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By Jay AdamsCEG CORRESPONDENT

It all started with two boysplacing makeshift signs on thestreet, nailed together from oldlumber, spray-painted with T&Kin black.It wasn’t pretty, but crudely

effective. The ‘T’ was for TonyHeffernan. The ‘K’ was forKevin Gosnell. They were twochildhood friends in the town ofHanover, Mass., spending col-lege summers sealcoating drive-ways to pay their collegetuitions.In order to raise funds for their

enterprise and buy materials,they sold an old vendingmachine for a $600 profit. Thispaid for a used truck, some seal-coating supplies and a newname, T&K Sealing.

Each time Tony and Kevinsealed a driveway, their signswould mark the job publiclyannouncing who they were. Thiswas the first attempt at amateuradvertising, and people noticed.Driveway by driveway, a newbusiness was launched and twoyoung men soon paid for col-lege.After three summers, the new

college grads turned T&KSealing into T&K Asphalt.Driveways were now parkinglots, sealcoating became pavingand a commercial division wasborn.“T&K was founded in 1987.

We started out sealcoating drive-ways in the summers and, overtime, started to patch and pave,”said CEO and President KevinGosnell. “Today, the company

By David SharpASSOCIATED PRESS

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) Maineresidents on Nov. 5 approved borrow-ing proposals totaling about $150 mil-lion that would pay for maintenanceand improvements for roads, schoolsand armories. Voters approved all five bonds that

resulted from a compromise betweenlegislative Democrats and RepublicanGov. Paul LePage. They were the onlyitems on the statewide ballot. The biggest bond was a $100 mil-

lion proposal for road and bridge proj-ects that supporters say will bring$150 million in matching funds. Theothers were $14 million to overhaularmories, $15.5 million to improve

university facilities, $15.5 million forclassroom improvements in commu-nity colleges and $4.5 million for ascience building at Maine MaritimeAcademy. Maria Fuentes from the Better

Transportation Association said thematching funds made the transporta-tion bond package a good way offunding needed improvements. “Maine people understand that we

need to invest more in our transporta-tion system. It’s clearly something thatimpacts just about everyone in Maineon a daily basis,’’ she said. “We’reglad that the citizens agreed that weneed to make more investments in ourroads and bridges and other modes oftransportation.’’ Mainers generally support bonds,

but not always. Residents rejected $11.3 million

worth of bonds for capital improve-ments for universities and communitycolleges just last year. University of Maine System

Chancellor James Page thanked votersfor making “investments in studentsand investments in jobs.’’ “Those upgrades will create imme-

diate local construction jobs, and theywill create a better learning environ-ment for our students to receive edu-cation and training for careers thatMaine needs, Maine employers have,and Maine students want,’’ he said.

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has over 200 employees and does everything there is to doon a parking lot.”One of the largest asphalt companies in New England,

Gosnell is still in charge 26 years later. The CEO has addedsite work to his ever-expanding list of services. The compa-ny claims an average sales growth of 40 percent each yearfor the last four years.“It was hard at first,” said Gosnell. “I learned the business

by doing and research, migrating from sealcoat to patch andthen pave. It was gradual and, over time, I learned the busi-ness and techniques. We sealcoat, line stripe, patch, grind,grade, pave, put in concrete, make curbs and do small sitework.”Clients range from multi-million-dollar real estate compa-

nies with properties throughout New England, to GilletteStadium in Foxboro, Mass. to Harvard University inCambridge.Headquartered in Whitman, Mass., T&K Asphalt has

offices in Derry, N.H., Cranston, R.I., and Sandwich, Mass.,in lower Cape Cod.

