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® August 27 2023 Vol. XXIV • No. 18
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Turner Construction Pilots Volvo’s EC230 in Silicon Valley...8
Reno-Tahoe Construction Adds Rokbak for Excavating Job...10
Hamm Rollers, Compactors Enhance Rental Fleets...19
Robins & Morton Unearths Decades-Old Items On $202M Hospital Project in Texas By Irwin Rapoport CEG CORRESPONDENT
The Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) celebrated the completion of a new $202 million patient complex and administration building at Rusk State Hospital (RSH) in the city of Rusk, Texas, the county seat for Cherokee County. Construction crews from Robins & Morton had to navigate carefully in order to deliver the newly constructed facility. Crews had to remove old fill, install new utilities and excavate judiciously as the construction site in Rusk contained many old and unmarked structures. The contractor began the project in November 2019 and celebrated the completion of the fouryear project with a ribbon-cutting ceremony this summer. Project Challenges “The RSH project was challenging due to several key elements, including a more than a century-old campus, the unique needs of behavioral see CHALLENGES page 36
Table of Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 Paving Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19-35 Utility Construction Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37-42 Auction Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62-67 Business Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .64 Advertisers Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .66
General contractor Robins & Morton recently completed the $202 million patient complex and administration building at Rusk State Hospital (RSH) in the city of Rusk, Texas.
Rosy View From the Operator’s Seat Equipment Financing On Uptick for Second Half of 2023 By Lucy Perry CEG CORRESPONDENT
The equipment finance picture is encouraging, six months after a report indicated it would be a so-so year. The Equipment Leasing and Finance Association (ELFA) reports that June new business volume was up 6 percent year-over-year. That’s an excellent indicator of a healthy construction industry, one of the leading bigticket financing sectors. The association’s Monthly Leasing and Finance Index (MLFI) shows overall new business volume for June was $10.9 billion. Volume was up 15 percent from $9.5 billion in May. Year-to-date, cumulative new busisee FINANCING page 58
Construction machinery was among the top five most financed equipment, along with transportation, agriculture, IT and industry/manufacturing, in 2022.