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Georgia Power Lights Up Two U.S. Army Bases Georgia Power is continuing construction on new solar projects at two U.S. Army bases, including Fort Gordon near Augusta. The Fort Gordon project will provide a 30-megawatt, alternating current, solar array on the installation, which will be financed, designed, installed, owned and operated by the power company. “This is an important project for both the military and for Georgia Power,” said John Kraft, company spokesman. “These definitely represent the largest Georgia Powerowned solar projects to date.” When completed, the new solar park will be have the ability to provide roughly 100 percent of peak electrical demand for the installation. The $75 million investment will cover approximately 209 acres and feature 137,640 4 by 6-ft. (1.2 by 1.8 m) panels. The project is part of a U.S. Army commitment to the president to secure one gigawatt of renewable energy and sustainability at U.S. Army installations by 2025. “The Fort Gordon project is well on its way to completion, and by this fall, we expect it to join the Fort Benning
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“This is an important project for both the military and for Georgia Power,” said John Kraft, company spokesman. “These definitely represent the largest Georgia Power-owned solar projects to date.”
project, which was completed at the end of 2015,” said Kraft. “It’s very rewarding to see all of the hard work put into these projects come to fruition.” Kraft said his project represents another expansion of solar in Georgia. “It’s among the first and largest Georgia Power-owned projects, and helps the army meet its renewable energy goals. Plus, we are building the projects to be brought online at or below the company’s ‘avoided cost’, or the amount projected it would cost the company to generate comparable energy from other sources. “It will not put upward pressure on the rates that our customers pay for electricity. It also diversifies our mix of energy resources, which include nuclear, coal, natural gas and renewables, including hydro, biomass, solar and wind.” There have not been significant challenges to date, and construction has reportedly gone smoothly. “Being part of a secure military installation, we have to work around base-access issues, of course, but it has gone well,” said Kraft. “We are finalizing installation work, and
are largely into electrical finishing at this point, including connections, wiring, etc. “Grubbing and grading to clear the land was first, followed by pile driving for the support posts, assembly of the racking structures and then installation of panels and inverters. Work has gone well, on schedule, despite some periods of rain and inclement weather. “We continue to perform electrical work, and extensive testing will take place during the summer.” Kraft said that solar facilities are different from building a traditional power plant because it takes a lot of land for a solar facility, but all the panels are essentially identical. “You don’t have all of the different power plant systems to construct,” Kraft said. “It’s a very horizontal project. It’s all near ground level, whereas most power plants include some vertical element.” To construct the project, earth moving equipment was required initially, followed by pile drivers for the support mounts and trenching equipment for cabling. Then, the racksee POWER page 4
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DEUTZ Moves, Expands Value Add Production Operation DEUTZ Corporation recently moved its Value Add production operation from Norcross, Ga., to a facility with a larger, 60,000-sq. ft. (5,574 sq m) production area in Pendergrass, Ga. As a result, DEUTZ has been able to increase the number of Value Add production lines from one to three. While the company already manufactures thousands of engines annually through its Value Add operation, the expansion will allow DEUTZ to increase production and serve even more OEM partners. “Our Value Add lines allow us to provide customers with a high-value, customized engine solution,” said Jim Smith, director of production operations of DEUTZ Corporation. “Moving our Value Add production lines to our new North Georgia location both increases our capacity and streamlines the overall production process.” The DEUTZ Corporation Value Add production operation uses base engines delivered from Germany and provides modification adjustments according to each OEM customer’s specific requirements. OEMs can choose to provide their own design specifications, or rely on the expertise of DEUTZ’s engineering team to design a custom-engineered solution. Whether it be a customer design or a DEUTZ Corporation
custom-engineered solution, DEUTZ engineers work closely with the OEM partner’s engineers throughout the entire process, optimizing customer resources while reducing design complexity and risk, according to the company.
