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April 24 2010 Vol. VI • No. 9
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California Projects Receive $185 Million Shot in the Arm
Kawasaki Unveils ‘For the C u r e ’ W h e e l L o a d e r… 8
Lt. Col. Darrell Bennis (L), U.S. Army, speaks with CNH worker Victor Medina, who has a son serving in the U.S. Air Force in Afghanistan.
New Case Skid Steers on Way to Afghanistan
Matching the Screening for the Right Application…15
bond approved by voters in 2006. The remaining funds are a mixture of state and federal dollars. The new CTC allocation went to projects large and small. Some of the largest include $69 million to repave and repair 100-lane mi. of Interstate 680, which lies east of Oakland, and $26 million to widen State Route 99 in San Joaquin and Sacramento counties. A number of the smaller projects in the $200,000 to $2 million range will repair damage
Case Construction Equipment welcomed guests from the U.S. Army TACOM (Tank-automotive and Armaments Command) to the CNH plant in Wichita, Kan., to commemorate its recent military skid steer production startup. The Army’s first 25 M400W skid steers have come off the production line at CNH and are being prepared for shipping to troops in Afghanistan. Case Construction Equipment celebrated the completion of these skid steers
see CTC page 45
see TROOPS page 23
Caltrans preparing roadbed for replacement and repaving.
By Rebecca Ragain CEG CORRESPONDENT Kirby-Smith Seminar Covers Best Practices…44
Table of Contents ........4 Truck & Trailer Section .. ..............................33-35
Contractors in California, one of the states hardest hit by construction job losses, received good news in February when the California Transportation Commission (CTC) allocated $185 million to 43 transportation projects across the state. Of the $185 million, $30 million came from Proposition 1B, the $19.9 billion transportation
Crushing, Screening & Recycling Section 15-22
Health Care Subsidy Provision Causes Stir
Business Calendar......39
By Giles Lambertson CEG CORRESPONDENT
Auction Section ....39-45 Advertisers Index ......46
America’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 — and construction equipment manufacturers Caterpillar and Deere & Co. suddenly find themselves at the heart of it. Just two days after the bill’s signing into law, President Obama was in Iowa when Deere, Iowa’s largest employer, announced that the
value of its assets dropped by $150 million as a consequence of one of the law’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 12