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Inside
TBM Furthers Lady Bird’s Vision for D.C. By Brenda Ruggiero CEG CORRESPONDENT
H.O. Penn Holds Customer Appreciati on Day…8
Milton CAT Present s Demo Event…14
Tre nchTech Ope ns Saf ety Faci li ty…24
Table of Contents ............4 Wheel Loaders, Tool Carriers & Attachments Section ......................71-91 Paving Section ......93-106 Business Calendar ......120 Parts Section ..............122 Auction Section ..126-144 Advertisers Index ........142
A giant tunnel boring machine (TBM) known as “Lady Bird” is one of the stars in the largest construction project in Washington, D.C., since the building of the Metro System. The machine was sent underground to tunnel more than 4 mi. (6.4 km) along the Potomac at a depth of approximately 100 ft. (30.5 m). According to District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority, the Lady Bird was built specifically for this project in Schwanau, Germany, at the Herrenknecht Factory at a cost of $30 million. The TBM is more than 400 ft. (122 m) long and weighs more than 1,300 tons (1,179 t). A total of 26 ft. (7.9 m) in diameter and more than a football field in length when fully assembled, it will be used to dig the Blue Plains Tunnel, which is a portion of DC Water’s Clean River Project to reduce combined sewer overflows (CSOs) and improve water quality in (DC Water photo) D.C. A 660-ton (599 t) crane lowers the Lady Bird tunnel boring machine’s mid and front shields undersee BIRD page 46
ground. The mid section weighs 370 tons (336 t) and the front section weighs 525 tons (476 t).
ASA Petitions Congress for ARTBA Presents Clear Contract Award Process ‘Hours of Service’ FMCSA Proposal
On May 30, ASA told the Committee on Small Business of the U.S. House of Representatives that construction specialty trade contractors continue to face obstacles to participation on federal construction projects. “Contractors at all tiers need to be assured that the bidding and contract award process is clear and efficient, or the most qualified contractors will avoid federal projects,” ASA Chief Advocacy Officer E. Colette Nelson told the Committee. Specifically, ASA called on Congress to:
• Stop government bid shopping by prohibiting the use of online reverse auctions on federal construction projects. • Stop post-award bid shopping at the subcontract level by requiring subcontractor bid listing on federal construction projects. • Reduce the cost of competing for federal design-build projects by requiring a two-step process on projects over $750,000. “Once awarded a contract, subcontractors need assurance that they will be paid
A Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) proposal regarding “hours of service” for commercial motor vehicle operators should include an exemption for transportation construction because most industry truck drivers do not drive long distances at road construction sites, and have their driving time broken-up as their trucks are loaded and unloaded.
see ASA page 140
see ARTBA page 40