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April 21 2010
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Vol. XXIII โข No. 8
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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. โAnytime youโre working in the bottom of a creek thereโs a possibility of flooding,โ explained Project Engineer Michael Murphy, Louisiana Department of Transportation & Development. โThe 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 JCBโฆ8
see FLOODING page 34
Work on North Gordon Bypass Moves Smoothly Kawasaki Unveils โFor the C u r e โ W h e e l L o a d e rโฆ 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 Dealershipโฆ23
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
Americaโs 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 billโs signing into law, President Obama was in Iowa when Deere, Iowaโs largest employer, announced that the
see BYPASS page 18
value of its assets dropped by $150 million as a consequence of one of the lawโs 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