Kedzie Avenue at Vollmer Road
| Project Title: | Kedzie Avenue Reconstruction | |
| Location: | Flossmoor, IL, et al. | |
| Client: | Cook County Highway Dept. | |
| General Contractor: | Gallagher Asphalt Corporation | |
| Project Specs/Tonnages: | Excavation | 32,385 Cu. Yds. |
| Aggregate Base | 32,480 T. | |
| Base Asphaltic Course | 8,055 T. | |
| Hotmix Asphalt | 12,010 T. | |
| Surface Course | 5,893 T. | |
| GACO Budget: | $7,463,253.85 | |
| Time Frame: | Ten (10) months | |
| Key Services: | Widen Kedzie/Vollmer intersection (N/S/E/W); add temporary pavements to expedite traffic flow; add storm sewers. Remove old road/excavate new lane portions of road frontage on both sides of Kedzie Avenue; rebuild road base—aggregate base, asphaltic binder and surface. Traffic signals. | |
Kedzie Avenue/Olympian Way reconstruction & improvements
Eventually all roads deteriorate to the point that they need resurfacing or even possibly rebuilding from the ground up—especially when numerous improvements are to be introduced. Such was exactly the case with the section of Kedzie Avenue that starts just south of Governor’s Highway in Flossmoor and runs south into the older section of Olympia Fields.
A project of this magnitude requires a full spectrum of contracting services: original surface removal, excavation, installation of all new sewer and drainage, laying down aggregate base, paving base/binder and surface courses, and of course finishing work of curb & gutter, striping and landscaping. Gallagher served as both the general contractor and the excavation/paving contractor, and handled better than 80% of all required services directly, with the balance of required services subcontracted to trusted specialty service companies.
