•  2003 Project Highlights
•  Evaluation Criteria

US 12 - Brady to Malone

Grays Harbor County

Design: Contract Administration:  Schedule:  Cost:  Engineer’s estimate: $2,507,724 Contractor’s bid amount: $2,148,350 Estimated cost for completion: $2,674,000 A long history of professional relations between WSDOT and Lakeside has helped to establish excellent lines of communication and build a trusting relationship. A portion of the asphalt concrete pavement overrun could have been anticipated. Though the impact of the error added cost to the project, the overall schedule is not being significantly impacted. The project is continuing on schedule and delays to the public have not exceeded those originally envisioned.

This project rehabilitated aged and rutted pavement by overlaying the highway with asphalt concrete. Work began on the four-lane divided-highway portion of US 12, approximately four miles east of Montesano and continued east for more than six miles to the East Elma interchange; which is the connection of US 12 and SR 8. It then continued about five miles on the two-lane portion of US 12 through Malone. The project also included paving the East Elma interchange ramps and parking area of the Elma Rest Area on SR 8. In addition, safety improvements were made at the Keys Road intersection by adding a westbound acceleration lane and lengthening the westbound left-turn pocket.

Construction Summary

To minimize the possibility of work being carried over to the next year, only 40 working days were allotted for project completion. Contract provisions also restricted paving work to daytime hours Monday through Thursday and until noon on Friday. This required the contractor, Lakeside Industries of Aberdeen, to adopt a very aggressive schedule and necessitated multiple work activities to occur simultaneously in multiple locations.

The contractor used a “step wedge joint” between the two adjacent paving lanes to decrease the abrupt lane edge and allow continuous paving on a single lane until it is finished. This method saves time as opposed to paving just a short section during the first half of the day and then having to back up and pave the other lane to eliminate the abrupt edge each day. This joint also creates a better “meet line” joint between lanes that is denser, smoother, and more water resistant. As work progressed, it became evident that the paving quantities estimated in the design was short by about 19.8%, leading to a quantity overrun on asphalt of about 7,000 tons.

Throughout the project WSDOT attempted to keep the public informed of upcoming activities through signing and changeable message boards. Also, the Olympic Region weekly traffic update was sent to and broadcast on the local radio stations.

Contractor:
Lakeside Industries, Aberdeen, WA

WSDOT Contact:
John L. Hart, Project Engineer
360-533-9352
Email: hartj@wsdot.wa.gov

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