ODOT Officially Kicks Off 2012 Road Construction Season OHIO STATE EDITION A Supplement to: Your Ohio Connection: Ed Bryden, Strongsville, OH • 1-800-810-7640 “The Nation’s Best Read Construction Newspaper… Founded in 1957.” April 25 2012 Vol. XVII • No. 9 6 24 199 23 4 4 30 30 30 422 68 68 22 22 50 35 25 50 52 6 6 27 22 80 80 90 76 71 71 75 70 75 71 77 77 74 70 70 Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) Director Jerry Wray officially launched the 2012 road construction season on April 10 and announced approximately 800 transportation preservation projects throughout the Buckeye State. Total cost: $1.8 billion. However, the state still needs more than $1.6 billion to finish additional phases of 35 major new expansion projects in communities throughout Ohio. “We sometimes forget how a well-main- tained transportation system supports the state’s overall economy,” Wray said. “With more than $438 billion in goods shipped annually by trucks — the third largest of any state — a reliable transportation system is not only the lifeblood of Ohio businesses but also the catalyst for future expansion and job creation.” The 800 preservation projects include resurfacing 3,700 mi. (5,954 km) of inter- state and state routes as well as repairs, upgrades, improvements and maintenance to hundreds of bridges, culverts, guardrails, interchanges and hillsides. Currently, ODOT maintains and preserves nearly 50,000 lane mi. (80,467 km) of interstates and highways — enough to make two trips around Earth. ODOT is funded by state and federal motor fuel taxes. The agency’s first priority is the preservation and maintenance of its current transportation system. Any money left over goes toward constructing major new transportation projects approved by the state’s Transportation Review and Advisory Council (TRAC), a bi-partisan group responsible for approving funding for the State’s largest transportation projects. In January, ODOT announced a $1.6 bil- lion shortfall needed to complete future phases of 35 major new expansion projects through 2018. However, ODOT anticipates having only $100 million per year to spend on new construction after all preservation needs are met. In 2011, the TRAC received 72 applications for new transportation proj- ects totaling an additional $10 billion. Since then, the agency has announced plans to seek innovative and alternative funding sources to help ease the financial crunch. On top of reducing agency costs and improving efficiency, ODOT plans to pursue the commercialization of non-interstate rest areas and seek sponsorship and naming rights for certain infrastructure projects sav- ing $100 to 200 million annually. Billions more could be generated or saved by lever- aging state-owned assets — like the Ohio Turnpike — and exploring public, private partnerships. Southeastern Equipment Branch Manager Jerry Rice (C) gets a chance to catch up with Mike Dickey (L) and Jeff Collier of Dickey Excavating. Southeastern Equipment Company held an open house at its Burlington, Ky., branch to cele- brate the opening of its newly constructed facility. Southeastern Equipment’s Burlington, branch is located just south of the Cincinnati Airport at 1982 Florence Pike. The new structure replaces a building originally constructed in 1932 and nearly doubles the amount of indoor service space at the previous location. The 7,200 sq. ft. building situated on 7 acres, features a 14 ft. ceiling, six service bays and a 5-ton overhead crane spanning the entire service area. According to Branch Manager Jerry Rice, Southeaster Equipment is now equipped to service virtually any machine within the structure. Rice added that the new building suits the company’s needs extremely well and will allow them to offer their customers even faster service. In addition to Case construction equipment, the branch offers a full range of equipment for the con- struction, agriculture, utility and municipal mar- ketplace including Bomag compaction and rolling equipment, Carlton Stump cutters and wood chip- pers, Eager Beaver trailers, Eagle Crushers, Gradall telescopic boom excavators, Hyundai machines and Terex Road Building equipment along with other related equipment. Key contacts at the Burlington Kentucky loca- tion are Branch Manager Jerry Rice, Sales Representative Jason Browning, Parts & Service Manager Larry Beach and Parts Assistant Ruth Fox. Founded in 1957, Southeastern Equipment Company has 18 locations throughout Ohio, Michigan, Kentucky and Indiana. For more information, call the Burlington loca- tion at 859/586-6133 or visit www.southeast- ernequip.com. Southeastern Equipment Co. Unveils New Facility With Event see SOUTHEASTERN page 5
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ODOT Officially Kicks Off 2012 Road Construction Season
OHIO STATE EDITION A Supplement to:
Your Ohio Connection: Ed Bryden, Strongsville, OH • 1-800-810-7640
“The Nation’s Best Read Construction Newspaper… Founded in 1957.”
April 252012
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Ohio Department of Transportation(ODOT) Director Jerry Wray officiallylaunched the 2012 road construction seasonon April 10 and announced approximately800 transportation preservation projectsthroughout the Buckeye State. Total cost:$1.8 billion. However, the state still needsmore than $1.6 billion to finish additionalphases of 35 major new expansion projectsin communities throughout Ohio. “We sometimes forget how a well-main-
tained transportation system supports thestate’s overall economy,” Wray said. “Withmore than $438 billion in goods shippedannually by trucks — the third largest of any
state — a reliable transportation system isnot only the lifeblood of Ohio businesses butalso the catalyst for future expansion and jobcreation.”The 800 preservation projects include
resurfacing 3,700 mi. (5,954 km) of inter-state and state routes as well as repairs,upgrades, improvements and maintenanceto hundreds of bridges, culverts, guardrails,interchanges and hillsides. Currently, ODOTmaintains and preserves nearly 50,000 lanemi. (80,467 km) of interstates and highways— enough to make two trips around Earth.ODOT is funded by state and federal
motor fuel taxes. The agency’s first priority
is the preservation and maintenance of itscurrent transportation system. Any moneyleft over goes toward constructing majornew transportation projects approved by thestate’s Transportation Review and AdvisoryCouncil (TRAC), a bi-partisan groupresponsible for approving funding for theState’s largest transportation projects. In January, ODOT announced a $1.6 bil-
lion shortfall needed to complete futurephases of 35 major new expansion projectsthrough 2018. However, ODOT anticipateshaving only $100 million per year to spendon new construction after all preservationneeds are met. In 2011, the TRAC received
72 applications for new transportation proj-ects totaling an additional $10 billion.Since then, the agency has announced
plans to seek innovative and alternativefunding sources to help ease the financialcrunch. On top of reducing agency costs andimproving efficiency, ODOT plans to pursuethe commercialization of non-interstate restareas and seek sponsorship and namingrights for certain infrastructure projects sav-ing $100 to 200 million annually. Billionsmore could be generated or saved by lever-aging state-owned assets — like the OhioTurnpike — and exploring public, privatepartnerships.
Southeastern Equipment Branch Manager Jerry Rice (C) gets a chanceto catch up with Mike Dickey (L) and Jeff Collier of Dickey Excavating.
Southeastern Equipment Company held anopen house at its Burlington, Ky., branch to cele-brate the opening of its newly constructed facility.Southeastern Equipment’s Burlington, branch islocated just south of the Cincinnati Airport at 1982Florence Pike. The new structure replaces a building originally
constructed in 1932 and nearly doubles theamount of indoor service space at the previouslocation. The 7,200 sq. ft. building situated on 7acres, features a 14 ft. ceiling, six service bays anda 5-ton overhead crane spanning the entire servicearea.According to Branch Manager Jerry Rice,
Southeaster Equipment is now equipped to servicevirtually any machine within the structure. Riceadded that the new building suits the company’sneeds extremely well and will allow them to offertheir customers even faster service.In addition to Case construction equipment, the
branch offers a full range of equipment for the con-struction, agriculture, utility and municipal mar-ketplace including Bomag compaction and rollingequipment, Carlton Stump cutters and wood chip-pers, Eager Beaver trailers, Eagle Crushers,Gradall telescopic boom excavators, Hyundai
machines and Terex Road Building equipmentalong with other related equipment.Key contacts at the Burlington Kentucky loca-
tion are Branch Manager Jerry Rice, SalesRepresentative Jason Browning, Parts & ServiceManager Larry Beach and Parts Assistant RuthFox.Founded in 1957, Southeastern Equipment
Company has 18 locations throughout Ohio,Michigan, Kentucky and Indiana. For more information, call the Burlington loca-
tion at 859/586-6133 or visit www.southeast-ernequip.com.
Southeastern Equipment Co.Unveils New Facility With Event
see SOUTHEASTERN page 5
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GeoShack Holds Annual Technology Roadshow in AshlandGeoShack held its annual
Technology Roadshow at theAshland County Fairgrounds in
Ashland, Ohio on April 19. The day-longevent featured a classroom presentationthat covered the latest technologiesdesigned for leveling, alignment, measure-ment and machine control.According to GeoShack Vice President,
Dan O’Reilly, Topcon is working withseveral paving equipment manufacturersto integrate their Millimeter GPS+ systemwith the manufacturers’ concrete pavers.The technology provides both grade andsteering for increased efficiency in blue-topping and other fine tolerance work.Topcon Millimeter GPS+ combines theadvantages of laser technology with GPS.O’Reilly explained that while the 3DGPS+ and 3D-millimeter GPS+ systemswork extremely well when within range ofa GPS satellite signal, Topcon’s LPS sys-tems are available for when satellite sig-nals are limited. Also discussed were improvements to
the 3D-MC2 machine control system. Thesystem provides corrections to the blade100 time per second, increasing the speedand efficiency of the dozers. O’Reillyexplained that they’ve seen grading atspeeds as high as 13 mph. In terms of timesaved and materials costs, the system canpay for itself in 3.9 mi. of production.The new Topcon TESLA tablet pc large
screen data collector also was presented.The TESLA has a 5.7-in. screen andemploys Windows Mobile 6.5.3 operatingsystem, operating with Topcon’s softwaresuite, Pocket 3D and Layout.GeoShack’s Steve Hatfield introduced
the Faro Focus 3D high-speed 3D laserscanner. GeoShack recently became thedistributor for Faro Technologies’Focus3D in Ohio, Texas, Oklahoma,Louisiana, Arkansas, Kansas andMissouri. As a part of their Scanning &Imaging division, the Focus 3D scanner isused for detailed measurement and docu-mentation. The small tri-pod mounted unituses laser technology to produce detailedthree-dimensional images of complexenvironments and geometries within a fewminutes.Lunch was served after the classroom
sessions followed by hands-on demonstra-tions. Murphy Tractor & Equipment hadan indoor table top display at the event andprovided a John Deere 764 high-speeddozer for demonstration with GeoShack’s3D-MC2 machine control system.
