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Relyco Grades for New Lanes on WIS 23
IAAP Holds Convention, Safety Conference in Springfield...8
Walsh Converts McCormick Place Into Care Facility...22
The Wisconsin Department of Transportation’s WIS 23 Expansion, a considerable investment that covers the highway from Plymouth to Fond du Lac is divided into three sections — two rural and one urban — and last May, Relyco Inc. began construction on the first rural section. CEG CORRESPONDENT
By Irwin Rapoport
The Wisconsin Department of Transportation’s (WisDOT) WIS 23 Expansion, a considerable investment that covers the highway
John Deere Begins Production of Face Shields...68
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from Plymouth to Fond du Lac, is divided into three sections — two rural and one urban — and last May, Relyco Inc. began construction on the first rural section. The project — funded by state and federal dollars — occurring in
Skid Steers, Compact Track Loaders & Attachments Section..........................45-61 Business Calendar ............85 Auction Section ..........87-91 Advertisers Index ..............90
tions. The work, split into three segments, will finish in 2022. The first section, 2019-21, is in Sheboygan County (2019-21). The second, 2020-21, also rural, is in Fond du see EXPANSION page 66
Construction Industry Steps Up to Help During Pandemic CEG CORRESPONDENT
By Cindy Riley
Paving Section.............29-43
Sheboygan and Fond du Lac counties will construct 19.1 mi. of two additional lanes, making WIS 23 a four-lane, on-alignment divided highway from U.S. 151 in Fond du Lac east to County P in Plymouth and improve numerous intersec-
As the world struggles to make sense of the devastating effects of the coronavirus, countless individuals in the construction industry are doing what they can to ease the burdens associated with COVID-19. “This has been unprecedented for us since, for builders, working with a beginning and an end is a huge part of
our cultural DNA,” said Jimmy Greene, CEO/president, Associated Builders & Contractors (ABC) Greater Michigan chapter. “The biggest challenge, of course, is not the cure for COVID -19, since we aren’t medical, but keeping every employee safe and healthy and planning without a date to work toward. “We also are finding a number of opportunities to volunteer our services to first responders and we’re donating see CRISIS page 70
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According to Jimmy Greene (L), CEO/president of Associated Builders & Contractors, “We don’t just have a responsibility to build our communities, but the people in them, as well. There is a time when something more than business matters, and it’s when people matter most. This is that time.”