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® February 26 2023 Vol. XXIV • No. 5
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Caltrans Doubles Highway’s Capacity
Sergeant & Sons Septic and Excavating Leans On Mecalac Machines...8
Sonsray Hosts Case Minotaur Roadshow...12
In an effort to improve the safety, capacity, operation and route continuity on State Route 14 in Kern County, the California Department of Transportation’s (Caltrans) Freeman Gulch Widening Project (FGWP) is converting the existing two-lane conventional highway into a four-lane divided controlled access expressway. The project to widen 16.4 mi. of road, which could carry a cost of up to $170 million, has been divided into three segments, with the first already completed by Granite Construction.
By Irwin Rapoport
CEG CORRESPONDENT
SBM Mineral Processing Set to Showcase Iron at ConExpo Show...15
Table of Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 Aggregate & Recycling Section . . . . . . . . . . . . .15-20 Attachments & Parts Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35-39 Truck & Trailer Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43-47 Auction Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49-59 Business Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57 Advertisers Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .58
This project will close the final two-lane gap on SR 14 between Mojave and the junction with U.S. 395, according to the project web page. Planning for Segment 2, which would widen approximately 6.2 mi. from 4.8 mi. south to 0.5 mi. north of SR 178 west, is ongoing. “Since 1955, Caltrans, in cooperation with its local transportation partner, has worked to four lane the U.S. Highway 395 and State Route 14 corridor” said District 9 Director Brent Green. “This project is yet another important milestone in our goal to achieve this vision.” see CALIFORNIA page 40
Roadmap to Carbon Neutrality Concrete Industry Is Working Toward Carbon Elimination By Lucy Perry CEG CORRESPONDENT
Marking a year of progress toward its goal of carbon neutrality, the Portland Cement Association (PCA) last fall noted the multiple pilot projects across the United States that have showcased emerging technologies to capture and reuse or store carbon. Those projects are tools to gauge success as the industry moves toward eliminating all carbon in concrete by the year 2050. “I’m proud that our industry is taking this on,” said Mike Ireland, president and CEO of PCA. “Together we’ve made progress on a bold, yet achievable pathsee CARBON page 42
The concrete industry has taken on a unified approach to decarbonization with the Portland Cement Association’s Roadmap to Carbon Neutrality.