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12 Down on the Farm with 26 The Right Chemistry

Michigan CAT Building Expansion Underway at WSU
National FFA and Campbell Soup Company
Preserve Historic Barn 30 Winning the Steel Game
at Greektown
ELECTRICAL Greektown Casino is Made of the Right Metal

14 Working in Michigan’s Attic CONSTRUCTION HIGHLIGHT

Henry Ford Museum Upgrades Electrical System

18 Back to the Jobsite

Providing Power for a New Battery Plant

22 Greenprint for the Future

Edgewood Electric, Inc. is a Pioneer
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6 Industry News
8 Safety Tool Kit
39 Product Showcase
43 People in Construction
46 CAM Welcomes New Members
46 Construction Calendar
46 Advertisers Index

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 PUBLISHER Kevin N. Koehler
EDITOR Amanda M. Tackett

ASSOCIATE EDITORS Mary E. Kremposky

David R. Miller

PRODUCTION DIRECTOR Matthew J. Austermann

GRAPHIC DESIGN Marci L. Christian
DIRECTOR OF MARKETING Gregg A. Montowski
ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE Cathy A. Jones

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FH Martin Constructors
Vice Chairman Brian D. Kiley,
Edgewood Electric, Inc.
Vice Chairman John O’Neil, Sr.,
W.J. O’Neil Company
Treasurer James C. Capo,
DeMattia Group
President Kevin N. Koehler

DIRECTORS Gregory Andrzejewski,

PPG Industries

Stephen J. Auger,
Stephen Auger + Associates Architects

M. James Brennan,
Broadcast Design & Construction, Inc.

Kevin French,
Poncraft Door Company

Frank G. Nehr, Jr.,

Davis Iron Works

Donald J. Purdie, Jr.,

Detroit Elevator Company

Kurt F. Von Koss,

Beaver Tile & Stone

Jacqueline LaDuke Walters,

LaDuke Roofing & Sheet Metal

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INDUSTRY NEWS
Mackinac Bridge Chosen as
National Historic Civil
Engineering Landmark
The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
recently presented the Mackinac Bridge
Authority (MBA) and the Michigan Department
of Transportation (MDOT) with a plaque to
officially dedicate the Mackinac Bridge as a
National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark. A
dedication ceremony was held in mid-August
at Bridge View Park in St. Ignace.
"This is another very special moment for the
Mackinac Bridge," said MBA Board Chairman
William H. Gnodtke. "A new commemorative
medallion was offered at the event to help us
celebrate this designation and remember the
milestone."
State Transportation Director Kirk T. Steudle
said, "Having the bridge recognized as a
National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark is
a stunning achievement that everyone in the
State of Michigan should be proud of."
The event brought together ASCE
dignitaries, MDOT officials, MBA board
members, Straits-area business leaders, and
interested members of the public.
ASCE established its historic civil
engineering designation program in 1964 to
recognize and encourage preservation of
landmarks, as well as promote historical
awareness of civil engineering, both profes-
sionally and to the general public. To date,
more than 200 projects worldwide have
earned this prominent designation.
"The Mackinac Bridge ended decades of
reliance on ferries for people to travel between
Michigan's peninsulas," said ASCE President
Blaine D. Leonard. "The engineering excellence
that went into designing and constructing this
impressive bridge had a real impact on
people's lives. It has served, and will continue
to serve, as an inspiration for generations of
engineers."
In 2000, the Mackinac Bridge was chosen by
the Michigan Section of ASCE as "Michigan's
No.1 Civil Engineering Project of the 20th
Century." The Mackinac Bridge is currently the
third-longest suspension bridge in the world
and the longest suspension bridge between
anchorages in the Western Hemisphere. The
total length of the Mackinac Bridge is 26,372
feet. The length of the suspension bridge
(including anchorages) is 8,614 feet. More
information can be found online at
www.mackinacbridge.org.
GreenWizard® and MBDC Partner
to Help Identify Cradle to Cradle®
Certified Products for Buildings
and LEED® Certification
GreenWizard®, Inc. and McDonough
Braungart Design Chemistry, LLC (MBDC)
recently announced a new collaborative
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partnership that will help the green building
industry identify Cradle to Cradle® Certified
(CM) Products for use in construction projects
and in LEED® certification.
GreenWizard is a Web-based expert system
that allows architects, engineers and
contractors to cross-search, compare and
document products for LEED and green
commercial construction. Today, over 800
manufacturers and more than 250
architecture, engineering and construction
firms, representing over $500 million in
combined project value, actively access the
GreenWizard workflow solution.
MBDC developed the Cradle to Cradle
Certification program, a comprehensive, multi-
attribute program that evaluates building
products for safety to human and environ-
mental health, recyclability and sustainable
manufacturing practices. Currently, there are
over 100 manufacturers around the globe with
Cradle to Cradle Certified (CM) Products that
would be utilized throughout the construction
and maintenance of a building.
Through this new partnership, MBDC and
GreenWizard will work to introduce and
maintain Cradle to Cradle Certified (CM)
Product data in GreenWizard's searchable
green product database. By accessing the
GreenWizard database, members of the AEC
community who are researching or specifying
products will be now be able to determine, at a
glance, which products are Cradle to Cradle
Certified (CM) and what LEED points could be
earned by specifying these products in a
building.
Cradle to Cradle Certified (CM) Products can
help contribute to LEED points in several ways.
Buildings that use a minimum percentage of
these products can earn an Innovation in
Design credit in all of the rating systems. Cradle
to Cradle Certified (CM) Products also earns
points as Environmentally Preferable Products
(MR 2.2) in the LEED for Homes Rating System
and can contribute towards Sustainable
Purchasing points (MR 1.1-1.3) in the LEED for
Existing Buildings: Operations & Maintenance
Rating System.
MBDC is a global consulting and certification
firm that helps clients leave a positive footprint
on the planet by implementing the Cradle to
Cradle design framework. The framework is
outlined in the book by internationally
recognized architect/designer William
McDonough and chemist Michael Braungart,
“Cradle to Cradle - Remaking the Way We Make
Things,” published in 2002 by NorthPoint Press.
Cradle to Cradle Certification is an external,
multi-attribute assessment process that can be
applied across industries, from building
materials, interior building products and
furniture, to consumer products and
packaging. Cradle to Cradle Consulting helps
clients integrate the larger Cradle to Cradle
design framework to optimize product life
cycles, organizational operations, strategy,
decision-making and communications. For
more information please visit www.mbdc.com.
GreenWizard, Inc., is a technology company
dedicated to empowering architects, engineers
and contractors to build greener structures for
less money in less time. The company offers the
only Web-based software platform that allows
users to analyze, select and document green
building materials based on a wide array of
preferences and inputs, ultimately reducing
the time and money spent in the research,
procurement and documentation process.
The company employs a Service-Oriented
Architecture software model delivered over
the Internet for its process automation tool,
communication center, business analytics and
interactive marketplace. The platform allows
project participants to efficiently navigate the
most comprehensive and up-to-date database
of green building products, utilizing the most
advanced analytical tools and information
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Construction Starts on
Schoolcraft College’s New Public
Safety Training Complex
Soil and Materials Engineers, Inc. (SME),
Plymouth, joined members of the Schoolcraft
College Board of Trustees; Livonia City Council;
George W. Auch Company, Pontiac; Integrated
Design Solutions, Troy; and others at a recent
groundbreaking ceremony for Schoolcraft
College’s New Public Safety Training Complex
in Livonia.
The complex represents a unique
partnership between the college and the City
of Livonia. The college is leasing the 17-acre
parcel of land and several existing structures
from the city for the next 50 years. “This
partnership made tremendous common sense
to us,” said Mayor Jack Kirksey. “It was a great
way for us to find new life for the property, a
former landfill, and serve a higher social
purpose in training those who protect us.”
Through a combination of renovation and
new construction, this project will place a 10-
acre driving course, a four-story fire training
tower, and a confined space training area in
close proximity to the City of Livonia’s existing
firearms range and on-the-ground fire training
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units. Renovation of an existing building on
the site will provide space for a fire-training
house, a situational training maze, classrooms,
and a vehicle storage and garage area. The
result will be a training complex that can
simulate a variety of police, fire and rescue
situations.
During construction, SME is working with
George W. Auch Company and Schoolcraft
College to provide environmental consulting
related to soil and groundwater management,
plus construction materials monitoring and
testing related to foundations, concrete,
engineered fill, masonry, as well as site work,
utilities, and pavements.
Early in the project, SME assisted Schoolcraft
College and the project team with environ-
mental due diligence, Phase II Environmental
Site Assessments, Baseline Environmental
Assessments and a hazardous materials
assessment. SME worked closely with the
owner, architect, engineer, as well as SCS
Engineers, a landfill gas consultant, to develop
a design and due care plan for appropriately
handling soil and groundwater during
construction.
Because the driving course would be
constructed over an existing closed landfill,
significant planning and consulting was
involved during the design of the stormwater
collection system to avoid disturbing the
existing landfill gas extraction system and clay
cap. SME also developed a pavement support
system for the driving course that incorporates
lightweight aggregate sub-base layers, in
combination with multiple layers of geogrid
reinforcement to support the proposed
pavement section. Concurrently, SME
conducted a geotechnical engineering
evaluation that provided recommendations for
general site preparation, subgrade preparation,
re-use of on-site soils as engineered fill and
foundation design.
SME supports clients at every stage of
development and ownership, from site
acquisition, design and construction, to
maintenance, restoration and redevelopment.
We’ve guided clients through the complex
financial maze to take advantage of available
Brownfield and other development financing
programs to help them achieve their goals.
SME has secured over $90,000,000 in
state/federal grants, loans, tax credits, and tax
increment financing for municipal and private
Brownfield redevelopment projects valued at
over $900,000,000. For more information,
please visit www.sme-usa.com.
Quinn Evans Architects
Celebrates By Giving Back
Quinn Evans Architects’ (QEA) Ann Arbor
office spent the second weekend of August re-
glazing windows at the Green Garage in
Detroit. The Green Garage is a private
development in Midtown Detroit led by Tom
Brennan, a local sustainable technology
advocate, and supported by a community of
volunteers.
The overall project involves the adaptive
re-use of a 1917 garage into a green building
technology incubator. The project
incorporates such sustainable features as
reusing the majority of the existing building
fabric, use of 50 percent salvaged materials in
lieu of new materials, and sun tubes for
daylighting.
Sustainable heating and cooling approaches
include radiant floor heating and cooling, in-
ground air tubes to pre-heat and pre-cool
ventilation air, geothermal energy to provide
additional heat for ventilation air, and super-
insulation of the roof (R-100) using new and
recycled insulation. Additionally, the alley
alongside the building will be developed into
rain gardens that will divert the building’s roof
runoff from the sewer system.
QEA staff re-glazed salvaged steel windows

SAFETY TOOL KIT

Safety Incentive
Joseph M. Forgue
Director of Education
Programs Revisited
& Safety Services By Joe Forgue, Director of Education & Safety Services
engaged workforce as a result. I strongly agree with the other

R
ecently one of our Safety Committee members sent around an article
making some points on the subject of safety incentive plans. What
followed was a spirited roundtable discussion (the ‘virtual’ kind) with
various committee members weighing in. The discussion was based on the
question of whether safety incentive programs actually improve your safety
record. As I discussed in my May ’07 Tool Kit, it depends upon what you
incent. Here are some of the comments from the committee:
l “Incentive programs need to reward the desired behavior and as soon as
possible, preferably immediately. They shouldn’t be based on trailing
indicators (such as injuries) or designed in a way that punishes everyone for
the actions of one.”
l “In my experience, they attempt to “mend” or “band-aid” larger issues that
are affecting safety.”
l “We have a suggestion program where all employee safety-specific
suggestions turned in during a given quarter are evaluated based on a
published criteria, and the top three are awarded a prize. While it is hard to
quantify the exact dollar value of the improvements that have been made to
our safety program, but I can say that over the 18 months we have been
doing this, we have put into practice more than 30 employee safety,
production and quality suggestions, and have ended up with a more
committee members that when lagging indicators are used or awards are
deemed more valuable than telling the truth, nothing good comes of it.”
l “Why reward a guy to do what you already pay him to do? I’ve never been
a fan of incentive programs.”
l “Here’s an example of a bad program based on lagging indicators.
Company A provides a $1,000.00 annual bonus to any foreman whose crew
goes a year without a recordable injury. Seems benign enough until one of
his guys gets hurt, let’s say cuts a finger in mid-November. By this time, the
foreman has spent his “bonus” already (at least in his head) and really wants
it. So he tells his guy to “rub some dirt on it, don’t say anything, and I’ll give
you $100.00 (from his bonus),” leaving the foreman still $900.00 ahead. Then
the worker contracts blood poisoning from the untreated injury.”
As you can see, the opinions are varied. Many of the committee members,
however, stressed the importance of a well thought out and administered
safety program. I think the bottom line is to start with that and then work on
the incentives.
If you want to chime in on this or any other safety issue, contact me at
248-972-1141 or forgue@cam-online.com.

