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January 9, 2013 • Vol. XXV • No. 1 • 470 Maryland Drive • Ft. Washington, PA 19034 • 215-885-2900 • Toll Free 800-523-2200 • Fax 215-885-2910
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Cranes also are hoisting beams and girders in place on the four-story office building and adjacent outpatient center.
Fla. Contrac tor Wins Case Community Challenge…8
SE Highway Crisis Needs Big Solution By Eric Olson CEG CORRESPONDENT
Sargent Masters Building Landfill Cells…12
Work Continues on New $79M Hospital in Davie County, N.C. By Eric Olson CEG CORRESPONDENT
Majo r Wire Hos ts Event at New N. C. Faci lit y…33
After years of discussion and planning, construction finally began this summer on the first phase of a new hospital for the citizens of Davie County, just west of Winston-Salem, N.C. The new Wake Forest Baptist Health — West Campus is located off I-40 at N.C. Highway 801, near the Yadkin River in the Hillsdale-Bermuda Run area of Davie County. The initial phase of work, estimated to cost $79 million, will include the construction of a 60,000-sq-ft. medical office building and a 101,000-sq.-ft. outpatient center. Within the outpatient center will be an emergency room, a surgery clinic and a diagnostic imaging facility. see HOSPITAL page 50
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Table of Contents ................4 Truck & Trailer Section ........ ......................................30-32 Recycling Section ........33-41 Attachment Section ....43-46 Parts Section ....................47 Auction Section ..........57-67 Business Calendar ............60 Advertisers Index ..............66
There’s no use denying it. America’s vaunted transportation infrastructure, particularly the roads and bridges that we all use, is simply falling apart. From deep potholes in major roads to crumbling bridges, motorists across the country drive over these problems every day. In addition, they find themselves in increasingly longer lines of traffic as our highways become more congested. And it is not just frustrated motorists that are affected by bad roads. The nation’s economy also is negatively impacted as substandard roads hamper industry’s ability to move people, goods and resources more efficiently. Adding to the problem is that all of this comes as America’s economy is still struggling to emerge from a debilitating recession. Despite an economy that is still the world’s largest, business leaders say the
ASA Applauds Court’s Decision The American Subcontractors Association applauded a Nov. 27 decision by the Supreme Court of Georgia vacating an appeals court’s decision that, if left standing, would have permitted injured employees to sidestep the workers’ compensation system and sue construction firms and project owners for damages. In a 4-3 decision, the high court rejected the appeals court’s decision and ordered the court to reconsider the case, finding that “the Court of Appeals misapplied or failed to apply several fundamental principles of contract law in its consideration of these cases.”
The high court specifically rejected the appeals court’s conclusion that owner-controlled insurance contract addenda and insurance programs provide injured employees with the legal status of “third-party beneficiaries” entitled to sue for damages. “Subcontractors and their employees rely on the integrity, stability and responsiveness of workers’ compensation insurance when injuries occur,” said 2012-13 ASA President Walter Bazan Jr., Bazan Painting Company, St. Louis, Mo. “Allowing parties to bypass the workers’ see ASA page 24
In Arkansas, the need to build, expand and modernize its increasingly antiquated four-lane highways got a big boost this past Election Day.