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At its junction with the interstate, Parmer Lane experiences 111,000 vehicles every day, some 64,000 of them west of the I-35 intersection, another 47,000 east of it.
DDI Will Be Erected on Interstate 35 Officials ceremonially shoveled dirt in Austin last July to launch the latest rendition of an interchange design called a “diverging diamond intersection.” Commonly referred to as a DDI, the design is a relatively new wrinkle in highway architecture. It continues to find favor in the United States for the simple reason that it moves traffic safely. The design is being employed in Austin to ease traffic through a chokepoint on Interstate 35 where it angles north-south through the Texas capital and intersects with Parmer Lane. The local road otherwise is known as farmto-market Highway 734. It’s a busy
road. At its junction with the interstate, Parmer Lane experiences 111,000 vehicles every day, some 64,000 of them west of the I-35 intersection, another 47,000 east of it. Meanwhile, 182,000 vehicles pass below the Parmer Lane overpass every 24 hours, filling the interstate’s three lanes in each direction. While most of the I-35 traffic rolls on by, some of it exits onto Parmer Lane. Hundreds of other drivers make a left turn from Parmer Lane in the course of a day and drop down onto the interstate. The result of all this is lots of idling engines as drivers wait to turn left onto Parmer or to cross the overpass and
turn left onto the interstate. All this leftturning adds up to congestion and highrisk movement. A National Highway Traffic Safety Administration a decade ago statistically showed that left-hand turns are 20 times more dangerous than right-hand turns. And high-traffic intersections like Parmer Lane and I-35 can only get worse. Boom Town Some cautionary statistics: Austin constitutes the 11th-largest urban population in the United States with an estimated one million people. It’s been designated the fastest-growing large see DDI page 20
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Monk JCB Will Relocate to Bigger Facility in Houston In what could be the heavy equipment industry’s equivalent to music’s British invasion of the ‘60s, JCB is poised to add significant new dealerships to the company’s distribution network in Texas and beyond. Monk JCB, which opened last year in a modest 6,000 sq. ft. building near George Bush Intercontinental Airport, will soon relocate to a 13,000 sq. ft. facility on 11 acres, centrally located on I-45 North near Beltway 8 North, one of metro Houston’s busiest highways. Plans are under way for a new sales and service facility in the DFW metroplex, as well. Bryan Monk, the Houston area dealership’s owner/principal is a seasoned equipment executive, having served in multiple executive positions with equipment companies in the Houston area, including previously as the CEO of the Case dealer. Monk said the planned new sales and service facilities are part of JCB’s renewed focus on the U.S. market. “With a new parts distribution center, a manufacturing facility in Savannah, Ga., and significant new contracts with the United States military, I felt that JCB was the right organization to partner with when I decided to open an equipment dealership in Houston,” said Monk.
(L-R): Rich Day, parts & service director; Randy Chapman, parts & service salesman; Mike DeJesus, shop tech; Bryan Monk, dealer principal; Renee Young, office administrator; Todd Jordan, equipment salesman. Not pictured: Travis Monk, uptime manager; Luis Hernandez, shop tech; Carlos Sepeda, field tech.
An artist rendering of what the facility will look like upon completion.
Bryan Monk, dealer/principal of Monk JCB, said he wants a renewed focus on the United States market.
