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By Will WeissertASSOCIATED PRESS

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) Voters statewideapproved all seven proposed amendments tothe Texas Constitution on Nov. 3, includingProposition 7 which will pump billions ofextra public dollars into roads.Proposition 5 lets counties with fewer

than 7,500 people privatize road construc-

tion and maintenance — up from the currentmaximum of 5,000 residents. About 70counties qualify.And Proposition 7 means that when sales

tax revenue exceeds $28 billion per fiscalyear, the next $2.5 billion would go to roadconstruction and maintenance starting inSept. 2017.Then, beginning in September 2019, if tax

revenue from vehicle sales and rentals

exceeds $5 billion per fiscal year, 35 percentof the amount exceeding $5 billion would goto road funding.The amendment allows the GOP-con-

trolled Legislature to bolster transportationinfrastructure strained by Texas’ boomingpopulation without raising taxes.“Prop 7 will provide an efficient way to

dedicate a portion of our sales tax revenue tobuild the roads that our children and grand-

children will use,” said Rep. Joe Pickett, anEl Paso Democrat who chairs the HouseTransportation Committee. “All we aredoing is taking the success of the Texaseconomy and dedicating a portion of it totransportation.”

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By Lori LovelyCEG CORRESPONDENT

Like a reworked piece of art, theMuseum of Fine Arts, Houston,one of the largest cultural institu-tions in the country, will present adramatically altered appearance bythe end of 2019, due to a campustransformation of its 14-acre cam-pus that includes construction oftwo new buildings designed bySteven Holl Architects; a new con-servation center designed byLake|Flato Architects; and a land-scape plan that unifies a century’sworth of architectural legacy.

There are technicallytwo separate projects, but themuseum is treating them asone. Work includes the addi-tion of a new art school, newexhibition building and newconservation center. Thespace above the parkinggarages also will be modi-fied.“There will be three new

buildings and two new inter-connected undergroundparking garages,” saidWillard Holmes, COO andproject manager serving asthe owner’s representative in

the museum. It’s the first majorconstruction since two buildingswere added to the Fayez S.Sarofim campus in 2000.An important aspect of the rede-

velopment is a unifying masterplan to integrate the new structureswith the diverse architectural ele-ments already on campus, such asthe glass and steel designs of

German-born Ludwig Mies vander Rohe, considered the father ofModern architecture, and theNeoclassical limestone designs ofSpaniard Rafael Moneo, knownfor his postmodern influence, aswell as the Hugh Roy CullenSculpture Garden designed byIsamu Noguchi, the renownedModern sculptor.

“We want the buildings to bedistinctive, not be stylisticallyhomogeneous,” Holmesexplained. “We want them to addto the campus, to use materials inunique ways and to reflect ourstandards.” Their choice of architects will

introduce the translucent forms ofSteven Holl Architects and theregional Modernism of Lake|FlatoArchitects. In addition to helping blend the

existing architecture with the newbuildings, the landscape will makea major contribution to Houston’sefforts to improve the pedestrianexperience. Located in Houston’sMuseum District in the heart of thecity, the MFAH is enhancing itspedestrian-friendly urban campuswith an array of public plazas,reflecting pools and gardens. “There will be a new public

plaza north of the existing Noguchisculpture garden,” Holmes said.“There will be water features, asmall café and public space for thecommunity.”Sidewalks, street lights and

“way finding” also will beimproved. The intent of the cam-pus redesign is to expand MFAH’s

Houston Museum of Fine Arts Undergoes $450M Expansion

Once building begins, they’ll bring in two tower cranes and a 110-ton (99.79 t) hydraulic crane to set the precast concrete panels,various drilling rigs. There also will be additional equipmentassociated with the retention system the project will be using.

During demolition, they will be export-ing about 115,000 cu. yds. (87,924 cum) of dirt and importing sand andgravel for backfill and drainage, usingtrack hoes, excavators, loaders, somesmall bulldozers and tandem dumptrucks to haul materials. see MUSEUM page 16

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DFW’S I-35 Project Stays on Track Despite Record RainBy Giles LambertsonCEG CORRESPONDENT

Dallas-Fort Worth was inundated in Maywith nearly 17 in. (43.19 cm) of rainfall,according to the National Weather Service,making it the rainiest May in the Texas citiesin almost a quarter century. The 17 in. wasjust four shy of the amount of rain falling onthe cities in all of 2014. Yet despite this veri-table monsoon, major reconstruction of FortWorth’s Interstate 35W is on track.“The record rainfall slowed the work,”

acknowledged Michael Peters, public infor-mation officer of the Texas Department ofTransportation, which owns and is fundingthe contract, “but the contractor is still plan-ning to finish on schedule next year.”Peters spoke specifically of the 3.6-mi.

