ENR Article on Back Page
Safety/GLOSS Article on Back Page
GREAT LAKES WAY
Fall 2015
CLEVELAND CLINIC
RING BUS PROJECT
T
he Great Lakes Construction Co. (TGLCC) was
awarded the Cleveland Clinic Ring Bus Project in
February 2015. The project is on the main campus of the
Cleveland Clinic and spans from E. 86th Street to E. 105th
Street and from Chester Avenue to Cedar Avenue. Upon
completion, the team will have replaced the antiquated
electrical infrastructure of the Cleveland Clinic Main
Campus to help prevent future blackouts. The project
also allows for future growth as the Cleveland Clinic
continues to expand. Work items include the installation
of 21,000 LF of ductbank, placement of eighty manholes,
(2) 195 LF 60” bores, (4) 150 LF 42” bores, and restoring
pavements, walkways and landscaping throughout the
campus. TGLCC began work in April 2015.
TGLCC is responsible for trench excavation and the installation of trench
shielding and shoring in order for our partner, Lake Erie Electric, Inc. (LEE)
to install the electrical ductbanks. Upon installation of the ductbank,
TGLCC places concrete for the ductbank encasement, backfills, then
restores it back to the original condition. Ductbank sizes range from 4’
wide x 1’ tall to 11’ wide by 6’ tall and from 5’ deep up to 20’ deep. With the
various depths and ductbank widths, many different shoring techniques
are utilized. TGLCC has approximately 50 trench shields of various
lengths and heights on site at all times and 400 spreaders on
site of different lengths. In addition to the trench shields,
TGLCC constantly uses Finn Form high-strength
plywood, aluminum shoring panels and
multiple hydraulic jacks to perform
the street crossings.
A major obstacle that the team has to deal with
is traffic. Vehicular traffic is a concern on most
TGLCC projects; but a majority of the concern
on this project is pedestrian traffic. Pedestrians
are everywhere on the campus and protecting
them properly is of utmost importance. We have
trenched through the main entrance to most of
the buildings while maintaining foot traffic to
and from the building. With each crossing of a
sidewalk, entrance or driveway, a plan to redirect
that traffic is developed, reviewed, approved and
implemented. Our team is constantly implementing
and adjusting traffic patterns to provide the
doctors, patients and nurses a safe and hazardfree walk around the expansive campus.
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE
facing challenges from working 30’ deep in excavated sewer
trenches to working 100’ feet above the ground on bridges
and billboards along the shores of Lake Erie.
The back page of this newsletter
acknowledges our employees for reaching a
major safety milestone earlier this year. Our
employees have worked over 1 million hours
without a lost-time injury.
Reaching this milestone is not taken for
granted. As this newsletter clearly depicts,
our current work has our men and women
Our team has developed a culture that requires every crew to
plan their work prior to commencing an activity. Proper
planning of every work activity involves the entire crew and
the many resources available to the crew. The culture
involves the crew correcting unsafe conditions for their fellow
employees. The culture gives the crew the ability to stop the
work to make it safe for everyone, and not waiting for a
member of the Safety Department or a superintendent to
address an unsafe situation.
Our work can appear to be very simple when
looking at pictures of the projects or driving
through a project at 50 mph and observing a
crew setting forms for a bridge pier. The work
can only be simple when it is properly planned
and the proper resources employed, yet
sometimes that is not enough to remove all the
challenges. This is why an achievement of
working over 1 million hours without a lost time
injury is not taken for granted and the
achievement is shared by all the employees who
have made it happen. Congratulations!
This planning can be as straight forward as discussing all the
“what ifs” that could happen during an activity. The planning
can also be as complex as several engineers determining the
size and type of Support of Excavation (SOE) that is needed for
the crew to safely enter a 30’ deep sewer trench.
GEORGE J. PALKO
President/CEO,
The Great Lakes Construction Co.
