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CENTS Trade Show, Conference a Hit in Columbus

he Ohio Nursery & Landscape Association teamed up with the Ohio State University Nursery Short Course Program to hold the annual CENTS Marketplace trade show and conference Jan. 23 to 25 at the Greater Columbus Convention Center in Columbus, Ohio. During the three-day event, exhibitors displayed their products and services at more than 800 booths covering 216,000 sq. ft. of exhibitor space. Educational seminars also were offered. The Ohio State University Nursery Short Course featured more than 100 technical training and business instruction sessions, many of which provided attendees with continuing education. see CENTS page 7

(L-R): Ohio CAT’s Alan Rhodes, Chris Murray and Brian Gillard have a number of equipment-based solutions to discuss with attendees at the show. Rick Clements (L) of Vermeer Sales and Service joins George Jones of Vermeer Hartland to talk about the latest improvements to the Vermeer S800 TX mini-skid steer.

Lenny Gerrard Jr. (L) and Scott Lipker of Bobcat Enterprises talk about the lineup of Bobcat and Doosan machines.

Highway Equipment Company’s Jim Langer came in from Zelionople, Pa., to help out at the Finn Corporation’s exhibit.

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Shelly & Sands can pave ramps in half the time now with its new GOMACO Commander III with IDBI attachment.

Beating the IRI With Smooth Paving on an Ohio Highway U.S. Route 24 was a two-lane highway through northwest Ohio. It’s a major shipping route, with trucks representing one third of the total volume of traffic. Safety of residential travelers was becoming a concern with such high truck volumes, so the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) developed a plan to expand U.S. 24 into a four-lane divided highway. Work is currently under way on a 16 mi. (25.7 km) stretch between Napoleon and Toledo, Ohio. Shelly & Sands Inc., based out of Zanesville, Ohio, is the contractor responsible for the concrete paving on the project. A total of 245,000 cu. yds. (187,317 cu m) of concrete will be slipformed on the highway expansion project. Shelly & Sands is using a variety of GOMACO equipment, including a PS-30 placer/spreader, four-track GHP2800 paver with IDBI, and a T/C600 texture/cure machine for the mainline paving. A four-track Commander III with an IDBI attachment is slipforming the pro-

ject’s eight entrance/exit ramps. “Basically, we have 16 mi. of new four-lane divided highway,” said Paul Singleton, project superintendent of Shelly & Sands. “We’re slipping the roadway 24 ft. wide with the GOMACO GHP2800 with IDBI and we’re placing a 12 ft. and a 4 ft. shoulder with our other GOMACOs. We started the project last September and should be finished by the first of next year.” Shelly & Sands’ contract doesn’t require completion until the end of 2012. Mainline paving will be finished this season, one entire year early while quality has been maintained throughout the entire project. ODOT has rigid specifications for both bar placement accuracy with the IDBIs and also project smoothness. It uses the International Roughness Index (IRI) to measure pavement smoothness, requiring numbers between 60 to 70 for 100 percent pay. Anything under a 60 earns incentive. “This has been our first major

Shelly & Sands’ contract doesn’t require completion until the end of 2012. Mainline paving will be finished this season, one entire year early while quality has been maintained throughout the entire project. project utilizing the IRI and it’s created some challenges and also had us reevaluate some of our methods,” explained Brian Little, concrete superintendent of Shelly & Sands. “Two of the changes that we implemented was the use of a placer/spreader in front of the paver and we also modified our autofloat on the back of the paver. We used to dump two trucks at a time in front of the paver, and we’d go from a big head of concrete to sometimes hardly any at all. We also don’t start and stop the paver

as much with the placer/spreader out front. It all helps achieve smoothness when you’re paving under the IRI specification. “We’re doing pretty well with it. We’ve been averaging numbers in the upper 50s and low 60s. We’ve even had numbers in some goodsized sections in the high 40s and mid-50s. We’re pretty happy with that.” The concrete for the project is produced onsite by Shelly & Sands’ mobile batch plant. It produces two different mixes, depending on the temperature. Normal

temperatures require an ODOT Class C mix with 550 lbs. (249 kg) of cement with a water reducer. When temperatures warm up, the mix is changed to 385 lbs. (174.6 kg) of cement with 165 lbs. (74.8 kg) of slag. Concrete slump averages 1 to 1.5 in. (2.5 to 3.8 cm). The plant’s production averages 350 cu. yds. (267.6 cu m) per hour with 25 trucks carrying 11 cu. yds. (8.4 cu m) loads of concrete to the paving train. Shelly & Sands’ 2002 four-track GHP-2800 with IDBI is paving 24 ft. (7.3 m) wide and 11.5 in. (29.2 cm) thick. The IDBI is inserting 24 bars, on-the-go, every 15 ft. (4.6 m) to form the new highway’s transverse joints. The 1.5 in. (3.8 cm) diameter bars are 18 in. (45.7 cm) long and placed on 12 in. (30.5 cm) centers across the width of the slab. “ODOT is on site every day checking and verifying the placement and accuracy of our bars,” Little said. “Everything has been right where it should be, and we see PROJECT page 4

