Midwest #14, 2012

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July 7, 2012 • Vol. IXX • No. 14 • 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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Machines to Nibble Away Under London By Mary Reed CEG CORRESPONDENT

SANY America Partners With RMS...10

Kobelco Produces 25,000th Excavator ...18

Why will Mary and Sophia cross under the River Thames? It’s nothing to do with the old joke about chickens crossing the road, but rather the names of a pair of tunnel boring machines (TBMs) that will help create a new $25 billion (£16 billion) Underground line in London, England. The massive project is proceeding under the aegis of Crossrail Ltd. The largest construction project in Europe at this time, the line will run 73 mi. (118 km) from Maidenhead and Heathrow in the west to Shenfield and Abbey Wood see TUNNELS page 36

London’s Mayor Boris Johnson famously described the TBMs as voraciously nibbling away beneath London, and nibbling for the eastern tunnels will commence in late June or early July this year when assembly of Victoria, the first TBM to be delivered, will begin.

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Congress Emphatically Passes Highway Jobs Bill

Table of Contents ........4

By Alan Fram and Joan Lowy ASSOCIATED PRESS

Parts Section ..............30 Attachments Section...... ..............................37-53 Paving Section ......55-68 Auction Section ......87-99

Business Calendar ......91 Advertisers Index ......98

WASHINGTON (AP) Congress emphatically approved legislation June 29 preserving jobs on transportation projects from coast to coast and avoiding interest rate increases on new loans to millions of college students, giving lawmakers campaign-season bragging rights on what may be their biggest economic achievement before the November elections. The bill sent for President Barack Obama’s signature enables just over $100 billion to be spent on highway, mass transit and other transportation programs over the

next two years, projects that would have expired June 30 without congressional action. It also ends a bare-knuckle political battle over student loans that raged since spring, a proxy fight over which party was best helping voters muddle through the economic downturn. The bill consolidates various transportation programs and reduces the number of programs by two-thirds. States would have more flexibility on how they spend transportation aid. It also revamps rules on environmental studies of the potential impact of highway projects, with an aim toward cutting in half the time it takes to complete consee BILL page 12

Reconstructing Highway 169, I-494 Interchange By Dorinda Anderson CEG CORRESPONDENT

Reconstructing the cloverleaf interchange at Trunk Highway 169 and Interstate 494 in southwest Minneapolis to a flyover system will convert Trunk Highway 169 into a freeway from an expressway to improve safety and mobility. The project area includes Trunk Highway 169 between Valley View Road and Anderson Lakes Parkway, and I-494 between Prairie Center Drive see INTERCHANGE page 34


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