water. This meant two sewing machines going at once, one heavy-duty commercial machine for dry land and a smaller battery-operated machine for in the water.” To avoid creating on-site safety hazards and dangers with trucks hauling aggregate, P&J has taken much of the fabric sewing off site and tightly scheduled the on- site laydown. Pieces of fabric are laid side-by-side, sewn together, and thenwrappedup into a roll to be transported to the ROW on a front-end loader. Crews can then pull the material along the ROW to place it and sew it to the previous roll. The geotextile will support the structural foundation of the ROW, and the overlapping fabric at the seams and extra width also provide an additional best management practice to further protect this sensitive environment during construction. Including the sewn fabric, P&J has customized a deliberate delivery system of more than one million tons of material efficiently and safely. With this nationally recognized project for FPL, P&J is reinforcing our reputation as a company that solves complex problems on a large scale and as a major national power contractor. Our Power Delivery Group is looking forward to taking on bigger jobs and expanding our service offerings so we can meet all of our ROW construction needs.
Morgan Pierce Sr. Vice President 919-388-4222 mpierce@pandj.com
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