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IDBI Attachment Adds Speed, Lowers Project Cost, Time

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A new GOMACO T/C-600 texture/cure machine applies a longitudinal tine finish and white spray cure to the surface of new U.S. Route 24. PROJECT from page 2

haven’t had any problems at all with the placement of the dowel bars.” Shelly & Sands’ new GOMACO T/C-600 texture/cure machine follows the paver applying a longitudinal tine and white spray cure to the new concrete. Paving production on the project averages 2,800 cu. yds. (2,141 cu m) during a 12 hour shift. The eight entrance/exit ramps on the project are being slipformed 16 ft. (4.9 m) wide, 11.5 in. (29.2 cm) thick with Shelly & Sands’ 2010 four-track Commander III with an independent IDBI attachment. Before the new IDBI attachment, dowel baskets had to be placed on grade by hand during paving. The process required more laborers, materials and time to finish a single ramp. “We do a lot of ramp work,” Little explained. “Very rarely is there any room for

a haul road, so we were always putting baskets down by hand as we paved. This IDBI attachment just makes everything better. “You don’t have to worry about getting your baskets placed right and the IDBI attachment is a lot quicker... it takes less people, material costs go way down with a straight dowel bar versus a basket, and we achieve higher production.” The IDBI attachment is placing 16 bars on 12 in. (30.5 cm) centers across the width of the ramp. Transverse joints are placed at 15 ft. (4.6 m) intervals. “It’s working great, both the Commander III and the IDBI attachment,” Johnny VanDyne, paving crew foreman of Shelly & Sands, said. “The switch to the IDBI’s new G+ controls has been pretty much flawless and the operator did great with it. Production see PROJECT page 5

A front-mounted bar inserter on the GOMACO four-track Commander III places a number five bar for the ramp’s longitudinal joint every 26 in. (66 cm).

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PRE-OWNED, JOB READY EQUIPMENT NOW AVAILABLE! Parts • Sales • Service • Rental • Training Cincinnati • Mt. Orab • Columbus • Lexington • Louisville Shelly & Sands Inc. is paving Ohio’s U.S. Route 24 with its GOMACO paving train, which includes a GHP-2800 with IDBI.

Shown at left, an orange paint dot marks the insertion spot of the GOMACO independent IDBI attachment’s dowel bar for the transverse joint. PROJECT from page 4

has been fantastic, too. On a typical 700 cu. yds. ramp, it would have taken us 12 to 14 hours for setting dowel baskets, tie bars and paving. With this new machine, we have about five hours in total slipping it. “Accuracy of the bar placement has been wonderful, too. We show the inspectors right off the bat how we string it and get our depth and then we’ll dig up some of the placed bars

New GOMACO Machines Prove to Be a Valuable Tool For Shelly & Sands

here and there for them to visually check them. All of the testing has been great.” The Commander III also is equipped with a front-mounted bar inserter and two hydraulic, sidemounted bar inserters. A number five bar, 18 in. (457 m) long, is inserted every 26 in. (66 cm) by the frontmounted bar inserter for the longitudinal joint. Tie bars are inserted into both sides of the new ramp on 18 in. (45.7 cm) centers

with the hydraulic side bar inserters. “Before the Commander III with IDBI attachment, each one of these ramps would have been an all day project for us. Now, with the new GOMACO machines, we can slip each one in approximately five hours, using two to three less laborers on the crew,” Little said. “It works out great and you can use it everywhere.” Shelly & Sands does plan to use it every-

where for its projects. It has 70,000 cu. yds. (53,519 cu m) of four-lane divided highway in Athens, Ohio, to finish up. After that, it’s on to Columbus, to start a 280,000 cu. yds. (214,077 cu m) rehabilitation project on Interstate 270. This article was reprinted with permission from GOMACO WORLD Magazine, Volume 39, Number 2.

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‘Buckeye State’ Highway Lettings

