Ohio #13, 2012

Ditch Witch of Ohio, W.PA,W.NY Hosts Hospitality Event

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(L-R): Ditch Witch of Ohio’s Jim Pape talks with Sue and Dave Dietz of Beaver CreekLandscape & Nursery, Beavercreek, Ohio.

Ditch Witch Sales of Michigan’s Andy Hildebrant (L) and James Patterson arehappy they made the trip to take part in the festivities.

In for the event from Oklahoma, Ditch Witch Manufacturing representatives JohnLamerton and Tucker Dotson flank (L-R) Fred Willits, Chris Sands and Jeff Frickeof Team Fishel to watch the golf activities.

(L-R): Ditch Witch of Ohio, Western PA and Western NY General Manager Matt DiIorio catches up with Tim Griffin of Fishel Company and Don Kendall of TRCEnvironmental Engineering.

Customers and associates of DitchWitch of Ohio, Western PA andWestern NY were treated to a hospi-

tality event held to coincide with theMemorial Tournament at the MuirfieldVillage Golf Course near Columbus, Ohio,on June 1.

Gathering at the hospitality house on theseventh fairway of the course, guests wereprovided with food, beverages and PGAbadges allowing access to the course and anup close look at the golfers in action. Matt DiIorio, general manager of Ditch Witch ofOhio, Western PA and Western NYexplained that the hospitality event providesan excellent opportunity for the dealership’ssales people and Ditch Witch factory repre-sentatives to spend time with their customersin a relaxed setting while enjoying one of thepremier golf events of the year.

The Memorial Tournament, founded andhosted by Jack Nicklaus, is one of the year’s

largest the non-major events on the PGAtour.

The invitational event matches up the pre-vious year’s top 75 prize earners. The eventis held at the Nicklaus-designed MuirfieldVillage Golf Course, located just outside ofNicklaus’ hometown of Columbus. Top hon-ors at this year’s tournament went to TigerWoods, claiming his fifth win at theMemorial.

With full service dealerships inColumbus, Ohio, and Pittsburgh, Pa., andproduct support centers in Cincinnati, Ohio,Cleveland, Ohio and Rochester, N.Y., DitchWitch of Ohio, W.PA, W.NY sells, rents andsupports the full Ditch Witch line oftrenchers, vibratory plows, pneumatic pierc-ing tools, backhoes, mini skid steers, vacu-um excavation systems, utility locatingequipment, horizontal directional drillingsystems, and drill pipe along with a varietyof other downhole tools.

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The Ohio State Department of Transportation receivedbids for transportation-related improvement projects.The following is a list of some of the projects let.

Project No: 120025Type: Four lane resurfacing.Location: SUM-IR-76/77/277/224-VAR.#1/SUM-277-1.61#2/SUM-76-6.State Estimate: $14,600,000Contractors and Bid Amounts:

• Shelly Company, Thornville, Ohio — $13,139,797• Karvo Paving Company, Stow, Ohio — $13,892,652• Shelly & Sands Inc., Zanesville, Ohio — $13,901,881

Completion Date: July 30, 2013

Project No: 120027Type: Bridge replacement (two bridges).Location:ALL-IR-75-6.11/7.85.State Estimate: $8,122,000Contractors and Bid Amounts:

• Eagle Bridge Company, Sidney, Ohio — $7,984,967• Miller Bros Construction Inc., Archbold, Ohio —

$8,097,659• Vernon Nagel Inc., Napoleon, Ohio — $8,185,559• Complete General Construction Company, Columbus,

Ohio — $8,395,276.• Kokosing Construction Company Inc., Columbus,

Ohio — $8,819,951Completion Date:Oct. 31, 2012

Project No: 120028Type: Bridge repair.Location: COL-SR-11-11.41.State Estimate: $1,127,000Contractors and Bid Amounts:

• Marucci & Gaffney Excavating Company,Youngstown, Ohio — $899,873

• A P O’Horo Co., Youngstown, Ohio — $963,000• Keffler Bridge Co., Canfield, Ohio — $1,130,741• Complete General Construction Company, Columbus,

Ohio — $1,165,883• Armstrong Steel Erectors Inc., Newark, Ohio —

$1,223,262• Dot Construction Corp, Canfield, Ohio — $1,276,713• Shelly & Sands Inc., Zanesville, Ohio — $1,335,969

Completion Date:Aug. 31, 2012

Project No: 120031Type: Bridge repair.Location:GRE-SR-444-0.16.State Estimate: $1,998,000Contractors and Bid Amounts:

• Complete General Construction Company, Columbus,Ohio — $1,881,077

• Double Z Construction Company, Columbus, Ohio —$1,994,284.

