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Pros Predict Upswing in 2002 Despite Slow Start

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Pete Sigmund - The construction industry will continue to be one of the strongest sectors of the economy during 2002, according to leading economists and industry sources interviewed by Construction Equipment Guide (CEG). “There’s a sense that the construction industry has been hurt by the we...

Asphalt vs. Concrete: Pros Debate Options

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Pete Sigmund - Construction Equipment Guide recently asked two experts--one from the National Asphalt Association and one from the Portland Cement Association--what are the pros and cons today when using either concrete or asphalt. Here is what each had to say: Terry Collins, concrete construction eng...

Experts Assess Ways to ’Terror-Proof’ Facilities

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Pete Sigmund - At the height of anxiety over local anthrax dispersal, leading engineers from throughout the United States met in Washington, D.C. Oct. 23-24, in an atmosphere of controlled urgency, to identify ways to lessen vulnerability of the nations infrastructure to terrorist attack. The meeting sh...

Crews Assist Rescuers in Massive WTC Search

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Pete Sigmund - When I first saw the towers of the World Trade Center collapse in smoke and flame, I was somehow emotionally detached, as if I were covering a story rather than feeling the tragedy of people dying. Then the phone rang. My brother John. “Johanna worked on the 93rd floor of the ...

Light at End of Tunnel: Boston’s $14B Big Dig Nears Final Phase

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Pete Sigmund - Boston’s Central Artery/Tunnel (CA/T) Project (The “Big Dig”) the most complex and technologically challenging highway project in U.S. history, can now see light at the end of the tunnel. The $14-billion largely underground project is entering the final st...

Unseen Killer: Industry Looks Into Alternate Methods to Prevent Silicosis

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Pete Sigmund - An unseen killer still stalks the construction industry. Day after day, this assailant slowly stifles his victims as they jackhammer concrete, sandblast steel rebar, saw through or demolish masonry, and perform many other tasks. The killer’s name is silicosis, which permanen...

California Power Crisis Could Cripple Country

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Pete Sigmund - The impact of the California power crisis could have nationwide ramifications since the state is a linchpin in the nation’s economy. The state’s power crisis, including rolling blackouts, and possible financial meltdown of utility companies, has been caused in large part by the failur...

Industry Earns Green Thumbs Up for Efforts

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Pete Sigmund - What may seem like an oxymoron to some — the highway construction and the U.S. transportation industry steadily revitalizing the environment — is actually a fact, according to the American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA). The association is now forcefully disseminat...