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“The Nation’s Best Read Construction Newspaper… Founded 1957.” 4 November 12, 2011 • Vol. XVIII • No. 23 • 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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Ritchie Bros. Tops $5B in Online Sales
Briggs Equipment Welcomes Warriors. ..10
Transportation (MoDOT), Ozarks Transportation Organization (a group of local planning partners from nearby cities and counties) as well as statewide transportation planners. Statewide passage of Amendment 3 in 2004 made it possible to schedule the project sooner than otherwise would have been possible. Construction of the $57.1 million project began in May 2009 and is scheduled for completion in October 2012. The prime contractor is Archer
Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers reached and exceeded $5 billion of online equipment sales in the fourth quarter of 2011. Ritchie Bros. (www.rbauction.com) hit this significant milestone on Oct. 6, 2011, at an unreserved public auction at its auction site in Hartford, Conn. Ritchie Bros. introduced its real-time online bidding service in March 2002 as an enhancement of the live auction experience. The usage of the service has grown steadily, and in April 2010 the company introduced online bidding in six additional languages. Today close to 50 percent of the people bidding at Ritchie Bros. auctions participate online in real time; the others participate in person at the auction site. “The idea in designing the online bidding service was to give people an online experience that comes as close as possible to matching the live experience,” said Bob Armstrong, chief operating officer, Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers. “When you’re participating online you can see the assets being sold, you can hear the auctioneer, you can see the numbers changing right before your eyes. It’s as close as possible to being there without the smell of diesel.”
see INTERCHANGE page 98
see SALES page 24
By July 2010, the new northbound Rt.65 to westbound Rt. 60 “flyover” bridge was nearing completion, as work progressed on the eastbound Rt. 60 to northbound Rt. 65 “flyover” bridge.
Roland Machinery Holds Annual Fish Fry...28
Two ‘Fly Over’ Interchanges Readied for Use in Springfield By Jennifer Rupp CEG CORRESPONDENT
AED Hos ts Leade rshi p Aca demy.. .34
Table of Contents ............4 Attachment Section.35-39 Snow & Ice Section..41-47
Two-directional “flyover” ramps and new bridges over the railroad tracks are the main features of a project that is easing congestion and improving safety at the busiest freeway-to-freeway interchange in Missouri outside of the St. Louis and Kansas City metro areas. The 60/65 Interchange reconstruction is a major priority for the Missouri Department of
Crushing, Screening & Recycling Section ....55-69
Company Says Pipeline Delays Could Cost $1M a Day
Truck & Trailer Section .... ..................................81-87
By Grant Schulte
Auction Section ................ ......................Starts on 93 Business Calendar ........94 Advertisers Index ........102
LINCOLN, Nebraska (AP) A Canadian pipeline developer that wants to run an oil line through six U.S. states to Texas refineries would lose at least $1 million a day and suffer “substantial economic harm” if opponents
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delay or derail the project, a top executive said in response to a U.S. lawsuit. Robert Jones, a TransCanada vice president who is overseeing the hotly contested Keystone XL pipeline project, said in a sworn statement that delays would leave the company with unavoidable expenses — such as for pre-ordered construction equipment — and
damage its relationship with shippers. “Successful efforts to delay or derail the permitting process will not only affect TransCanada’s investment in the Keystone XL, but also result in diminishing the value of the entire Keystone pipeline system,” Jones said in an Oct. 7 sworn statement filed in U.S. see PIPELINE page 78