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Illinois’ $400M WaterLink Project Begins Frank Richert photo
Once complete, WaterLink will provide a safe, sustainable drinking water source that meets or exceeds all Illinois EPA drinking water standards.
Royals Select Construction Team for New Ballpark District...12
Expert Rentals Takes Delivery of First Case TL100EV in U.S. ...22
After almost a decade of study and evaluation, the growing communities of Montgomery, Oswego and Yorkville, Ill., are gaining access to a sustainable,
Cindy Riley SAKAI Marks 50 Years in North America, 25 Years in Georgia...29
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Table of Contents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Paving Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29-45 Off Road Trucks Section. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55-69 Snow & Section. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81-84 Table ofIce Contents . . 4 Auction Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88-93 Business Calendar . . 91 Paving Section . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29-45 Advertisers Index. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Off Road Trucks Section. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55-69 Snow & Ice Section. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81-84 Auction Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88-93 Business Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 Advertisers Index. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
long-term drinking water supply. The WaterLink project, a $400 million regional infrastructure investment, will construct approximately 30 mi. of new transmission main, expanding the Lake Michigan service area westward.
“These communities determined their current water source, the Ironton-Galesville deep sandstone aquifer, will be unable to meet projected demand as early as 2050,” Jeff Loster, see WATERLINK page 90
Single Interconnected Ecosystem Physical, Digital Infrastructure Overlap Muddies Concept of Lone Assets, Individual Issues
The waters that distinguish Adobe Stock physical and digital infrastructure photo these days are becoming murky for governments investing in the bones of their boundaries. Survey results show that transportation, power, water, communications, public facilities and the built environment are losing their distinct separateness. The convergence of all of these individual systems is reshaping the whole of infrastructure planning. Business management consulting firm Deloitte A recent survey of government institutions surveyed government institutions in 21 countries
By Lucy Perry
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see ECOSYSTEM page 80
around the world found that infrastructure is becoming a system of systems.