(5.7 km) leg that runs between two majorintersecting arteries in Fort Worth, Interstate820 and U.S. 81/287. The $200 millionreconstruction of that stretch of roadway isexpected to be substantially complete in mid-2016, three full years after work began.Unfortunately for commuters and I-30

travelers, that isn’t the only piece of I-35Wtorn up at the moment. The 6.5 mi. (10.4 km)running south from I-820 to the intersectionof Interstate 30 nearer downtown Fort Worthalso is being widened and upgraded. Liketheir peers to the north, construction crews inthe southern work segment were idled forseveral weeks by the torrential spring rains,disrupting work schedules.

Splitting I-35Interstate 35 splits into east and west legs

as it approaches the Dallas-Fort Worth met-ropolitan area, with I-35E routed throughDallas and I-35W through Fort Worth, the16th largest city in the United States. Thewest corridor was first redeveloped in the1960s, with further reconstruction in the1970s and 1980s. Despite the improvements, the artery

remained a clogged one, as was onceexpressed plainly by a resident of the city ina Fort Worth public forum: “I have alwaysfelt so sorry for schmucks driving fromAustin to Oklahoma North on I-35. Theynow hate Fort Worth. It is hard to forgiveconstant gridlock. Nothing gives a worsename to a city.”The corridor indeed is a significant one,

for good or ill. “I-35W is important for theregion and the state,” said Peters. He addedthat, because it is a trucking lane north fromMexico, “the highway is a special interna-tional trade corridor, too. Daily truck volumeamounts to 11 percent of all traffic.” Peters calls it “Main Street Texas” with

140,000 vehicles rumbling through the corridordaily. The roadway includes a section that hasbeen declared the most congested in all of Texas.

So the major reworking of the highway isat least due, perhaps overdue. A tertiary partof the project was the recent reconstruction ofa dozen mi. of North Tarrant Expressway,which feeds into I-35W. That project wascompleted late last year at a cost of more than$2 billion. In addition, all major intersections

with the interstate are being rebuilt at thistime, which means local drivers merelycrossing over I-35W are running into con-struction delays, too.A consortium, NTE Mobility Partners, is

building, financing and ultimately managingthe longer southern section of I-35W at a cost

of $1.4 billion. It began tearing up the oldroadway last year.

Day and Night WorkCrews work night and day on the com-

bined 10.1-mi. (16.3 km) highway project. Inthe northern (DOT) segment, all four lanes ofthe existing roadway are open during peaktravel periods, with intermittent exceptions,but there are numerous lane closures at nightand during off-peak hours. The southern por-tion of the project is even more constricted asworkers and travelers obstruct one another.“On a typical day in the 3A [southern] seg-

ment,” said Tommy Williamson, assistantpublic relations manager for the consortium,“two to three lanes are still operating in eachdirection. During night-time hours, there maybe a lane or two closed in each direction toallow the roadway works to be performedand minimize the disruption to commuters.” Asked in October if this clogging has con-

tributed to any significant accidents,Williamson responded, “So far, so good.”Local commuters are trying to avoid the

congestion, of course, but in some parts ofFort Worth such attempts at avoidance arefutile. Travelers crossing the country on theinterstate can, of course, go through Dallasinstead of Fort Worth, but stretches of I-35Ealso are under construction.The northern section of I-35W is today a

four-lane expressway with four frontageroads. Upon completion of the upgrade, theinterstate will be an eight-lane roadway (fourof them toll lanes) with four frontage roads.Because the entire corridor is being rebuilt,the frontage roads also are being torn up andconstructed anew. The northern section is far-ther along than the southern one. The north-ern section is about 60 percent complete, infact, so some completed improvements

The longer southern leg of the project is being worked andoverseen by a design-build team in the consortium calledNorth Tarrant Infrastructure LLC.

An unusual element in the reconstruction of I-35W through Fort Worth, Texas, is the sourceof some of its funding. The longer of the two I-35 segments is being rebuilt through a public-private partnership that includes a consortium of investment companies and organizations.One of the 2009 investors is the Dallas Police and Fire Pension System.The Dallas system claimed to be the first pension fund in the United States to invest in an

infrastructure project. Such investments are more common in Canada and a few other coun-tries than they are in the United States. Pension funds and other private sources of money areincreasingly talked about as alternatives to the unreliable highway funding coming out ofWashington. The Dallas system invested $43 million of its $3 billion fund. The fund’s administrator called

it a “proud moment” and “an excellent investment.” Richard Tettamant declared, “We believe that private investment is the future model for

infrastructure construction in this country. It’s a visionary move by our leadership to be the firstpension fund to participate, and a win-win-win for the citizens of the Dallas-Fort WorthMetroplex.”Other investors in the public-private partnership include Cintra US, a global investor in

transportation infrastructure, and Meridiam Infrastructure, a global investor in public facilities.

Later this year, Texas DOT will accept bids for a final far north 8-mi. (13 km) seg-ment of I-35W that runs past Fort Worth Alliance Airport and reconnects with I-35.

