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January 10, 2016 • Vol. IX • No. 1 • 470 Maryland Drive • Ft. Washington, PA 19034 • 215/885-2900 • Toll Free 800-523-2200 • Fax 215/885-2910
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CDOT Replaces Obsolete Bridge in Westminster By Brenda Ruggiero CEG CORRESPONDENT
Loggers Not Intimidated by Technology...8
Kir by-Smith Names New COO, V ice President...14
Atlas Copco Opens New Distribution Cent er...42
Table of Contents ................4 Attachments & Parts Section ......................................17-21 Truck & Trailer Section ........ ......................................23-26 Business Calendar ............36 Recycling Section ........37-47 Auction Section ..........50-53 Advertisers Index ..............54
Last winter, the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) began reconstructing a one half mile portion of Federal Boulevard (U.S. 287) from W 67th Avenue to W 70th Avenue through the City of Westminster in Adams County. The $11,669,000 project is sponsored by the Bridge Enterprise Program. The reconstruction of the area includes the replacement of a structurally deficient and functionally obsolete bridge over the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad. The new bridge will accommodate the new RTD Eagle P-3 Commuter Rail Line underneath and will be built wider to meet phasing requirements for maintaining two lanes in each direction during construction. The project also will include extensive
Last winter, the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) began reconstructing a one half mile portion of Federal Boulevard (U.S. 287) from W 67th Avenue to W 70th Avenue through the City of Westminster in Adams County.
earthwork at the bridge approaches and new retaining walls, as well as an asphalt overlay, safety improvements, storm sewer expansions for better roadway drainage, and enhancements to the recreational path underneath the bridge. As part of the project, CDOT also will be constructing enhancements
and aesthetic improvements for the City of Westminster that tie into work occurring for the Westminster Station Transit-Oriented Development adjacent to the project. These enhancements include aesthetic fencing and pedestrian railing, sidewalk additions and improvements, a raised see BRIDGE page 32
President Obama Signs Key Tax Extenders Bill Into Law On Dec. 18, President Obama signed into law tax extenders legislation that will extend more than 50 expired provisions of the tax code, including several key pro-business initiatives. Among the most vital aspects of the legislation, the extenders bill will expand and make permanent the Research and Development (R&D) Tax Credit, providing U.S. companies much needed certainty and greater access to one of the most valuable and
pro-growth tax incentives. The two key expansions to the R&D Tax Credit will begin in 2016. First and foremost, businesses with less than $50 million in gross receipts will now be able to claim the credit against their Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT), thereby removing the single greatest barrier preventing companies from claiming the credit in the past. Secondly, the bill see LAW page 10
Schools Tested on Their Seismic Safety By Sandi Doughton THE SEATTLE TIMES
YELM, Wash. (AP) On the count of three, a scrum of sixth graders flung themselves in the air, landing with a thud that vibrated the ground under their feet. Nearby, their classmates huddled around a computer, watching jagged tracings scroll across the screen as sensors picked up shaking from the mini-earthquake at Lackamas Elementary School. Surrounded by boisterous 11- and 12-year-olds, geologist Recep Cakir explained that he and his crew are measuring the way seismic waves move through the soil to estimate how hard the ground will shake in future earthquakes. The work is part of a pilot project, which also includes building inspections, to determine how well several Thurston County schools will stand up to a major quake. With a $45,000 grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and volunteer assistance from structural engineers, the project is evaluating the seismic safety of 15 schools in three districts. But the bigger goal is to develop a standard process that could be applied to schools across the state, said John Schelling, of Washington’s Emergency Management Division. see SAFETY page 22