Monk caught the entrepreneurial bug after his long career in the industry, which included a stint with Waste Management Inc. where he oversaw a $120 million budget as director of heavy equipment. Monk said that the JCB brand kept popping up on his radar screen in his previous positions. As a customer of the JCB line at one of his previous companies, he began noticing that
“people were renting and ultimately buying them in increasing numbers.” After doing his due diligence, Monk said he learned that one of every two backhoe loaders sold globally was made by JCB. While locally owned and operated, Monk JCB is an example of a new dealer partnership program embraced by the manufacturer. “With the backing of JCB, we’ll have the tooling, equipment and facilities to compete
successfully in this market,” said Monk. “Coupling JCB’s support with our experience will be a winning combination.” With their impressive new facility centrally located to all of the Houston area, he said they’ll focus on the small to mid-size contractor, but are anxious to work with equipment buyers of all sizes. “I’ve been on both sides of the desk, both as a customer and supplier,” said Monk. “We are in a unique position of service to local contractors. There are very few dealers in Houston where a buyer can walk in and speak with the owner, but that will always be the case at Monk JCB.” About Monk JCB Monk JCB provides innovative, strong and high-performing products and solutions to meet its customers’ needs. It supports its products by providing superior customer care and aims for that care to extend to the environment and to the community, accord-
ing to the company. Its primary equipment line is JCB, which it sells and services in the greater Houston area. About JCB JCB is the world’s largest privatelyowned manufacturer of construction, agricultural and defense equipment. From its North American headquarters in Savannah, Ga., and at 21 other manufacturing facilities in the United Kingdom, China, India and Brazil, JCB manufactures a range of more than 300 products for customers in 150 countries. JCB products include Loadall telescopic handlers, backhoe loaders, excavators, wheel loaders, compact excavators, skid steer loaders, compact track loaders, Access aerial work platforms, rough terrain forklifts, and Fastrac tractors. For more information, visit www.jcb.com. While JCB enjoys a global market presence, it is still family owned. CEG
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Kaufman County Delivers for Ever-Growing Population The 1960 census reported that just under 30,000 people lived in Kaufman County. Since then, each subsequent count has increased. The last, in 2010, reported the population at a little more than 103,000 residents. Then, an estimate in 2018 had the total at more than 128,000 people. “We expect the 2020 census to put us at around 150,000,” said Terry Barber, commissioner of Precinct 3. “Kaufman is the fourthfastest growing county in the nation. People are moving away from the metro areas and buying land to build houses here. With that comes additional infrastructure needs.” Kaufman County is divided into four precincts, with each taking care of its own constituents. Encompassing approximately 40-sq. mi., Precinct 3 has nearly 200 mi. of various types of roadways. “As with other precincts, our personnel are responsible for a wide variety of tasks that serve the general public,” said County Supervisor Aaron Conway. “That includes replacing old culverts and installing new; ditch cleaning and maintaining gravel and chip seal roads, as well as bridges.” Precinct 3 handles most of the work with a crew of around 15 people who take care of everything from pothole repair to running heavy equipment that’s used to blade and compact roadways. “We take a very customer-service-oriented
(L-R): Kaufman County Commissioner Terry Barber and Supervisor Aaron Conway call on Kirby-Smith Machinery Governmental Sales Representative Dan Thompson for equipment sales, rental and service.
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view, and that includes giving taxpayers the best bang for their buck,” said Barber. “If we can perform a job ourselves, we do. Very little work is done by outside contractors, which ultimately saves money.” Barber and Conway said the savings can be used to purchase and rent more efficient equipment to get jobs done faster and more productively, as well as add staff to operate the machinery and perform other duties. “With population expansion comes a never-ending list of projects,” said Conway. “If we have equipment that allows us to complete them faster, then wait times are reduced. That tends to make everyone happier.” Better ‘Feel’ With Motorgrader One of the precinct’s recent purchases included a Komatsu GD655-6 motorgrader that crews use to blade up and smooth out gravel roads, as well as spread rock. Operator Daniel Brown said the independent controls and steering wheel deliver an improved “feel.” “It’s better than the joystick controls in the grader we had before,” said Brown. “I really like the performance, and one of the best contributing factors to that is the visibility. There is a lot of glass all the way around. I can see almost directly under the blade with little to no effort. The backup camera is
