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August 20, 2017 • Vol. IX • No. 17 • 470 Maryland Drive • Ft. Washington, PA 19034 • 215/885-2900 • Toll Free 800-523-2200 • Fax 215/885-2910
MDT Makes Improvements on U.S. Highway 212 By Chuck Harvey CEG CORRESPONDENT
ARTBA’s Bridge Report 10 Years After I-35W Collapse...8
Cashman, Kiewit Introduce Cat Detect Safety System...12
Work has rolled into its ninth month on a $23.2 million Montana Department of Transportation (MDT) project to reconstruct about 9.9 mi. of U.S. Highway 212 from Rockvale to south of Laurel. The stretch of highway is located within Carbon and Yellowstone counties. Funding is through state and federal sources.
“The new alignment was necessary due to the many homes, approaches, railroad and environmental impacts along the existing highway.” Lori Ryan
OTC Wrap Up: ShakeCast, Bridge Improvement...18
Table of Contents ................4 Attachment & Parts Section ......................................13-16 Truck & Trailer Section ........ ......................................27-28 Business Calendar ............32 Recycling Section ........33-41 Auction Section ............44-45 Advertisers Index ..............46
MDT
Montana Department of Transportation photo
The project requires excavation of 2.12-million cu. yds. of dirt and includes installation of about 28,000 ft. of various types and sizes of pipe and culvert for drainage.
The project that began in November 2016 and is expected to finish in August 2018, includes construction of a new road alignment. Crews will construct a twolane roadway, with intermittent four-lane segments between RP 42.5 and RP 52.5. The next and final phase will include four lanes, two in each direction, throughout segment. Workers also will construct the earthwork and drainage features
Feds Fund Hawaii Military Projects On July 13, the Senate Appropriations Committee passed the Military Construction and Veterans Affairs appropriations bill for fiscal year 2018. U.S. Sen. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii), ranking member of the Senate Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations Subcommittee, worked to include $266.3 million for military construction and upgrade projects across Hawaii and $78.4 billion that will benefit veterans’ programs, including those in Hawaii. see HAWAII page 22
for the ultimate roadway template of a four-lane divided roadway with a depressed median. The itinerary does not include bridge construction. However, two large reinforced concrete box culverts will be installed. Improvements will be made to the road shoulders. Most of the shoulders will be 4-ft.-wide, but 8ft.-wide shoulders will be available in some sections of the road. The project started with grading,
application of gravel. It proceeds with paving and installation of guardrail, fencing, drainage systems, stock pass culvert, rumble strips, seal and pavement markings. Third Phase The first phase, which began in 2014, included the construction of a grade-separated overpass of the BNSF Railway tracks to replace a see MONTANA page 26
U.S. Navy photo by Denise Emsley, NAVFAC Hawaii Public Affairs
A Navy demolition crew removes a 1970’s metal-framed building from Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam facility inventory. Building debris was segregated for recovery of recyclable materials.