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November 30, 2013 • Vol. IX • No. 24 • 470 Maryland Drive • Ft. Washington, PA 19034 • 215/885-2900 • Toll Free 800-523-2200 • Fax 215/885-2910
Inside
Holt CAT Signs on to PaYS Program...12
Vaughan Holds Public Auction...64
ConExpo Retro See page 18 for an ongoing series of highlights from past ConExpos as they were reported in the pages of CEG.
Table of Contents ................4 Trailer Section ...................... ......................................23-33 California Section .................. .................................... 39-41 Paving Section ............49-59 Auction Section ..........62-71 Business Calendar ............66 Advertisers Index ..............70
Official: Alaska Eyeing Equity Stake in Pipeline By Becky Bohrer ASSOCIATED PRESS
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) An Alaska official said Nov. 18 the state is looking at taking a multibillion-dollar equity stake in a major natural gas pipeline project as a way to protect its interests and help make the long-hoped-for project a reality. Natural Resources Commissioner Joe Balash said Gov. Sean Parnell’s administration views a potential equity stake of 20 percent to 30 percent favorably. But he said any level of participation would depend on legislative buy-in and the terms the companies pursuing the project are willing to accept. see PIPELINE page 44
High Value Placed on Infrastructure Voters across the nation again confirmed the high value they place on transportation infrastructure improvements by approving 91 percent of Nov. 5 ballot measures to increase or extend funding for highways, bridges and transit and electing two transportation advocates for governor. There were 21 ballot initiatives at the state and local level, the largest number in a decade for a year that did not include congressional races or a presidential election. The total value of the approved measures was nearly $240 million. On average, the successful ballot measures were approved with 67 percent of the vote. Transportation investment advocates also won gubernatorial races in New Jersey and Virginia. The approval rate for transportation funding measures is even greater than in previous years — voters approved 68 percent of similar measures in 2012, 55 per cent in 2011, 61 percent in 2010, 78 percent in 2008, 77 percent in 2007, 77 percent in 2006, 83 percent in 2005 and 76 percent in 2004. Of the 21 measures, one was statewide and 20 were see ELECTIONS page 68
Larimer County was one of three areas the First Response Team concentrated on, along with Lyons and Longmont.
First Response Team, Cat Aid in Colorado Cleanup By Lori Lovely CEG CORRESPONDENT
When a slow-moving front collided with warm, humid monsoonal air from the Gulf over Colorado the week of Sept. 9, 2013, it resulted in heavy rain that re-fired on
an almost daily basis from New Mexico to Colorado and southern Wyoming. Thunderstorms along the Rockies and foothills are common during the summer months, but typically, the storms are shortlived, pushed along by strong winds high in the
Once the First Response Team could get in, it discovered that the city of Lyon had no electricity and that many buildings were destroyed. The team installed a Cat generator at a school so the local government and emergency officials such as the National Guard and the Boulder County Sheriff Department had a place to work.
atmosphere. The convergence of a large swath of tropical moisture over the Rockies (referred to as the Monsoon by locals), a large area of high pressure over the Midwest and a storm in the upper atmosphere over the Great Basin in September is unusual. The stalled system created a long-lasting storm that dumped excessive amounts of rain, which in turn caused catastrophic flooding along the Front Range (a mountain range of the Rockies running north-south from southern Wyoming to Colorado) from Colorado Springs north to Fort Collins. Rainfall totals recorded by the Community Collaborative Rain, Hail and Snow Network from Sept. 9 to15 show signifisee AID page 48