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NRE Names Drilling Rigs for Fallen Soldiers...8
Pine Bush Equipment Celebrates 60 Years...22
NYC Crane Group Work Progresses on Three Releases Report, Bridges Along Pa. Turnpike Recommendations By Brenda Ruggiero ceG corresPoNdeNt
the crane technical Working Group released an interim report on June 10 that includes 23 recommendations in regard to crane safety. the group was established by New York Mayor Bill de Blasio and Buildings commission rick chandler following a crane collapse on Feb. 5. the accident involved a Liebherr Lr1300 crawler crane at 60 Worth street, Manhattan. one person died and another was seriously injured. the crane was set up to install a new generator and cooling tower on a building. the cause of the accident remains under investigation. the introduction to the report notes that the recommendations reflect the Working Group’s “independent expertise in engineering and government; a thorough assessment of crane regulations in cities around the world that, like New York, have dense urban cores; and input from the city’s construction industry, who also have a great stake in ensuring that our cranes are the safest in the world.” the executive summary states that construction in a see CRANE page 14
Rit chie Br os. Hos ts Sal e in Mary land. .. 116
Table of Contents ....................4 Truck & Trailer Section ....55-63 Recycling Section ............67-93 Attachment & Parts Section ...... ......................................101-109 Business Calendar................110 Auction Section ............114-125 Advertisers Index ................126
General contractor Swank Construction Co. LLC completed work on the previous phase of the $47.65 million project last November.
Team Proposes Amusement Ride for NYC’s Penn Station By Karen Matthews AssociAted Press
NeW YorK (AP) catching a train at New York’s crowded Penn station is no thrill. But a development team has proposed a novel plan to overhaul the station: Build a 1,200-ft. (111.5 m) thrill ride on top of it and pay for renovations by charging $35 a ticket. the plan submitted to state officials envisions a transparent tower called see RIDE page 14
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A development team has proposed a novel plan to overhaul the station: Build a 1,200-ft. (111.5 m) thrill ride on top of it and pay for renovations by charging $35 a ticket.
By Brenda Ruggiero ceG corresPoNdeNt
Work is progressing on the swatara creek Bridge project in Pennsylvania, and the Pennsylvania turnpike commission recently provided an update. crews worked through the winter to complete the demolition of the swatara creek Bridge, along with the two center sections of two smaller structures under the Pennsylvania turnpike’s toll-funded project that will replace three bridges, widen the roadway, and rebuild more than a mi. of the turnpike’s mainline that connects three areas of dauphin county. General contractor swank construction co. LLc, completed work on the previous phase of the $47.65 million project last November. it included rebuilding the outside sections of the mainline pavement and the outside lanes of the new swatara creek Bridge and the turnpike see SWATARA page 18