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® December 26 2018 Vol. LVI • No. 26
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Repairing the Longest Tunnel in the World By Cindy Riley CEG CORRESPONDENT
Hoffman Ramps Up Volvo Presence in Northeast…10
Phase Two of Border Crossing Bridge Begins…30
Considered the largest and most complex repair project in the 176-year history of New York City’s drinking water supply, a $1 billion effort is under way to repair two areas of leakage within the 85mile Delaware Aqueduct. The primary leak will be eliminated through construction of a 2.5-mi. bypass tunnel, being drilled below the Hudson River from Newburgh to Wappinger. “This project is a big deal for New York City, because it involves fixing our largest aqueduct, which happens to be the longest tunnel in the world,” said Adam Bosch, director of public affairs, New York City Environmental Protection, Bureau of Water Supply. “Because the tunnel is leaking about 18 to 20 million gallons of water each day into the Hudson River, we knew it had to be fixed sooner, rather than later. But a number of things had to come together first.” New York City DEP photo The Department of Environmental Once those are in place, DEP will shut down the Delaware Aqueduct to connect the bypass tunnel see TUNNEL page 98
Compacts, Minis Offer Power at Low Cost…70
Table of Contents................ 4 Paving Section.............. 47-63 Mini & Compact Equipment Section.......................... 67-95 Business Calendar.......... 102 Snow & Ice Section..109-111 Parts Section....................112 Auction Section...... 116-128 Advertisers Index............ 126
to the existing aqueduct.
Silicon Valley East: Google Plans $1B Expansion By Mae Anderson ASSOCIATED PRESS
realization that the Bay Area, which has traditionally been the major center of tech activity in the U.S., is getting expensive and crowded,” said Andrew Bartels, principal analyst at Forrester Research. “A lot of vendors are coming to the realization that ‘We can probably find top talent elsewhere at a more affordable cost, and perhaps a better style of life for employees who may be struggling to make ends meet.’” The Northeast is attractive because of its large concentration of highly-educated young people. New York in particuOxford Properties/COOKFOX Architects photo lar also offers proximity to Wall Street Google opened its first office in New York nearly 20 and already has the second-biggest
Silicon Valley is becoming Silicon Nation. Google announced Dec. 17 it will spend more than $1 billion to build a new office complex in New York City that will allow the Internet search giant to double the number of people it employs there. It is the tech industry’s latest major expansion beyond the Seattle-San Francisco Bay corridor. It follows recent steps by Amazon and Apple to set up large operations well outside their home turf. Tech companies are “coming to the years ago and now employs 7,000 people in the city.
see GOOGLE page 102