The 6.5 mi. (10.4 km) running south from I-820 to the inter-section of Interstate 30 nearer downtown Fort Worth also isbeing widened and upgraded.

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roof and stage the steel beams. Erectors found the mini-cranewas much faster assembling the steel because of its closeproximity and precision placement. The mini-crane operatorwas able to closely monitor the workers on the beams andcommunicate directly with them. This advantage alsoimproved the safety of the steel erection.

The Maeda was a much less expensive alternative than alarge mobile crane rental. The crew was able to bolt-up thesteel columns and beams in one day on the rooftop corner.The track-mounted MC 285, which was rented from InmanTexas Company in Houston, was easily able to maneuver onthe roof with its compact 30-in. (76 cm) width.

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Iron Helps Deliver Water to South TexasProviding water to about 130 agri-

cultural customers and 19,000 residentsserved by the Delta Lake IrrigationDistrict of south Texas is no easy task.Among the challenges: an unpre-dictable water supply, strategic plan-ning so the water arrives when neededand balancing deliveries for everyonein the district.A dozen years ago, the list of chal-

lenges included keeping the canals,ditches and reservoirs clean so thewater would flow effortlessly through-out the lower Rio Grande Valley. Thearrival of four durable crawler excava-tors — including a trio of super-long-reach machines — has made that muchless of a problem today.

Rio Grande Water to Farms and Towns

The Delta Lake Irrigation District isthe largest of the 26 irrigation districtsin the valley. Although it’s called a val-ley, the area is actually a delta or flood-plain that lies along the northern bankof the Rio Grande River that separatesTexas from Mexico. The 1,760-mi.(2,832 km) river, which begins in theRocky Mountains of Colorado, is thefifth longest in North America.The district, a governmental entity,

uses a series of canals, ditches andpipelines to deliver the water needed toirrigate 83,000 acres of agriculturalland. Also it provides raw water to fiverural communities — Hargill, MonteAlto, Lasara, Lyford and Raymondville— located north of the McAllen andHarlingen metropolitan areas. Beforearriving at customers in those munici-palities, the water is processed throughtreatment facilities.The district’s activities are funded by

two sources of revenue: a flat-rateassessment that each landowner paysannually and water sales to farmers andmunicipalities, either by volume or aflat rate by the acre. Water for agricul-tural use is diverted 320 days a yearbecause much of the land is double-cropped.The delta is one of the prime farm

areas in the Southwest, producing cot-ton, sugarcane, sorghum, corn, citrus,vegetables and pasture. There is a bigrange in farm size — from 10 to 15acres to several thousand acres. The onething they have in common is a relianceon water from the irrigation district.“Planning is key to providing

water,” said Troy Allen, general man-ager of the Delta Lake IrrigationDistrict. “After ordering water from thewatermaster’s office [Texas

Commission on EnvironmentalQuality], we have to wait three daysbefore we can start our pumps to thefarms nearest the originating source atFalcon Dam. It takes another three orfour days to reach our farthest cus-tomers. We have to push the water along way.”During the first quarter of 2015, how-

ever, not much irrigation water flowed.“Since August of 2014, we have had

almost one and one-half times our nor-mal amount of rainfall,” Allen said.“We needed the rain really bad, sothat’s been a positive. However, main-tenance of our ditches and canals hasbeen curtailed and our revenue fromwater sales is way down.”When Allen arrived at Delta Lake in

2003, money was tight and mainte-nance of ditches and canals had beenneglected for about six years. Some ofthe canals had 4 ft. (1.21 m) of silt inthem, reducing water flow by two-thirds. The main cleaning tool, a dragline, was broken.“The first year I was here, we pur-

chased a used super-long-reach [SLR]excavator to clean out the ditches andcanals,” Allen said. “We were so farbehind that we worked the machine 12hours a day, five days a week. Withinthe first five years, we racked up10,000 hours on the excavator and, as aresult, the diverted water routes were inmuch better shape.”

Long-Reach Excavators Do the Job

Once Allen built up the district’sbank account, he was able to purchasemore high-performance excavators anda 3.5 cu. yd. (2.67 cu m) wheel loader.He had such good luck with the firstused excavator — a Doosan machine— that he returned to the local dealer,H&V Equipment in Progresso, Texas.Due to favorable pricing and financingoptions, the district presently owns fourDoosan crawler excavators. • DX225LC SLR “super long

reach”• DX300LC SLR• DX340LC • DX340LC SLREach super-long-reach excavator is

equipped with a 60-in. (152.4 cm)ditching bucket, while the DX340LCstandard arm excavator has a 52-in.(132 cm) trenching bucket. With 165mi. (265.5 km) of drainage ditches, 42mi. (67.5 km) of earthen canals andthree reservoirs to clean, the Doosanexcavators are kept plenty busy.“The ditches and canals have to be

cleaned every three or four years,”Allen said. “Our soil is mostly sandyloam, so it regularly washes into thewaterways. Silt builds up, especiallyafter a storm. Before we had the heavyequipment to handle routine mainte-nance, not only did the silt reach ashigh as four feet, but we had trees 6 to10 inches in diameter growing in theditches.”The earthen canals are 40- to 120-ft.

