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By Eric OlsonCEG CORRESPONDENT

Residents of Savannah, Ga., can now see the finish line onthe long trek that has been the building of the TrumanParkway. Almost unbelievably, Savannah’s business and political

leaders first discussed the road project more than 40 yearsago.The fifth and final phase of the Harry S. Truman Parkway

is heading into its final months over the construction’s mostdifficult stretch: from Whitfield Avenue west across wetlandsto Abercorn Street on the city’s south side, a distance of 2.08mi. (3.3 km).Once completed, the 8.8-mile (14.2 km) long Truman

Parkway will give motorists two lanes in each direction witha 24-ft. (7.3 m) raised median.

Savannah’s TrumanParkway on Trackto Open in March

After spending years in theequipment rental business, GaryBonds, owner of Advanced RentalCenter in Canton, Ga., is confidenthis latest endeavor will be as suc-cessful as past ventures. His careerbegan in 1975 as a sales rep ofWacker and his experience led himto start up his own rental companyin 1986. At its peak, he sold thebusiness in 1998 to a national rentalcompany and retired. However,Bonds was not content to rest on hislaurels and in 2005 came out ofretirement and started over againopening Advanced Rental Center.Bonds has come to understand

that forming an alliance with a sin-

gle distributor-single manufactureris necessary for meeting his rollingstock machinery needs. This, in hisopinion, is the most effective wayto buy and maintain a rental fleetrather than juggling multiple manu-facturer lines. Years of searchingfor the distributor/manufacturerthat could provide the best andmeet his expectations lead him towork with Yancey Bros. Co. andCaterpillar corporate. After nearly ayear, Bonds sees the alliance as acomplete success.Bonds said the rationale behind

the business decision was prettyeasy and was based on the “powerof Yancey in the Georgia market.”

“Advanced Rental Center hasalways had the philosophy that wedo things our way, Bonds said.“We’re not saying it’s always theright or the wrong way, but it’s ourway and that means it’s all abouttaking care of our customer andgiving them a product that we canback and something that they canhave confidence in to be a verygood machine. That’s why we wentwith Cat.” Cat machines have been deliv-

ered on a regular basis to AdvancedRental since early 2013. “The package started out with

two Cat 252 skid steer loaders,

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NCCHR Transforms More Than Atlanta’s SkylineBy Cindy RileyCEG CORRESPONDENTIntended to serve as a global hub for the

study of freedom struggles at the local,national and international levels, TheNational Center for Civil and Human Rights(NCCHR) is transforming Atlanta’s skyline.Currently under construction, the $75 mil-lion facility will open to the public in May2014, allowing visitors to learn about thepast, while engaging a dialogue about thefuture. “I can actually watch the progress out of

my window, as our offices are located justtwo blocks away,” said Douglas Shipman,CEO of the center. “It’s been a widespreadcommunity effort to bring the Center to life,and I know many across Atlanta, and thosenationally who support civil and humanrights issues, are excited. We’ve projected400,000 visitors our first year, and we expectthe summer to be very busy, as is typical forour neighbors at the Georgia Aquarium andthe World of Coca-Cola.” Located in the heart of downtown Atlanta,

the 42,000 sq. ft. (3,901.9 sq m) facility fea-tures a design that evokes the notion of twohands embracing a space for change. Theexterior material will be Trespa, and will bepatterned to bring the walls of the structureto life from various angles. Thetotal structure includes two outdoorcourtyards and a public water fea-ture off the larger courtyard. Organizers say the NCCHR will

be a destination where visitors haveaccess to interactive exhibits and avariety of educational activities.The subject matter will focus on thecivil rights movement in the UnitedStates and human rights issuesfrom a global perspective. “The bulk of sitework and

underground activities is 90 percentcomplete on site,” said BobGibson, project manager ofCousins/Gude LLC. “The concretesuperstructure was substantiallycompleted in early September. Thewrecking of re-shores is commenc-ing.”Initial activities included cutting

down a significant portion of thesite to bring the building pad tosubgrade. Crews installed a soilnail wall in the process. Once com-pleted, they installed 130 auger castdisplacement piles to serve as thebuilding’s deep foundations. Inaddition, workers put in place an onsite detention vault and cistern toserve as storm water regulation intothe city system, and to retain waterfor use onsite for irrigation.Currently, teams are completing the

