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W.Va. Dam Project Moves Past Halfway Point
N.Y. Mulch Maker Not Horsi ng Around…8
Tracey R oad Equipment Hosts Open House…22
The contract calls, in part, for the rehabilitation of the flood control and water supply dam, which includes flattening both the upstream and downstream slopes to improve stability of the embankment.
By Brenda Ruggiero CEG CORRESPONDENT
Tri co Hold s Anniv ersar y Cel ebrat ion i n N.J. …32
A $10.3 million dam rehabilitation project in Grant County, W.Va., is well past the halfway point. The project involves New Creek Site 14. Notice to proceed was issued in January 2011, and the contract completion date is currently set for March 2013. The original contract amount was reportedly $9.6 million,
but with contract modifications and variations in estimated quantities, the final contract amount is estimated to be approximately $10.3 million. The funding for the project is 65 percent federal and 35 percent local, with local sponsors being Potomac Valley Conservation District; the city of Keyser, W.Va.; and the West Virginia State Conservation Committee. The prime contractor is Heeter Construction Inc. of Spencer, W.Va., where Dave Heeter serves as president. The most significant subcontracsee DAM page 98
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Deere-Hitachi Corp. Plans 340 Job Openings
Paving Section ............53-67
By Emery P. Dalesio AP BUSINESS WRITER
Crawler Loaders, Dozers Section..........................71-81
KERNERSVILLE, N.C. (AP) A partnership between two behemoth builders of excavating
machinery said Oct. 5 it plans to add 340 jobs at a Forsyth County plant in return for incentives of more than $5 million. Deere-Hitachi Construction Machinery Corp. said it will expand its Kernersville plant
that now employs more than 700. The plant is a part of a 24-year partnership between Tokyobased Hitachi Construction Machinery and Moline, Ill.-based Deere & Co. to manufacture see JOBS page 40
Snow & Ice Section 112-114 Parts Section ..................115 Business Calendar ..........116 Auction Section ......120-136 Advertisers Index............134
August, September See Employment Increase Construction employers added 5,000 jobs in September while the industry’s unemployment rate hit 11.9 percent, according to an analysis of new federal data released Oct. 5 by the Associated General Contractors of America.
Association officials cautioned that construction employment has been relatively flat for more than a year as growing demand for residential and some commercial projects has been offset by declining public sector construction
activity. “Despite the slight uptick in construction employment for the past month, the industry is a bit smaller than it was one year ago,” said see EMPLOYMENT page 106