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Sanco Equipment Co. Presents Annual Diamond Demo Days...14
Volvo Masters Crowns Winners of Technicians Challenge 2024...24 Ames Construction photo
Crews built by-passes bringing four lanes of traffic down to two lanes to move vehicles through the work zone. This photo shows the 193rd bridge under construction during the summer of 2023. FAE Welcomes Dealers to Paving Products Training Session...56
By Dick Rohland CEG CORRESPONDENT
After working through a brutal summer of four months of sweltering heat and humidity last year, road crews are
Table of Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 Paving Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53-70 Electric Equipment Section . . . . . . . . . . . .77-84 Auction Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .88-99 Business Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .91 Advertisers Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .98
ready to face whatever the weather brings them this year to complete the third and final construction phase on a
much needed rebuild of TH 169 running through the city of Elk River, Minn. see MINNESOTA page 76
Is Fed’s Hydrogen Balloon All Hot Air? Clean Energy Programs Need Long Look at Infrastructure, Regulation, Logistics The Biden administration’s clean hydrogen goals are in a state of hurry up and wait. The industry is champing to get started, but there may be too many challenges to advance the president’s dream of building out the U.S. clean hydrogen industry. The biggest issue may be the Adobe Stock photo fact that with a possible change in administration next One major hurdle to building out the clean year, one that heavily favors fossil fuels, all progress hydrogen industry is the absence of a federal may be reversed. hydrogen production regulation, permitting and
By Lucy Perry
CEG CORRESPONDENT
see HYDROGEN page 94
siting agency.