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June 22, 2016 • Vol. XXIX • No. 13 • 470 Maryland Drive • Ft. Washington, PA 19034 • 215-885-2900 • Toll Free 800-523-2200 • Fax 215-885-2910
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Drilling Rigs Named for Fallen Soldiers By Eric Olson
Contractor Upgrades to Stakeless Grading…10
CEG CORRESPONDENT
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A $40 million mixed-use project in Nashville, Tenn., is taking shape on a 1.03-acre site at the northeast corner of 21st Avenue South and Wedgewood Avenue.
Kobelco USA Holds Grand Opening…18
$40M Mixed-Use Project to Enhance Nashville A $40 million mixed-use project in Nashville, Tenn., is taking shape on a 1.03-acre site at the northeast corner of 21st Avenue South and Wedgewood Avenue. Brentwood-based GBT Realty Corp. is developing the four-story Village 21 at Regions Park, which will feature apartments, roughly 22,000 sq. ft. (2,043 sq m) of retail space, a bank and a structured parking garage with approximately 240 spaces. “This is an exciting project for GBT Realty Inc. It’s a contemporary project being built to meet today’s living, developed by a local Nashville developer,” said Don Robinson, diversified development division managing director, GBT Realty Corporation. “We believe it’s an excellent location to provide a great living experience, with the convenience of being able to
By Cindy Riley
CEG CORRESPONDENT
Top Fi ve Aspec ts of Pic king Cr usher s…54
Table of Contents ................4 Truck & Trailer Section ........ ......................................30-32 Attachment & Parts Section ......................................33-38
On a chilly and blustery day this past March, a very special pair of crawler-mounted drills were received at a Virginia-based electrical contractor before being dedicated to honor two of America’s fallen soldiers. What began as a simple request to name the rigs after men killed in service to their country soon ballooned into something much more. As a result, a partnership was developed between the contractor, New River Electrical Corp. (NRE) and the drilling rigs’ various suppliers and dealers to channel more than $10,000 to the Virginia Military Institute (VMI) in Lexington. Remembering the Fallen On Oct. 27, 2009, while on patrol in the Arghandab Valley in Afghanistan, Sgt. Dale Griffin died from wounds sustained from an improvised explosive device (IED) when enemy forces attacked his vehicle. Capt. Michael Newton was killed almost two years later on June 11, 2011 in Afghanistan’s Faryab Province. Sgt. Griffin and Capt. Newton were both classmates of retired U.S. Army and Virginia National Guard Captain Joshua Bandy. Now, as a civilian, Bandy is the director of fleet
see VILLAGE page 40
see DRILLS page 20
Communities Seek $9.3B in Transportation Funding DOT Receives 585 Applications for 2016 TIGER Grant Program U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx
from communities of all sizes, with 337 appli-
said Foxx. “As we have seen year after year,
Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) grant
rural communities. The high level of interest
fund through TIGER, demonstrating the need
across the country totaling $9.3 billion in
tion investment nationwide. “Communities across the country know that if we want a strong, multimodal transportation system that will meet our needs in the future, we need to make meaningful investments today,”
portation funding.” Like the first seven rounds, 2016 TIGER discretionary grants will fund capital investments in surface transportation infrastructure and will
Recycling Section ........45-57 announced that the Transportation Investment cations coming from urban areas and 248 from there are far more worthy projects than we can Auction Section ............74-81 program has received 585 applications from underscores the continued need for transporta- for a serious, long-term investment in transBusiness Calendar ............80 requested funding — more than 18 times the Advertisers Index ..............82
$500 million that will be awarded. Now in its eighth year, the TIGER program has continued to attract overwhelming demand
see TIGER page 24