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July 24 2021 Vol. XXVII • No. 15
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The Third Avenue bridge sits directly in between St. Anthony Falls to the right of this photo and the Horseshoe Falls on the other side of the bridge.
Helm Civil Uses iMC to Complete Grinding Project...12
Bommarito Builds Success; Expands Services for Clients...48
Bauer Built, Fendt Keep Valley Corp. Running Smoothly...61
Table of Contents.............4 Aggregate and Recycling Section......................29-39 Attachment Section ...................................48-53 Trucks & Trailer Section ...................................61-69 Business Calendar..........72 Auction Section ........74-81 Advertisers Index...........82
By Dick Rohland CEG CORRESPONDENT
It has been a workhorse of a bridge standing the test of time over the last five generations as motor vehicle traffic continued to evolve and drastically increase in numbers. Without doubt, this is due to the engineers who designed it and the contractor who built it at a time when, just a few years earlier, the horse and carriage could still be seen on city streets. The historic Third Avenue bridge located in the heart of the city of Minneapolis is undergoing a major rehabilitation to make some much-needed repairs and add another 50 years to its life span.
Completed in 1918 after four years of construction, it is located just upstream from the historic St. Anthony Falls District of the city. This bridge carries HWY 65, known locally as Third Avenue, from downtown Minneapolis over the Mississippi River to the city’s Northeast neighborhood. The bridge is historically significant because it is a landmark structure that is part of the St. Anthony Falls Historic District, which was the center of the city’s early flour milling days. It reflects the creative engineering of Josef Melan, an Austrian civil engineer known as one of the pioneers of reinforced concrete bridge engisee BRIDGE page 60
Elevating Hard Hats Protective Safety Helmets Deserve Respect, Care By Lucy Perry CEG CORRESPONDENT
Two major construction feats, the Hoover Dam and the Golden Gate Bridge, marked the first times an employer mandated the use of hard hats on the job. The iconic head protection has come a long way since, and in 2017 a contractor first required helmets over hard hats because of the high rate of brain injuries and falls in the construction industry. Worn to prevent head injury from
falling objects, debris or weatherrelated elements, hard hats are often taken for granted. It’s not uncommon for workers to bump into fixed objects on a site or to encounter electrical hazards, said Houston safety consulting company Safety by Design Inc. Hard hats prevent injury. But not all OSHA-approved hard hats or safety helmets are the same, and none of them lasts forever. see HATS page 70