I N S I D E T H I S I S S U E :

Feature Job 1

President’s Corner 1

Railroad Project Update 2

Materials Company 2

Equipment Company 2

Safety Update 3

Georgia News 3

Newest Acquisition 4

Feature Job Update 4

Chuck’s Chuckle 4

The L.C . Whit ford Co. , Inc . Volume 36, Issue 1

T H E L .C . W H I T F O R D F E A T U R E JO B

July - September 2015

SAFETY

UPDATE

This Quarter

115,470

Man Hours

With

0

Lost Time

Accidents.

Keep up the good work!!!!!

THE WHITFORD QUARTERLY

P R E S I D E N T ’ S C O R N E R - B R A D W H I T F O R D

Since I only need to come up with something for the President’s Corner four times per year, I feel as though I should have a variety of things to talk plenty about. No doubt, I do, but the prevailing theme at LCW is that we have lots of work, and we are spread thin. I know that I’m not telling the folks in the field any-thing! While we have had many obstacles to overcome this season, we have also had a long string of successes and things to be proud of. For the project mentioned at the top of the next page, 26 LCW “regulars” pulled off an incredible amount of work in a 12-hour period while 500 miles from home. While Chuck’s write-up is specifically about the Norfolk Southern Project in Lagro, Indiana, I think it exemplifies the talents of our people and our company, and is representative of the efforts that occur every day in Georgia and New York, and everywhere in between. A representative from the railroad emailed Chuck saying “I have never seen a contractor perform better under very difficult circumstances”. My senior quote ended with “We are now qualified to do anything, with nothing, in no time”. I’m sure many of you feel as though you have been called upon to do just that this year, and I thank you.

Regards,

Brad

The L.C. Whitford Co., Inc.

is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Old Fort, North Carolina

By: Chuck Montanye

Ace Wood and his crew are constructing four sol-dier pile and lagging retaining walls in the "Black Mountain" area of North Carolina. The project is on a Norfolk Southern track located between Ridgecrest and Old Fort, NC. The total length of the project is 5.1 track miles, however it seems longer because the site is accessed by railgear a few miles before the project starts. Two of the walls are one sided retaining walls with tiebacks, and the other two walls are double sided walls with anchor rods below the tracks connecting the two walls together. These rods will be installed using directional drilling equipment. To build these walls we need to drive soldier piles (HP 14x89) at eight feet center to center, we then excavate and install concrete lagging panels between the soldiers and then the tiebacks or rod anchors are installed. The contract calls for a total of 19,000 LF of sol-dier piles to be driven. Installed are 1,436 pieces of precast lagging between the soldier piles. Then 12,620 LF of tieback anchors and rod anchors are installed. The walls are topped off with 9,000 tons of riprap. This $5.8 million project requires 2,872 LF of re-taining wall to be constructed. The work is much more difficult than it appears, as it is being completed on a Norfolk Southern active railroad track, with the tracks being our access to the work. Ace and crew need to work between train movements and clear the railroad tracks when trains are approaching. This project is located in "God's Country" with beautiful scenery, however; I have been told that it is

tough cold place during the winter. Here is to hoping for enough track time that we don't see it.

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EQ U I P M E N T CO M PA N Y - B R U C E S T R A I G H T

MA T E R I A L S CO M PA N Y - D A N I E L W H I T F O R D

The Equipment Company has just taken delivery of two new models of Rayco equipment. The first is a Rayco RCT150 Tracked Dump Truck. This truck has 260HP Cummins diesel engine, a dump bed with a 15,000 pound capacity, and rides on 28” wide rubber tracks. The RCT150 is also available as a cab and chassis model so that the customer can install any specialized bed or equipment that their job may call for. This truck is very useful in land clearing or gas and oil exploration as it can easily travel over mud, snow or rough terrain that would stop a normal wheeled truck. The second new model we received is the new C160 Forestry Mulcher. The C160 is a larger version of the C100 that has been a very good selling model for us for several years now. The C160 has a larger 160HP engine, a larger cab with a side entry door for better comfort and safety, and an easier to clean hi-track steel undercarriage. This machine has a cutting width of 71” and can mow to a height of 8 feet, yet still weighs less than 18,000 pounds making it much easier to transport than larger models. The Equipment Co has also just delivered a new TimberPro TL725C with a SP Log Processing Head and a new Morbark M20R Forestry Tracked Chipper. Equipment Rentals have been steady over the summer months and the Parts and Service Departments have been very busy as well. Activity is starting to pick up now as everyone is rushing to get their jobs done before the winter weather comes.

