Construction Equipment Weekly-January 19, 2010

Equipment Headlines

Truckers Getting More Privileges on the Road?
"Are the hard-working men and women of the trucking industry on their way to receiving the acknowledgement, respect, heck maybe even the admiration they deserve?" CE editor Mike Anderson asks. At least a few states are beginning to give truckers that well-deserved break.
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Heavy Equipment Headed for Haiti
The Navy has been sending members of its construction battalion to Haiti equipped with the tools needed to clean up roads and restore communications and other infrastructure damaged in last week's devastating earthquake.
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Cummins Awarded Millions of Dollars in Funding for Fuel Efficiency Projects
Engine-maker Cummins will receive nearly $54 million in funding from the Department of Energy for two projects aimed at improving fuel efficiency in heavy-duty and light-duty vehicles.
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How to Get Uncle Sam to Pay for Equipment Updates
The U.S. government is offering hundreds of millions of dollars in incentives to clean up diesel exhaust stacks in the field through grant programs. Getting the money is a competitive process, but any equipment owner willing to work for it can get a share of the money to help pay for emissions-related repowers, rebuilds, retrofits or even machine replacements.
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EPA Proposes Strict Limits on Ground-Level Pollution
If the EPA follows through on a recent proposal to impose new limits on ground-level pollution, owners of construction equipment, trucks, cars and other vehicles, as well as power plants and factories, may have to install expensive pollution-control equipment.
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Contractor News

For Demolition Workers, No Bystander Injuries Means a Job Well Done
Several demolition businesses conduct clumsy work that could disturb or potentially hurt nearby residents, CE's demolition blogger says.
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Emissions Rules Could Put Construction Projects on Hold
If the federal government follows through on several proposed emissions-reduction rules, fleets may have no choice but to delay vital projects due to budgetary concerns and overwhelming paperwork, state regulators say.
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7 Tasks Equipment Managers Should Undertake in 2010
As construction markets continue to lag the general economy, what better way to start the year than with a list of priorities for equipment managers heading into 2010.
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Construction Company Makes a Quantum Leap in Grading Productivity
Equipped with Topcon's 3D-MC² and Deere's 764 High-Speed Dozer, Wisconsin-based RJS Construction has been able to drastically speed up work on a challenging Minnesota rail-grading project.
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Construction Employers Double Layoffs in December
Layoffs will continue at least through the winter at about a 10,000-25,000 a month pace.
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Project Leads

Vasco Road Safety Improvements, Martinez, Calif, $11.8 Million
Work consists of constructing approximately 2,900 linear feet of concrete median barrier on Vasco Road; widening of approximately 4,860 linear feet of roadway; widening of one single span bridge; constructing drainage, storm water, and erosion control facilities; and constructing one conventional concrete retaining wall. Bid date: 2/02/2010, 2:00 p.m.

MDDOT I-70 Road Improvements, Adamstown, Md., $15 million
The project consists of the design and construction of improvements to Interstate 70, connecting ramps, and adjoining roadways between east of MD-144 and west of South Street. Bid date: 2/08/2010, 2:00 p.m.

Chicago Roadway Reconfiguration, Chicago, Ill., $10 Million
Reconfiguration of LaSalle Drive-Clark Street to North Lake Shore Drive. Bid date: 2/23/2010, 11:00 a.m.

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