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Kokosing Takes On $116M I-90 Project in Ohio

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Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - In an effort to provide an upgraded highway that will alleviate congestion and improve safety, Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) crews are performing a major reconstruction of...

Kokosing Works On $101M I-81 Widening Project in Virginia

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Ruksana Hussain - CEG Correspondent - The Virginia Department of Transportation's (VDOT) Interstate 81 widening project impacting northbound and southbound lanes between mile markers 221 and 225 in Augusta County in Staunton, Va., is on track to be completed in 2027, reducing vehicular congestion and enhancing safety and capacity...

Ohio University Announces Investment From Kokosing

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Ohio University - Ohio University received a significant investment from Kokosing Inc., which will support facilities and educational resources for experiential learning in construction management at the Russ College of Engineering and Technology. In recognition of their generosity and vision, Ohio Univers...

Kokosing, ODOT Collaborate On Downtown Ramp Up

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Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - Construction crews in Ohio are focused on a series of projects to reconstruct Interstates 70/71 in downtown Columbus. This portion of Downtown Ramp Up work will alleviate safety and congestion problems along the corridor and is being overseen by the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT). ...

Kokosing Crews Work On $102M I-475 Project Near Toledo

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Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - In Lucas County, Ohio, work continues on multiple phases of the I-475 improvement project. The Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) is overseeing the latest effort, a $102 million undertaking that includes building a highly anticipated interchange at U.S. Route 20A in Maumee in northwest Ohio...

Officials Name Walsh, Kokosing as Brent Spence Bridge Team

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Office of Gov. Mike DeWine - Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine and Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear announced that Walsh Kokosing has been awarded the design-build contract for the Brent Spence Bridge Corridor Project. The governors made the announcement during a news conference in Covington, Ky., on July 27. They were joined by offic...

Walsh, Kokosing to Manage $398M Viaduct Replacement

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City of Cincinnati - The city of Cincinnati and Hamilton County have selected the joint venture team of Walsh Group and Kokosing Construction Co. to build the Western Hills Viaduct replacement project, pending contract negotiations. Walsh is based in Chicago and Kokosing in the Columbus suburb of Westerville, Ohio....

Kokosing Materials, Kraton Corporation Pledge Support for Net Zero Asphalt Pavement Initiative

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National Asphalt Pavement Association - Committing to the industry-wide initiative to achieve net zero carbon emission asphalt pavements by 2050, two additional member companies have pledged their support for The Road Forward, an initiative of the National Asphalt Pavement Association (NAPA). They are associate member ...

ODOT, Kokosing Employ New Technique for Unique Soil Challenge On $352M I-75 Project

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Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - The Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) is overseeing separate projects in Wood and Lucas counties which includes I-75 widening, reconstruction and bridge replacement at a total cost of $352 million. The north project is in downtown Toledo, between South Avenue and Dorr Street, with the sout...

Kokosing Makes Strides on $1.3B Downtown Ramp Up in Columbus

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Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - The Ohio Department of Transportation's (ODOT) $1.3 billion I-70/I-71 Downtown Ramp Up project in the city of Columbus (Franklin County) is helping to replace, upgrade and rehabilitate aging highway infrastructure in the downtown core and improve traffic flow and safety for motor...

Kokosing Construction Crew Reaches Midway Point on $120M I-271 Project

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Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Started on Aug. 1, 2016, the Kokosing Construction Company Inc. is more than half-way through the $119,988,186 Ohio Department of Transportation's (ODOT) I-271 pavement replacement and widening between the Cuyahoga/Summ...

Kenworth T800s, T370s Help Kokosing Construction Reduce Operating Costs

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CEG - As one of the largest contractors in Ohio, Kokosing Construction has been growing and prospering since 1951. The company is about as diverse as it gets with operations in 10 states, in 25 different fields — from asphalt paving and bridge building to laying sub aqueous pipeline and building ...

Kokosing Builds New Fulton Road Bridge Over Zoo

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Linda J. Hutchinson - Imploding the Fulton Road Bridge, a highly visible landmark in Cleveland, Ohio, which spans the Cleveland MetroParks Zoo, John Nagy Boulevard, the Norfolk Southern and CSX railroad lines, and Big Creek Reservation, took two attempts. Demolition was originally planned for April 28, but a fa...

