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February 17 2019 Vol. IX • No. 4
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Vegas Convention Center’s Nearly $1B Expansion
Old, New Technology Merge to Save Contractor Time, Money...10
San Diego’s Blue Line Expands Via $2.1B Mid-Coast Corridor...19
A third phase of the Las Vegas Convention Center expansion, yet to get under way, will completely renovate the existing 3.2 million-sq.ft. facility.
By Lori Tobias CEG CORRESPONDENT
Alex Lyon & Son Begins Annual Florida Auction Buying Spree...76
Table of Contents ................4 California Section ........19-25 Paving Section ............29-41 Excavator Section ........43-72 Business Calendar.............73 Auction Section............75-79 Advertisers Index ..............78
Work is progressing quickly on Phase Two of the Las Vegas Convention Center expansion project, a $935 million project designed to add 1.4 million sq. ft.
to the current convention center facility, including at least 600,000 sq. ft. of new, leasable exhibit space. “This is an incredibly important and exciting time, not just for the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority, but for the entire desti-
nation,” said Steve Hill, LVCVA chief executive officer. “... we’re delighted to join a boom in development that’s on a scale that we haven’t seen in more than a decade. We’ve been the No. 1 trade show destination in North America for 24 consecutive years, but we must
continue to be innovative and upgrade our offerings if we’re going to maintain that top spot. This expansion and renovation is our commitment to our clients and our community to foster growth and continue to deliver the excelsee CONVENTION page 42
Rail Traffic Rises Amid N.M., Texas Oil Surge CARLSBAD, N.M. (AP) Traffic is surging in the railroad industry in southeast New Mexico due to the oil boom in the state and West Texas. The number of rail cars traveling through the Carlsbad area almost tripled during the region’s recent oil boom as extraction continued to grow in Permian Basin, the Carlsbad Current-Argus reported. About 150 rail cars daily — or 4,250 in one month — passed through the Carlsbad Subdivision that runs from Clovis to Loving in November 2016,
According to Southwestern Railroads data. In 2017, the numbers show about 400 cars per day pass through the division, or about 12,000 per month. The jump came as operations shifted from Southwestern to Burlington Northern Santa Fe, or BNSF. Bruce Carswell, senior vice president of Southwestern, said the increase is no surprise amid significant growth in southeast New Mexico’s oil and gas industry. see BNSF page 42
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Twenty-five crossings have been replaced or rehabbed at no cost to the local road authorities, said BNSF spokesman Joe Sloan.