“To make the process more efficient, we’ve introduced a number of important ‘lean manufacturing,’ waste-reducing concepts to help to take the operation from a batch-build operation to a one-piece-flow operation,” Smith said. “Our redesigned
DEUTZ Corporation recently moved its Value Add production operation from Norcross, Ga., to a facility with a larger, 60,000-sq. ft. (5,574 sq m) production area in Pendergrass, Ga.
work stations ensure that the necessary tools, materials, and documentation are close at hand. This has reduced cycle times by twenty-five percent and increased the line’s ability to run a wider variety of products.” The Value Add line’s one-piece flow operation benefits the OEM’s assembly line, reducing the amount of labor that would otherwise be required to prepare the engine for the machine. And, as part of the DEUTZ Value Add package, customers receive not only the engine, but service, warranty and aftermarket support as well. “We purchase a significant amount of components and parts each year,” said Robert Mann, president and CEO of DEUTZ Corporation. “By relocating our operation to Pendergrass, we’re now able to offer additional expertise and cost savings to an even greater number of our OEM partners. And, because we’re able to manage many of the complex manufacturing aspects, our customers can focus all their attention on their own products, rather than on the engine manufacturing and installation process.” For more information, visit www.deutzamericas.com. (This story also can be found on Construction Equipment Guide’s website at www.constructionequipmentguide.com.)
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Army Looks at Renewable Energy to Build Security “We’re committed to assisting our customers with all of their energy needs, including providing information and expert advice to help them make informed choices about adding solar, on an Army base or a home rooftop.” Coleman said, “Every megawatt here that we’re bringing online will be done without putting upper pressure on our customer’s rates.” Richard Kidd, deputy assistant secretary of the Army, Energy and Sustainability said, “The Army is looking at renewable energy as a portion of a broader initiative to build energy security and resiliency on our installations.” In addition to providing cost-effective, renewable energy, solar panels will have other advantages. Kidd described the installation as a “platform of power projection,” ultimately joining others in becoming a more secure and reliant military installation due to having a sustainable infrastructure. At a time when the electric grid is increasingly
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ing and the panel components and inverters must be moved into place, crews must construct the racking and mount the panels and electrical expertise is needed to make the connections. “A typical panel weighs 60 pounds. Safety is very important on any Georgia Power project, so we stress that constantly on the job. The panels and related equipment are trucked to the site and lifted into place, where workers then mount them to the racking structure with a fixed-tilt orientation, generally facing south to capture optimal sunlight across the day,” Kraft said. Heavy machinery being used on the job includes earth movers, bulldozers, backhoes and graders, along with pile drivers, dump trucks, cranes and lifts. Approximately 137,000 ground-mounted crystalline PV modules are required to complete the project, as well as electric inverters mounted on steel racking structures, cabling, wiring and metering to connect the facility to the electric transmission grid. The electricity generated by the PV panels will be in the form of direct current (DC). Inverters will be required to perform the conversion of the variable DC output of the PV cells into alternating current (AC) suitable for supplying the electrical grid. “The Fort Gordon installation cleared and sold the timber on the property,” said Kraft. “Georgia Power conducted the environmental assessment, along with grubbing and grading the site. In addition, for both safety and security, a chain link fence was erected around the perimeter of the project location with a gate access. “Constructing more than 130,000 panels across more than 200 acres takes some time. The most-time consuming part of the work has been the civil work necessary to prepare the site for the installation of the racking system. The large expanse of the site includes varying terrains that must to be graded to a precise civil plan. The project has moved well, and is on schedule,”said Kraft. Fort Gordon, along with the U.S. Army Office of Energy Initiatives, Georgia Power and the General Services Administration, held a groundbreaking ceremony for the solar array in May 2015, near the installation’s Gordon Lakes Golf Course. The event was hosted by Major General Stephen G. Fogarty, commanding general, U.S. Army Cyber Center of Excellence and Fort Gordon, along with leaders from Department of the Army, Georgia Power and the General Services Administration. Lieutenant Colonel Tom Woodie, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; Torre Jessup, general services administration; Richard
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Georgia Power is continuing construction on new solar projects at two U.S. Army bases, including Fort Gordon near Augusta.
Kidd, deputy assistant secretary of the Army and Fort Gordon; Amanda Simpson, Army Office of Energy Initiatives; Kenneth Coleman, Georgia Power; and Stan Wise, Georgia Public Service Commission, were among those in attendance at the ceremony. The U.S. Army and Georgia Power will facilitate the project under a 35-year easement. The U.S. Army will purchase power through a GSA contract with the power company. Fogarty said increasing the use of renewable energy is significant. “The 3x30 project is just one example of how the Army is strengthening energy security and sustainability at our installations by developing and executing cost effective, large scale renewable energy projects, levering private financing,” said Kraft. Similar projects were approved for Fort Benning and Fort Stewart. By the time all three projects are complete, Georgia 3x30 will produce approximately 18 percent of the energy the Army consumes in Georgia, according to Jessup. Officials said Fort Gordon has a place on the grid as the site of a premier power platform for the nation. Power produced by the panels at Fort Gordon will go out to the grid, then on to power customers on and off the installation. “That is one of the beauties of the way we have been able to structure this partnership,” Jessup said. “What you do here at Fort Gordon will have an impact across Georgia and around the world.” One of GSA’s goals is to ensure maxi-
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The Fort Gordon project will provide a 30-megawatt, alternating current, solar array on the installation, which will be financed, designed, installed, owned and operated by the power company.