5,000 Projects Per Year“We have grown through training programs at our Asphalt

academy. Most of our talent is home-grown and we believeheavily in training and development,” said Gosnell. “Wehave about 200 employees we are in our 26th year. We haveadded a construction division, doing small site work and

improvements. We focus on items that are needed to supporta parking lot like drainage improvements, concrete, lighting,landscape and traffic islands, etc.” Gosnell said that his company does about 5,000 projects

per year. Major projects have included sealcoating andrepairing the massive parking lots around Gillette Stadium,home of the New England Patriots and the New EnglandRevolution in Foxboro, Mass., and completing the lotsaround large residential communities like The Hills inWayland, Mass.“Also, we just completed six National Grid [a power com-

pany] sites,” said Gosnell.Most of his projects involve the flat land. However, this is

not always the case.“The most unusual project was when we needed to secure

rock ledge that was falling onto a parking lot,” said Gosnell.“We drilled netting into rock ledge that trapped the rocks andprevented them from falling onto the lot and destroying it.Other than that, most of our jobs stay in our wheel house.” The company’s motto is, “Your Thankful Partner.” “We pledge to do whatever is humanly possible to satisfy

the customer,” said Gosnell. “We know that our service isour profession and ask that the customer trust us.”Testimonials abound on the company’s web site from

some of the most invested corporations in New England,including Harvard University.“We are thrilled to work with for such a high-profile cus-

tomer [as Harvard],” said Gosnell. “But we treat all of our

customers like they are VIPs. Our best effort is given toeveryone — large or small.”Another satisfied customer is Unicorn Realty, a commer-

cial real estate company that owns and manages 1.2 millionsq. ft. of industrial, retail and office space on the South Shoreof Massachusetts.With more than 250 commercial tenants using those lots,

it is imperative to keep them paved and smooth.“When I have a project with a certain degree of difficulty,

I always call T&K Asphalt,” said Brian Murphy, UnicornRealty’s vice president. “I have complete trust in their abili-ty, the quality of their work and their people.”

Six-Point Plan“I’ve experienced an excellent level of service by the sales

rep with the evaluation of parking lot conditions, solid sup-port in the back office for all scheduling and any problemsthat arise, and quick turnaround on any repair or redo oncethe project has been completed,” said Johnna Barry, a prop-erty manager of Prologis Property Corp. “T&K provides ahigh level of customer service with ample office staff toaddress all needs. T&K has turned around projects in light-ning speed when need be.”“We have stayed in business because of our strong cus-

tomer base. We have done work for many of the same peo-ple over the last 20 years,” said Gosnell. “They are what hashelped us weather the storm. “Also, we have added to and grown all our product lines

and improved our sales and marketing efforts,” said Gosnell.“We actually have grown 20 percent over the recession. Wehave a tremendous group of people at the company that care.We have an amazing team.”

Spreading the WordKevin Gosnell’s business, with four locations, has gotten

a tad bit more sophisticated since the days the 19-year-oldpainted crude wooden signs and stuck them on lawns. Butone basic tenet of advertising has never changed. “Word of mouth is everything,” said Gosnell. “We win or

lose based on what our clients say. You are only as good asyour last job, no matter how big or small it is.” The company owns all of the machinery in its fleet of

equipment and it has more than 12 grading and pavingcrews. They complete all projects and work themselves, afinish site contractor for commercial paving, sealcoating,line striping, color coating, concrete foundations, construc-tion, granite curbing, milling and snow removal.Gosnell has three sons, but is not sure if any of his boys

will enter the business when they grow up.But for those young men and women thinking about the

heavy iron industry as a trade he said, “I would recommendto someone to find out what your brand represents and whatyou can do to make sure you protect it. In the end, all youreally have is your reputation. I wouldn’t bite off too much.I would do what I think I can do the best, and make it hap-pen.”For more information, go to www.tkasphalt.com or call

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N.H. Nu-Guard Rail System Tests Deemed SuccessfulBy Jay AdamsCEG CORRESPONDENT

Along an 8-mi. (12.8 km) stretch of high-way on Interstate 89, Kyle Zorawowicz ofthe New Hampshire Department ofTransportation’s construction bureau picksup a number of sheared bolts that popped outof a revolutionary new highway guardrailsystem after cars struck it.This laborious work is not beneath a

D.O.T. manager, collecting small bolts on afederal road. Zorawowicz is happy to do it.The loose bolts mean that the federal test ofthe new Nu-Guard rail system, 8 mi. fromBow to Hopkinton, N.H., and its accompa-nying 5.4 mi. (8.7 km) of concrete medians,

save the lives of drivers who crash into them.The federal government fully funded the

