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January 6 2024 Vol. XXX • No. 1
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Crews Build $250M Water Plant in St. Paul, Minn. By Dick Rohland CEG CORRESPONDENT
City of Pikeville, Ky., Recognizes Boyd CAT’s 58 Years of Service...8
WOC Returns to Las Vegas to Celebrate Its 50th Anniversary...16
St. Louis County’s New Equipment Helps Better Serves Taxpayers...24
Construction crews are closing in on the final days of the second year of a five-year reconstruction project to improve water treatment facilities and capacity for years to come at the St. Paul Regional Water Service (SPRWS) treatment plant. Located in the St. Paul, Minn., suburb of Maplewood, the plant is known locally as the McCarron’s Water Treatment (MWT) plant. It is a self-supporting public utility funded only by revenue from its customer base. Operating for more than 100 years, the plant serves 450,000 customers in St. Paul and surrounding suburbs. Through the years, the plant has gone through a variety of improvements and upgrades. This project is notable not only for its upgrades but its cost. At a $250 million price tag, it is the largest capital undertaking in the history of the water treatment plant, according to a St. Paul Regional Water Service photo SPRWS press release. Equipment on site for the water plant project through the first two years of construction included Cat, Doosan (DEVELON), Volvo, Wacker and Komatsu excavators, loaders, skid loaders and compactors.
Table of Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 Attachments & Parts Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31-35 Aggregate & Recycling Section . . . . . . . . . . . . .47-61 Truck & Trailer Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .69-73 Auction Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .76-85 Business Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .77 Advertisers Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .86
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Keeping Road Workers Alive FHWA’s Proposed Work Zone Rule Changes Get Mixed Response From Industry By Lucy Perry CEG CORRESPONDENT
FHWA and the road construction industry agree on one thing: The safety of crews in work zones is a priority. Ramped-up construction means the risk to highway workers is as great or greater this year than last. FHWA has proposed rule changes to meet broader impacts of work zones on both driver mobility and worker safety. AGC and ARTBA believe road workers should be the priority. In September, FHWA announced proposed rulemak- The construction industry, through AGC and ing amending its traffic safety and mobility regulations. ARTBA, has registered its thoughts on the prosee RULE page 82
posed rule changes. Both associations think the rules could go further.