Branch Civil celebrated many successes in 2019. They completed projects ahead of schedule, saved their clients money, created new partnerships, and had a significant impact on the communities in which they serve.
It was a busy year, but here’s their list of the Top Projects of 2019
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Project Name: IKEA Norfolk
Project Location: Norfolk, Virginia
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Project Value: $11,700,000.00
Project Type: Private: Retail
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Project Highlights: Branch Civil developed an 18-acre parcel for IKEA’s 331,000-square-foot retail store/warehouse and a three-story parking garage. The 13-month aggressive schedule required more than 100,000 cubic yards of excavation and imported structural fill within three months of mobilization. Crews also performed several other improvements, including site utilities, storm drain, two large underground detention systems, retaining walls, site concrete, heavy-duty concrete pavement, asphalt pavement, pavement markings, signs, and right of way improvements.
Branch Civil substantially completed all work in March of 2019, and IKEA opened its doors to the public on April 10, 2019.
Project Team:
Scott Taylor Project Manager |
Zachary Hill Project Engineer |
Josh Green General Foreman |
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Project Name: I-64 Widening Exit 200-205
Project Location: Richmond, Virginia
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Project Value: $47.9 million
Project Type: Design-Build, Corman-Branch Joint Venture
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Project Update: Branch Civil was the lead joint venture partner on the I-64 Widening Exit 200-205 Project, and construction along the 5-mile section in Henrico and New Kent counties began in August 2017.
The goals of this project were to create additional traffic capacity throughout a corridor of I-64 that has experienced a large number of vehicle collisions in the past and to increase visibility for VDOT traffic cameras throughout the project limits. Improvements included:
- A 12-foot wide travel lane and a 10-foot wide shoulder in both directions
- Widened bridges over the Chickahominy River
- Improved acceleration and deceleration lanes at the DMV weigh station
- Box culvert extensions
- Installation of an enclosed pedestrian tunnel between the eastbound and westbound DMV weigh stations
- New sound mitigation walls
- New MSE walls and moment slabs at a box culvert to allow inside widening
- New ITS improvements throughout the corridor
- Multiple new overhead signs throughout the project
- New roadway safety lighting at both the eastbound and westbound DMV weigh stations
Despite the extensive time impacts due to extreme inclement weather, this project was completed ahead of schedule and under budget in August 2019.
Project Team:
Jeff Humphreys Design-Build Project Manager (Branch Civil) |
Ryan Gorman Design Coordinator/Integrator (Corman) |
Justin Campbell Project Manager (Branch Civil) |
Jake Leffler Construction Manager (Corman) |
Aaron Straebel Quality Control Manager (Corman) |
Bob Cross Roadway Superintendent (Branch Civil) |
Jim Collins Roadway Superintendent (Branch Civil) |
Shawn Cannon Roadway Superintendent (Corman) |
Kenny Little Structures Superintendent (Corman) |
Gabe Gonzales Structures Superintendent (Corman) |
Chico Georgopoulos Structures Superintendent (Corman) |
Albert Miller Structures Superintendent (Corman) |
Wheeler Dey Project Engineer (Corman) |
Jonathan Smith Project Engineer (Corman) |
Kellie Gilbert Project Engineer (Branch Civil) |
Kevin Duffy Project Engineer (Branch Civil) |
Mohamed Mousa Project Engineer (Branch Civil) |
Butch Barber Foreman (Branch Civil) |
Julie Krotendofer Foreman (Branch Civil) |
Sammy Seals Foreman (Branch Civil) |
Sean Gough Foreman (Branch Civil) |
Misael Martinez Foreman (Branch Civil) |
Troy Shepard Foreman (Branch Civil) |
Carlos Funes Foreman (Corman) |
Francisco Hernadez Foreman (Corman) |
Hector Barahona Foreman (Corman) |
James Waters Foreman (Corman) |
Larry Hamilton Foreman (Corman) |
Thomas Pennington Foreman (Corman) |
Ralph Thomas Foreman (Corman) |
Shawn Kelley Foreman (Corman) |
Terrence Jiggets Foreman (Corman) |
Emily Partin Project Clerk (Branch Civil) |
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Project Name: Southgate Drive
Project Location: Blacksburg, Virginia
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Project Value: $38,361,632
Project Type: VDOT
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Project Highlights: The purpose of this project was to construct an interchange and new primary entrance to the Virginia Tech Campus. The existing Southgate Drive utilized a signalized intersection while this project provided a grade-separated interchange with two bridges and a diverging diamond design. The new Southgate Drive provides two lanes of travel in each direction for traffic and ties into Duck Pond Drive via a roundabout. The new alignment also ties into Research Center Drive via a roundabout, new alignment section, and realignment of three existing intersections on Innovation Drive. This project also included constructing portions of the Virginia Tech Huckleberry Trail as well as two new pedestrian tunnels, one under Southgate Drive and another under Research Center Drive.
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Chad Sutton Project Manager |
Jessica Ishihara Project Engineer |
Jim Freeman Superintendent |
Billy Mayo Superintendent |