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 Village of Rochester Hills, City Walk of Rochester
Hills; Midtown Square, Troy; Twelve Oaks Mall
Expansion, Novi; IKEA Home Furnishings,
Canton; Waterside Market Place, Chesterfield
Township; and Wonderland Village, Livonia.
Clark Construction also has a proud history of
outstanding higher education projects in
Southeast Michigan, include: U of M Stephen M.
Ross School of Business, LEED® Silver certified; U
of M Biomedical Science Research Building; U of
M Eye Center Expansion; U of M Weill Hall; U of M
Academic Center; and Madonna University
Science and Media Building. Registered for
LEED Gold, the Madonna facility will be the first
LEED-certified building in Livonia.
Clark Construction is very active in the
government sector in Southeast Michigan, as
well. Government sector projects include the
City of Ann Arbor’s 15th District Court and Police
Building (registered for LEED Gold), and
Washtenaw County’s Public Safety and Justice
Center.

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known as the Accident Fund Headquarters for
use in a greenhouse incorporated into the
interior of the Green Garage building. For the
Accident Fund, QEA is part of a design team
including HOK and Tower Pinkster.
The volunteer effort is part of the firm’s
commemoration of its 25th Anniversary Year.
Other events that marked QEA’s Anniversary
Year included re-branding, a new logo, a
redesigned website, and an office open house
for their clients and colleagues. The firm hopes
to launch a new blog in October to close out
the year of events.

Clark Construction Opens

Southeast Michigan Regional
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Lansing-based Clark Construction Company,
one of the nation’s premier construction
management firms, has opened a Southeast
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new office is Clark Construction Company,
Southfield Town Center, 1000 Town Center, Suite
2450, Southfield, MI 48075-1183.
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Stimulus Money at Work on New
Flint Pathway
Labor Day marked the official opening of the
Flint River Kettering Trail, a new universal,
multiple use, hard surface blacktop pathway in
the City of Flint along the Flint River. The
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
supplied $1.017 million for the trail’s
construction. Victor Lukasavitz, president of
Gould Engineering, is pleased that his firm was
selected to design the two-and-a-half mile trail
for the City of Flint.
The pathway begins in downtown Flint near
the State Building and passes the University of
Michigan - Flint campus, the Carriage Town
Historic District, and Atwood Stadium until
continuing along the Flint River and Bluff
Street to Kettering University. The trail then
travels near Mott Park Golf Course to Ballenger
Highway before reaching McLaren Hospital.
This route is only one of two phases.
Preliminary engineering is complete for the
second phase slated to follow the Flint River
along its north bank to Linden Road through
Flint Township. Once complete, pathway users
will be able to walk, ride, roller blade or bicycle Correction: One of the listings that appeared
from the McLaren Hospital area to Stepping in CAM Magazine’s Insurance Resource Guide,
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via trail systems along the Flint River. information is correct, and we apologize for
Ultimately, the new trail will link bus stops and this error.
neighborhoods along the route, as well as
stores, shops, community facilities and other
existing and proposed trail systems.
According to Lukasavitz, trails, such as the
Flint River Kettering Trail, offer a community a
better quality of life, better health, increased
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Detroit Chapter of NAWIC
Installs New Officers and
Board of Directors
Report and Photo by Marci Christian
The Detroit Chapter of the National
Association of Women in Construction
(NAWIC) recently held a meeting at Wine
Styles in Livonia on September 15th.
Designed like an old world wine cellar, Wine
Styles provided an elegant setting in which
to network and taste-test different wines
served during the course of the evening.
The accompanying hors d’oeuvres were the
perfect complement for the various
characteristics of each wine.
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At the event, NAWIC installed the new
officers of the Detroit Chapter. They are as
follows: Laurel Johnson, Soil and Materials WSR 18-A Reciprocating Saw
Engineers - president; Donielle Wunderlich,
George W. Auch Co. - vice president; Mickey
Marshall, North Coast Commercial Roofing
Systems of Michigan - treasurer; Susan Long,
Klochko Equipment - corresponding
secretary; Carol Varga - past-president.
Those officiating on the Board of Directors
are Karen Hill, Construction Association of
Michigan; Rita Brown, Detroit Drafting, LLC;
Tanglia McDaniels, Tanallies Detailed
Cleaning, LLC; and Kathi Dobson, Alberici
Constructors.
As the new Board and officers were
heralded in, there were congratulations and
recognition to the former members who
served so diligently during the past term.
Congratulations to those who have served
and to the newly elected officers of the
NAWIC Detroit Chapter.
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National FFA and Campbell Soup Company Preserve Historic Barn
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 Are You Connected?
M
ichigan CAT came to the rescue of neighboring 'city dwellers' who want to
a Bloomfield Hills volunteer better understand the farm's historic Stay connected with
project in early August 2010. For presence, agricultural roots, history, and CAM Magazine and
three days, hundreds of local high school practices. By preserving the barn's function the Constuction
students, community members and National as an educational resource and enhancing Association of
Future Farmers of America (FFA) Alumni all its aesthetic beauty, the farm will continue Michigan by following
came together to restore the 90-year-old to be available to the community and to us on these popular
barn on the Charles L. Bowers School Farm in future generations of students. social media sites.
Bloomfield Hills.
-Information and photos courtesy of Holly
As a pivotal sponsor, Michigan CAT Glomski, Charles L. Bowers School Farm
donated two lifts and a skid steer loader to
the cause, said Holly Glomski, manager of
Bowers School Farm. “Michigan CAT was the
key to the project’s success,” said Glomski.
“We wouldn’t have been able to do a quality
job in such a short period of time if we didn’t
have these pieces of equipment. Michigan
CAT was a great sponsor.”
The preservation was made possible by
Campbell Soup Company's Help Grow Your
Soup program, an initiative that recognizes
American farms and farmers who grow the
high-quality ingredients that go into each
can of Campbell's condensed soup. The
Bowers School Farm is an integral part of the
community, serving as an agriscience
classroom to the students in the Bloomfield
Hills School District and offering plots of
land for local residents to use to raise their
own produce.
The barn on the Bowers School Farm was
selected for preservation through an online
voting competition between barns located
throughout the United States. Photos,
videos and stories of the 10 nominated
barns were featured on the program
website, www.helpgrowyoursoup.com from
October through December 2009. People
voted for their favorite story, and the Bowers
School Farm was one of the top five barns in
the online voting. More than 375,000 votes
were cast for the nominated barns.
Campbell launched the Help Grow Your
Soup campaign in 2008 by establishing a
partnership with FFA to help raise awareness
of the importance of farming and to support
agriculture education. The Bowers School
Farm was the final barn to be preserved in
2010 by Campbell and FFA.
The barn on the Bowers School Farm was
built in the 1920s as the agricultural dream
of a businessman who had planned to work
a small dairy herd in his retirement years. He
began constructing the barn first, planning
to begin adding dairy cattle later.
Unfortunately, he passed away before the
barn was completed. In 1966, the land and
barns were sold to the Bloomfield School
District as a building site for the school.
The original owner’s dream lives on. The
farm's unique urban location makes it a
valuable educational tool, especially for the

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Working in Michigan’s Attic
By David R. Miller, Associate Editor
Photos Courtesy of The Henry Ford
T
he 19 museums of the Smithsonian
Institute have long been heralded as
America’s Attic, but the vast collection
of artifacts found within only scratch the
surface of items that define our culture.
Consider the first Ford Mustang ever made,
the bus in which Rosa Parks became an icon
of the civil rights struggle, and the limousine
in which President John F. Kennedy took his
final ride – all found not at the Smithsonian
Institute, but at Michigan’s own Henry Ford
Museum. Michigan’s Attic houses an
irreplaceable treasure trove that speaks to
the ingenuity and the very identity of the
state and the nation beyond.
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The Henry Ford Museum recently began a
complete electrical overhaul and upgrade to
enhance the safety of every artifact found
within while supplying sufficient power to
display them in new and innovative ways.
Key partners in this undertaking included
general contractor L.S. Brinker Co., Detroit;
electrical contractor, Edgewood Electric, Inc.,
Madison Heights; and engineer of record
Ghafari Associates, LLC, Dearborn. Financial
support was also received by ITC Holdings
Corp, with DTE Energy providing additional
funding, as well as engineering support
services.
SCOPE OF WORK
The first step in any overhaul project is to
develop an understanding of what
infrastructure is already in place. Like many
of the items on display in the museum, a
large percentage of the electrical
equipment at the Henry Ford was older than
what is commonly in use today.
“The equipment on the roof is about 20
years old,” said Robert Bell, project manager
for Edgewood Electric. “It wasn’t holding up
well, so a housing was built to enclose it. It is
also fed 4,800 volts, so we’re upgrading that
up to 13,200.”
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 The old rooftop equipment could be
considered the new kid on the block when
compared to main electrical distribution
switches, which date back to the museum’s
1929 completion. New mains will provide
reliable power while eliminating the
potential for arc flashes that make operation
hazardous. The cabling that fed the
museum was also very antiquated. Original
lead-coated, oil-filled cable will be replaced
with three-conductor PVC-jacketed cable
throughout the museum. Though the
electrical system was beginning to show its
age, the solid performance that it gave over
the decades is a testament to the long-term
quality of American manufacturing and to
the vision of Henry Ford.
“Anything that Henry Ford built on this
campus was of the utmost quality,” said
Robert Hanna, senior director of facilities
management for the Henry Ford. “There was
no scrimping on anything.”
The cast concrete plank flooring used at
the museum was considered quite
innovative when the facility was built, while
the fact that the original plumbing is still
being used provides a daily reminder of how
well superior workmanship can endure. Bell
admitted that his biggest surprise on the
project was how well the equipment has
operated over the years and how well it was
manufactured. Though Allis-Chalmers does
not manufacture switch gear anymore (the
brand was bought by Cutler-Hammer, an
Eaton Corporation brand), the name still
stands for quality for anyone who is old
enough to remember, and the brand is
earning a respectable reputation from a new
generation of electricians currently
employed at the Henry Ford. In fact, some of
the equipment will be transferred from the
powerhouse to the collections of the
museum, where it will continue to stand as a
testament of American ingenuity.
In spite of the robust nature of the
equipment at the museum, everything that
is manufactured will eventually break. For
electric equipment, this often happens at
the most inopportune time.
“I think that one of our biggest concerns
with the shutdowns was whether everything
would come back on when we hit the
switch,” said Jeff Kuhany, superintendent for
L.S. Brinker. “That said, we’ve had no issues
with shutdowns yet.”
As the equipment is activated, it will
distribute power to a museum electrical grid
that is completely reenergized. New
equipment includes 11 transformers, each
rated at 750-1,000 kva; 19 primary switches,
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nine switch boards, each with multiple
sections; five primary 15-kv breakers, and a
new 350-kw generator. Increases in
capacity will enable lighting upgrades as
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well as a greater emphasis on more and Machine Tool Wiring
interactive exhibits that are favored in
modern museum facilities. A new dedicated
generator will also allow for sprinkler
operation even with a complete loss of
primary power, thereby preserving the
contents of Michigan’s Attic for future Complete
generations to discover.
Although an impressive array of Design/Build
mechanical equipment is being installed at
the Henry Ford Museum, the true story is the Services
amazing lengths taken by the project team
to prevent disruptions during the process.
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Ford Museum only closes for two days out of
the year in addition to housing an IMAX
theater that operates much later in the
evening than normal museum business
hours. Weddings and other events at Lovett
Hall and the museum, in addition to the
operation of the 400-student Henry Ford
Academy, restrict working hours even more,
with cleaning and operation of the
museum’s catering service often taking
place long after most people have turned in
for the day. Miscalculations on the part of
the project team also had the potential to
cause disruptions beyond the museum
grounds, even bringing the nearby Ford
Dearborn facilities to a standstill.
Still, the project team was able to identify
short windows in which they could work
without disrupting any nearby activities,
though power needed to be maintained for
climate-controlled exhibits, security and
food storage even then. The most precise
scheduling involved the placement of
equipment on the museum roof. The project
team was only provided with two dates on
which they could do this and a tremendous
amount of work needed to be done before
this could take place.
Equipment placed atop the museum sits
on steel platforms that were created for this
purposes. Sizeable “doghouses,” complete
with siding and roofing, were constructed to
house the equipment, but this work could
not commence until the lifts took place. A
steel mezzanine was constructed inside the
powerhouse to allow for the placement of
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Eric Holder pulls cable into a

