Company: Ronald Franks Construction
Location: Savannah, TN
Project: 650,000 yards of fill, extending almost 2,500 feet long and 350 feet wide; a dam bank access road; blanket drain system; slurry cutoff wall; spillway structure and walking bridge; and, clearing of 400 acres.
Location: Huntingdon, TN
Scope: 650,000 yards of fill, extending almost 2,500 feet long and 350 feet wide.

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Olin Ellsworth may be “twenty-something,” but he considers himself “old-school” when it comes to construction work.

So when the heavy construction manager for Ronald Franks Construction of Savannah, TN, considered how he might successfully land the Reedy Creek Dam project, his first thought was a conventional, total station approach.

The project will create a watershed lake of almost 1,000 acres in Huntingdon, TN. The dam embankment will involve 650,000 yards of fill, extending almost 2,500 feet long and 350 feet wide. It includes a dam bank access road, blanket drain system, slurry cutoff wall, spillway structure and walking bridge – and the clearing of 400 acres in phase one.

Ellsworth knew he would have to maximize his efficiency and productivity to win the bid. In discussions with Rob Binder and Tim Marshall of the Nashville offices of Earl Dudley Associates, Ellsworth was

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