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® March 16 2022 Vol. LXIV • No. 6
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NYC Installs Moveable Flood Gate On Lower East Side…8
SEI Sells U.S.’s First 512-83R Rotating Telehandler…36
When complete, work at Montgomery will address reliability concerns by replacing the aging and deteriorated 56-ft.-wide by 360-ft.-long auxiliary chamber with a new 110-ft. wide by 600-ft.-long primary chamber.
By Brenda Ruggiero CEG CORRESPONDENT
Fay, S&B USA Construction is currently working on a contract for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Pittsburgh District to install two new dam lift gates and a new control system at Montgomery Locks and Dam on the Ohio River in Monaca, Pa. This contract is the final portion of a larger project to complete upgrades Ritchie Debuts Inspection Tool at Fla. Auctions …102
Table of Contents ................4 Asphalt, Concrete, Paving, Compaction & Milling Section ..........................58-82 Business Calendar ............83
Construction Needs Workers … Workers Want to Learn a Good-Paying Trade By Lucy Perry CEG CORRESPONDENT
The first two months of 2022 saw a sizable increase in payroll num-
Advertisers Index ............110
see LOCKS page 42
Aspiration Begins to Slowly Meet Jobs Demand
Parts Section ......................83 bers in the construction industry. The AGC reports employment rose Auction Section..........98-112
to all 10 gate systems at the dam, dating back to 2008. This current portion began in August 2020 and is expected to be finished by March 2023. As the work is being completed, funding has been received for a new lock chamber as well. In January, when the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Pittsburgh District released its Fiscal Year 2022 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) supplemental funding for Construction, Continuing Authorities Program,
by 60,000 jobs between January and February, and hourly pay jumped its highest in nearly 40 years. The industry still faces a massive worker shortage, but good-paying jobs have people migrating into construction, choosing craft trades over desk jobs. see JOBS page 46
Construction employment rose by 60,000 jobs between January and February, and hourly pay jumped its highest in nearly 40 years.