concrete structure and preparing to installsteel structural components, as well as skincomponents to dry-in the building for subse-quent finish activities. Gibson said challenges have included the

complicated and unusual design, uniquegeometry, sloping and curved exterior walls,along with coordination of base buildingdesign and installation activities with sup-port for follow-on installation of interiorexhibits. The fast-track nature of the projectdelivery has been a concern, from start onsite to substantial completion allowing only12 months. �Work on site began in March2013. Equipment used includes a�bulldozer,excavator, sheep’s foot roller, smooth drumroller, backhoe, dump truck, a soil naildrilling rig and an augercast pile drill rig.The structure is made of concrete and steel,curtain wall and punched openings, alongwith Trespa for exterior skin. The roof is avegetative green roof assembly. Materialsinclude 5,500 cu. yds. (4,205 cu m) of con-crete, 380 tons (344.7 t) of resteel, 100 tons(90.7 t) of structural steel and solid phenolicresin wall panels.� Coordinating structural and architectural

components with the geometry of the build-ing, while also tying the building infrastruc-ture to eventual exhibit components is no

small task; however, Gibson said the projecthas its advantages.“It’s exciting to be involved because of

the international exposure. The value andmeaning to the community, plus being a highprofile location near other unique facilitiesalso makes it rewarding.”The current peak in crew size is 50 work-

ers on site. That number is expected to topout around 150, with work sometimesextended into the weekend. Planning activ-ities to minimize the impact to neighbors isessential during construction.“Making sure deliveries and material

load-out are scheduled for off-peak traffichours is key,” Gibson said. “Communicationof upcoming activities to nearby stakehold-ers has been crucial, especially in light of theoperating facilities adjacent to the projectsite.”Weather has been a factor, although crews

have managed to work around wet condi-tions, so far.“Despite one of the rainiest summers on

record,” said Gibson, “the project team hasbeen dedicated to maintaining the projectschedule.”Described as a world-class cultural insti-

tution, the structure is a Freelon/HOKdesign, with noted architect Phil Freelonserving as the lead designer. The building isthree levels, housing a gallery dedicated tothe Martin Luther King Jr. Papers

NCCHR photoCrews use a crane to prepare to move materials from the lay-down area to the topof the structure.

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Center Marks 50 Years Since Landmarks of Civil Rights EraCollection, a series of galleries showcasingthe legacy of the American Civil RightsMovement, as well as galleries highlightingcontemporary human rights defenders andissues. It also will have retail space, a spe-cial events space and a fully functioning tel-evision studio used for education and broad-casts.“This is an incredibly important project,”

said Freelon. “The NCCHR’s vision andmission aligned perfectly with our firm’sgoals. We felt that our experience withmuseums and cultural centers would be ofvalue to the NCCHR as they worked towardplanning this world-class facility. “The architectural concept for the new

NCCHR was inspired by great spaces ingreat cities around the world that have for-ever been transformed in our memory by thecivil and human rights events that took placein them. Each of them at their moment inhistory were transformed into spaces foraction by citizens committed to making forthemselves, and all of us, a better world tolive in.”“Two powerful walls will be placed in

Atlanta and between them the NCCHR willthrive as a place for progressive action andchange,” said Freelon. “The character ofthese walls not only conveys strength and asense of permanence, they also represent theuplifting spirit of optimism and progress thatis the NCCHR. The surface of these walls iscomposed of many varied panels that sym-bolize the many individuals that make upgreat movements for social progress.”The initial concept was generated over a

sixty-day period as prescribed by the designcompetition guidelines. Subsequent designswere developed during a year-long process,while the Center was raising funds. “The building and landscape are fully

integrated, so there’s a natural flow fromexterior to interior and back again,” saidFreelon. “The visitor experience begins asone approaches the Center from all direc-tions. With a site that slopes more than twen-ty feet from south to north, we felt it wasimportant to provide gracious and welcom-ing entry points at multiple levels of thebuilding. The architectural form and mass-ing speak to the global importance of theCenter’s mission, while respecting its neigh-boring structures and providing a comfort-able human scale at ground level.“The interior architecture serves as a nat-

ural extension of the exhibits, linking the for-mal space to the media and interactive tech-nology that tell the stories of civil and humanrights. In addition to the exhibits, there arepublic spaces that are designed to support theongoing programs of the Center.”

