RECH ELECTED KCA PRESIDENT

Chris Rech was elected president of KCA at the association's convention in January. Rech is vice president of A.M. Cohron & Son in Emporia. Other officers elected at convention include: Chad Girard, APAC-Spears, Vice President and Josh Smith, Klaver Construction, Treasurer. New board members elected include: Peter Clark, Bayer Construction, Aggregate & Light Type; Pat Short, Pearson Construction, Director-at-Large; and Jay Van Hove, Koss Construction, Rigid Paving.

Kenneth Langley Passes Away

Kenneth "Red" Langley passed away June 26 at the age of 97. He cofounded and was a partner in L&M Contractors with Ed Mauler. Langley's wife Doris preceded him in death. He is survived by daughter, Candace Dolan of Great Bend, and son, Floyd Guernsey of Enid, Oklahoma.

KDOT-KCA PARTNERING CONFERENCE DRAWS 250

The KDOT-KCA Partnering Conference drew more than 250 contractors, engineers and KDOT professionals to Wichita on February 21. KCA members Chris Rech of A.M. Cohron & Son, and Rod Jerrick of APAC-Shears were panelists during the day along with John Riggins of Kirkham, Michael & Associates, Inc., Dan Scherschligt of the Kansas Asphalt Pavement Association and Tony Menke with KDOT.

Bhc Acquires Savoy

Brungardt Honomichl & Company, P.A. (BHC) has acquired long-time

Kansas firm Savoy Company, P.A. Wichitabased Savoy provides services ranging from preliminary property surveys to forensic accident scene investigations. BHC, based in Overland Park, specializes in civil engineering and land surveying services with expertise in the telecom sector.

BERGKAMP CUTS RIBBON ON COMPLETION OF K-14

Bob Bergkamp Construction joined KDOT, the project subcontractors and local officials to officially open up K-14 with a ribbon-cutting event on June 14. The $81.7 million project, one of the last projects to be completed under the T-Works plan, provides a 15-mile asphalt freeway with paved shoulders connecting Hutchinson to Nickerson to Sterling, through Reno and Rice counties. The Reno County interchanges are 56th

Avenue near Hutchinson and Nickerson Road near Nickerson. The Rice County interchange is Broadway Avenue near Sterling. Additional KCA members on the project included: APAC-Shears, Dondlinger Construction, Fulsom Brothers, King Construction, Klaver Construction, PCi Roads, Pearson Construction, Reece Construction, Roadsafe Traffic Systems, Seeders Inc. and Surveys Inc.

The Rice County portions of the project included 19 reinforced concrete boxes, six bridges, 2,134,255 cubic yards of fill and about 100,014 tons of asphalt. The Reno County portion included 24 reinforced concrete boxes, five bridges, 2,249,430 cubic yards of fill and about 101,412 tons of asphalt.

Read more: The K-14 project was recently featured in Construction Equipment Guide.

DONDLINGER COMPLETES WICHITA FLY-OVER

Wichita celebrated completion of the new two-lane flyover that connects northbound I-135 to southbound I-235 with a ribbon-cutting on May 24. The project, spearheaded by Dondlinger Construction, is another step in an ongoing project to improve the North Junction, which connects I-135, I-235, K-254 and K-96. The two-lane bridge is a 1,323 foot, weathering steel superstructure on a curved alignment.

The project involved 110,085 man-hours, 3,688,077 pounds of structural steel, 17,600 cubic yards of structure and paving concrete, 681,622 cubic yards of dirt and the equivalent of five miles of steel H-Pile. Construction cost for this sub-phase was $36.3 million.