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Published Nationally ® January 6 2019 Vol. IX • No. 1
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Heavy Hitter Arrives at $1.2B Globe Life Field By Cindy Riley
Kelly Gavin/Texas Rangers photo
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Creating Beautiful Vistas in the Heart of Texas...11
Fuchs Celebrates 130 Years With Event in Germany...16
James G. Murphy Holds December Sale...44
Against a backdrop of overlapping cranes, construction teams in Texas are working to complete Globe Life Field, the new home of the Texas Rangers. Scheduled to open in 2020, the $1.2 billion stadium represents a partnership between the club and the city of Arlington. “The new stadium will make for a better fan experience,” said John Blake, executive vice president of communications of the Rangers. “There will be great seating for everybody, because they’ll be so much closer to the action.” With portions made from a transparent material, the retractable roof at Globe Life Field will be the first of its kind in baseball. Rangers fans will be able to enjoy the outdoor atmosphere, with the benefit of air-conditioning. “People will be able to watch a game in 72degree comfort in the middle of summer, when it’s 105 degrees outside,” said Blake. “The architects designed this massive roof where light will come through. It’s going to be amazing, watching it come together.” Intended to be an epic and game-changing improvement, the retractable roof will take a year to complete and require 19,000 tons of steel. It will be 600 x 400 ft., for a total of 240,000 sq. ft., at twice the size of neighboring AT&T Stadium. Its top is 230 ft. above street
Maxim Crane Works’ Manitowoc 31,000, the biggest American-made conventional crawler crane, arrived on the site in 140 truckloads, took three weeks to assemble and has a 400ft. reach for this project.
level. The roof will be built using the Maxim Crane Works Manitowoc 31,000, the biggest American-made conventional crawler crane. At 3 million lbs. total, including 2.15 million lbs. of counterweight, the crane can lift 1.5 million lbs. at 150 ft. in the Rangers’ configuration, and up
Attachments & Parts Section ......................................11-13
NDOT Ready to Wrap Up $1B ‘Project Neon’
Recycling Section.........29-35
By Lori Tobias
Table of Contents ................4
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Truck & Trailer Section ........ ......................................37-40 Business Calendar.............41 Auction Section............43-45 Advertisers Index ..............46
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The third and final phase of the largest and most expensive public works project undertaken in Nevada’s 152-year history is wrapping up. When finished, Project Neon will widen 3.7 mi. of Interstate 15 in downtown Las Vegas. It’s currently the busiest stretch of highway in Nevada, traveled by 300,000 vehicles
daily, and expected to double by 2035. “It’s on time; it’s on budget,” said Tony Illia, Nevada DOT spokesman. “It’s going well. We shaved off a year by adopting the design build approach. Initially our construction cost estimates were around $1.5 billion, and it came in a hair under $1 billion. That’s a savings in tax dollars of $80 million.” see NDOT page 22
to 5 million lbs. in other configurations. Arriving in 140 truckloads, it took three weeks to assemble, with a 400-ft. reach for this project. “We are at a point where the roof is a necessity, because of the heat, which can be unbearable at times,” said Blake. “We’re building a see FIELD page 36 Nevada Department of Transportation photo
When finished, Project Neon will widen 3.7 mi. of Interstate 15 in downtown Las Vegas. It’s currently the busiest stretch of highway in Nevada, traveled by 300,000 vehicles daily, and expected to double by 2035.