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July 23 2022 Vol. XXVIII • No.15
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Lock, Dam Construction Progresses in Kentucky By Ruksana Hussain CEG CORRESPONDENT
Altorfer Rents Announces Opening of Its Two New Full-Service Facilities...14
Murphy Tractor & Equipment Earns NPK’s Dealer Award...26
Ohio Congressman Warren Davidson Visits Company Wrench Facility...52
The United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) is busy powering ahead on construction at the Kentucky Lock and Dam Project in western Kentucky’s Land Between the Lakes to help address some of the longest shipping delays in the country. The lock was first constructed by the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) between 1935 and1942. At an estimated cost of $465,492,000 for the current phase of the project — Congress appropriated the funding for this project through the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) — work is progressing on significant portions of the lock, with May 2027 as the current contract completion date and total project completion targeted for 2030 and after. see DAM page 72
Table of Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 Aggregate & Recycling Section . . . . . . . . . . . . .27-39 Attachments & Parts Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47-50 Truck & Trailer Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59-67 Auction Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .71-77 Business Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .77 Advertisers Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .78
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Helping Hand or Labor Chokehold? Biden PLAs, Apprenticeship Mandates Meet Industry Opposition By Lucy Perry CEG CORRESPONDENT
The Biden administration has a plan to create a highly skilled diverse workforce to complete infrastructure projects over the next decade. It involves diverting federal funds toward contractors and grant applicants who partner with labor organizations. Industry groups and labor unions can’t see eye to eye on how that will happen. Biden’s idea is to encourage job training programs in certain sectors in order to benefit communities and President Biden’s mandate will make it harder groups lagging in male-dominated trade industries. for general contractors to subcontract with see PLA page 74
small, disadvantaged businesses, said the AGC.
