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U.S. Rep. Troy Balderson Visits Screen Machine...14
CAWGC Hosts Annual Steak Fry in Joliet, Ill. ...18
The interchange will include roundabouts at both ends of the bridge. The roundabout will be wider than the former interchange and feature two lanes throughout.
By Lori Tobias SIMA Preps for Winter With Its Annual Snow, Ice Symposium...91
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CEG CORRESPONDENT
As road construction goes, the I75/M-46 rebuild project in Saginaw County, Michigan, is fairly standard — with one exception. The $61.5 million job that includes
a new interchange and bridge also calls for filling in 22 ft. of a feature known as “the dip.” “The dip exists because I-75 crossed under the railroad,” said Brian Ulman, Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) construction manager.
“You had to go underneath. The bridge was removed more than 10 years ago. So there is no longer a need for a dip there. Filling it provides better sight.” The road leading to the dip curves down and over, so drivers had to pay attention and follow the
highway lane lines. It was not only a traffic safety concern, but prone to flooding. “Even when our pump stations are working they can struggle to keep up with collecting water, but when the pump station goes … it’s see MDOT page 114
Paving Section..............39-51 Utility Construction Section .......................................71-79
Contractors Await Trillion Dollars From New Bill But More Than Just Money Will Be Needed to Rebuild Nation’s Infrastructure
Snow & Ice Section ......91-97 By Lucy Perry Business Calendar ...........102
CEG CORRESPONDENT
The $1.2 trillion bipartisan Infrastructure
Auction Section........106-119 Investment and Jobs Act opens the federal walAdvertisers Index ............118
let to massive road, bridge, water, utility and broadband projects for years to come. But is the construction industry as a whole prepared to
solve the country’s infrastructure challenges in the turmoil of longtime labor shortages, gouging materials prices and the scarcity of heavy machinery? “The interesting thing about the construction workforce is that they’re transient,” David Martin, president of the Arizona Chapter of the AGC told a local radio station. “They go where
there’s opportunity. I have absolute confidence in the workforce system.” He’s confident recent worries about labor shortages will have no impact on Arizona’s ability to complete federally-funded projects. President Joe Biden will work with contractors to alleviate supply chain issues, he said. see BILL page 70