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November 14, 2015 • Vol. IX • No. 23 • 470 Maryland Drive • Ft. Washington, PA 19034 • 215/885-2900 • Toll Free 800-523-2200 • Fax 215/885-2910
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Wacker Neuson’s New Products Introduced...14
Sennebogen’s 821 R-HD Earns Praise...37
Table of Contents ................4 Attachments & Parts Section .................................... 17-23 Recycling Section .................. ......................................37-49 Truck & Trailer Section......... .......................................53-55 Auction Section ..........58-65 Business Calendar ............58 Advertisers Index ..............66
By Irwin Rapoport CEG CORRESPONDENT
A milestone was reached for the Southern Nevada Water Authority’s Lake Mead Intake No. 3 on Sept. 10, when the first 11 million gal. of an expected 41 million gal. of water entered the new 3-mi. (4.8 km) deepwater intake underneath the Lake Mead reservoir in Nevada. Furthermore, the cap for the new intake was removed on Sept. 23, permitting water from the Colorado River reservoir to directly flow into two existing SNWA pumping stations located at Lake Mead. The $817 million designbuild contract to construct the intake was awarded to Vegas Tunnel Constructors (VGC), a joint venture consisting of Salini Impregilo/ S.A. Healy Company. The project had its challenges and setbacks and had crews working aboveground, underground and on the water. It also required the technical skills of engineers and the latest scientific knowledge on mining rock and soil conditions, and the physics of
Nevada’s Third Intake Reaches Milestone
Barnard of Nevada Inc. photo
Dawn breaks on Lake Mead as crews construct SNWA’s 100-ft. (30.48 m) tall intake structure and riser, which was secured to the bottom of Lake Mead with nearly 12,000 cu. yds. (9,174.65 cu m) of concrete.
operating in high-pressure environments. The underground tunneling and excavation began Dec. 27, 2011 via tunnel boring machine (TBM) manufactured by
Herrenknecht AG in Germany. The machine is approximately 620 ft. (189 m) long (including 16 gantries); weighs 1,659 tons (597 t); can operate in hard, sedimentary and gravel
rock with high water inflow; has a 23.6-ft. (7.19 m) diameter with 44 disc cutters and 23 knives; estimated to cover an average of 35 ft. (10.6 m) per day; and has an operating crew
of approximately 14 persons. The TBM’s best day had it drill 108 ft. (33 m) of tunnel. The intake will be fully operational and have an see INTAKE page 36
Construction Spending Reaches Seven-Year High Construction spending in September reached a new seven-year high and climbed at the fastest rate since early 2006, according to an analysis by the Associated General Contractors of America. However, total spending on nonresidential construction declined by 0.1 percent between August and September as growing workforce shortages likely impacted the amount firms were able to perform for the month. “Overall demand for construction continues to grow at a very robust rate,” said Ken Simonson, the association’s chief economist. “It appears, however, that many firms performing private nonresidential work could not
find enough qualified workers in September to keep pace with growing demand.” Construction spending in September totaled $1.094 trillion at a seasonally adjusted annual rate, 0.6 percent higher than the August total and 14.1 percent higher than in September 2014, Simonson said. He noted that the total was the highest since March 2008 and the year-over-year growth rate was the strongest since January 2006, indicating a faster pace of construction spending overall. Private residential spending increased 1.9 percent for the month and 17.1 percent over 12 months. Simonson noted that demand for mul-
tifamily residential construction grew at a particularly robust rate, 4.9 percent for the month and 26.7 percent year-over-year. Public construction spending rose 0.7 percent from a month before and 9.4 percent from 12 months earlier. Notably, demand for educational facilities grew by 2.4 percent for the month and 10.5 percent for the year. However, private nonresidential spending fell by 0.7 percent from August even as it remains 14.9 percent higher than a year earlier. The construction economist noted that while spending on sectors such as lodging, manufacsee AGC page 52