there if I need it, and the mirrors are positioned really well.” Wider, heavier Hamm rollers save time Kaufman County Precinct 3 added the Komatsu grader shortly after purchasing Hamm H 12i padfoot and smooth drum vibratory rollers for compaction. Each has an operating weight of more than 25,800 lbs. and drum widths of 8.43 ft., along with leveling blades. “They are wider and heavier, so they pack a lot better than our previous competitive brands,” said Operator Ray Elmore. “That’s saving us time. The operator comfort is good, too. These are sizeable rollers, but the ride is smooth.” Lead Man Buddy Stevens added, “the bulk of compaction is done with the padfoot and then the smooth drum comes behind and finishes. They have several speeds for vibration, so we can adjust to the road and conditions. All-in-all, they get jobs done quicker.” ‘Kirby-Smith Epitomizes What We Seek’ All machines were acquired from Kirby-Smith Machinery and Governmental Sales Representative Dan Thompson. “They put together a good equipment and pricing package on the rollers and followed it up with the grader,” said see KAUFMAN page 18
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Tellurian Pipeline Network Part of $7 Billion Investment “Of critical importance to the Permian Basin, all of Texas and Louisiana and globally, PGAP will facilitate the reduction of venting and flaring of natural gas and will continue to foster the displacement of burning fuel oil and coal for fuel via fuel switching to natural gas.” Tellurian Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Filing
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The project is part of Tellurian’s proposed Tellurian Pipeline Network that represents a $7.0 billion investment in U.S. infrastructure, and the creation of approximately 15,000 jobs in Texas and Louisiana. Its preliminary route takes it through the northeastern tip of Robertson County and completely across Leon County from west to east. “It's going to be helpful for each of those counties,” Dana Altimore, president of Hearne Chamber of Commerce told local KBTX-TV. “It should be because those people are going to spend some time in those counties and therefore they’ll spend their money in those counties so I think it will be an economic boost.” Project representatives said that the pipeline would be almost entirely underground except for six places. They’ve started notifying stakeholders about the proposed route and say they will address any concerns they have. There is no deadline yet for a final route. The project currently is in the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) application phase. Tellurian asked FERC to review its proposed pipeline following an oversubscribed open season for the 625-mile natural gas project. Tellurian emphasized the economic and environmental benefits it would have. “Of critical importance to the Permian Basin, all of Texas and Louisiana and globally, PGAP will facilitate the reduction of venting and flaring of natural gas and will continue to foster the displacement of burning fuel oil and coal for fuel via fuel switching to natural gas,” the filing said. Construction could start as early as 2022 and be ready to operate in 2023.
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Brand New Digs: Vermeer and Bobcat Equipment Host
The new location in Victoria will feature both the Vermeer and Bobcat lines of equipment.
Vermeer Texas-Louisiana, the authorized dealer for Vermeer construction equipment in Texas and Compact Construction Equipment, the authorized Bobcat dealer in south, central and west Texas, celebrated the grand opening of their new Victoria facility on Jan. 23. Attendees were invited to tour the facility, check out the newest equipment from Vermeer
and Bobcat, enjoy a fajita dinner and register for prizes. Factory representatives from Vermeer Corporation, Bobcat Company, Digital Control, Virnig Attachments and Belltec Industries were on hand to answer customer questions and demonstrate their products. Members of the Victoria Chamber of Commerce attended to host an official ribbon cutting.
Victoria Branch Operations Manager Will Joost (2nd from left) was joined by (L-R) Monica Joost, Dustin Metting, Bob Joost and Julie Flessner to help celebrate the new branch's opening.
Justin Harper, regional manager for Compact Construction Equipment, which owns Bobcat dealerships throughout Texas, along with Jeff Yates. Yates is with Belltec, a manufacturer of auger and drill attachments.
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Event to Celebrate New Facility Opening in Victoria
Barbara and Chad Earl of Victoria, cherry ranchers from Edna, were on hand at the Victoria open house. Chad is interested in adding Bobcat skid-steers to the ranch’s equipment fleet. Vermeer Texas-Louisiana Gulf Coast GM Mark Foulon (L) and sales rep. Kurt Spoor with the Vermeer BC-1000XL chipper at the Vermeer open house in Victoria. Manuel (L) and Alex Padilla of Vics Plumbing said they could really put the Vermeer CTX100 mini skid steer to use in the plumbing business. The CTX100 on display was equipped with a log grapple.
(L-R): Tyler Lafour of Victoria contractor Harrison and Son, Clayton Heldt of SCT Building Systems and Coastal Landscape, Bobcat customer Brian Wilborn and Jack Daniels of Brannan Paving.
