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December 20 2017 Vol. XXX • No. 26
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Crews Rebuild Portion of I-40/I-440 in N.C.
AGF Machinery Raises Funds for Charity…20
Yancey Bros. Co., SITECH Host Technology Event…26
Started in May 2013, the North Carolina Department of Transportation’s (NCDOT) $200 million Fortify I-40/I-440 Rebuild project — the 11.5-mile rebuild of a stretch of I-40/I-440 in southern Raleigh —will be fully completed in 2018.
By Irwin Rapoport CEG CORRESPONDENT
New Dealership Takes on Mecalac Line…54
Table of Contents ................4 Paving Section..............33-47 Mini & Compact Equipment Section ..........................49-63 Parts Section ................64-65 Auction Section ............82-89 Business Calendar ............85 Advertisers Index ..............90
Started in May 2013, the North Carolina Department of Transportation’s (NCDOT) $200 million Fortify I-40/I-440 Rebuild project — the 11.5-mile rebuild of a stretch of I-40/I-440 in
southern Raleigh — will be fully completed in 2018. The work, which is being completed by Granite Construction Inc., is renovating a major highway that carries nearly 120,000 vehicles per day. The project is being funded by federal and state funds, with the major roadway work
expected to have both sides of the interstate in their final traffic pattern by early spring 2018. “This two-phase project is part of our 10-year plan to strengthen the state’s roadways and help with traffic congestion in the Triangle,” said Steve Abbott, NCDOT spokesman. “Safety is
Cellulose-Infused Concrete Is One Step Closer to Reality By Andrea Watts CEG CORRESPONDENT
On a sunny summer day at Oregon State University, before an audience of researchers and representatives from the construction industry, a Knife River-owned ready-mix cement truck poured a batch of concrete. By all appearances the concrete looked similar to concrete poured at a construction site with one notable exception. This concrete had wood in it
— more specifically cellulose nanocrystals (CNC). If this test batch of concrete yields the same strength and curing results in a real-world setting as has been found in the laboratory, CNC very likely could be a gamechanger for the concrete industry. Jeffrey Youngblood, a professor of Materials Engineering at Purdue University whose research focuses on polymers, readily admits that Robert Moon, a materials research engineer with the U.S. see CONCRETE page 72
see NCDOT page 74
Michael Goergen photo
Earlier this year, researchers poured a test batch of cellulose nanocrystals-infused concrete to see how it would perform in realworld conditions. Contractor Knife River participated in the test pour.