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Ohio’s Wylie Attributes Success to Partnership With Cat

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From a small landscaping business started30 years ago by Tom Wylie, Wylie and SonsLandscaping, LLC has grown and evolvedinto a limestone quarry and trucking compa-ny supplying materials to construction siteswithin a 50 mi. (80.5 m) radius of itsPerrysburg, Ohio operation. With a current roster of 47 employees, the

company attributes its growth in large part toWylie’s willingness to branch into other, yetrelated business ventures while remainingdedicated to his core business and cus-tomers.Early on, Wylie purchased dump trucks to

deliver materials to his own jobs and soonfound that the trucking aspect of his opera-tions could be a lucrative business on its own.Over time, his fleet of dump trucks expandedand at one point numbered 100 trucks.As his business grew, Wylie purchased a

property for the business from which he couldalso quarry sand. Over time, the companybecame increasingly involved with sellingsand and trucking other materials to road andcommercial construction jobs. Eventually,changes to zoning laws at the company’s orig-inal location forced a move and Wylie pur-chased the 16 acre property where Wylie andSons Landscaping is now located.To help land contracts, the company

opened a dump site for concrete and asphaltwhich in turn led to the startup of a recyclingoperation, producing materials for use incommercial site construction. The compa-ny’s relationship with Ohio CAT beganwhen it first purchased a Screen MachineIndustries portable track crusher and screen-ing plant to recycle concrete. The companyalso purchased a Screen Machine Industries612T trommel screen to process topsoil.

Then, a few years ago, while stripping dirt athis facility for the ODOT I-475 project,Wylie recognized that the site would be idealfor a limestone quarry.After a two year process to acquire all of

the required permits for the quarry, Tomcalled in Ned Herald from Ohio CAT’sCon/Agg Division to analyze his needs andrecommend the machines needed for thequarry. According to Wylie, based on his

experience and relationship with Ohio CAT,the dealership was his first and ultimatelyonly choice to properly equip the quarry. Ohio CAT combines outstanding equip-

ment backed by a sales and service team thatis exceptionally responsive as well as easyaccess to Caterpillar Financial ServicesCorporation, all focused on helping his busi-ness, said Wylie.In January, Ohio CAT delivered and set up

an IROCK RDS-20 mobile crushing plantand an IROCK TS-522 TD (triple deck)heavy-duty screener along with several con-veyors. The machines were initially set upon a demo basis, but after seeing themachines in action, Wylie was convincedthat a purchase was his best option.Key features of the IROCK RDS-20 and

the IROCK TS522 TD that appealed toWylie were the ease with which they couldbe moved and set up where needed, theirease of operation, and the machines’ produc-tion speeds and efficiency. The IROCK RDS-20 features a 5- by 16-

ft. (1.5 by 4.8 m), double-deck screen andcan crush, screen and separate up to threedifferent material sizes. Built with heavy-duty components, the closed circuit designand high-performance four-bar impactor can

Ohio CAT’s crushing and screening equipment support team (L-R) are Parts andService Specialist Mike Cullen; Service Specialist Kyle Bodkin; Sales RepresentativeKory Bacon; president and owner Ken Taylor join Wylie and Sons Landscaping’sowner Tom Wylie.

(L-R): Ned Herald, Tom Wylie, Nick Wylie and Ken Taylor.

In January, Ohio CAT delivered and set up an IROCK RDS-20 mobile crushing plantand an IROCK TS-522 TD heavy-duty screener along with conveyors. The machineswere initially set up on a demo basis but on seeing the machines in action, Wyliewas convinced that a purchase was his best option.

see WYLIE page 7

• April 25, 2015 • www.constructionequipmentguide.com • Ohio State Supplement • Construction Equipment Guide

The Ohio State Department of Transportation received bidsfor transportation-related improvement projects.The following is a list of some of the projects let.

