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Fast-Growing Frisco Expands Main Street to Six Lanes By Jennifer Rupp CEG CORRESPONDENT
Frisco’s expanding population is driving efforts to widen a section of Main Street from four to six lanes while improving storm drainage and a water line. The project spans approximately 3 mi. from FM 423 to Dallas Parkway. The city of Frisco project will coincide with the Brazos Electric project involving burying an electrical transmission line under Main Street from FM 423 to Legacy Drive. In September 2017, the Frisco City Council approved the $26.6 million capital project. “This project accelerates our ongoing efforts to get Frisco moving again,” said Mayor Jeff Cheney. “Both the city of Frisco and Brazos save time and money by pairing these construction projects together. We recognize, the construction zone may cause frustration; however, we know the reconstruction of Main Street is vital to easing traffic congestion, promoting drivers’ safety and managing our city’s future growth.” In 2000, the population in Frisco was 33,000. By 2016, it had grown to 163,000,
and by the year 2030, the city planning department estimates it could reach 370,000 residents. Before construction began in October 2017, Frisco Parks and Recreation relocated median trees to nearby Frisco parks, primarily Frisco Commons and Harold Bacchus Community Parks. “We’re going to do everything we can to preserve as many out here as we can,” said Brian Moen, assistant director of engineering services/transportation. “Once the road work is complete, we’ll put in new landscaping, which includes planting more trees.” Following tree relocation, crews dug a trench in the median to make way for the electric and water lines and followed with curb removal in preparation for roadway improvements. Street lighting will be impacted, too, during the construction project. While engineers will work to restore lighting when possible, it will be very challenging, noted Jason Brodigan, assistant director of engineering services.
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Army Corps Announces $5B for Texas Flood Control Projects HOUSTON (AP) The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has announced Texas will be getting nearly $5 billion to help build critical flood mitigation projects in the state, which is still recovering from Hurricane Harvey. The Corps also announced the federal government is awarding nearly $16 million to Texas for studies on projects
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Arca Continental to Board Approves Construction of $38.8M Build New $250M WTAMU On-Campus Football Stadium Plant in Houston Arca Continental, one of the world’s largest Coca-Cola bottlers, announced on May 30 that it will build a new production and distribution facility in Houston, Texas, through its subsidiary Coca-Cola Southwest Beverages (CCSWB). After a little over a year of becoming the first Latin American bottler to operate in the United States Coca-Cola system, the Monterrey, Mexico-based company announced that it will invest $250 million in a facility close to 1 million sq. ft. This will be the first Coca-Cola production plant built in the United States in a decade. “This significant investment confirms Arca Continental’s commitment for the sustainable value-creation in all the markets we serve and is a reflection of the confidence in our company’s ability to continue perfecting its performance, serving its customers with excellence and anticipating the needs of consumers,” stated Manuel L. Barragan Morales, chairman of the Board of Directors of Arca Continental. The new plant, scheduled to begin operating in early 2020, will have the latest technology, five new production lines, inline blow molding, as well as distribution facilities, warehouse and sales, which will enable CCSWB to efficiently serve the Southeast Texas market. This project will contribute close to $30 million in cost savings and operating efficiencies, as part of the $90 million synergy program. “The productivity, efficiency and sustainability that this new plant will bring to beverage production in the U.S. Coca-Cola system, confirms our company’s determination to improve its competitiveness, enhance service at the point of sale and expand our portfolio for the communities we serve in Texas, Oklahoma, some parts of Arkansas and New Mexico, always in a profitable and sustainable way,” said Francisco Garza Egloff, chief executive officer of Arca Continental. Mark Schortman, CEO of Coca-Cola Southwest Beverages, a subsidiary of Arca Continental, highlighted the long tradition of more than 100 years that the Coca-Cola brand has in Texas, a history during which the local bottler has maintained a close proximity to its communities and a strong commitment to the economic, social and environmental development of one of the most dynamic growth regions in the United States. Schortman added that during the construction of the new facility in Houston, the company will continue offering the highest-quality products and the best customer service as it has done until now. Through this initiative, Arca Continental advances in the integration process of best practices and the capturing of synergies in the CCSWB territories, updating the technology and market service platforms, as well as standardizing commercial models, focused on continuing to strengthen all areas for customers and consumers. For more information, visit arcacontal.com and cocacolaswb.com. (This story also can be found on Construction Equipment Guide’s website at www.constructionequipmentguide.com.)
