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September 1 2010 Vol. XLVIII • No. 18
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Work Ramps Up at One World Trade Center By Peter Hildebrandt CEG CORRESPONDENT
Pa. Firm Celebrates Rare Equipment Milestone…14
Tiger Dams Assist With Oil Spill Cleanup…104
The World Trade Center Site in New York City’s Lower Manhattan has been a place of much construction and sadly, destruction, over the past four decades. When construction started on the first towers in the late 1960s, businesses and area residents were not all pleased, especially since there was both displacement involved and a change in the character of the area due to what some feared as a modern monstrosity in their midst. Architectural critics wondered and worried about the loss of human scale due to the tremendous heights involved with the appearance of these twin, rather boxy structures. For several years one of the towers was the highest building in the world until Chicago’s Sears Tower reached completion. In the wake of the devastating loss of life and destruction of the towers on 9/11, debate, dispute, controversy and high emotions have slowed the progress of development of what instantaneously came to be see WTC page 34
A shot of the work at the World Trade Center site in December 2009.
Ransome Named International Trucks Dealer Teitsworth Holds Giant Auction in N.Y. …134
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Navistar International has appointed Ransome CAT to handle International truck sales, parts, service, leasing, rentals and engine overhauls in Philadelphia, Delaware and Chester counties in Pennsylvania and in southern New Jersey. According to Ransome CAT President Wayne Bromley, “Our established expertise in
Off-Road Trucks Section ..............................75-86 Parts Section ....114-115 Auction Section123-144
Advertisers Index ....142
“Truck drivers and driver-sales workers comprise one of the largest occupations in this country, amounting to some 3.2 million jobs. “ Ransome’s main truck facilities are located in West Chester, Pa., and in Swedesboro, N.J. However, used truck sales, rentals, service and engine work also are performed at other Ransome locations in New Jersey, Pennsylvania see RANSOME page 46
Construction Job Gains More Widespread; Losses Less Severe
Paving Section ......59-71
Business Calendar....140
truck and engine service makes this a sensible fit for us and for International, but especially for truck owners. We now handle truck sales, leasing, rental and warranty service for International trucks as well as maintenance and repairs for all other trucks and truck engines, regardless of make.” “The importance of the American trucking industry cannot be overstated,” Bromley noted.
Ransome CAT President Wayne Bromley and Kristin Bromley, president of Ransome Engine, get ready to tour the firm’s new truck center for the sale and maintenance of International Trucks.
Construction job gains were more widespread across the country and job losses were generally less severe in July than in June, the Associated General Contractors of America reported in an analysis of state employment data released by the Labor Department. Twenty-six states added construction jobs in
July, compared to 19 in June, while six states added construction jobs over the past year and most others are losing far fewer jobs than previously, association officials noted. “Encouraging as it is to see some modest signs of progress, it is increasingly unlikely see JOBS page 40