Twenty Multiquip GloBugs are being used by night crews milling and resurfacing 61/2 miles of I-55 and a small portion of Interstate 72. "It gives us a near-daylight condition in the immediate vicinity of the machinery," said McGillicuddy, a Glenarm resident and area manager for United Contractors Midwest, the parent company of Illinois Valley Paving of Springfield, which is contractor for the nearly $17.5 million project.

These units provide optimum 360-degrees of glare-free visibility for about 150 feet."They put off a lot of light, and there's not a lot of glare," Thomas said. "It doesn't bother the guys working on the machines or the traveling motorists."

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