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January 7, 2015 • Vol. XXVII • No. 1 • 470 Maryland Drive • Ft. Washington, PA 19034 • 215-885-2900 • Toll Free 800-523-2200 • Fax 215-885-2910
Inside
$14.2M Water Plant to House Two Centrifuges
Hughes Brothers Grows During Depths of Recession…8
Construction crews in Chattanooga are building a $14.2 million residuals centrifuge facility at the Tennessee American Water Plant that will process solid materials remaining from treating the water drawn from the Tennessee River. The project includes two centrifuges that will minimize the amount of the solid material, which then must be hauled off-site for land application or other disposal methods. “There are multiple activities going on,” said Rosemary Carswell, manager of engineering of Tennessee American Water. “Concrete is being poured, rebar is being tied, form work is being placed, piping is being laid and there is potholing being done to locate existing utilities underground. There’s a lot of movement going on around the plant site. There are more than 30 extra people and personal vehicles on-site moving around on a daily basis. This is in addition to the 100 Tennessee American Water employees.”
By Cindy Riley
CEG CORRESPONDENT
Thompson Pump Adapts to Changing Times…12
Bowen Engineering photo
Construction crews in Chattanooga are building a $14.2 million residuals centrifuge facility at the Tennessee American Water Plant that will process solid materials remaining from treating the water drawn from the Tennessee River.
IronPlanet, Cat Auction Services Merge…83
Table of Contents ................4 Truck & Trailer Section ........ ......................................42-44 Recycling Section ........49-62 Attachment & Parts Section ......................................63-68 Auction Section ............82-91 Business Calendar ............88 Advertisers Index ..............90
see PLANT page 70
McCrory to Propose New Taxpayers Win With Road-Building Sources RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) Gov. Pat McCrory and North Carolina legislators praised each other for the new method they approved last year to fund transportation projects they say is based not on who you know but more on reducing gridlock and creating jobs. The result, the state DOT said, is efficiencies to fund 300 additional projects in its first 10-year road-building proposal. “Everybody understood that we needed to get politics out of the road and transportation decision-making business,’’ Transportation Secretary Tony Tata said. There will be new political pressure in 2015 upon GOP legislative leaders and the Republican governor to locate tens of billions of dollars over the next generation to pay for needed but yet-funded projects. McCrory has said he’ll offer options and a recommendation early next year. The gap between anticipated transportation funds and needs was By Gary D. Robertson
EPA Coal Ash Decision
ASSOCIATED PRESS
see ROADS page 78
In good news for taxpayers, the American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) said the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Dec. 19 decision not to regulate fly-ash, a byproduct of coal combustion to produce electricity, as a “hazardous material” will save American taxpayers $105 billion over the next 20 years. That, research by the association’s foundation found, would be
the additional cost to build roads, bridges and airport runways if flyash, widely recycled as a pavement mix additive, was not available as a building material. The EPA’s rule will be setting new requirements for the storage of fly-ash. ARTBA has been actively engaged in the regulatory and legislative debate in Washington over fly-ash since 2007 and applauded see ARTBA page 78