(12.2. to 36.5 m) wide, and the width ofthe ditches ranges from 20 to 120 ft. (6m to 36.5 m). With three super-long-reach excavators and a standard-reachmachine, the Delta Lake IrrigationDistrict has the perfect combination ofreliable equipment for canal and ditchmaintenance.“Initially, we had to take out trees

and brush from several of our water-ways,” Allen said. “We used the stan-dard-reach excavator to remove thatgrowth and followed with a super-long-reach machine to work to the cen-ter of the canals and ditches. Now, wemostly use the super-long-reach exca-vators to handle these projects. At timeswe will have one on each side of thewaterway, and when they won’t reachall the way to the middle, we build apad a little ways out from the bank.”Allen and his crew have cleaned out

so much silt from the drainage ditchesthat sometimes the banks are built up 6to 8 ft. (1.82 to 2.44 cm) high, whichcan reduce the reach of the excavators.“Our operators do a good job of

spreading out the dirt so it’s relativelyeasy to remove and relocate to areaswhere banks have to be raised,” saidAllen. “We use our Doosan DL250wheel loader with a three-cu. yd. buck-et to load trucks for transport to otherlocations.”The district’s trio of reservoirs total

about 2,240 surface acres — that’smore than 10 mi. (16 km) of surround-ing banks that have to be cleaned of siltevery two or three years. That work ishandled by the excavators, too. Themachines also are used to removebeaver dams, rebuild banks and fornew construction.“A decade ago, there was concern

about maintenance of the ditches andcanals,” Allen said. “Today we are get-ting so much more done that wereceive compliments all the time.Everything is so much better when youhave the right equipment.”

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Texas DOT to Accept Bids Later in Year for More I-35 Workalready are enhancing travel. For instance, 17 on-off and con-

necting ramps in the northern sec-tion were touched by the projectand nine of those have been fin-ished and are in service. All told inthat segment, some 600,000 cu.yds. (45,873 cu m) of embankmentwill be pushed up by dozers andmore than a million cu. yds.(764,554 cu m) of dirt excavated.Major intersections and bridging inthis segment include WesternCenter Boulevard and BasswoodBoulevard, with a bridge over BigFossil Creek. Connecticut-based Lane

Construction is the contractor andalso the supplier of surfacing mate-rial for this segment of the project.Most traffic lanes will be construct-ed of asphalt, some 500,000 tons(453,592 t) of it. Structures, curbingand elevated pavement will con-sume about 100,000 cu. yds.(76,455 cu m) of concrete.

A Consortium ProjectThe longer southern leg of the

project is being worked and over-seen by a design-build team in theconsortium called North TarrantInfrastructure LLC. The joint ven-ture construction team is comprisedof global company FerrovialAgroman, with U.S. headquartersin Austin, and Webber LLC, aTexas-based construction firmoperating in the state for more thanhalf a century. Webber is actually asubsidiary of Ferrovial, and is thelargest heavy highway constructioncompany in Texas. The companyreached that plateau after startingwith six employees in 1963.The southern section is slightly

wider than the northern section.The current roadway in that stretchis four to six lanes wide, with fourfrontage lanes in most areas. Whencompleted, the roadway will beeight to 10 lanes wide (four tolllanes) with four improved frontagelanes. Some rerouting of thefrontage roads will occur. Besidesbeing nearly twice as long as thenorthern DOT-managed segment,the southern stretch contains about60 bridges and 28 off-on ramps.

Potholes in the original pavementas well as new ones created by theheavy May rains were an aggrava-tion for travelers in this section untilthey were fixed this fall. The soak-ing of the roadway by remnants ofTropical Storm Patricia in lateOctober threatened to create morepotholing. NTE Mobility Partnerssaid it has spent more than a milliondollars on cosmetic repairs and

other temporary measures just tokeep motorists safe and happy.This longer segment is a about

25 percent finished. Nearly 1,300Ferrovial-Webber onsite employ-ees are plugging away 24-7 tocomplete the project in 2018.“Thanks to the design-build natureof our project and the hard work ofour employees, this project is stillon schedule,” Williamson said.

When both segments are finallyfinished three years from now, acomprehensive developmentagreement calls for NTE MobilityPartners to operate and maintainthe revived expressway. This willinclude such maintenance responsi-bilities as pothole repair, guard railrepair, snow and ice removal,mowing of right-of-ways and simi-lar seasonal and incidental work.The organization’s tolling serviceprovider, North Texas TollwayAuthority, will be responsible forcollecting tolls.However, that will not be the end

of the I-35W reconstruction story.Later this year, Texas DOT willaccept bids for a final far northeight-mi. (13 km) segment of I-35W that runs past Fort WorthAlliance Airport and reconnectswith I-35. Reworking of that finalsegment of the corridor won’t befinished until 2021.

