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November 9, 2013 • Vol. IXX • No. 23 • 470 Maryland Drive • Ft. Washington, PA 19034 • 215-885-2900 • Toll Free 800-523-2200 • Fax 215-885-2910
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Upgrades Under Way at MU Tigers’ Stadium By Dorinda Anderson
Southeastern Conference, eight of the 14 schools have stadiums that hold at least 80,000. Currently, Missouri’s stadium is the 10th largest in the Southeastern Conference. After the renovation it will rank ninth. The MU stadium project will add more than 6,000 seats, new restrooms, lounges and concession stands. The previous capacity of the Memorial Stadium was about 71,000. In 2013 the capacity will be 67,124 because of construction. Moving the Rock-shaped M closer to the field reduced some of the seating, as did removing temporary bleachers. There won’t be any bleachers on the field level and extra bleachers in the concourse won’t be added. The Rock M is a huge letter M made of white rock on the hill-
CEG CORRESPONDENT
ASC Celebrates Opening of Bismarck Facility...8
Bayonet Breaker Comes to City of West’s Aid...20
ConExpo Retro See page 36 for an ongoing series of highlights from past ConExpos as they were reported in the pages of CEG.
Table of Contents ................4 Attachment & Parts Section ......................................39-41 Snow & Ice Section ......43-49 Recycling Section ........57-73 Truck & Trailer Section ........ ......................................83-93 Auction Section ........98-104 Business Calendar ............99 Advertisers Index ............106
To spruce up its look and add seating as the University of Missouri, Columbia, enters the Southeastern Conference, the Board of Curators approved a $72 million project to renovate memorial football stadium and other athletic structures. The Board of Curators agreed to borrow the funds under a 30-year debt financing plan that also will allow the university to improve its tennis and golf facilities, and its softball and baseball stadiums. It is expected that the funding will be recouped from the sale of the additional premium seats. The financing plan also calls for the use of a half a million dollars from a campus facilities reserve fund that covers utility infrastructure improvements. The university also received a $30 million donation from the Kansas City Sports Trust for football facility upgrades, which will allow the construction of a new indoor practice facility and a new weight room to the athletics training complex. Providing additional seating will bring MU’s football stadium capacity closer to the level of other Southeastern Conference schools. In the
see UPGRADES page 82
The university received a $30 million donation from the Kansas City Sports Trust for football facility upgrades, which will allow the construction of a new indoor practice facility and a new weight room to the athletics training complex.
Contractors Face Two New Rules on Hiring Process By March By March of next year, contractors and subcontractors on federal construction projects will have to take steps to improve hiring of veterans and individuals with disabilities. Later this month, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs will publish two new rules, both of which will take effect 180 days later. One rule updates the Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act (VEVRAA), which prohibits
federal contractors and subcontractors from discriminating in employment against protected veterans, and requires these employers to take affirmative action to recruit, hire, promote and retain these veterans. VEVRAA protects disabled veterans, recently separated veterans, active duty wartime or campaign badge veterans, and Armed Forces service medal veterans. The VEVRAA rule requires contractors and subcontractors
to: • Use one of two methods to establish annual hiring benchmarks for protected veterans. • Maintain records related to their benchmark for three years, allowing them to assess success of their outreach and recruitment for veterans over time. • Invite applicants to selfidentify as a protected veteran prior to making a job offer, in addition to the post-offer selfidentification that is already see REGULATIONS page 104
Construction Creates 20,000 Jobs in Sept. Construction employment rose by 20,000 in September and the industry’s unemployment rate fell to a six-year low of 8.5 percent, while construction spending increased for the fifth consecutive month in August, according to an analysis of new government data by the Associated General Contractors of America. Association officials cautioned that the data does not address any potential impacts from the recent federal government shutdown. “Both of these reports show the industry was doing relatively well before the federal government shutdown forced many firms to hit the pause button,” said Ken Simonson, the association’s chief economist. “But the shutdown likely disrupted a wide variety of projects and may have caused private investors and developers to delay decisions about new projects or plant expansions. As a result, future spending and hiring gains may be weaker.” see JOBS page 104