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® June 11 2025 Vol. XXXVII • No. 12
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Liebherr Invests $230M for New Logistics Center in Tupelo...8
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Superior-de Moya JV Reconnects Sanibel Island Community...22
The Louisiana Department of Transportation (LaDOTD) worked long CEG CORRESPONDENT and hard to get a traffic management plan approved so they could proceed with reconstruction work on a 3.5mi. section of Interstate 20 through Bossier City. They knew traffic was going to be a problem and even with their best efforts, envisioned backups stretching miles and miles. As it turned out, two months into the project, they discovered the dreaded miles-long queues weren’t the issue, but rather a glitch no one had foreseen and one with the potential to be dangerous, even deadly. By Lori Tobias
Carolina Cat Hosts Cat’s Global Operator Challenge 2025..26
see LADOTD page 48
Paving Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41-56
What’s Driving the Autonomous Construction Equipment Market?
Electric Equipment Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59-64
By Lucy Perry
Table of Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4
Manufacturers All-In On This Expanding Construction Equipment Sector CEG CORRESPONDENT
Auction Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .82-85 Business Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .85 Advertisers Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .86
The Autonomy of Things, coined by Patience Consulting, is the concept that automating tasks considered difficult, dangerous and sometimes unappealing. That has come to include autonomous construction equipment, now revolutionizing the way tasks are performed, machines operated, job sites managed and projects completed. see AUTONOMY page 62
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