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Located on more than 2.5 acres on Highway 59 in Victoria, the 7,200 sq. ft. facility was recently remodeled to fit the business. The branch stocks both brands of equipment for sale or rental and carries a wide selection of parts. The service department is able to repair equipment in the shop or in the field. “We are excited to be a part of the Victoria community and look forward to supporting your equipment needs,” said Brian Harris, chief operating officer of the Southern Region. “We would like to thank everyone who made the effort to come out to our Grand Opening event.”
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Project List Continues to Grow for Construction Crew
Operator Daniel Brown preps a road for chip sealing with Kaufman County’s new GD655-6 motorgrader. KAUFMAN from page 6
Foreman Micky Porter. “The after-sales service has been phenomenal. Dan comes out and checks on us frequently to ensure we are happy with the machines and that they are performing as expected.” Conway added, “When we look around for people who we want to do business with, Kirby-Smith epitomizes
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New Intersection Will Be Only One of a Few in Country DDI from page 1
city in the country, adding some 200,000 residents just since 2010. Of the 8 million vehicles registered in Texas, Parmer Lane commuters see their fair share every day. “As our population continues to grow, highway congestion is only going to get worse,” says Tucker Ferguson, TxDOT Austin district engineer. “Innovative intersection designs, like the DDI at Parmer Lane, provide significant travel time benefits with limited construction interruption at a relatively low cost.” The project carries a $24 million price tag, only a small portion of which will be spent on the overpass structure itself. Rather, the bulk of funding will create new roadbed and pavement for Parmer Lane traffic as well as build parallel bypass lanes running alongside I-35. General contractor James Construction Group began the project last August by first dozing dirt for those bypass lanes. The northbound bypass — technically termed a collector-distributor road — is only being reconstructed, but the identical roadway for southbound traffic is new construction. The two lanes will help reduce traffic at the intersection by letting exiting interstate travelers pass under the overpass and merge with motorists on a frontage road on the other side. In other words, they won’t have to stop for a traffic light at the top of the off ramp. Besides improving the flow of moving vehicles, the collector-distributor roadways also enhance safety by separating high-speed interstate travelers from drivers slowing down to exit the roadway. The more interesting work will be topside on Parmer Lane where the roadway’s traditional 90-degree encounter with the bridge overpass is being altered. Roadways on either side of the bridge soon will approach at an acute angle. Each set of lanes will angle
The bulk of funding will create new roadbed and pavement for Parmer Lane traffic as well as build parallel bypass lanes running alongside I-35.
across the bridge and take over the structure’s left side. After crossing over, vehicles in the inner lane will flow seamlessly and without oncoming traffic into a left turn leading to the interstate and vehicles in the outer lane will shift back over to the right side and continue ahead. Stoplights will be synchronized so that traffic on one end of the bridge is in motion while traffic across the bridge awaits its turn. Though the resulting weaving pattern of lanes sounds tricky, it has proven intuitive and safe for drivers. It has dramatically reduced or eliminated traffic accidents associated with left turns. The first DDI constructed in the United States — in Springfield, Mo., in 2009 — lessened congestion and delivered 46 percent fewer accidents. Subsequent DDI installations have done the same. Earthmoving to create roadbeds for the new angled crossovers constitutes most of the early-stage heavy equipment work at Parmer Lane. The bridge eventually will be
widened at each corner to allow for the new turning radiuses incorporated into the DDI model, but the structure otherwise will not be changed. A Popular Solution Since construction of the first DDI in 2009, 111 more DDI intersections have been built in the United States. Only a dozen exist elsewhere in the world, including two pioneering ones in France that were built in the 1970s. The I-35 at Parmer Lane DDI is one of five such intersections planned or under construction in Texas. It’s funded by a Texas Department of Transportation funding initiative and by the federally mandated Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization. Expectations of success are high. An analysis of the DDI prior to the start of construction on Parmer Lane predicted that drivers will be happy with the new traffic pattern. The analysts looked ahead 20 years and determined what traffic at the intersection would look like — with the new configura-