manhole for Edgewood Electric.

Equipment like this original low voltage switchboard (below, left) is being replaced with state-of-the-art equipment like the substation, breakers and
switches seen here (below, right). Some equipment will be transferred from the powerhouse to the collections of the museum.

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electrical gear. The project team was able to
transfer the load from transformer six to new
gear on the mezzanine, thereby freeing
transformer six to provide temporary feed
capacity to the rest of the equipment on the
roof. Throughout the project, equipment
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The project involved cutting through the
roofs of the powerhouse and museum, the
latter taking place with priceless artifacts
directly below. Every time it rained, crews
needed to siphon water off the rubber
sheeting that was placed over the 27’x18’
hole in the museum roof, while the
powerhouse roof was cut and repaired in a
single day to eliminate any possibility of
water intrusion.
Equipment that had been staged in a
parking lot was lifted onto the museum roof
on May 10, the first of the two days in which
a lift was possible. Like every other aspect of
the project, this took place without incident
thanks in large part to the extensive
planning that took place beforehand.
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T
he blockbuster Back to the Future
provided a comedic look at life in the
1950s, but the ‘80s fashions and lingo
featured in the film may seem just as strange
for today’s audiences as the world that
Marty McFly discovered after traveling 30
years into his own past. The movie was a
popular item on videotape, which might
also seem odd to consumers who have
become accustomed to DVDs and
downloaded movies. Before these newer
formats gained acceptance, the Fox Video
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Ferndale Electric designed this power distribution system
to meet the electrical needs for 90 battery test stations.
Building in Livonia churned out videotapes new equipment could be powered. Key
on 100,000 VCRs to meet the demand for players directing this challenging
video entertainment. The facility closed transformation include construction
about eight years ago, but it is now being manager Barton Malow Company,
repurposed by a large U.S. battery Southfield; Ferndale Electric Co., Ferndale;
manufacturer to meet the growing demand Limbach Company, LLC, Pontiac; and
for lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles Shambaugh & Son, L.P., Southfield.
and other applications. Though extensive
modifications and additions were required, PRESSING REWIND
the electrical distribution system that Videotapes let viewers rewind programs
powered the videotape machines provided to catch details they may have missed the
an excellent starting point from which the first time around. Since jobsites lack a
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 The induction lighting product seen here was used in a
storage area with very limited access for maintenance.

Layout and coordination of this main substation room, which

supports all manufacturing at the facility, was critical.

rewind feature, Ferndale Electric went to
extraordinary lengths to gather as much
information as possible before starting the
project.
“Instead of just looking at the documents,
we actually went down there and spent a
day doing investigative work,” said Richard
Stetter, senior project manager for Ferndale
Electric. “We lifted ceiling tiles and looked
inside electrical substation rooms to
correctly identify what we felt would be the
scope of work for the project.”
In other words, Ferndale Electric looked
for ways to save money for the owner.
Significant cost savings were realized by
reworking the selective demolition portions
of the project. Instead of relying on skilled
electrical contractors to remove much of the
electrical gear, Ferndale Electric identified
junctures where power lines could safely be
cut and capped to simplify the removal
process. Among other items, forays into the
building identified a mechanical mezzanine
with a 1,200-amp switchboard and about 12
air handling units. Instead of dismantling
the individual feeds for each air handler,
Ferndale Electric found that complete
separation could be achieved by severing
four conduits instead.
Years of experience led the skilled
Ferndale Electric team to suspect that the
electrical scope of work could safely be
modified, but there were no guarantees that
their investigation during the bidding
process would pay off.
“We wanted to be very aggressive on this
job, so we needed to go into it with our eyes
open,” said Art Ashley, president of Ferndale
Electric.
Ferndale Electric also benefited from a

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better understanding of the existing facility.

Once they were awarded the challenging
job, they were more than ready to start work.

HEATING FAST FORWARD

The existing 168,000-square-foot facility
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lighting and an upgrade to 6.5 MVA primary
THERMAL REMEDIATION service to accommodate increased loads. A
480-volt power distribution network was
installed along with a small 208-volt

24/7/365 substation that serves as a single ended

distribution center. A non-fused primary
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Some of the equipment requires a great
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ENGINEERING CONSULTING ENGINEERING SERVICES example, each have a 20-amp single-phase
power requirement along with 50 amps at
208 volts, yet these units are stacked three
high in five rows. Ferndale Electric designed
a distribution system that could efficiently
meet the electrical needs of all equipment
within the facility.
“We didn’t want to over design or under
design,” said Stetter. “It is easy to over
design, but we wanted to give the owner
enough power while keeping the cost
within budget.”
Other project challenges included
coordination with mechanical contractors,
particularly in the vicinity of a pre-
engineered space where penetrations were
minimized to maintain less than two percent
BIRMINGHAM JACOBSON’S REDEVELOPMENT humidity. A MHT induction lighting product
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“G2’s response time, creative problem solving meet lighting needs for an un-occupied
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G R E E N P R I N T
F O R T H E F U T U R E

Edgewood in
the LimeLight
By Mary E. Kremposky, Associate Editor
Photos By Matt Auster mann, CAM

I
n a classic ‘60s song, Joni Mitchell once
sang, “they paved paradise and put up a
parking lot.” With solar panels and a
wireless lighting system capable of
dramatically reducing energy consumption,
the Dearborn Town Center parking garage
definitely puts a new spin on an old classic.
This parking deck is an environmentally
friendly paradise, paving – and lighting - the
way to a brighter and more sustainable
future.
Edgewood Electric, Inc., a Madison
Heights design/build electrical contractor, is
a pioneer of the green garage, having
installed the first wireless lighting system in
the country in a parking deck application.
This cutting-edge contractor installed the
wireless or high-density mesh system called
LimeLight in the Ellis Midtown Ramp
parking facility in Grand Rapids. Built by The Edgewood Electric installed a variety of energy-efficient options in the new Dearborn Town Center
Dailey Company, Lake Orion, the Dearborn parking deck, including a cutting-edge wireless lighting system called LimeLight, (as shown in the
deck is the first LimeLight installation in second photo) and a 1.4kw solar panel array supplied by Michigan Solar Solutions, LLC for the
southeastern Michigan. Redico LLC, deck’s stair tower canopy (as shown in the top photo).
Southfield, developed and will manage the
city-owned garage at Michigan and Schaefer PARKING WITH THE STARS parking facility.
Avenues for the next 10 years. For an energy-conscious owner, the “We don’t know of any other lighting
On the market a little over two years, LimeLight system provides daylight system that provides these harvesting
LimeLight now has installations spread harvesting and nighttime harvesting. In capabilities in parking decks,” said Kiley.
across the country, including projects in daylight harvesting, the lights decrease as Tailoring the lighting to actual usage and to
California, New York, Ohio, Georgia, and the natural light increases. For night levels of natural illumination is expected to
Kentucky to name only a few, said Brian F. harvesting, the lights in the Dearborn deck reduce energy consumption at the
Kiley, president of Edgewood Electric. In dim to a low state in the absence of activity. Dearborn deck by a remarkable 62 percent.
addition, long-time football rivals - the Once a car or person enters, the lighting LimeLight not only saves energy but also
University of Michigan and Ohio State - now system switches to full brightness as the car can be used as part of a growing movement
have one thing in common: they are both makes its way from bay to bay on each to bring starlight back to urban and
installing the LimeLight system. successive floor level in this amazing new suburban skies. Cities with Dark Skies

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Initiatives use various technologies to lower
or re-direct light sources all in the quest to
restore the sight of the stars long banished
from developed areas. In fact, the LimeLight
system will soon be used in street lighting
and in surface parking lots. “It is in the
development stage, but we will probably see
an installation in the next six to eight
months,” said Kiley.
THE GREEN LIGHT BULB
At the Dearborn Town Center deck,
Edgewood helped turn the “green” light bulb
on in the mind of the owner. Originally,
metal halide was selected as the deck’s
lighting fixtures until Edgewood suggested
the LimeLight system. “It was a snowball
effect that led to examining other
sustainable technologies,” said Robert Bell, .
“Now the deck has truly turned into a
showpiece.”
This environmentally friendly parking
garage now has the largest installation of
electric vehicle charging stations in the
Midwest, said Kiley. Ten are currently
installed, while infrastructure is in place for
25. In addition, a stair tower canopy features
a 1.4kw solar panel array, thanks to
Edgewood and its supplier, Michigan Solar
Solutions, LLC in Commerce Township. “A
wind generation is also a possibility,” added
Bell.
Edgewood installed one of its own
creations on the parking deck roof, namely
dual-level LED pole lights equipped with
sensors to either dim the lights or switch all
the fixtures to full brightness. LimeLight
currently works only with fluorescent fixtures,
but soon Edgewood will be installing a test
site using LimeLight with LED fixtures. “The
beta site for LED fixtures is one floor of a six-
story parking deck at Fourth and Washington
Streets in Ann Arbor,” said Kiley. “A new
parking deck at Fifth and Division will be
completely installed with LED fixtures and
the LimeLight system.”
LIMELIGHT IN THE SPOTLIGHT
What is this amazing new system?
LimeLight’s high-density mesh lighting can
be defined generally as “a wireless system
that talks fixture to fixture,” said Kiley. Each
installed radio or node assembly talks to
eight fixtures and all the radios talk to each
other, rapidly spreading a signal and
creating a communication net linking all the
fixtures together in a smart lighting system
capable of detecting motion and
temperature, as well as monitoring fixture
power. A firm called TwistThink developed
the technology, and TwistHDM, a Michigan
company based in the City of Holland,
adapted it to the parking deck and outdoor
lighting market.
The Dearborn parking deck has 174,
three-lamp fixtures all designed to
communicate with a central server as part of
the LimeLight system. “TwistHDM has a
computer gateway that is the brains of the
operation,” said Kiley. “It programs and