West Texas A&M University’s proposed on-campus football stadium is one step closer to becoming a reality after The Texas A&M University System board of Regents approved its construction during the board’s regular meeting April 19 in Prairie View. The Board approved the construction with a project budget of $38,800,000 for construction services and related costs. Of the appropriated amount, $32,500,000 will come from a student-approved increase in athletic fees, and the remaining amount is covered through Revenue Financing System Debt Proceeds and interest income. Construction is expected to begin in May and set for completion in August 2019. The renaming of the project also was approved by the board. The project, originally named the Football and Soccer/Track Stadiums Project, is now known as the Football Stadium Project. The site for the new stadium was originally planned for the site of the current soccer/track stadium. The location has now been moved to an area east of the current soccer/track stadium, making it more readily accessible to campus right off Russell Long Boulevard, eliminating the relocation of the soccer/track stadium.
The new football stadium will be constructed on a north/south axis. The west side will include a multi-story building to house concourse-level suites, elevated club seating areas and a modern press box. From a grade-level entry to the stadium, the seating bowl will split into an upper level of preengineered metal grandstands and a lower level of cast-in- place concrete surrounding a below-grade artificial turf playing field. Natural grass berms on the north and south ends of the stadium will provide space for additional general admission seating. The north berms will be configured for hosting the University’s live mascot, Thunder XII, during games. A concourse will provide full circulation for patrons around the stadium, and concession/restroom buildings will be distributed for efficiency of access. A new building will provide locker rooms for the home team, visiting team and officials. The 8,500 stadium seats will be constructed in long arcs along the west and east sides with an estimated total capacity of 12,000 with overflow berm seating and standing room only space at the concourse level. The stadium will offer opportunities for future expansion of up to 14,000 permanent seats. A new video scoreboard
structure is planned for the north end zone and a ribbon board system along the front of the east and west upper decks. A landscaped entry plaza will be constructed along Russell Long Boulevard, creating an event area for use on football game days for tailgating and throughout the year for other activities. The board also approved authorization to negotiate a ground lease agreement with 2 B’s Hotels for the construction, operation and maintenance of a hotel on a three-acre tract of University land near the Holiday Inn off of 4th Avenue in Canyon. The hotel will offer up to 90 rooms as well as an oversized meeting room, indoor pool, hot tub, fitness room, guest laundry and business center. The project scope, budget and construction of an Energy Consumption Reduction Project also was approved by the board. The project is designed to reduce energy consumption in 31 buildings on the WTAMU campus for an annual energy cost savings of more than $800,000. (This story also can be found on Construction Equipment Guide’s website at www.constructionequipmentguide.com.)
