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Tongass Avenue Viaduct Rehabilitation Nears End
Alfred L. Scott (far R), founder of Scott-Macon Equipment, cuts the ribbon marking the opening of a new 17,500 sq. ft. service center in Houston, Texas, while (from R to L), Brad Thompson, vice president - product support; Sarun Kuy, quality assurance; Jim Giles, foreman-field service; and Allan C. Woodruff, senior vice president, look on.
Scott-Macon Opens New Service Center in Houston
Official Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities photo
Contractor personnel drill vent holes through the Tongass Avenue bridge deck prior to pumping grout into the concrete repair forms. The repair forms are located on the bottom side of the bridge deck and are not visible. Vent holes are drilled on an approximate 2 ft. by 2 ft. (.6 m by .6 m) pattern and are necessary to allow the escapement of trapped air and to ensure the entire void within the formwork is filled with grout. VIADUCT from page 1
systems, sand blasting and containment equipment, and arc-spray metalizing equipment. As of early September, nine spans of the viaduct had been rehabilitated, leaving the remaining 14 to be completed by the scheduled end date of mid-March. Thus far, the primary challenge has been scheduling work around the tides, said Wetherell. This is the final phase of rehabilitation planned for the Tongass Avenue Viaduct. Future improvements will involve the outright replacement of existing viaduct sections wherever practicable. SECON is currently working on additional Tongass roadway improvements, to the
north and south of the Tongass Avenue Viaduct, for the Alaska DOT and PF: a $1.3 million job, awarded in January, to replace aging guardrails on South Tongass Highway; and a $8.7 million contract, awarded in April, to reconstruct approximately two miles of North Tongass Highway. Juneau-based SECON is a grading, paving, drainage, water and sewer contractor and a subsidiary of Colaska, which was formed in 1999 when French transportation construction giant, Colas SA, bought SECON. Other Colaska subsidiaries include Exclusive Paving, a heavy civil, utility, and highway construction firm in Fairbanks, and AGGPRO, providing concrete and aggregate in Juneau and Anchorage.
Scott-Macon Equipment, a crane and lifting equipment rental and distribution company, recently completed construction of a new service center at its headquarters in Houston, Texas. At a ribbon cutting ceremony, Allan Woodruff, senior vice president, said, “Our new service center continues a planned expansion of our operations to meet the needs of our customers in the Gulf Coast.” The new service center consists of 17,500 sq. ft. of service area under roof and features 12 bays to service cranes and other lifting equipment as well as a rear bay to service large crawler cranes and an additional 12 canopied work areas. The facility was designed by Houston-based Jack Rimes and Associates, Inc. and constructed by Houston-based Superior Building Systems. Additional site work was completed by Houston-based Big M Constructors Inc. In addition to Woodruff, Scott-Macon’s project team included Bob Dimmitt, executive vice president, Mike Petrey, vice president and Brad Thompson, assistant vice president of product support. At the ceremony, Alfred L. Scott, founder, thanked all of the companies involved in the construction and noted that “their close working relationship with our project team and attention to detail enabled the service center to be constructed on time and on budget.” He went on to comment that “the facility reflects the company’s continued growth and its 37 year commitment to providing the highest level of product support to our cus-
Scott-Macon Equipment’s new 17,500 sq. ft. facility features 13 bays with overhead crane capability as well as an additional 12 canopied work areas.
tomers.” In its 37th year of operation, Scott-Macon Equipment is focused on serving the Gulf Coast. In 2010, Scott-Macon Equipment’s rough terrain rental fleet was ranked by Crane and Transport Magazine as the 4th largest in the United States. Scott-Macon Equipment is a leading authorized distributor of Terex Cranes which includes Terex American crawler cranes and Terex Demag all terrain and crawler cranes, Tadano Mantis hydraulic crawler cranes and Broderson Industrial carry deck cranes. Scott-Macon Equipment maintains extensive parts and service operations at all of its locations to provide 24/7 customer support. For more information, visit www.smequipment.com.