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controls the operation of the lights.” The amazing parking deck, Edgewood Electric is Arbor’s Downtown Development Authority
program can be formatted to provide any no stranger to sustainability and quality on LED light fixture installation, and recently
constellation of lighting services from the projects. Edgewood has installed a 20kw completed the electrical contract for the
dim setting to full brightness and from a solar array for an Akebono Brakes addition in Greenleaf Trust Building, a LEED® Silver
general lighting strategy for the whole Farmington Hills, is working with Ann development in Birmingham.
garage to tailored control of specific areas.
Control of the lighting system is achieved
with the click of a computer mouse. “Each
customer obtains a website where they can
go online and view a map of their facility to
pinpoint maintenance problems or change
the lighting program,” said Bell.
With LimeLight, a parking deck owner can
easily change the lighting program without
changing the electrical infrastructure. “If you
wire your lighting system the conventional
way, you are committed to that conventional
way,” said Bell. “With LimeLight, you can
evolve the system. As needs change, you
can completely change your lighting.”
Plus, this pioneering system is actually
easier to install than conventional
infrastructure. “LimeLight actually simplifies
the installation because it has less circuitry,”
said Bell. “Once you bring power to the
fixture, you are finished. There are no light
switches and no redundant wiring.” Going
online and clicking the mouse replaces the
light switch, while the light fixture itself
replaces an assortment of sensors.
High-density mesh lighting is dynamic,
nimble and flexible. “There are lighting
systems in which each individual fixture has
a motion detector,” said Kiley. “The detector
only controls that one single fixture, but
with a high-density mesh system, we can
control all the fixtures automatically.”

EASY, SAFE AND SECURE

In addition, the system enhances security
with its ability to detect and report
damaged components. “The LimeLight
system will report a damaged fixture or
radio to the main server and will actually
notify the client’s cell phone,” said Kiley.
College campuses are interested in the
LimeLight system’s ability to assemble data
on acts of vandalism. The system senses and
collects motion data and reports activity
back to a computer database, said Kiley.
LimeLight alerts the parking deck owner to
any deviation from standard activity
patterns based on motion data.
Overall, LimeLight boosts security and
reduces energy consumption, offering a
system that is easy to install and easy on the
pocketbook. “LimeLight averages about a
three-year payback for installation of a new
fluorescent lighting system,” said Kiley.
Beyond the Dearborn Town Center’s

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 M E TA L S / S T E E L
hen Bruno Casadei, president of
W Casadei Steel, Inc., sat down in his
office to do the take-off on the A. Paul
Schaap Chemistry Building Expansion for
Wayne State University (WSU), he brought two
generations of experience to the task. His
father was a blacksmith apprentice in
depressed post-World War II Italy who
eventually worked in France and immigrated to
the United States, landing in New York City
where he learned the structural steel business.
The story continues with a family move to
Michigan and 10-year-old Bruno being taught
how to weld in his father’s shop on Saturday. At
14, he fabricated ornamental rails and at 18
began working in a structural steel shop before
studying architecture and engineering in
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college. “I’ve done every job in this business
from being the guy who drills the holes and
paints the steel to the detailing, estimating,
fabricating and erecting, ” said Bruno Casadei,
president of the AISC-certified, Sterling
Heights-based firm in operation since 2001.
It’s no wonder that Casadei Steel
successfully tackled the WSU project and a host
of other demanding structural steel jobs
throughout southeastern Michigan. At WSU,
Casadei fabricated and erected the steel for a
stunning glass atrium that will completely
cover and dramatically transform the Cass
Avenue façade of this concrete building with a
precast skin.
Desai/Nasr Consulting Engineers, Inc., West
Bloomfield, is the engineering mastermind
responsible for the tall, slender atrium’s PHOTO COURTESY OF CASADEI STEEL, INC.
structural design. The atrium is composed of a
series of large cantilevered roof trusses and a
lattice of round HSS (hollow structural steel) or
tube steel columns and moment frames.
The 72-foot-tall atrium of glass and exposed
steel will rise almost six stories, extending over
and above the existing Chemistry Building.
Harley Ellis Devereaux, Southfield, designed
this refreshing revision of an established
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The atrium is composed of a series of cantilevered roof trusses
and a lattice of round HSS (hollow structural steel) or tube
steel columns and moment frames.
KEEPING IT LIGHT
Desai/Nasr tackled its own list of constraints
in designing this unique atrium. “Two core
issues were foundation design and limiting the
amount of movement of such a tall, narrow
structure,” said Athanacios N. Nasr, Ph.D, PE,
SECB, vice president of Desai/Nasr. “But the
main challenge was having glass supported
from a structure still subject to movement.”
As the first challenge, the existing Chemistry
Building has two basements over 30 feet below
grade. The deep basements, combined with
some poor soil conditions, steered Desai/Nasr
toward the selection of 28 caissons. “The
caissons next to the existing building had to go
down approximately 30 feet,” said Chris N.
Costis, PE, SECB, Desai/Nasr associate, structural
engineer. “The next set away from the building
went down 20 feet, and by the time we got out
a little further out the caissons went down 12
feet. We had to go down at least 12 feet
because of some poor soils.”
For the structural design, the frame serves as
a brace to reduce some of the movement.
“Using long sheets of glass – some 70 feet high
– in such a tall, narrow building demanded
special attention to movement from lateral
forces, “ said Nasr. In particular, “We didn’t want
to pressure the glass sheets with any
movement of the cantilevered trusses in one
direction or the other from the wind or other
lateral forces,” said Nasr.
Desai/Nasr’s solution was to place structural
tube steel or posts inside the curtain wall
mullions and to pre-tension the posts. (The
posts are the small columns at the end of the
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Each tube steel assembly is composed of two super columns linked by a series of
10-inch cross members. Bent frames extend from the side of each super column
assembly and culminate in a small column of tube steel that serves as the actual
frame for the glass.
bent frames.) “This approach controlled drift In the end, the lecture hall is composed of
and also reduced the size of the super “two main girder sections and four steel posts
columns,” said Costis. With the mullions with precast and CMU shear walls,” said Costis.
wrapping the steel post, the structural system A green roof will grace the outdoor section of
of this slender building was strengthened this elliptical lecture hall.
without marring the aesthetic lightness of the Constructing the lecture hall was actually
glass atrium. Even the expansion joints were the first order of business on this tight site.
reduced to a minimum size by introducing Erecting the atrium steel first would have
steel into the mullions. “Instead of having large blocked the pre-cast contractor’s access to the
expansion joints, we were able to minimize hall. “There were a great deal of logistics and
them to two or three inches,” said Costis. coordination that had to happen between the
Casadei Steel also brought its own problem- trades to make the project happen,” said
solving solutions to the project. The main Casadei. Post lecture hall construction, Casadei
frame or super columns carry the large began the atrium steel, ultimately placing the
cantilevered trusses, said Nasr. The savvy steel pre-tensioned mullions on the roof of both the
fabricator and erector created a special lecture hall and the office block.
connection that allowed the crew “to bolt the The office block is formed of a steel moment
trusses to the super columns and field weld frame and a Mankato stone façade and tube
afterwards,” said Casadei. “Instead of having a lintels, said Costis. Not only did the project
crane holding the truss up and trying to weld it team contend with a tall, narrow atrium but
in place, we created this connection design.” also marrying a variety of materials together, as
The ten main roof trusses cantilever 12 feet well as new steel with an existing concrete
on three sides of the atrium. Each 50-foot-long, structure. “A concrete structure has very
almost five-foot-deep truss weighs about 4,500 limited movements, while steel has more,
lbs., Casadei added. With a cumulative weight making the expansion joint very challenging,”
of 74,000 lbs., jack and end trusses are installed said Nasr. “An expansion joint on top of the
at both ends of the main truss row. existing parapet of the building basically takes
care of the differential movement between the
A LESSON IN STEEL two.”
Steel came to the rescue in the design of the Desai/Nasr also provided structural design
lecture hall, a tilted ellipse jutting through the for two bridges in total at the second- and
glass wall. “When we started the project, the third-level running from the office block, across
lecture hall was to be completely made of the atrium and into the existing Chemistry
precast,” said Nasr. “But the cost of that is high, Building. The project also includes complete
because the walls slope at different angles. We renovation of a mechanical penthouse and
instead used a steel frame roof.” new mechanical and electrical systems for this
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Casadei Steel can now add another complex
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University Preparatory Science and Math
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endeavor. GunnLevine Architects “took a
rectangular building and twisted it on an
angle,” said Casadei. Constructed by DeMaria
Building Company, the building has tapered
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Winning the Steel Game at
GREEKTOWN
A
t Greektown Casino, steel is the
heavy-duty thread linking a host of
different buildings into a glittering
entertainment hub. Over the course of two
years, Ross Structural Steel, Inc., Detroit,
fabricated and erected 2,400 tons of steel,
beginning with a pedestrian bridge and
ending with a steel wing holding aloft the
iridescent glow of the casino’s signature
torch. As structural engineers, Desai/Nasr
Consulting Engineers, Inc., West Bloomfield,
expanded the existing casino horizontally
and vertically and stitched together a cluster
of buildings, including a new hotel and
parking garage, a 100-year-old school, the
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Pegasus Building, a new infill or Gap
Building, and the existing casino.
This sturdy steel “thread” is composed of
trusses, tube steel, and massive plate girders.
Following this line of steel offers a guide to
the expansion of this bustling playground in
the heart of Greektown:
l The steel trusses of a diagonal, 102-
foot-long pedestrian bridge link the
hotel and parking garage to the Old St.
Mary’s School building.
l A steel-framed, five-story Gap
Building fills in the “blanks” between
three structures, wrapping around two
PHOTO BY MARCI CHRISTIAN, CAM
sides of the 100-year-old school to join
this former educational facility to the
existing casino at several points.
l Ten massive plate girders, perched on
two steel column lines, support a
second-level horizontal expansion over
half of East Lafayette.
l Behind a delicate shell of shimmering
blue glass, 20-inch round columns of
tube steel and horizontal supporting
members provide the framework for the
corner Eclipz Lounge, a signature bar
housed within the Lafayette Street
expansion.
l Completing this steel ensemble, a
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 120-foot-long truss creates a clear span 60,000 psf bearing pressure. “We used this casino had no idea about the work
for the new Events Center, a new residual capacity to support the additional underway beyond the interior shell. “The
entertainment venue constructed on loads as far as the foundations are exterior brick and sheathing was removed,
top of the existing two-story casino. concerned,” said Desai. but for the most part, the inside finishes
Desai/Nasr’s skillful design minimized the remained intact,” said Desai.
While steel was the thread linking reinforcement of the existing casino. “We
together the physical infrastructure, three- used the Load Resistance and Factor Design BRIDGE FINANCING
dimensional detailing software was the (LRFD) code to check the existing Ross Structural Steel maintained casino
cyber tool joining together a structural steel construction,” said Desai. Added Costis, operations by working the midnight shift for
team that included Hnedak Bobo Group, a “Overall, only about 20 percent of the about 30 percent of the project’s duration,
Memphis architectural firm; a steel detailer exterior gravity columns and lateral bracing said Thomas M. Ross, president of this well-
in London, England; and Desai/Nasr and was reinforced.” established and well-respected 54-year-old
Ross Structural Steel in Detroit. “The team is Because “Keep the Casino Open” was the company along with Larry Ross. “We erected
in four different offices and three different unofficial mantra of the project, exterior the entire pedestrian bridge in one night,
cities, but we can communicate with each reinforcement dominated the structural working from about 9 p.m. to 7 a.m., ” said
other and resolve conflicts through this design. “Existing bracing required Ross. “We only had a 10-hour window when
program,” said the streets were shut
Jayant P. Desai, PE, down.”
SE, SECB, CBIE, Composed of
president of two steel trusses
Desai/Nasr. laced together with
The process aided floor and roof
this fast-track beams, the
project involving pedestrian bridge
work on several was inserted one
existing buildings. truss at a time across
“Each steel beam St. Antoine and in
was detailed and the middle of
modeled in three- Greektown’s tight
dimensional nest of buildings.
software,” said Chris “Dimensioning a
N. Costis, PE, SECB, diagonal bridge to fit

