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April 8 2020
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Vol. XXXII • No. 8
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Inside
JCB Answers Call With Ventilator Shortage...16
Port Canaveral Building New Terminal for Massive Carnival Cruise Line Ship Work along Route 301 in Screven County, Ga.
Linder Hosts Wirtgen Experts for Seminar...27
The Carnival Liberty sails past construction of the cruise line’s newest home at Port Canaveral in Florida.
JM Wood Holds Montgomery Sale...84
Table of Contents ............4 Paving Section .........27-45 Skid Steer Section ...................................47-63 Auction Section .......81-85 Business Calendar .........85 Advertisers Index ..........86
State-By-State: Industry Reacts to COVID-19
By Eric Olson
By Chuck MacDonald
CEG CORRESPONDENT
CEG CORRESPONDENT
Just to the south of where Americans once launched men to the moon and will soon begin their voyages to Mars is the site of a different kind of facility — one that also helps launch people, but to more Earth-bound destinations. Port Canaveral is a cargo and naval port 10 mi. south of the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) on central Florida’s east coast. But it is also one of the busiest passenger cruise ports in the world, with more than 4.5 million travelers passing through the harbor via many of the major cruise companies. One of them, Carnival Cruise Lines, has partnered with the port to build a sparkling new terminal and dock, a replacement for its older facility. The modern Cruise Terminal 3 (aka CT3) will accommodate Carnival’s newest and largest ship, the Mardi Gras, a massive ship weighing in at 180,000 tons with enough room to comfortably hold up to 6,630 passengers.
It’s business as usual in the paving industry — almost. Construction and infrastructure work, which includes paving, have been classified as essential services. Only two states, Pennsylvania and Washington, have put this work on hold. In other states, work goes on while emphasizing federal, state and local guidelines including social distancing, sterilizing work surfaces and keeping meetings to 10 people or less. As with many industries, meetings formerly conducted in person are often handled through virtual means. So far, there have been no reports of labor or supply shortages from paving companies. Audrey Copeland, Ph.D., National Asphalt Pavement Association (NAPA) president and CEO, outlined progress and caution in the industry.
Project to be Finished in Late Spring The new CT3 venture is in its final months of construction, with the completion date expected toward the end of May. The entire CT3 campus will consist of a main terminal building, an 1,800-space, six-level parking garage and a new passenger boarding bridge — all encompassed within 15.7 acres and located just west of Jetty Park, the port’s public beach. In the waters adjacent to the complex, marine construction crews are also rebuilding and improving the berth to hold Carnival Cruise’s various size ships. see PORT page 66
see INFRASTRUCTURE page 30