TxDOT Announces $82M in Grants for Rural Public Transportation Projects The Texas Department of Transportation has announced $82 million in grants to fund public transportation providers in rural, small urban and large urban areas of Texas. Overall, these state and federal grants are designed to help pay for maintenance of vehicles and facilities; vehicle purchases and transit facility improvements; and regionally coordinated public transportation
planning efforts. Ultimately, these funds pay for resources that give Texans access to transportation so they can get to and from school, job training, health care appointments, businesses and recreational activities. The full listing of all June 2018 Public Transportation awards can be found at ftp.dot.state.tx.us/pub/txdot/cmd/. The public transportation funds
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Texans Can Expect Smooth Sailing Dallas’s Holocaust, Through Clear Lanes Initiative Project Human Rights By Jennifer Rupp CEG CORRESPONDENT
Closures of the HOV lanes will last the duration of the Southern Gateway Project. Upon project completion, the lanes will re-open as reversible non-tolled managed express lanes with new entrance and exit locations along I-35E and U.S. 67. The lanes will be available to both single occupancy and high occupancy vehicles. The project’s design and construction management, Pegasus Link Constructors, is comprised of two of the world’s largest, most experienced design-build firms: Fluor Enterprises Inc. and Balfour Beatty Inc. Their successful 15-
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I-35E in the Southern Gateway corridor of Dallas is the 17th most congested roadway segment in Texas, according to the Texas A&M Transportation Institute. An estimated 218,000 vehicles travel through the Southern Gateway corridor every day. The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT), in collaboration with Texas Clear Lanes Initiative, is reconstructing 11 mi. of interstate to improve safety and provide congestion relief. The Southern Gateway Project is a $666 million design-build construction project aimed to rebuild and widen Interstate I-35E south of downtown Dallas, as well as widen U.S. 67 between I-35E and I-20, and the I-35E/U.S. 67 split. In addition to addressing traffic congestion, the rebuild will support A rendering of the new museum. traffic operations, address roadway deficiencies and improve system Local survivors of the Holocaust and other genocides was linkage. TxDOT is the principal recognized at a special topping out ceremony on June 13th owner of the project, and Pegasus as construction of the new Dallas Holocaust and Human Link Constructors (PLC) of Dallas Rights Museum enters its final phase. is the design-build contractor. Scheduled to open in the summer of 2019, the new Construction began in early 2018 55,000-sq.-ft. facility will be unique among the nation’s 21 and is slated for completion in Holocaust-related museums with an expanded examination 2021. of the Holocaust featuring dozens of video testimonies from “This project, along with others Dallas area survivors, along with new, in-depth technologywe’re building across the state, are part of Governor Abbott’s directive Along the I-35E and U.S. 67 split, pointing northbound, crews are staging enriched exhibits on other genocides, human rights issues to the Transportation Commission material that will be used along the construction of the HOV lanes in the and American ideals. The topping out ceremony included a beam signing by to ease traffic jams in our major middle of the main-lanes. survivors, major donors and museum officials, followed by a metropolitan areas,” said Texas Transportation Commission Chairman J. 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Road Resurfacing Simplified Critical Data Collected at Highway Speed By Jeff Winke SPECIAL TO CEG
Cruising at normal highways speeds, the 3-D surface scanning can cover miles of road in a short time.
Traditionally, highway resurfacing projects have been a challenge, not only for the contractor, but the inconvenienced community through which the road passes. To collect the project data needed to perform the resurface, typically required lane closures and a team of surveyors collecting data points from along the side of the road with diverted traffic whizzing past. It was a slow, cumbersome and dangerous process, that affected the daily commuter flow and affected the contractor’s project timeline. But things are better. Designed to work at the speed of highway traffic, the Topcon SmoothRide resurfacing system is intended to safely assist road resurfacing contractors without the need for road or lane closures. The system is fully automated with GNSS and sonic tracker control. It is designed to deliver accurate thickness boundaries while maintaining projected yield. It eliminates the need for survey strings, averaging skis and lasers. “In most situations, it’s inconvenient or impossible, to shut down a road and map its surface using traditional point-to-point surveying methods,” says Murray Lodge, senior vice president and general manager of the Topcon Positioning Group Construction Business Unit. “We’ve developed a way to scan roads at highway speeds with no need for lane closures, crash trucks, escorts or any other typical road survey collection obstacles. With