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® March 18 2020 Vol. LVII • No. 6
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Milani Works to Deliver I-83 Bridge By 2021 By Brenda Ruggiero CEG CORRESPONDENT
Ryan Greenawalt Takes Alta Public, Rings Bell at NYSE...8
In Timonium, Md., which is located in Baltimore County, the Maryland Department of Transportation’s State Highway Administration (MDOT SHA) is heading up a project to replace the 70-year-old Interstate 83 (Harrisburg Expressway) dual bridges over Padonia Road. Safety improvements also will be added to the interchange. The $22 million construction project began in the summer of 2018. It is scheduled for completion in the fall of 2021.
The contract was awarded to Milani Construction LLC of Washington, D.C., under the direction of Ira Kaplan. Milani Construction is a general contractor serving the Baltimore-Washington metropolitan areas performing infrastructure and marine work. MDOT SHA is replacing the bridges as part of its ongoing structure preservation program. According to Shanteé Felix, assistant media relations manager, Office of Communications, MDOT SHA, the project includes the total replacement of both the north and south bridges; the widening of Padonia Road under the bridges to create a new dedicated left turn lane on eastbound Padonia Road for the ramp from eastbound Padonia Road to northbound I-83 towards Hunt Valley, see MDOT page 100
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JCB Celebrates Production of 750,000th Backhoe...57
Local traffic is diverted around lane widening efforts as part of the Maryland Department of Transportation’s I-83 improvement project.
Table of Contents ............4 Paving Section ..........63-94 Business Calendar ......102 Auction Section....106-117 Advertisers Index ........118
Stopping Construction Equipment Heists By Lucy Perry CEG CORRESPONDENT
Heavy equipment theft rates track with the overall economy, and 2019 was a good year. Many major cities are in the midst of building
and road projects, and construction sites are magnets for machinery heists. Tractors and loaders represent the highest percentage of stolen machines, and thieves aren’t discriminating between equipment yards or construction sites. Being vigilant is
crucial to preventing heavy equipment theft, and fortunately it can be a fairly painless process. Risk management provider National Equipment Register (NER), a Verisk company, see THEFT page 30