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“The Nation’s Best Read Construction Newspaper… Founded 1957.” June 16, 2012 • Vol. VIII • No. 12 • 470 Maryland Drive • Ft. Washington, PA 19034 • 215/885-2900 • Toll Free 800-523-2200 • Fax 215/885-2910 • www.constructionequipmentguide.com
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New Design Improves SR91 in Riverside By Jennifer Rupp CEG CORRESPONDENT
Anderson Machinery Recognized by LiuGong...30
Holt CAT Names Human Resources Dir ect or...32
In order to improve mobility through the downtown Riverside area, the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans), in partnership with the Riverside County Transportation Commission, is constructing one High Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) lane, also called a carpool lane, in each direction of State Route 91 (SR91) from Adams Street to the 60/91/215 interchange in the City of Riverside. SR91 is a primary truck and commuter route and carries approximately 170,000 vehicles per day within the project area on the existing three lanes in each direction. The route is often highly congested at current traffic levels, and with Riverside County’s population expected to reach 3.5 million by 2030, the vehicle pressure in this corridor will continue to increase. The improvements to the see DESIGN page 6
Cat Ent ertainment Services Powers Up...46
Table of Contents ............4 Air Compressors, Generators Light Towers Section18-21 Paving Section ........33-41 Auction Section ......44-49 Business Calendar ........49 Advertisers Index ..........50
The 6 mi. (9.6 km) stretch includes improvements to nine local under-crossings and four demo/rebuild bridges.
River Users Say Planned AGC Asks Obama Columbia Bridge Too Low Administration to PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) A newspaper investigation has turned up new questions about the proposed design of an Interstate 5 replacement bridge across the Columbia River. Documents show the project’s sponsors either didn’t know about or didn’t accommodate concerns about the bridge’s height, the Oregonian newspaper reported June 8. For instance, the paper reported after seven years of work the planners didn’t know until February that the 95-ft. (29 m) clearance would be too low for a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers dredge that’s 116 ft. (35 m) high. And the proposed bridge isn’t high enough for a growing number of companies along the river that employ a total of 600 people making big equipment such as oildrilling rigs that get sent downriver a few times a year. see BRIDGE page 12
Reconsider Quotas The Associated General Contractors of America joined with 10 other national business associations in calling on the Obama administration to reconsider a series of new hiring mandates it wants to impose on contractors working on federal projects. Association officials noted that the government has failed to produce any data justifying the very costly and incredisee AGC page 14