TRANSPORTATION
ODOT PROJECT 85-15
LYTLE TUNNEL
CINCINNATI, OH
ODOT PROJECT 57-15
US-6 ROADWAY (WEST SHOREWAY)
CLEVELAND, OH
This high-profile project consists of
the conversion of the existing West
Shoreway/US 6 into a picturesque
boulevard by widening and resurfacing
the roadway while constructing a
center median with landscaping
and lighting from Lake Avenue to
W. 25th Street. The project includes
storm sewer drainage, aggregate
base, asphalt and concrete paving,
retaining walls consisting of drilled
shaft with concrete lagging, removal
and replacement of the US 6 Bridge
over Lake Avenue with a three-sided
precast arch, and the construction
of a multi-use path. The project has
been in planning with ODOT and the
City of Cleveland for over 10 years and
will provide a dramatic and efficient
gateway for commuters, pedestrians
and bicyclists to access downtown
Cleveland and Edgewater Lakefront
Park and marinas.
The Lytle Tunnel Project consists of the rehabilitation of the existing I-71 tunnels.
Details include the construction of a new underground ventilation and electrical
room, new lighting, fire protection, ventilation and CO monitoring, and ITS
(Intelligent Transportation Systems).
ODOT PROJECT 3000-13
INNERBELT PROJECT
CLEVELAND, OH
With multiple crane booms in the air at all times, the Eastbound George V. Voinovich
Bridge has risen out of the ground, steel girders span the valley, and multiple approach
bridges as well as retaining walls have been completed. Currently, the project is 65%
complete. Substructure on the main Viaduct is nearly complete and seven other bridges
and nine MSE retaining walls are already finished. The downtown Gateway area traffic
has been rerouted numerous times for this major upgrade to the traffic flow for inbound
and outbound traffic. The schedule is tight but with all the planning, we are on schedule
to make substantial completion by October, 2016 and final completion by June, 2017.
PROJECT 830-15
LAKEWOOD PARK SOLSTICE STEPS
LAKEWOOD, OH
The City of Lakewood selected TGLCC to
build Solstice Steps, which feature an
upper and lower promenade extending
from the existing park at the top of the
slope to the waterline below, with
seating in between. Every year on the
summer solstice, the sun sets directly
upon the central node of the project,
marking the furthest north the sun sets
each year, hence the name “Solstice
Steps.” The block seating steps allow
visitors to relax and take in an expansive
view of the lake and sunsets.
PROJECT 824-15
KURTZ BROS. CUYAHOGA RIVER BED LOAD INTERCEPT
CLEVELAND, OH
OIL & GAS
PROJECT 839-15
CAYWOOD WELL PAD
MARIETTA, OH
Situated on over 17 acres, TGLCC moved over 90,000 CY of
material and placed over 10,000 tons of stone to develop a
new well pad in Southeast Ohio. Below, a before and after
view of the access road and well pad.
This pilot project seeks to reduce the cost of traditional dredging
operations by installing proprietary sediment-collecting
equipment into the Cuyahoga River. Installation includes a 30’ long
river sediment collector, a 25’ deep precast manhole adjacent to
the river for a sediment pump, 46’ long screw conveyor, 54’ long
belt conveyor, 1½” to 8” HDPE piping, and electrical service. The
river sediment collector is anchored to the river bed with driven
tipping plate soil anchors.
Photo Copyright 2015, Above All – Ohio (Protégé Energy)
INDUSTRIAL
Photo Copyright 2015, Above All – Ohio (Protégé Energy)
ENERGY
TLGCC has been very busy in the power sector this season, performing work at 7
fossil (coal) plants, 7 substations, 1 hydroelectric, and 1 nuclear plant (shown below)
for both FirstEnergy and AEP.
PROJECT 853-15,
FIRSTENERGY PERRY NUCLEAR PLANT
PERRY, OH
The focus of this Site Development/Shoreline Restoration project is to safeguard the
plant from potential flooding. This requires grading of multiple areas around the plant, a
new streambed around the plant, and restoration of a section of slope along Lake Erie.
