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November 21, 2015 • Vol. IXX • No. 24 • 470 Maryland Drive • Ft. Washington, PA 19034 • 215-885-2900 • Toll Free 800-523-2200 • Fax 215-885-2910
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Vontz Paving Leads Work on Highway N-11 By Irwin Rapoport CEG CORRESPONDENT
Erb Equipment Celebrates Grand Opening…10
GIE+EXPO Boasts Record Number of Attendees…14
While the work for the $5.2 million Nebraska Department of Roads (NDOR) project for the milling, resurfacing and bridge repairs for Highway N-11 in Hall County, Wood River North and South will only begin in April or May next year, Vontz Paving Inc., based in Hastings, Neb., is carefully planning for the project that is expected to be completed within three months. The prime goal is to resurface 14.7 mi. of a twolane (no median) highway, constructed 17 years ago, from its southern end at Interstate 80 to the northern end at Cairo. The contract was awarded to Vontz at the end of September. Not only will the north-south road be resurfaced and have a 6-ft. (1.8 m) dirt shoulder on either side, but key safety features are being installed to help prevent lane departure crashes and improve highway safety as part of the NDOR design. see NDOR page 83
“The road is in bad shape,” said Wes Wahlgren, PE, NDOR’s District 4 engineer. “The existing pavement has shown a lot of distress and cracking — freeze-thaw is a major issue for us.”
Stalled Construction Projects Hurt Ill. Builders By John O’connor AP POLITICAL WRITER Hydrema Breaks Ground on Headquarters…16
Table of Contents ................4 Trailers Section ............37-57 Snow & Ice Section ......61-66
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) Among the numerous financial headaches caused by Illinois’ budg-
et mess is $700 million in construction projects that Gov. Bruce Rauner halted in the summer, and officials have no estimate of how much more they’ll need to dole out for stopping and, presumably,
Rutgers Unveils BEAST to Study Lifespan of a Bridge
Business Calendar ............76 By Brenda Ruggiero CEG CORRESPONDENT
Paving Section ..............89-99 Auction Section ......104-115 Advertisers Index ............114
restarting them once there’s a spending agreement. About a dozen construction sites will need to be protected from winter at a cost of about $2 million, officials said.
Rutgers University’s Center for Advanced Infrastructure and Transportation (CAIT) recently unveiled the BEAST (Bridge Evaluation and Accelerated Structural Testing) a facility created to study future performance and
lifespan of materials and elements, as well as maintenance, rehabilitation and preservation techniques for aging highway bridges. The system is designed to quantitatively measure stresses and deterioration caused by extreme traffic and environmental loading on full-scale see BEAST page 78
Rauner halted projects at universities, state parks, prisons and even Lincoln’s Tomb in the spring, eyeing a rapidly approaching start to the budget year and no agreedsee ILLINOIS page 100
Data from the BEAST will allow the projection of future performance and longevity of bridge materials and components.