03/28/2026
This past Thursday morning, we left our Shop in Bessemer, Al. at 7:00 AM CST and drove 500 miles to a Bridge Jobsite in Conway, SC. to drop off our Large Bridge Tool Trailer. About an 8 Hour Drive. We were back on the jobsite Friday morning a little before
7:00 AM EST.
The 210 Ton Hydraulic AT Truck Crane was Set Up and ready to go about 8:15. The Two Contech Bridge Trucks / Meteor Express, met me at the Intersection to turn into the Jobsite at 8:30. We maneuvered them through the Large Park Area, under Construction, and Backed them up to the Crane to Unload one at a time. We had the Two Bridge Sections Unloaded, Properly Set on Wood Cribbing, Spliced Together, Bolts Properly Impacted to Turn of the Nut, Metal Decking Installed at the Splice Joint, and had our Spreader Bar and Rigging Redone to the Proper 1/3 Pick Points, and Lifted the Bridge up Perfectly Level and Swung over the Creek and Properly Located and Set Down on the Two Concrete Abutments at 10:40 AM EST.
Might have been a Gold Medal Morning.
We then began to Drill & Epoxy the 8 Anchor Bolts.
I hit the road and headed back at 12:00 Noon. The guys had the Bridge Secured, the Jobsite Completely Cleaned Up & Picked Up and all of our Tools Loaded in the Trailer and were leaving an hour or so behind me. The 8 hour drive back turned into 10 hours due to traffic through Augusta and East Atlanta. 1100 miles in Two Days.
But a very Good Friday morning if I say so myself. It was my first time back on a Bridge Jobsite since mid November and my surgery on 12/29. Man, it was nice to be back out there with the guys and right in the middle of all of the action. Thank You Lord for allowing me to be well enough to get back out there.
A Big Thanks to a New Customer, King Construction and the opportunity to do that job for you. Jacob, Trae & Roy were great to work with from the very beginning and throughout the entire process.
Thanks to Michael Teslich with Stay Dry Waterproofing for a Great Job with the Helical Anchors & Concrete Abutments.
Thanks to Jim Campbell, Codey & Derek and Contech Engineered Solutions for another great job Engineering & Fabricating the Bridge. Y’all are always a pleasure to work with.
Thanks to Superior Cranes for another great job. Bryan Blackwell, Joe Everette and our Operator Chris did another superb job.
Thanks to Dan & Al with Meteor Express. It’s always great to see y’all pull up on our Bridge jobsites.
And a Huge Shout Out to my Awesome 5 Banner Industrial Construction guys. Y’all are the very best.
And I was thrilled to be back out on the job with you guys.
And finally and Mostly, Thank You Lord for another Safe & Successful Bridge job.