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® August 9 2023 Vol. XXXV • No. 16
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Contractor to Bring Numerous Upgrades to Route 37...8
Atlantic & Southern Acquires Assets of Pinnacle Cranes...26 Aerial Innovations Southeast photo
Travel industry experts and economists are saying that Americans are bursting out of the pandemic bubble and eager to travel. One airport has emerged from the bubble with a crescendo like a memoBy Chuck MacDonald CEG CORRESPONDENT
Designing Your Own Custom Wraps for Your Heavy Equipment...30
Table of Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 Paving Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33-50 Backhoes & Attachments Section . . . . . . . . . . .51-59 Business Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .78 Auction Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .86-93 Advertisers Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .94
rable guitar riff from its famous country musicians. Nashville International Airport (BNA) made the nation’s fifth fastest pandemic recovery in the country. Fiscal year 2022 was the busiest year in the airport’s history. BNA expects to shatter that
record with the end of its fiscal year in June 2023. Airport executives are overseeing about 18 million boardings per year with plans to accommodate 35 million in the future. Airport traffic there has doubled in 10 years. see AIRPORT page 62
Confusion With Construction Rule OMB Hit With Questions Surrounding Build America, Buy America Act By Lucy Perry CEG CORRESPONDENT
While the construction industry awaits the Biden administration’s final wording of its Build America, Buy America Act (BABA), contractors can study up on application of the rule. Meant to bolster the economy through the required use of domestically sourced construction materials, the rule is considered contradictory at best and confusing at worst. The White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) issued a Proposed Rule earlier this year regarding the implementation of BABA. see RULE page 66
While IIJA earmarked more than $1.2 trillion for infrastructure projects, BABA imposed restrictions to all federally-funded infrastructure projects, regardless of whether they are funded by IIJA.