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Wacker Neuson Road Tour Comes to Pa. ...8
NYC’s $185M Tunnel to Nowhere…14
Washington Monument to Reopen After Three Years, $15M in Repairs By Brenda Ruggiero CEG CORRESPONDENT
The Washington Monument is set to open to the public on May 12 for the first time in nearly three years. The closure was necessary when the structure was damaged by a 5.8 magnitude earthquake that occurred 84 mi. southwest of Washington, D.C., on Aug. 23, 2011. According to Carol B. Johnson, current acting legislative specialist for the National Park Service (NPS), assessment started the day after the earthquake. Actual notice for the construction contract came in November 2012. The full dollar amount of the contract is $15 million. Half comes from appropriated funds, and half from a donation from philanthropist David Rubenstein. The contract was awarded to Perini Management Services Inc. of Framingham, Mass., and the onsite project manager is Bob Collie. “The scope of work includes, but is not limited to, removing and/or securing loose stone fragments, stone patching, repairing cracks, re-pointing, replacing the lightning protection system, Erik Sohn on the wall of WJE trav- and repairing and strengthening rib joints,” Johnson said.“The erses the exterior Washington Monument.
Ritchie Bros. Opens N.H. Location…140
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Cyril Keller Recalls Entrepreneurial Skid Steer Gamble That Paid Off By Giles Lambertson CEG CORRESPONDENT
Paving Section ..........63-75 Attachments Section ........ ................................79-105 Parts Section ................131 Auction Section....136-149 Business Calendar ......138 Advertisers Index ........150
In 1958, Louis Keller drove his truck into the barnyard of western Minnesota turkey farmer John Sonstegard. He entered the building where
Sonstegard was working and told the farmer he had a machine outside that would efficiently clean his manure-laden barns. The farmer agreed to take a look at it. It was not love at first sight. see KELLER page 118
Using specialized rope access techniques, engineers and architects that comprise the WJE Difficult Access Team (DAT) rappelled down the monument exterior, documenting the damage and removing loosened stone fragments.
Fracking Foes Cringe as Unions Back Drilling By Kevin Begos ASSOCIATED PRESS
PITTSBURGH (AP) After early complaints that out-of-state firms got the most jobs, some local construction trade workers and union members in Pennsylvania, Ohio and West
Virginia say they’re now benefiting in a big way from the Marcellus and Utica Shale oil and gas boom. That vocal support from blue-collar workers complicates efforts by environmentalists to limit the drilling process known as fracking. “The shale became a lifesaver and a lifeline
for a lot of working families,’’ said Dennis Martire, the mid-Atlantic regional manager of the Laborers’ International Union, or LIUNA, which represents workers in numerous construction trades. Martire said that as huge quantities of natural see FRACKING page 112