6-Mile Mainline Paving Contractor-Warranteed Project - Kentucky DOT

The Harper Company used the Soff-Cut system on the first ever warranty work implemented by the Kentucky DOT - a 12 mile, six lane stretch on I-75 and I-275.

According to Jim Thomas, Vice President of Operations for The Harper Company, "The decision to use Soff-Cut was driven by cost and risk reduction. With the Soff-Cut process, we do not need a water truck and use less labor and less time to cut the same amount of joints. We would normally have two wet-cut saws running in each direction and a washout man behind them washing the joints. With Soff-Cut, two operators saw up and then they blow the dust off the slab with a leaf blower. Because this is warranty work and we own the pavement for ten years, reducing risk was a major factor in choosing the Soff-Cut System."

Developing the warranty specifications is new to the Highway Department. They had input from the industry that included the use of the Soff-Cut system. We jumped at the opportunity to use the Soff-Cut system because this pavement is ours for ten years!"