Project Details

Banner's efforts on this project entailed evaluating approximately 60 miles of gravel- and asphalt-surfaced county roadways for changes in condition, resulting in their use as designated haul routes for the construction of a wind turbine farm. Banner worked with the County to identify critical items to be included in a road use agreement between the Developer and the County to keep the best interests of the County's assets in mind. Banner performed pre-construction evaluations of roadways by gathering field data on the condition of roadways and drainage structures, and compiled all information into a GIS system for recordkeeping. Banner then performed a post-construction evaluation of the same roadways once wind turbine farm construction was complete and provided a report of changes in condition and recommendations for restoration efforts based on the language agreed upon by the County and Developer in a Road use agreement. Banner worked with the County to secure fair and adequate funding from the Developer to complete the recommended restoration work.

Banner provided restoration recommendations and options to the County and completed design efforts and construction document production for the desired restoration efforts. We assisted in bidding the work and completing the construction contract documents for the County. Our staff members worked as a team to collaborate on resolutions to items that arose in the field and were not covered in the construction plans.

Additional items Banner provided for this project include: 

  • Rural Roadway Design
  • Haul Road Evaluations/Negotiations
  • Full-time on-site observation of construction activities and oversight of quality control and quality assurance testing efforts 
  • Construction administration
  • Progress meetings and reports
  • Payment applications
  • Contract change orders
  • Project pre- and post-construction paperwork.

The nearly $9M restoration efforts included reclaiming, stabilizing, and paving asphalt roadways; milling and overlaying asphalt roadways; reshaping and excavating soft areas of gravel roadways; and installing new gravel surfacing and vegetative restoration along shoulders and roadway embankment slopes. The restoration of the 60 miles of roadway required over 80,000 tons of asphalt pavement and over 50,000 tons of gravel surfacing.