Contractors for the Army Corps of Engineers - Alaska District are preparing the project office site for the 16/34 runway extension project on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson on Nov. 9, 2022. The team is using a variety of equipment to make this happen including a surface mining excavator. This piece of equipment’s bucket can hold 17 cubic yards of material alone. The contractor will be using a variety of other excavators, dump trucks and machinery to continue moving the mountain of dirt for this project in the years to come.

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Keywords: alaska, district, jber, milcon, runway, usace