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® September 1 2021 Vol. LXIII • No. 18
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Inside
Hitachi, Deere Dissolve Joint Venture…8
S9 Architecture photo
Doosan Infracore Closes Sale to Hyundai Heavy…16
Sylvester Zawadzki photo
The property was a paved, vacant site for decades, having served as a lumber yard and sawmill, coal yard and railroad freight yard.
By Cindy Riley CEG CORRESPONDENT
Mellott Invites Students to Rocks Day Camp…20
Table of Contents ................4 Paving Section..............45-61 Utility Equipment Section .... ......................................65-72
Designed to acknowledge and preserve the history of the genre’s past, present and future, New York’s Universal Hip Hop Museum (UHHM) will “inspire, empower and promote understanding” when it opens in the South Bronx in 2024.
Designed to acknowledge and preserve the history of the genre’s past, present and future, New York’s Universal Hip Hop Museum (UHHM) will “inspire, empower and promote understanding” when it opens in the South Bronx in 2024. “This has been a long time in the making,”
emotional roller coaster. Now, to secure our space as the birthplace of hip hop is difficult to put into words.” see MUSEUM page 78
Contractors Await Trillion Dollars From New Bill But More Than Just Money Will Be Needed to Rebuild Nation’s Infrastructure
Snow & Ice Section..107-109 By Lucy Perry CEG CORRESPONDENT
Auction Section ......112-121 The $1.2 trillion bipartisan Infrastructure
Business Calendar ..........114 Investment and Jobs Act opens the federal walAdvertisers Index ............122
said Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr., a self-described student of hip hop, who bought his first record, Run-DMC's Rock Box, in 1983. “The negotiations and conversations had been there for a while. With all the plans, it’s been an
let to massive road, bridge, water, utility and broadband projects for years to come. But is the construction industry as a whole prepared to
solve the country’s infrastructure challenges in the turmoil of longtime labor shortages, gouging materials prices and the scarcity of heavy machinery? “The interesting thing about the construction workforce is that they’re transient,” David Martin, president of the Arizona Chapter of the AGC told a local radio station. “They go where
there’s opportunity. I have absolute confidence in the workforce system.” He’s confident recent worries about labor shortages will have no impact on Arizona’s ability to complete federally-funded projects. President Joe Biden will work with contractors to alleviate supply chain issues, he said. see BILL page 44