tion and without it. Their conclusion: Due to the DDI, drivers in peak traffic hours in 2040 will be 97 percent less likely to sit through multiple stoplight cycles at the intersection. “The I-35 at Parmer Lane project is part of the Texas Clear Lanes relief initiative, which is designed to remedy congestion at some of our biggest choke points around the state,” says J. Bruce Bugg Jr., chairman of the Texas Transportation Commission. A 2017 American Transportation Research Institute study highlights the bottleneck character of the Austin segment of the interstate. In the national study, truckers who were polled declared the I-35 portion in Austin was the 28th worst bottleneck in the country, with one section of the roadway typically traffic-clogged six hours a day. No one can blame the truckers for the congestion either. Long-haul trucks typically make up a miniscule portion of the interstate traffic, according to a Texas A&M study. Only 14 percent of I-35 traffic in 2015 was found to be through-traffic, entering the city and leaving it without entering a city street. Of that volume, just one percent consisted of big rigs. All of which means that 86 percent of the interstate traffic in Austin is local drivers going from Point A to Point B within the city. The interstate is just another cross-town freeway. So far, DDI construction activity at the intersection has minimally disrupted daily traffic. “There have as yet been no permanent lane closures, only occasional, temporary closures to complete some work,” says DOT public information officer Bradley Wheelis. Which means the worse is yet to come but, ultimately, so is the best. At the six-month mark, the project has not experienced any design hiccups, according to Wheelis. It’s on schedule for completion in another 18 months.
J&B Pavelka Moving to a New Facility J&B Pavelka is scheduled to open its newest facility in March 2020. The company, founded in 1997, currently has two locations in Robstown and Houston Texas, but is slated to move one of its facilities into a much larger building (3205 Hwy 44 E. Robstown), currently with a 2,400 sq. ft. shop with 3 ½ acres moving to a shop with 20,5000 sq. ft. and 6 ½ acres. “The company has been growing rapidly and we are in need of a larger facility for our inventory and the implementation of truck rigging and also trailer modification and repair,” said Benji Pavelka, owner of J&B Pavelka. “J&B Pavelka will be adding several new features in the future. Some of these features are laser alignments for truck, trailers and heavy haul jeeps and dolly’s, DOT Inspection station and the ability to
load test trailers. Our service & parts department will be getting a much larger shop to help out with demand.” The South Texas pre-owned truck, and new and pre-owned trailer dealer specializes in custom trailer designs and a variety of trailers from flatbed, drop deck, aggregate and heavy haul. It also stocks a variety of pre-owned trucks of any make and type. It is a one-stop shop for buying and servicing equipment. It specializes in fabrication as well. The company is a trailer dealer distributor for Aspen, AirTow, Doonan, Dorsey, Eager Beaver, Globe, Hicks, Falcon, Holden, Magnolia, Manac/CPS, Superior S3, Talbert, Viking, and Wilson trailers. They stock trailers of all types: heavy haul J&B Pavelka owner, Benji Pavelka, said the move to (Jeeps and Stingers), oil field, aggregate, lowboys, hydraulic a larger facility will help implement truck rigging detach, end dumps, bottom dumps, hoppers and tankers. and tailer modification.
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A county crew member performs finish compaction with a Hamm GRW 180i pneumatic tire roller that Kaufman County rented from Kirby-Smith Machinery. KAUFMAN from page 18
Continued Population Growth Conway said the new equipment makes the precinct’s already outstanding staff even better. “They are a phenomenal group,” he stated. “They know what needs to be done and get after it. They make my job easy; I enjoy working with them.” Conway and Barber both said an increase in staffing could be in the cards, noting it may be essential with Kaufman County’s growth. “We have to be prepared for that,” said Barber. “Our numbers have increased during the past few years to accommodate the expanding population. We expect that will continue to be the case for the foreseeable future."
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[This article originally appeared in the Kirby-Smith Connection magazine which is produced by Construction Publications Inc.]
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