Freelon said the project will be monitored

as the structure continues taking shape.Construction is the final step in the designprocess. The team will remain involvedthrough the completion, ribbon cutting andbeyond. It’s critically important the buildingis built in accordance with the drawings andspecifications, according to Freelon.In 2007, Turner Broadcasting System Inc.

provided a $1 million dollar gift for pre-development activities, while The Coca-Cola Company announced a 2.5 acre landparcel donation at Pemberton Place, the siteof the NCCHR, the following year. Once open, the NCCHR will offer pro-

gramming that will include speakers, confer-ences and artistic presentations dealing withhistorical and present-day issues. The facil-ity also will serve as a forum for educationand the exchange of ideas, while also pro-viding jobs and internships and drawingtourists to the region. “Atlanta is a good fit, given the fact it was

the home to so many civil rights organiza-tions, as well as the historically black col-leges and universities of Spelman, Clark,Atlanta University, Morris Brown andMorehouse, said Shipman. “Atlanta, addi-tionally, made it through the civil rights erapeacefully by solving the issues of segrega-tion through compromise and bringingactivists, citizens, business leaders andpoliticians to the same table to talk and find

solutions. This legacy, as well as the factAtlanta boasts present day headquarters ofthe King Center, the Carter Center andCARE USA , allows the city to be a keymeeting place for global discussions.” After years of planning, Shipman said the

timing was right for the project.“We are 50 years on since the major land-

marks of the civil rights era. We need aninstitution that connects the legacy, lessonsand inspirations of that era with contempo-rary human rights issues in America andglobally. We will be a place of exhibition,education, discussion and programs allow-ing visitors to explore issues and highlight-ing work that promotes human rights, peaceand the common good.“We already have plans for Phase Two

and Phase Three expansions, including anevent/auditorium expansion and an exhibi-tion expansion,” said Shipman. “Each phaseis planned to be approximately 10,000-square feet, and we anticipate opening newphases every three to five years. Hosting vis-itors means the Center can impact one per-son at a time, inspiring them to educate andinvolve themselves in efforts to change theworld in their communities.”

(This story also can be found onConstruction Equipment Guide’s Web site atwww.constructionequipmentguide.com.)CEG

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NCCHR photoCrews use an onsite crane to move materials from the lay-down area to workers.

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(L-R): Len Malagon and Gary Bonds, both of Advanced Rental Center, meet with their Yancey Bros. Co.representatives, John McLean and Preston Smith, at the company’s Canton, Ga., location.

Both Cat skid steer loaders and compact track loaders are avail-able for rent at Advanced Rental Center.

three Cat 259 track machines, two Cat 289track loaders, one Cat 302.5 mini excavatorand two Cat 303.5 mini excavators. We trad-ed in a fleet of machines pretty much on aone for one basis. Shortly thereafter, Iordered another Cat 303.5 to add to the fleetand then just recently, two more 259’s, twomore 303.5’s and one more 305. We nowhave 16 Cat machines in which we maintainourselves and the machines are all purchasedwith an extended warranty,” said Bonds. The alliance agreement came about

through Advanced Rental’s continuous con-versations with the local Yancey Bros. Co.sales representative and with John McLean,management representative and TannerDahlke, district representative of Caterpillarcorporate. “This falls in line with the way we always

try to handle business at Advanced Rental —having a relationship, not only with the localdistributor [of the machines we rent] butwith the factory itself. It gives us more con-tacts to keep us educated on the machinesand what’s available,” said Bonds. “Caterpillar actually facilitates the process

of rental alliances through the dealers andencourages us to enter into a partnershipwith a limited number of rental companiessuch as Advanced Rental,” said McLean.“This is done so we can spread our equip-ment out over a larger area and create a larg-er footprint. Caterpillar’s effort in this is tofacilitate and help the process along.” “What was interesting to me is the fact

that Caterpillar corporate has a vetting pro-gram to actually approve us to enter intothis,” said Bonds. “This wasn’t just a Yanceylocal agreement; this was an actual Cat cor-porate decision in which we had to beapproved to enter into the alliance.” According to McLean, the criteria for

entering into a rental agreement for bothYancey and Cat is to pick customers based

on strategic location of their operation com-pared to their own. The potential for a realpartnership stems from effort between thetwo parties to share leads and information. “We know it can’t quite be that way, but

we try to make it almost like a branch oper-ation,” said McLean. “We also have otherrental alliances and I can count the numberof those alliances on one hand. They are allstrategically located and all have truly beenvetted by Caterpillar. We have to submit thecustomer as a prospect and present theirbackground information to Cat, whichbegins the interview process. It’s welldesigned — well thought out.“The rental alliance is intended to be a

partnership between Yancey and AdvancedRental Center with the idea and the goalbeing that we share leads and needs betweeneach other and that we have a partnershipgoing forward to capture the rental market,”said McLean.Bonds has tried working with manufac-

turers on potential long-term alliance agree-ments, but Cat is the only manufacturer thatworked for him. “Cat is rather unique in this alliance.

