Southeast #3, 2010 - CEG

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Southeast Edition

February 10 2010

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Vol. XXIII • No.3

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Test piles are an important part of the project, which, according to project manager Eric Eliason, is basically being built in the middle of a lake.

Turbid Terrain Tests Crews on Fla.’s SR 26 By Kerry Lynn Kirby CEG CORRESPONDENT

It has been wet work, much wetter than expected. But now that north-central Florida has entered its “dry season,” work on a new overpass to carry Fla. 26 over U.S. 301 and the CSX railroad line in Alachua County is getting more productive, said Southland Construction Inc. project manager Eric Eliason. The Apopka, Fla.-based firm was awarded the $9.96 million contract for the job, which covers 1.75 mi. (2.8 km) and entails a realignment of Fla. 26 and construction of an overpass across the CSX railroad tracks and U.S. 301/Fla. 200 in Orange Heights, Eliason said.

AED Holds Annual C o n v e n t i o n , C O N D E X… 1 0

Bidders Vie for Surplus Equipment in Tampa…44

Briggs Equipment Iron Goes on the Block…56

Table of Contents ............4

Be Cleared March 31 NASHVILLE,

Parts Section ................40 Business Calendar ........42 Auction Section..52-57,59 Advertisers Index ..........58

see SOUTHLAND page 22

AEM Leader: Infrastructure TDOT: Rock Slide to Investment Equals Jobs Tenn.

Truck & Trailer Section .... (AP) Tennessee highway ..................................26-29 officials expect to finish Crushing, Screening & Recycling Section ....33-39

The project is intended to ease traffic and improve safety at the crossroads by allowing motorists on Fla. 26 to travel unobstructed across U.S. 301 and the adjacent, parallel CSX railroad via the roughly 25-ft.-high (7.6 m) overpass, he said. Work began on the project July 2, with a contract time of 625 days, Eliason said. “Our initial schedule called for a completion date of November 2009, but revisions to the workflow due to the wetland conditions have pushed our current completion date back to February 2010,” he said, noting that the geotechnicals that the Florida Department of Transportation had used

clearing debris from a November rock slide on U.S. Highway 64 in Polk County by March 31. A statement from the state Department of Transportation said crews have removed about 6,000 cu. yds. of debris and have been working to stabilize the adjacent mountainside as of Jan. 8. see TDOT page 14

The assembly of the giant Terex crane took eight people (including two from Dozier Crane & Machinery who came to assist) three days.

Speaking at a press conference following an invitation-only meeting of key U.S. senators, Dennis Slater, president of the Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM), forcibly relayed the direct connection between infrastructure investment and job creation for the construction industry and entire manufacturing sector. The meeting and conference were held to highlight the importance of infrastructure investment to putting Americans back to work. Slater was selected to attend as the sole representative of the manufacturing sector, in recognition of AEM’s leadership role in support of critical infrastructure investment and the Start Us Up USA campaign, which advocates timely passage of multi-year transportation legislation. AEM also is active in advocating for adequate water infrastructure investment. “The single best way to bring back

hundreds of thousands of good-paying, sustainable manufacturing jobs in the U.S. is to pass major long-term investments in our critical national infrastructure,” Slater noted. Senators at the meeting are working on a new “jobs creation” package of legislation, and they recognize that a central piece of that effort will be rebuilding America’s infrastructure to create jobs, grow the economy and maintain and improve our nation’s safety, environment and international competitiveness, Slater noted. The meeting in the U.S. Senate was co-chaired by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV); Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), chair of the Senate Democratic Steering and Outreach Committee; and Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), chair of the Transportation Appropriations Subcommittee. In addition, 19 Senators attended, see INFRASTRUCTURE page 14


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