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® July 26 2026 Vol. XXVII • No. 15
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Granite Builds Final Phase of U.S. 101 By Chuck MacDonald CEG CORRESPONDENT
Liebherr Cranes Tackle Yellowstone Terrain...6
Komatsu Celebrates Tennessee Milestone...14
I DIg Texas Offers Skid Steer Attachments...18
Granite Construction is building the final $114 million mainline segment of a seven-phase project designed to decrease congestion through the Carpinteria-Montecito-Santa Barbara section of U.S. 101. The road is a major corridor for traffic flowing from Los Angeles to San Francisco. Three phases of the $700 million project are complete, three more will be completed this year, with the final segment scheduled for completion at the end of 2028. The 11-mi. project includes adding peak-hour high-occupancy lanes in both directions, constructing 14 bridges and rebuilding stormwater management systems. John Van Lenten is the project manager for Granite, managing 16 contracts — seven “mainline” and nine “parallel” — for the work. “As the CMGC (construction manager/general contractor) of the project, Granite has shouldered major responsibilities,” he told Construction Equipment Guide. “The project is about 75 percent complete.” Although the responsibility has been heavy, Van Lenten said the alternative contract delivery method has brought added efficiencies over the traditional design-bid-build scenario for work with Caltrans. see GRANITE page 40
Table of Contents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Attachments & Parts Section. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18-21 Aggregate & Recycling Section. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29-34 Truck & Trailer Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35-38 Auction Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47-49 Business Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Advertisers Index. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Workers used a variety of construction equipment, including some 500-ton cranes, to set the precast bridges.
Disaster Relief On the Horizon
States Suffering Hurricanes, Floods, Wildfires, Structural Collapse Will Get Emergency Infrastructure Funding Federal agencies are earmarking emergency relief money to help states with transportation infrastructure repairs in the wake of natural disasters and catastrophic events dating back to 2023. Hurricanes Helene, Milton and Debby in the southeast, flooding in the northeast and southwest, wildfires in the western U.S. as well as the collapse of the Frances Scott Key bridge in Baltimore, Md., are among the list of relief allocations.
By Lucy Perry
CEG CORRESPONDENT
see DISASTER page 24
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DOT Secretary Sean Duffy announced nearly $2 billion would be earmarked for transportation infrastructure repairs through emergency relief.