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Long-Awaited Widening Comes to Jackson Ave. By Peter Hildebrandt CEG CORRESPONDENT
Garden State’s R&R Celebrates Milestone…8
Life, Legacy of Pine Bush’s Dorothy Boniface…14
Kem per Equipment Hosts RoadMi xer Demo…24
Table of Contents ....................4 Truck & Trailer Section ....53-57 Recycling Section ............71-91 Snow & Ice Section ........99-104 Attachment Section ....105-111 Parts Section ................112-113 Business Calendar ..............116 Auction Section ....Starts at 121 Advertisers Index ................134
involving this narrow, important street where drivers often accelerate. With this much needed widening of the road, there will be three lanes: one lane north, one south and a center turn lane for the entire length. Plus, as drivers travel north, there will still be a turn lane as drivers approach Convent Road. Convent Road is a major cut through and there are many residential areas off that road. Because the project would impact so many people, the town wanted to ensure they did sufficient outreach to inform as many people as possible about the widening
Jackson Avenue, in Syosset, N.Y., has finally been given a makeover. This street has long been a pivotal thoroughfare in this community, which is serviced by the nearby Long Island Railroad. The LIRR provides a direct line into midtown Manhattan and Jackson Avenue provides a straight shot from the Long Island Expressway and Jericho Turnpike to the heart of the town where the LIRR train station is located. But the narrow busy street also has had its share of pedestrian deaths, auto accidents and near-death experiences. Years ago, at the one major curve in the road a man got up from his couch just in time to be spared the wreckage of a fast-moving auto that (Rob Schultz photo) plowed directly into the With this much needed widening of Jackson room where he’d just Avenue, there will be three lanes: one lane north, been napping. Other area one south and a center turn lane for the entire residents have their own length. Jackson Avenue. stories By Jennifer Rupp
see SYOSSET page 36
Resensys Offers New Ideas for Checking ‘Health’ of Bridges
Construction Employment Numbers Rise in October Construction employment rose in half the states and decreased in half in October and during the past year, closely matching the stable national employment picture, according to an analysis by the Associated General Contractors of America of Labor Department data. The even split between gains and losses reflects the accelerating improvement in apartment and private nonresidential construction, offset by a declining public market and stalled single-family sector. “Construction employment gains are likely to remain spotty for months to come,” said Ken Simonson, the association’s chief economist. “Local factors, rather than regional or industry trends,
seem to dictate whether a state has rising or falling construction employment in a given month.” North Dakota ranked first among 24 states and the District of Columbia that recorded construction employment gains from October 2010 to October 2011. The state added 19 percent (4,100 jobs). Oklahoma ranked second (8.1 percent, 5,500 jobs), followed by D.C. (4.8 percent, 500 jobs). Texas added the largest number of jobs (17,500, 3.1 percent), closely followed by California (17,100, 3.1 percent). Among the 25 states that shed construction jobs over the past 12 months, see EMPLOYMENT page 39
CEG CORRESPONDENT
In 2008, Mehdi Kalantari, assistant research scientist in the electrical and computer engineering department of the University of Maryland, founded Resensys LLC. The company developed wireless sensor technology that could monitor the structural health of bridges. These devices have now become commercially available for use on new and existing bridges. How It Began “My background is in sensor networking and wireless communication,” see SENSOR page 28
Sensors monitor various components on the bridge, such as the bearings where this sensor is located.