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From Armoring Ditches To Hot-In-Place Recycling, Variety Of Jobs
Adds To Ranger’s Usual Workload
(3rd Quarter 2009)
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Above and
below:
Ranger
Central crews recently completed an emergency ditch
armoring project to ensure adequate storm drainage for
neighborhoods in Port St. Lucie, FL, under a contract with
St. Lucie County. (Photos by Greg
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While new construction
recovers, Ranger’s Central Division is keeping busy with the
usual mix of other work on its books — road widening, pipe work,
milling and resurfacing jobs, runway paving and the like.
Add to the list a couple of jobs that aren’t so typical —
armoring drainage ditches and hot-in-place recycling on a paving
project.
Ranger Construction crews performed emergency grading and
armoring work on a series of drainage ditches in a residential
section of Port St. Lucie, FL, earlier this year, providing
neighborhoods with needed storm water control while addressing
bank overgrowth and erosion issues. The $3.1 million contract
with St. Lucie County was completed in just under four months.
Another unique project, begun over the summer, involves
hot-in-place recycling on a milling and resurfacing job in
western Palm Beach County. The $10.1 million FDOT contract
improves 14.5 miles of SR-700 in two stages.
First, the top 2" of old
asphalt will be heated, milled, mixed with rejuvenator to
restore flexibility, and laid back
down as the new structural course, all in one pass.
Subcontractor HIP will use specialized equipment to perform the
recycling work.
Then a
Ranger paving crew will make a final
pass, overlaying 1" of new friction course to top off the
project.
The contract also
includes guardrail, shoulder and drainage improvements. The job
is scheduled for completion in late 2010.
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Ranger
Central Upgrading Roads From Brevard To Palm Beach
(3rd Quarter 2009)
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Ranger
Central’s current projects include widening over two miles
of SR-60, an east-west route in Vero Beach, FL, from four
to six lanes under an $18.4 million contract with the FDOT. (Photo by
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Ranger Central’s
recycling-plus-overlay project on SR-700 is not the only job it
has underway in western Palm Beach County, (see article above).
Just a few miles away is a more conventional project, milling
and resurfacing a section of SR-15 in the city of Belle Glade
under an FDOT contract worth $2.4 million.
The project consists of upgrading two miles of roadway,
replacing bridge decks, and making improvements to curb ramps,
sidewalks, signage and guardrails. It began in July and is
scheduled for completion in November.
Other current work includes milling and resurfacing 12.5 miles
of I-95 in St. Lucie County, from the Martin County line to
SR-70 in Ft. Pierce, under a $7 million contract, also with the
state.
Farther to the north in Brevard County, the division recently
completed another lengthy FDOT mill-and-resurface project,
improving 14 miles of SR-A1A under a $5.4 million agreement.
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