Murphy Tractor & Equipment’s Dean Bradley (L) and MarkHash were ready to discuss John Deere’s line up of equipment.
Mike Fenster (L) of GeoShack demonstrates the TopconHyper2 GPS with Pocket 3D software for Bill Loetz of KuceraInternational Inc
Blayne Reusch (L), Reumac Stabilization, gets some pointersfrom GeoShack’s Jamie Raklovits before giving the John Deere764 high-speed dozer a test run.
GeoShack’s Steve Hatfield (R) sets up the Faro Focus 3D high-speed 3D laser scanner for (L-R) Dave Wachtman, AlexProducts; and Ken Nehls and Ron Stepka, McCabe Engineering.
The GeoShack crew (L-R), Paul Naylor, Mike Fenster, GregKoly, Dan O’Reilly, and Mark Spangler were on hand to helpwith the presentation during the Technology Roadshow.
Attendees watch as the John Deere 764 high-speed dozerequipped with 3D-MC2 machine control goes to work.
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The Ohio State Department of Transportation received bidsfor transportation-related improvement projects.The following is a list of some of the projects let.
Project No: 110590Type: Four lane resurfacing.Location:WOO-IR-75-26.03.State Estimate: $8,664,000Contractors and Bid Amounts:• Shelly Company, Thornville, Ohio — $8,109,794• Gerken Paving Inc., Napoleon, Ohio — $8,979,308
Completion Date:Aug. 31, 2012
Project No: 110595Type: Two lane resurfacing.Location:ALL-SR/VAN-81-0.00/11.71.State Estimate: $1,401,000Contractors and Bid Amounts:• L I C A Construction Corp, Berne, Ind. — $1,334,051• Shelly Company, Thornville, Ohio — $1,409,887• Bluffton Paving Inc., Bluffton, Ohio — $1,599,231
Completion Date: July 30, 2012
Project No: 110596Type: Two lane resurfacing.Location:ASD-US-224-0.00, PART 1; ASD-224-7.58,PART 2.State Estimate: $2,829,000Contractors and Bid Amounts:• Kokosing Construction Company Inc., Columbus,
Project No: 110602Type:Miscellaneous.Location:HAM-US/WAR-22-11.94/1.18.State Estimate: $1,180,000Contractors and Bid Amounts:• John R Jurgensen Company, Cincinnati, Ohio —
$1,203,713• R B Jergens Contractors Inc., Vandalia, Ohio —
Project No: 110603Type: Two lane resurfacing.Location:HUR-SR-4-0.00.State Estimate: $1,527,000Contractors and Bid Amounts:• M & B Asphalt Company Inc., Tiffin, Ohio —
2007 331 Bobcat Excavator, 1250 Hrs, Open ROPS, CN80708 ................................................................................$27,000
Southeastern Equipment Celebrates Opening of New Facility
Case Construction Equipment Product SupportManagers John Coe (L) and Bob Moorehead are onhand to provide technical information about themachines on display.
Southeastern Equipment’s Bill Baker (L) chats withGradall Regional Sales Manager John Logan.
George Caldwell of the city of Florence tries has handat the open house backhoe rodeo.
(L-R): Ronnie Lonkard of Lonkard Construction andCraig Lonkard of Decal Designs talk trailers withKevin Ferringer of Eager Beaver.
Bomag Territory Manager Dale Alferink is on hand tohelp out at the Southeastern Equipment Company openhouse.
Werk-Brau’s Trevor Ballinger (L) is joined by CaseParts & Service Sales Manager Brent Battaglia.
