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® February 12 2023 Vol. XXIV • No. 4
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Webber Completes Waco’s Largest Project Construction projects that finish under budget are cause for celebration. So, too, are projects completed ahead of schedule. Those that check both boxes are rare. So, when representatives from Webber, TxDOT, the cities of Waco and Bellmead, Texas, McLennan County, Baylor University and the Woodlands gathered for a ribbon-cutting ceremony to mark the completion of the $341.2 million IH 35 construction project five months ahead of schedule, the moment wasn’t lost on the participants.
By Joe Jancsurak
Webber completed the IH 35 $341 million project five months ahead of schedule. The reconstruction included excavation of 608,919 cu. yd and 1.4 million cu. yd. of dirt moved.
CEG CORRESPONDENT
Inventors HOF Inducts Creators of Bobcat Compact Loader...8
see WACO page 20
Hamm Introduces New Generation of Rollers...27
Sonsray, OneMeal Team Up for Good Cause...72
Barges and tugboats were required to move equipment and perform some structural work over the Brazos River.
Table of Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 Paving Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27-39 Excavator Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42-67 Auction Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .70-75 Business Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73 Advertisers Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .74
No Quick-Fix for ‘Fix-It-First’ Policy Challenges to Controversial IIJA Memo May Ultimately Force Presidential Veto By Lucy Perry CEG CORRESPONDENT
The transportation construction industry is squaring off against the FHWA in a two-year battle to get states to fix existing highways rather than expand the nation’s road system with new ones. Framed as a “simple internal guidance document” in 2021, the “fix-it-first” memo has resulted in threats to challenge the rule in Congress. Sam Graves, chair of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, believes the rule would delay or deter critical road and highway expansion projects. see MEMO page 68
The IIJA memo advises transportation leaders to maximize existing rights-of-way for accommodation of non-motorized modes and transit options that increase safety, accessibility and/or connectivity.