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August 2017 | EquipmentWorld.com 14 reporter | continued Briefs Thompson Tractor has named Charlie Stevens as vice president for earthmoving sales with responsibilities that also include the company's Cat Rental Store Division. Stevens has been the region manager for the western sales regions for the past 10 years. Bomag GmbH this year is celebrating 60 years of serving the road construction industry through soil and asphalt compaction. The company was founded in October 1957 in Germany and now has roughly 2,200 employees and annual revenue of about $783 million, with production plants in Germany, Italy, Brazil, China and the United States. Doosan Construction Equipment has added two dealers to its network, expanding its coverage in Mississippi and western New York. The dealers are Bobcat of Jackson (Mississippi), a division of Equipment Incorporated, and Bobcat of Buffalo (New York). Bandit Industries has added two new distributors, increasing its coverage in Florida, Ohio, New Jersey, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Vermont. The new distributors are Company Wrench, based in Carroll, Ohio, and Champlain Valley Equipment, headquartered in Middlebury, Vermont. I n granting a $1.2 billion contract for the expansion of Interstate 70 through north Denver, the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) will require the contractor to hire 20 percent of its workforce – about 350 people – from the 15 neighborhoods adjacent to I-70 in Denver and Aurora, the Denver Business Journal reports. The project includes expanding I-70 between I-25 and I-225, sinking a portion of it between Brighton and Colorado boulevards, and building a four-acre park over the lowered highway. New express toll lanes will also be added, and the viaduct in north Denver will be removed. CDOT is expected to select a contractor this summer, with construction slated to begin in 2018. – Chris Hill Colorado DOT will require contractor to hire locals for I-70 expansion through Denver (continued) For more on each of these stories go to equipmentworld.com.