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D e s a i / N a s r into two existing
associate, structural buildings is quite a
engineer. “One piece of work, but
person at a time, Desai/Nasr figured it
sitting in different The steel trusses of a diagonal, out perfectly,” said
offices, was able to 102-foot-long pedestrian bridge link Ross. “The truss has a
the hotel and parking garage
control the camber (a slight arc)
to the Old St. Mary’s School building.
computer screen in it, but once
and move the installed, it deflects,
model around three because the truss’s
dimensionally to resolve conflicts and avoid reinforcing for an increase in lateral loads,” own weight makes it come level.”
interferences.” said Costis. “This was done exclusively on the Because the pedestrian bridge establishes
exterior side of the building to avoid a clear pathway from parking garage to slot
THE SHELL GAME interfering with casino operations.” machine, this “money trail” into the casino
Before project launch, Desai/Nasr had to Interior columns were reinforced in only was the first phase of the project
first explore the foundations below before two or three locations, meaning that constructed. The route was kept open
expanding the existing casino above. “The disruptions were minimized on the interior. throughout construction of the 31-story
existing casino structure was not designed “In lieu of adding plates to reinforce some hotel whose concrete frame was also
for vertical or horizontal expansion,” said areas, we used kickers and bracing schemes designed by Desai/Nasr. The circulation
Desai. “We began the project by to reduce the unbraced lengths of the 24- pathway flows from the garage, along the
investigating the existing drilled pier foot-tall floor-to-floor columns,” said Costis. hotel’s third-floor perimeter corridor, across
foundations to see whether there is any “This minimized the construction time of the bridge and into the Old St. Mary’s School
residual capacity to carry additional loads.” field welding, and in some instances entailed and new Gap Building before reaching this
The foundations were originally designed temporary construction of partition walls. gaming paradise.
for a bearing pressure of 40,000 pounds per- We were also able to save the existing Much of the bridge’s weight bears on the
square-foot, but with the aid of a column covers by doing all the work in the parking garage and on an encased 20-foot-
geotechnical engineer, Desai/Nasr ceiling above the finishes.” tall steel column installed in front of the old
determined the foundations could take For much of the time, patrons within the 1900s school. Linking bridge and school,

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Columns of tube steel and horizontal supporting members provide the framework for the
corner Eclipz Lounge. The tube steel frame had to be perfectly placed to work with the glass
on the sloped wall.
This 120-foot-long truss creates a clear span for the new Events Center. Ross transported the
truss in three pieces, welding it on site and using two cranes to hoist it into place.
floors had to be removed and added at
other elevations within the former school to
align with the pedestrian bridge. “The
height of the bridge itself had to offer
sufficient traffic clearance,” said Ross.
As part of carving this new route, “large
openings on the exterior of the Old St.
Mary’s Building and the existing Pegasus
Building were also added for pedestrian
traffic,” said Costis. “HSS round sections were
threaded through channels on each side of
the existing walls of these existing brick
bearing buildings. After completion of the
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PHOTO BY MARCI CHRISTIAN, CAM
The tube steel frame also supported a steel
wing projecting outward from the sloped
wall and supporting the casino’s torch.
BUILDING HOME PLATE
Desai and Ross had a great deal on their
plates to service the needs of the casino,
both during construction and throughout
its gaming life. The second-level horizontal
expansion over East Lafayette was designed
with large 57-foot bays to avoid having
columns in the gaming areas, said Costis.
The expansion rests on two column lines –
one in the center medium of Lafayette and
the other five feet from the existing
building. “With 10 columns in each row, 10
massive plate girders span a distance of 70
feet to carry the casino floor loading,” said
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Desai.
One core issue was the sheer extent of the
70-foot span. “We were off the charts of
traditional beam sizes,” said Costis. The size
of the span and the schedule of the job
converged to steer Desai toward the use of
plate girders versus traditional wide flange
beams.
The traditional wide flange beam is rolled
openings, plates were added, making these
as one unit in a mill, but a plate girder is
permanent lintels.”
fabricated in three separate pieces and
The newly constructed in-fill or Gap
welded in the shop. “Because of the span and
Building envelopes two sides of the old St.
heavy weight of these beams, the only rolled
Mary’s School, one being the main
sections that would have worked would have
circulation route along Monroe Street and
had to have been shipped from Europe,” said
the other spanning over a loading dock in
Costis. Added Desai, “Because mills have a
the back. In this intricate reshuffling of the
certain schedule when they roll these beams,
urban landscape, this portion of the Gap
we would have had to wait a long time.” Ross
Building is actually located between three
Structural Steel fabricated the plate girders,
existing buildings: the casino, St. Mary’s
each weighing 14 tons, in its Detroit
School and the Pegasus Building.
fabrication shop, maintaining quality control
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and saving the project vital time. THE BIG EVENT Center’s main roof support. The long truss
Beyond the span and weight, the depth of One of the last components of this provides a clear span for an Events Center
the girders added another level of complex project was design and construction built with tiered seating and a mezzanine
complexity to the project. “The girders had a of the new Events Center built on top of a level.“The roof joists and trusses are designed
restricted structural depth for its span large expanse of the existing casino. Ross for complicated loading schemes for curtains,
because we have to match the floor transported a 120-foot-long truss to the site a large screen projector and theatrical
elevations of the existing casino but still in three pieces, welding it on site and using equipment, as well as to support a stairwell
maintain the street grade and proper two cranes to hoist it into place as the and catwalks,” said Costis.
clearance,” said Desai. Ultimately, the plate
girders vary from 46 to 60 inches in depth to
accommodate bus clearance on the
roadway below, plus elevator and escalators
pits actually hung from the structure above.
Ross had to squeeze its work into a tight grid
of Greektown streets. As-needed delivery
directly from truck to crane was par for the
course throughout the project. “One lane of
the road had to be kept open,” said Ross.
“But the most critical thing was keeping the
valet parking open, because that is where
the high rollers and VIP entrance is located.”
Working the midnight shift was not
uncommon to meet this mandate.
Other limitations included working
around special events in downtown Detroit.
“If there was a home Tigers game, we were
limited as to the hours we could work,” said
Ross, “because the casino typically does
more business during special events
downtown.”

A NEW SLANT ON THINGS

Next on this roster of steel tasks was the
installation of the Eclipz Lounge’s exposed
and intumescent painted tube steel, a paint
type providing a fire rating for the columns.
Housed within the expansion over Lafayette,
this glass-enclosed lounge seems to float
over the night glitter of the streets below.
The lounge splays or slopes outward, its 20-
inch round columns rising upward at an
angle and linking with horizontal members
designed to support the glass curtain wall as
it leans away from the main building.
“The tube shape can handle stresses from
all angles; it is equally strong in each
direction,” said Ross. “In terms of installation,
the tube steel frame presented some
demanding work. It had to be perfectly
placed to work with the glass on this sloped
wall.”
The tube steel frame also supported a
steel wing projecting outward from the
sloped wall and supporting the casino’s
torch. “For us, this steel projection was
actually one of the hardest and most exotic
steel features of the entire job,” said Ross.

