Exceeding Expectations

BB&T Ballpark: View from behind Home Plate, and the seats bowl being installedThe Civil and Infrastructure Group was also challengedby a unique problem as the work at BB&T (CharlotteKnights) Stadium got underway. A section of 3rd Streetran through the very center of the proposed field. At thatpoint 3rd Street was a one-way street, three lanes wide,that carried inbound commuter traffic. In order to meet theneeds of commuters, two lanes were to be added to 4thStreet, thus resulting in two lanes for outbound traffic andtwo lanes for inbound traffic. WBI worked with its clientand local utilities to plan the widening, including planningrelocation of all utilities, installation of new storm drainage,curb and asphalt. Crews from Wayne Brothers removed 3rdStreet and crushed the demolished concrete on the site,using it as working base for the rest of the project, savingsome 800 tons of material from the landfill. The successfuldemolition of 3rd Street allowed the removal of the existingutilities so that the next phase of excavation could begin.Josh Dahlbeck, Project Manager, also reported thatWBI crews were near completion of their scope of workon the Talison Row Apartments in Daniel Island, SouthCarolina. The finished apartment complex was designedto include nine apartment buildings, a clubhouse, and ahealth club building. Company crews had placed 6,500cubic yards of footing, column, slab-on-grade and stairconcrete, in addition to about 5,000 cubic yards of cast-inplacepost-tension concrete. WBI crews enjoyed workingwith client Carocon’s project teams, and looked forward tocontinuing the successful partnership on future projects.An extremely successful 2012 ended with a flurryof additional opportunities for Wayne Brothers. As the82 EXCEEDING EXPECTATIONS