Project No: 140521Type: Bridge replacement (1 bridge).Location: FRA-US 40-21.35.State Estimate: $4,130,000Contractors and Bid Amounts:

• Shelly & Sands Inc., Columbus, Ohio — $3,281,366• Double Z Construction Company, Columbus, Ohio —

$3,849,903• Eagle Bridge Company, Sidney, Ohio — $3,877,333• Complete General Construction Company, Columbus,

Ohio — $4,013,266• George J Igel & Company Inc., Columbus, Ohio —

$4,042,501• Kokosing Construction Company Inc., Columbus,

Ohio — $4,407,352• Ruhlin Company, Sharon Center, Ohio — $4,867,916

Completion Date:Oct. 31, 2015

Project No: 140537Type: Bridge replacement (1 bridge).Location:ATB-US 20-21.43State Estimate: $10,940,000Contractors and Bid Amounts:

• Shelly & Sands Inc., Columbus, Ohio — $11,260,499• Union Industrial Contractors Inc., Ashtabula, Ohio —

$11,658,119• Great Lakes Construction Company, Hinckley, Ohio

— $12,249,762• Marucci & Gaffney Excavating Company,

Youngstown, Ohio — $12,285,363• J D Williamson Construction Co Inc., Tallmadge, Ohio

— $12,467,696Completion Date: June 17, 2016

Project No: 140538Type: Bridge replacement (1 bridge).Location: CLE-SR 28-8.52State Estimate: $1,211,000Contractors and Bid Amounts:

• John R Jurgensen Company, Cincinnati, Ohio —$1,173,434

• Shelly & Sands Inc., Columbus, Ohio — $1,206,538• Eagle Bridge Company, Sidney, Ohio — $1,232,257• Complete General Construction Company, Columbus,

Ohio — $1,223,873• Sunesis Construction Company, West Chester, Ohio

— $1,318,690• Prus Construction Company, Cincinnati, Ohio —

$1,315,167Completion Date:Aug. 30, 2016

Project No: 140539Type: Two lane resurfacing.Location: CRA-SR 98-19.30State Estimate: $1,912,000Contractors and Bid Amounts:

• Shelly & Sands Inc., Columbus, Ohio — $1,946,696• Kokosing Construction Company Inc., Columbus,

Ohio — $2,039,663• Erie Blacktop Inc., Sandusky, Ohio — $2,084,118

Completion Date: Sept. 30, 2015

Project No: 140540Type: Bridge repair.Location: CUY-IR 71-12.45State Estimate: $2,190,000Contractors and Bid Amounts:

• Cosmos Industrial Services Inc., Cleveland, Ohio —$2,079,475

• J D Williamson Construction Co Inc., Tallmadge,Ohio — $2,091,611

• Cuyahoga Bridge & Road Inc., Sevelle, Ohio —$2,207,275

• Dot Construction Corporation, Canfield, Ohio —$2,292,086

• Union Industrial Contractors Inc., Ashtabula, Ohio —$2,304,095Completion Date:Oct. 15, 2015

Project No: 140545Type: Four lane resurfacing.Location:GUE-IR 70-00.00State Estimate: $6,096,000Contractors and Bid Amounts:

• The Lash Paving Company, Bridgeport, Ohio —$5,335,000

• Shelly & Sands Inc., Columbus, Ohio — $5,685,428Completion Date: Sept. 30, 2015

Project No: 140546Type: Two lane resurfacing.Location:HIG-SR 138-22.89State Estimate: $1,466,000Contractors and Bid Amounts:

• Cox Paving LLC, Washington Courthouse, Ohio —$1,309,221

• Shelly Company, Thornville, Ohio — $1,314,238Completion Date:Aug. 15, 2015

Project No: 140548Type: Two lane resurfacing.Location:MED-SR 301-00.00State Estimate: $1,717,000Contractors and Bid Amounts:

• Chagrin Valley Paving Inc., Chagrin Falls, Ohio —$1,787,357

• Karvo Paving Company, Stow, Ohio — $1,795,398• Kokosing Construction Company Inc., Columbus,

Ohio — $1,864,229• Burton Scot Contractors LLC, Newbury, Ohio —

$1,928,659• Shelly & Sands Inc., Columbus, Ohio — $1,999,698• Barbicas Construction Company Inc., Akron, Ohio —

$2,180,702Completion Date:Aug. 31, 2015

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BUCKEYE LAKE, Ohio (AP) The Ohio Department ofNatural Resources has set new construction and dock usagepolicies at central Ohio’s Buckeye Lake, where federal offi-cials have warned a deteriorating dam’s failure could putthousands of lives at risk.The department wrote in a letter sent to Buckeye Lake res-

idents that no new docks, boatlifts or other equipment willbe permitted on the earthen dam without express approval.Additionally, new construction of homes, patios, pools and

sidewalks won’t be allowed without a proper permit, TheAdvocate in Newark reported.A recent U.S. Army Corps of Engineers report concluded

there’s a high risk of failure at the 4.1-mi. (6.6 km) earthendam at Buckeye Lake, about 30 mi. (48.28 km) east ofColumbus. Gov. John Kasich has said that Ohio will replacethe dam. In the meantime, the lake is being kept at winterlevels of about 3 ft. (.9 m), roughly half the typical summerdepth.

