West 12 June 10, 2018

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Western Edition

Published Nationally ® June 10 2018 Vol. IX • No. 12

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‘Use the Force, Luke’ — to Build $1.5B Museum By Chuck Harvey CEG CORRESPONDENT

Hitachi America Introduces New Wheel Loaders...10

LSR Equipment Opens Facility in Weatherford, Texas...30

It seems the force is not only with Luke Skywalker and the Jedi in Star Wars. It may also be within its creator, American filmmaker and entrepreneur George Lucas and his crew on his next megaproject. Lucas is using the power, creativity and magic of modern-day construction to bring the best of his works, including the Star Wars and Indiana Jones franchises, to a scholarly, but fantasy-filled public museum. The muchanticipated $1.5 billion George Lucas Museum of Narrative Art is under construction in Exposition Park in Los Angeles. “The Lucas Museum of Narrative Art will be an architectural wonder, a cultural treasure and a center of storytelling and creativity at the heart of a reimagined Exposition Park,” said Eric Garcetti, Los Angeles mayor, at the groundbreaking ceremony. “I thank Mellody see LUCAS page 16

Mecalac Showcases Line at Intermat in Paris...34

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MAD Architects photo

Lucas Museum of Narrative Art photo

Workers are currently conducting excavation work at the project site.

Caltrans Makes Progress Bridge Repair in on Mud Creek Slide Repair Texas After Harvey Jim Shivers/Caltrans photo

By Lori Tobias CEG CORRESPONDENT

California Section.......13-20 Air Compressors, Generators & Light Towers Section..........45-51 Paving Section ..........53-63 Auction Section ........66-69 Business Calendar..........67 Advertisers Index...........70

Caltrans hopes to secure some federal funding for the cost to stabilize the mudslide area and prepare a surface over the top of the slide that can be used for a short stretch of roadway. See page 13 for story.

Nearly nine months after Hurricane Harvey made landfall on the coast of Texas, prompting the largest disaster response ever recorded in Texas state history, work is at last under way to repair a bridge The I-69 Eastex Southbound that suffered substantial bridge over the San Jacinto River received substantial damage in the storm. The category four damage due to changes in storm dropped nearly the river. 4.5 ft. of rain with winds howling to 130 mph. According to the Federal Emergency Management see HARVEY page 42


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