Utah 20 September 29, 2019

State Supplement sponsored by:

UTAH STATE EDITION

A Supplement to:

SHIP WITHIN 48 HOURS SAME DAY PARTS AVAILABILITY

®

24 HOUR TECHNICAL SUPPORT

September 29 2019

BACKED BY A 75 YEAR BUSINESS Thousands in Service!

Vol. III • No. 20

“The Nation’s Best Read Construction Newspaper… Founded in 1957.”

Affordable Price. Premium Service.

CALL 800-367-4937

Your Utah Connection – Debbie Hansen – 1-702-239-0348 – dhansen@cegltd.com

*On approved credit • Financing Available

Wheeler, CHOICE Partner to Build Center in Ecuador

In August 2019, a group of Wheeler Machinery Co., Salt Lake City, Utah, employees journeyed to Ecuador to serve the people of the Intag region located in the Andean mountains.

In August 2019, a group of Wheeler Machinery Co., Salt Lake City, Utah, employees journeyed to Ecuador to serve the people of the Intag region located in the Andean mountains. During the week-long expedition, the Wheeler team worked alongside villagers on the construction of a vocational center, Inta Kara. A multi-year project with three buildings planned, Wheeler’s funds and labor helped accelerate Inta Kara’s construction. Concrete was mixed, transported and poured to form columns and floors, drainage systems were

buried and soil leveled.

Eighty-four percent of Intag’s population lives at or below the poverty line and only 5 percent of youth have access to higher education. These factors led CHOICE, its in-country Ecuador team and local community leaders to formulate the concept of establishing a vocational center. Corporate partnerships such as the one between CHOICE and Wheeler are key to take Inta Kara from conception to completion by providing funding and the intermittent infusee ECUADOR page 4

Insulated Concrete Forms Used for Building Utah School

By Lori Tobias CEG CORRESPONDENT

When junior high students in Roy, Utah, start school next year, they won’t only be attending a brand new school, they’ll be attending the first school of its kind in the state.

The school is being constructed of insulated concrete forms (ICF), a building block that comes with all sorts of advantages, said Mike Schwab, regional sales manager for Fox Blocks.

“I always tell people I’ve taken buildings, done comparisons side by side with concrete blocks and we have found the energy bill is at least 40 percent less and there are cases

Service

where it’s been as high 60 percent savings on energy. Energy is by far the biggest ticket of why schools are switching to this. If it wasn’t working we wouldn’t be getting repeat work.

They do a few other things too. They provide an air barrier, vapor barrier, give you a much more insulated building and in a lot of cases, cut costs. They also speed up construction.

One of the reasons this school here switched to it is they are trying to shorten the building schedule. In 90 percent of the cases we can build faster.

“And because they are conducive to any number of exterior finishes, they look like any other building,” Schwab said. “That is, until you walk inside

and close the door, they’re so quiet.”

The blocks are manufactured in molds, then shipped to the job site.

Most blocks are 4 ft. long by 16 in. tall. There is a foam panel 2-5/8 in. thick on each side of the block. The amount of space between the foam panels can be decided by the engineer. The foam panels are held with plastic ties every 8 in.

“What you do then is you take these four foot long blocks, stack them end to end, then lay rebar inside horizontally. Then we stack a second course, and we keep repeating that until you get to the height where we want to pour concrete. The next day, see IFC page 3

Mike SchwabP hoto

The blocks are manufactured in molds, then shipped to the job site. Most blocks are 4 ft. long by 16 in. tall.

Specializing in New, Used & Rebuilt Replacement Parts

• Undercarriage Parts • Field Service • Equipment Sales • Attachments • Full Service Shop • Hydraulic Cylinder Repair • New and Used Parts • Track Repair • Teeth & Edges We Buy Salvage Equipment Alternative to the dealer for all makes & models

Utah Track & Welding Service & Sales

801-972-8939

6382 West 2100 South, Salt Lake City, Utah 84128 • www.utahtrackandwelding.com • sam@utahtrackandwelding.com

Sales

Page 2 • September 29, 2019 • www.constructionequipmentguide.com • Utah State Supplement • Construction Equipment Guide

UTTAH AH

Salt Lake City 801-972-3660

Myton 435-216-7777

St. George 435-986-1000

NEV VADA ADA

Las Vegas 702-399-1004

Elko 775-753-7557

Reno 775-356-1334

WYOMING

Casper 307-223-4660

Gillette 307-682-1445

Rock Springs 307-686-1300

Winnemucca 775-753-7557

Construction Equipment Guide • Utah State Supplement • www.constructionequipmentguide.com • September 29, 2019 • Page 3

NO HA HASSLES SS ES. NO H HIDDE IDDEN COSTS O S. NO O KIDDIN KID NG.