The construction and dock restrictions are intended to pro-tect the dam’s remaining structural integrity and preventadditional erosion, according to the letter signed by GaryObermiller, ODNR chief of parks and recreation.With the water levels low, ODNR said state-owned docks

at Buckeye Lake won’t be available to residents this year.Residents with existing docks that aren’t located on the damwill still be allowed to use them.The Buckeye Lake Region Chamber of Commerce has

hired a Pittsburgh firm to perform its own independent studyof the dam. Chamber leaders have said they hope a secondopinion will nudge the state to replace the dam faster, withless damage to local businesses.In the letter to residents, Obermiller said ODNR knows

many concerned citizens will have questions about the pathahead.“ODNR will take every reasonable measure available to

safeguard the dam, protect public safety and minimizeadverse impacts while the dam is being replaced,” he wrote.

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The Ohio Nursery and Landscape Association Board ofDirectors recently announced that CENTS (CentralEnvironmental Nursery Trade Show) 2016 will take place,January 11 through 13 (Monday – Wednesday) with pre-con-vention workshops on Sunday, at the Greater ColumbusConvention Center, Columbus, Ohio.ONLA plans to maintain its Monday through Wednesday

pattern for future years Future CENTS dates are as follows:• 2016 — January 11-13• 2017 — January 16-18• 2018 — January 15-18CENTS is Ohio’s Green Industry Convention sponsored

by The Ohio Nursery & Landscape Association. Over theyears, CENTS has added an education program alongsidethe trade show. CENTS Marketplace & University is builtstrong from the ground up by the individuals who make it thelargest convention of its kind in the Midwest. CENTS bringsthousands of green industry professionals together each yearto learn, to experience, and to grow. From the newest plant species to the most exciting busi-

ness trends to the freshest ideas to ignite attendees’ interest— it’s all here. Deep roots, broad reach, lasting fruit, yearafter year.For more information, visit www.centsmarketplace.com.. (This story also can be found on Construction Equipment


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LOUSIVILLE, Ky. (AP) Drivers who’ve crossed theKennedy Memorial Bridge in recent months likely havenoted the progress of the growing towers for the cable-stayedbridge just east of it, but the unique workspace — 230 ft. inthe air — has been somewhat of a mystery. The first of three towers on the Ohio River for the new

Interstate 65 bridge between downtown Louisville and

Jeffersonville, Ind., is now complete near the Indiana shore-line, part of the $2.3 billion bridges project that also includesan East End crossing being built 8 mi. upstream. While the towers’ height would make many people nerv-

ous, it’s all in a day’s work for tethered Walsh Constructioncontractors who’ve ascended the towers since foundationwork began in July 2013, often working six days a week for10 to 12 hours at a time. “It’s just another day,’’ said Carl Waters, a hard-hat-wear-

ing member of the Carpenters Union Local 175 who lives inCharlestown, Ind. “It’s what I do every day, so you just getused to it.’’ Each day, Waters straps on about 60 pounds’ worth of

equipment, including a harness, tool belt and life-preservervest with a strobe light intended to help rescue crews locateworkers if they were to fall into the river. No Walsh workers have fallen or died during construction

so far. All injuries have been minor, according to a projectofficial with the Chicago-based, family-owned company. Waters has helped build wooden forms so concrete can be

poured on the completed tower. He also worked on theMilton-Madison Bridge and hopes his son may one day pur-sue a similar career. “I brought him out here and showed him,’’ Waters said. During a news conference in Jeffersonville, Andy Barber,

a project manager of the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet,said the two other towers in the river closer to the Louisvilleside are expected to be finished this summer. Workers in thecoming months will continue installing steel beams, as wellas stay cables that will help support the bridge deck. Four of the 28 cables have been installed on the finished

tower. The bridge ultimately will have 88 cables, eachascending set being increasingly larger to help distribute theweight. The concrete deck is slated to be poured late this year

ahead of the first wave of traffic crossing the new bridge inJanuary, Barber said. Jeremiah Littleton, a section engineer of the Kentucky

