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Inside
Larry Silverstein Celebrates 4 WTC Steel Topping Out
NASCAR Drivers Laud H&K’s Work at Pocono…8
A Caterpillar D6TLX dozer places embankment material on SR 3018 (N10) project along Whitehall Road in State College, Pa. Demolition Industr y Icon Passes Away…14
Whitehall Rd., Near Penn State, Receives Upgrades By Jennifer Rupp CEG CORRESPONDENT
New Atl as Fence Owne r Pla ns Bri ght Fut ure…18
Table of Contents ................4 Truck & Trailer Section ........ ......................................59-67 Recycling Section ........71-97
Just a few miles from Penn State University in State College, Pa., HRI Inc. is paving the way to smoother, safer travel. Route 3018 (Whitehall Rd./University Drive) is undergoing 3-mi. (4.8 km) of roadway widening, with an additional turning lane, new traffic signals and drainage improvements. The project began in March of this year
and will be complete by fall 2013. State College-native HRI was awarded the $10.3 million contract and is self-performing the earthwork, drainage, construction of new roadway, paving and water line relocation. The 3-mi. stretch between Route 26 and Atherton Street is highly congested with traffic to the University and local businesses. The new design will make travel smoother and more efficient. In addition, the wider shoulders on both see WHITEHALL page 32
Silverstein Properties President and CEO Larry A. Silverstein was joined by approximately 1,000 construction workers and other New York government, civic and business leaders at a topping out ceremony marking the completion of steel erection for the new 4 World Trade Center — the first office tower that will be completed and opened on the original 16acre World Trade Center site. The final steel beam, which weighed 8 tons and was adorned with an American flag, was signed by Silverstein and other dignitaries. It was then raised 977 ft. in the air and placed at the top the 72story tower. “The topping out of 4 World Trade Center represents another milestone in the effort to create a new, Photo courtesy of Joe Woolhead dynamic World Trade Center at the heart of a The tower was designed to resurgent Downtown,” have an abstract quality — said Silverstein. “This minimal, light, cool in color, ephemeral, changing neighborhood has under- and with the light of day. Seen gone a remarkable trans- from a distance, the buildformation into a one-of-a- ing presents a unique angusee WTC page 40
lar profile at the crown.
Attachment Section 105-109
Congress Passes Highway Jobs Bill, Obama Signs
Parts Section ..........110-111
By Alan Fram and Joan Lowy ASSOCIATED PRESS
Auction Section ......118-136 Business Calendar ..........128 Advertisers Index............134
WASHINGTON (AP) Congress emphatically approved legislation June 29 preserving jobs on transportation projects from coast to coast and avoiding interest rate increases on new loans to millions of college students, giving law-
makers campaign-season bragging rights on what may be their biggest economic achievement before the November elections. The bill, which was signed by President Barack Obama on July 6, enables just over $100 billion to be spent on highway, mass transit and other transportation programs over the next two years, projects that would have expired June 30
without congressional action. It also ends a bareknuckle political battle over student loans that raged since spring, a proxy fight over which party was best helping voters muddle through the economic downturn. “Both Republicans and Democrats deserve a lot of credit for the new surface transportation see BILL page 114