3rd Annual Werk-Brau Golf Classic Raises Over $100,000 for Construction Angels

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Werk-Brau - The Golf Gods smiled on the 3rd Annual Werk-Brau Golf Outing to benefit Construction Angels, as the weather was great, smiles were plenty and there were many memorable shots (good and bad) — including a h...

Construction Begins On $274M U.S. 33 Expansion Project

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Ohio DOT - State and local leaders, Kokosing Construction representatives and others joined the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) on June 16 to officially mark the start of construction on a U.S. 33 expansion project in Athens and Meigs Counties. A total of 25 mi. of U.S. 33 in Athens and Mei...

Contractors Association of West Virginia Elects Mark Urso as President, New Officers

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Contractors Association of West Virginia - Mark Urso, Bear Contracting LLC, Bridgeport, has been elected president of the Contractors Association of West Virginia (CAWV). He replaces James W. "Tripp" Dailey, III, W. Harley Miller Contractors Inc., Martinsburg, who will serve on the board of directors as immediate past president....

USACE Awards Remaining Options for New Lock at the Soo

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Carrie Fox — U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Detroit District - U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Detroit District's New Lock at the Soo project in Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., awarded $95.3 million for remaining Phase 3 options to Kokosing Alberici Traylor LLC (KAT) of Westerville, Ohio. The remaining Phase 3 options include Option 4: Downstream ...

USACE Awards $222.7M Option 3 Contract for New Soo Lock

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U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Detroit District's New Lock at the Soo project in Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., awards $222.7 million contract Option 3 (Chamber Lock Operational) to Kokosing Alberici Traylor LLC (KAT) of Westerville, Ohio. The Option 3 award will allow f...

2nd Annual Werk-Brau Golf Classic Raises More Than $100,000 for Construction Angels

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Werk-Brau - Photo cour...

Additional Repairs Coming to Damaged 4th Street Overpass

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Ohio Department of Transportation - The Ohio Department of Transportation and the city of Columbus continue coordinating on a longer-term temporary repair of the 4th Street Bridge over I-70 that was damaged when it was struck by an over-height load. The damaged beam is located on the east side of the bridge under the sidewa...

USACE Awards Next Contract for 'New Lock at the Soo'

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U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Detroit District - U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Detroit District's New Lock at the Soo project in Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., awarded a $213.8 million contract Option 1B (Chamber Wall Monoliths) to Kokosing Alberici Traylor LLC (KAT) of Westerville, Ohio. Contract Option 1B includes construction of the lock w...

USACE Awards $1.068B of New Soo Lock Phase 3 Contract

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U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Detroit District - U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Detroit District anticipates Phase 3 construction will start this summer with the $1.068 billion of the New Lock at the Soo Phase 3 contract award July 1, 2022. Kokosing Alberici Traylor LLC (KAT), a joint venture headquartered in Westerville, Ohio, w...

ODOT Oversees SR 83 Rehabilitation Project

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Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - In Wayne County, the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) is overseeing a reconstruction effort that will better serve area motorists when complete. The $31 million SR 83 major rehabilitation project includes the removal and replacement of all existing full-depth pavement, including subgrade ...

NAPA Honors Asphalt Industry Leaders for Operational Excellence

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National Asphalt Pavement Association - The National Asphalt Pavement Association (NAPA) announced the winners and finalists of its 2021 Operational Excellence Awards. "NAPA members strive for excellence beyond constructing high-quality asphalt pavements. The two categories of the Operational Excellence Awards ...

Sherman Minton Bridge Undergoing $137M Makeover

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Lori Tobias – CEG Correspondent - Fifty-nine years after opening, the iconic Sherman Minton Bridge carrying I-64 and U.S. 150 traffic over the Ohio River between Louisville, Ky., and New Albany, Ind., is in need of structural repairs. But the challenges of rehabbing a double decked bridge over a major body of wat...

USACE's New Soo Lock 2021 Construction Under Way

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U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) New Lock at the Soo project is on schedule as construction resumed on phase one and is initiated on phase two. Trade West Construction Inc. and joint venture Kokosing-Alberici began moving equipment to the site in April. Tr...

Spanning the Potomac: Three-Quarter-Billion-Dollar Bridge Replacement Under Way

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Brenda Ruggiero – CEG Correspondent - The construction of a new Potomac River crossing from Charles County, Md., to King George County, Va., is well under way for the Maryland Transportation Authority (MDTA). Thousands of Marylanders depend on the Nice/Middleton Bridge daily for work, business and recreation. With one narrow ...