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Once again, the depth of structural
members was constrained in both the roof
and the floor. “The roof truss could not
exceed a depth of 10 feet, because of the
allowable roof height and because it would
block the view of the stage, especially from
the mezzanine level,” said Costis. “Therefore,
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the floors of the Event Center had to be as
shallow as possible.”
Because the Center’s new floor is actually
built directly above the existing casino roof,
the floor beams “stepped” to accommodate
the slope of the existing roof. “We had to
taper all of these beams, because the roof
slopes a quarter-inch per foot for a total of
15 inches over the course of a 60-foot span,”
said Costis.
Desai/Nasr took advantage of the roof
slopes to fit the depth of the floor beams
into the overall configuration of the Events
Center. “We couldn’t go more than 30 inches
deep for these beams, which is pushing the
limit for 60-foot spans,” said Costis. “We had
to take advantage of every opportunity to
increase the depth, including making use of
the roof slopes. We were maximizing the
beam depths by inches to get the optimal
beam sections.”
A CITY OF STEEL
Desai/Nasr and Ross Structural Steel
skillfully pieced together and expanded this
showcase project in Greektown’s vibrant
restaurant and entertainment district. “There
were thousands of pieces of steel and
hundreds of drawings over the course of this
two-year project,” said Ross. The entire project
team certainly deserves to relax for an hour or
two in the Eclipz Lounge built on the hard
work of hundreds of firms, including Ross
Structural Steel’s 11 subcontractors.
Over the years, both Ross and Desai/Nasr
have erected a virtual city of steel, having
worked on such prominent projects as DTE
Energy’s recent campus and headquarters
expansion and One Kennedy Square at
Campus Martius.
Ross Structural Steel’s current and future
work reflects its commitment to Detroit, a
commitment begun over 50 years ago. James
G. Ross began the company in 1956, setting
up shop with only four employees and a
Quonset hut on a parcel of land near
Woodward Avenue and Seven Mile Road.
Today, Ross Structural Steel fills the same site
at 110 E. Robinwood with a sprawling
fabrication and engineering complex. The
surrounding neighborhood has clearly seen
better days, but as president of the John R
Seven Business Association and actively
involved in the Woodward Avenue Action
Association, Tom Ross is doing his part to put
this section of Detroit back together again.
The company has completed structural
steel fabrication and erection on the Second
Ebenezer Baptist Church and the Performing
Arts High School, both in Detroit, and is
currently working on Martin Luther King High
School, plus two Detroit pre-kindergarten
through eighth grade schools. For the future,
Ross Structural Steel is also a pre-qualified
bidder for the much-anticipated Detroit
Medical Center expansion.
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A New Lease on Life
for Universal Mall
By David R. Miller, Associate Editor
trip malls date back to the 1920s,
S but returning veterans with
disposable income fueled a retail
building boom in the years after World War
II, with the first enclosed mall arriving in the
1950s. A variety of trends have made
enclosed malls less economically viable, so
they have fallen out of favor in recent years.
Tenants tend to abandon these malls, taking
the income from their lease agreements –
the economic lifeblood of any mall – with
them. An innovative renovation is providing
new retail opportunities in Warren and a
new lease on life for the Universal Mall;
several leases, in fact.
The project team led by site engineer and
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Photography by Matt Austermann
planner Hubbell Roth & Clark, Bloomfield
Hills; construction manager Roncelli, Inc.,
Sterling Heights; and architect Wah Yee
Associates, Farmington Hills, has transformed
this 38-year-old mall into a thriving open air
lifestyle center with boulevards, storefront
parking, landscaped fountains and courts.
What makes this project truly unique is the
great care that was taken to reuse significant
portions of the existing construction, thereby
making complete renovation possible, even
in a challenging economy. As communities
struggle with disused retail spaces that dot
the landscape, Universal Mall provides a
potential blueprint for successful
redevelopment.
UNDERSTANDING THE TREND
Throughout Michigan and the United
States, an increasing number of enclosed
malls are converting into open air lifestyle
centers, while construction of enclosed
malls has become quite rare. Like most retail
trends, these renovations are being driven
largely by economic considerations.
“Big box tenants don’t want to pay what it
costs to maintain the inside of a mall,”
explained Edward Cicero, senior project
manager for Roncelli. “There is a shared cost
that is passed along to each tenant.”
This shared cost includes heating, cooling
and lighting the space along with the
increased security and maintenance
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requirements associated with interior
finishes. Lifestyle centers also offer
consumers easier access to the stores they
are looking for. They can drive right up to the
door and park nearby instead of walking
through countless mall corridors. This ability
does come with a price for retailers, who can
no longer depend on a steady stream of foot
traffic that brings potential shoppers right by
their doors.
Since retailers cannot depend on a large
quantity of people walking in front of their
doors, they focus on ensuring quality traffic.
Lifestyle centers are carefully planned out to
place complementary businesses in close
proximity to each other. National retailers
have developed a keen understanding of
shopping habits, and they can often predict
with great accuracy which stores will entice
shoppers who are visiting one store into
taking a few extra steps to enter another.
Unlike new lifestyle centers built from the
ground up, existing mall sites are subject to A new boulevard provides easy access to the Cinemark Theater, an addition to the
the suitability of the existing structure for original mall that was converted into a freestanding facility.
redevelopment. Some malls are much better
candidates for “de-malling” than others.
“I would much rather de-mall a single story
mall than a multi-level mall,” said Dennis
Bishop, PE, director of business development
for Roncelli. “Single story malls work better
from a structural standpoint. You don’t lose
as much square footage of retail compared
to the new square footage.”
Even though two existing stores, totaling
175,000 square feet, were demolished, a well
thought out site plan was needed to place
618,000 square feet of retail, including a new
137,000-square-foot Target store and three
outbuildings, along with 3,100 parking
spaces on the 57.4-acre Universal Mall site.
The new Target store was seen as a “make or
break” proposition for a viable retail
development, so the site planners found a
way to deliver exacting specifications
detailing the amount of parking that must be The square footage of the existing Burlington Coat Factory was increased to compensate
located in front of the store. The square for a corner that was shaved off to provide a clear sight line to the Target store.
footage of the existing Burlington Coat
Factory was increased to compensate for a
corner that was shaved off to provide a clear
sight line to the Target store, which was set
farther back on the site to accommodate the
front parking requirement. savings were realized by reusing much of associate for Hubble Roth & Clark.
Fitting the desired elements onto the site the material that was already there. Timing was critical as the team devised a
was only one hurdle to overcome in Renovating a total of 130,000 square feet of complex sequencing plan to prevent service
converting the Universal Mall into a viable retail space was a major component of the interruptions to Universal Mall tenants and
lifestyle center. project. This work, along with all of the other nearby office and condominium spaces that
work on the site, needed to be coordinated shared the same utilities, all while allowing
IMPLEMENTING THE IDEA to keep existing stores open. for timely completion of building pads. Site
The Universal Mall project would have “The biggest challenge was in dealing utilities contractor Angelo Iafrate
been much easier if the team had chosen to with all of the existing tenants who were Construction Co., Warren, and asphalt
build on a vacant lot, but tremendous cost kept in place,” said Gary Tressel, senior contractor Nagle Paving Co., Novi, followed a

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precise plan to allow for customer parking as
they worked their way around the site
starting at the Target store location. All of
the existing asphalt was pulverized and
used as base material for the new paved
areas, resulting in substantial cost savings.
Adding new traffic signals was another
potential budget buster that was eliminated
by working closely with the Macomb County
Road Commission. Since the team knew
that new signals were already being
considered, they submitted a preliminary
site plan to have a new traffic light installed
where it needed to be to support the new
traffic entry off Dequindre Road. As
shoppers enter Universal Mall from this
direction, a new boulevard provides easy
access to the Cinemark Theater, an addition
to the original mall that was converted into
a freestanding facility.
“We tore the mall down all around them
[the theater],” said Bishop. “They lost their
lobby, but we had to maintain the lobby
space with temporary construction,
barricades and alternate egress. We built a
new front and sides to their lobby, all while
they stayed in operation.”
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Cinemark Theater now sits inside a vibrant
retail center that has been transformed to
meet the changing expectation of a new
generation of shoppers. A visionary building
plan implemented by a skilled project team
has indeed given the Universal Mall a new
lease on life.
THE FOLLOWING SUBCONTRACTORS
AND PROFESSIONAL CONSULTANTS
CONTRIBUTED THEIR SKILLS TO THE
PROJECT:
• Aluminum Framing and Glass – Modern
Mirror & Glass, Roseville
• Asphalt Paving – Nagle Paving Company,
Novi
• Building Foundations – PWB
Construction, Inc., Troy
• Carpentry – City Renovation & Trim, Inc.,
Auburn Hills
• Carpentry – Denn-Co Construction Inc.,
Shelby Township
• Carpentry – Innovative Ceilings & Walls,
Inc., Redford
• Carpentry – Troy Metal Concepts, Wixom
• Carpeting and Flooring – Master Craft
Carpets, Redford
• Demolition, Abatement and Removal –
Able Demolition, Shelby Township
• Doors and Hardware – Girtman &
Associates, Nashville, TN
• EIFS – Everlast Exteriors, Inc., Lapeer
• EIFS and Plastering – Saylor’s Exterior
Plastering Systems, Ottawa Lake
• Electrical – Cannon Electrical Company,
Macomb
• Electrical – Gen-Co, LLC, Macomb
• Fire Protection – Shambaugh & Son, L.P.,
Southfield
• Fire Protection – VFP Fire Systems, Troy
• Flatwork – J.J. Barney Construction, Inc.,
Rochester Hills
• Flooring – Hi-Tech Floors, Inc.,
Burnsville, MN
• Flooring – Ideal Floor Covering, Inc.,
Rochester
• HVAC – Bumler Mechanical,
Sterling Heights
• Joint Sealants and Expansion Joints –
DRV Contractors, LLC, Shelby Township
• Landscaping – KLM Landscape,
Washington
• Low Voltage – Your Wired Solutions,
Southfield
• Masonry – Hicks Masonry Contractor,
Shelby Township
• Masonry – Robovitsky, Inc., Southfield
• Mechanical – Alliance Mechanical,
Oak Park
• Painting – Eugenio Painting Company,
Grosse Pointe Woods
• Plumbing – C & R Plumbing and Heating
Co., Shelby Township
• Plumbing – USA Plumbing & Sewer
Service, Ray Township
• Roofing, Sheet Metal and Caulking –
Morss Roofing, Inc., Romulus
• Signage – Alto Sign Incorporated,
Philadelphia, PA
• Site Electrical – LaBelle Electric
Services, Inc., Macomb
• Site Preparation, Utilities and Concrete –
Angelo Iafrate Construction Co., Warren
• Structural Steel – B & A Steel
Company, Inc., Chesterfield
• Structural Steel – Cadillac Iron, Inc.,
Oxford
• Structural Steel – Utica Steel, Chesterfield
• Temporary Fencing and Gates – Future
Fence Company, Warren
• Testing Services – Professional Service
Industries, Inc., Auburn Hills
• Tile – T & S Ceramic Tile, Warren
• Truck Dock Doors – Great Lakes Dock &
Door, Detroit
Subcontractors and professional consultants
listed in this feature are identified by the
general contractor, architect or owner.
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SnowEx Introduces Two New Wirelessly TAMKO Introduces New Synthetic

Controlled Spreaders Underlayment
SnowEx has introduced the new SR-110 and SR-210 utility TAMKO Building Products’ new Synthetic Underlayment provides
spreaders. These compact units are equipped with wireless controls, customers with more durability than traditional felt backing in a
which eliminate the need to route an electrical harness to the cab lighter, wider roll.
and allow simple plug-and-play operation. Both models attach to a The new Synthetic Underlayment is made of a polymeric surface
variety of vehicles, including pickups, SUVs, cars, utility vehicles and film that is skid-resistant and has a high tear strength and tensile
ATVs. These spreaders provide a good option for anyone, from new strength. The durable synthetic material can be exposed for up to 6
and established contractors to estate owners and property months to UV rays.
managers. The material is lighter-weight than traditional felt and comes on a
The SR-110 and SR-210 both feature a 3-cubic-foot capacity 10-square roll, instead of the traditional 2- to 4-square roll.
hopper. The pocket-sized wireless remote controls the rate of the The rolls of Synthetic Underlayment also come with a nailing
two-speed spinner and toggles the electric motor on and off. The SR- pattern printed on each sheet to enhance the ease of installation.
210 spreads up to a 25-foot range. It features a vertical high-flow For more information on TAMKO Synthetic Underlayment, visit
auger that works in conjunction with the spinner and allows the unit www.TAMKO.com.
to spread bulk materials, such as bagged rock salt or calcium flakes,
whereas the SR-110 spreads material up to a 20-foot range and uses
a gate feed system, allowing it to handle small calcium chloride
pellets or bagged ice melters. The SR-110 includes a cable to open
and close the gate from the cab.
An electric motor drives the spreaders—meaning no engines to
fuel and no pulleys, sprockets, belts or chains to maintain. The
patented low-maintenance, dual 12-volt electric drive/maximum
torque transmission system is completely sealed within a weather-
resistant enclosure. The motor receives power from a standard 7-pin
trailer plug.
As with the entire SnowEx line, both models feature a modular,
powder-coated steel frame with a high-density, UV-protected poly
hopper. The poly construction eliminates the corrosion concerns and
regular maintenance commonly associated with steel-built
alternatives. Furthermore, the poly hopper is up to 40 percent lighter
than similar capacity steel spreaders, allowing the SR-110 or SR-210
to be easily carried and mounted.
The new spreaders come standard with a two-inch receiver
mount, but pivot, trailer, 3-point, utility and drop utility mounts are
also available. Additional options include a weather cover for
preventing moisture contamination in the hopper and a 20-foot gate
cable for vehicles that require more than the standard 10-foot cable
(SR-110 only). Power and Performance: The New Terex®
All SnowEx spreaders include a two-year parts and labor warranty.
For more information, contact TrynEx International, 23455
PT-100G & PT-100G Forestry Compact
Regency Park Drive, Warren, MI 48089; call 800-725-8377 or 586-756- Track Loaders
6555; fax 586-755-0338; e-mail info@trynexfactory.com; or visit Terex has introduced its newest compact track loader models: the
www.trynexfactory.com. PT-100G and PT-100G Forestry. The largest compact track loaders in

