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May 11, 2013 • Vol. IXX • No. 10 • 470 Maryland Drive • Ft. Washington, PA 19034 • 215-885-2900 • Toll Free 800-523-2200 • Fax 215-885-2910
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Cooperation Key to Rebuilding Jackson Blvd. By Irwin Rapoport CEG CORRESPONDENT
How ell Tractor Hosts Kaw asaki Event...10
IAA P Showcases Aggregate Services...20
Nit kes Auct ion Bri ngs in L arge Cro wd s.. .68
Table of Contents ................4 Paving Section ............33-45 Parts Section ................56-57 Attachments Section ..69-89 Auction Section ........96-107 Business Calendar ..........102
The $18 million reconstruction of 1.36 mi. (2.2 km) of Jackson Boulevard (state Highway 44) in Rapid City, S.D., where the main phase of the work began in March, is comprised of two contracts — the department of transportation (SDDOT) and the city of Rapid City. This is a situation where tight coor-
dination and timing is essential to meet the 170day completion schedule. Heavy Constructors Inc. (HC) was awarded the urban reconstruction project, with the DOT portion covering the urban road reconstruction, concrete paving, curbs and gutters and storm sewers and the city seeking the complete reconstruction of the water and sewer
system. “The specifications from the DOT are about 500 pages and the city’s are about 300 pages,” said Sean Hogard, HC’s project manager. “They have to mesh with each other. The DOT has at least eight sepsee SDDOT page 52
The project requires the various utilities to look after their infrastructure so that the project remains on schedule.
Industry Urges Approval for Keystone XL Seventeen national construction associations joined Associated Equipment Distributors (AED) in comments supporting the U.S. State Department’s Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Keystone XL pipeline permit application and urging swift approval of the project. The State Department issued the EIS in response to TransCanada’s May 2012 application to complete the proposed pipeline segment from Canada to Nebraska. In addition to the environmental findings, the report concludes the project would support more than 42,000 jobs, translating to $2 billion in earnings for workers. Direct expenditures associated with building the pipeline, such as construction and material costs, would total approximately $3.3 billion. “From equipment and material suppliers to contractors and manufacturers, the construction industry agrees: the Keystone XL pipeline is critical to jobs, economic growth, and national security, and
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Operations were put on hold for November and December, and in January work began on a large part of the sanitary and storm sewers, water pipes and traffic control switches.
Obama Taps Charlotte Mayor to Run Transportation Dept. By Julie Pace AP WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT
WASHINGTON (AP) President Barack Obama is nominating Charlotte, N.C., Mayor Anthony Foxx to run the Transportation Department, a White House official said. The White House official said that as mayor, Foxx has experience in boosting transit infrastructure and using those projects to create jobs. He oversaw a program to cre-
ate an electric tram service to Charlotte, an expansion of a light rail system and the opening of a third runway at the city’s airport. Foxx was first elected Charlotte mayor in 2009. Foxx would replace outgoing Secretary Ray LaHood, one of the few Republicans serving in the Democratic administration. (This story also can be found on Construction Equipment Guide’s Web site at www.constructionequipmentguide.com.)