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® June 7 2023 Vol. LXV • No. 12
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One Turns Two Crews Near Completion of Phase 1; Begin Work On Phase 2 of Long Island Project
Medico Officially Opens Wilkes-Barre Facility...14
H.O. Penn Celebrates 100 Years in Business...20
The work zone — 2 mi. — is located between Gibbs Pond Road and Hallock Road in the towns of Smithtown and Brookhaven.
By Irwin Rapoport CEG CORRESPONDENT
Major Roadwork Begins in Del. ...28
Work on the latest phase of the New York State Department of Transportation’s (NYSDOT) SR 347 modernization in Suffolk County
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(Long Island), via a $71.4 million project awarded to Peter Scalamandre and Sons Construction (PSSI), continues. Crews are constructing new travel lanes and installing new traffic signals and crosswalks to enhance safety and ease congestion along a busy
2-mi. section of the roadway. The project, financed by state and federal funds, started one year ahead of schedule and includes new and improved infrastructure for cyclists, pedestrians and commuters who take see MODERNIZATION page 78
Construction Jobs Picture Looks Bright, But Where Are the Workers? Industry Skilled Craft Worker Need Turns Into Critical Situation By Lucy Perry CEG CORRESPONDENT
Construction employment is on an upward path and that’s both good and bad. By extension, if jobs increase, so does the need for workers. And that’s the continued challenge for the industry: contractors are beating the bushes for skilled labor to meet their labor needs. Next year, the industry will need more than The AGC reports that as the construction sector was 342,000 new workers, on top of normal hiring, to see JOBS page 46
meet industry demand.