UTAH SALT LT LAKE L CITY Y 4343 Century Dr. Salt Lake City, UTT 84123 Phone: 801-262-5761 Fax: 801-262-5780

SPRINGVILLE 1350 South 2000 West Springville, UT 84663 Phone: 801-794-1463 Fax: 801-794-1414

LOGAN 453 North 1000 West Logan, UT 84321 Phone: 435-752-1533 Fax: 435-752-5722

All rights reserved. CASE is a trademark registered in the United States and many other countries, owned by or licensed to CNH Industrial N.V., its subsidiaries bsidiaries or affiliates.

New Method Saves Money Mike SchwabP hoto

Next year, junior high students in Roy, Utah, will begin the school year in the firstof-its-kind school in the state, built with insulated concrete forms.

IFC from page 1

we stack another 10 or 12 feet. If I’ve got a 30 foot tall wall it will be done in three pours.

We put braces on to keep the walls nice and straight. The ties that hold the panels double as a fastener so when you are done you can attach drywall by screwing into plastic ties that we have on 8 inch centers. You get concrete form insulation and built-in furring strips all in one move. By switching to ICF, they saw $1.2 million savings. You’re building for less, knocking out so many trades and other materials in one shot.”

ICFs are not new, but have been around since the 1950s. At one point, there were as many as 50 companies manufacturing the blocks, Schwab said. Today, there are about 15 working with the product that has evolved over the decade.

“Kentucky has been building schools out of these for well over 20 years,” Schwab said. “I read an article in the ICF builder magazine and it seems to me the savings over 15 to 20 years is $11 million.”

“The blocks also are popular with do-it-yourselfers in the residential sector,” he said.  CEG

CED DAR CITY 4822 North N Main Street Ceddar City, UT 84720 Phoone: 435-586-4406 Faxx: 435-586-2362 Email: del.maxedon@centuryeq.com

Page 4 • September 29, 2019 • www.constructionequipmentguide.com • Utah State Supplement • Construction Equipment Guide

Innovative Building Will Serve More Than 1,500 Families

During the week-long expedition, the Wheeler team worked alongside villagers on the construction of a vocational center, Inta Kara.

Once complete, this innovative vocational training center will serve more than 1,500 families and provide many people with the opportunity to gain a nationally recognized certification in masonry, welding, carpentry and other specialties.

ECUADOR from page 1

sion of labor during its years-long creation.

Once complete, this innovative vocational training center will serve more than 1,500 families and provide many people with the opportunity to gain a nationally recognized certification in masonry, welding, carpentry and other specialties. The first of its kind in the area, the center will bring customized training solutions to these rural communities and create economic opportunities to break the cycle of poverty. Additionally, the center will serve as a hub for agricultural production and training to address food insecurity in Intag.

Dennys Flores, a 20-year-old whose family processes sugarcane said, “I want to thank everyone from the bottom of my heart for all of the help you have offered for the construction of the Inta Kara Center. This is a worthwhile project that will benefit many people and will allow them to continue studying and have a profession that will benefit society.”

Two of Wheeler’s Guiding Principles are stewardship and service, and the company offers employees the opportunity to contribute their time and money to honor these principles by putting them into action. Employees are encouraged to participate in payroll contributions which Wheeler matches two to one and paid time off is available for employees wishing to perform hands-on volunteer work. In addition to CHOICE Humanitarian, Wheeler works with several other charitable organizations.

To learn more visit www.wheelercat.com/ecuador.

