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August 30, 2014 • Vol. IXX • No. 18 • 470 Maryland Drive • Ft. Washington, PA 19034 • 215-885-2900 • Toll Free 800-523-2200 • Fax 215-885-2910
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Plans in Works for Natural Gas Pipeline in Mich.
Plote Celebrates 50 Years in Busines s...12
In May 2010, the Kansas Legislature passed an $8 billion Transportation Works for Kansas (T-Works), a comprehensive 10-year transportation program, which was designed to create jobs, preserve and upgrade infrastructure and provide multimodal economic opportunities across the state of Kansas.
CAWGC Welcomes 500 to Annual Steak Fry...14
KDOT Improves U.S. 69, I-435 Corridor Under 10-Year Plan By Richard Miller CEG CORRESPONDENT
Bunch B rothe rs Hold s Chi cago Sal e.. .94
Table of Contents ............4 Underground Utility, Trenchers, Trench Boxes & Utilities Section ....52-57 Paving Section ..........73-83 Business Calendar ........87 Auction Section ........91-97 Advertisers Index ..........98
In May 2010, the Kansas Legislature passed an $8 billion Transportation Works for Kansas (T-Works), a comprehensive 10-year transportation program, which was designed to create jobs, preserve and upgrade
infrastructure and provide multimodal economic opportunities across the state of Kansas. The ten-year program funds seven different areas throughout the state of Kansas, including highway preservation, expansion and modernization, aviation projects, rail projects, special county highway funding and
economic development programs. The U.S. 69 and I-435 Interchange Improvement Project in Johnson County, Kan., includes the construction of southbound collectordistributor road network along U.S. 69 between 103rd Street and 119th Street, see KDOT page 84
OSHA Extends Comment Period on Proposed Rule The Occupational Safety and Health Administration announced it will extend the comment period on the proposed rule to improve tracking of workplace injuries and illnesses to Oct. 14, 2014. The proposal, published on Nov. 8, 2013, would amend the agency’s recordkeeping regulation to add
requirements for the electronic submission of injury and illness information that employers are already required to keep. During the public meeting held on the proposal, many participants expressed concern that the proposal may create motivation see OSHA page 97
DETROIT (AP) Plans are in the works for a new natural gas transmission pipeline that could pass through Michigan on its way to Ontario, Canada, raising concerns among some residents whose properties have already been dug up for an ongoing oil pipeline project. Company spokeswoman Vicki Granado said the natural gas project by ET Rover Pipeline, a subsidiary of Energy Transfer Partners, is in a pre-filing process. Another application is due to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission in January. “As currently contemplated, the project will be a 42-inch pipeline with a design capacity up to 3.25 billion cubic feet per day,’’ Granado said. ET Rover Pipeline projects that the project will create more than 5,000 temporary construction jobs and 30 to 40 additional permanent jobs. About 150 mi. (241 km) of the pipeline would be in Michigan, passing through Washtenaw, Livingston, Oakland, Macomb and St. Clair counties. The proposed gas pipeline would partially track the route of the major oil pipeline that’s being replaced by Canadian company Enbridge across Michigan’s Lower Peninsula, the Detroit Free Press reported. Jeffrey Insko, an Oakland County resident, has an online blog for property owners to share experiences and information about the Enbridge project. If the gas project is approved, backhoes, bulldozers and work crews could return to some of the same areas along the oil pipeline’s route to Sarnia, Ontario. “To think of having their lives disrupted and their property torn up again when it hasn’t even been fully restored is a demoralizing prospect,’’ Insko said. Granado said “many factors are carefully analyzed when designing a pipeline route, including environmental issues and community impact. “The company works very hard to be a good neighbor/partner in the communities in which it does business, and our work in Michigan will be no different,’’ she said. (This story also can be found on Construction Equipment Guide’s Web site at www.constructionequipmentguide.com.)