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Interstate 35 splits into east and west legs as it approaches theDallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area, with I-35E routed throughDallas and I-35W through Fort Worth, the 16th largest city in theUnited States.

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Family Ties Run Deep at Witch Equipment Co. in Texas

In late December 2012, KevinKnuckley and Koy Kelley hadbeen general managers at WitchEquipment Co. Inc. for about threeyears. That is when they becamethe majority owners of the nowthird-generation family business,where “family” is still a meaning-ful word that is prevalent through-out the organization.Witch Equipment was founded

in 1960 by Gifford Glover, Kevin’sgrandfather, and has a long tradi-tion as a family-owned business. Infact, Kevin’s father, PaulKnuckley, currently owns DitchWitch of East Texas in Tyler. Larry

Glover, Kevin’s uncle and Koy’sfather-in-law, is still very active inthe business as well.In order to improve the cus-

tomer and employee experience attheir locations in Fort Worth andWaco/Hewitt, the newest owners’primary focus is to upgrade currentfacilities. To better serve its customers,

Witch Equipment Company, hasrecently undergone quite a trans-formation. In the past few years,the entire sales team has turnedover, and a new service and rentalmanager has been installed. “Due to the fact that Paul

Knuckley and Larry Glover areresponsible for hiring some of ourlong-tenured teammates and previ-ous employees, the respect andloyalty that they earned made itimperative that Koy and I providestrong leadership and bring on peo-ple that shared our historical valuesand future vision,” said Knuckley.“We believe that was key in gain-ing the same respect and loyaltyamongst everyone in our organiza-tion — veterans and rookies alike.”One former salesman from Ft.

Worth is now manager/salesmanof the company’s Waco location.Also, two long-tenured “team-

mates” retired. This gives bothlocations a completely new look,when it comes to sales staff.Rick Stiffler joined the team

four years ago and has made a sig-nificant impact on the business as atop producer. He has providedtremendous leadership skillsamongst his team and the organi-zation, according to Knuckley. Hecovers the Dallas and South Dallasarea. Tim Scott took over the Waco

territory when Billy Lawsonretired after more than 35 years. “Billy had many great relation-

ships and was firmly established in

that area,” Knuckley said. “Afterthree years, Tim is doing a greatjob of maintaining and buildingrelationships, while gaining marketshare in central Texas.” Scott’s “new” customers will

appreciate his extensive knowledgeof equipment and the industry. Mike Bearden has been with the

company for three years. He transi-tioned into the territory that wascovered by Tim Scott, runningfrom Fort Worth to Comanche andEastland. “Mike mirrors the relationship

skills that customers in that area

Mike Bearden has been with the companyfor three years.

Tim Scott’s “new” customers will appreciate his exten-sive knowledge of equipment and the industry.

Rick Stiffler joined the team four years ago and hasmade a significant impact on the business as a topproducer.

Wesley Dukes is the new face of the service and rentaldepartment in Fort Worth.

Ryan Thomas was recently hired in May, and has been cov-ering the area of north Ft. Worth to Gainesville and Vernon.

Chris Taylor has been covering the north and east Dallasterritory for about a year.

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Mack Trucks Brings ‘Big Red’ to Texas Motor SpeedwayAs racing fans gathered to quench their

need for speed, they also had the chance toexperience the original daredevil EvelKnievel. With the help of a Mack Pinnacle70-in. (177.8 cm) high-rise sleeper model,Knievel’s 1974 Mack FS786LST modelshow truck was on display throughout theNASCAR triple header, which ran Nov. 6 to8 at Texas Motor Speedway.The fully restored show truck, affection-

ately known as “Big Red,” was located onthe Texas Motor Speedway Midway, givingfans a chance to get up close and personalwith the rig.Big Red gained fame as the

support vehicle for some of thewildest and most-watched stuntsever attempted. Big Red beganas a standard Mack FS modelcabover truck. The FS modelcombined Mack’s high torquerise Maxidyne diesel enginewith Mack durability. A com-pletely customized rig, Big Redwas best known for Knievel’scustom-built dressing room anda cab finished in his signaturered, white and blue theme.The truck is the centerpiece of

a permanent Evel Knievelexhibit that will be housed atTopeka, Kan.-based Historic Harley-Davison. The exhibit features several piecesof Knievel memorabilia, including motorcy-cles, leathers, helmets, medical X-rays, casts

and other one-of-a-kind items. As part of apartnership between Mack Trucks, EvelKnievel Enterprises and Historic Harley-Davison, Mack provided two Mack Pinnacle

models to help transport the truck while itspermanent home is awaiting completion.“The Chase drivers are down to crunch