The L.C. Whitford Materials Company is winding down for the season. We have a couple beam jobs left to produce, and we will complete some NYS DOT temporary concrete barrier production by the end of the month. While we will have had a good year in regard to volume, we seem to have really hit our stride in production and quality. The manufacturing process from production through product delivery is running very smoothly. We have received more compliments on the quality of our product and the knowledge of our drivers delivering product than any other year. These compliments are a testament to the commitment and quality of our personnel, and I would like to thank everyone involved. We are currently bidding on projects for next season including NYSDOT, PENNDOT and at least one parking garage. The L.C. Whitford Materials Company has recently invested in new forms from Helser Industries. We have purchased some new NYSDOT deck bulb tee form and some new PENNDOT bulb tee form. The new deck bulb tee form will allow us to expand our product line and the new PENNDOT bulb tee form will allow us to improve on our current production. I have included some pictures of the manufacture of the new forms provided by Helser Industries.

Rayco C160 Mulcher Rayco RCT150 Tracked Dump Truck

RA I L ROA D U P DA T E - C H U C K M O N T A N Y E LAGRO, INDIANA

The second of two outages for Norfolk Southern Bridge #D-183.06 was successfully completed on Sept. 28, 2015. The project included removal and replacement of five steel spans and associated pre-cast concrete members. The project had extremely tight work limits and the fact that two existing spans were one continuous concrete encased truss complicated the removal. Our manpower for the outage included 26 employees plus the 550 ton crane crew. The outage was completed safely and after 12 hours of work we gave the track back to Norfolk Southern forces.

WAY TO GO !!!

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We’ve had a pretty good season so far for 2015, and it looks like it’s going to continue to stay busy for us. Our railroad work seems to be never-ending, and that’s a good thing. During my jobsite visits this year I’ve noticed generally good attention to safety, but there are a couple of things in particular that we need to focus on. Risk of hand injuries. Please pay more attention to getting and wearing gloves or

doing tasks in a way that doesn’t endanger hands or fingers. Ladders. Proper usage of ladders and step ladders is critical to our safety effort. Fleet / Auto. Make sure that your vehicle is functioning properly and well maintained. Get the oil changes and routine service done on time and check to see that lights, etc. are working properly. Also, we’re driving longer distances to our jobs than ever before, and that creates a whole new set of problems. If you’re tired, delay the trip if possible. Be well rested, and if you feel drowsy, pull over for a bit. Our cell phone policy is quite clear. Don’t use them while driving. And, when any employee notices malfunctioning or deficient performance by ANY vehicle or piece of equipment, the shop needs to be notified immediate-ly. We can’t work if our tools are “in the shop” for repairs that should have been made but were not noticed or reported.

Remember; being alert and well-rested gives you a much better chance for a happy, safe and productive work day, whether you’re driving or not!

Have a great autumn!

SA F E T Y U P DA T E - D A V E S H I E L D S

GE O RG I A N E W S - K A R L Y O U N G

Project #13030 – Signing Upgrades I-75 north of Atlanta in Cobb County - All seven Type III Butterfly style sign structure foundations are complete and backfilled. These structures and signs will be hung in November. All temporary barrier is in place and all concrete median barrier demolition is complete. Four of the 20 median sign structure footings are poured. Shop drawings for 18 of the 20 Type I overhead sign structures are approved. Due to a GDOT emergency project we were recently awarded in Savannah, this project will be shut down for the month of October. We will be working on remaining foundations, concrete barrier, and hanging structures and signs starting back in No-vember. The majority of work items will be complete by April 1, 2016. Project #13054 – Sign Upgrades on I-285 NB/SB between GA 400 and I-20 - This project was completed in July with the exception of guardrail placement and the removal of five overhead structures. The remaining week or two of work will be completed in November or De-cember. Project #14057 – GDOT Culvert Repairs at 3 locations - The third site, located in southeast Georgia, consisted of foundation repairs in swampy terrain. This work was completed in July and with the same great success as the first two sites completed earlier this year. GDOT was very pleased with the quality of work at all three locations. Project #15039 – Clayton County Bridge Repairs at 18 Locations-LCW was awarded this bridge maintenance contract by Clayton County in August. The eighteen sites are located just south of Atlanta. Current-ly we are complete with six of the 18 locations, which constitutes more than fifty percent of the work. The majority of work is clearing, remov-al of silt, rip rap, and minor structural repairs to small bridges and cul-verts. The work will be complete in November. Project #15040 – Norfolk Southern Concrete Fascia Wall in Macon, GA - Marty Watson, Martin Ramos, Miguel Aponte, and crew did a great job with this project. We poured an 8” thick concrete fascia wall approximately 18’ tall in downtown Macon, GA for Norfolk Southern Railway. Studs were welded to the existing bin wall, a single vertical matt of steel was tied in place, and then the concrete pours were made in two lifts. The wall came out great and under budget. Once again Nor-folk Southern was very pleased with the quality of LCW’s work. Project #15042 – GDOT Emergency Deck Replacement on I-95 in Savannah, GA - We take great pr ide in being one of only three con-tractors invited by GDOT to bid on this emergency bridge repair project near Savannah, GA. Even better, we were the successful bidder. Nine bridge beams were hit on the underside of this bridge in July. Currently one lane of traffic is shut down under the bridge and temporary false-work supports the damaged bridge beams. Over the course of two weeks in October we will be replacing a bridge span on I-95 South over

