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Power Curbers Inc., Winter 2005

ChallengeVersatile 5700-B Proves Its Worth

A delaide Kerbing in Ade-laide, Australia, has com-pleted a challenging

below-grade application with its5700-B. The project is a pave-ment widening in the McLarenVale wine-growing region ofAdelaide on the main highwayheading south from Adelaidewhich passes through a famouswine-growing region. TheWolf Blass vineyards are onboth sides of the job. The pro-ject had two particularly chal-lenging features. First, the “ongrade” section of the jobtapered out along its length ofapproximately 820 feet (250m).At the start of the job, there wasonly just enough space to posi-tion the two left tracks of the5700-B on the grade level.Even then, the steering crawlerwas scraping the edge of the cutpavement at times.

As the pour progressed, thecut pavement moved awayfrom the curb line by about anadditional 6.5 feet (2m). At the492-foot mark (150m), the crewbuilt a compact ramp in orderto bring the right rear leg fromthe road level to the grade level.While continuing to trim andpour, the operator brought theright rear post in toward themachine as the crawler traveleddown the ramp over a distanceof about 33 feet (10m).

“We successfully made thetransition of the right rear postbeing on the pavement to beingon grade to continue slipform-ing without needing to stop andreposition the machine,” saidShane Dunstan of Aran Interna-tional in Queensland, Power Curbers’ dealer inAustralia.

The cut road edge was the existing roadpavement direction and width. The curb wastapering out as the “widening” of the pave-ment progressed from one lane to the new sec-ond lane. In the cut area, the road base will becompacted and sealed with hot asphalt.

The second challenge was the grade offsetsbetween the road level, the crawler grade andthe trimming level. “We had the machinestretched out in all directions for the first 328feet (100m) of the job, said Shane. “The rightrear post was fully extended so we could trav-el as far as we could along the road beforehaving to make the transition onto grade

where we would have enough width for themachine to operate in at its minimum width.

“The right rear post only had .78 inch(20mm) of spare vertical movement before themachine bottomed out,” Shane said.

At one time along the early part of the jobit reduced to .20 inch (5mm)! “In order to getthe 3.4-foot (1.05m) wide dish drain at the

correct level, we had to trimup to 2 inches (50mm) ofcompacted road base,” Shanesaid. “This had the trimmerposts extended all the waydown, and even then we wereonly trimming just enough tostop the mold from catchingon the grade with .20 inch(5mm) between the lowestpoint of the trimmer teeth tothe bottom of the mold.”

Shane called the pour asuccessful project in the endof the day.

Adelaide Kerbing’s owner,Vic Saccoccio, loves the ver-satility of the machine andhow well it is set out, Shanesaid. “These guys at PowerCurbers have it all sorted out,”Vic said. “They’ve thought ofeverything. There is no pointwasting your time slipformingwith a machine that doesn’thave the weight and featuresof the Power Curber, especial-ly that auger and trimmer, theyare terrific.”

Vic’s son, Steve, sets upthe jobs and operates themachine. Vic is proud of theway Steve has caught ontoslipforming curb and operat-ing the 5700-B. “He has themachine singing and is reallyputting out some beautifulcurb,” Vic said.

Adelaide Kerbing alsooperates a 440XL for extrud-ing road islands, mountableand barrier curb, and mediancurb. Vic thinks that the440XL is the best littlemachine he has ever used. “Itjust screams along —- it’ so

easy to use, even my daughter could drive it,”Vic said. For small road islands, he fills upthe hopper of the machine from the concretetruck on the side of the road, pulls themachine into the middle of the road like ashopping trolley, does one side of the island,rolls the machine back to the road side, fillsup again and goes back to middle of the road

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Two tracks are ongrade and the other

post is on the highwayelevation

These guys at PowerCurbers have it all

sorted out. They’vethought of everything.

Vic Saccoccio, Adelaide Kerbing, Adelaide, Australia“ ”The machine is posi-tioned on edge ofexisting pavement, inpreparation for bring-ing the right rear postoff the pavement anddown a ramp that thecrew constructed,while continuouslypouring

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Power Curbers measures its success one customerat a time. Our best measurement is when a customersings the praises of the 5700-SUPER-B, telling usstories about higher production, faster pours, or morepowerful trimming ability.

We’ve heard those kind of stories in 2004, and now, twoindustry publications are adding awards to the SUPER-B’sachievements.

Construction Equipment magazine has chosen the SUPER-B

for a Top 100 Product Award for 2004. Theprogram was conceived to recognize themost significant products introduced eachyear. Each year, the magazine receives

more than 2,000 product releases. In evaluatingproducts for the Top 100 Awards, editors look foradvances in technology, new product lines, signifi-cant improvements to existing products, or a product thatincreases competition in its field.

