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® June 24 2023 Vol. XXIX • No. 13
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Inside
Bergkamp Builds Highway Across Kan. Prairie
Palfinger Opens New North American HQ Outside Chicago...8
Players Tee Off for Alta Equipment’s 4th Annual Golf Tournament...22
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The new road required 240,000 tons of asphalt. The asphalt was produced by a portable plant brought into nearby Dickerson specifically for the job.
It looked like an easy job. The project called for a 15.5-mi. highway to be built across the flat
By Chuck MacDonald CEG CORRESPONDENT
Murphy Tractor Opens Its Newest Facility in Rossford, Ohio...28
Table of Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 Aggregate & Recycling Section . . . . . . . . . . . . .31-45 Attachments & Parts Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57-63 Truck & Trailer Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .68-75 Auction Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79-89 Business Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .88 Advertisers Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .90
Kansas prairie where no road had been before. No traffic to contend with. No hills to flatten. No web of utilities and fiber optics to relocate. Hold the combines a minute. As all experi-
enced contractors know, even the jobs that look easy can be challenging. When lead contractor Bob Bergkamp see PRAIRIE page 56
How to Exploit Benefits of Estimating, Takeoff Software By Lucy Perry CEG CORRESPONDENT
An erroneous project quote can cost a contractor plenty. If an estimator is wrong on the figures or off on the timeline, it can be corrected, but at what cost? The price of materials may cost the company in profits, and mistakes can cause the client to lose faith in the contractor. The answer may be found in your project management technology — estimating and takeoff softProject management technology, namely estimatware, to be exact. see SOFTWARE page 85
ing and takeoff software, can provide a more efficient planning process.