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Formed in 2001 by Fred Grubb and wife Suanne Dedmon, RMC began life as a construction company in Hayden, Idaho. Rocky Mountain Construction Group, or RMC, is experiencing the greatest year in its short history. Paul Ruben reports…


year of RMC, as they install 15,031 feet (4,581 m) of track, creating five new rides. These include hybrid coasters at Six Flags Over Georgia, Cedar Point, and Kings Dominion, plus monorail coasters at Six Flags Fiesta Texas and California’s Great America. Two more parks, Walibi Holland and Nagashima Spa Land, will add RMC coasters in 2019. Six Flags Over Georgia, meanwhile, will unveil the Twisted


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Fred, pictured with his wife Suanne, is an out-of-the-box thinker who is constantly inventing new and revolutionary building concepts.


Cyclone, a classic wooden structure combined with a modern, steel track for multiple inversions and a smoother riding experience. The coaster will measure 2,340 feet (713 m) long and will drop riders 96 feet (29 m) at speeds of 50 mph (80 kph). It features three head-over-heels inversions including a reverse cobra roll, 10 airtime moments, a 75º initial drop, and a weightless 360º zero gravity roll, among other features. Riders are seated in one-of-a-kind custom coaster trains modeled after a classic ‘60s sports convertible.


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MC built its first hybrid roller coaster in 2011, and by the end of 2018, it will have completed 16 coasters, with two more already scheduled for 2019. This is the


Setting records In Sandusky, Ohio, Cedar Point’s FrontierTown will be transformed when Steel Vengeance, the tallest (205 feet or 62 m), fastest (74 mph or 119 kph), and longest (5,740 feet or 1750 m)) hybrid roller coaster in the world opens.


Steel Vengeance APRIL 2018


Raising the bar at RMC


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