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® July 21 2021 Vol. LXIII • No. 15
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Inside
Giving Storms the ‘Slip’ Walsh Construction Presses Forward On Long Slip Fill, Rail Enhancement Project
Retired Equipment Operator Turns Artist…8
Milton CAT Hosts In-Person Next Gen Demo Events…12
The $40 million contract, awarded to Walsh Construction, is taking place adjacent to the Hudson Bergen Light Rail and the Hoboken Yard, in Jersey City, N.J. Laborers Council Honors Late Industry Icon…20
Table of Contents ..................4 Aggregate & Recycling Section ..........................53-71 Attachments Section ....73-80 Truck & Trailer Section..81-87 Auction Section ..............92-97 Business Calendar ..............96 Advertisers Index ................98
By Irwin Rapoport CEG CORRESPONDENT
information officer, NJ TRANSIT. “The terminal also supports bus and light rail customers, while providing access to PATH trains and ferries to and from New York City. The Hoboken Redevelopment Project is a three-phased
Construction of Phase One of NJ TRANSIT’s Long Slip Fill and Rail Enhancement, or “Long Slip,” project is making steady progress as crews from Walsh Construction Company are working in an area with active rail operations. The $40 million contract, awarded to Walsh, is taking place adjacent to the Hudson Bergen Light Rail and the Hoboken Yard, in Jersey City, N.J. When By Lucy Perry fully completed, the project will allow NJ CEG CORRESPONDENT TRANSIT to operate train service longer leading into, and recover more quickly Two major construction feats, the Hoover from, storm events. Dam and the Golden Gate Bridge, marked the “The Hoboken Terminal is one of NJ first times an employer mandated the use of hard TRANSIT’s major transportation hubs,” hats on the job. The iconic head protection has said Mariluz Garcia-Diaz, senior public
approach to address many of the state of good repair and resiliency challenges, which the terminal faces, while at the same time provide opportunities for increasing capacity for rail, see SLIP page 94
Elevating Hard Hats
Protective Safety Helmets Deserve Respect, Care come a long way since, and in 2017 a contractor first required helmets over hard hats because of the high rate of brain injuries and falls in the construction industry. Worn to prevent head injury from falling objects, debris or weather-related elements, hard see HATS page 44