$2 million project. The guard rail and medi-an project, a test with national highway safe-ty implications, wrapped up two monthsearly. It was originally set to finish by theend of August. NHDOT finished the work inmid-June.According to Zorawowicz, the project

broke ground on Oct. 23, 2012. It is locatedon an 8-mi. stretch between Exits 1 and 5 onInterstate 89. “The final estimate run showed the total

cost of the project being $2 million. It wasdeemed a test project, as we were to installtwo new types of W-Beam guardrail, alongwith 1500-feet of pre-cast concrete median

barrier, plus pre-cast barrier over the threebridges involved in the project, and pre-castbarrier along the exposed bridge piers on theunderpasses within the project limits,” saidZorawowicz. The two types of guardrail installed on the

project were the Nu-Guard post assemblyguardrail by the Nucor Corporation, and theGMS Mini-Spacer Guardrail and Thrie-Beam Connection System by the GregoryCorporation. The pre-cast concrete barrierwas provided by the Michie Corporation inHenniker, N.H. “The Federal Highway Administration

wanted to see how each of the new types ofguardrail systems worked in the state of NewHampshire. In conclusion, both systems are

working nicely and how they were designedto work,” said Zorawowicz. The installationprocess of each was the main difference ofthe two systems.”The Nu-Guard system consists of a new

type of post. It is a U-channel post that isdouble the plf of a normal signpost. Theseposts were easy to drive as they have a smallsurface area, according to Zorawowicz. Theconnection hardware used for this system isthe same used in a standard run of I-beamposts with W-beam rail The Gregory system used the normal I-

beam posts in a standard run of guardrail, butthe connection hardware was different. Itconsisted of a smaller bolt, 1.5 in. (3.8 cm)

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The Vermont Department of Transportation receivedbids for transportation-related improvement projects.Following is a list of some of the projects let.

County: ChittendenTown:RichmondProject Names:RICHMOND CMG PARK(31),RICHMOND STP 0284(17)Contract ID: 97C186Location:RICHMOND STP 0284(17): On U.S. Route2 approximately 0.012 mi. westerly of Vt. route 117and extending easterly along U.S. Route 2 approxi-mately 0.061 mi. easterly of the I-89 exit 11 south-bound on-ramp “ramp b”. RICHMOND CMGPARK(31): The existing park and ride in Richmond.Project:RICHMOND STP 0284(17): Box widening,cold planing pavement overlay and other highwayrelated items. RICHMOND CMG PARK(31):Expanding the existing park and ride.Contractors and Bid Amounts:• G.W. Tatro Construction Inc. — $1,790,271• J. Hutchins Inc. — $1,918,833• Engineers Construction Inc. — $2,134,234.• Munson Earth Moving Corporation — $2,172,777• Dubois Construction Inc. — $2,223,502

County: AddisonTown:BristolProject Name:BRISTOL STP F 021-1(15)Contract ID: 78F187Location:On Vt. 116 approximately 2.99 mi. northerlyof the Bristol-Middlebury town line and extendingnortheasterly 0.284 mi.Project:Removal of Bridge Numbers 7 and 8.Construction of new two span bridge including allrelated channel and approach work.Contractors and Bid Amounts:• J. A. McDonald Inc. — $5,507,463• A.L. St. Onge Contractor Inc. — $5,659,994• Reed & Reed Inc. — $5,660,880• Beck & Bellucci Inc. — $5,995,790• S. D. Ireland Concrete Construction Corporation —

$6,148,562• Parent Construction Inc. — $6,587,536• Harrison & Burrowes Bridge Constructors Inc. —

$6,684,381• Kubricky Construction Corporation — $6,880,458• New England Infrastructure Inc. — $6,958,813

County: AddisonTown:BristolProject Name:BRISTOL BRO 1445(32)Contract ID: 05J352Location:The bridge is located on town Highway 5

(South Street) approximately 0.2 mi. southwest of theintersection of town Highway 5 and Vt. Route 17.Project:Replacement of existing truss bridge with anew single span bridge, new abutments and necessaryapproach work.Contractors and Bid Amounts:• Blow & Cote Inc. — $1,305,376• A.L. St. Onge Contractor Inc. — $1,322,096• Parent Construction Inc. — $1,465,101• Alpine Construction LLC — $1,518,986• S. D. Ireland Concrete Construction Corporation —