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the Terex® lineup, these new models offer operators a 14.6% increase
in tractive effort in low gear for more pushing power, a 32% increase
in horsepower to the attachment, a redesigned loader arm to
achieve greater reach and 13% more bucket breakout force over
their predecessors.
These models boast a 99.9-hp (75 kW) engine and 310 lb-ft (420
Nm) of torque. Brand new to the PT-100G models, the cooling fan
blades will automatically adjust to provide optimum airflow while
minimizing engine horsepower consumption. These newest Terex
loaders have an operating weight of 11,400 lb (5,171 kg), a tipping
load of 8,000 lb (3,629 kg) — with a 4,000 lb (1,814 kg) operating
capacity at 50% tipping load capacity — and a lift height of 125 in
(3,175 mm).
With a narrow 6-ft profile and a low 14-3/4 in ground clearance,
the new Terex PT-100G and PT-100G Forestry loaders are designed to
maximize work in limited access areas. And with a low 4.0 psi ground
pressure, these machines can easily work on soft or sensitive surfaces
with minimal damage or impact. The new PT-100G models include
the Terex® patented Posi-TrackTM undercarriage technology and
suspension for the smoothest ride available in the industry. With 48
contact points on the ground, compared to the previous models’ 42,
the PT-100G machines offer increased traction and higher flotation
in all ground conditions and longer track life. While these loaders
come standard with general purpose rubber tracks, the Terex Turf
tracks are options for both these units.
These loaders feature a load-sensing, high-flow auxiliary hydraulic
capability of 43 gal/min (163 lpm) @ 3,800 psi (26200 kPa)
[incrementally adjustable in 1 gal (3.8 L) steps from 30-43 gal/min
(114-163 lpm)]. Other features standard on the PT-100G and PT-100G
Forestry include load-sensing infinitely variable low-flow auxiliary
hydraulics from 0-20 gal/min (0-76 lpm), two-speed transmission up
to 10 miles/hr (16 k/mh), auto-idle, creep mode, selectable pattern
changer from ISO to “H” pattern and adjustable loader/bucket
sensitivity. On models equipped with heat or AC, a pressurized and
sealed enclosed cab comes standard.
The Terex® PT-100G Forestry compact track loader comes fully
outfitted for demanding forestry applications. The auto-reversing fan
on the PT-100G Forestry has been enhanced to allow the operator to
trigger it at set intervals in 5-min increments to keep the machine’s
cooling system running at peak performance. This compact track
loader meets British Columbia logging standards (BC Standard WCB
6G603MAR90 & ISO 8084, April 2008).
In addition to these attributes, the rugged new PT-100G Forestry
model offers a comprehensive set of integrated standard features,
including a FOPS Level 2 cab and 20-in tracks, as well as a complete
forestry guarding package that includes a heavy-duty polycarbonate
door with a wiper, steel hood, rear brush guard and limb-risers. Also
standard is a screened engine pre-cleaner, and heavy-duty skid-
plates, which are hinged to allow access for cleaning out debris and
other routine machine maintenance.
Both the PT-100G and PT-100G Forestry loaders are designed with
front-mounted quick-connect hydraulic fittings and an electronic
connector for control of attachments, enabling them to use virtually
any industry-standard attachment. These models are also equipped
with electronic-over-hydraulic pilot-operated joystick controls and a
comfortable operator station for easy operation.
More information on Terex can be found at www.terex.com.
40 CAM MAGAZINE NOVEMBER 2010
WDG E-VersiBlock™ Equipment Mounting
System Simplifies Installation of Commercial
Rooftop Accessories
West Development Group (WDG), a leader in sustainable roofing
products and practices, introduces E-VersiBlock, a high-performance,
versatile, and sustainable alternative for mounting commercial
rooftop accessories.
WDG’s E-VersiBlock rooftop equipment mounting system can be
used in a variety of ways to support HVAC unit rails, gas pipes,
electrical conduit, and walkways. It can also be used for equipment
curbs, solar panel mounting, and structural framing mounts. These
units are connectable and offer increased versatility when used with
Unistrut metal framing, pipe clamps, struts, couplings and other
attachments. Each E-VersiBlock is designed to allow for two-way
drainage that significantly reduces drainage interruption.
Manufactured from cryo-ground recycled EPDM roofing
membrane, the E-VersiBlock system has all the positive physical
properties of EPDM and delivers a lifetime of unmatched
performance. E-VersiBlock is UV resistant, fiber free, color stable,
shock absorbent, durable, and won’t deteriorate.
Because each E-VersiBlock is made from over 75% recycled EPDM,
it is sustainable, environmentally friendly, and contributes to LEED
certification points.
For more information about E-VersiBlock, the System 14 Total
Silicone Roof System, or other roofing products from West
Development Group, please call WDG at 440-355-4682 or toll-free at
1-866-924-4585; e-mail info@wdgsilicones.com or visit the WDG
website at www.wdgsilicones.com.
Asphalt Drum Mixers Offers Durable
Cold Feed Bins
Offered in both stationary and portable designs, cold feed bins
from Asphalt Drum Mixers, Inc. (ADM) are engineered and
constructed for maximum durability. Built to withstand abrasive
aggregates and other jobsite abuse, the bins are manufactured with
all welded painted steel, industrial strength columns and end
bracing to enhance longevity.
ADM cold feed bins are equipped with tapered sidewalls and a
specially designed belt feeder to virtually eliminate plugging and
bridging problems, whether the bin is heaped or low. Material flow is
further enhanced by a fully adjustable radial gate system with self-
relieving tapered discharge opening. These features all work
together to simplify operation and ensure high quality asphalt
production.
The bins provide more capacity and better accuracy for Superpave
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and other high specification mixes. Available
in single bin and multi-bin configurations,
ADM cold feed bins are compatible with any
control system and can be retrofitted to add
extra tonnage capacity to existing cold feed
systems, regardless of brand. The bins are
offered with bolt-on or hinged extensions,
and minimal on-site assembly is required.
For more information, contact ADM, 1
ADM Parkway, Huntertown, IN 46748; call
260-637-5729; fax 260-637-3164; e-mail
sales@admasphaltplants.com; or go to
www.admasphaltplants.com.

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The sausage packaging has proven its
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Marty A. Burnstein, of West Bloomfield, has been
selected by his peers for the second consecutive
year to be included in the 2011 Edition of the Best
Lawyers in America® in the specialty of construction
law. Best Lawyers is the oldest and most respected
peer review publication in the legal profession.
Burnstein was also selected by his peers to be
Burnstein included in DBusiness Magazine’s most recent list of
Top Lawyers for Metro Detroit. Burnstein has almost 40 years
experience as a construction lawyer, mediator and arbitrator. He has
frequently taught, lectured and written in the area of construction
law, and is a valued member of the CAMTEC instructor team.
Steve Gravlin, PE, PS, senior vice president in
Wade Trim's Taylor office, was appointed by
Governor Jennifer Granholm to the Michigan State
Board of Professional Surveyors. The nine-member
Board provides for the registration of persons
practicing surveying in Michigan, sets qualifications
for registrants, and prescribes penalties for
Gravlin violations. Gravlin's four-year term will end in March
2014. Gravlin is a senior project manager with more
than 25 years of experience in large transportation projects.
Bloomfield Hills-based Hubbell, Roth & Clark, Inc. (HRC) recently
announced that Roland Alix, PE, staff engineer, received the
American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Michigan Section
Southeastern (SE) Branch 2010 Young Engineer of the Year Award.
Alix serves as treasurer of the SE Branch. He has over 5 years of
experience and is a member of HRC’s Special Projects Group
dedicated to the design of particularly large and challenging
infrastructure projects.
The consulting engineering firm of Byce & Associates, Inc.,
Kalamazoo, recently announced the following new hires: Michael
Flynn, AIA, NCARB, joins the firm as senior project
manager/architect; Chuck Shoudel joins the firm as mechanical
designer; and Matthew Norko joins the firm as marketing
coordinator.
The American Society of Heating,
Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers,
Inc. (ASHRAE) recently selected James L. Newman,
CEM, LEED AP, OPMP, FESD as a Distinguished
Lecturer. The ASHRAE Distinguished Lecturer
program provides ASHRAE chapters, student
branches, and other organizations with lecturers
Newman equipped to speak on relevant subjects of interest
of ASHRAE members and guests. Newman is a trainer for ASHRAE
Energy Standard 90.1, the basis of energy use in the building codes,
and has trained hundreds of architects, engineers, code officials, and
contractors on the use of the Standard. Newman has been a staunch
supporter of initiatives designed to save energy and protect the
environment for over 40 years. His expertise is sought on Green and
Sustainable projects throughout the U.S. and internationally.
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Hobbs+Black, an architectural firm with offices in Ann Arbor,
Lansing and Phoenix, AZ, recently announced the following: Nick
Scarpone (Lansing) on his promotion to vice president; and Dan
Kohler (Ann Arbor), Kristina Glusac (Ann Arbor), Russ Meyer
(Lansing), and Tom Dillenbeck (Ann Arbor) on their promotions to
senior associates.
ABC Supply Co., Inc. has promoted Tom
Schumacher, manager of its Taylor store, to
managing partner. Schumacher joined ABC Supply
in 1995 and was named manager of the Taylor
branch in 2004. ABC Supply is the largest wholesale
distributor of roofing in the United States and one of
the nation’s largest distributors of siding, windows
and other select exterior building products. Its Schumacher
Taylor branch is located at 25220 Northline Rd.
The Best Lawyers in America®, one of the nation’s oldest and
most trusted peer-to-peer rating services, has named 14 Plunkett
Cooney (Bloomfield Hills) attorneys to its 2011 roster of top practi-
tioners: Plunkett Cooney partners Michael P. Ashcraft, Jr.; Michael S.
Bogren; William D. Booth; Charles W. Browning; Jerome A. Galante;
James R. Geroux; Robert G. Kamenec; Jack S. Levey; Stanley C. Moore,
III; Christine D. Oldani; David K. Otis; Mary Massaron Ross; James C.
Thomas; and Kenneth M. Mattson were recently notified about their
selection as “Best Lawyers.” As one of the Midwest’s largest full-
service law firms, Plunkett Cooney has the distinction of one partner
being named to the best lawyers list for 20 or more years, as well as
one new attorney in 2011.
Spalding DeDecker Associates, Inc. (SDA),
based in Detroit and Rochester Hills, recently
announced their new Board of Directors: Paul Wade,
PE; Steve Benedettini; Catherine DeDecker, PS;
Thomas Dohr, PE; George Platz, PS; and Thomas
Sovel, PE. The Directors appointed the following:
Chairman of the Board - Paul Wade, PE;
president/CFO - Steve Benedettini; vice Benedettini
president/secretary - George Platz, PS; vice president/treasurer -
Catherine DeDecker, PS; vice president - Thomas Sovel, PE; vice
president - Thomas Dohr, PE; vice president - Cheryl Gregory, PE;
vice president - Joseph Muller, PE; and vice president - David
Potter, PE. The newly appointed president, Steve Benedettini, will be
responsible for administrative operations and overall day-to-day
management of the corporation.
OHM (Orchard, Hiltz & McCliment, Inc.), a Livonia-based
architectural, engineering and planning firm, has announced that
William W. Anderson, PE, has joined the company as vice president.
Anderson is a licensed professional engineer and has a MBA and
Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering. OHM was founded in
Livonia in 1962, with additional offices throughout Michigan, Ohio
and Tennessee.
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Chesterfield-based Dan’s Cement, Inc. has again made the Inc.

5000 list of the fastest-growing private companies in America. With
this accomplishment, Dan’s Cement, Inc. joins the company of
enterprises who have appeared on the list multiple times, many of
Fitzpatrick Major Stacherski Paulus
which have grown to become national icons.

Plumbing Professors, Canton, a full service plumbing and sewer

repair company, is now offering free "Lunch & Learn" seminars on
their State of Michigan-approved epoxy pipe lining system. They will
come to your offices, on your schedule, and provide lunch and a
seminar. For more details visit www.plumbingprofessors.com and
Miller Schultz Moulton Palmer click on "Free Pipe Lining Lunch & Learn," or call Matt O'Rourke at
800-654-1300.

