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February 1 2025 Vol. XXXI • No. 3
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Butler Machinery Co. Celebrates 70 Years of Excellence...8
AED Gathers in Orlando, Fla., For Its Annual Summit/CONDEX...28
World of Concrete Hosts Thousands for Its 51st Annual Event...34
Since the 1800s, the Missouri River has been an important means of transporting people and goods from its source in Montana and the Dakotas to St. Louis where it joins the Mississippi River. Some 2,300 mi. in length, the Missouri River is similar in length to the Mississippi but carries less river traffic. Sending agricultural products, farm equipment, asphalt and other items downriver by barges is a cheap means of transportation. A single barge carries the equivalent of 60 loaded semis.
By Chuck MacDonald CEG CORRESPONDENT
see USACE page 60
Table of Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 Attachments & Parts Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35-39 Aggregate & Recycling Section . . . . . . . . . . . . .45-59 Truck & Trailer Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .69-73 Auction Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .76-83 Business Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .78 Advertisers Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .82
Kansas City District, USACE photo
The Corps is using $300 million from the bipartisan infrastructure bill to oversee the repair of some 7,000 river structures.
Steamrolled By BABA Rollback? Federal Highway Administration Officially Eliminates Its Domestic Manufacturing Waiver On Federally Funded Projects In mid-January, FHWA published a final rule on the 1983 waiver of the regulation on the use of Americanmanufactured products on federal projects. The waiver limited application of the agency’s Buy America requirements to iron and steel. That allowed contractors on FHWA projects to seek other products from foreign sources. And that waiver flies in the face of former President Joe Biden’s goal to boost domestic manufacturing By Lucy Perry
CEG CORRESPONDENT
see ROLLBACK page 74
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Former President Biden wanted to see the Buy America program match the Build America Buy America requirements.