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out, optional cable winch lift and optional powered mast rotation left and right. All functions are hydraulically operated for smooth lifting. Available in a variety of capabilities from 1,000 lbs to 20,000 lbs and boom lengths with lifting heights up to 35 ft. Phone: 440-951-5191. Nut locking device Tracksure offers a nut locking device designed to prevent unintentional nut loosening caused by vibration and settlement. The device modifies the original bolt with a reverse thread at the end. A locking nut is applied to the reverse thread until it tightens against the original nut. A serrated steel locking cap is then pushed down over the original nut and the Tracksure nut, and is held in place with a spring clip. If the original nut begins to loosen, even microscopically, the locking nut tightens on the reverse thread with the locking cover combining both actions, ensuring a fail-safe bolt fixing, according to the manufacturer. Installation requires no special tools. Phone: 908-309-5436 (Eastern Region) or 612-963-7690 (Western Region). PEOPLE Ken Cook Co. named Timothy D. McAdow vice president sales and marketing. Gannett Fleming Transit & Rail Systems appointed Steven A. Humes senior track designer, based in Valley Forge, Pa. Interfleet Technology named Jerry Evans wheel and rail interface specialist and Sue Hirlihy as head of strategic maintenance. TranSystems named Louis Rondinello assistant vice president, based in New York City. Associations American Railway Development Association elected Kevin Keller secretary-treasurer. Keller, HDR senior project manager for rail and environmental in the firm’s Kansas City office, also elected the Engineering Services Functional Group representative for AREMA. American Society of Civil Engineers named John R. Wolosick, P.E., recipient of the 2008 Martin S. Kapp Foundation Engineering Award. Wolosick is director of engineering for Hayward Baker Inc.’s Atlanta, Ga., office. Portland Cement Association named Jerry M. Spiker, P.E., a regional engineering manager in the Engineering Structures Department, based in Virginia Beach, Va. The Underground Construction Association of The Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration, Inc., presented a Lifetime Achievement Award to James Monsees, a senior vice president with Parsons Brinckerhoff. Dr. Monsees serves as PB’s technical director worldwide on transit tunnels. www.rtands.com Railway Track & Structures August 2008 47 http://www.transalert.com http://www.rtands.com

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