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Ohio River Bridge Plan Callsfor Tolls on Three State SpansLOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) The governors
of Indiana and Kentucky on March 5 agreedto use tolls to pay for two new Ohio Riverbridges and a revamped Interstate 65 bridgeover the river, all in the Louisville metropol-itan area. Tolls ranging from about
$1 per crossing for passengervehicles with transponders toabout $10 for semitrailerswill begin once the firstbridge is completed in 2017or 2018 under a memoran-dum of understanding thatoutlines each state’s termsand responsibilities forfinancing and building thenew bridges. Under the bi-state agree-
ment, Indiana will overseeconstruction of what’s beingcalled East End bridgebetween Utica, Ind., andProspect, Ky., linking theLee Hamilton Expressway inIndiana and the Gene SnyderFreeway in Kentucky. Thebridge will complete a looparound the east side of the metropolitan area. Kentucky will oversee financing and con-
struction of the downtown portion of theproject: a new downtown bridge, the recon-figured Kennedy Bridge and upgrades ofinterchanges on both sides of the river. Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels said “decades
of waiting for greater convenience and qual-ity of life in the metro areawill soon be over. “Southern Indiana has
tremendous economicprospects and these newbridges are the key to mak-ing them real,” he said in anews release. Kentucky Gov. Steve
Beshear said, “Throughcooperation and determina-tion, we will achieve whatthis region has talked about— but been unable to deliv-er — for four decades.” The toll rates aren’t set
yet, but plans calls for $1 percrossing for frequent com-muters in cars, SUVs andother passenger vehiclesusing transponders; about $2 for other cars,SUVs and passenger vehicles; about $5 forpanel trucks and about $10 for semitrailers.Toll rates would be set and periodicallyadjusted by the two states’ transportation andfinance agencies and governed by the
financing contracts and bond agreements thestates reach with private companies. Kentucky has pledged $536 million for
the downtown portion of the project, andIndiana has committed $432 million, thenews release said.
Indiana Department of Transportationspokesman Will Wingfield said Indiana willuse a private company to finance the EastEnd bridge, which is forecast to cost a totalof nearly $1.3 billion, plus the cost of financ-ing. Indiana will pay the $432 million inmilestone payments over eight years, thenuse proceeds from the tolls to pay off the
remaining costs. Kentucky will use a design-build
approach with the Kentucky PublicTransportation Infrastructure Authority issu-ing toll revenue bonds to help cover con-struction costs, the news release said.
Kentucky has pledged $536million for the downtownportion of the project, andIndiana has committed$432 million.
“Through cooperation anddetermination, we willachieve what this region hastalked about — but beenunable to deliver — for fourdecades.”
Steve BeshearKentucky Gov.
Feb. 17, 2012, marked Fecon’s 20th anniversary in the forestry mulching busi-ness. To keep the celebration going throughout the year and to show appreciationto everyone who has helped them reach this milestone, Fecon will host a FieldDay/Open House on April 26, 2012. This event will feature live demos, machinewalk-arounds, factory tours, a night out at the ballpark and much more.Attendees also will get a sneak peek at Fecon’s new chipper tool technology. Fecon Inc. started in 1992 to serve the growing needs of the organic resource
recovery industry. Its first Bull Hog was sold 20 years ago and is still runningtoday with just over 20,000 hours on it. Today, with 107 employees, Fecon callsits 111,000 sq. ft. factory in Lebanon, Ohio, home, but its roots and foundationstarted in a 15,000 sq. ft. building in Evendale, Ohio, with only a couple people. For more information, visit www.fecon.com/field-day .
Fecon Celebrates 20 Years With Field Day/Open House
Feb. 17, 2012, marked Fecon’s 20th anniversary in the forestry mulching business.
CLEVELAND (AP) The state will seek a $120 millionfederal grant to speed up construction of a Cleveland bridge. The Plain Dealer reported the competitive grant program
is among a number of sources that officials hope to leveragefor the $350 million bridge project. State transportation staffers had recommended in January
that planned work on some bridge and road projects bedelayed by as many as 19 years, citing a lack of funds andover-commitment by previous administrations. The announcement that the completion of the second
Inner Belt Bridge might be more than a decade away, insteadof just a few years, has spurred a push to find more money toget it done sooner. The newspaper reported it’s unclear how much money or
how soon the federal grant would deliver.
State to Seek $120Min Federal Funds forCleveland Bridge
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) The Ohio Department ofTransportation plans to consider selling naming rights andsponsorships for 49,000 mi. of Ohio highways as a way toreduce the $10 million it spends on maintenance. Transportation Director Jerry Wray told The Columbus
Dispatch that the department could raise up to $15 million ayear. Wray on March 15 said the idea is preliminary and options
are being explored. He said it’s unclear how much the statecould charge for naming rights or what kind of signs wouldbe used to designate the sponsorship. The federal government allows sponsorships but not com-
mercial advertising in rights of way.
State to ConsiderSelling HighwaySponsorships
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