Winter 2017 Newsletter

We at McLean Contracting Company would like to wish our valued employees and their families a joyous holiday season

and a happy and healthy new year

All the best in 2018!

New Year! New Projects!

Project Name: Replacement of Bridge No. 0803800 on MD 254 (Cobb Island Rd.) over Neale Sound

Location: Cobb Island, MD (Charles County)

Owner: Maryland State Highway Administration

Contract Value: $13,271,986

Projected Start Date: January/February 2018

Project Description: The current bridge will be replaced with a 575-foot long steel girder bridge with a 20-foot vertical clearance that consists of six piers in the water. Construction of piers includes driving 36” steel pipe piles over 100 feet long and cast-in-place concrete caps. Footings for abutments will be founded on H-pile. The existing fender system will be removed and a new one will be constructed underneath the new bridge. The project also includes installation of sheet pile walls behind the existing timber bulkheads, construction of cast-in-place concrete retaining walls at the abutments, installation of 1,400 cubic yards of lightweight fill, and utility relocation. After the new bridge is constructed and open to traffic, the old bridge will be removed in its entirety. McLean anticipates the project will take 2 years to complete, with construction of the new bridge and the removal of the existing structure being completed by early 2020.

The McLean Contracting Team has been awarded a NCDOT design build contract to replace the existing 88-year old Perquimans River swing span bridge with a new swing span bridge and replace the existing earthen causeway with a fixed span structure. The new bridge will be 2688 feet long which includes a 196-foot steel through truss swing span structure. This project includes realigning and widening US17 Business from south of the Perquimans River Bridge to north of the US17/NC37 intersection. McLean Contracting Company in association with our Lead Designer RK&K, strategically assembled a team of experts, including Hardesty & Hanover, the world’s leading movable bridge designer, Branch Civil a heavy civil roadway contractor, Steward Machine one of the leading movable bridge machinery and steel fabricators, and EHM a swing span electrical control system expert. The date of availability for this project is January 2, 2018 with a final completion of June 14, 2021. The construction is scheduled to start in summer of 2019. Congratulations to all our team members and we look forward to working with NCDOT to design and construct this project.

Safety Pay$ The Safety Pay$ program has taken off and the committee has

received lots of great ideas. This quarter the winner of the $500 cash award is Elliott Huntley.

Jacob Lougheed was also recognized for his contribution to a safe workplace and was awarded a gift card.

Please continue to submit your ideas and remember safety is everyone’s responsibility.

Elliott Huntley and Ned Fitter

Ned Fitter and Jacob Lougheed

Safety Slogan Contest The Environmental Health and Safety team is excited to announce a contest to pick the new slogan for our safety program! The deadline is December 31st and is quickly approaching. Submit your slogan for a chance to win $100! Here is how the contest works:

• All employees are eligible to participate. • You may enter as many slogans as you like. • All entries received will be narrowed down by the Safety Team. • A team of judges will determine the winner by selecting a slogan

that best fits our safety philosophy. • The person who submits the selected slogan will win $100!!!

Send your entries to Kelly Bodnar at the Main Office via email at kbodnar@mcleancontracting.com

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Ian Beam Rustin Callahan

Earl Chambers III Johnny Cole Terry Drake Brian Fant Ben Frank Henry Gay

Hunter Gowen Mark Malamphy Jawon Moseley

Kevin Mullen Derek Smith

1 Year Oscar Hernandez

Ryan Jones Kelli Koonce

Carlos Gomez Lazo Eric Rodriguez

10 Years Mike Eck

15 Years Kenneth Fitzhugh

Congratulations to Lloyd Bateman who got married October 22, 2017!

TIS THE SEASON FOR GIVING

This season McLean held a food drive for the Maryland Food Bank. Thank you to all the McLean employees who generously donated.

Carol Eyre & Kelli Koonce

The season of giving continued when McLean employees volunteered at Paul’s Place.

Michelle Lafalaise, Tracy Lowther & Paula Sidlowski

Michelle, Julie Bechtel, Tracy & Paula