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June 19 2010 Vol. VI • No. 13
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A view of the Mike O’Callaghan-Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge from downstream of the Hoover Dam.
Midco Demolition Tool Co. Expands Operation...8
Hoover Dam Bypass Project Approaches End By Rebecca Ragain CEG CORRESPONDENT
A 1,060-ft. (323 m) concrete arch curves 900 ft. (274.3 m) above the Colorado River, part of a 1,900-ft. (579 m) long bridge with its abutments set into the cliffs of the Black Canyon, approximately 1,500 ft. (457.2 m) downstream of the Hoover Dam. Starting in November, traffic traveling U.S. 93 will use this monumental new bridge to cross the Colorado River between Nevada and Arizona. The current route across the top of the Hoover Dam cannot safely accommodate the 14,000 vehicles and trucks that use it each day; issues include sharp turns, narrow roadways, inadequate shoulders,
Bobcat and Doosan Demo New Models...12
see BYPASS page 16
Bar None Event Draws International Bidders...34
Table of Contents ............4 Truck & Trailer Section .... ..................................13-14 Crushing, Screening & Recycling Section ....23-30 Business Calendar ........32 Auction Section ......34-39 Advertisers Index ..........38
Economic Healing Former AED President, Aided by Increased Michael Sill, Passes Away Industry Spending By Martin Crutsinger and Alan Zibel AP BUSINESS WRITERS
WASHINGTON (AP) The economic recovery is gaining strength from the biggest rise in construction spending in nearly a decade and the 10th straight month of expansion for manufacturers. The two positive reports eased some fears that the debt crisis in Europe might be starting to stunt the U.S. economic rebound. “The recovery is still on track,” said Brian Bethune, a senior economist at IHS Global Insight. While Europe’s troubles will put a drag on profits at U.S. companies that do business overseas, Bethune said, “it’s not going to be a show-stopper.” The burst in April construction spending reported June 1 by the Commerce Department sent a promising signal for see ECONOMY page 10
Michael Robert Sill, former president of Associated Equipment Distributors, passed away May 28, at the age of 78. Mr. Sill grew up in Duluth, Minn., and graduated from Duluth Central High School, and the University of Minnesota, Duluth. After serving in the United States Air Force from 1951 to 1953, Mr. Sill went to work for Road Machinery & Supplies Co. (RMS), the company his father started in 1926. In 1956, he moved to Minneapolis to start a RMS branch office and worked for the company until his retirement in 1996. During that time, Mr. Sill played a pivotal role in the success of RMS,
helping the company become statewide representative of Clark (wheel loaders), Blaw Knox (asphalt pavers), and Link Belt (cranes and excavators) by 1960. He helped the company grow further as RMS entered the truck equipment business in 1972 and expanded that operation in 1979 when it became the Midwest distributor of Telelect Products and other lines of truck mounted equipment in the Dakotas, Minnesota and Iowa. By 1980, Road Machinery took on representation of Komatsu dozers and by 1985 had added the Komatsu wheel loader and excavator product lines. see SILL page 18