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December 28 2019 Vol. XXV • No. 26
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USACE Keeps Indiana Harbor, Canal Clean
IED Holds Holiday Party, Inducts New Board Members...10
MAPA, MAAPT Team Up for Annual Asphalt Conference...27
Kokosing Industrial, Durocher Marine Division photo
Monitoring efforts are under way following completion of this season’s dredging operations at Indiana Harbor and Canal (IHC) in East Chicago, Ind.
By Cindy Riley CEG CORRESPONDENT
Monitoring efforts are under way following completion of this season’s dredging operations at Indiana Harbor and Canal (IHC) in Komatsu Offers Off-Highway Truck With High Horsepower...74
Table of Contents ................4 Paving Section..............27-41 Mini & Compact Equipment Section ..........................47-73 Snow & Ice Section ......81-87 Business Calendar ............89 Auction Section ............91-97 Advertisers Index ..............98
East Chicago, Ind. It is one of the most polluted waterways in the Great Lakes area. Crews will treat water from the confined disposal facility (CDF) until freeze up, with the 2020 season scheduled for next spring.
“There’s a lot of contaminated sediment to remove,” said Mike Nguyen, dredging program manager at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Chicago District. “The IHC had not been dredged since 1972, and there was
approximately 1.6 million cubic yards of backlog material to be dredged. The dredging contractor currently removes 200,000 to 300,000 cubic yards of material from the waterway each year. see USACE page 80
Detroit Sees First New Auto Plant in 30 Years By Brenda Ruggiero CEG CORRESPONDENT
The first new assembly plant to be built in the city of Detroit, Mich., in nearly three decades is beginning to take shape for Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA). Plans are for it to be up and running by the end of 2020. The company announced in Feb. 2019 that it planned to invest a total of $4.5 billion in five of its existing Michigan plants, and to work with the city of Detroit and state of Michigan on building a new assembly plant within city limits. FCA reported that the plan is to increase capacity to meet growing demand for its Jeep and Ram brands. The project reached a milestone on Aug. 13, when the first piece of steel was raised for the nearly 800,000-sq.-ft. paint shop being built on the site of the former Mack Avenue Engine Complex. see FACILITIES page 78
A drone photo taken on July 12, 2019, shows work is under way to prepare the site for the new paint shop at Mack Avenue Assembly Plant in Detroit.