For Michael’s Paving Company in Wisconsin, they chose a 2-gang drill with the idea that it would be enough to keep up with two jobs at the same time. According to Ryan Ramthun, project manager for a paving project on Highway 45 north of Oshkosh, the E-Z Drill Model 210B-2 SRA is more than up to the task. At night, the drill is on Highway 96 in Appleton, drilling holes on a full-depth repair project. During the day, the drill
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Relieving Traffic Congestion in Melbourne, Australia
The Monash-CityLink-West Gate upgrade is an AUD $1.39 billion project that will improve safety and traffic flow along the busiest road corridor in Melbourne, Australia. Works will include widening sections of the road and introducing a new intelligent freeway management system that will improve traffic flows. In March 2007 the Victorian State Government, through its road authority VicRoads, entered into an alliance agreement with four private sector partners to form the West Gate Freeway Alliance. The organisations are Baulderstone Hornibrook,
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“…the Busiest Intersection in Wisconsin…”
Highway 100 and Blue Mound in Milwaukee has the reputation for being the busiest intersection in Wisconsin, but that doesn’t bother J&A Pohl, Inc., a concrete contractor from Brookfield, WI. Superintendent Craig Mottl says they are on schedule for repaving the whole intersection with all new turning lanes. Included in this project are 1,200 #6 bars to be drilled and inserted. The drilling is being done with Poh’ls eight-year-old E-Z Drill Model 210-2 SRA. According to Mr. Mottl, their drill
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