West 16 August 4, 2019

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August 4 2019 Vol. IX โ€ข No. 16

โ€œThe Nationโ€™s Best Read Construction Newspaperโ€ฆ Founded 1957.โ€ 470 Maryland Drive โ€ข Ft. Washington, PA 19034 โ€ข 215-885-2900 โ€ข Toll Free 800-523-2200 โ€ข www.constructionequipmentguide.com

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New Navy HQ Part of $1.6B San Diego Project By Chuck Harvey CEG CORRESPONDENT

Marvel Superhero Land Coming to Disney in California...15

Whitestar Machinery Holds Tulsa Ribbon Cutting...46

Ritchie CEO Reflects on Career at Iconic Auctioneer...64

Work is under way on a $1.6 billion Manchester Gateway Development project to transform leased Navy property on San Diegoโ€™s downtown waterfront into a 12.7acre development with seven new buildings including a 17story office structure that will replace the Navy Broadway Complex and serve as the Navyโ€™s regional headquarters. Current construction is on the new Navy building complex, which, by contract, is to be built first. The previous building had to be removed before new construction could start. Space was not available for implosion, so it had to be removed by demolition from the top down. Concrete and steel from the old building, which dated back to World War II, will be recycled. AMG Demolition and Environmental Service in San Diego did the demolition work. More than 40,000 cu. yds. of concrete had to be removed and required more than 17,500 man hours to complete. The new Navy building is considered to be bomb proof. It includes pre-cast concrete steel sheeting. Once finished, it will be protected by numerous security workers. In order to build the new Navel headquarters complex, 271,000 cu. yds. or 300,000 tons of soil had to be removed from the site. All water taken out of the site had to be treated for possible contamination. The building location is considered a brownfield site. The brownfield site label means the expansion, redevelopment see NAVY page 16

AMG Demolition photo

AMG Demolition and Environmental Service in San Diego did the demolition work on the Manchester Gateway Development.

Table of Contents ............4

U.S. 36 Sinkhole No Match for CDOT

California Section .....15-19 Backhoes & Attachments Section ......................20-32

By Lori Tobias CEG CORRESPONDENT

Paving Section ..........33-43 Business Calendar ........60 Auction Section ........62-67 Advertisers Index ..........66

CDOT photo

CDOT quickly organized maintenance and engineering crews, as well as contractors, for emergency repairs of U.S. 36.

The Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) wasted no time getting to work repairing a sinkhole on a heavily trafficked highway connecting Boulder to Denver, hiring a contractor only days after the damage was revealed. Kraemer North America, headquartered in Wisconsin with regional offices in Castle Rock, see SINKHOLE page 54


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