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December 15 2021 Vol. XXXIII • No. 25
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Inside
Cater pillar Hosts N.C. Event to Showcase Cold Planers...8
Mississippi DOT photo
Doosan Unveils DD100 Dozer, Much More for 2022...12
S.C. Scra p Business Relies On Atlas Material Handlers...43
see STORY page 50
Table of Contents ................4 Attachments & Parts Section ......................................34-39 Aggregate & Recycling Section ..........................43-55
Industry Ready to Dive Into Infrastructure Work As Agencies Assess Priorities, Contractors Prepare for Influx of Infrastructure Projects5 By Lucy Perry
Truck & Trailer Section ........ ......................................58-60 Business Calendar ............71 Auction Section ............75-77 Advertisers Index ..............78
CEG CORRESPONDENT
The ink is still drying on the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) as the construction industry awaits bid-letting and Congress turns to the reconciliation budget bill. After a long, hard-fought battle for funding, the industry is ready to get to work on these broad-spectrum infrastructure projects,
which will color the national construction picture for years to come. “America finally has a generation-defining infrastructure bill — and if the reconciliation budget comes through, too, America will begin a building spree larger than what happened during the New Deal,” observed Brookings Institution. It’s “worth pausing to consider” the enormisee INFRASTRUCTURE page 28