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April 9 2011 Vol. VII • No. 8
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Sunny Side Gateway Project Comes to End...15
JLG Graduates 6000th Qualified Instructor...36
ConExpo-Con/AGG, IFPE 2011 Attracts Hundreds of Thousands to Las Vegas T
tered attendees; the shows were the global industry gathering place for the year and the largest gathering in North America since 2008 for the construction, construction materials and fluid power/power transmission/motion control industries. The shows were held at the Las Vegas Convention Center. Attendees said they were at the shows to examine the newest equipment and product technologies and innovations to help them prepare for
California Section 15-19
he mood was overwhelmingly positive at the ConExpoCon/AGG and IFPE 2011 expositions held March 22-26 in Las Vegas. Despite continued uncertainty in U.S. construction markets and the overall economy, industry professionals expressed hopeful optimism for a sustained U.S. upturn in the coming months, while global sales continue to be strong. ConExpo-Con/AGG and IFPE 2011 attracted nearly 120,000 regis-
Paving, Compaction & Milling Section ......35-46
Former FMC Factory Makes Room for Stadium
Kir by-Smith Holds Pair of Paving Seminars...36
Table of Contents ........4
Auction Section ....50-59 Business Calendar ......56 Advertisers Index ......58
By Erik Pisor CEG CORRESPONDENT
It seems only fitting that the first stage in constructing a new $60 million stadium for the San Jose Earthquakes — a Major League Soccer franchise — would involve the destruction of an existing facility.
As of early March, Devcon Construction began an estimated $3 million project in Santa Clara, Calif., that involves the complete demolition of a 450,000- sq. ft. (41,806 sq m) factory that previously housed FMC — a company that assembled military vehicles including the Bradley Fighting Vehicle. Located on a 14.5 acre site, the roughly 60-
see CONEXPO page 10
year-old, abandoned assembly plant will be completely torn down by early June. Because the plant has been vacant for some time, Devcon did not have to remove large HVAC cooling units, generators or assembly equipment prior to actual demolition — making this tear down project a straight forward see STADIUM page 13