Pub. 1 2018-2019 Issue 4

30 THE 2019 UAPA LARGE PROJECT AWARD FOR THE SR-210, SR-209 TO TOP OF CANYON BY GRANITE CONSTRUCTION • JustinShaffer, theEstimator andProjectManager • Mike Bagley, the Paving Superintendent • Tod Aagard, the Project Superintendent • John Church, the Paving Foreman • Chris Campbell, the QC Engineer • JustinWing, the QC Ops Sup. • K-Leb Poulsen, the Plant Foreman • Levi Juergens, the intern Project Description The Large Project Award has been given to the SR-210; SR-209 to Top of Canyon project in Little Cottonwood Canyon from the SR-209 turnoff to Alta. This UDOT federal project began inMay 2018 and was completed 89 days later in September 2018. Granite Construction also received the National Asphalt Pavement Association Quality in Construction award for its work on this project. During the project, the work to be done involved milling and paving three inches of ½-inch Fine Grade HMA. (The project used a total of 36,167 tons.) Other requirements for the project included the following: • Reconstructing 96 utilities (using Rapid Set Mix). This involved lowering the utilities and then raising them again. • Putting in 3,200 lineal feet of rolled curb. • Constructing five miles of UTB shouldering. The working windowwas restricted to a four-day week, Monday through Thursday. Although the project duration was scheduled to last 90 days, it was actually completed in 89 days. This project was unique because of the way a supplemental specification involving a two-stage acceptance andverificationprocess.The supplemental specification allowed the contractor’s test results to be used for acceptance. This specification acknowl- edges the quality efforts the contractor has put intomaking our industry better. SR-210 is a heavily traveled state road in theworld-renowned Little Cottonwood Canyon, known for its outdoor recrea- tion. It is a popular year-round destina- tion. Alongwith that popularity are the following challenges: • Keeping the canyon openwhile under construction • Maintaining open access to camp- grounds and hiking trails • Working despite the large numbers of cyclists who ride the canyon every day Other challengeswhileworking in Little Cottonwood on SR-210 included: • The need to mill and pave back the samedaywith a traffic control pilot car. • Very limited access because of the steep grade and narrow canyon shoulders. • A sensi ti ve env ironment . The Cottonwood Creek watershed had to be protected within the canyon. • Two ski resorts that bothhave summer access and lift operations. • More than 90 utilities that had to be lowered and raised using the new UDOT-specified Rapid Set mix. This project had great teamworkwithin Granite Construction company’s inter- nal departments: • Aggregate plant • Hot plant • Quality control • Equipment • Construction • Safety Everyoneworked successfully together throughout the bidding, planning and execution phases of this project. This project’s many challenges were suc- cessfully resolved thanks to everyone’s complete team effort. Other project successes for SR-210 include the following: • There were no recordable injuries. • The project was completed ahead of schedule. • Granite Construction received a UDOT contractor rating scoreof 94.75percent The SR-210 project had no safety problems. The OSHA recordable rate was zero for both the project and the asphalt plant facility. This was achieved using daily Take-5 meetings centered around specific job tasks, using work plans outlining each scope of work and the job hazards associated to each scope, workingwith the project’s public involvement teams to ensure the trav- eling public using the canyon were informed of the work being performed and, along with that, were informed about the impacts to those areas. Project quality was high. More than 36,000 tons were placed on the project with the following percentages of avail- able bonus earned. • 87.3 percent onGradation/ACContent • 98.7 percent on Mat Density • 75.3 percent on Joint Density 3 Key project teammembers were as follows: