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March 1, 2014 • Vol. IXX • No. 5 • 470 Maryland Drive • Ft. Washington, PA 19034 • 215-885-2900 • Toll Free 800-523-2200 • Fax 215-885-2910
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IFA Makes Moves on I-69 Section 5
Maeda Supplies Crane at Soldier Field...27
The bridge was named for St. Louis Cardinal baseball great Stan Musial, also known as “Stan the Man.” He was a Navy veteran of WWII, and later played 22 seasons as an outfielder and first baseman for the Cardinals.
CAM Inducts New Board of Directors...56
‘Stan The Man’ Span Wraps Up Early, Under Budget in Mo. By Lori Tobias CEG CORRESPONDENT
Yoder & F rey Host s Fl orida Aucti ons.. .90
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There’s been talk about building a new bridge across the Mississippi River to link Missouri to Illinois for more than a quarter century. But it was only in recent years that the project picked up steam. Now, it seems the wait may well have been worth it. The $695 million
project has been completed early and under budget. “It’s very unusual for a large contract to come in like that,” said Randy Hitt, project director of the Missouri Department of Transportation. “It feels great.” The main span of the bridge, which in itself cost $229 million and is officially dubbed the Stan Musial Veterans Memorial Bridge, stretches 1,500 ft.
(457.2 m) across the Mississippi, making it the third longest cable stayed bridge in the United States. The design concept of cable stayed bridges has been around since the 16th century, and has recently regained popularity in part because they are both architecturally interesting, and easier and less expensive to
The Indiana Finance Authority (IFA) Board Feb. 19 made the preliminary selection of I-69 Development Partners, a team led by Isolux Infrastructure Netherlands B.V. to design, build, finance, operate and maintain I-69 Section 5 from Bloomington to Martinsville. Isolux has partnered with the local resources of contractors E&B Paving of Anderson, Force Construction Company of Columbus and Gradex Inc. of Indianapolis to preserve and upgrade the existing state Road 37 to interstate standards. The preferred proposal would design and build the project for $325 million. Construction will begin later this year and the 21 new mi. (33.8 km) of interstate is scheduled to open by the end of 2016, several years ahead of schedule. The contract will limit the length and duration of lane closures to help maintain traffic flow for existing SR 37 traffic. “I am firmly committed to finishing what we started with I-69 from Evansville to Indianapolis so products see MANAGEMENT page 100
see BRIDGE page 36
Attachment & Parts Section ......................................37-39
Review Process Reform Receives Bipartisan Support
Truck & Trailer Section ........ ......................................41-51
By Pete Sigmund
Recycling Section ........69-83
Why do highway construction projects often take a good part of a generation — an average of 13 years — to complete? Many believe the answer lies in two words: excessive review. Everyone in construction seems to favor streamlining the review process. Both parties (and President Obama, in his State of the Union address) have urged a speedup. Lots of proposals are out there, some even in
Business Calendar ............84 Auction Section ........88-103 Advertisers Index ............102
CEG EDITORIAL CONSULTANT
the MAP-21 transportation bill, which passed in 2012. Some would radically reform the present system, giving a single “one stop shop” strong authority to set deadlines. Yet progress is painfully slow. “A highway or bridge project often takes 13 years from concept to conclusion; most of that time is taken in review, not in construction,” said Brian Turmail, a spokesperson of the Associated General Contractors of America (AGC) in Arlington, Va. “Thirteen years is absolutely too long,” said
Nick Goldstein, vice president of environmental and regulatory affairs of the American Road and Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) in Washington, D.C. “I’ve seen other estimates where a project can take even longer — from nine to 19 years.” President Obama recognized the problem in his Jan. 28 address, pledging to “slash bureaucracy and streamline the permitting process for key projects, so we can get more construction workers on the job as fast as possible.” see REVIEW page 98