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April 2 2022 Vol. XXVIII • No. 7
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Atlas Bobcat of Mokena: 2022 NA Machine IQ Champion...12
Mecalac Shows Benefits of MCR Line Through Videos...12
Some of the equipment being used on the project includes a tower crane; a Manitowoc 999 crawler crane; concrete pump trucks; hydraulic caisson; and pile drill rigs.
By Cindy Riley CEG CORRESPONDENT Commercial Truck Industry Reunites at Work Truck Week...61
Table of Contents............4
Despite lengthy delays tied to the pandemic, construction is
under way in Michigan on a $920 million, 690,000-gross-sq.-ft. facility that will modernize inpatient and surgical care and increase patient access to those it serves.
Aggregate and Recycling Section.....................27-37
In Out of the Rain
Attachment Section
By Lucy Perry
.................................47-51 Trucks & Trailer Section
.................................61-69 Auction Section .......72-77 Business Calendar.........74 Advertisers Index ..........78
Signing the $1.5 trillion 2022 omnibus spending bill into law in midMarch, President Joe Biden released the full benefits of last fall’s bipartisan infrastructure and jobs act. Not only does highway work move forward with the spending bill’s signing, but energy, maritime, transit, water and airport construction projects launch as well. Praised by the transportation construction industry for its broad infusion into the U.S. economy for years to come, IIJA couldn’t become real-
CEG CORRESPONDENT
“The new hospital, named The Pavilion at University of Michigan Health, is the latest addition to the academic medical center of the University of Michigan,” said T.
Anthony Denton, senior vice president and chief operating officer of the University of Michigan Health System. see HOSPITAL page 60
Omnibus Appropriations Act Covers Transportation Under Funding Umbrella
ity until the omnibus bill was signed. H.R. 2471, the “Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022” provides full-year funding through Sept. 30, 2022, for projects and activities of the federal government. Division N of the bill provides supplemental appropriations for fiscal year (FY) 2022 for Ukraine activities. “Remaining divisions provide authorizations and extensions on a wide variety of government programs and activities,” according to a statement from the White House announcing the president’s signing. see OMNIBUS page 73