Better Roads magazine has awarded the machine a2004 Top Rollout Award. This magazine recognizes prod-ucts that enrich the highway and bridge industry withinnovation, productivity and/or greater supplier competi-tion.

The selection of 50 products was drawn from the near-ly 500 new products presented in the magazine from the

November 2003 issue through the October 2004 issue.

Magazines Honor SUPER-B for Enriching the Concrete Industry

Four Power Curber 8700s worked 20 hours per dayslipforming the upper and lower faces of a hugedam in Thailand that has taken 5 years to com-plete.

The Klong Tha Dan Dam, located on the NakonNayok River, was built in sections between hills in therugged terrain.

The four machines slipformed more than 1.7 mil-lion feet of concrete in the faces of the dam, a 305-foot(93m) high structure located about 120 km north ofBangkok. Two of the machines slipformed the upperface and the other two, the lower face.

The dam is the largest roller-compacted concretedam in the world, based on volume of concrete used,and holds the world’s record for most RCC placed in one day —- 10,000 cubic yards,according to Fares Y. Abdo, P.E., Program Manager, Water Resources, Portland CementAssociation.

Roller-compacted concrete (RCC) is an economical and high-performance materialused to construct pavements and dams at a high speed of construction. Similar to conven-tional concrete, the main ingredients of RCC are cement, aggregates and water. RCCoffers the performance of conventional concrete but is constructed at a much faster rateusing earth-moving and paving equipment,” the Portland Cement Association said.

The five-year project in Thailand began in November of 1999 and is to be completedby the end of 2004. The first slipform machine was delivered in October 2000. Themachines finished their part of the project on schedule in early 2004 and performed to thecustomer’s satisfaction, according to Power Curbers’ dealer in Thailand, Pongpanth Lim- PC

Mr. Chainusorn Iangleard of CCVK Joint Venture, contractor for theproject (left), with Randy Chandler, Power Curbers’ international salesmanager (right) in 2004. His Majesty, the King of Thailand, King Bhu-mibol Adulyadej (Rama IX), shown in the photo in the background,comissioned the Klong Tha Dan Dam, the largest roller-compactedconcrete dam in the world.

Four Power Curber machines slipformed more than 1.7 million feet of concrete in the two faces of the dam in Thailand

wongthong of Italthai Industrial Co. Ltd. The dam is more than 8,900 feet long (2,720m)

with a maximum height of 305 feet. A total of3,518,520 cubic feet (327,000 cu m) of conventionalconcrete was used, along with 58 million cubic feet(5.4 million cu m) of RCC.

The four Power Curbers slipformed 1,738,400 feet(530,000m) of concrete. Eight different molds wereused for the faces of the dam because of the graduatedchange in the slope of the structure. The interlockingpasses on the faces varied in width from almost 1 foot(.3m ) to 2.29 feet (.7m) and in height from 1.9 feet(.6m) to 2.9 feet (.9m)

The project was initiated by His Majesty, the Kingof Thailand, King Bhumibol Adulyadej (Rama IX).

The dam is expected to:• Reduce damages from floods in the Nakorn Nayok Basin by 35%.• Improve the soil for agriculture by washing acid from the topsoil.• Promote the fishing industry, with 58 tons of fish expected to be harvested per year.• Supply 16 million cubic meters of water to the surrounding districts.• Become a tourist destination.The contractor is CCVK Joint Venture which consists of the China National Water

Resources and Hydropower Engineering Corp., the China Electric Power TechnologyImport & Export Corp., Vichitbhan Construction Co. Ltd., and Krung Thon EngineersCo., Ltd. Vichitbhan and Krung Thon are the team leaders. Engineers are Asdecon Corp.Co. Ltd, Team Consulting Engineer Co. Ltd., and Coyne et Beller.

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With Extra Horse, SUPER-B Plows Right On Through,Meets High Standards on Job in Utah National Park

The curb crew of Farnworth Concrete of Lindon, UT,had a scenic feast for the eyes, as well as great curb pro-duction, on a recent parking lot job at Arches NationalPark near Moahin southernUtah.

Matt Day,general managerof the company,says their new5700-SUPER-Bdid fabulouswork. “It’s areally pic-turesque area,and the qualityrequirement forthe curb wasreally high,”says Matt.

The park superintendent watched the pour, via webcam, from his office several hours away in Salt Lake City.“He was really amazed,” says Matt, especially at the abilityof the machine to turn a corner in the radius and how littletie-in work was required on the part of the crew.

