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Houston Highway Set for $7B Upgrade
Kirby-Smith Machinery Announces Several Leadership Changes...6
Firms Merge to Create Second-Largest Civil Contractor in U.S. ...8
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Harper Brothers Construction was awarded the contract for Segment 3 of the North Houston Highway Improvement Project, which will reconstruct all existing interchanges in the downtown Houston loop system.
The Texas Department of Transportation’s (TxDOT) multi-billion, multi-year North Houston Highway Improvement Project (NHHIP) was given the green light on July 26, which will seriously transform a major freeway in downtown Houston, which happens to be the oldest in the state. The initiative will improve traffic flow in Houston and reduce congesBy Irwin Rappport
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Komatsu Introduces Demolition Excavators to North America...28
Table of Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 Paving Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31-45 Backhoes & Attachments Section . . . . . . . . . . .53-61 Auction Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .64-69 Business Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .67 Advertisers Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .70
tion, as well as being a serious boon for general contractors and subcontractors, engineering firms, and producers of concrete, asphalt, and aggregates. Work on the project that is expected to be completed in 2042 is set to begin in October. The project had been discussed and studied for more than 20 years. The NHHIP is a planned reconstruction of I-45N, between Houston’s see HOUSTON page 50
Powering Domestic EV Production Energy Department Funding Will Bring Manufacturing Plants Online By Lucy Perry
In July, the Biden administration announced it would fund $1.7 billion for electric vehicle component production at 11 manufacturing plants across the country. In doing so, the fed made progress toward both ending the nation’s dependence on China for batteries and meeting its 2030 goal of making 50 percent of all new U.S. vehicle sales electric or hybrid models. Eight plants currently shuttered or at-risk of closing are located in Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Virginia.
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One goal of funding manufacturing plants in eight states was to break America’s dependence on China for batteries.