$1,528,416• CCS Constructors Inc. — $1,568,538• New England Infrastructure Inc. — $1,632,536• Miller Construction Inc. — Irregular• T. Buck Construction Inc. — Irregular

County: RutlandTown: PittsfordProject Name: PITTSFORD STP 2033(21)Contract ID: 08G120Location:Two highway rail crossings, the first begin-ning at the Omya Hollister Track Southeast of theWhipple Hollow Road Rail highway crossing andextending northwesterly along the railroad centerline.The second beginning at the Whipple Hollow Road railhighway crossing and extending easterly along the rail-road centerline.

Project:Reconstruction of the AARDOT #837-138Rand #837-139X at grade railroad crossings on WhippleHollow Road, new rail-highway crossing flashing sig-nals and signage and a new #7 turnout at Hollistertrack.Contractors and Bid Amounts:• Markowski Excavating Inc. — $775,999• Harrison & Burrowes Bridge Constructors Inc. —

$888,211• Engineers Construction Inc. — $986,722• G.W. Tatro Construction Inc. — $993,030

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Installation of Guardrail on I-89 Protects Traveling Publiclength by 5/16-in. (.8 cm) diameter, and“mini-spacer” washers that look like littledomes. These connections were harder forthe workers to install because the bolt wassmaller, according to Zorawowicz. “Other than that, the actual system itself

has worked great and to its design. The rea-son for the small bolt is to have the boltshear when a car strikes it, so the rail dis-connects from the post easier and is able toguide the car along the rail rather than cre-ate a more of a blunt strike against the rail,as older, wooden post rail tends to do,”Zorawowicz said. “We have had severalstrikes already and I have been able to col-lect the sheared bolts around the crash site.The installation of guardrail in a medianthat was in dire need of it makes theInterstate all the more safe for the travellingpublic.”Under NHDOT, the companies installed

about 28,400 ft. (8,656.3 m) of newguardrail on the project and 2,780 ft. (847.3m) of standard and modi-fied precast concrete bar-rier.General contractor for

the work was WeaverBrothers ConstructionCompany Inc., based outof Bow, N.H. “They have done many

projects with theNHDOT and are a finecontractor to work with,”said Zorawowicz. Weaver Brothers

Construction Companyhas been involved withseveral projects includ-ing: • Rehab of a bridge covering Route 11

over the Blackwater River, • Joppa Hill Road reconstruction in

Bedford, N.H.,• Reclamation and paving the roadways

and replacing guardrails inWentworth/Rumney•Reconstruction of U.S. Route 1 bypass

and U.S. Route 1 intersection inPortsmouth• Reconstruction of the southbound Exit

3 area on Interstate 93 inSalem/Manchester

• Paving 3.85 mi. (6.2 km), withdrainage guardrail in Enfield/Lebanon• The median barrier replacement on

Interstate 89 in Bow/Hopkinton“One of the owners of Weaver Brothers

Construction, Jeff Bates, was the superin-tendent on the project. That helped in com-munications with exactly what we wantedout of them on the project,” said

Zorawowicz. “Adam Bates, Jeff’s nephewand son of owner Peter Bates, was the proj-ect manager for the project and he was alsogreat to work with. They do a lot of workwith the NHDOT and they know that itreally helps make the project run smoothlywhen everyone is on the same page andworking together. “Collectively, we left no

mysteries between each otherand that ended up making theproject all the more success-ful,” said Zorawowicz. “Wewere able to finish the project2.5 months ahead of schedulebecause of it. Their web site ishttp://wbcc.biz/.”According to NHDOT, a

total of 12 sub-contractorsworked on the project per-forming different tasks. Themain sub-contractor wasCWS Fence & Guardrail outof Andover, N.H. “CWS Fence & Guardrail

