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Completion Date: October 2009

Location: St. George, Utah

One of the major obstacles of this project was pulling down a rock ledge of approximately 60,000 cubic yards to make room to construct an additional truck lane.  The ledge was originally designed to be blasted but due to proximity of the interstate and the ledge rock, which was comprised of a sand-stone base with a covering of approximately of 30 feet of fractured basalt rock, we incorporated the use of breaker and excavators to tenderly pull the basalt slabs off the sand-stone underlayment.   Due to a great team effort, this work was accomplished safely and without any accidents.

• 84,000 tons of hot-mix asphalt
• 97,000 cubic yards roadway excavation
• 32,000 tons of stone metric asphalt
• 7.2 miles of new guardrail
• 3 million square feet of asphalt paving reinforcement grid- the first project in Utah where the total road was covered with this new product. Projected benefits are to reduce reflective cracking while adding strength to the roadway section without needing to add additional thickness of asphalt

General Contractor: Quality Excavating

Completion Date: 2011

Location: St. George, Utah

Western Rock Products used the Trimble SPS930 Universal Total Station to help verify and document paving results. The system’s accuracy was so good that it helped uncover inconsistencies from the original survey that could be corrected before they grew into major problems. The Trimble technology eliminated the need for string lines. Click here to read Trimble Productivity’s article with more details about the project.

• 50,000 tons asphalt paving

Western Rock Products was the paving subcontractor on the project and  placed approximately 50,000 tons of asphalt on the new runway. Thanks to the Trimble system, the company completed the project on time and within spec, all while controlling the straight edge, smoothness and elevation grade. 

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Western Rock was honored with the Perfect Record Award, an award presented to organizations that work twelve consecutive months without incurring an OSHA recordable injury, illness, days away from work or death.

The Award of Merit, presented to Staker Parson and Western Rock, recognizes organizations that demonstrate improvement in lost time and incident rates and/or maintain rates that are consistently below the industry average. In addition to extremely stringent date requirements, applicants for these awards must have functioning safety programs that include a formal written safety and health plan, emergency plans, safety and health inspections, safety trainings and employee safety committees.

Chris Kinnersley, Staker Parson VP of Safety & Human Resource, credits Western Rock’s excellent safety record to a behavior-based safety (BBS) process that values the active involvement and ownership of every employee in the safety culture. One of the employees involved in the BBS process, Tina Jasper, reports that “BBS has been a positive experience. It has served as an awakening, making me more aware of my safety and aware of others’ safety. I have noticed that coworkers are more comfortable communicating about safety concerns and are offering their suggestions about how we can all improve safety.”

Utah Safety Council’s Awards and Recognition Program is designed to promote prevention of unsafe acts by honoring organizations that are committed to excellent safety performance. The Utah Safety Council has spent over 70 years making Utah a safer place to live and work.