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® September 21 2025 Vol. XXVI • No. 19
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Griffith Steers I-5 Project Toward ’27 Finish The Griffith Co. expects to be completed by the winter of 2027 with the California Department of Transportation’s (Caltrans) $61.15 million Interstate 5 in Castaic Pavement Rehabilitation project it started in May 2024. Caltrans is rehabilitating a 14-mi. stretch of I-5 in Castaic, an unincorporated community in northwestern Los Angeles, from Lake Hughes Road to Vista del Lago Road. The work includes upgrading the guardrail and installing one new CCTV camera, three Design Pollution Prevention Infiltration Areas (DPPIAs) and two Maintenance Vehicle Pullouts (MVPs). “The project is preserving, repairing and extending the service life of the pavement and enhancing ride quality and safety,” said Katie Rivera, a Caltrans spokesperson. “MVPs are designated areas adjacent to the shoulder of the freeway that provide a safe space for workers to park, access work sites and perform maintenance tasks without obstructing traffic flow. DPPIAs are used for treating stormwater runoff from roadways and are highly effective at removing sediments, nutrients, pesticides, metals, pathogens and bacteria from the water. “In 2019, Caltrans reassessed this section of roadway and found it to be in good enough condition that the pavement would not need refurbishing until 2025,” she added. “The pavement rehabilitation portion of the original 2022 project was deferred until now.” By Irwin Rapoport
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Table of Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 Aggregate & Recycling Section . . . . . . . . . . . . .19-24 Attachments & Parts Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30-33
The $61.15 million Interstate 5 in Castaic pavement rehabilitation project requires nighttime paving shifts.
Plunging Into Digitalization Implementing Smart Workflows Can Help Alleviate Operations Headaches, Streamline Projects By Lucy Perry
Truck & Trailer Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39-42 Auction Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45-53 Business Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50 Advertisers Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54
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A “profound and necessary transformation on construction sites” is how the smart workflow concept has been described. If you’re looking for organizational tools to enhance efficiency and transparency on projects; If you’ve hit a wall on communications among all areas of a job site; if you’re hoping to finally replace manual spreadsheets and other outdated methods to get a bigger picture of project progress, maybe it’s see DIGITAL page 38
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AI-integrated smart workflows also can optimize resource allocations before they have the opportunity to become costly problems.