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® March 17 2021 Vol. LXIII • No. 6
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Inside
Decade-Long N.J. Project Comes Into Focus see story on page 36
Mayor Ensures 20K Jobs for JFK Improvements...8
Construction Begins at Point Pleasant Museum...44
Cranes are playing an essential role in the bridge reconstruction project. Here one lifts a prefabricated deck.
Ritchie Bros. Reveals Its Top 10 Items...104
Industry Lauds Biden’s Supply-Chain Review New Executive Order Will Help Develop U.S. Supplies for Critical Goods, Cover Shortages By Lucy Perry
Table of Contents ................4 Asphalt, Concrete, Paving, Compaction & Milling Section ..........................59-83 Business Calendar ..........100 Auction Section ......102-109 Advertisers Index ............110
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cover shortages of essential goods. President Biden opened the year with a “Made in America” executive order (EO) to strengthen “Buy American” laws and slow the import of many products. This supply-chain EO mandates a 100-day review for vulnerabilities
In late February, President Joe Biden signed another executive order, this one focusing on America’s supply chains. The goal is to develop more resilient and secure supply chains for see ORDER page 32 critical goods disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic. It The United States lacks the capability calls for a review of supply to process rare earth materials used chain security risks as a way in the automotive, aerospace, defense to beef up production and and electronics industries.