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Inside
SEI Unveils ‘Raised on Blacktop’ Paver…12
Tech School Takes Delivery of Volvo Loader…20
Crews took the crane apart in pieces out of the lock chamber, simplifying things.
By Mary Yamin-Garone CEG CORRESPONDENT
Creativity Fuels Bauer Built’s Growth…87
Table of Contents ................4 Aggregate and Recycling Section ........59-78
As the saying goes, “It takes a village.” Recently, DA Collins and Link-Belt Cranes joined forces to pick Collins’ 200-ton Link-Belt crawler crane out of the Lock 7 chamber in
Business Calendar ..........109 Advertisers Index ............110
see CANAL page 46
Industry Contends With Cost, Supply, Labor Issues Amid Construction Boom Gains By Lucy Perry
Attachment & Parts ....79-86
Auction Section ......102-109
there’s a certain increase in elevation. So, a boat would travel into the lock chamber, which has lock gates up and down stream. Once you go inside the lock chamber, the water elevation can be raised and will get the boats to the upstream side of the dam or to the next highest point along
Challenges Persist as Construction Ramps Up CEG CORRESPONDENT
Truck & Trailer Section 87-95
Niskayuna, N.Y. According to David Perry, DA Collins project manager for the construction site, “This particular project was located at Lock E7 along the Erie Canal. The canal stretches from Albany to Buffalo and then from Albany to Lake Champlain. To get from Albany to Buffalo,
The good news: Construction project bottlenecks are loosening, work is ramping up and the industry can start to breathe a general sigh of relief. The bad news: The cost of construction materials is going through the roof. A spring survey of civil contractors found that nearly three quarters of respondents have felt the impact
of fluctuations in material costs on their projects in the past six months. Even more (76 percent) of those contractors expect cost increases in the next half year, according to the survey by Dodge Data in the latest issue of Civil Quarterly. Dodge chalks up the challenges to the pandemic, the reduction in material backlogs over time and disruptions in material production and distribution. see COSTS page 52