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Multi-Phase SR28 Project Begins Near ’Burgh By Jennifer Rupp
Trumbull Corp. prepares the hillside for the new retaining wall.
CEG CORRESPONDENT
PBE Raises Money for Relay for Life…14
Guerrera Brings Met ro Center to Life…40
Hunya dy Holds S ale fo r the Mod ern Grou p…146
Table of Contents ............4 Paving Section ........61-75 Air Compressors, Generators & Light Towers Section ........79-88 Parts Section ..............122 Business Calendar ......123 Auction Section ..129-152 Advertisers Index ........150
The first phase of the Route 28 Improvement Project in Allegheny County began in August 2010. The project includes 1.5 mi. (2.4 km) of widening and reconstruction, drainage, concrete barrier, concrete curbs and sidewalks, wall construction, and sign structures. Utilities will be updated and/or installed, including highway lighting, signals, Intelligent Transportation System (ITS), and water line and sewer relocation. The work is located approximately 1,300 ft. north of the 31st Street Bridge (Route 2122) intersection to approximately 2,560 ft. north of the 40th Street Bridge (Route 2124) interchange. Phase 1 is expected to wrap up in the summer of 2012. This project at the 40th Street Bridge begins a multiphase, multi-year effort to improve Route 28 from Chestnut Street near the Heinz Plant through the 31st Street Bridge intersection to the Millvale Interchange. The next phase of work at the 31st Street Bridge will begin in 2011 and continue through 2014. Trumbull Corporation, part of the PJ Dick and Lindy Paving family in Pittsburgh, is heading up the $23 million project. Funding for the job is 80 percent federal and 20 percent state. Trumbull’s tasks include roadway excavation see TRUMBULL page 34
AED Chairman to Congress: Give Us a Highway Bill Now
Wood lagging is placed to support the hill underneath the upcoming concrete retaining wall.
economy will grow by about 3 percent in 2012, Rapp said before a speech at Illinois Wesleyan University in Bloomington. He said growth of 3.5 percent to 4 percent should kick off demand for new heavy machinery like the company’s construction equipment.
A new multiyear highway bill must be a top legislative priority Associated Equipment Distributors’ (AED) 2011 Chairman Dennis Kruepke told a crowd gathered for the Rally for Roads May 25 on the National Mall in front of the U.S. Capitol building. “A new highway program is about America’s future,” said Kruepke, who is president and CEO of McCann Industries, the Case equipment dealership serving the Chicago metropolitan area with seven branch locations. “It’s about having the roads and bridges we need to compete in the 21st Century. It’s about getting traffic moving again, reducing the costs of congestion, and wasting less time and less gas sitting in traffic. It’s about a better environment. It’s about having roads that get our families home safely. “We need a road bill that builds a solid foundation for America’s future economic leadership. And we need it
see ECONOMY page 115
see BILL page 42
Cat CFO: U.S. Economy Not Far From Liftoff BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (AP) Caterpillar Inc. believes the American economy isn’t far from taking off again but needs a better idea of where government policy is headed in key areas such as taxes, Chief Financial Officer Edward Rapp said May 19. The company forecasts that the U.S.