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February 27 2022 Vol. XXIII • No. 5
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Sully-Miller Gets Job Done On LAX Runway
RMACES Hosts Its Annual Conference in Denver...8
Western Group Aids Aggregate Firms With Equipment Needs...13
Officials at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) are sticklers for quality runways. They have to be. As one of the busiest airport in the world, the facility served more than 88 million passengers in 2019 with an average of 700 daily flights to 113 destinations in the U.S. and 1,200 weekly flights to 91 markets in 46 countries on 72 commercial airlines. When it was time to rehabilitate runway 7R/25L, the airport turned to Sully-Miller Contracting in Brea, Calif., for the work. Sully-Miller does all manner of infrastructure work but specializes in airports having completed projects in 25 airports in the state. The work at LAX focused on replacing the runway’s keel section, an
By Chuck MacDonald CEG CORRESPONDENT
Alex Lyon & Son Launches 29th Florida Auctions...46
Table of Contents ................4 Aggregate & Recycling Section..........................13-18 Attachments & Parts Section ......................................29-35 Truck & Trailer Section ........ ......................................39-42 Auction Section ...........45-51 Business Calendar.............48 Advertisers Index ..............50
80-ft. wide segment that absorbs the heavy impact of the repeated daily landings on the south airfield. Sully-Miller also replaced the reinforced concrete approach slabs over the Sepulveda Boulevard Tunnel. In addition, company workers installed energy-efficient LED lighting on the centerline. Workers also replaced asphalt and installed lighting at high-speed exit Taxiways H6 and H7. Bernardo Gogna, chief development officer of the airport, said, “Los Angeles World Airports is working constantly to find efficiencies in our modernization and maintenance. The rapid rehabilitation of Runway 7R/25L shows our capacity to work smarter, while minimizing the impact on the airport.”
Big Rig Ready By Lucy Perry CEG CORRESPONDENT
Like construction, trucking suffers a workforce shortage. The American Trucking Association (ATA) says 80,000 more truck drivers are needed. As a means to deal with supply-chain issues, the Biden administration is prioritizing trucking as a career field through The Biden administration is apprenticeships and other recruiting programs. More than one government program has been develdeveloping initiatives to attract jobseekers to the con- oped to draw more jobseekers to the trucking industry. struction industry. One program would allow adults as young as 18 to
see LAX page 20
Fed Wants to Make Truck Driving More Attractive Career Field Choice drive a semi. Another would encourage veterans to make trucking a post-military career. The ATA is happy with the prospect of more recruits, but independent truckers say driver retention is the forest lost among the trees. Lowering Age Barriers According to ATA, 49 states and Washington, D.C., currently give commercial driver licenses to people under 21. These young adults can drive semis throughout large states. They just can’t cross state lines. see TRUCKING page 38
