Flexible Pavement of Ohio Holds Asphalt Expo 2012

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Flexible Pavements of Ohio, an association dedicated to the develop-ment, improvement and advancement of asphalt pavement construc-tion, celebrated its golden anniversary by holding its 50th Annual

Meeting at the Polaris Hilton Hotel in Columbus, Ohio.The event was conducted in conjunction with the association’s Ohio

Asphalt Expo 2012 on March 6 and 7. Along with an outdoor equipmentexhibition and indoor tabletop displays presented by industry suppliers andservice providers, the Ohio Asphalt Expo featured eight educational sessionsfocused on all aspects of asphalt pavement design and construction.For more information, visit www.flexiblepavements.org.

(L-R): At McLean Company’s outdoor equipment display Kevin Cunningham of CunninghamPaving, Greg Zink, Don McLean, Carey Brockman, Scott McLean, and Jim Griffith and Steve Rickeof Wirtgen, get a close look at the Wirtgen W150 cold milling machine.

(L-R): Terex Road Building’s Jeff Thress joins SoutheasternEquipment Company’s Doug Neff and Dale Alferink of Bomag atSoutheastern’s outdoor equipment display.

(L-R): Rudd Equipment Company’s Mark Tanzillo, Jamie Terrill, Tim Menke, MartinMcCutcheon, Dave Bencze and Josh Poston, and Volvo’s Andy Capps welcome OhioAsphalt Expo attendees.

The new Carlson CP-90 paver introduced at the show in ColumbusEquipment’s display attracts a great deal of attention.

see EXPO page 4

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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: 110557Type: Two lane resurfacing.Location:AUG-VA-MICRO-PM-FY2012.State Estimate: $1,642,000Contractors and Bid Amounts:• Strawser Construction Inc., Columbus, Ohio —

$1,560,718• American Pavements Inc., Plain City, Ohio —

$1,702,627• Roadway Services Inc., Napoleon, Ohio —

$1,966,092Completion Date: July 15, 2012

Project No: 110564Type: Two lane resurfacing.Location: PUT-SR-15/65/109/613-8.98/0.00/0.00/15.56.State Estimate: $1,749,000Contractors and Bid Amounts:• Bluffton Paving Inc., Bluffton, Ohio — $1,864,024• Shelly Company, Thornville, Ohio — $2,020,117

Completion Date: July 30, 2012

Project No: 110568Type: Two lane resurfacing.Location:VAN-SR/PAU-49/111-5.49/12.34/6.82/0.00.State Estimate: $1,995,000Contractors and Bid Amounts:• Shelly Company, Thornville, Ohio — $1,968,829• Gerken Paving Inc., Napoleon, Ohio — $2,112,175• L I C A Construction Corporation, Berne, Ind. —

$2,113,252Completion Date: July 30, 2012

Project No: 110569Type: Culvert replacement.Location: CLI-SR-132/133-0.00/0.54; CLI-132-0.00.State Estimate: $3,166,000Contractors and Bid Amounts:• John R Jurgensen Company, Cincinnati, Ohio —

$3,094,453• Barrett Paving Materials Inc., Cincinnati, Ohio —

$3,204,717• Sunesis Construction Company, West Chester, Ohio

— $3,454,525• R B Jergens Contractors Inc., Vandalia, Ohio —

$4,097,441Completion Date:Oct. 31, 2012

Project No: 110570Type: Bridge painting.Location:WAS-SR-7/VAR-20.33/VAR.State Estimate: $2,455,000Contractors and Bid Amounts:

• APBN Inc., Campbell, Ohio — $1,527,890• Panther Industrial Painting LLC, Mishawaka, Ind. —

$1,933,562• Cosmos Comprehensive Construction Inc., Canal

Fulton, Ohio — $1,938,621• Cosmos Industrial Services Inc., Cleveland, Ohio —

$2,129,957• Adelphi Inc., Campbell, Ohio — $2,297,599• 360 Construction Company Inc., Brunswick, Ohio —

$2,464,301• Troy Painting Inc., Lowellville, Ohio — $2,662,078• Abhe & Svoboda Inc., Prior Lake, Minn. —

$5,693,173Completion Date: Sept. 30, 2013

Project No: 117009Type: Two lane resurfacing.Location: STA-SR-172/241-0.00/(0.01)(1.68).State Estimate: $1,016,000Contractors and Bid Amounts:• Superior Paving & Materials Inc., North Canton, Ohio

— $1,062,417• Shelly Company, Thornville, Ohio — $1,066,819• Northstar Asphalt Inc., North Canton, Ohio —

$1,097,014• Karvo Paving Company, Stow, Ohio —$1,181,735

Completion Date: June 30, 2012

Project No: 118024Type:Miscellaneous.

