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Aging Md. Bridges Bolstered by New Project By Brenda Ruggiero CEG CORRESPONDENT
Kleemann Trains Edward Ehrbar Inc. …8
Towmaster Hosts 4th Annual Expo…30
Cat Mac hines Br eak Grou nd at Dayt ona…40
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The Maryland State Highway Administration (SHA) is spearheading a project in the western Maryland city of Cumberland to extend the life of two bridges that are Crews use a wet nearly 50 years old. saw and an The bridges are a part excavator to of Interstate 68, carrying it remove sections over Kelly Boulevard and of the old deck Patterson Avenue. The (driving surproject will completely face) of the I-68 bridge over replace the driving surPatterson faces. The average traffic Avenue. volume on this section of I-68 is currently 33,540 vehicles per day. The construction contract bid amount is $9.2 million, and funding is approximately 80 percent federal and 20 percent state. Construction began in May 2013 and will be complete in the fall of 2014, weather permitting. It is currently on schedule. Work is being performed by Kokosing Construction Company Inc., where Erik Trail serves as superintendent. The SHA’s project engineer for construction is Tom Fulton.
Recycling Section ....73-99 Business Calendar ......114 Attachment Section .......... ..............................117-122 Auction Section ..126-137 Advertisers Index ........138
al steel of both bridges, grinding and paving 1.02 mi. (1.6 km) of I-68 (five lanes plus two shoulders, resulting in seven “lane miles”), constructing storm water management measures, see BRIDGES page 46
Foreclosure Decline Spells Good News for Industry By Lori Tobias CEG CORRESPONDENT
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This project includes removal and replacement of the bridge decks on I-68 over Patterson Avenue and I-68 over Kelly Boulevard, rehabilitation and repairs to the substructures of both bridges, cleaning and painting the structur-
A new report putting the so-called shadow inventory of houses at a three-year low, and showing a decrease in foreclosures spells good
ConExpo Retro See page 32 for the first of an ongoing series o f highlights from past ConExpos as th ey were reported in the p ages of CEG.
news for the construction industry, economists said. According to a report by CoreLogic, a provider of business data and analytics, “The overall shadow inventory is down 34 percent from its peak in 2010, when it reached 3 million
homes, and down 18 percent from a year ago, when it was at 2.4 million.” The shadow market is generally defined as the homes that are in foreclosure, but not on the market, or homes that the bank or mortgage see HOUSING page 134
N.Y. Officials Fear Transportation Chaos By David Porter ASSOCIATED PRESS
FORT LEE, N.J. (AP) California had its “Carmageddon,’’ complete with sequel. Now, New York could be staring at its own potential transportation disaster. Officials at the Port Authority of New York and
New Jersey were hoping for the best Aug. 2 as they announced plans to close three of four lanes on the heavily traveled upper deck of the George Washington Bridge to replace sections of the steel beams that support the roadway. The work is expected to last through the end of the year and will be performed during overnight hours — see TRANSPORTATION page 23