As a special attraction on this job, the crew enjoyed

big-horn sheep and other wildlife in the park that wereaccustomed to tourists and often wandered close to themachine.

Hogan andAssociates Con-struction, Center-ville, Utah, was thegeneral contractor.

Farnworth hasowned a PowerCurber 5700-Bsince 1997. “It stilldoes a great job,but the SUPER-Bis able to go 30percent faster,”says Matt. “It hasenough horsepower

to take us right onthrough. Even if the

grade work is 5 inches high, we’re able to go right on. Wecan move faster and we don’t worry about the grade beinghigh.”

Farnworth, with Denny Farnworth as president, hasbeen in the curb business for 13 years. “We’ve steadily andsoundly increased our business,” says Matt.

VBG and Wegebo use the Power Curber 5700-B to installslotted drain in a project to rebuild the ring road aroundAntwerp. Slotted drain is a compact profile that can carryhigh volumes of water without danger to traffic, unlike V-drains that need to be deep and wide to carry the sameamount of water. Slipformed slotted drain is formed by

using an inflatable plastic tube that runs inside the slip-form profile. The machine slipforms the concrete over theplastic tube, and the next day the tube is deflated andpulled out of the profile. The mold has a steel tube in thecenter, which positions the inflatable tube in the right placeduring the pour.

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Power Curbers Names International,United States Sales Managers

Mike Harazim has joined Power Curbers as international sales manager,according to Stephen Bullock, vice president of sales and marketing.

Mike comes to us from a global energy company, having spent the pastseven years selling maintenance and reliability improvement products andservices to the power generation industry internationally.

He has a strong mechanical and hydraulics background from his experi-ence with the U.S. Navy, where he served on a nuclear submarine for fiveyears, and then with the U.S. Navy Reserves, until his retirement in 1999.

Mike has a BS degree in Occupational Education from Southern IllinoisUniversity.

He can be reached at 704-647-6164, 704-202-5218 (cell) ormharazim@powercurbers.com.

U.S. Regional ManagerIn the United States, Randy Chandler has

been assigned to sales in the states ofCalifornia, Nevada, Arizona, Florida, Georgia,Alabama, central and eastern Tennessee,Puerto Rico and the Caribbean.

Randy has worked for Power Curbers fortwo years, building marketshare and dealerrelationships in his role as international salesmanager. “Randy has done an outstanding jobin our international department, and we areexcited about his new role in domestic sales,”said Stephen.

Randy can be reached at 704-647-6123,704-267-6630 (cell) or rchandler@power-curbers.com.

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Randy Chandler …nowworking in U.S. market

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to finish the island. Fast and simple. It takes 5 minutes to do a short islandthat would otherwise take an hour to do by hand or with an old ram-styleextruder, according to Shane.

Adelaide Kerbing has extruded kilometers of median curb and edge curbwith the little machine, calling it “the best money maker of our business.”

Shane Dunstan at Aran International Pty. Ltd., Queensland, can bereached at 011.61.7.3206.3782 or shane@aran.com.au

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Vic Saccoccio, right, says that his son, Steve, left, the machine operator,has the 5700-B ‘singing and putting out beautiful curb’

It just screams along … fastand simple. It takes 5 minutes

to do a short island that would other-wise take an hour to do by hand.

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Audoorn Wegen-bouw, owner of thefirst Power Curber5700-SUPER-B inBelgium, is pouring43-inch wide side-walk (110cm) witha paver-styledmold. Sidewalksand bicycle pathsare placed in redconcrete in Europeto indicate areas forpedestrians.

Form Paving inTexasForm Paving inTexas

John Stabile of Stabile & Winn inSaginaw, TX, recently purchased anFP-3000 by Power Pavers, Inc., as anaddition to the form paver his companyhas had in operation for 5 years.

Form pavers have an advantage inthe reconstruction concrete paving thathis company does, John says.

“Form pavers are ideal for recon-struction work,” he says. “You run intoa lot of meter boxes or fire hydrants —-lots of conflicts —- and the form paverdoesn’t need much room in back ofcurb.”

The form paver only requires 1 footof clearance. No crew is required tomove ahead of the paver to disconnectwater services, and then re-connect theservices after the concrete is poured.

Stabile & Winn has operated formpavers for more than 20 years and hashad a long association with Fred Hiteand Randy Hashman, managers ofPower Pavers, Inc.

“That’s 99% of it,” John says of thebuying decision. “… for someone todeal with you on a more personal basis.They’re great,” he says of Fred andRandy. “I make a phone call (for parts)and they ship it right out. I’ve followedthose guys since the 1980s.”

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