SR 17. More information on the project will come in the next newslet-ter. Project #15045 – GDOT Pile Encasements in Glynn County, GA - GDOT awarded this pile encasement project to LCW in August. We will be encasing a total of twenty-four concrete piles on two bridges in the marshes of Glynn County. This is located on the coast of Georgia between Savannah and Brunswick. For the first time ever, GDOT has specified the piles to have a special cathodic protection system. We are pleased to be the first contractor to work with GDOT on this new path of bridge pile repairs. The work will take place this winter when the tem-peratures are lower and the swamp critters are hidden.

Project 14057 Culvert Foundation

Project 15039 Pile Encasements

Project 15040 Macon, GA

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A W A R D E D

Georgia Jobs

GADOT-Bridge Maintenance 18 locat ions, C layton County. . Norfo lk Southern– Bin-Wal l Repair , Macon, GA. . GADOT-Emerg. Span replace, I -95,Savannah, GA. . GADOT-SR32 Br idge Rehab, Glynn County Dist r ict 5.

Kentucky

Norfolk Southern – Br idge Repair , Somerset , KY

New Jersey Jobs Norfolk Southern – Br idge Repair , Ed ison, NJ

New York Jobs

Norfolk Southern - Emergency Repairs, I thaca, NY Norfolk Southern – Br idge Removal, Barton, NY

North Carolina

Norfolk Southern – Span Replacement , Hi l l sborough, NC.

Ohio

Norfolk Southern – Br idge Rehab, Columbus, OH.

Pennsylvania Jobs

PADOT– ECMS 3624 McKean County Group Job -e ight locat ions. PADOT– ECMS 93364 Subcon t ract IA, SR 155.

West Virginia Jobs

Norfolk Southern - Span Re p lacement , Avondale, WV

F I N A L T H O U G H T

“Successful and unsuccessful people do not vary greatly in their abilities. They vary in their desires to reach their potential.”

~John Maxwell

The L.C. Whitford Co., Inc.

is an Equal Opportunity Employer

TEXTING

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N E W E S T A C Q U I S I T I O N – B R A D W H I T F O R D

We are very happy to announce a major new acquisition! The Company recently purchased a 2004 Beechcraft King Air B200 aircraft. The plane was purchased directly from Beechcraft in Wichita, Kan-sas. It is a twin-engine, turbo-prop with a cruising speed of over 300 mph, and can cruise at an altitude of up to 30,000 ft. It replaces the Company’s current plane, a 1979 Piper Navajo Cheiftan. As many of you know, the “company airplane” has become extremely important and instrumental in servicing our many railroad projects that are located all over the East Coast. The Cheiftan has been a great plane, and an absolute workhorse for us, but we are very excited about the new King Air. Our crews will enjoy much shorter trips and much more comfortable too, as the King Air will be able to fly above the weather in almost all instances.

F E A T U R E J O B U P DA T E - A A R O N W A S H B U R N

Benezette Update

Our PENNDOT project on SR 555 in Benezette, PA was the feature project in the last quarterly newsletter. The final touch on the project was this incredible elk mural! This very successful project was completed on time, which was in time for the Elk Festival (August 13-15) where the mural was met with the adulation of the many visitors to the area.