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® February 19 2020 Vol. LVII • No. 4
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Inside
Ritzy Laurel Begins With the Pour
Carter Machinery to Acquire Alban Tractor…14
Vegas Hosts World of Concrete 2020…34
Aaron Witt photo Alex Lyon Kicks Off 2020 Florida Auctions…110
The fourth largest mat foundation pour in Philadelphia history took place last month at The Laurel, a $300 million 48-story luxury condo and apartment building under construction.
By Brenda Ruggiero CEG CORRESPONDENT
The fourth largest mat foundation pour in Table of Contents ............4 Philadelphia history took place last month at The Laurel, a $300 million 48-story luxury
Paving Section ..........43-58 condo and apartment building under construc-
tion. Once complete, the high-rise will be 599 ft. tall, the tallest residential-only building in the city. According to Larry Silvi III, vice president of Silvi Concrete, the pour total on this project was 4,360 cu. yds. of concrete, while the largest in Philadelphia was 6,540 cu. yds.
Silvi explained that The Laurel is the most expensive residential building in Philadelphia history and is owned by Southern Land Company. The project broke ground in 2018 and is reportedly on track for a 2021 construction completion. see CONCRETE page 30
Excavators & Attachments Section ......................59-94
Lowering Overhead With Cloud-Based Apps
Parts Section ................104
Efficiency, Accuracy, Safety Draw Heavy Equipment Fleet Managers to E-Inspection Systems
Business Calendar ......106 Auction Section....108-117 Advertisers Index ........118
By Lucy Perry CEG CORRESPONDENT
Ever more stringent government regulations that demand concise and accurate documentation of heavy equipment performance are mak-
ing equipment inspections even more critical. Though pencil and paper are still tools-ofchoice for many in the shop and the field, the construction equipment sector is rapidly adopting the use of apps via tablet, portable electronics and even cellphone, for the sake of
efficiency. Logging inspection data by hand is timeconsuming, and the paper trail can bog down fleet management operations. Toronto, Ontario, Canada-based inspection software see INSPECTIONS page 98