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October 5 2011
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Vol. XXIV • No. 20
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Haynesville Shale Pipeline Nears Completion By Brenda Ruggiero CEG CORRESPONDENT
RW Moore, Benchmark Go Skeet Shooting…8
Trekker Tractor Host s Triple Threat Rodeo…12
In Alexandria, La., work is nearing completion on a $1.6 billion pipeline from the Haynesville Shale natural gas fields. The line is an extension of the 1,000-mi. (1,609 km) Acadian Gas pipeline system in south Louisiana. Acadian Gas LLC, which is developing the project, is jointly owned by Enterprise Products Partners L.P. and Duncan Energy Partners L.P. According to Rick Rainey, public relations director of Enterprise Products, construction began on the project in February 2011, and currently is scheduled for a completion in September 2011. Much of the advance preparation, such as permitting, acquiring right-of-way and signing customers to long-term agreements anchoring the project began in the fall of 2009. “The Acadian Haynesville Extension project is unique in that it is designed to help producers avoid potential bottlenecks at the Perryville Hub but still access the same systems by providing a more souther- Internal welds are made inside a 42-in. (106 cm) diameter pipe using an automated ly route that reaches over 150 end-use markets along welder. the Mississippi River corridor between Baton Rouge and New Orleans,” Rainey said. see PIPELINE page 36
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Table of Contents ................4 Mini & Compact Equipment Section..........................47-62 Paving Section ............65-69 Business Calendar ............80 Parts Section ....................81 Auction Section .................... ............................Starts at 88 Advertisers Index ..............94
Private Sector Demand Boosts Employment
Carolina Bridge Hustles to Close Up Gap Left by Irene By Eric Olson CEG CORRESPONDENT
Construction employment increased in 146 out of 337 metropolitan areas between August 2010 and August 2011, declined in 145 and stayed level in 46, according to a new analysis of federal employment data released Sept. 26 by the Associated General Contractors of America. Association officials noted that the local employment data remains relatively split as private sector demand increased and public sector activity declined more rapidly during the past year. “The construction market is caught between increases in private sector demand and even larger decreases in public sector construction investments,” said Ken Simonson, the association’s chief economist,
Crews are frantically working around the clock to erect a temporary bridge along a stretch of North Carolina Highway 12, the only major highway along the state’s Outer Banks, after Hurricane Irene cut a breach in the thin strip of land that separates Pamlico Sound from the Atlantic Ocean. Orangeburg, S.C.-based Carolina Bridge is running crews night and day to build the metal bridge across the more than 100-ft. (30 m) breach on Pea Island, located just a few miles north of Rodanthe. The state DOT hopes to have the bridge, located within the Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge, open to two-way traffic sometime during the first week of October.
see EMPLOYMENT page 30
see BRIDGE page 32
Carolina Bridge had to drive a total of 82 piles, each 75 ft. (22.8 m) deep, to support the bridge top deck.