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Southeast Edition

April 21 2010

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Vol. XXIII โ€ข No. 8

โ€œThe Nationโ€™s Best Read Construction Newspaperโ€ฆ Founded 1957.โ€ 470 Maryland Drive โ€ข Ft. Washington, PA 19034 โ€ข 215/885-2900 โ€ข Toll Free 800-523-2200 โ€ข Fax 215/885-2910 โ€ข www.constructionequipmentguide.com

Inside

Flooding Disrupts McCain Creek Bridge Work By Cindy Riley CEG CORRESPONDENT

Rising waters during the past year have forced a delay in the McCain Creek Bridge replacement project in Shreveport, La. Originally scheduled for completion in April, the project is now expected to take until mid-June. โ€œAnytime youโ€™re working in the bottom of a creek thereโ€™s a possibility of flooding,โ€ explained Project Engineer Michael Murphy, Louisiana Department of Transportation & Development. โ€œThe job called for demolishing two existing bridges and replacing them with one 15 by15 by 420 ft. (4.5 by 4.5 by 128 m) quadruple barrel box culvert.โ€

Backhoe Across America Visits Atlanta JCBโ€ฆ8

see FLOODING page 34

Work on North Gordon Bypass Moves Smoothly Kawasaki Unveils โ€˜For the C u r e โ€™ W h e e l L o a d e rโ€ฆ 1 4

Caterpillar equipment being used on the job includes a 330 excavator, a D6M GPS dozer, a D7R dozer, a 12H motorgrader, 623G self-loading pans, a D5N dozer, a 938G loader, a 928G loader and a D3 dozer.

Golf Course Transformed Into Car Dealershipโ€ฆ23

By Brenda Ruggiero CEG CORRESPONDENT

Table of Contents ........44

In Wilkinson County, Ga., work continues on the North Gordon Bypass, a new roadway that completes another piece of the puzzle

that will make up the Fall Line Freeway. The project, which covers 7.2 mi. (11.5 km), will provide two 12ft. (3.6 m) lanes in each direction separated by a 44-ft. (13.4 m)

Paving, Compaction & Milling Section ......447-67

The contractor chose the option of building a cofferdam to work in. The sheet pile wall in the middle of the creek was incorporated into the box culvert structure.

Parts Section ..............668

Health Care Subsidy Provision Causes Stir

Auction Section ....778-87

By Giles Lambertson CEG CORRESPONDENT

Business Calendar ......885 Advertisers Index ......86

Americaโ€™s drawn-out and contentious debate about health care did not end with the passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, which was signed into law March 23. In some

respects, the national argument has just begun โ€” and construction equipment manufacturers Caterpillar and Deere & Co. suddenly find themselves at the heart of it. Just two days after the billโ€™s signing into law, President Obama was in Iowa when Deere, Iowaโ€™s largest employer, announced that the

see BYPASS page 18

value of its assets dropped by $150 million as a consequence of one of the lawโ€™s provisions. Deere said the change would be recorded as a one-time cost in the second quarter; its stock dropped the next day, losing 29 cents per share to $60.20. see PROVISION page 40


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