October/November 2011
Wildish Construction
Co. placed
nearly 48,000 tons
of asphalt on
ODOT’s Highway 20
Albany-Corvallis
project.
There are
still nearly 200
driveways and 11
miles of shoulder
rocking to be
accomplished, as
well as
cast-in-place
concrete median
barrier to be
placed. This job
will wrap up the end
of October.
Crews completed the City of Eugene’s 2011 pothole repair work using full
depth reclamation
and cement tilled
grades topped with
varying thicknesses
of asphalt pavement.
They completed a two
week project in half
the time allotted,
and impressed
residents by turning
what was a nearly
impassable street
into a route they
all admire.
Crews also completed the ODOT Enid Road Railroad Crossing project near
the Eugene airport.
Wildish had only a
two week road
closure period
during which to
widen a portion of
Highway 99,
reconfigure Enid
Road at the rail
crossing, schedule
EWEB to relocate a
telephone pole, and
coordinate with
Portland Western
Railroad to remove
and replace rails
for hundreds of feet
on both sides of the
track.
The Alder Street project near the University of Oregon campus is
finished.
A number of
state and local
officials, including
the university
president, mayor and
ODOT
representatives,
gathered on site to
celebrate not only
the Alder
improvements, but
also Lane Transit
District’s
University District
bus station project.
This job
includes the unique
integration of car,
bus and bike lanes
and back-in parking
in an area that has
much pedestrian,
bicycle and auto
traffic.
Crews are nearly finished with Pearl Street, another project that has
been deemed a
success by local
business owners and
governmental
officials.
This main
thoroughfare in the
heart of Eugene is
surrounded by
downtown stores and
office buildings
that needed access
to remain open
during construction.
Crews finished the Willamette Street project in which the existing
roadway was
pulverized, cement
was blended with the
pulverized material
to form the subgrade,
and then it was
overlaid with warm
mix asphalt.
This was all
accomplished within
a 24 hour time
frame. Crews
overcame some
challenging slopes
in replacing
numerous handicap
ramps with new ones
that meet the
requirements of the
Americans with
Disabilities Act.
A pipe crew completed a storm sewer project in Charnelton Street at
which the crew had
to dig around
several gas and
water services for
each of the houses
they passed in a 200
foot stretch – and
not one service was
broken!
At Farwest
Fabrication, crews
constructed two new
entrance ways to a
warehouse one entry
at a time in order
to not interfere
with forklifts that
were moving products
in and out of the
building.
The Pond Fill Mitigation project at the Eugene Airport is completed.
Because these ponds
were about 400 feet
from the runway and
attracted birds,
they were deemed to
be a safety hazard
and needed to be
filled.
With the help
of Wildish Sand &
Gravel Co. truck
drivers who hauled
30,000 tons of fill
material, the
project was
completed in 12 days
instead of the 15
days allowed.
Airport
officials also asked
if Wildish Sand &
Gravel Co. could
provide a fine sand
intended to be
spread on runways
and taxiways when
icy conditions
occur. The
Federal Aviation
Administration
required the sand to
be fine enough so
that if it was drawn
into an airplane
engine it would not
cause damage.
Additionally, the
sand had to have
moisture content
less than one
percent so that it
could be spread with
the equipment the
airport owns.
Sand and gravel
production crews
provided the sand to
the asphalt plant
crew who ran the
sand through the
plant to dry it.
The hot temperature
made the sand finer
and lowered the
moisture content to
zero percent.
A pipe crew is finishing work on the University of Oregon Casanova
Center utility
relocation project,
and hoping to
capture more
portions of the
upcoming $120
million football
facility expansion.
Another pipe crew continues working on storm drainage and grading for
the ODOT River Road
/ 1st
Street – Community
Center sidewalk
project in Elkton.
Approximately 3700
lineal feet of
continuous sidewalk
will connect the
entire City of
Elkton from east to
west serving
numerous residential
customers, two
schools, a community
center, winery, RV
Park, river access
points and a city
park.
In Brownsville, personnel are progressing on the Highway 228 & Main
Street
sidewalk/landscape
project. This
work consists of
repaving the highway
through town and
installing a new
storm drainage
system, concrete
sidewalks, ADA
ramps, driveways,
two gateway signs, a
street lighting
system and landscape
improvements.
At the Florence Airport expansion project, the crews have the new apron
area paved and are
preparing to repave
the existing apron
and taxiways after
making some drainage
and electrical
improvements.
This $950,000
project should be
finished by
November.
Wildish Building Co. crews have poured all of the structural concrete for the Argyle Pump
Station remodel
project in Portland.
Masons have
begun constructing
the CMU block
building, forms have
been stripped inside
the wet well and
valve vault, and the
crew is starting to
install all the
interior piping,
structural steel and
equipment. The
remainder of autumn
will see roofers,
painters, HVAC
installers,
electricians and
plumbers completing
the building.