time as they race toward a championship,and nobody knew the pressure of perform-ing under tough circumstances better thanEvel Knievel,” said John Walsh, Mack vicepresident of marketing. “We build our Mackmodels to perform under pressure as well,which is why we were honored to have ourtrucks bring Big Red to the races at TexasMotor Speedway.”Built to handle the challenges of the open

road, the Mack Pinnacle includes several

features that improve fuel efficiency andboost driver productivity and comfort,according to the company. Pinnacle modelscome standard with the Mack mDRIVEautomated manual transmission. Engineeredto be fully integrated with Mack MP seriesengines, mDRIVE can improve fuel effi-ciency by up to 1.5 percent when comparedto a standard transmission, according to thecompany.Pinnacle models also are available with

Mack Twin Y Air Suspension. Due to adesign that features two Y-shaped high-strength steel blades, Twin Y not only deliv-ers a smoother, more stable ride, it alsoweighs up to 400 lbs. (181.43 kg) less thanother air suspensions, according to the man-ufacturer.Mack’s GuardDog Connect telematics

solution also comes standard on Pinnaclemodels. It monitors fault codes that couldpotentially shut down a truck. This enables aquick diagnosis of issues, proactive schedul-ing for repairs and confirmation that neededparts are in stock and ready to install, allwhile the truck is still on the job, accordingto the company. GuardDog Connect alsooffers communication of informationthrough Mack ASIST and the Mack OneCallcustomer support network.For more information, visit www.mack-

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ROMCO Equipment Co. IntroducesCustomers to Volvo’s Density DirectVolvo & ROMCO Equipment Co.

introduced Density Direct to Texaspaving contractors at the 41st AnnualTexas Asphalt Pavement AssociationConference held at the La CanteraResort, in San Antonio, Texas, Sept. 22to 25.Density Direct provides pass map-

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a bonus,” he said. Jeff Greene, vice president of

Durwood Greene Construction Co.,Stafford, Texas, said, “As a contractor,any time someone offers you a tool thatwill help increase productivity orimprove your job performance, youhave to consider it. If the VolvoIntelligent Compaction System withDensity Direct can show any asphaltpaving contractor when he has hit histarget density, it would be consideredan asset to the roller operator, the jobsuperintendent and the DOT oversee-ing the job.”ROMCO Equipment Co., a family-

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With help from Mack Trucks, EvelKnievel’s “Big Red” was on displaythroughout the NASCAR triple header,which ran Nov. 6 to 8 at Texas MotorSpeedway.

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Museum Campus Showcases Pedestrian-Friendly Planrole as a cultural institution toembrace that of an urban oasis,providing much-needed greenspace. “We’ll do something to help fit

everything together,” Holmes said,“but it won’t be a grid.” He views the campus more like

a “village of different buildings”that requires a natural-looking tran-sitional landscape.Houston Mayor Annise Parker

told local media that the city hasexperienced “incredible growth”over the past 20 years, and thatMFAH, which traces its origins to1900, has grown with the city. “The museum has embraced

other parts of the world in its col-lections and its programs, and so ithas become more and more areflection of the breadth of thiscity,” Parker said. “The redevelop-ment of the campus and the result-ing increase in public access to artand programming will furtherenhance the museum’s service tothe city.”

TransformationDemolition for the 35-year-old

school of art began on August 24,said Brian Luney, project directorof McCarthy Building CompaniesInc., general contractor on the proj-ect, and was completed in earlyOctober. “There was an existing two-

story cast-in-place concrete build-ing at roughly 80,000 square feet,with one exterior wall being a glassblock,” he said. “McCarthy wasasked to salvage and reuse a por-tion of the glass block. The rest ofthe building, along with somepavement, was demoed by a dem-olition subcontractor.” Excavation will begin in late

October. Construction of theExhibition Hall is expected tobegin in February 2017. Work onthe Conservation Center will com-mence at the end of 2016. “It will take two years to build,”

Holmes noted. “The whole projectwill take four years.”It’s been in the planning stage a

long time, he added. “We pur-chased land across the street eightyears ago; we’ve been in activeplanning seven to eight years.”The main portion of the project

consists of two buildings: an artschool and a new exhibition hall.

“The project timelines will over-lap,” Luney stated. “A parking lotcurrently sits on the future site ofthe new Exhibition Hall, whichwill break ground once a newparking lot for the school of art iscompleted.”