We’ve talked with manufacturers in the pastand have tried to enter into what we consid-ered was an alliance and no one seemed toknow what we were thinking or talkingabout, with regards to the alliance. It’s amaz-ing when we found out that Caterpillar actu-ally had an alliance program in place. They[Cat] were forward thinking enough todevelop this and understand that the rentalyards are a marketing arm for the manufac-turer, be it Caterpillar corporate or YanceyCAT as a distributor. By putting themachines out in to the rental fleets and main-taining the machines and putting them out infront of the marketplace, we’re actually asales arm for the factory and the distributors.They’re smart enough to realize that and weapplaud them for having the alliance pro-

gram and promoting it.Bonds is promoting Cat products — the

full line. He is confident offering the Catlineup to his customers because of the repu-tation Cat has in the industry, and the bene-fits it will pass on to Advanced Rental Centerand its customers. “Name recognition is very big in this

industry,” said Bonds. The alliance is all about helping each

other and working together between CatRents and Advanced Rental Center.Advanced can “borrow” from Yancey’sinventory for anything that they can handledelivery on. The whole purpose for thealliance, from Advanced Rental Center’sstandpoint, is to have a larger inventory.For deliveries of larger machines Bonds

will depend on Yancey. If the machine issomething Advanced Renal Center canphysically handle, the company will deliverit with their tandem axle rollbacks. And ifsomething is not available in house,Advanced Rental Center can offer themachine through Cat Rents. Bonds fully intends to utilize and pur-

chase Cat attachments to expand the capaci-ty of his rental machines. “When it comes to attachments, we’ll try

to work with Yancey in as many ways aspossible,” said Bonds. “Staying with the fac-tory brand aids us in the actual fitment of theattachment, which is an advantage. Theymatch and they’re not ‘sloppy’ on themachine, which makes for a better totalproduct to rent.” Bonds said the life cycle of the rental fleet

has completely changed. “We used to have a three year turn rate on

our bigger equipment. That all changed asthe whole world changed back in 2007. Wetry to keep our machines for three years androughly 1,500 hours of time on the machine.But since ‘07’, things changed and we might

have a machine for two years and won’thave but 500 hours on it. The market haschanged that much. Right now, we’re seeinga change again. With the Caterpillarmachines in particular, I’ve got some of themini excavators with 500 hours on them[less than one year old machines]. So, I thinkthe market is turning, there’s more work outthere and they’re putting more hours onthem and working harder. Once again wewould expect to keep the machines for threeyears and hopefully 1500 hours. To whichpoint we would need to trade them in or sellthem through our sales force here. We expecta higher than normal return at trade-in timeor sales time being a Caterpillar product.”Bonds said his company has always been

customer oriented. “If our customers are working a mile

away or 60 miles away, we service them inthe same fashion. We have delivery vehiclesand drivers who stay busy all over the city ofAtlanta. Right now I have equipment scat-tered from the Atlanta airport to Dalton, toGwinnett County, so territory wise, it’s theAtlanta metro area and wherever the cus-tomer is. “The relationship between Advanced

Rental Center and Yancey and Caterpillarcorporate has been all that we could ask for,”said Bonds. “They’ve been there when weneeded them. Everything’s running smooth-ly. I can’t say I’ve had any big tests for themyet, but I’m sure they’ll be there to supportus when we need them.”Advanced Rental Center is located at 141

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As of Oct. 1, this last portion of the proj-ect is set to be open for traffic next March,according to the Georgia DOT.