• Cosmos Industrial Services Inc., Cleveland, Ohio —$2,178,099

• Velotta Company, Sharon Center, Ohio — $2,178,197• Dot Construction Corp., Canfield, Ohio — $2,189,281

• Eagle Bridge Company, Sidney, Ohio — $2,268,148 • Bridge Overlay Systems Inc., Canfield, Ohio —

$2,357,157Completion Date:Oct. 31, 2012

Project No: 120043Type: Bridge replacement (one bridge).Location: PIK-TR-T.R.338-2.20 (Gleason Road).State Estimate: $1,259,000Contractors and Bid Amounts:

• Double Z Construction Company, Columbus, Ohio —$1,119,911

• Complete General Construction Company, Columbus,Ohio — $1,213,181

• Eagle Bridge Company, Sidney, Ohio — $1,270,923• Shelly & Sands Inc., Zanesville, Ohio — $1,286,801• Righter Company Inc., Columbus, Ohio —

$1,565,370Completion Date:Nov. 15, 2012

Project No: 120045Type: Bridge repair.Location: SUM-SR-8-0.00/2.13.State Estimate: $4,055,000Contractors and Bid Amounts:

• Shelly & Sands Inc., Zanesville, Ohio — $4,359,112• Shelly Company, Thornville, Ohio — $4,389,984• Karvo Paving Company, Stow, Ohio — $4,486,185• Northstar Asphalt Inc., North Canton, Ohio —

$4,975,383Completion Date: Sept. 30, 2012

Project No: 120047Type: Bridge replacement (one bridge).Location:UNI-US-36-6.22.State Estimate: $951,000Contractors and Bid Amounts:

• Double Z Construction Company, Columbus, Ohio —$990,930

• R & I Construction Inc., Tiffin, Ohio — $1,024,481• Complete General Construction Company, Columbus,

Ohio — $1,027,645• Righter Company Inc., Columbus, Ohio —

$1,045,848• Rietschlin Construction Inc., Crestline, Ohio —

$1,052,437• Eagle Bridge Company, Sidney, Ohio — $1,070,061• R B Jergens Contractors Inc., Vandalia, Ohio —

$1,077,386• Dot Construction Corporation, Canfield, Ohio —

$1,150,980Completion Date:Oct. 15, 2012

Project No: 120053Type: Parking areas.Location:MUS-SR/PER-146/668-5.81/14.11.State Estimate: $1,825,000Contractors and Bid Amounts:

• Shelly Company, Thornville, Ohio — $2,159,098• Shelly & Sands Inc., Zanesville, Ohio — $2,432,112

Completion Date:Aug. 31, 2012

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By Mary ReedCEG Correspondent

The completion of the US 33 Nelsonville Bypass project cur-rently under way in Ohio boasts the largest single investment —up to $150 million — made by the Ohio Department ofTransportation (ODOT).The Department was able to award contracts for the comple-

tion of the Athens County job five years earlier than anticipated,thanks to funding from the American Recovery andReinvestment Act (ARRA).When completed, a notorious bottleneck will be removed,

given ODOT estimates that over 1,700 trucks travel US 33 dailybetween Columbus, Ohio, and Charleston, W.V., making thatstretch the eighth busiest truck route in Ohio. At present almostall these trucks go through Nelsonville, where the four-lanehighway narrows to a two-lane local road.Completion of the third and final phase in October 2013 will

complete the corridor, an ambitious project that involves con-struction of 8.3 mi. (13.4 km) of four-lane highway and reloca-tion of 2.2 mi. (3.5 km) of State Routes 78 and 691.“The entire corridor involves 14.8 million cubic yards of

excavation and 10.5 million cubic yard of embankment. For theARRA-funded projects (Phases 2 & 3) the totals are 11.3 mil-

lion cubic yards of excavation and 8.6 million cubic yards ofembankment,” said ODOT Project Engineer Daniel McDonald.There are 18 bridges included in the corridor —eight sets of

twin bridges on US Route 33 and a single structure piece onState Route 78 and State Route 691, he added.The bypass also features three types of wildlife crossing,

developed in coordination with Wayne National Forest, throughwhich a large portion of the Nelsonville Bypass Corridor pass-es. Consequently, this job had a higher emphasis placed on envi-ronmental commitments than typical roadway projects normal-ly would.“This spring a subcontractor will be in to set the 28-foot by

