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John holds the following certifications, as they are mandatory for the work that he has overseen for the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority (ISTHA):

• First Aid & CPR & AED
• Excavation, Digging & Locates: AST 2020 Field Station
• Fall Protection & Bucket Trucks: AST 2020 Field Station
• Cranes – Rigging, Signals & Load Charts: AST 2020 Field Station
• Backing, Spotting & Load Securement: AST 2020 Field Station
• MOT & Closures: AST 2020 Field Station
• Fall Protection Hazard Awareness
• Traffic Control Hazard Awareness
• Confined Space Hazard Awareness
• Locates Best Practices (One Call Compliance)
• Trenching & Excavation Hazard Awareness
• Electrical Hazard Awareness
• Load Securement

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This five-phase project will improve fourteen miles of I-20, I-26 and I-126 that includes the area commonly called “Malfunction Junction”.

We are providing the design and the lighting for these two phases, which includes both high mast towers along the interstates and interchanges as well as conventional roadway lighting along the ramps and side streets. Phase 2 includes a very complex Diverging Diamond Interchange at the crossing of US176 and I-20. Information here for the Carolina Crossroads overall project: https://www.SCDOTCarolinaCrossroads.com

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Wi-Skies holds a key role with Tennessee Department Of Transportation, where we are in the process of overhauling the Department’s lighting policy manual, specifications and standard drawings! Much of this work is essential due to evolving technologies and national recommended practice, but also due to debatable language and directive within the existing policies that put the Department at risk for design-build efforts.

Wi-Skies experience on the other side of the table provides invaluable insight to improved contract language, which would be difficult to debate in the future. This work also includes adding several standard drawings in an effort to streamline the design and construction work throughout the state.

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However, urban curb still exists in portions of the roadway and the lighting was installed based on the original urban collector setting and subsequent setbacks.  Because of this, most of the lighting installed on the outside of the roadway is within unprotected clear zone and subject to frequent knock-downs.  As the entire 6.5 mile corridor is continuously lit, this results in a lot of maintenance.  To properly address this situation, coupled with inadequate lighting, the recommendation was made to provide a new lighting system through the corridor which will increase pole setbacks coupled with barrier protection as warranted.  This new lighting system will also replace and upgrade the existing lighting along the median wall, where applicable. 

As the corridor was untouched for decades, full survey, LIDAR and SUE is necessary, which we are coordinating the effort on through our sub-consultant.  The entire electrical system, including service point locations, cabling and conduit except for that within the barrier walls for the lighting system will be replaced as part of this project as well. 

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Sixteen miles of I-26 is being expanded to accommodate an additional lane in each direction from mile post 85 to 101 north of Columbia, South Carolina. As part of the project, two interchanges are being revised which include full lighting design which Wi-Skies is responsible for designing. Additionally, Wi-Skies will design and implement a new state of the art Weigh-In-Motion (WIM) system in the northbound direction.

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In that position Mark was responsible for the oversight of design, construction, maintenance and operations of the Department’s electrical and lighting facilities. Mark has an unprecedented reputation in the industry and is very well-known and extremely respected by his peers. We are ecstatic to have Mark a part of our outstanding team! 

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Congratulations to our excellent staff for being selected as one of the four statewide lighting designers for the next three years. We look forward to serving our newest client!

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