A Freeway From North to SouthThe entire four-lane parkway was first

conceived in the 1960s as the Casey CanalParkway, but saw its name changed to honorthe nation’s 33rd president, following hisdeath in December 1972.The purpose of the road was to give

motorists a largely uninterrupted route frommetropolitan areas east and south ofSavannah to the historic downtown area. Tothat end, drivers will be able to travel alonga freeway that stretches from PresidentStreet, just east of downtown along theSavannah River, south to Whitfield Avenueand then west to the busy Abercorn Streetcorridor, near Holland Drive. Work did not begin on the parkway at all

until 1990 and from thatpoint progressed in starts andstops until the first portion ofthe project opened to trafficin 1997. At that time, onlythe part of the project fromDeRenne Avenue northwardwas paved, while the sectionsouth of that interchangewas unpaved. By 2007, bothsections were fully pavedand built to freeway stan-dards.Interestingly, the Truman

Parkway is not a state route,but a Chatham County-maintained expressway, oneof only a handful of county-operated freeways in theentire state. Even though theGeorgia DOT is overseeingthe construction, it will beserviced by the county onceit is finished.In December 2009,

GDOT allocated $128 mil-lion to fund the building ofthe last phase of the TrumanParkway. That money camefrom a combination of feder-al funds and state fuel-taxrevenue.

Final Phase Was the Most DifficultWork began in earnest in the summer of

2010 on the final section of the project. Thissection was generally perceived as the costli-est and most difficult portion of the parkwaybecause the road has to cross the WilshireCanal, the Vernon River and a large marshyarea.Crews from the Wilmington, N.C., loca-

tion of Balfour Beatty Infrastructure Inc.

needed to build three sets of two parallelbridges across the wetlands. This wasaccomplished by erecting a temporary, mov-able work trestle that could hold a massivepair of Manitowoc 4100 cranes that wereemployed to drive the bridge pilings.“They have driven a total of 1,763 piles

into place just on those wetlands,” said JillNagel, communications officer of GDOT’sDistrict 5/Southeast Georgia office in nearbyJesup.“By using the trestle, which holds these

two 500,000-pound cranes for work on twodifferent ends of the bridges, they were ableto minimize the environmental impact on thewetlands,” she added. “It is a fact that thesecranes did not touch ground for 2½ yearsbefore making land again this past June.”At the peak of the activity on the final

phase, as many as 100 workers were busy onsite.Now, the road decks are being erected and

paved and all other ancillary road work isbeing completed with an eye toward open-ing in spring.When work began in 2010 on the final

phase, the project was slated to be wrappedup by the end of 2013, but Nagel said thatGDOT identified “things that came up thatwe saw needed to be done” to ensure that thework was completed to its specifications,causing the parkway’s opening to be pushedback three months. She would not elaborate

on what specifically caused the delay.

Parkway Designed to Alleviate Congestion

“You can really call the Truman an urbaninterloop,” Nagel said. “It will take trafficfrom the south side directly to downtownSavannah instead of having to go upAbercorn and winding through town to getthere. Hopefully, it will take a lot of conges-tion off Abercorn.”That congestion is really the main reason

the Truman was built in the first place.For decades, the major thoroughfare link-

ing the south end of Savannah, with its leafyneighborhoods, to the downtown has beenGa. 204/Abercorn Street. Through the years,however, the Abercorn corridor witnessed agreat deal of commercial and retail growth,along with a seemingly endless number ofintersections and traffic lights. The resultwas that traffic bottlenecks became thenorm. At the point where the Truman Parkway

ties into Abercorn are a number of shoppingcenters, restaurants and big box stores, so thecompleted portion of the parkway, with itstraffic-light-free design, should be able toprovide some relief for the heavy workdaytraffic. Nearby DeRenne Avenue, north of the

current construction activity, should also seea break from traffic congestion currentlyplaguing that roadway with the opening ofthe final phase of the Truman.In addition, civic planners envisioned the

residents of nearby Skidaway Island, just tothe north and east of Savannah, as being ben-eficiaries of the completed Truman Parkway.Motorists from the island will be able tomore easily access the retail stores andrestaurants of the southern Abercorn corri-dor, as well as reach Interstate 95 quicker viaGa. 204.


Trestle Holding Two 500,000 lb. Cranes Minimizes Impact

Work began in earnest in the summer of2010 on the final section of the project.

Residents of Savannah, Ga., can now see the finish line on the long trek that has been the build-ing of the Truman Parkway.

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Factory installed Intelligent Machine Control — standard on the new D61i-23.Automated dozing —1st to last pass with finish grade performance. Intelligent blade assistance minimizes track slip and improves efficiency.

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