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November 25, 2015 • Vol. XXVII • No. 24 • 470 Maryland Drive • Ft. Washington, PA 19034 • 215-885-2900 • Toll Free 800-523-2200 • Fax 215-885-2910
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Aid for Roads Won’t Improve Highway System By Seanna Adcox
City of Kannapolis Sees Smoother Roads…8
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Designed to offer a variety of steels for energy, power and transportation markets, the new, $1.3 billion Big River Steel mill in Osceola, Ark., will be the world’s first flat-rolled flex mill when it opens in mid-2016. Situated on approximately 1,300 acres, the facility will be able to produce 1.6 million tons of steel per year. “I can’t begin to describe it, as it truly is one of those things you need to experience in person,” said Mark Bula, Big River Steel CCO. “Pictures simply can’t convey the size and magnitude of
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) An influx of federal money to repair hundreds of roads and bridges damaged by last month’s historic flooding will do little to improve South Carolina’s dilapidated highway system. That’s because the federal government’s emergency money can be used only to make roads safely passable again, said state Department of Transportation Secretary Christy Hall. “If the roads were bad before, they’re bad now. This is not a betterment program,’’ Hall told the House budget-writing committee Nov. 5. “If it’s safe and can be returned to service, that’s what we’re doing.’’ Repairs won’t make the road like new, she added: “It’s going to look like a patchwork.’’ One month after the catastrophic storm, 54 roads and 29 bridges remained closed statewide, most of them in Richland, Lexington and Clarendon counties. That’s down from an Oct. 5 peak of 541 closures, according to the DOT. By Thanksgiving, the number of total clo-
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see HIGHWAY page 84
About 30 percent of the structural work is complete. Guy M. Turner Invests in New Equipment…12
World’s First Flat-Rolled Flex Steel Mill Set for 2016 By Cindy Riley
CEG CORRESPONDENT
Hydrema Breaks Ground on New Headquarters…20
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Rutgers Unveils BEAST to Study Lifespan of a Bridge
Parts Section ................68-69 By Brenda Ruggiero Auction Section..........92-101
CEG CORRESPONDENT
Rutgers
University’s Center for Infrastructure and Transportation (CAIT) recently unveiled the BEAST (Bridge Evaluation and Accelerated Structural Testing) a facility created to study future performance and
Business Calendar ............93 Advanced Advertisers Index ............102
lifespan of materials and elements, as well as maintenance, rehabilitation and preservation techniques for aging highway bridges. The system is designed to quantitatively measure stresses and deterioration caused by extreme traffic and environmental loading on full-scale see BEAST page 74
Data from the BEAST will allow the projection of future performance and longevity of bridge materials and components.