Clark Construction Company, a general contracting firm
headquartered in Lansing, recently made several key personnel
announcements. The company, expanding with a new regional office
in Southfield, has made the following hires: Bryan Fitzpatrick as a
project superintendent, will work initially on the construction of a
Working Dog Kennel for Special Operations Forces at Fort Campbell,
KY; Diane Major as a pre-construction manager who will operate out
of the firm’s Southfield office; Robert Stacherski, AIA as a project
manager who will work initially at the Shops of Willow Bend retail
project in Plano, TX; Mark Paulus as a project manager; and Rob
Miller as a desktop administrator at the firm’s Lansing headquarters.
Also, Marty Schultz has completed the OSHA 30 safety training and
received certification from the Occupational Safety and Health
Administration; and Diane Major and Troy Moulton have received
designations as Certified Quality Managers (CQM) from the Army
Corps of Engineers. Also, employee Jason M. Palmer recently
received nationwide recognition as a recipient of the Native
American 40 Under 40 award by the National Center for American
Indian Enterprise Development (NCAIED). Palmer works for Clark
Construction as a business development associate focusing on the
entertainment and hospitality market segments.
The Monahan Company, an Eastpointe-based general contractor
and construction management specialist, recently completed
renovation on the University Prep Academy Science and Math High
School, located in the East Riverfront district. The original 60,000
square-foot, three-floor concrete and masonry structure was
completely revamped to include classrooms and administrative
space. A 19,500 square-foot fourth floor was also added to include a
cafeteria, gymnasium, conference room and terrace, and a 5,000
square-foot addition was constructed to house a music hall.
Schonsheck, Inc., a design, construction, and land development
company based in Wixom, celebrated their 25th Anniversary in
October 2010. The firm has completed over a thousand projects in
that time. The firm also announced that it has recently been awarded
the following projects: a design-build contract by Severstal North
America to construct a 10,600-square-foot Employee Support
Facility Office building at the integrated steel mill in Dearborn; a
design-build out of the new InTouch Credit Union office service
center in Auburn Hills; the design-build contract for the 14,142-
square-foot classroom addition for Lutheran High South in
Frenchtown Township; and design-build expansions and renovations
to the Bill Snethkamp Dodge auto dealership facilities in Lansing.

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Bloomfield Hills, MI 48302-3204 C2AE, an architectural and engineering firm headquartered in
Lansing, was recently the September feature story in the Lansing
Regional Chamber of Commerce Publication, FOCUS. The story was
entitled, “C2AE: A Successful Transition to a New Era.” The firm is also
pleased to announce that their design of the new gymnasium and
stage addition at Ada Christian School received LEED® for Schools
certification by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC). The 18,000-
www.cammagazineonline.com square-foot addition is one of only 51 certified LEED for Schools in
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 Clark Construction Company, headquartered in Lansing, recently
signed and installed the final beam in the Demmer Wellness Pavilion
and Dialysis Center in Petoskey. Northern Michigan Regional Health
Systems representatives and local officials were on hand for the
ceremony. Clark Construction Company also recently announced
that their project The Madonna University Franciscan Center for
Science and Media, has received LEED Gold certification from the
U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC). The Franciscan Center, located
at 3660 Schoolcraft Road, becomes Livonia’s first LEED certified
building.
Ghafari Associates, an architectural and engineering firm with
offices in Chicago, has been awarded a contract with Canadian
aviation giant Bombardier Aerospace to redevelop its manufacturing
complex in Montreal to support the lean manufacture of the
CSeries™ aircraft. Ghafari Associates is based locally in Dearborn.
Fleis & VandenBrink Engineering Inc. said today that it has
merged with Gould Engineering, Inc. in Grand Blanc and Flint to
expand its offering of engineering and construction management
services in eastern Michigan. Fleis & VandenBrink is one of the top
engineering firms in western Michigan with more than 125
employees. Their headquarters are in Grand Rapids with satellite
offices in Traverse City, Muskegon, Kalamazoo, Midland, Lansing, Fort
Wayne, and Indianapolis, IN.
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The Michigan Regional Council of Carpenters & Millwrights
(MRCC) – Michigan’s largest construction trade union – recently
announced the launch of their new website. The site has exciting
new features, including: An Interactive Map; Support Our Troops; Live
News Ticker; and Charity/Community. The new MRCC website can be
found at www.hammer9.com.
United Rentals, Inc. today announced a new mobile website that
provides one-touch access to the world's largest equipment rental
fleet and customer service team. The mobile version of
unitedrentals.com uses a state-of-the-art Smart Phone Interface that
makes it easy for customers to search for equipment, request rental
quotes, and locate nearby branches via the GPS in their mobile
phones.
Rochester Hills-based Giffels-Webster recently launched a new
website fully compatible with leading mobile platforms. Driven by a
visual interface and featuring clean, artistic photography, the site
highlights the company’s civil engineering, surveying and planning
capabilities and expert leadership team committed to building
better communities. In addition to intuitive architecture and
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NEW MEMBERS – CONSTRUCTION CALENDAR – ADVERTISERS INDEX
AGS HOLDINGS INC DBA LUSH LAWN,
GRAND BLANC
AIR TEMP MECHANICAL, LLC, REDFORD
ARCH ENVIRONMENTAL GROUP, INC., FARMINGTON
HILLS
BEHLER YOUNG COMPANY, GRAND RAPIDS
BENNETT ASPHALT PAVING, INC., TROY
BRIGHTON GLASS, BRIGHTON
CHARRETTE STUDIOS, INC. - DESIGN SERVICES,
CLINTON TWP.
CLASSIC CONSTRUCTION,GROSSE ILE
COLONIAL FOUNDATION, INC., STERLING HTS.
CONSTRUCTION LIEN SERVICES,CLARKSTON
CONTINENTAL CONTRACTING, OAKLAND TWP.
DADOW POWER EQUIPMENT, BATTLE CREEK
DEERE ELECTRIC, INC.,TECUMSEH
DOOR SECURITY SOLUTIONS NORTH SHORES,
WIXOM
ENERGYBRIGHT, LLC, LAINGSBURG
FOX ALUMINUM PRODUCTS, HAZEL PARK
FREEMAN INTERIORS, INC., CANTON
Nov
CONSTRUCTION
CALENDAR
Please submit all calendar items no less than six weeks prior to the event to:
Calendar Editor, CAM Magazine, P.O. Box 3204, Bloomfield Hills, MI 48302-3204.
Industry Events
Nov. 12 – Law Forum – Butzel Long’s 23 Annual
Labor, Employment and Immigration Law Forum
will be held at the Dearborn Inn in Dearborn.
More information is available at
www.butzel.com/labor2010.
Nov. 15 – BrickStainable Design
Competition Registration Deadline –
Teams of architects, engineers, material scientists,
landscape architects, ecologists, students and
others can design a sustainable building using
clay brick as the primary material in this
competition held by Pontiac Valley Brick.
Competition entries are due December 15.
Competition requirements are available at
www.BrickStainable.com.
Dec. 15-16 - NeoCon® East – The eighth
annual NeoCon East will be held at the Baltimore
Convention Center in Baltimore, MD. This design
exhibition for commercial interiors will focus on
the federal government and will attract industry
professionals who are responsible for the repair,
retrofit and green building modernization of city,
state and federal buildings.
For more information about NeoCon East, visit
www.neoconeast.com, or call 800-677-6278
(MART).
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GADZINSKI ACCOUNTING & TAX SERVICE, INC.,
ISHPEMING
GAV & ASSOCIATES, INC., FLINT
GLOBE PRINTING & SPECIALTIES, INC., ISHPEMING
GREEN MEADOWS LAWNSCAPE, INC., STERLING HTS.
iDASHBOARDS, TROY
INSTA-DRY BASEMENT SYSTEMS, INC., ROMULUS
JCS CONSTRUCTION SERVICES, LLC, COMMERCE
TWP.
JOHN B. YOB AIA NCARB, PLC, ROYAL OAK
JOHN DEMATTIA CONSTRUCTION, LLC, PLYMOUTH
KLOBUKOWSKI BUILDING COMPANY, SHELBY TWP.
LARSONS INSURANCE SOLUTIONS AGENCY,
LIVONIA
LAW OFFICE OF KURT A OLSON, P C, FARMINGTON
HILLS
LYNDON FABRICATORS, INC., REDFORD
MARDAN, INC., MARQUETTE
MARTIN HEATING & COOLING, CLARE
MECHANICAL DESIGN & INSTALLATION, WIXOM
NORTHERN MICHIGAN BUILDING TRADES
COUNCIL, MARQUETTE
Feb. 2 – Michigan Construction & Design
Trade Show – CAM is pleased to announce that
their tradeshow this year will be held at Motor City
Casino Hotel in Detroit. Along with numerous
exhibits for construction products and services,
the one-day event will include CAMTEC
educational programs; the CAM Magazine Special
Issue / Green Building of the Year Awards; the
125th CAM Annual Meeting; and much more!
Visit www.cam-online.com for more information,
or call (248) 972-1000.
Training Calendar
CAMTEC Class Schedule
CAMTEC, the training & education center of the
Construction Association of Michigan, has
announced its fall class schedule. For registration
information, and the most up-to-date class
listings, please visit our website at
www.cam-online.com.
Start Date Class
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Nov. 10 . . . FA, CPR, AED Combined
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NEW MEMBERS
OAKWOOD GOLF CLUB, LTD., OXFORD
PATTON TOOL & DIE, LEXINGTON
PELOTON, INC., OTSEGO
R. E. MOORHOUSE & ASSOCIATES, INC.,
BLOOMFIELD HILLS
R W WELDING, INC., MIDLAND
ROBERTSON & BADRAK ST. CLAIR SHORES
SIGNATURE SERVICES, DETROIT
STERLING HEIGHTS DODGE CHRYSLER JEEP RAM,
STERLING HTS.
STONE SPECIALISTS, INC., BURTON
THERMAL WALL CONSTRUCTION SYSTEMS, INC.,
ARMADA
TRI COUNTY BUILDERS HARDWARE, INC.,
STERLING HTS.
UNION CAISSON, DEARBORN HTS.
VALLEY WATERPROOFING & PAINTING, LLC,
FRANKENMUTH
YOUR DESIGN OR MINE LANDSCAPE
& SNOW REMOVAL, DETROIT
ZEN CUSTOM INTERIORS, ROYAL OAK
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Aluminum Supply Company
/Marshall Sales ..................................................................5
CAM - Affinity ....................................................................IBC
CAM Magazine Online ......................................................45
CAM Marketplace................................................................42
CAM On-line Plan Room ..................................................33
CAMTEC..................................................................................15
CAM TradeShow ..................................................................21
Cochrane Supply & Engineering ....................................19
Connelly Crane Rental Corp. ..........................................41
Curran Crane, J J ..................................................................38
Davis Iron Works..................................................................34
Detroit Terrazzo Contractors Association ......................7
Doeren Mayhew ..................................................................11
Engineered Buildings, Inc.................................................29
Ferndale Electric ................................................................IFC
G2 Consulting Group ........................................................20
Hartland Insurance Group, Inc. ......................................13
Hilti ..........................................................................................11
IBEW Local 252 ....................................................................17
IBEW-NECA ..........................................................................23
Jeffers Crane ........................................................................24
MasonPro, Inc. ........................................................................9
Navigant Consulting ..........................................................29
North American Dismantling Corp. ..............................17
Oakland Companies ............................................................7
Oakland Metal Sales, Inc. ..................................................27
PM Technologies ................................................................35
Plante & Moran, PLLC ........................................................25
Plumbing Professors ............................................................7
SMRCA ....................................................................................10
Scaffolding Inc. ....................................................................29
TEMP-AIR ..............................................................................20
Trend Group ........................................................................BC
Valenti Trobec Chandler Inc. ..............................................3
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