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Texas’ $1.5B Project Meeting Benchmarks By Irwin Rapoport CEG CORRESPONDENT
How to Choose Right Excavator for Your Job Site...8
AED Names John Shearer as Its New Chairman...28
Kirby-Smith Displays Pink Breast Cancer Excavator...28
Construction for the Texas Department of Transportation’s (TxDOT) $1.5 billion I-35 Northeast Expansion Central Project (NEX) is moving forward as crews from Alamo NEX Construction LLC — a joint venture between Ferrovial Construction and Webber LLC — continue to meet benchmarks. Construction of the design-build project, a Texas Clear Lanes Initiative, began in June 2022. The estimated completion date is fall 2027. The 9.5-mi. project runs along I-35 from I-410 N to FM 3009 and runs through northeast San Antonio, Live Oak, Selma and Schertz in Bexar and Guadalupe counties. Contractor’s Work The scope of the project is massive. The elevated lanes on I-35 will provide direct connections to I-410 North and Loop 1604 West. “The project scope of work consists of construction of elevated managed lanes between the existing main lanes and frontage roads and eight bridges and the reconstruction and widening of the Loop 1604 general purpose lanes and bridges,” Ferrovial said in a statement. “It includes more than 800 spans of bridge construction, 4,500 concrete beams, 31 million pounds of steel girders and six Crews from Alamo NEX Construction LLC — a joint venture between Ferrovial million square feet of bridge decks.” Construction and Webber LLC — continue to make progress on the $1.5 billion see TEXAS page 44
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Northeast Expansion Central Project (NEX), located in northeast San Antonio.
Light at the End of the Electric Tunnel HD Trucking Sector Working to Meet Fed’s Zero-Emission Ambitions Heavy truck manufacturers are all-in on the Biden administration’s zero-emissions goals. To prove it, a manufacturers coalition has launched a campaign to push zero-emission vehicle (ZEV) infrastructure. Biden’s transportation department, doling out grants to build up the electric truck charging grid, are also helping move the industry toward greener pastures. Launched in January, Powering America’s Commercial Transportation (PACT) was formed by Daimler Truck North America, Adobe Stock Photo Navistar Inc. and Volvo Group North Commercial vehicle customers require fast, reliable, America. see TRUCKS page 72
affordable and convenient power — and an infrastructure system that provides access to seamless electricity.