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Baltimore Awaits Its ‘Next Great Attraction’ By Brenda Ruggiero CEG CORRESPONDENT
Be st Line Equipment Opens New Facility i n Pa. …12
Small Firm Thrives in the Land of t he Giants…18
A casino that will serve as the southern gateway to the city of Baltimore, Md., is currently taking shape on Russell Street on Baltimore’s south side. Horseshoe Casino Baltimore will be the second largest casino in the state. It was planned as a city-integrated casino designed to maximize connectivity with existing hospital operators, neighboring sports venues M & T Bank Stadium (home of the NFL’s Baltimore Ravens) and Oriole Park at Camden Yards (home of the MLB’s Orioles) and the city’s famed Inner Harbor. The full development value is $442 million, and the general contractor is Whiting-Turner of Baltimore. The official groundbreaking was held on May 29, 2013, and the project is scheduled for completion in the third quarter of 2014. The project is currently on schedule. The full-service casino entertainment facility will house 2,500 video lottery terminals, 100 see BALTIMORE page 26
Horseshoe Casino Baltimore will be located just south of M&T Bank Stadium, home of the Baltimore Ravens (seen in the distance).
Bloomberg Eyes Age Limit for Cranes in NYC Rit chie Ho lds Sal e in Nort h East, Md. …116
Table of Contents ................4 Truck & Trailer Section ........ ......................................55-61 Recycling Section ........65-89 Business Calendar ............92 Attachment & Parts Section ..................................103-108 Auction Section ......112-124 Advertisers Index ............122
Mayor Bloomberg and Buildings Commissioner Robert D. LiMandri announced new legislation to limit the age of cranes operating in New York City as part of an ongoing effort to raise the standards for crane operations citywide. The bill would prohibit mobile
and tower cranes manufactured more than 25 years ago from operating in New York City. Cranes would be removed from service based on the original date of manufacture, or based on the age of the crane’s oldest component, whichever is greater. In addition, crane
owners would be required to outfit all cranes with load cycle counters to record data regarding every lift that a crane performs — which is critical to setting maintenance schedules and overall operability over a crane’s service life. see CRANES page 96
In the Shadow of D.C. Bridge, Locals Build Future By Leah Binkovitz THE WASHINGTON POST
WASHINGTON (AP) Malachi Yisrael stands and speaks before a couple dozen people in the back of a construction trailer just east of the 11th Street Bridge to Anacostia. The room is decorated with white and red balloons. Construction plans and photographs of people in orange work vests cover the walls.
It’s a graduation ceremony, of sorts, and Yisrael is one of the commencement speakers. He sports a bright blue plaid button-down shirt, big dreads and a bigger smile, plus a criminal record that starts at age 13. He’s just happy to be there. So are the seven graduating students who are part of an innovative training program that puts some of the city’s most disadvantaged adults on the engineering side of a construction job site.
The program is part of the District of Columbia Department of Transportation’s 11th Street Bridge Project, the most expensive job the department has ever undertaken. On-the-job training programs are mandatory for projects that receive federal funding. They give local residents a chance to learn a skill. Usually, they’re for the lowest-paid positions — the hard labor. This time, DDOT Director Terry Bellamy see TRAINING page 22