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® May 5 2024 Vol. XXV • No. 9
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Two Firms Give Burned Highway New Life By Irwin Rapoport
A severe blaze beneath a section of the I-10 in downtown Los Angeles late last year closed one of the city’s busiest highways for several days, but herculean efforts by two general contractors and California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) engineering and emergency teams allowed the road to reopen weeks in advance of a much longer anticipated delay. The Griffith Company tested and cleared hazardous materials while Security Paving Company Inc. conducted immediate emergency repairs for the reopening. Security Paving crews are currently on-site completing the repairs to the columns and other infrastructure damaged by the inferno. The fire occurred in a 40,000-sq.-ft. storage yard for wooden pallets and other goods, with the intense heat impacting the infrastructure supporting an elevated section of the highway. “Over the next six days, our dedicated team, drawn from across the state, worked tirelessly under challenging conditions,” Security Paving said in a statement. “Our in-house engineering team collaborated with agencies to design a hybrid wood/steel braced shoring system capable of supporting the heavily damaged structure The Griffith Company tested and cleared hazardous materials while Security Paving under full traffic load. Company Inc. conducted immediate emergency repairs. Currently, Security Paving is onCEG CORRESPONDENT
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see HIGHWAY page 44
Table of Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 Aggregate & Recycling Section . . . . . . . . . . . . .17-23 Attachments & Parts Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33-37 Truck & Trailer Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45-47 Auction Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50-55 Business Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52 Advertisers Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54
site completing the remaining repairs to the columns and other infrastructure.
Riding the Generation Z Wave Growing Interest in Construction Careers Among Younger People Means Jobs Filled, Deadlines Met As more younger workers enter Adobe Stock photo By Lucy Perry CEG CORRESPONDENT
The face of the skilled craft trade industry is getting younger. Literally. More younger people than ever before are entering the construction industry and driving down the average age of tradesmen and women. As more construction workers retire, the industry’s labor needs are growing exponentially. But Gen Z workers drawn to the specialty trades may fill those venerable shoes. see GENERATION page 40
the construction trades, the average age of craft trades men and women has come down.