installed the entire steel beam guardrail onthe project. Beck & Bellucci Inc. out ofFranklin, N.H., provided the bridge workon the project,” said Zorawowicz. “For thebridge located on Interstate 89 above SouthStreet in Bow, we were to demolish out thetop layer of the bridges, tie in new rebar tothe existing rebar, and place concrete overit to create a level surface for the new medi-an barrier.”A.D. Rossi Corp. out of Danville, Vt.,

installed a new heat-welded bridge deckbarrier membrane to protect the freshly-placed concrete on the bridge over SouthStreet. “There were also a few minor operation

sub-contractors that performed the pavingup against the barrier [Black Rock PavingInc., Salem, N.H.], and the cold-planningand milling of paved surfaces for concretebarrier installation [Continental PavingInc., Londonderry, N.H.],” said

Zorawowicz.Weaver Brothers’ crew usually consisted

of eight people, one superintendent, twoforemen, two laborers and three operators,and five tri-axle dump truck drivers. Hourswere 6:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., due to traffic con-trol restrictions on Interstate 89.

“Weaver’s work mainlyconsisted of excavating outexisting topsoil in the medi-an, and placing crushed grav-el in its place to level up themedian from a mainly 4:1slope to a 10:1 slope, creat-ing a safer area for cars thatmay travel off the road andinto the median,” saidZorawowicz. “They wouldthen top the gravel with 3.5inches of humus and thenhave A.J. Cameron’s SodFarm come on the project toseed the new topsoil.”Weaver Brothers was

required to raise any catch basins in themedian to catch any rainfall and/or runoff inthe ditch line of the median.“Some catch basins that we encountered

on the project were in less than desirableshape and we asked that they install a brandnew catch basin in its place,” saidZorawowicz. “It’s better to fix a problemwhen you encounter one, rather than let itlinger and let the next person that comesalong deal with it.”Weaver Brothers installed the entire pre-

cast concrete barrier on the project. One ofthe major facets of the project was the task ofremoving a stretch of existing guardrail inthe median of Interstate 89 and installing a1500-ft. (457 m) stretch of modified pre-castbarrier in a semi-super-elevated section ofthe Interstate. “We had to create modified barriers in

order to accommodate for the super-eleva-tion in that particular section of the inter-

state,” said Zorawowicz. “Modified barrieris used when one side of the barrier needs tobe higher at the base on one side and shorteron the other. The plans did not come with adesign for this stretch of barrier and we in thefield were shouldered with the task of usingthe existing roadway to design the sizes of

the new barrier. “Myself, my field

help, Weaver’s superand a foreman workedtogether to take shotsusing an auto-level toread differing elevationson the northbound andsouthbound sides of theroad in order to calculatehow high the barrierneeded to be on one sideof the road as opposed tothe other side of theroad,” said Zorawowicz.“I then created an Excelspreadsheet to create myfinal design of the barri-er and submitted it to the

Michie Corporation. They reviewed mydesign and then submitted the barrier heightsthat they would use in the pre-casting of thebarrier.“After communicating with them and

making a few adjustments to the design, wecame up with a design that would work inthe field. The barrier was then pre-cast andsent to the project a few months later,”Zorawowicz said. “The barrier went in fair-ly smoothly and looks great today. That wasprobably the most satisfying part of the proj-ect for me. We had to design it with what wehad in the field and made it work.”CWS Fence & Guardrail would normally

have a crew of seven people, one foreman,five laborers, and a post-pounder operator.The main focus was to install the two newtypes of guardrail and/or remove old existingguardrail either in the median or on theshoulder of the interstate. “Some days they had two crews working,

with the same number of workers. One crewwould be installing new guardrail while theother crew would be just ahead of themremoving old guardrail. It was a very effi-cient process,” said Zorawowicz.“I would like to thank the travelling pub-

lic for bearing with all of the constructiondelays pertinent to the project. I know it canbe a pain to travel through on some days, butit will ultimately benefit everyone in theend,” said Zorawowicz.For more information on CWS Fence &

Guardrail visit http://cwsfence.com/(This story also can be found on

Construction Equipment Guide’s Website at www.constructionequipment-guide.com.) CEG

RAIL from page 6

“CWS Fence & Guardrail installedthe entire steel beam guardrail on theproject. Beck & Bellucci Inc. out ofFranklin, N.H., provided the bridgework on the project.”