Transportation Cabinet, also spoke at the news conference,detailing the process of building the towers up from the foun-dation set into bedrock beneath the river. “It has been solid [concrete] all the way up to the deck

level. Once we get to about the deck level, it’s hollow on theinside,’’ Littleton said. The hollow portion includes a catwalk that spans the

entire underside of the bridge, which will allow state bridgeinspectors to inspect each piece of steel. Holes in the top of the towers also were left to give rap-

pelling inspectors better access. “They’ll be able to hook off, climb up the tower, put their

ropes over and get good tension, and then hang off of theside. It’s really hard to just take a leap and run off to rappel.It looks good in the movies, but for bridge inspections, wedon’t like to do that,’’ Littleton said. Jeffersonville resident Jane Brubeck who lives with her

husband on Riverside Drive, has been among those who’vemarveled at the work. The new span is the first bridge shehas seen built. “It’s amazing actually, how they had to dump truck after

truck of gravel to make the supports just for the workers togo out in the river,’’ Brubeck said while walking along theriver last week.

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IROCK’s TS522 TD Produces Up to Four Finished Products

handle a variety of materialsincluding quarry rock, demolitionand recycled materials as well asbase rock while producing consis-tently high quality product. TheRDS-20 is powered by a 440-hpCaterpillar C-13 ACERT Tier IIIdiesel engine and can crush, screenand separate up to three differentsized materials at rates of up to 500tons (453.5 t) per hour (TPH). Employed at Wylie and Sons

Landscaping, as part of the RDS-

20 crusher circuit, IROCK’s TS-522 TD screener is capable of pro-ducing up to four finished productsat the quarry.The TS-522 TD features a 14-ft.

(4.2 m)-wide hopper feeder rated at12 cu. yds. (9.12 cu m) and isdesigned and built for high produc-tivity. The screener is powered by a129-hp Caterpillar C-4.4 dieselengine and processes materials atrates of up to 670 tph (608 t). Theinterchangeable decks include two22 by 5-ft. (6.7 by 1.5 m) decks and

a 20 by 5-ft. (6 by 1.5 m) bottomdeck for a total screening area of320 sq. ft. (30 sq m). To keep upwith the machine’s production rate,hydraulically folding conveyors canstack materials at heights of 16 ft. 8in. (5 m) on the sides and 16 ft. 2 in.(4.9 m) at the tail of the machine.The installation by Ohio CAT

and IROCK, the Ohio-based man-ufacturer, went very smoothlyaccording to Wylie. With OhioCAT’s Ned Herald and ServiceSpecialist, Kyle Bodkin, reviewing

operations and procedures, Wyliewas able to start producing materi-als in a short period of time. Since the January install, Wylie

and Sons Landscaping’s team ofQuarry Operators, consisting ofTom’s son, Nick Wylie, JarrodMandly and Quarry Supervisor,Darris Sherman, have been busyproducing approximately 20,000tons (18,143.7 t) of #6, #304, #4and #8 limestone.According to Wylie, the opera-

tion at this point is meeting and

even exceeding his expectations,and he’s already seeing strongdemand for his product. With thecompany’s fleet of 40 trucks,Wylie and Sons Excavating enjoysthe unique advantage of not onlybeing able to make and sell a vari-ety of products but also being ableto reliably deliver materials to itscustomers.

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From a small landscaping business started 30 years ago by Tom Wylie, Wylie and SonsLandscaping LLC has grown and evolved into a limestone quarry and trucking company supply-ing materials to construction sites within a 50 mi. (80.5 m) radius of its Perrysburg, Ohio, oper-ation.

IROCK President and Owner Ken Taylor (L) thanks Tom Wylie,owner of Wylie and Sons Landscaping LLC.

The IROCK RDS-20 features a 5- by 16-ft. (1.5 by 4.8 m), double-deck screen and can crush, screenand separate up to three different material sizes.

As his business grew, Tom Wylie purchased a property for the busi-ness from which he could also quarry sand. Over time, the companybecame increasingly involved with selling sand and trucking othermaterials to road and commercial construction jobs. Eventually,changes to zoning laws at the company’s original location forced amove and Wylie purchased the 16 acre property where Wylie andSons Landscaping is now located.

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