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“The Nation’s Best Read Construction Newspaper… Founded 1957.” October 3, 2012 • Vol. XXV • No. 20 • 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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Bledsoe County Builds Correctional Complex By Cindy Riley CEG CORRESPONDENT
Highland Holds Custom er Appreciation Day…8
RW Moore, Benchmark Host Skeet Shoot ing Event…12
Construction on a 431,000-sq.-ft. (40,041 sq m) prison that can house more than 1,400 inmates is close to completion in Pikeville, Tenn. The new Bledsoe County Correctional Complex on Horsehead Road, which according to the Tennessee Department of Corrections (TDOC) will create hundreds of new jobs, includes rows of large gray housing units made from stacked, precast cells built on the prison grounds. The project was first announced by the TDOC back in 2004, based on population projections which indicated the need for additional beds; however, work didn't actually begin until May 2010. A groundbreaking for the new facility was held in April 2010. The Bledsoe County addition consists of five buildings containing 632 cells produced in a total of 156 quad-cell modules and four double-cell modules. It is actually an expansion of the Southeastern Tennessee State Regional Correctional Facility, which was built in 1980 and is a time-building institusee COMPLEX page 34
Photo courtesy of Jason Gentry of Mid-State Construction
Crews install the 16-in. (40.5 cm) diameter HDPE distribution piping underneath the roadway.
Improving Housing Markets List Grows to 99 ACT Moves I nto Char lott e Market …16
Table of Contents ................4 Mini & Compact Equipment Section..........................43-61 Paving Section ............63-75
The number of improving housing markets across the country rose to 99 in September, according to the National Association of Home Builders/First American Improving Markets Index (IMI), released Sept. 10. This is up from 80 metros that were listed as improving in August and includes representatives from 33
states as well as the District of Columbia. The index identifies metropolitan areas that have shown improvement from their respective troughs in housing permits, employment and house prices for at least six consecutive months. Markets added to the list in September include such geographically diverse locations as
Tucson, Ariz.; Jacksonville, Fla.; Springfield, Ill.; Greenville, N.C.; and Bend, Ore. “The number of improving housing markets grew by 19 in September as 68 metros retained their spots, 31 new metros were added and just 12 dropped off the list,” noted Barry Rutenberg, see HOUSING page 80
Parts Section ................76-77
Canada Firm Proposes New Pipeline Route
Auction Section ..........82-93
Josh Funk ASSOCIATED PRESS
Business Calendar ............89 Advertisers Index ..............94
OMAHA, Nebraska (AP) The company that wants to build a pipeline to transport crude oil
from Canada to U.S. Gulf Coast refineries said Sept. 5 it has revised its proposed new route through Nebraska to avoid environmentally sensitive areas. The latest proposed Keystone
XL pipeline route is TransCanada’s second attempt to satisfy state environmental regulators. The Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality said in July that the initial revised route
crossed land that could erode easily and passed near unconfined aquifers that supply drinking water to residents and livestock. The new TransCanada propossee PIPELINE page 78