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August 6, 2017 • Vol. IX • No. 16 • 470 Maryland Drive • Ft. Washington, PA 19034 • 215/885-2900 • Toll Free 800-523-2200 • Fax 215/885-2910
LA’s New $2.66B Stadium to Debut in 2020 By Chuck Harvey CEG CORRESPONDENT
Colorado’s Wildlife Safety Efforts Prove Successful...10
U.S. Hotel, NFL Arena May Sport Flammable Panels...12
Work has kicked into full gear on a futuristic $2.66 billion football stadium that broke ground in Inglewood in mid-November 2016, but bogged down in mud during a wet Southern California winter. The new stadium will sit on a 298-acre site. The original construction schedule had the stadium scheduled to open for the 2019 football season, but the muddy conditions forced a one year delay in the opening, which is now set for fall of 2020. That means the Los Angeles Rams will continue to play at the Coliseum through 2019. The L.A. Chargers, also signed on to play at the new stadium, will continue to use the StubHub Center soccer stadium in Carson through 2019. see FOOTBALL page 17
Volvo Makes Splash in Colorado’s Animas River...14
Table of Contents ............4 California Section .....17-23 Business Calendar ........40 Backhoes & Attachments Section ......................41-55 Paving Section ..........61-69 Auction Section ........72-75 Advertisers Index ..........74
Some of the cranes were so tall that they required Federal Aviation Administration approval for use at the location, just blocks away from the busy Los Angeles International Airport.
$105M Project Expands University of Wyoming By Chuck Harvey CEG CORRESPONDENT
Walls are going up on a $105 million, 100,000-sq.-ft. Engineering Education and Research Building at the University of Wyoming in Laramie, Wyo. It is the largest construction project in the university’s history. “The university has made real progress toward a Tier-1 College of Engineering and Applied Science and I wholeheartedly support their efforts,” Wyoming Gov. Matt Mead said when workers broke ground on the project in early October
2016. “This new building is key to achieving that status. University of Wyoming will have a world-class learning environment for students and faculty.” The project is expected to be completed in spring of 2019. Standing four stories tall, the new engineering facility will be located on the north end of the University of Wyoming campus near 11th and Lewis streets, across Lewis from the existing Engineering Building.
University of Wyoming photo
Walls Up Concrete low and high walls are being placed. The largest construction project in the University of Wyoming’s history is see CAMPUS page 34
under way.