About Wheeler Machinery Co. Wheeler Machinery Co., headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah, is a locally owned and operated Caterpillar and construction equipment dealer. Wheeler serves the industries of construction, mining, quarry and aggregate, agriculture, oil and gas and more. Providing repair and maintenance services, parts, rental, financing, consulting and training, Wheeler

is a full-service provider for its customers. For more informatoin visit www.wheelercat.com About CHOICE Humanitarian The Center for Humanitarian Outreach and Inter-Cultural Exchange is a strategic non-governmental agency that connects motivated villages to resources and tools to provide the opportunity needed to change villagers’ lives. By building skills, capacities and leadership, entire communities can break the cycle of poverty and attain a quality of life that offers opportunities in education, healthcare, economic development and healthy living conditions while upholding sustainable human habitat. For more informatoin visit www.choicehumanitarian.org.  CEG

Corporate partnerships such as the one between CHOICE and Wheeler are key to take Inta Kara from conception to completion by providing funding and the intermittent infusion of labor during its years-long creation.

Concrete was mixed, transported and poured to form columns and floors, drainage systems were buried and soil leveled.

Construction Equipment Guide • Utah State Supplement • www.constructionequipmentguide.com • September 29, 2019 • Page 5

Page 6 • September 29, 2019 • www.constructionequipmentguide.com • Utah State Supplement • Construction Equipment Guide

DOTs Toss Aside Massive Snowfalls, Keep Roads Open

By Eric Olson CEG CORRESPONDENT

The job of getting heavy snow off the roads and freeways of western mountain states is an expensive, but essential process.

While many operators of snowplows, spreaders, blowers and other equipment work seasonally, for the professionals in charge of maintaining that equipment, it’s a year-round job.

That is particularly true in places like the Sierra Nevada Range in California and Utah’s Wasatch Range, where snowfalls are sometimes measured in double-digit feet, rather than inches.

In the warmer months, maintenance experts work to get their snow-removal machines back to the fit-and-fiddle shape they were before winter. That’s also the time to shop for new and replacement equipment, before leaving time to get them properly dressed for the upcoming snow season.

“We never stop preparing for the next season,” confirmed Greg DeAlba Jr., the Donner Pass Area superintendent for Caltrans in California’s Sierra Nevada Range, an area known for notoriously high amounts of snow each winter. “At the close of each season every piece of our equipment is gone through, plows are taken off and seasonal bed changes are made.

Our equipment shop works throughout the year on preparing equipment for the next season.”

Both California and Utah have two things in common: massive snow totals in the high passes; and Interstate 80, an important route which passes through rugged mountain gaps in each state.

California’s Notorious Donner Pass There are many reasons to keep I-80 open — no matter the conditions. The road is important for truckers moving freight to all points between San Francisco and New York. In addition, the freeway also brings Golden State snowsport enthusiasts to the popular resort areas around Lake Tahoe.

Caltrans’ job is to keep traffic moving safely on an interstate built to cross the Sierra crest at the Donner Summit, two miles north of the pass itself, at an elevation of

UDOT photo

The Wasatch Range is a rugged area that regularly gets pounded by winter storms — producing more than 500 in. per year in some places.

7,240 ft.

“We have 24-hour support from our equipment shop with mechanics stationed at our four Donner Pass area facilities,” DeAlba said.

“Seasonal employees and valley crews also are sent up to assist and provide us with the bodies we need to run the large number of equipment it takes to maintain this stretch of interstate highway.”

It’s a good thing too, because the Donner Pass is noted for being one of the snowiest and windiest places in the lower 48 states with an average of 411 in. of frozen precipitation per year.

To battle often-whiteout condi-

tions along I-80 in the high Sierras, DeAlba and his people employ a variety of equipment to keep the roadway clear. They primarily rely on a tandem of two snowplow attachments and one sander for each dump-truck chassis. Other equipment in the fleet includes loaders, motorgraders, rotary blowers, pusher trucks, pickup trucks and a 16-ton wrecker.

“Our operation will change with every storm,” he explained.

“Lighter snowfalls will require less of the specialty equipment, like blowers and graders, but everything will be ready to go should the need arise. Our heavy trucks typi-

cally are outfitted with either a sander or dump-style bed.

Recently, we added some Henderson spreader beds with brine application capabilities.”

The operation also operates six trucks with campers for chain-control and truck-screen operation, and most pickups are outfitted with push bumpers to assist vehicles over the summit.

Utah Bullies Aside a Lot of Snow, Too About 550 mi. to the east of Donner Pass along I-80 is Salt Lake City and the beautiful Wasatch Range, part of the western

Rockies. Although the Wasatch peaks are not quite as high as the tallest mountains in the Sierra Nevada range, don’t for a minute think the Utah mountains run short of heavy snow, too.