11-foot precast arches that will be used as a wildlife crossing.The wildlife crossing will allow wildlife to safely cross from oneside of the roadway to the other without interfering with vehic-ular traffic,” McDonald said.“Also, all of the right-of-way fence along mainline is 8-feet

high fencing as opposed to the typical 47-inch fencing. Thereare also several ‘wildlife jump outs’ designed that will allowdeer to escape the roadway should they somehow breach thefencing. The jumpouts use a vertical grade separation at thefence line using gabion baskets. The inside of the fence, towardsthe roadway, will be higher and the deer will simply be able tojump down out of the roadway alignment, but will be discour-aged from using it the other direction due to the vertical face andthe narrow entry point,” he added.In addition, an amphibian crossing has been constructed

under the new alignment of State Route 78 in an area wherewetlands exist on both sides of the roadway alignment.“I’ve been told that certain amphibian always return to the

location where they were born. To allow for this, a pipe wasplaced at 0-percent grade to allow the tadpoles to migrate to theother side of the roadway,” McDonald said. “There will also betwo runs of precast concrete structures with grates over the topso the amphibians can cross back to the other side when theymature into adults. There are specially designed headwalls thatwill funnel the amphibians into these structures.”The Nelsonville area had a thriving coal mining industry in

the early 1900s, leading to the town’s nickname of Little City ofBlack Diamonds. The decline of the industry and the lax regu-lations of the time led to mines being abandoned as they stood.To avoid highway subsidence and for safety reasons, grout isbeing used to fill abandoned mine voids.ODOT Project Engineer McDonald described the process.“This work involved drilling holes at a fixed pattern and then

filling the voids full of grout. They began by drilling holesaround the perimeter of a particular area and then pumping in astiff stackable grout mix which we referred to as barrier grout.This essentially created an underground dam at the perimeter ofthe roadway that could hold back a more fluid grout. Then theholes were drilled in the center of the previous holes and a thinfluid grout mix was pumped in that would fill every small creaseand void that was encountered. Afterwards, confirmation holeswere drilled to ensure that the grout did fill in the voids as intend-ed.”“Although all the holes indicated on the plans have been

drilled, not nearly as much grout as originally anticipated hasbeen used, due to the fact the designers assumed the mine oper-ations removed a larger percentage of each coal seam than wasactually taken," he said.As of June 2012 crews on Phase 2 were preparing the road-

way base for pavement and performing some bridge work.They expect to be completed by this fall.On Phase 3 grouting work is being wrapped up, grading the

subgrade has begun, and bridge work is ongoing. CEG

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GOLF from page 1

Ditch Witch Treats CustomersTo PGA Tour Event Fun

Matt and Tania Di Ioriotake a break from hostingduties to watch some play

on the fairway.

(L-R): Ditch Witch of Ohio, W.PA, W.NY ’s Jim Pape joins Don Ventline of Landform,Fairfield, Ohio, and Bill Coakley of Ditch Witch of Ohio, W.PA, W.NY.

Jim Wilson (L) and Scott Miller of Miller Pipeline enjoy getting an up close look atthe professional golfers at work.


First Span of New Ohio RiverBridge Expected This WeekBy Peggy VlerebomeTHE MADISON COURIER

MADISON, Ind. (AP) The team buildinga new Ohio River bridge connectingMadison and Milton, Ky., wants spectatorsto stay on dry land while the first new spanis placed on temporary pilings the week ofJune 18. The exact dates have not been set, but the

complex series of steps to get the section ofthe truss in place will take 36 hours overthree days, and might include night work. There will be a 500-ft. keep-away zone

and a 1,000-ft. no-wake zone both upriverand downriver from the bridge carrying U.S.421 over the river. The zones will beenforced, and the U.S. Coast Guard has beenasked for help, Walsh Construction Co. saidin an overview of the operation. Spectators will be able to watch from any-

where along the river except beyond thefence near St. Michael’s Avenue on VaughnDrive, the bridge project team said. Unlikeduring the blast to remove an approach spanon the Madison side, people will be able towatch from the grassy area between the riverand the sidewalk on the Madison side, theteam said. The span was built on barges on the

Kentucky side. It is 600 ft. long and weighs1,776 tons. The steel in this span weighs 14 times

more than the weight of the steel in theStatue of Liberty. Getting the bridge span onto the tempo-

rary pilings will be an exercise in precision.The lifting method is called hydraulic strandjacking. Part of the job will be to place two girders

— which are very long steel beams — underthe span that will be used when the entirenew bridge is slid onto the existing, enlargedpiers. Installing each girder will take sixhours. Walsh Construction Co.’s overview

described what will take place. The stepsinclude: • Use barges to pull the span away from

the assembly area on the Kentucky side. Thespan will be on barges that will float out intothe river. • Turn the span into the proper orientation

for its lift. • Push the span into position at the base of

temporary piers 3 and 4, then anchor it intoplace. Temporary piers 3 and 4 are next tothe first piers in the water on the Kentuckyside.

