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does encounter throughout its road building endeavor .
“ A lot of people think we are out there mining coal , and we are not — that ’ s not what we do , we build roads for a living ,” notes Gaither . “ But we optimized the design so that if we encounter coal within the footprint of the project , then by mandate we are required to harvest those natural resources . We use that revenue to offset the cost of the project so we can give VDOT and the citizens of Virginia a better value .”
The concept of coal synergy is also one way that the Corridor Q project is bringing both infrastructure and jobs to the region immediately . “ The project wouldn ’ t be done if it wasn ’ t for coal synergy — that ’ s what ’ s helping fund the project ,” says Gaither . “ If it wasn ’ t for coal synergy , we wouldn ’ t be doing the work and the people we ’ re employing down there to do the work wouldn ’ t have that job .”
WORKING CLOSELY FOR HIGHER SAFETY STANDARDS To achieve the goals of this project , Bizzack Construction has been working very closely with the Virginia Department of Transportation from the start , with submittals to VDOT at every step of the design stage for review and approval before moving forward . During the build stage , VDOT and Bizzack rely on a multi-layered approach to quality control to ensure that the construction process stays up to standard .
“ We have three layers of quality control on the project — quality control , quality assurance , and
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