In fact, the Wasatch Range is a rugged area that regularly gets pounded by winter storms — producing more than 500 in. per year in some places.

But, as in California, Utah snow-sport lovers, and truckers that drive I-80 through the Wasatch Range, must be able to rely on experts doing the grunt work of clearing the roadway.

UDOT’s snow team includes roughly 481 full-time plow drivers, plus 80 construction staff and seasonal employees with commercial driver’s licenses who can operate snowplows. The statewide fleet consists of 508 snowplow trucks, 11 self-propelled snowblowers and 13 TowPlows.

Wasatch Peaks Take a Hammering Each Winter On the eastern outskirts of Salt Lake City, I-80 winds through Parley’s Canyon and toward the self-same-named Summit at 7,120 ft. Here the interstate is the highest point for the roadway in Utah — one that is regularly buried by deep snow each season.

“Last year was a pretty heavy winter for us,” explained Daniel Page, UDOT’s director of Maintenance, Asset & Facility Management. “Between Parley’s, Little Cottonwood and Big Cottonwood canyons [all near Salt Lake City] is our most concentrated area for snowfall. It’s not see SNOW page 8

UDOT photo

Caltrans photo

In places like the Sierra Nevada Range in California and Utah’s Wasatch Range, snowfalls are sometimes measured in double-digit feet, rather than inches.

UDOT’s snow team includes roughly 481 full-time plow drivers, plus 80 construction staff and seasonal employees with commercial driver’s licenses who can operate snowplows. The statewide fleet consists of 508 snowplow trucks, 11 self-propelled snowblowers and 13 TowPlows.

Construction Equipment Guide • Utah State Supplement • www.constructionequipmentguide.com • September 29, 2019 • Page 7

DO MO OR RE WITH LLE ESS.

*See your nearest Honnen Equipment branch now for more details.* *Offfer expires December 31, 2019.*

HONNEN EQUIPMENT

Lowest Prices on New Compact Excavators 30+ Years in Business Founded in 1987

• Rent to own option is also available - 48 months 0% interest • Our low overhead is not by accident, it’s our business plan to save you money • Our factory warrantees are the best in the business • We provide great parts and service support

Sany SY35 New, Canopy $35,500

Mustang 250Z New with thumb $32,500

Sany SY50 New, Enc. Cab $54,500

Mustang 450Z New, Enc. Cab $59,500

MUSTANG

Mustang 550Z New Enc. Cab $67,500

SANY

www.h honnen.com 1-800-646-6636 -646-6636

Page 8 • September 29, 2019 • www.constructionequipmentguide.com • Utah State Supplement • Construction Equipment Guide

DOTs Put Variety of Equipment to Work Removing Snow SNOW from page 6

uncommon in Parley’s Canyon and the other areas to see three- to four-inches an hour for a considerable amount of time.”

Page said UDOT relies heavily on snowplows mounted on big dump trucks, as well as trailer-mounted plows.

UDOT prefers to employ the echelon plowing method on many freeways, where several dump-truck snowplows move along the road in a staggered formation. Page described the practice as being much faster than what can be accomplished in one pass by a single snowplow. UDOT promotes echelon plowing because it clears the major routes quickly and efficiently, he said.

The combination of deep snow and steep grades can cause problems with a plow operation, but for those trucks designated to work in the higher elevations, UDOT mechanics boost their horsepower and outfit them with higher torque range, Page explained.

Caltrans photo

Caltrans photo

Caltrans’ job is to keep traffic moving safely on an interstate built to cross the Sierra crest at the Donner Summit, two miles north of the pass itself, at an elevation of 7,240 ft.

Caltrans photo

While many operators of snowplows, spreaders, blowers and other equipment work seasonally, for the professionals in charge of maintaining that equipment, it’s a year-round job.

Throwing, Blasting Snow Also Utilized In the UDOT yard at Kamas, due east of Salt Lake City, the agency has big, loadermounted snow blowers, imperative for moving snow off the area’s mountain roads. Page said these machines are Kodiak models that “are big, turbo-charged, jet-fired vehicles that our guys use to throw around a serious amount of snow.”

