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Inside Bill Hoffman Jr. Passes Away…14
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The “I Lift NY” super crane is escorted under the Bridge of the Americas, the Pacific approach to the Panama Canal, in Balboa.
Super Crane Sails Through Panama Canal By Lori Lovely Alex Lyon & Son Kicks Off Florida Auct ions...118
Yo der & F rey Ho sts 4 0th An nual F lori da Au ctio ns …12 8
Table of Contents ................4 Truck & Trailer Section ........ ......................................57-61 Attachment & Parts Section ......................................62-67 Recycling Section ........73-97 Auction Section ......114-140 Business Calendar ..........119 Advertisers Index ............138
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passed through the historic locks. The “Left Coast Lifter,” the world’s largest floating crane, passed through the Central American canal in January, on its way from its home near San Francisco to the Hudson River in New York, where it will be used to disman-
Officially opened in 1914, the 48-mi. long Panama Canal connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans via the Caribbean Sea by cutting through the Isthmus of Panama has greatly reduced travel time for ships. Tappan Zee Constructors LLC photo Considered one of the largest and most The “I Lift NY” in the New York difficult engineering projects ever under- Harbor near Manhattan. taken, the 100-year-old shortcut also provides safer passage by allowing ships to avoid the hazardous Cape Horn route around the southernmost tip of South America. Each year, approximately 14,000 cargo and cruise ships pass through the Panama Canal, but recently, one unusual shipment
tle the deteriorating Tappan Zee Bridge and construct a replacement. Tappan Zee Bridge Twenty-five miles north of Midtown Manhattan, the Governor Malcolm Wilson Tappan Zee Bridge, sometimes called The Tap, is a cantilever bridge across the widest point of the Hudson River in New York. Built in 1955, the 3.1-mi. (4.9 km) bridge accommodates 140,000 to 170,000 vehicles daily, resulting in congestion during peak hours. Despite a movable center barrier to enhance traffic flow, delays are common on the seven-lane bridge, which is part of Interstates 87 and 287. In addition, due in part to the fact that it see CRANE page 40
Review Process Reform Receives Bipartisan Support By Pete Sigmund CEG EDITORIAL CONSULTANT
Why do highway construction projects often take a good part of a generation — an average of 13 years — to complete? Many believe the answer lies in two words: excessive review. Everyone in construction seems to favor streamlining the review process. Both parties (and President Obama, in his State of the Union address) have urged a speedup. Lots of proposals are out there, some even in
the MAP-21 transportation bill, which passed in 2012. Some would radically reform the present system, giving a single “one stop shop” strong authority to set deadlines. Yet progress is painfully slow. “A highway or bridge project often takes 13 years from concept to conclusion; most of that time is taken in review, not in construction,” said Brian Turmail, a spokesperson of the Associated General Contractors of America (AGC) in Arlington, Va. “Thirteen years is absolutely too long,” said
Nick Goldstein, vice president of environmental and regulatory affairs of the American Road and Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) in Washington, D.C. “I’ve seen other estimates where a project can take even longer — from nine to 19 years.” President Obama recognized the problem in his Jan. 28 address, pledging to “slash bureaucracy and streamline the permitting process for key projects, so we can get more construction workers on the job as fast as possible.” see REVIEW page 106