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Vol. XXIII • No. 22
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U.S. Companies Assist Rescue of Chilean Miners By Mary Reed CEG CORRESPONDENT
RW Moore, Benchmark Hosts Skeet Shooters…8
The East New Orleans Regional Library is very similar in design to the Algiers branch.
Stafford Forms New Aggregate Division…14
Post-Katrina Construction Includes New Libraries By Angela B. Hurni CEG CORRESPONDENT
Trench Shields Assist With Surprise Work…21
Table of Contents ........4 Trailers Section ....31-37 Paving Section......41-53 Parts Section ..............54 Business Calendar......60 Auction Section ....66-75 Advertisers Index ......74
After Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans in 2005, all of the city’s public libraries sustained some type of damage. There was such destruction in five of the public
libraries that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) declared them more than 50 percent damaged. This declaration allowed for the agency to cover the cost to demolish and rebuild the five facilities. Construction of the five libraries see KATRINA page 56
U.S. Shuns Some Public Works By David Porter and Michael Rubinkam ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITERS
NEWARK, New Jersey (AP) New Jersey’s governor wants to kill a $9 billionplus train tunnel to New York City because of runaway costs. Far away, Hawaii’s outgoing governor is having second thoughts about a proposed $5.5 billion rail line in Honolulu. In many of the 48 states in between, infrastructure projects are languishing on the drawing board, awaiting the right mix of creative financing, political arm-twisting and timing to move forward. And a struggling economy and a surge of political can-
didates opposed to big spending could make it a long wait. Has the nation that built the Hoover Dam, brought electricity to the rural South and engineered the massive interstate highway system lost its appetite for big public works projects? At a time when other countries are pouring money into steel and concrete, is the United States unwilling to think long-term? “My sense is things have changed,” said Andrew Goetz, a University of Denver professor and an expert on transportation policy. “People now tend to see any project as a waste of money, and that’s just wrong.” see PROJECTS page 58
The main shaft of the 125-year-old San Jose Mine near Copiapo, 500 mi. north of Santiago, Chile, collapsed on Aug. 5, 2010. An estimated 700,000 tons of rock shifted, trapping 33 men 2,300 ft (700 m) underground. The group was able to reach a reinforced area serving as an emergency refuge in the gold and copper mine, privately owned by Compania Minera San Esteban Primera. The majority of the trapped men are from Copiapo and range in age from Mario Gomez, who is in his early sixties and has worked in mines since he was 12, to 19-year-old Jimmy Sanchez, a new father whose baby was a month old at the time of the collapse. A meticulously organized rescue plan to be carried out by an international cooperative effort swung into action, overseen by Codelco, the stateowned mining enterprise and the largest company in Chile. However, it was not only due to the sterling above-ground efforts that the men returned safely. The party organized itself to help itself, led by shift supervisor Luis Urzua. According to psychologists assisting the trapped men to cope with their situation, this cohesion and direction of purpose was vital to their mental health, while also helping them see RESCUE page 26
The Schramm T130XD is seen here on site at the San Jose Mine.