8,421 (3,820) 12,329 (5,592) 15,439 (7,003) 17,037 (7,728) 17,515 (7,945) 16,446 (7,462) 17,579 (7,973) 17,782 (8,066)

17,367 (8,000)

15,677 (7,111) 16,008 (7,261) 18,135 (8,226) 16,028 (7,270) 16,316 (7,401) 18,289 (8,296)

15,151 (6,887) 15,964 (7,241) 16,986 (7,721) 17,663 (8,029)

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