Work continues on
the City of Riddle
wastewater treatment
plant.
Demolition of
the old operation
building has been
completed, and
masons have finished
installing CMU
blocks for the new
operations blower
buildings.
Concrete
slabs and the first
of four walls for
two new clarifiers
have been poured,
and pours have also
begun on the
aeration basin
modification and the
new head works UV
disinfection
structures.
The pipe crew
has been busy
installing multiple
buried piping
systems throughout
the facility.
The
prefabricated metal
structure and
masonry walls are
currently being
erected for the
microfiltration
building at the
Winston-Dillard
water treatment
plant. The
crew has the
concrete
construction
completed and are
focusing on assembly
of the process
piping. Some
of the water process
equipment has
arrived and the
microfiltration
equipment, the heart
of this facility,
will ship
mid-October. The
building is to be
enclosed before
inclement weather
arrives, and a
crew is completing
the site piping and
preparing the site
for paving. The raw
water storage tank,
which is being
constructed in an
unusual manner from
the top down using a
sophisticated system
of hydraulic jacks,
is nearly complete
as well. This 3.75
million gallon per
day water processing
facility is
scheduled to be
operational in
January 2012.
As the Construction
Manager/General
Contractor to
EWEB/CH2M Hill,
Wildish Building Co.
is continuing to
provide assistance
for the design of
the Carmen-Smith
improvements
project.
This $60
million project
entails
modifications to the
Carmen, Smith and
Trail Bridge
reservoirs including
powerhouse intake
modifications, water
bypass structures
and piping, a fish
ladder, floating
fish screen, and
fish bypass piping.
The construction
costs of two
alternate locations
for a tunnel through
a ridge along the
McKenzie River have
been evaluated, and
designers are
studying earth loads
on the entrance to
the fish ladder.
Although the
majority of the work
on this project is
slated for 2013,
some work may begin
in 2012.
Wildish Standard
Paving Co.
successfully
launched the covered
bridge across the
Coast Fork of the
Willamette River at
Cottage Grove.
Crews
finished the framing
and siding before
the bridge was
pushed across the
river on beams with
two fork lifts.
Roofing, timber
decking and timber
bridge rail will now
be installed, and
remaining site work,
hand railing,
concrete work and
landscaping will be
completed by the end
of November.
A large,
authentic depiction
of a train is
located inside the
bridge to remind
everyone of the
bridge’s historic
significance.
Crews spent the
month of September
installing barrier
rail and repairing
the bridge columns
and abutments on the
eastbound I-105
bridge across I-5
that was raised in
August. Slope
paving and median
grading should be
completed in
October, bringing
the project to a
close.
In Oregon City, the
crews have been
constructing debris
containment
enclosures above the
bridge deck in
preparation for more
hydroblasting. Crews
have been chipping
concrete that
encases the steel
beams under the deck
and replacing rivets
as steel gets
uncovered. Once
inspection is
completed, the
concrete will be
recast. Over 2400
lineal feet of
utilities are being
removed from the
bridge one piece at
a time.
One crew is working
on the “bridge
bumpers” or
“strakes”. This
entails drilling
multiple holes into
the steel arch,
bolting on stainless
steel brackets, and
installing laminated
layers of trex-decking
type material on the
up-river side of the
bridge. This crew
has also been
installing falsework
to support the
connecting slabs
between the arches
to holds the slabs
together while the
hydroblast operation
breaks the slabs
free of the arch.
The slabs are
then suspended on
the falsework.
Other crews continue
to manage the barges
on the Willamette
River. With
hydroblasting on the
Oregon City side of
the bridge
completed, crews
have been setting up
large tarps to
contain blasting
materials from the
West Linn side.
Concrete repair on
the West Linn
approach of the
structure continues.
Crews are using
manlifts, access
decks and swing
stages to remove
delaminated
concrete, weld in
repair rebar and
place new concrete.
Out near Biggs
Junction south of
I-84, the crew
finished work on the
Spanish Hollow
bridges in
September. Concrete
repairs, removal of
delaminated areas,
and four deck
overlay pours on two
bridges have been
accomplished.
At the Deschutes
River bridge, a crew
installed
“safe-span” in
several locations to
provide access for
seismic work and
crack injection.
Late in September
coring holes were
drilled through the
deck into the
exterior girders for
installation of
internal shear
anchors. These
anchors are up to 92
inches long, and
there are nearly 750
of them to place
this fall.
At the 15-Mile bridge
project at The
Dalles, the crews
are putting the
finishing touches on
the median barrier,
installing the
bridge drain and
getting the last of
the grading done
before the
completion date at
the end of October.