“Usually, we take them up into our mountain passes that are closed seasonally. Then, as spring and summer approaches, we use them again to clear the rest of the snow and in some cases lately, we bring them down from the canyons to help us clear the snow packed against the sides of barriers.

As an example of the performance of these snow blowers, on the scenic Mirror Lake Highway (SR 150) is a pass that saw a 23-ft. snow accumulation last winter. Page said UDOT’s pros used the blowers to clear

the road with little trouble.

And, UDOT also has begun using infrasonic avalanche detection systems to keep highways safe from snow slides. The systems include a series of percussion instruments known as “exploders” that ignite an oxygen-propane mixture to generate a blast strong enough to trigger a controlled avalanche. They are detonated from long metal towers atop mountains prone to slides. After the avalanche has stopped and it’s considered safe to proceed, Page said, UDOT crews move in to clean the snow off the highway and reopen the route.

With new wintry weather fronts coming through California and Utah on a weekly basis, each state’s DOT is staffed by some of the world’s leading experts in heavy-snow removal. That means they know the right equipment tough enough to withstand the daily bitter conditions in the high mountain passes.  CEG

To battle often-whiteout conditions along I-80 in the high Sierras, Caltrans employs a variety of equipment to keep the roadway clear.

Caltrans photo

Construction Equipment Guide • Utah State Supplement • www.constructionequipmentguide.com • September 29, 2019 • Page 9

Lance Matheson…

Teenaged Business Owner Looks to Successful Future

Fourteen-year-old Lance Matheson runs his own demolition company, Sage Demolition and Land Clearing, near Salt Lake City, with help from his family.

Fourteen-year-old Lance Matheson isn’t your typical teenager. He runs his own demolition company, Sage Demolition and Land Clearing, near Salt Lake City, with help from his family. As baby boomers retire and skilled trades struggle to come back from the recession of the late 2000s, Matheson is setting an example for his peers of how rewarding it can be to get into the construction industry. And to Volvo, he symbolizes the visionary, get-it-done attitude it takes when you’re building tomorrow.

“A lot of people my age use their free time to play video games or stuff like that. I use that time to develop a skill that I can use for the rest of my life,” Matheson said.

Building the Business Matheson’s dad is in the construction/recycling industry, so Lance grew up around, and inside, equipment since before he could walk. He demolished his first house at age 12 and carries a stateissued engineering/demolition license (E100) and general contractor’s license (B100).

His ambition, along with advice and guidance from key mentors along the way, led him to incorporate his own company. With an ongoing focus on new technologies and an understanding of the value of innovative

equipment, plus YouTube videos that help him hone his operating skills, Matheson has successfully completed multiple jobs and is building lasting relationships with his customers.

“Working with Lance really isn’t any different than working with any other contractor,” said Tracy Gale, sales representative at Volvo dealer Arnold Machinery. “In fact, when I talk to him on the phone, it's kind of hard to discern that he actually is 14 years old. He talks like an adult. He speaks to me like we’ve known each other for 20 years, we’re kind of tight like that.”

“Lance is a great example of the imagination and hard work it takes to start and grow a successful company at any age. His story resonates with us at Volvo because he’s living our ‘Building Tomorrow’ message,” said Dave Foster, vice president, Marketing & Communications. “Everyone is right — he may only be 14, but you’d never know it to hear him talk about his business and future aspirations.”

When it comes to building tomorrow, any one at any age can take part, sometimes we just need to see it to believe it. To that end, Volvo is showcasing Lance and his passion for the construction business in a new threepart video series. 

Page 10 • September 29, 2019 • www.constructionequipmentguide.com • Utah State Supplement • Construction Equipment Guide

Utah Highway Project Lettings

The Utah Department of Transportation received bids for transportation-related improvement projects.

Following is a list of some of the projects let.

Project No.: F-0068(115)42 Project: Choke point.

Location: SR 68; MP 42.07 to 46.89.

Engineers Estimate: $1,404,354 Contractors and Bid Amounts: • Dry Creek Structures LLC — $1,448,209 • Acme Construction Inc. — $1,488,776

County: Salt Lake Project No.: F-0190(23)0 Project: Choke point.

Location: SR 190; MP .23 to .82 and from SR 190 6200 south; MP .00 to .18.

