Here are some specific examples of how Bobcat equipment is being used in the I-15 CORE project:


EQUIPMENT


1. BACKFILLING “The Bobcat®


loaders do a lot of backfi lling,


especially around bridge abutments. We install a lot of MSE (mechanically stabilized earth) walls and barrier walls alongside the interstate, and the Bobcat loaders and excavators work together on the installations,” says Hagel.


2. BREAKING CONCRETE


Occasionally, Hagel says a concrete section needs to be replaced. A Bobcat loader and HB980 breaker step in to handle the task.


“If we have a bad concrete panel, we’ll break up the 15-by-15-foot panel with a Bobcat loader and breaker, and then pick up the pieces with a Bobcat excavator and clamp,” he says. “We’ll place the broken concrete into a loader’s bucket and the loader will dump it into a truck.”


3. LOADING TRUCKS/MOVING MATERIAL “Our Bobcat 335 and 337 compact excavator


models and loaders work together to fi ll dump trucks. The excavators and loaders fi nish topsoil areas and do touch-up work.” PRC’s crews have 10, 48-inch pallet fork attachments to quickly move material with Bobcat loaders.


4. MILLING


lanes in both directions on I-15 from Lehi to Spanish Fork, Utah. It rebuilds or reconfi gures 10 freeway interchanges and replaces or restores 65 aging bridges. Its life span is relatively long as crews are using 40-year concrete pavement along the entire corridor. When it’s all said and done, it is estimated to meet transportation demands through the year 2030.


On schedule


In September 2011, the I-15 CORE project reached its halfway point. Here are some


startling statistics about what had been done by then.


• More than 5 MILLION tons of earth was moved


• Nearly 1 MILLION square yards of concrete pavement, 12 inches thick, was poured


• 31 MILES of drain pipe were installed


• 35 OF 65 bridges were built or replaced


What keeps this project moving are many Bobcat machines and attachments, operated daily by the construction teams and overseen by Ames Construction.


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A Bobcat compact track loader is paired with a 24-inch planer attachment to mill asphalt approaches. “They’ll even do some concrete milling. We’ll use it if we’re trying to tie in two surfaces, say a new and an old, trying to taper it down. We have two planer attachments and they’re going steady.”


5. UNDERGROUND INSTALLATIONS Hagel says the Bobcat machines around small


utility installations such as pipe in areas where larger equipment wouldn’t fi t.


“Bobcat equipment is quite versatile. The machines are wanted and they’re needed badly. You don’t see them sitting around very often. They work a lot, some of them work 24 hours a day, six days a week. We keep a supply of Bobcat parts on site so we have them available.”


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