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Chairman's Message

PA Turnpike Project Ramps Up


A. Ross Myers

The challenge in changing
markets, like the current one, is to focus on those factors over which some measure of control can be exerted. For our customers, mitigating risk is one of those factors, and any steps that work toward that end are critical to the eventual success (read profitability) of your project.
From the risk perspective, we know that few components of building and construction are as unpredictable as the site work. While that risk cannot be eliminated, we do know it can be mitigated and shared, and I believe American Infrastructure is uniquely qualified in its ability to do so.

We have developed a process to consistently exceed the expectations of our customers in matters of risk regarding sub-surface conditions. Suffice it to say here in this short space that the key to 'controlling the uncontrollable' is to involve us in the process early. The chances for a predictable outcome increase measurably (and substantially) the sooner we start working toward that outcome together. I invite you to engage our resources to help you control the uncontrollable.

Allan A. Myers is well into the Pennsylvania Turnpike roadway improvement project that will see over five miles of the toll road from the Norristown exit to the Valley Forge exit widened to six lanes and the full reconstruction of five bridges. Scheduled for completion in November, 2008, the job will ultimately require over 658,000 cubic yards of excavation, 400,000 tons of aggregate, 200,000 tons of bituminous base, 57,000 tons of binder and 80,000 tons of wearing course. Approximately 100,000 sq. ft. of MSE retaining walls will be built and over 90,000 sq. ft. of ground mounted noise barriers will be constructed.

The work takes place in Montgomery and Chester Counties and will ease traffic flow through one of the busiest areas of Philadelphia's northwestern suburbs. Four distinct construction phases are designed to minimize impact on the movement of traffic, but any impact will be mitigated by the end result, which completes the last section of six-lane roadway needed to connect the Turnpike's five Philadelphia exits. Periodic updates of the Turnpike project will be presented in future issues of Insite.

(Above and below) Like any highway reconstruction project, the Pennsylvania Turnpike job will require plenty of demolition, exacting excavation, altered traffic patterns and carefully timed phases to bring about improvements that will benefit motorists for years to come.

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