Dam Rehab: Bringing Knox Lake Dam Up to Spec

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Lori Lovely – CEG Correspondent - Last June, just as the summer outdoor sporting season was getting under way, trailered watercraft was banned on Ohio's Knox Lake. Knox Lake was created in 1954 when the Ohio Department of Natural Resources Division of Wildlife dammed the Kokosing River to create the reservoir for recreational...

Kentucky Taps Ohio Contractor to Fix Fire-Damaged Span

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Eric Olson - CEG CONTRIBUTING EDITOR - In the early morning hours of Nov. 11, a truck accident on the Brent Spence Bridge, which spans the Ohio River from northern Kentucky to downtown Cincinnati, Ohio, led to a fire and shutdown of the twin-decked structure. The 57-year-old double-decker cantilevered bridge c...

USACE Begins Cleveland Harbor West Breakwater Repairs

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Susan Blair — U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo DistrICT - The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo District, began construction to repair a damaged portion of the Cleveland Harbor West Breakwater in Cleveland, Ohio. "The repairs to the Cleveland Harbor West Breakwater are crucial for the coast and shoreline inf...

Lessen COVID Impact on Jobs

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Lucy Perry – CEG CORRESPONDENT - The coronavirus is a fact of life on the construction job site this year, and contractors have been forced to change the way they complete projects as a result. It is an ongoing challenge as the industry conditions itself to new approaches to work and personal safety. But best practices and ingen...

Final Phase of Cleveland's $207M Opportunity Corridor Under Way

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Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - In Cleveland, Ohio, construction continues on the third and final phase of the $207 million Opportunity Corridor project. The Opportunity Corridor is a planned boulevard that will run from East 55th Street at Interstate 490 to East 105th Street at Chester Avenue. "The are...

ODOT Makes Emergency Repairs After Heavy Flooding

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Ohio Department of Transportation - On May 17, heavy rains washed out a culvert and earth beneath the eastbound lanes of U.S. 30 near Upper Sandusky, Wyandot County, Ohio. An emergency culvert replacement project began to remove the failed corrugated metal culvert and replace it with a 78-in. concrete culvert. Kokos...

Midwest's '500-Year-Flood' Causes Damage

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Lori Tobias – CEG Correspondent - Only hours after parts of Michigan experienced what is described as a 500-year flood, Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) engineers were preparing emergency inspection and repair contracts. The floods damaged dozens of bridges, caused the failure of two privately owned d...

USACE Keeps Indiana Harbor, Canal Clean

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Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - Monitoring efforts are under way following completion of this season's dredging operations at Indiana Harbor and Canal (IHC) in East Chicago, Ind. It is one of the most polluted waterways in the Great Lakes area. Crews will treat water from the confined disposal facility (CDF...

State Sees 'Roads to Prosperity' Fire Up Coalfields Expressway Project

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Brenda Ruggiero – CEG Correspondent - A paving project on the Coalfields Expressway in West Virginia began at the end of February. It involves a nearly 9-mi. stretch of road between Mullens, which is in Wyoming County, and Slab Fork, which is in Raleigh County. ...

Officials Open Cleveland Opportunity Corridor Section 2

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ODOT - The second phase of a project bringing job opportunities to a portion of Cleveland referred to as the "Forgotten Triangle" has opened. Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT), city of Cleveland, Greater Cl...

ODOT Makes Progress on Its $28.9M Broadway Bridge Project in Cleveland

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Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - As part of its multi-phase Cleveland Innerbelt Modernization Plan, the Ohio Department of Transportation is spending $28.9 million on the construction of a new frontage, which connects Broadway Avenue (SR 14) with Pershing Avenue on the west side of I-77 and moves the Broadway Av...

American Concrete Pumping Association Announces Award Winners

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CEG - The American Concrete Pumping Association (ACPA) announced the recipients of the 2017 ACPA Awards: 2017 ACPA Safe Operator of the Year — Sheldon Gier, Kokos...

Army Corps Resumes Toxic Sediment Dredging at Indiana Harbor Ship Canal

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CEG - EAST CHICAGO, Ind. (AP) The Army Corps of Engineers has resumed dredging toxic sediment from a northwestern Indiana canal that is among the country's most polluted waterways.At an East Chicago Waterway Management District board meeting Oct. 18, Corps project manager Natalie Mills said ...

