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® September 20 2026 Vol. XXVII • No. 19
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Security Paving Nears End of Calif. Project
Shafer Equipment Adds DEVELON Offerings...8
John Deere Boosts Tech On Wheel Loaders...18
Crews work along with a slipform paver.
Security Paving Co. Inc. is nearing completion of a $23.5 million project to remove and reconstruct Taxiway S at Ontario International Airport in Southern California, with final work scheduled to wrap up in September. The approximately 2-mi.-long taxiway connects aircraft operating on the airport’s southern side to Runways 26L-8R. The project began in January as part of an ongoing program to upgrade the airport’s airfield
By Irwin Rapoport
CEG CORRESPONDENT
Yoder & Frey, Auction Co. Join Forces...52
Table of Contents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Truck & Trailer Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21-25 Aggregate & Recycling Section. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33-37 Attachments & Parts Section. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44-47 Auction Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50-53 Business Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Advertisers Index. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
infrastructure and accommodate its growing cargo operation. Ontario International Airport, located in southwest San Bernardino County, is the eighth-busiest airport in the United States by cargo volume in 2026. It handles a significant share of freight moving between the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach and destinations throughout the country. Taxiway S was built in 1990 and was rated in fair condition in the airport’s latest Airport Pavement Management System report. see ONTARIO page 32
World-Space Continuum
Advanced Machine Operations Simulation Technology Hopes to Get Trainees Up to Speed Sooner Simulation technology that offers would-be operators a safer approach to training on heavy equipment is now commonplace in the transportation construction sector. MIT aims to advance the machine operations simulation experience and shorten the time it takes operator trainees to get up to speed with intuitive technology and “worldspace” interface. Simulator technology has been used in heavy equipment training for many years now with dramatically positive results. By Lucy Perry
CEG CORRESPONDENT
see TRAINING page 42
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Simulation technology allows trainees to make mistakes safely, learn faster and retain more.