mum sustainability in its efforts, while having minimal impact on the environment. Currently, the administration is working to achieve 30 percent clean power consumption by 2020. Once Georgia 3x30 is fully up and running, energy costs will remain at or below current amounts, guaranteeing customers their rates will not increase. “These solar projects support the Army and their mission to not only strengthen local Georgia bases as economic and community engines, but also their efforts to further the development of renewable energy and enhance national security,” said Coleman.
threatened by people looking to destroy it, the first line of defense for the Army will be at Fort Gordon. Georgia Power, the largest subsidiary of Southern Company, is one of the nation’s largest generators of electricity, serving some 2.4 million customers. Officials expect the solar project to be ready to produce power by late 2016. (This story also can be found on Construction Equipment Guide’s website at www.constructionequipmentguide.com.) CEG
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JCB Growth Continues With Largest Shipment to Savannah
JCB recently received its largest-ever shipment of machines into Savannah from its UK manufacturing facility on May 28. More than 400 JCB machines worth approximately $35 million arrived via the ship “Tugela.”
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In early 2015, JCB received what was then the company’s largest single vessel shipment of 341 construction and agricultural machines to the Georgia Ports Authority from its manufacturing facility in the United Kingdom. That record was broken on May 28 when JCB’s UK facility shipped more than 400 machines worth more than $35 million to the Georgia Ports Authority. Over the next few weeks, JCB will inspect and configure the machines to customer specifications at its North American headquarters in Savannah, before shipping the units to authorized distributors throughout North America. “The fact that we continue to receive more machines from the UK is indicative of JCB’s continued growth in the United States, Canada and Mexico,” said Ken Bianco, vice president of commercial operations of JCB North America. “While the market for construction and agricultural machines are stagnant or declining in many parts of the world, this particular market remains strong for JCB. Our employees and dealers have worked diligently to increase demand for JCB products. This new shipment will help us fulfil that demand.” The vessel “Tugela” brought the 400plus JCB machines directly from the United Kingdom on May 28. While these particular machines were imported, JCB manufactures its full line of 18 model skid steers and compact track loaders, along with the 3CX backhoe at its Savannah headquarters for export across the globe. “North America has been identified as JCB’s largest potential market for growth,” said Arjun Mirdha, president and chief executive officer of JCB Inc. “The company has made substantial investments over the past five-years to support a growing equipment population and to increase market share. Shipments such as the one delivered by ‘Tugela’ demonstrate JCB’s continued success in building profitable demand for its products across the United States and Canada.” While JCB is pleased to be increasing its market share, the company also is proud to be positively contributing to the local and regional economies in Georgia. “Working with partners like the Georgia Ports Authority makes it possible for us to continue investing in the communities where we live and work,” said Mirdha. For more information, visit www.jcbna.com. (This story also can be found on Construction Equipment Guide’s website at www.constructionequipmentguide.com.)
