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March 24 2021
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Vol. XXXIII • No. 6
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Inside
see page 27 Baton Rouge $343M Project to Be Complete in 2022...68
Iron Auction Group Holds Sale for Concord Builders...81
By late January, more than 70,000 cu. yds. of material had been excavated from the site of Tennessee’s $15.7 million DDI modification project in Johnson City. Jeff Martin Auctioneers Hosts Four-Day Sale....84
Table of Contents ............4
Industry Lauds Biden’s Supply-Chain Review New Executive Order Will Help Develop U.S. Supplies for Critical Goods, Cover Shortages By Lucy Perry
Asphalt, Concrete, Paving, Compaction & Milling Section ......................38-60 Parts Section ..................61 Auction Section ........82-85 Business Calendar ........85 Advertisers Index ..........86
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with a “Made in America” executive order (EO) to strengthen “Buy American” laws and slow the import of many products. This supply-chain EO mandates a 100-day review for vulnerabilities in supply chains for semiconductors, large-capacity batteries,
In late February, President Joe Biden signed another executive order, this one focusing on America’s supply chains. The goal is to develop more resilient and secure supply chains for critical goods disrupted by see ORDER page 20 the COVID-19 pandemic. It calls for a review of supply chain securiThe United States lacks the ty risks as a way to beef up produccapability to process rare tion and cover shortages of essenearth materials used in the tial goods. automotive, aerospace, defense President Biden opened the year and electronics industries.