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“The Nation’s Best Read Construction Newspaper… Founded 1957.” October 19, 2011 • Vol. XXIV • No. 21 • 470 Maryland Drive • Ft. Washington, PA 19034 • 215-885-2900 • Toll Free 800-523-2200 • Fax 215-885-2910 • www.constructionequipmentguide.com
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Sixty Years in the Industry and Counting…18
Austell, Ga.’s Flooded Houses Come Down September 2009 brought unmercifully heavy rain to Austell, Ga., causing widespread flooding and other storm-related damage throughout the city. More than 700 homes were flooded by the 21 inches of rain that fell, many of which were so severely damaged that they floated off their foundations and became ruins in a very short space
of time. Now the demolition and cleanup of the houses that couldn’t be salvaged has begun. Southern Demolition & Environmental, Atlanta, is currently working towards completion of the demolition of nine of the 19 homes that the city of Austell, Ga., has contracted to be removed. Southern Demolition’s see FLOOD page 16
Southern Demolition & Environmental of Atlanta took down this home located at 2804 Windy Lane, Austell, Ga., in less than a half an hour. The company has been contracted to remove nine homes that were not salvageable after severe flooding in the city.
D.H. Griffin Looks Back at 9/11 Efforts
Beard Equipment Hosts Customers in Fla. …20
By Giles Lambertson CEG CORRESPONDENT
CR 3800 recycler with attached paving screed on the rear of the machine.
Ir on Sell s High i n Sta tesvi lle …6 6
Table of Contents ............4
Crushing, Screening & Recycling Section ....35-45 Attachment Section.47-51 Parts Section ............52-52 Auction Section ................ ......................Starts on 64 Advertisers Index ..........70
see PAVING page 28
see GRIFFIN page 24
VDOT Project Smooths I-81 By Brenda Ruggiero CEG CORRESPONDENT
Truck & Trailer Section .... ..................................30-33
“This is one of many sections of I-81 where the entire structure of the pavement, extending two feet below the surface, has deteriorated from more than 40 years of high traffic volume, and its accompanying heavy vehicle loads have cause the roadway’s wet foundation to rapidly deteriorate.” The press release noted that VDOT planned to employ a specific combination of reconstruction processes that had the potential to change the way the aging road system was rehabilitated. Three specialized processes were planned to recycle the existing pavement materials at the site and reuse them. “This will be the first time all three processes will be used together on a single pavement reconstruction project in the
Not every day does a visitor to an unprecedented public disaster show up to volunteer with recovery efforts and almost immediately become de facto manager of the project. But the eleventh day of September 2001 was not just any day in Piles of debris stood New York City. 50 ft. (15 m) high That day the city when Griffin arrived became the target of at the scene. coordinated terrorist attacks that quickly spread to Washington, D.C. After an airliner was intentionally crashed into each of the World Trade City towers in New York City — with a third flown into the Pentagon in Washington and a fourth into the ground before it could hit another Washington target — the world in general, and America in particular, was stunned.
Just south of Staunton, Va., in Augusta County, a unique in-place pavement recycling project is currently progressing under the supervision of the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT), Staunton District. VDOT and its contractor, Lanford Brothers Inc., of Roanoke, began the project in late March. Its purpose is to rehabilitate and repave a section of southbound Interstate 81 between exits 217, Mint Spring, and 213, Greenville in Augusta County. The contract is valued at $7.6 million. According to a VDOT press release,