Engineers Estimate: $2,891,892 Contractors and Bid Amounts: • Acme Construction Inc. — $2,677,915 • Geneva Rock Products Inc. — $2,680,250 • Staker & Parson Companies d/b/a Staker Paving & Construction — $2,971,714 • Meadow Valley Contractors Inc. d/b/a ACC Southwest — $3,077,789 • Cop Construction LLC — $3,100,472 County: Garfield Project No.: F-0089(481)151 Project: Rehabilitation high volume.

Location: U.S. 89; MP 151.09 to 155.50.

Engineers Estimate: $3,712,099 Contractors and Bid Amounts: • Staker & Parson Companies d/b/a Western Rock Products — $3,325,220 • Sunroc Corporation — $3,478,655 County: Sevier Project No.: F-0118(23)9 Project: New bridge/bridge replacement.

Location: SR 118; MP 9.09 to 9.48.

Engineers Estimate: $2,556,295 Contractors and Bid Amounts: • W. W. Clyde & Company — $2,105,785 • Dry Creek Structures LLC — $2,321,946 • Stapp Construction — $2,490,535 • Cop Construction LLC — $2,658,384 • Meadow Valley Contractors Inc. d/b/a ACC Southwest — $2,693,948 County: Grand Project No.: S-0128(18)20 Project: Rehabilitation low volume.

Location: SR 128; MP 20.31 to 44.56.

County: Utah Project No.: F-R399(262) Project: Rehabilitation high volume.

Location: SR 114; MP 8.61 to 10.85.

Engineers Estimate: $1,613,428 Contractors and Bid Amounts: • Staker & Parson Companies d/b/a Staker Paving & Construction — $1,361,676 • Geneva Rock Products Inc. — $1,474,376

Engineers Estimate: $7,519,208 Contractors and Bid Amounts: • Staker & Parson Companies d/b/a Nielson Construction — $7,728,109 • Kilgore Companies, a Delaware LLC d/b/a Kilgore Contracting — $8,248,359 County: Wasatch Project No.: F-0040(152)35 Project: Passing lane.

Location: U.S. 40; MP 34.60 to 51.78.

Engineers Estimate: $31,354,394 Contractors and Bid Amounts: • Knife River Corporation - Northwest — $28,090,900 • Staker & Parson Companies d/b/a Staker Paving & Construction — $29,138,731 • W. W. Clyde & Company — $29,422,051 • Road And Highway Builders LLC — $32,067,323 • Granite Construction Company — $32,361,690 County: Salt Lake

County: Salt Lake Project No.: F-R299(291) Project: Highway safety improvement.

Location: SR 186; MP 3.86 to 4.15 and I-80; MP 135.86 to 136.53 and I-80; MP 133.26 to 133.83.

Engineers Estimate: $1,834,375 Contractors and Bid Amounts: • Truesdell Corporation — $1,554,607 • Deangelo Brothers LLC — $1,624,818 • Gerber Construction Inc. — $2,358,065 County: Salt Lake Project No.: S-I80-3(199)118 Project: New wall.

Location: I-80; MP 118.06 to 118.41.

Engineers Estimate: $1,266,424 Contractors and Bid Amounts: • Dry Creek Structures LLC — $1,575,002 • Acme Construction Inc. — $1,686,473 • Hidden Peak Electric Company Inc. — $2,116,903 County: Washington Project No.: F-I15-1(125)28 Project: Preservation high volume.

Location: I-15; MP 26.98 to 37.00.

Engineers Estimate: $1,638,214 Contractors and Bid Amounts: • Geneva Rock Products Inc. — $1,702,050 • Intermountain Slurry Seal Inc. — $1,932,655

Construction Equipment Guide • Utah State Supplement • www.constructionequipmentguide.com • September 29, 2019 • Page 11

FULL PAGE 10.125”x10.625”

Open $635

13 Time $590

1/2 PAGE 10.125”x5.25” or 5”x10.625”

Open $525

13 Time $445

1/4 PAGE 5”x5.25”

Open $355

13 Time $330

UTAH PUBLISHING 2019 Issue#

Closing

Publishing

22

October 17

October 27

24

November 14 November 24

26

December 12 December 22

Page 12 • September 29, 2019 • www.constructionequipmentguide.com • Utah State Supplement • Construction Equipment Guide