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Southeast 25 December 10, 2025

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® December 10 2025 Vol. XXXVII • No. 25

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Balfour Beatty Works On $242M U.S. 70 Project

Construction ‘Goes Vertical’ at Knoxville’s McGhee Tyson Airport...8

NCDOT photos

During grading operations, crews are using Caterpillar excavators, Caterpillar backhoes, Caterpillar motor graders, Caterpillar sheeps foot rollers and John Deere tractors.

Kelly Tractor Hosts Grand Opening in Ft. Pierce, Fla. ...18

By Cindy Riley

In Craven County, N.C., work has begun on a $242 million project that will upgrade another segment of U.S. 70. Construction focuses on 6.5 mi. between Thurman Road and the Havelock Bypass and includes building three interchanges. “The intent is to improve regional mobility, assist economic development in primarily rural areas of eastern North Carolina and provide a closer interstate connection to the Port of Morehead City,” said Brad McMannen, North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) resident engineer. CEG CORRESPONDENT

Deanco Holds Final Auction of 2025 in Philadelphia, Miss. ...76

see NCDOT page 39

An Upbeat Outlook

Table of Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 Attachments & Parts Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29-32

Transportation Contractors Have Reason to Be Optimistic in 2026

Concrete News Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33-35

By Lucy Perry CEG CORRESPONDENT

Truck & Trailer Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36-38 Aggregate & Recycling Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43-56 Business Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .68 Auction Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73-77 Advertisers Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .78

The U.S. Interstate Highway System turns 70 in 2026. As one of the greatest public works projects in American history enters its septuagenarian era showing its age, the people who build it face their own issues. The new year brings a mix of opportunities and challenges in the areas of labor, logistics, sustainability and the integra-

tion of AI technology. Adobe Stock photo The infrastructure sector “is entering the latter half of the 2020s with solid growth prospects,” according to portfolio management firm Loan Analytics. Fueled by government investment to address critical infrastructure needs, the industry will see sustained demand for funding programs such demand from funding pro- The as the IIJA could be tempered by chalgrams such as the IIJA. lenges including rising supply costs and see OUTLOOK page 58

labor shortages.


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