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® September 2 2023 Vol. XXIX • No. 18
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Next Phase of $3.2B Fargo-Moorhead Diversion Project Under Way RTL Equipment Sells First DEVELON Excavator in Iowa...8
Hayden-Murphy Names Clarke as President, Knackstedt Retires...14
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By Giles Lambertson
Lots of engineers are putting their skills to work around Fargo, N.D. They are involved in an ambitious attempt to regulate the flow of Red River water CEG CORRESPONDENT
CAWGC Holds Its Annual Steak Fry in Joliet, Ill. ...18
Table of Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 Paving Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33-48 Utility Equipment Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .67-69 Snow & Ice Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .83-85 Auction Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .89-99 Business Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .94 Advertisers Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .98
and tributaries through the border communities of Fargo and Moorhead, Minn. To that end, they are building a massive embankment, miles of levees, a long, long channel, aqueducts and huge flow-control gates.
Ground was broken on the biggest component of the project just last year, but other pieces have been under way for years. And it’s all because of the Red River. see DIVERSION page 66
BABA: Sold American Final Rule Stipulates Domestic Made Construction Materials On Federal Projects By Lucy Perry CEG CORRESPONDENT
In mid-August, the White House issued final guidance on the controversial Build America Buy America Act (BABA). President Joe Biden aims to bolster the economy “from the middle down and the bottom up.” With some exceptions, the word to the construction industry is to use American-made materials built by American workers. “It’s transforming our country for the better,” said Livia Shmavonian, director of the federal Made in America office. see BABA page 82
BABA supports the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law’s rule that manufactured products, construction materials, iron and steel in federally funded infrastructure projects be made in America.