• Make the final lifting preparations,which will include several steps. • Lift the span higher than its destination

so the sliding girders can be installedbetween it and the temporary piers. To dothis, workers will use a system of rollers,cable winches, high-torque hydraulicwrenches and center hole jacks, theoverview said. The overview also included how much

time the various parts of the float and lift willtake, with the lengths of time subject tochange. The first half-hour will be get-ready time

and will include a “safety huddle” where allthe safety risks will be talked about, the proj-ect team said. There will be about three hud-dles altogether during the span lifting, theteam said. Floating the span into position will take

half an hour, and final preparations for thelift will take nine and a half hours. Strand-lifting the span will take 10 hours,

followed by installing the sliding girder attemporary pier 3, a six-hour job, followed bydoing the same at temporary pier 4, also asix-hour job. Hours 34 through 36 will be spent doing

the final positioning of bearings and settingthe span. The bridge project team will be taking

time-lapse pictures of the entire process,which will show a short, compacted versionof the span lifting. The time-lapse video willbe on the project Web site, www.milton-madisonbridge.com. The bridge will be open for traffic while

the span lifting is going on, and the normalwork at the bridge will be taking place,including work on the approaches, pile driv-ing and construction of another span — 727-ft. (221.6 m) long — that is being built on theKentucky riverbank. When that span is done, there will be

another lifting operation, expected later thissummer. The rest of the bridge will be builtby workers over the river instead of along-side the river. When the new bridge is finished on the

temporary piers, traffic will be diverted to itand the existing bridge will be closed forev-er and taken down. The work on the existing piers will be

completed, and then, probably early nextyear, the entire new bridge will be slid intoplace on the piers, and Madison and Miltonwill have a new bridge across the OhioRiver.

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The Federal Mine Safety and Health Administration(MSHA), the Ohio Department of Natural Resources(ODNR) and the Ohio Aggregates and Industrial MineralsAssociation (OAIMA) have joined forces to promote sum-mer water safety through the Stay-Out and Stay-Alive pro-gram.Now in its 14th year, the Stay-Out and Stay-Alive

Program warns outdoor enthusiasts, ATV participants andespecially young people of the dangers of playing and swim-ming on mine property. Since 1999, nearly 300 people havelost their lives in recreational accidents at mine properties;nearly half of the victims were between 15 to 25 years old.“With kids across the country on summer break, the temp-

tation to swim in an abandoned quarry can be hard to over-come,” said Joseph A. Main, assistant secretary of labor ofmine safety and health. “I am pleased that ODNR andOAIMA are active partners in the Stay-Out Stay-Alive cam-paign. Together we can more effectively spread the wordabout the potential dangers of playing on mine property.”“Ohio offers 59 beaches on 47 inland lakes in addition to

beaches on Lake Erie,” said ODNR Director JamesZehringer. “Our beaches offer great opportunities for safeswimming, water sports and enjoying Ohio’s naturalresources along with family and friends.”According to Patrick Jacomet, executive director of the

OAIMA, “aggregate mines are important to all Ohioansbecause construction, home, school and road building mate-rials are mined locally. However, the most common recre-ational accident on mine property, which includes active andreclaimed quarries and sand and gravel operations, is drown-ing.”The OAIMA urges all Ohioans to observe and comply

with “No Trespassing” signs and other warnings and advis-es parents to warn young people of the dangers of swimming

in any unguarded body of water.With more than 200 member companies, OAIMA pro-

ducers account for nearly 111 million tons of limestone, sandand gravel aggregates, salt, clay and other minerals mined inOhio each year. Each Ohio resident requires nearly 10 tons(about a dump truck load) per year of minerals mined local-ly in Ohio.The U.S. Labor Department’s Mine Safety and Health

Administration (MSHA) helps to reduce deaths, injuries and

illnesses in the nation's mines with a variety of activities andprograms. The agency develops and enforces safety andhealth rules applying to all U.S. mines, helps mine operatorswho have special compliance problems, and makes availabletechnical, educational and other types of assistance.The Ohio Department of Natural Resources ensures a bal-

ance between wise use and protection of our naturalresources for the benefit of all. For more information, visit www.ohiodnr.com.

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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) Ohio officials are again adjust-ing anticipated delays on some major transportation projects,and this time they’re shrinking the construction calendar. State transportation staffers had recommended that

planned work on some bridge and road projects be delayedby up to 19 years, citing a lack of funds and over-commit-ment by previous administrations. The Columbus Dispatchreported an advisory board now is expected to consider atighter timetable. Director Jerry Wray said the Ohio Department of

Transportation is counting on savings from a smaller payrolland other initiatives to help fund some projects sooner. Wraysaid the new construction dates aren’t set yet. Democratic state Rep. John Patrick Carney of Columbus

said he’s become skeptical about the ODOT estimates asthey’ve changed several times over a few months.

Ohio Aims to ReduceSome HighwayProject Delays

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