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“The Nation’s Best Read Construction Newspaper… Founded 1957.” July 4, 2012 • Vol. XLIX • No. 14 • 470 Maryland Drive • Ft. Washington, PA 19034 • 215-885-2900 • Toll Free 800-523-2200 • Fax 215-885-2910 • www.constructionequipmentguide.com
Massive Boring Machines to Nibble Away Under London By Mary Reed CEG CORRESPONDENT
Enterprise, via the 747 SAC, took off from Dulles on April 27 for its final home in New York City and landed at JFK International Airport. At the same time, the CC 2800-1 crane components were derigged and loaded onto trucks and trailers heading for New York.
Why will Mary and Sophia cross under the River Thames? It’s nothing to do with the old joke about chickens crossing the road, but rather the names of a pair of tunnel boring machines (TBMs) that will help create a new $25 billion (£16 billion) Underground line in London, England. The massive project is proceeding under the aegis see TUNNELS page 114
London’s Mayor Boris Johnson famously described the TBMs as voraciously nibbling away beneath London, and nibbling for the eastern tunnels will commence in late June or early July this year when assembly of Victoria, the first TBM to be delivered, will begin.
AEM Applauds Introduction of Terex Forever Linked With Clean Russia PNTR Legislation
Space Shuttles’ Long History Table of Contents ................4 Paving Section ............57-73 Attachments Section 77-105 Parts Section ..................126 Business Calendar ..........138 Auction Section ......132-148 Advertisers Index............146
Following news that the Senate has ment: moved forward and introduced a clean bill to “I commend Senators Max Baucus, John grant Permanent Normal Trade Relations Kerry, John Thune and John McCain on For the Space Shuttle Discovery, it was a journey of (PNTR) with Russia, Association of their hard work and bipartisan cooperation to nearly 150 million miles that ended at Washington Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) President advance efforts to approve PNTR status for Dulles International Airport. Discovery’s maiden voy- Dennis Slater issued the following statesee AEM page 144 age was made on Aug. 30, 1984, and it flew 39 successful missions into space over its 27-plus years of service. It was the most traveled and storied of all the space shuttles in NASA’s fleet. On April 17, 2012, Discovery made its final voyage atop its Boeing 747 Shuttle Aircraft Carrier (SAC) with much fanfare from onlookers and local, national and international media. Reports focused on its final flight and place in space Fole y CAT Holds New NYS AGC Golf Class ic Kobel co Makes
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