Ohio Still Looking Into Fatal Overpass

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Lisa Cornwell - ASSOCIATED PRESS - CINCINNATI (AP) A state analysis of a highway overpass collapse that killed a construction worker in southwestern Ohio has yet to be completed a year later and lawsuits over the accident continue as the man's family struggles with his loss.The Jan. 19, 2015, collapse during demolition ...

Projects in Dayton Reflect Need to Update Infrastructure

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Irwin Rapoport - Road and bridge construction is in full gear in Ohio and two projects in the Dayton area reflect the busy construction season. The Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) is responsible for the effort to help upgrade aging infrastructure and the modernization of road systems in order to handle f...

Bridge Deck Preservation Nears Completion

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Brenda Ruggiero - The West Virginia Division of Highways is nearing completion of a project to rehabilitate a total of 19 bridges along Interstate 64 in the Charleston area.The project began on April 4, 2015, and the original completion date was set for Oct. 28, 2015. However, it was extended due to weather...

Nelsonville Bypass Project Nearly 50 Years in the Making

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Irwin Rapoport - The $155 million 8.5 mi. (13.7 km), four-lane (two in each direction) U.S. Route 33 Nelsonville Bypass project was completed last October after breaking ground in 2007. The three-phase project, which was first proposed in the 1960s, represents the final leg of the corridor between Charleston, W. ...

Aging Md. Bridges Bolstered by New Project

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Brenda Ruggiero - The Maryland State Highway Administration (SHA) is spearheading a project in the western Maryland city of Cumberland to extend the life of two bridges that are nearly 50 years old. The bridges are a part of Interstate 68, carrying it over Kelly Boulevard and Patterson Avenue. The project w...

Nelsonville Bypass Sees Successful, Productive Year

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CEG - The official start of winter means the shutting down of many construction projects across the state, including the Nelsonville Bypass. Although work on the 8.5 mi. (13.7 km) long bypass will start back up next spring, 2012 was a highly productive and successful year for the $138 million p...

AEMP Eyes Nominations for 2013 Technician of the Year

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CEG - The Association of Equipment Management Professionals (AEMP), is soliciting nominations from fleet managers and other company leaders for the 24th annual Technician of the Year honor. The 2013 award, which honors the industry’s most outstanding heavy equipment technicians, will be presented...

Memorial Bridge Project Progresses in W.Va., Md.

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Brenda Ruggiero - Work is moving along to replace a 60-year-old bridge between Keyser, W.Va., and McCoole, Md. The Memorial Bridge is a part of U.S Route 220, and crosses the Potomac River.The full dollar amount of the project is $26.5 million, with funding coming from the Federal Highway Administration, th...

ODOT District 10 Awards Over $150M in Stimulus Projects

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CEG - Statewide, ODOT has received $774 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) transportation dollars. Of the $774 million, District 10 received more than $166 million. While $150 million of the ARRA funds are for construction of Phase 2 and Phase 3 of the Nelsonville Bypass, $16 mill...

ODOT’s $52.9M Reconstruction of U.S. 35 Hits Second Phase

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Linda J. Hutchinson - In Dayton, Ohio, the ramps to Interstate 75 northbound and southbound have remained open while Ohio Department of Transportation moved ahead with the reconstruction of U.S. 35. The $52.9 million project began in April 2006, and is scheduled for completion in May 2008.The contractor...

Engineer Retires After 20 Years With Ohio Paving Firm

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Eric Morse - Companies seek a number of qualities when looking for employees — strong work ethic, the ability to apply knowledge to solve problems and a willingness to assist coworkers are some of the traits in a good employee. Recently retired Bob Boche embodied all these traits for the Kokosing...

Contractors Recognized at Annual AGC Safety Luncheon

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CEG - The Associated General Contractor’s of Ohio held its fourth annual Safety Luncheon Jan. 27 at the OSU Fawcett Center. The event, which attracted moe than 60 people, was held to recognize the safety efforts of commercial building companies. The following seven Ohio comp...

Ohio Drivers Get a Little Elbow Room From I-70 Project

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Brenda Ruggiero - Crews in Madison County, OH, are currently hard at work on a major widening and reconstruction project involving Interstate 70. The 14-mi. (22.5 km) project stretches from U.S. 42 in Madison County to SR 54 near Springfield in Clark County, and will cost $55 million. The project is under t...