Kyle ZorawowiczNew Hampshire Department of Transportation

“I would like to thank the travellingpublic for bearing with all of the construction delays pertinent to the project.”

Kyle ZorawowiczNew Hampshire Department of Transportation


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Contractors Say More MoneyNeeded to Fix N.H. HighwaysBy Norma LoveASSOCIATED PRESS

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) A legislativestalemate over raising the gas tax and legal-izing a casino could jeopardize the state’sbiggest transportation priority and drivehighway contractors out of New Hampshireto look for work in nearby states willing tofund infrastructure improvements.

The New Hampshire House passed a gastax this year that the Senate killed, while theSenate passed a casino bill that the Houserejected. Transportation CommissionerChris Clement said that he’s worried fundingwon’t be available to finish expandingInterstate 93 — the top priority — as well asmake other highway improvements.

“They’ve got to follow the work,’’Clement said.

Lawmakers hoping to keep the I-93project alive say funding must be in placenext year to keep contractors from seekingguaranteed work elsewhere. They point toMassachusetts, which has just begun aneffort to pump billions of dollars into itstransportation network over the nextdecade.

They’ll try to break the stalemate nextyear with bills to raise the state’s 18-cent gasand diesel tax and to legalize casino gam-bling. Some money from a casino could beused for highway projects. The Senaterejected a phased-in 12-cent increase thisyear to the tax, which hasn’t been raisedsince 1991. Details have not been releasedon the Senate proposal for next year, but itsprime sponsor said it won’t be as big of anincrease.

“It’s not an exaggeration to say we have acatastrophic situation with our infrastruc-ture,’’ said House Public Works ChairmanDavid Campbell, who sponsored this year’sdefeated gas tax bill.

Campbell and other supporters of increas-ing funding for roads and bridges are adopt-ing a new tactic for next year. They’re gam-bling that the House can be swayed to pass acasino bill and that the Senate can be per-suaded to hike the gas and diesel tax.

The risk is high that each chamber willstick to its established position and no rev-enue bill will pass.

That keeps Clement awake at night. Theexpansion of I-93 from four lanes to sixlanes — and potentially eight — from the

Massachusetts border to Manchester to easetraffic congestion and spur economic growthwill stop, and even if the $250 million need-ed is later approved, construction won’t bedone before the state’s environmental permitexpires in 2020, which would lead to furtherdelays and higher costs, he said. Designwork on the remaining I-93 sections is beingdone in hopes money will be available with-in the next year to begin work in 2015.

The department also will begin running adeficit starting in mid-2015 that could forceClement to lay off up to 600 of his 1,600workers and reduce services, including howoften snowplow trucks complete circuitsduring storms.

More money is needed — and soon — tokeep contractors from migrating to otherjobs and to keep the department operatingsmoothly, Clement said.

“I am revenue agnostic. It doesn’t matterwhere the revenue comes from,’’ he said.

Contractors working on I-93 say thatwhether or when they pull out depends on ifthere’s money to do the work without leav-ing them idle waiting. Taxpayers will paymore if the job stalls, contractors said.

If a company already has its heavy equip-ment at the interstate, it costs less to movethe machinery to a new site a few milesaway, said Ryan Audley, vice president ofR.S., Audley Inc., which is working on theExit 4 interchange. If the equipment ismoved to a new job location and laterbrought back, the costs for a contract can behundreds of thousands of dollars higher, hesaid.

“We will have to go out of NewHampshire to bid projects,’’ he said.

If lawmakers don’t break the stalemate,Clement said he won’t pour all the state’slimited resources into finishing I-93 whenthere are so many roads and bridges in needof repair elsewhere.

More than 350 municipal bridges are onthe state’s “red list’’ of structures badly inneed of repair or replacement. An additional140 bridges owned by the state are also onthe list. The state has roughly 1,600 mi. ofstate roads in poor condition, 1,900 mi. infair condition and 800 in good condition.

“We cannot let the rest of the state starveon the back of I-93,’’ he said.

(This story also can be found on

Construction Equipment Guide’s Web site at

www.constructionequipmentguide.com.)

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