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‘Peach State’ Highway Project Bids
The Georgia State Department of Transportation received bids for transportation-related improvement projects. Following is a list of some of the projects let. Counties: All counties Proposal Number: 001 - B1CBA1600889-0 Location: Various locations in District 3. Project: Sharp curve treatment. Contractors and Bid Amounts: • Deangelo Brothers LLC — $9,245,599 • Triangle Grading & Paving Inc. — $9,299,707 • Baldwin Paving Company Inc. — $9,885,858 • Total Highway Maintenance LLC — $12,551,904 • American Civil Constructors West Coast LLC d/b/a ACC West Coast — $12,937,988 County: Banks Proposal Number: 005 - B1CBA1600793-0 Location: On U.S. 441/SR 15 beginning north of Faulkner Road and extending north of SR 164. Project: 2.784 mi. of milling and plant mix resurfacing. Contractors and Bid Amounts: • E. R. Snell Contractor Inc. — $1,339,461.00 • C. W. Matthews Contracting Company Inc. — $1,352,115 • Pittman Construction Company — $1,434,940 • Allied Paving Contractors Inc. — $1,462,393 County: Brooks Proposal Number: 007 - B1CBA1600816-0 Location: On SR 333 beginning at the Florida state line and extending to U.S. 84/SR 38. Project: 12.028 mi. of milling, plant mix resurfacing and shoulder rehabilitation. Contractors and Bid Amounts: • The Scruggs Company — $2,392,983 • Reames and Son Construction Company Inc. — $2,552,144 Counties: Calhoun and Early Proposal Number: 008 - B1CBA1600794-0 Location: On SR 45 beginning north of Lakeside Drive and extending south SR 37. Project: 12.258 mi. of milling, plant mix resurfacing, single surface treatment paving and shoulder rehabilitation. Contractors and Bid Amounts: • Oxford Construction Company — $2,446,884 • Reeves Construction Company — $2,694,155 County: Carroll Proposal Number: 009 - B1CBA1600865-0 Location: On I-20/SR 402 beginning at U.S. 27/SR 1 and extending to SR 61. Project: 12.732 mi. of pavement replacement and reconstruction. Contractors and Bid Amounts: • Archer Western Contractors LLC — $80,354,843 • C. W. Matthews Contracting Inc. and McCarthy Improvement Company — $88,303,360 • E. R. Snell Contractor Inc. — $92,945,273
County: Catoosa Proposal Number: 010 - B1CBA1600843-0 Location: Various locations in Catoosa County. Project: 9.780 mi. of milling, plant mix resurfacing and single surface treatment paving. Contractors and Bid Amounts: • Talley Construction Company Inc. — $2,114,088 • Northwest Georgia Paving Inc. — $2,263,813 • C. W. Matthews Contracting Company Inc. — $2,263,977 • Bartow Paving Company Inc. — $2,442,308 County: Cobb Proposal Number: 011 - B1CBA1600839-0 Location: On U.S. 278/SR 6 at SR 6 Spur. Project: Intersection improvements. Contractors and Bid Amounts: • Paulette Tucker Enterprises Inc. d/b/a Tucker Grading & Hauling — $492,958 • Baldwin Paving Company Inc. — $550,079 • Bartow Paving Company Inc. — $606,128 • R. J. Haynie & Associates Inc. — $619,015 • Glosson Enterprises LLC — $687,267 • Precision 2000 Inc. — $833,148 County: Colquitt Proposal Number: 013 - B1CBA1600796-0 Location: On SR 37 beginning east of SR 35 and extending to the Cook County line. Project: 13.791 mi. milling, plant mix resurfacing and shoulder rehabilitation. Contractors and Bid Amounts: • The Scruggs Company — $2,014,871 • Reames and Son Construction Company Inc. —
$2,146,223 • Reeves Construction Company — $2,378,952 County: Decatur Proposal Number: 015 - B1CBA1600421-1 Location: On U.S. 27/SR 1 over Flint River (CS 834) and over CSX railroad. Project: Bridge rehabilitation. Contractors and Bid Amounts: • Olympus Painting Contractors Inc. — $1,396,987 • The L. C. Whitford Company Inc. — $1,598,887 • Massana Construction Inc. — $1,715,036 • Kiewit Infrastructure South Company — $2,350,339 County: Hall Proposal Number: 017 - B1CBA1600789-0 Location: On Union Church Road (CR 1300) beginning at SR 53 and extending to SR 211. Project: 9.641 mi. of construction and widening for realignment, also signing and marking upgrades. Contractors and Bid Amounts: • Baldwin Paving Company Inc. — $1,599,598 • E. R. Snell Contractor Inc. — $1,939,914 • G.P.’s Enterprises Inc. — $1,988,411 County: White Proposal Number: 023 - B1CBA1600804-0 Location: On SR 17 beginning at SR 17 and extending to SR 75 alt. Project: 3.350 mi. of milling and plant mix resurfacing. Contractors and Bid Amounts: • Allied Paving Contractors Inc. — $1,298,826 • C. W. Matthews Contracting Company Inc. — $1,449,982 • Colditz Trucking Inc. — $1,692,822
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