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December 7, 2013 • Vol. IXX • No. 25 • 470 Maryland Drive • Ft. Washington, PA 19034 • 215-885-2900 • Toll Free 800-523-2200 • Fax 215-885-2910
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Crews Finish InterchangeAhead of Schedule By Dick Rohland CEG CORRESPONDENT
JCB Announces New Partnership...8
Felling Fights Breast Cancer...48
Sen. Boxer Ear ns Award. .. 97
Table of Contents ............4 Truck & Trailer Section .... ..................................41-50 Recycling Section ....51-65 Attachment & Parts Section ......................67-71 Snow & Ice Section..73-74 Auction Section ....92-101 Business Calendar ........94 Advertisers Index ........102
Residents and businesses straddling TH 36 in Maplewood, Minn., a northern suburb of St. Paul, have a mi. (1.6 km) long stretch of highway back in operation after a 75 day closure and a new interchange for their community of 38,000. After a fast paced, five month construction schedule, road crews built a diamond interchange to replace a busy, signalized, at-grade crossing of the highway by English
Street, a primary city arterial. Bridge crews raised a bridge to carry English Street traffic over the highway while road crews upgraded the highway below to freeway standards. By completing this interchange, MnDOT and the city of Maplewood have eliminated the last signalized intersection on TH 36 in Ramsey County. This upgrade is part of the Minnesota Department of Transportation’s (MnDOT’s) long term vision to make the highway a see INTERCHANGE page 32
ARTBA Forecasts Moderate ’14 Growth The American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) is forecasting that beyond a modest increase in construction costs nationwide, the overall U.S. transportation infrastructure construction market will grow five percent from $129 billion this year to $135.8 billion in 2014. ARTBA Chief Economist Alison Premo Black said the market would be led by expected double-digit growth in airport runway and terminal work, a six percent increase in bridge and tunnel construction, and five percent, or better, growth in total investment in waterways and ports, and heavy and light rail. Uncertainty about the level of federal support for state highway programs after next September, however, will continue to depress the road pavement market next year. Black forecasts the pavement market will grow to $54.4 billion in 2014, up 2.6 percent nationally.
This includes $42.7 billion in public and private investment in highways, roads and streets, and $11.6 billion in largely private investments in parking lots, driveways and related structures. The market, however, will be uneven nationwide, she said. ARTBA forecasts paving work to be up in 19 states, see TRANSPORTATION page 90
An American 2350 crane carries a bucket of concrete to build one of the retaining walls alongside the wider, eastbound lanes for the new highway.
AED Welcomes McGuire as New President/CEO Brian P. McGuire will assume his duties with AED on Jan. 6, 2014, and will be based at AED’s headquarters in Oak Brook, Ill.
Associated Equipment Distributors has appointed its new President and CEO, Brian P. McGuire. He will assume his duties with AED on Jan. 6, 2014, and will be based at AED’s headquarters in Oak Brook, Ill. He was most recently the president of the Tooling and Manufacturing Association, headquartered in Park
Ridge, Ill. McGuire, considered a strong, transformational, visionary leader and builder, has a broad professional background in trade associations with an impressive record in public policy advocacy, membership growth, as well as training and educational see AED page 98