{"id":2899,"date":"2024-12-30T14:59:13","date_gmt":"2024-12-30T14:59:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prairieprod.vcnastaging.com\/?p=2899"},"modified":"2024-12-30T14:59:13","modified_gmt":"2024-12-30T14:59:13","slug":"this-road-rocks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prairie.com\/fr\/this-road-rocks\/","title":{"rendered":"This Road Rocks"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Damage from relentless truck traffic would force the\u00a0Indiana Rail Road Company<\/strong>\u00a0to spend way too much time and money maintaining the compacted-aggregate pavement it originally chose for the loading lane at a new intermodal test site.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s the view\u00a0Theron Tobolski<\/strong>\u00a0of Prairie Material shared with company officials when he asked if they would consider using\u00a0roller-compacted concrete<\/a>\u00a0(RCC) for the project instead.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe were glad to find that IRRC was open to alternatives,\u201d Tobolski reports. \u201cWe felt confident that, when they factored in the cost of dealing with ruts and dips caused by heavy loading activity, they\u2019d see Prairie RCC as the better choice.\u201d<\/p>\n

Officials for the Indianapolis-based carrier, which hauls more than 800,000 truckloads of freight annually in southwest Indiana and central Illinois with nationwide connections through Chicago and other cities, reviewed the life cycle analysis, maintenance issues and long-term durability of both pavements. They then opted for RCC \u2013 and chose paving contractor\u00a0K-Five Construction Corp<\/strong>. of Lemont, Illinois to get the job rolling.<\/p>\n

Super strength for multi-ton loads<\/h2>\n

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The new plan called for 18 inches of RCC, placed in 6-inch lifts, to replace the 42 inches of compacted aggregate originally specified. The 1,500-foot, 150-foot-wide pavement would run between 2 rail lines, allowing loading of multi-ton containers from either side. A final curing compound would prepare the all-RCC surface for duty.<\/p>\n

K-Five crews drew on experience building the RCC pavement supporting a heavy-duty crane at\u00a0CSX<\/strong>\u2019s intermodal yard on Chicago\u2019s south side and a 7,000-yard placement for the new\u00a0Central States Trucking<\/strong>\u00a0terminal in Joliet, Illinois.<\/p>\n

\u201cRCC goes down a lot like asphalt but reacts, handles and cures like concrete,\u201d says K-Five Chief Estimator\u00a0Pat Finn.\u00a0<\/strong>\u201cSince we have so much experience placing both materials, we can draw on both skill sets.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mobile plant speeds mix production<\/h2>\n

The 3-day construction schedule, along with the unique mix requirements of RCC, meant that Prairie would need a dedicated plant to produce all 6,500 yards needed for the job.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe brought a ribbon mixer to our Kentucky Avenue plant in Indianapolis to meet the production rates K-Five was looking for,\u201d says\u00a0Doug Dalton<\/strong>, territory manager for Prairie in Indiana. With the portable plant on site, Prairie was able to produce 8-yard loads in 30-second cycles, he reports.<\/p>\n

RCC \u2018gives us an advantage\u2019<\/h2>\n

K-Five crews have learned that moisture and compaction are the tricky parts of handling RCC, says Finn. \u201cIt\u2019s such a dry material, but with over time our team has grown confident with it. We\u2019ve had excellent results with standard paving equipment, getting full compaction after two roller passes.\u201d<\/p>\n

As one of the largest paving contractors in the region, \u201cwe like being able to work with customers any way they want to specify the job,\u201d he says. \u201cRCC adds to our arsenal in a way that gives us a competitive advantage. We\u2019re already in the bid stage for several more RCC jobs this year.\u201d<\/p>\n

This latest rail project \u201cwas a great chance for Prairie to show Indiana customers the range of industrial paving options we offer,\u201d Doug Dalton says. \u201cWe look forward to supplying a growing number of RCC projects throughout our area.\u201d<\/p>\n

Discover how RCC is helping cities and towns build better roads at the upcoming\u00a0American Public Works Association Congress<\/a>\u00a0in Chicago, where Prairie\u2019s Theron Tobolski will join\u00a0Matt Mann<\/a>, head of public works for the Village of Streamwood, Illinois and the Portland Cement Association\u2019s Director of Pavements Wayne Adaska in a special presentation on RCC.\u200b<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Damage from relentless truck traffic would force the\u00a0Indiana Rail Road Company\u00a0to spend way too much time and money maintaining the compacted-aggregate pavement it originally chose for the loading lane at a new intermodal test site. That\u2019s the view\u00a0Theron Tobolski\u00a0of Prairie Material shared with company officials when he asked if they would consider using\u00a0roller-compacted concrete\u00a0(RCC) for […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2900,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2899","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prairie.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2899","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prairie.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prairie.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prairie.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prairie.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2899"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.prairie.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2899\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prairie.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2900"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prairie.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2899"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prairie.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2899"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prairie.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2899"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}