School of ArtConstruction of the new Glassell

School of Art is scheduled for 2015to 2017. The 80,000-sq.-ft. L-shaped building designed bySteven Holl Architects will beformed from a series of sandblast-ed, precast concrete panels in arhythm of verticals and slightangles.The building will open onto the

Brown Foundation Inc. Plaza,which offers ample outdoor spacefor programs and performanceswithout disturbing the peaceful-ness of the Noguchi sculpture gar-den. The BBVA Roof Garden, asloping, walkable green roof, risesfrom an outdoor amphitheater to arooftop trellis offering dramaticviews of the campus.“We envision the expansions at

the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston,as an integrated campus,” StevenHoll said. “Our L-shaped GlassellSchool of Art building is a key partof our overall space-shaping strate-gy. At the campus, all buildings arein conversation with each other,and the lush nature of the Houstonlandscape serves as connectingsyntax. Our new museum pavilion,in soft-etched, translucent glasstubes, will provide natural light tothe galleries, offer a glowing pres-ence at night, and form a ‘cooljacket’ around the new building,reducing solar gain and creatingcooling energy. Punctuated byseven gardens, the new gallerybuilding, with its transparentground level, will have spectacularviews into Noguchi’s sculpturegarden. Likewise, the viewsoffered from the rooftop gardenson the Glassell School buildingwill give the public an overview ofthe entire, newly unified campus.”Inside, a broad-stepped central

staircase allows easy access to thestudios, each of which will featureabundant natural light. Studentsand the public can visit the street-level café/art supply store.When completed, it will be the

only museum school in the countryoffering programs for students of

all ages. “It will combine the Junior

School for kids and the StudioSchool for post-graduate programsand continuing education foradults,” Holmes said. “It’s the firsttime everyone will be in the samebuilding. The ability to have every-thing in one building is immense.The bigger studios are adapted tothe way people make art today:large art, digital art, different mate-rials.

The New GalleryAnother building designed by

Steven Holl Architects is theNancy and Rich Kinder Building,a largely translucent and transpar-ent structure that will contain artcreated after 1900.Punctuated by seven vertical

gardens with reflecting pools atground level, the new 164,000-sq.-ft. (15,236 sq m) building dedicat-ed to 20th- and 21st-century artwill be porous to the landscape onall sides. The building’s curved, etched

glass exterior provides natural lightto the galleries and emits a softglow at night. Interior spaces willbe naturally lit under a “luminouscanopy” roof, its concave curvesmimicking the billowing cloudsthat fill the “big sky” of Texas. Inside, two floors of galleries

will circle a three-level atrium,with a distinctive roof that will letin natural light to flood the centralspaces. The 54,000 sq. ft. (5,016 sqm) of galleries around the centralrotunda will increase the muse-um’s existing gallery space by 30percent.

The extra space will enable themuseum to showcase more art.Holmes said the museum’s collec-tion is growing dramatically.Excited about a new building thatwill allow the largely unseen col-lection of 20th- and 21st-centurymasterworks to be displayed, hesaid, “Many pieces haven’t beenseen before; they’ve been in stor-age.”The Kinder building also will

feature a restaurant, café, the 202-seat Lynn and Oscar Wyatt Theaterand meeting rooms, and will leadout to the Noguchi SculptureGarden. Construction is scheduledfor 2017–2019.

Conserving ArtConstruction of the Sarah

Campbell Blaffer FoundationCenter for Conservation, designedby Lake/Flato Architects, is slatedto commence in 2016. Because it isa separate project, a different gen-eral contractor will be retained.“We’re interviewing other firmsfor the Conservation Center,”Holmes said.The glass rooftop structure will

be built on top of a parking garagethat opened in 2000 and willenable passersby to glimpse activi-ty inside as they care for andresearch more than 65,000 objectsin the museum’s collection.“The Conservation Center will

house scientists who study andcare for the art,” Holmesexplained, adding that they cur-rently work out of a convertedwarehouse. “Now they will have aproper facility. It adds to our scien-tific activities.”

The new state-of-the-art Center,which will be characterized by aday-lit design, will bring the con-servation team together under oneroof and in close proximity to themuseum for the first time. A caféwill be installed on the groundlevel.

Meet the ArchitectsLake/Flato, designer of the

Conservation Center, was estab-lished in 1984 in San Antonio,Texas. The group has attractednational attention because itsdesigns are connected to the land-scape and integrate with the naturalenvironment. Named one of theWorld’s Top 10 Most InnovativeCompanies in Architecture by FastCompany magazine in 2013,Lake/Flato has received the nation-al Top Ten Green Projects Awardfrom the AIA Committee on theEnvironment, the highest recogni-tion for sustainable design. Designing a “sustainable and

flexible building where the muse-um’s collections can be brought forcare and research” was important,according to David Lake, who saidthey attempted to “balance the artand science of conservation whiletaking into account the naturalenvironment of the Houston land-scape.” Sustainability was an important

issue for Steven Holl Architects, aswell. The New York City-basedfirm, which has extensive experi-ence working with museums andwas named America’s BestArchitect by Time magazine in2001, installed radiant floor heat inthe Glassell building and created a“skin of glass” on the Kinderbuilding that acts as a cooling jack-et so sunlight never hits the con-crete directly. Additional measures have been

taken to ensure sustainability. “In our efforts to be a LEED

project, all materials includingconcrete, steel, metals, etc. weretaken to various recycling centers,”Luney said. Efforts extend even beyond the

campus. McCarthy will be trans-planting 12 existing live oak treesto various city parks within the cityof Houston.“We’re trying to make things

energy-efficient,” Holmes said.“We need a new central plant that

A key element of the pedestrian-friendly master plan is the con-cept of moving all parking below ground to free up space on thecampus for the new buildings and for outdoor public greenspace.