Our Industrial
Group services the
advertising, power,
steel, food, chemical,
automotive, oil/gas, and
hospital sectors. Our
expertise in performing
maintenance during
outage situations or
installing a complete
turnkey system has
established TGLCC as
a leader that manufacturing companies rely on. Rigging, equipment moving and
setting, crane services, demolition, excavation, concrete foundations, conveyors,
platforms, abatement, machine lines, precision layouts and alignments are typical
services provided for manufacturing.
Pictured above is a crew repairing an existing billboard. Pictured below are
Millwrights using optical tooling survey equipment used for aligning and leveling
machinery to tolerances less than .003 of an inch at a steel mill in Cleveland.
AWARDS & ACHIEVEMENTS
1 MILLION HOURS WITHOUT LOST TIME
TGLCC recently celebrated one
million hours without a lost time
injury! This is a major milestone for us, and a true display of
the dedication of our most valuable resource – OUR
EMPLOYEES. Our safety success is not accomplished solely
from our policies and procedures, but from the follow-through
of our talented, trained, and experienced workforce. Our
management team is fully committed to our program, which is
administered by a staff of four, and carried out through our
project superintendents to all of our field personnel. Each day,
each task, our crews huddle together to discuss all existing
and potential hazards that may arise, and how they will
eliminate or control those hazards prior to going to work.
This year also marks the start of our quality
management system, entitled GLOSS (Great Lakes
Operating Standards System). This system will help
ensure that all resources, assets, and processes are
aligned and optimized to ensure operational excellence
while helping us attain ISO 9001:2015 compliance.
Our dedication and commitment to safety has earned
us the OCA Jerry Keller Safety award, and we are
finalists in both the ‘Corporate Social Responsibility of
the Year’ category for the US Oil & Gas Northeast
Region and for the ‘Operational Health & Safety
Initiative of the Year’ category for the US Oil & Gas
Northeast Region.
We
believe in
a proactive
approach to building
work, which encompasses safety, quality,
and efficiency. We plan early, frequently,
and as conditions change. The entire
project team – keeping these three
variables in mind – has proven to be a
successful recipe for us here at The Great
Lakes Construction Co.
ENR TOP 400 CONTRACTORS LIST
The Great Lakes Construction Co. has
once again been ranked this year on the
Engineering News Record (ENR) Top 400
Contractors list.
The Top 400 Contractors list, published
annually in ENR, ranks the top 400 general
contractors in the United States, both
publicly and privately held, based on
construction contracting-specific revenue.
CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL!
Corporate
2608 Great Lakes Way
Hinckley, OH 44233-9590
Cincinnati
10737 Medallion Dr.
Cincinnati, OH 45241
tglcc.com
2015 SUMMER CO-OPS
The Great Lakes Construction Co. is once again
employing numerous college students (18) this
construction season. In addition to playing a key role in
the supervision team of each project, one of the major
goals of TGLCC’s participation in the Co-Op Program is to
educate the students on the opportunities of a career in
construction. This year’s summer Co-Ops include:
Austin Avery, Project 825-15
University of Akron
Marty Clancy, Project 151-13
University of Dayton
Pat Flannery, Project 707-13
The Ohio State University
Connor Lewis, Projects 473-14 & 825-15
Bowling Green State University
Andy Radel, Project 3000-13
Lakeland Community College
Luke Avery, Project 314-13
Alex Conroy, Project 32-15
Ohio University
Mike Fox, Project 830-15
Kent State University
Casey Mayell, TGLCC Yard
Andrew Smith, Project 504-14
Gary Brodek, TGLCC Yard
Ohio Wesleyan University
Joe D’Amico, Project 3005-14
Alexa Halker, Project 85-15
Nick Nelson, Project 707-13
Matt Chandler, Project 3000-13
Erin Dreger, Project 3000-13
Andrew Lash, Project 3005-14
University of Akron
Larry Pinto, Project 825-15
The Ohio State University
University of Akron
Cleveland State University
The Ohio State University
Case Western Reserve University
University of Cincinnati
Cleveland State University
University of Akron
The Ohio State University