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August 13, 2016 • Vol. XX • No. 17 • 470 Maryland Drive • Ft. Washington, PA 19034 • 215-885-2900 • Toll Free 800-523-2200 • Fax 215-885-2910
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Inside
Officials Hope to Save Buildings for Roadway Project
Rudd Equipment Company Showcases Hauler…10
Crews remove sections of the existing bridge and place them onto a barge.
NLICA Hosts Construction Expo, Field Day…14
Work on Dresbach Bridge Continues Over Mississippi By Dorinda Anderson CEG CORRESPONDENT
Grad all Ce lebr ates 20, 000th Ex cavat or…16
Table of Contents ..............4 Attachments Section ............ .................................... 31-37 Truck & Trailer Section ........ ....................................55-64 Recycling Section ......75-91 Business Calendar ............92 Auction Section ........96-101 Advertisers Index ..........102
Wider shoulders, fewer stop signs to create continued traffic flow and structural improvements all contribute to enhanced safety on new bridges and traffic system of the interchange of Highway 61 and Interstate 90 where travelers can cross from Dresbach, Minn., to La
Crosse, Wis., over the Mississippi River. Crews have been working on this $187.5 million project since late 2012. Prime contractor Ames Construction of Burnsville, Minn., has been working closely with the Minnesota and Wisconsin Departments of Transportation to ensure construction is completed on time. see BRIDGE page 54
DUBUQUE, Iowa (AP) Dubuque officials say they hope to auction off homes and other buildings, rather than demolish them to make way for a roadway construction project. Public auctions will be held Aug. 13 for six homes and other farm-related structures that must be moved or demolished by Dec. 1, The Telegraph Herald reported. City officials are preparing for the construction of the roadway that will stretch from U.S. Route 20 to U.S. Route 61/151 in the Southwest Arterial corridor and will bypass the city. Assistant city engineer Bob Schiesl said the homes are too nice to not try and save. “We are hoping someone might be interested in the properties, in moving them and relocating them to another property to get some beneficial reuse, or re-purpose the homes, as opposed to deconstructing them,’’ Schiesl said. According to Schiesl, it would cost the city about $20,000 to $30,000 per structure to have them deconstructed if no one bids on the properties. Schiesl said the city has spent more than $9 million to purchase 54 of 56 properties along the Southwest corridor. The last two properties are expected to be acquired by the city by the end of August. About 80 percent of the roadway project’s estimated cost is covered by federal transportation funds. The rest of the costs are being split by the city of Dubuque and Dubuque County. (This story also can be found on Construction Equipment Guide’s website at www.constructionequipmentguide.com.)
Firm Uses Telecrawlers on Major Chicago Jobs II in One Contractors is a Chicago-based general contractor established in 1984. The company specializes in carpentry; excavation; form and place concrete; masonry; reinforcement steel placement; and structural steel erection. II in One recently had three Link-Belt 50ton (45.3 t) TCC-500 telescopic crawler cranes pulling their weight on major construction projects for the city of Chicago.
95th/Dan Ryan Station Terminal Improvements One of the Chicago Transport Authority’s busiest terminals, the 95th/Dan Ryan south terminal occupies the median of the Interstate 94/Dan Ryan Expressway and provides 24-hour Red Line train service and more than 1,000 CTA bus departures on a typical weekday. II in One Contractors Inc. is using a TCC-
500 to build 350 ft. (107 m) of retaining wall on both sides of the expressway to expand the station. The TCC-500 was chosen for its small footprint since only about 25 ft. (7.6 m) of right-of-way space is available with existing rail lines and expressway traffic. Also, light ground bearing pressure was required with see CONTRACTORS page 74