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September 12 2021 Vol. XXII • No. 19
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Hitachi, Deere Dissolve Its Joint Venture...8
Doosan Infracore Closes Sale to Hyundai Heavy...12
By Chuck MacDonald
Motorists traveling east from Palm Springs and Indio, Calif., on I-10 into the desert have been frequently known to mutter, “There’s a whole lot of nothing out here.” That conversation is changing to “there’s a whole lot of something going on out here.” Granite Industrial, a subsidiary of California-based Granite Construction Inc., is partnering with Rosendin Renewable Energy Group (RREG) to construct one of the largest solar projects in the state. The immense project (Athos 1 and Athos 2) covers 3,000 acres and when finished will generate enough energy to power 179,000 homes, the equivalent of all the homes in Bakersfield, Calif. The project will generate more CEG CORRESPONDENT
BOMAG, Road Machinery Partner in Ariz. ...22
Table of Contents ..........4 Attachment & Parts Section ....................24-29
than 2,200 gigawatt hours per year of renewable energy, enough to save 1.7 million tons of carbon dioxide emissions. The desert of Riverside County is an ideal location for the project with abundant sunshine and few residents to inconvenience. Granite is leading the train of contractors who will be finalizing the installation of the 450megawatt solar facility, which will cover nearly 5 sq. mi. Granite Industrial subcontracted the civil scope of the project to the local Granite Construction team based in Indio to perform site grading and road construction on the project, which started with moving 170,000 cu. yds. of dirt necessary for the construction to begin and has built 55 mi. of see ENERGY page 20
Aggregate & Recycling Section .....................32-39
Contractors Await Trillion Dollars From New Bill
Truck & Trailer Section .... ................................41-42
But More Than Just Money Will Be Needed to Rebuild Nation’s Infrastructure
Business Calendar ........50 Auction Section ......54-60 Advertisers Index ........58
By Lucy Perry CEG CORRESPONDENT
The $1.2 trillion bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act opens the federal wallet to massive road, bridge, water, utility and broadband projects for years to come. But is
the construction industry as a whole prepared to solve the country’s infrastructure challenges in the turmoil of longtime labor shortages, gouging materials prices and the scarcity of heavy machinery? “The interesting thing about the construction workforce is that they’re transient,” David
Martin, president of the Arizona Chapter of the AGC told a local radio station. “They go where there’s opportunity. I have absolute confidence in the workforce system.” He’s confident recent worries about labor shortages will have no impact on Arizona’s see BILL page 18
