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October 2 2021 Vol. XXVII • No. 20
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Inside
Landing Zone Brian Wood photo
Altorfer CAT Celebrates Opening of Its New Illinois Facilities...8
Wrigley Media Group photo
Each paver used a Weiler material transfer vehicle to avoid segregation in the paving process.
See full story page 100 GOMACO Invitational #39 Returns to Ida Grove, Iowa...12
OSU Hosts 2021 Farm Science Review in London, Ohio...28
Table of Contents..........4 Paving Section........37-51 Off-Road Trucks Section .................................59-75
ATS Construction’s 72-Hour Paving Sprint Rehabs Kentucky’s Blue Grass Airport
Net-Zero Arrives: e-Revolution Picks Up Steam Off-Highway Manufacturers Are Adopting New Technology for Greener, Carbon-Free Job Sites By Lucy Perry
Snow & Ice Section .................................93-99 Auction Section ............................103-109 Business Calendar.....107 Advertisers Index......110
CEG CORRESPONDENT
Long before President Joe Biden made a nationwide goal of 100 percent clean energy and net-zero emissions by the year 2050, construction equipment manufacturers were Industry partnerships are bringing hydrogen fuel technology to earth work, mining and other off-high applications.
doing their part. So were project owners, specifying eco-friendly machines on job sites. Contractors stocked electric and hybrid machines and hired operators to run them. But Biden’s edict aside, the industry is driving closer toward mainstreaming of zeroemission construction equipment. In fact, The Bellona Foundation, a global non-profit fighting climate challenges, has see EMISSIONS page 36