the new RD-M1 scanning unit, the system maps the existing surface elevations — with many more points captured versus what can be expected with traditional tools — providing more accurate data needed to confidently estimate materials, as well as form the basis of the final design surface.” The SmoothRide system uses a Topcon RD-M1 (Realistic Dimension - Mapping One) Road Resurfacing Scanner that is attached to a vehicle, typically a pick-up truck. The downward facing laser scanner connects to a standard tow hitch or the front of any vehicle with standard tow hooks. With using standard tow hitches and hooks, the scanner is designed to be easy to remove and adapt to any vehicle, thus eliminating the need to have a dedicated vehicle to operate the RD-M1. The unit is designed to collect millions of points at scan rates of up to 100 times per second. Cruising at normal highway speeds, the 3-
D surface scanning can cover miles of road in a short time. The collected data is automatically timestamped and stored for the next step of data management and point cloud generation. The mounted scanner captures millions of data points that are collected safely from the cab of the truck or car. Topcon points out that the driver can begin a road-surface surveying session by simply clicking the start button on their laptop computer and go. The RD-M1 employs Collect 2.0 graphical collection software, which features an interface status bar that indicates the optimum speed for collecting road information based on the project requirements. Capturing road details at proper speed helps enable SmoothRide to deliver the best possible results. “I like that we can collect accurate topos while driving 50 miles per hour,” stated Chris Smithson, project manager of Big Creek Construction, Lorena, Texas. “We used it recently on a 3.5-mile section of Ranch Road 2838 in Mexai, Texas, where we were able to give the state more accurate cross sections and dirt quantities on the twolane road and shoulders project we worked on. It saved us time and money.” Knowing the surface details in advance allows the contractor to successfully plan for an accurate material calculation, which can help with knowing how much asphalt or milling will be required for the project. SmoothRide is considered to be especially appropriate for mainline paving or milling projects requiring long sections of road that
needs resurfacing. A feature called Memos is designed to allow operators to create balloons with messages on the map. The collected data also can be made visible in the processing software — enabling specific site conditions to be noted for future reference. A Manage Runs feature is designed to enable operation without necessitating an internet connection. The software display’s large buttons are intended to make using a tablet or laptop with touch screen easier. Operators can copy data collections to a USB drive, delete them from the hard drive, and add or remove them from the manager. The RD-M1 Collect 2.0 software has a Plan Route feature that allows for the import of kml files of predetermined routes, designed to help ensure that nothing is missed during the data collection run. “Using the map downloader, operators can be assured of having all map details visible while collecting data, without the need of an internet connection. Additionally, overlapping locations can be managed by creating areas where predefined overlaps are required for the project,” said Maas. “The detailed road surface scanning can be used to create and manage large point cloud information with our intuitive ‘Mobile Master Office’ software. The data can then be seamlessly transferred into MAGNET Office software’s ‘Resurfacing’ module to bring out the full array of software features needed to meet smoothness and cross slope requirements, while adhering to any minimum or maximum thickness specified for the job.”
The SmoothRide system can assist contractors with variable depth milling and achieve uniform thickness in paving. The system is said to eliminate the time and costs of survey work and to benefit bid and spec jobs in advance by providing more accurate surface data. “We use the 3D scanner part of SmoothRide as a survey tool to safely collect the data we need and eliminate hours of cross-section measurements,” said John Dowalter, survey and machine control manager of Shelly and Sands, Zanesville, Ohio. “The system’s RD-M1 Scanner is great for capturing bridge approaches that sometimes have a big skew leading up to the bridge surface. That feature helped tremendously on a recent resurfacing section of I-71 between Columbus and Cleveland, which has a number of bridges that could have occupied hours of time for my crew.” In summary, the Topcon SmoothRide system is designed to offer 3D scanning collected while driving the jobsite road, which is said to replace hours of surveyor-obtained cross-section measurements. The system’s software is designed to deliver confidence throughout the paving and milling process by providing the key data needed to complete the job accurately to spec. As Topcon would phrase it, this resurfacing roadwork system fits squarely in the intersection of infrastructure and technology. (This story also can be found on Construction Equipment Guide’s website at www.constructionequipmentguide.com.)
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