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® October 8 2023 Vol. XXIV • No. 21
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Bedrock Attachments Growing Year Over Year...8
Arnold Machinery to Display Simulator at Mining Conference...12
As youngsters mature through the teenage years into adulthood, they pass slowly through many changes and growing pains. Over the last five years, Tucson Airport (TUS) has navigated some similar growing pains, but Granite Construction has helped ease some of those pains with numerous upgrades. The airport is managing a rapidly growing number of passengers (with 2.7 million passengers in 2022, up 30 percent over 2021), but it also hosts the Arizona Air National Guard, which has special needs that often differ considerably from a strictly civilian airport.
By Chuck MacDonald CEG CORRESPONDENT
Is Construction Industry Ready for Driverless Vehicles?...23
Table of Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 Aggregate & Recycling Section . . . . . . . . . . . . .23-27 Attachments & Parts Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31-37 Truck & Trailer Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39-43 Snow Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45-47 Auction Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52-53 Business Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53 Advertisers Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54
Currently, TUS is in the midst of the following projects as part of its Airfield Safety Enhancements (ASE) program, which will bring the airport into compliance with current FAA safety standards. The project — which has been divided into four phases — is being delivered under the Construction Manager at Risk (CMAR) procurement method by Granite. This includes removal and reconstruction of primary commercial runway as well as inboard and outboard taxiways. The first portion is complete and the second portion is 35 percent complete. The third and fourth portions are anticipated to be awarded to Granite in the see TUCSON page 38
Construction Workforce Demands May Outstrip Quality Labor Pool Industry Tries to Fill Jobs, But Incoming Workers Often Lack Basic Skills By Lucy Perry CEG CORRESPONDENT
The good news: The Biden administration’s Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) is infusing the transportation and energy construction sectors with hundreds of billions of dollars. The not-so-good news: the lack of well-prepared workers is almost as great as the lack of workers, period. Combine the two and the result is a potentially insurmountable challenge for the transportation construction industry. see LABOR page 44
The AGC believes it’s time for the United States to rethink its approach to educating and preparing workers for careers in construction.