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November 13 2010 Vol. XVII • No. 23
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I-90 Gets Upgrade in S.D. U.S. Companies
Assist Rescue of Chilean Miners By Mary Reed CEG CORRESPONDENT
GIE+EXPO Draws Crowds to Louisville...29
Mid Country Machinery Hosts Open House...44
Eastbound paving takes place on 3.5 mi. (5.6 km) stretch of Interstate 90 at Sturgis, S.D. The two-year project included epoxy chip seal overlays on four bridges, and concrete overlays on another four bridges.
By Dorinda Anderson CEG CORRESPONDENT
Safety was a key factor in reconstructing a 3.5 mi. (5.6 km) stretch of Interstate 90 and approach slabs for eight bridges at Exit 30 at Sturgis, S.D. The project took place from the Lawrence County line at Exit 28 to just west of the Exit 32 interchange in the northern Black Hills of South Dakota on the western edge of the state. A curve at Exit 30 and a narrow 30-ft. bridge caused some safety issues that needed to be addressed, said Brenda Flottmeyer, lead project engineer of the South Dakota Department of Transportation. Alex Lyon & Son Holds Sale in Racine...70
see UPGRADE page 24
Table of Contents ........4
U.S. Shuns Some Public Works
Trucks & Trailers ..31-36
By David Porter and Michael Rubinkam ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITERS
Business Calendar......54 Crushing, Screening & Recycling Section 55-64 Auction Section ....69-75 Advertisers Index ......74
NEWARK, New Jersey (AP) New Jersey’s governor wants to kill a $9 billionplus train tunnel to New York City because of runaway costs. Far away, Hawaii’s outgoing governor is having second thoughts about a proposed $5.5 billion rail line in Honolulu. In many of the 48 states in between, infrastructure projects are languishing on the drawing board, awaiting the right mix of creative financing, political arm-twisting and timing to move forward. And a strug-
gling economy and a surge of political candidates opposed to big spending could make it a long wait. Has the nation that built the Hoover Dam, brought electricity to the rural South and engineered the massive interstate highway system lost its appetite for big public works projects? At a time when other countries are pouring money into steel and concrete, is the United States unwilling to think longterm? “My sense is things have changed,” said Andrew Goetz, a University of Denver professor and an expert on transportation polisee PROJECTS page 49
The main shaft of the 125-year-old San Jose Mine near Copiapo, 500 mi. north of Santiago, Chile, collapsed on Aug. 5, 2010. An estimated 700,000 tons of rock shifted, trapping 33 men 2,300 ft (700 m) underground. The group was able to reach a reinforced area serving as an emergency refuge in the gold and copper mine, privately owned by Compania Minera San Esteban Primera. The majority of the trapped men are from Copiapo and range in age from Mario Gomez, who is in his early sixties and has worked in mines since he was 12, to 19-year-old Jimmy Sanchez, a new father whose baby was a month old at the time of the collapse. A meticulously organized rescue plan to be carried out by an international cooperative effort swung into action, overseen by Codelco, the stateowned mining enterprise and the largest company in Chile. However, it was not only due to the sterling above-ground efforts that the men returned safely. The party organized itself to help itself, led by shift supervisor Luis Urzua. According to psychologists assisting the trapped men to cope with their situation, this cohesion and direction of purpose was vital to their mental health, while also helping them see RESCUE page 20
The Schramm T130XD is seen here on site at the San Jose Mine.