Location:HAM-VA-ARTIMIS-DMS RETROFIT.State Estimate: $2,190,000Contractors and Bid Amounts:• J Ranck Electric Inc., Mt. Pleasant, Mich. —

$2,048,018• Bansal Construction Inc., Fairfield, Ohio —

$2,087,370• Complete General Construction Company, Columbus,

Ohio — $2,111,880• Miller Cable Company, Green Springs, Ohio —

$2,148,000Completion Date: July 1, 2012

Project No: 110553Type: Intersection.Location:HAM-IR-74-18.00.State Estimate: $13,266,000Contractors and Bid Amounts:• John R Jurgensen Company, Cincinnati, Ohio —

$13,069,483• Great Lakes Construction Company, Hinckley, Ohio

— $13,415,768 • Eagle Bridge Company, Sidney, Ohio — $13,936,705• Complete General Construction Company, Columbus,

Ohio — $14,946,554• Barrett Paving Materials Inc., Cincinnati, Ohio —

$14,999,549• R B Jergens Contractors Inc., Vandalia, Ohio —

$15,302,895Completion Date:Oct. 31, 2013

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EXPO from page 1

(L-R): Ohio CAT’s Tim Cox, Barret Paving’s Jerry Haney, Ohio CAT’s Jerry Rush andJeff Sebring of Barrett Paving discuss Caterpillar equipment solutions for itspaving projects.

Gary Saathoff (L) andJeff Lambert of Recycling& Processing Equipmentare looking forward todiscussing asphalt shin-gle grinding services.

Equipment, Education inAction at Asphalt Expo 2012

Murphy Tractor &Equipment Company’sDick Evans (L) and EricBischoff are ready totalk about John Deereequipment.

GeoShack’s Greg Koly (L)and Dan O’Reilly answerquestions about machinecontrol applications inpaving at the show.

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GeoShack Holds Pair ofGPS User Group MeetingsGeoShack conducted a

pair of GPS user groupmeetings in Ohio in

Akron on Feb. 22 andColumbus on Feb. 29. The agenda included a GPS

overview followed by a pres-entation on the latest GPSnews, features and benefits. Apresentation on working withproject files, available supportpackages and special promo-tions offered by GeoShack alsowas held. Attendees were encouraged

to bring their data collectors fora free update to the latest ver-sion of Pocket 3D. The meeting opened with a brief state of

the company address by GeoShack VicePresident Dan O’Reilly, who said that with19 retail and two wholesale locations and

company wide growth of 30 percent lastyear, they are now the largest Topcon dealerin North America. The company has contin-

GeoShack Vice President Dan O’Reilly updates atten-dees on new product developments and GeoShack’sbusiness activities.

GeoShack’s Mike Fenster stays busy updating attendees’ data collectors throughoutthe event.

GeoShack Machine Control Specialist Greg Koly is on hand to discuss datatransfers.

see MEETINGS page 7

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GeoShack, TopconHold GPS UserGroup Meetingsued to grow despite a challenging business environment,already adding two new locations in 2012 — in Quebec andTexas. The company is developing a central warehousingoperation that will deeply stock Topcon and other products,providing the fastest delivery possible for customers.

Other highlights of the event included a presentation of thenew Topcon HiPer II Dual Frequency GNSS receiver. Theunits are designed to be smaller, lighter and faster withimproved receiver performance and greater user friendliness.The system is fully customizable, providing maximum flex-ibility in system options for a number of applications.Equipped with a faster processor and capable of remoteaccess, other features of the new HiPer II include cable-freeBluetooth wireless operation, voice messages of receiver sta-tus, swappable Li-ion batteries, optional integrated GSM orCDMA modem, optional integrated SS or digital UHF radioand a slot for SD or SDHC memory card.

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(L-R): Blayne Reusch and Spicer McDowell of REUMACStabilization catch up with Dean Bradley of MurphyTractor & Equipment Co. at the event.

Attendees and presenters gather for a group shot at the Akron GPS user group meeting.

MEETINGS from page 6

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