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June 24, 2015 • Vol. XXVII • No. 13 • 470 Maryland Drive • Ft. Washington, PA 19034 • 215-885-2900 • Toll Free 800-523-2200 • Fax 215-885-2910
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Skanska is a 50 percent funding partner with John Laing on I-4 Ultimate, as well as one of three contractors on the project.
FDOT Embarks on ‘Ultimate’ Project Crews in Orlando have begun work on a landmark project that will transform central Florida. I-4 Ultimate calls for rebuilding more than 20 mi. (32.1 km) of Interstate 4 from Kirkman Road in Orange County to State Road 434 in Seminole County. The expected cost to complete the design and construction is $2.32 billion. “I-4 was originally built in the late 1950s and early 1960s, so our infrastructure is aging,” said Loreen Bobo, P.E., Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT). “Many of the bridges have reached their design life, and we are unable to widen the bridges any further without doing a complete reconstruction. So, here we are, completely reconstructing 21 miles of the interstate that runs through the heart of Orlando. While we’re at it, we are going to add four lanes of capacity in the form of express lanes, two in each direction. Fifteen interchanges will be redesigned and reconstructed. Over 140 bridges will either be added, reconstructed or widened.” In February, FDOT broke ground on I-4 Ultimate, which was designed to change the way motorists commute in central Florida. The Project Development and Environmental (PDE) study was started in the late 1990s. “Design and ROW acquisition began in the early 2000s,” said Bobo. “Toward the late 2000s, the construction phases of the six design projects that made up this 21 miles were not funded. In 2011, FDOT decided to look at pursuing a public private partnership (P3) procurement. During the review, we performed an analysis to understand how long it would take to
By Cindy Riley
CEG CORRESPONDENT Thalle Plays Key Role in HHD Project…8
Taylor Corporation Applies Care on Oxford Job…12
see ULTIMATE page 32 Liebherr Announces Distribution Agreement…24
Table of Contents ................4
Big Money, Big Equipment at U.S. Appeals Work at South Carolina Gold Mine Court Favors
Truck & Trailer Section ........ ......................................39-42 By Eric Olson
CEG CORRESPONDENT
Attachment & Parts Section ......................................43-48 Recycling Section ........53-68 Business Calendar ............68 Auction Section ............88-94 Advertisers Index ..............96
The predominant image of gold miners in most people’s minds is probably one of old prospectors panning for the precious mineral in a river or stream — maybe in California or Alaska. They most certainly don’t think of state-ofthe-art, industrial-scale gold mining in, of all places, South Carolina. Yet that is exactly what is happening at a nearly 200-year-old mine near Kershaw, in Lancaster County about an hour northeast of
Columbia. Decades before the California Gold Rush in the 1840s, numerous working gold mines were operating in the Carolina Slate Belt. These mines eventually played out or became uneconomic. Now, thanks to new methods and technologies, the Haile Gold Mine (HGM) will get a second life. And one thing is for certain: HGM is decidedly not being manned by a bunch of prospectors with pans. see HAILE page 30
Subcontractors After the American Subcontractors Association told a U.S. appeals court that construction insureds ought to be able to rely on their liability insurance to protect themselves from property damage arising out of inadvertent and alleged construction defects, the appeals court agreed and reversed a district court ruling that threatened the coverage for which subcontractors pay substantial premiums. see SUBCONTRACTORS page 78