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June 9, 2012 • Vol. IXX • No. 12 • 470 Maryland Drive • Ft. Washington, PA 19034 • 215-885-2900 • Toll Free 800-523-2200 • Fax 215-885-2910 • www.constructionequipmentguide.com
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Road Fund Still Being Raided, Transit Group Says
Titan Machinery Hosts Open House...10
By John O’Conner AP POLITICAL WRITER
Case Supports Victory Garden Initiative...14
Cat Au ction Servi ces Hol ds Sale. .. 90
More than a dozen workers man a Guntert S850 paver and a RexCon Town & Country Placer/Spreader on the way to placing over a mile of 9 in. (23 cm) unbonded concrete in a day.
Work Nears Completion on Minnesota Interstate By Dick Rohland
Table of Contents ............4 Air Compressors, Generators & Light Towers Section ........39-43 Paving Section ........51-63 Auction Section ......83-93 Business Calendar ........86 Advertisers Index ..........94
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The Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) and its contractor, PCI Construction Services Inc. are making good time putting down the final strip of concrete for an un-bonded concrete overlay project on I-35E just outside of St. Paul, Minn. This project, one of several road improvements on the interstate over the years, centers on one of the busier sections of I-35E running north out of White Bear Lake, a suburban lake community located 15 mi. (24 km) north of St. Paul. PCI came in with a low bid of $20.4 million to replace the badly deteriorating
bituminous surface on a four lane section of the interstate stretching between White Bear Lake to its connection with I35W, 10 mi. (16 km) to the north, where both freeways merge into one as I-35. A north south interstate, I-35 connects the northern Minnesota international port city of Duluth to Laredo, Texas, 1,558 mi. (2,500 km) to the south. Though expected to be completed during the 2011 construction season, the project finish date was delayed because of a budget impasse in the Minnesota State Legislature. State offices were closed, workers temporarily laid off and all MnDOT road work interrupted on July 1 of last year for nearly three weeks until the see PROJECT page 38
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) Taxes on gasoline and licenseplate fees are among ways Illinois raises nearly $3 billion a year for road construction and repair. But transit advocates say too little of it is paying for concrete and steamrollers. The Transportation for Illinois Coalition said there would be more “Road Work Ahead” signs on state highways if the road fund wouldn’t finance $176 million for employee health insurance and $21 million for workers’ compensation coverage in the budget year that begins July 1. Another $35 million from the account would go to another state agency for maintaining Illinois Department of Transportation buildings. The coalition’s quest: to reduce “diversions” from the road fund, administered by the Illinois Department of Transportation, by $100 million. That would result in an additional $500 million — and 14,000 additional jobs — over the next five years to keep up with deteriorating pavement, the group said. see FUND page 36
AGC Calls On Administration to Reconsider Quotas The Associated General Contractors of America joined with 10 other national business associations in calling on the Obama administration to reconsider a series of new hiring mandates it wants to impose on contractors working on federal projects. Association officials noted that the government has failed to produce any data justifying the very costly and incredisee AGC page 32