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Private Donations Cover 90 Percent of Museum Projectis compact and efficient.”

Funding and JobsMoney for a central plant may

stretch a tight budget. Funding forthe renovations has come primari-ly from private donations, Holmessaid. “About 90 percent is privatedonations. It’s a $450 million cam-paign. The hard and soft costs are$350 million; there’s another $50million for the organization —staffing, operational costs, leasespace — and a $100 millionendowment.”The museum announced that

$330 million — more than 73 per-cent of its $450-million capital andendowment campaign goal — hasbeen raised, as fundraising enters amore public phase. Overall, themuseum has received 86 gifts,nearly half in the amount of $1 mil-lion or more.Finances are a two-way street,

with the museum expected to gen-erate nearly $334 million in eco-nomic activity, including morethan $2.5 million in direct, indirect

and induced city tax revenues,once construction is complete.The museum also will have a

significant impact through localjob creation. “We’re adding 50,000square feet to the Art School,165,000 to the Exhibition buildingand 300,000 [square feet] to theConservation building,” Holmesestimated. “That’s 400,000 squarefeet of space that will require main-tenance, security, preparatory andengineering. That’s part of whywe’re intent on the $100 millionendowment.”

Construction DetailsHolmes’ numbers don’t include

temporary construction workers.Luney estimated that McCarthyhas 200 employees on site on peakdays. “In general, we average about

145 to 150 workers each day,” hesaid.Those employees are working

six days a week.During demolition, they will be

exporting about 115,000 cu. yds.(87,924 cu m) of dirt and import-

ing sand and gravel for backfill anddrainage, using track hoes, excava-tors, loaders, some small bulldoz-ers and tandem dump trucks tohaul materials.Once building begins, they’ll

bring in two tower cranes and a110-ton (99.79 t) hydraulic craneto set the precast concrete panels,various drilling rigs. There alsowill be additional equipment asso-ciated with the retention system theproject will be using. As Luney addresses autumn

weather concerns with contin-gency plans, he said the biggestchallenge on the project so far hasbeen the “unique structure abovegrade for the school with the use ofprecast panels, cast-in-place con-crete decks and the hollow coreplanks, and how they all tie togeth-er to create a unique structure. Notwo precast panels are the same.They are each unique in shape andsize. We have engaged with sub-contractors early on, focused oncoordination, conducted logisticalstudies, engaged the design teamon constructability, and essentially

looked at all aspects of how theseelements will come together in thesequence of construction.”Another challenge includes

coordination of infrastructure. “With new centerpoint lines, we

are moving AT&T and gas lines,”Holmes said. “There are watermains running through the area.The complexity of the infrastruc-ture makes things difficult.”A key element of the pedestrian-

friendly master plan is the conceptof moving all parking belowground to free up space on thecampus for the new buildings andfor outdoor public green space.The museum wants to preserve thelive oaks, which is complicated byall the digging for undergroundparking structures and tunnels. “The parking lot across the

street has 200 to 260 spaces,”Holmes calculated. “We’re build-ing 400 spaces on two levelsunderground — the equivalent ofan eight-story garage. Crews willdig down two stories.” The two parking areas will be

“spread out,” he said, to ease traffic

congestion. “They will empty ontotwo streets.” Two new pedestrian tunnels will

connect the Kinder Building to theCaroline Wiess Law Building, andthe Glassell School of Art to theKinder Building. With the existingWilson Tunnel between the Miesand Moneo buildings, the campuswill be fully connected belowground.An overriding challenge is to

ensure that all the work doesn’thinder movement. “We want people to visit,”

Holmes emphasized. “We don’twant to close for three years, sowe’re trying to make sure the workhas a small impact on the day-to-day activities.” Connecting to existing buildings

with tunnels helps, as does an out-reach program to inform peoplewhat’s going on now and in thefuture at the museum.

(This story also can be foundon Construction EquipmentGuide’s Web site at www.con-structionequipmentguide.com.)CEG

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parts, inventory control, the IT field,marketing, accounting, humanresources and management,” saidKathy Dunn, human resources manag-er. “Kirby-Smith actively promotesfrom within. In fact, more than 20 peo-ple have moved up in the ranks duringthe past couple of years. We wantemployees to start here and stay withus long-term.”Kirby-Smith Machinery helps build

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“We have an outstanding reputation, and becauseof that, a diverse group of people from all over thecountry has come to work for Kirby-Smith.”

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