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“The Nation’s Best Read Construction Newspaper… Founded 1957.” August 22, 2012 • Vol. XXV • No. 17 • 470 Maryland Drive • Ft. Washington, PA 19034 • 215-885-2900 • Toll Free 800-523-2200 • Fax 215-885-2910 • www.constructionequipmentguide.com
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Work on Marshall Space Flight Center Takes Off By Cindy Riley CEG CORRESPONDENT
FDOT Approves Shoring Switch…12
Morooka Opens Plant -in Va. …26
Construction teams in Huntsville, Ala., are making significant changes to the historic Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) headquarters complex, which has played a crucial role in the nation’s space program. The largest center of NASA, Marshall has served as the chief center for space shuttle propulsion and its external tank, payloads and related crew training, International Space Station design and assembly and computers, networks and information management. In early January, site preparatory work for a $40 million construction and demolition project at MSFC officially began. According to MSFC spokesperson Angela Storey, Building 4220 is a part of MSFC’s repair by replacement program to replace aged, deteriorating, high maintenance buildings all over the center. It is the first structure in the 4200 complex being replaced under this program. “Marshall has an important role in the U.S. space program, and has developed a master plan
Toll Roads Spur FDOT: Overhead Sign Changes Controversy in Along I-295 Beltway Completed N.C. Legislature see FLIGHT page 36
Tim Fr ank Named SANY Chai rman…28
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The building pad where the power driving rig is set up and utility work has been started.
By Cindy Riley
By Gary D. Robertson
CEG CORRESPONDENT
Truck & Trailer Section ..38-41 Recycling Section ............45-57 Attachment Section ........65-68 Parts Section ....................69-70 Auction Section................73-83 Business Calendar ................74 Advertisers Index ..................82
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Sign changes that allow for easier travel along more than 60 mi. of I-295 around Jacksonville, Fla., are now complete. According to the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT), construction on the Duval County project began in December 2011, with overhead sign designations changed from SR 9A to I-295. “Having a beltway with consistent signing and exit numbers posted on the signs will make the route along the I-295 beltway easier for motorists,” said FDOT Public Information Officer Mike see FDOT page 32
Photo courtesy of Chris Beury, project engineer, Jones, Edmunds & Associates Construction Engineering Services
Highway Safety Devices’ crews set the new overhead sign structure S-1 on the north end of I-295 East Beltway, which required nighttime detours of NB I-295 traffic.
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) An unusual probe by North Carolina Republican legislators into edited state Department of Transportation letters on funding for two divisive toll projects raised howls among Democrats who believed it was designed to embarrass Gov. Beverly Perdue. “It’s a tempest in a teapot,” said Sen. Dan Blue, D-Wake, a former House speaker who couldn’t recall hearing before the kind of grilling DOT workers received from the Senate Rules Committee in the final days of the session that ended this month. “It’s much ado about nothing, see TOLLS page 28