The Ohio State Department of Transportation received bids for transportation-related improvement projects. The following is a list of some of the projects let. Project No: 110468 Type: Bridge replacement (one bridge). Location: FRA-IR-270-22.42. State Estimate: $5,640,000 Contractors and Bid Amounts: • Complete General Construction Company, Columbus, Ohio — $4,832,331 • Kokosing Construction Company Inc., Columbus, Ohio — $4,992,632 • Double Z Construction Company, Columbus, Ohio — $5,236,358 • Great Lakes Construction Company, Hinckley, Ohio — $5,617,482 • Shelly & Sands Inc., Zanesville, Ohio — $5,693,685 • Eagle Bridge Company, Sidney, Ohio — $6,656,816 Completion Date: Oct. 15, 2012 Project No: 110508 Type: Two lane resurfacing. Location: ADA-SR-32-0.00. State Estimate: $4,150,000 Contractors and Bid Amounts: • Shelly Company, Thornville, Ohio — $3,829,652 • John R Jurgensen Company, Cincinnati, Ohio — $3,970,604 Completion Date: Sept. 30, 2012 Project No: 110509 Type: Two lane resurfacing. Location: CLI-SR-73-6.24. State Estimate: $2,462,000 Contractors and Bid Amounts: • Cox Paving Inc., Leesburg, Ohio — $2,689,841 • John R Jurgensen Company, Cincinnati, Ohio — $2,753,867 Completion Date: July 20, 2012 Project No: 110513 Type: Bridge repair. Location: ERI-US-6-28.84. State Estimate: $1,191,000 Contractors and Bid Amounts: • 360 Construction Company Inc., Brunswick, Ohio — $1,143,028 • APBN Inc., Campbell, Ohio — $1,432,740 • Troy Painting Inc., Lowellville, Ohio — $2,184,233 Completion Date: Sept. 30, 2012 Project No: 110516 Type: Culvert replacement. Location: MOE-SR-7-(0.56)(13.23);WAS-7(45.38)(52.37). State Estimate: $1,181,000 Contractors and Bid Amounts: • Belgray, Inc., Dayton, Ohio — $1,241,132

• Becdir Construction Company, Berlin Center, Ohio — $1,329,364 • Shelly & Sands Inc., Zanesville, Ohio — $1,610,488 • Midwest Mole Inc., Indianapolis, Ind. — $1,613,844 Completion Date: June 30, 2012 Project No: 113011 Type: Major widening. Location: MRW-IR-71-12.19. State Estimate: $46,761,000 Contractors and Bid Amounts: • Kokosing Construction Company Inc., Columbus, Ohio — $42,036,977 • Shelly & Sands Inc., Zanesville, Ohio — $44,104,000 • Anthony Allega Cement Contractor Inc., Valley View, Ohio — $46,022,356. Completion Date: Oct. 15, 2013 Project No: 110510 Type: Bridge replacement (one bridge). Location: CUY-SR-17-8.38 (BROOKPARK ROAD). State Estimate: $2,155,000 Contractors and Bid Amounts: • J D Williamson Construction Company Inc., Tallmadge, Ohio — $ 2,179,554 • Great Lakes Construction Company, Hinckley, Ohio — $2,411,910 • Schirmer Construction Company, North Olmsted, Ohio — $2,669,056 • Kenmore Construction Company Inc., Akron, Ohio — $2,786,516

• Terrace Construction Company Inc., Cleveland, Ohio — $2,983,879 Completion Date: Sept. 30, 2012 Project No: 116077 Type: Slide repair. Location: LAK-IR-90-3.80. State Estimate: $767,000 Contractors and Bid Amounts: • Great Lakes Construction Company, Hinckley, Ohio — $1,018,571 • Kenmore Construction Company Inc., Akron, Ohio — $1,091,988 • Independence Excavating Inc., Independence, Ohio — $1,498,125 Completion Date: June 29, 2012 Project No: 110499 Type: Major reconstruction. Location: LAK-IR-90-13.10. State Estimate: $8,782,000 Contractors and Bid Amounts: • Anthony Allega Cement Contractor/Great Lakes Const - JV, Valley View, Ohio — $59,682,003 • Shelly & Sands Inc., Zanesville, Ohio — $62,961,632 • Walsh Construction Company, Crown Point, Ind. — $64,284,211 • Kokosing Construction Company Inc., Columbus, Ohio — $65,368,650 • Shelly Company, Thornville, Ohio — $68,393,428 Completion Date: Aug. 31, 2014

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More Than 800 Exhibitor Booths Highlight Annual CENTS Trade Show CENTS from page 1

The annual event attracts an attendance of more than 8,000 industry professionals from Ohio and surrounding

Dale Fortune (L) and Eric Bischoff of Murphy Tractor & Equipment Co. have a number of John Deere machines on hand for viewing.

(L-R): Ricart’s Margo Roby gets an assist from Zoresco’s Steve King and Bruce Kelley of Ford at Ricart’s booth.

Plant Trees!

states, who come to learn about emerging trends and the latest developments in nursery and landscape technologies and meet and network with other professionals in the field. The Ohio Nursery and Landscape Association (ONLA) operates as a non-profit association focused on serving the interests of Ohio’s nursery and landscape industry. Members include arborists, landscape contractors and maintenance firms, nursery stock growers and suppliers to the field. Steve Huml welcomes attendees to JCB of Ohio’s exhibit.

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Serving You From Nine Statewide Locations Columbus (614) 443-6541

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Dayton (937) 879-3154

Canton (330) 453-4521

Painesville (440) 352-0452

Piketon (740) 289-3757