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® July 19 2023 Vol. LXV • No. 15
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Long-Delayed Tunnel Gets Grant Funding...8
H.O. Penn Celebrates 100 Years in Business...12 For this project, Triton rented cranes to set up the temporary bridges and new structural steel.
By Brenda Ruggiero CEG CORRESPONDENT
SkillsUSA Holds Annual Conference...18
The Maryland Department of Transportation’s State Highway Administration (SHA) has reported that a bridge replacement project in Boonsboro, which is in Washington County, is
Table of Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 Attachments & Parts Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41-45 Aggregate & Recycling Section . . . . . . . . . . . . .53-74 Truck & Trailer Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75-79 Auction Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .92-100 Business Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .96 Advertisers Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .98
well under way and now in the construction phase. The project involves a bridge replacement on I-70 over Crystal Falls Drive. The bridges are safe for the traveling public, but the driving surface (superstructures) are nearing the end of their useful service life. Both the eastbound and west-
bound bridges east of Hagerstown are being replaced. The total cost of the project is $22.3 million and no special funds were used. The prime contractor is Triton Construction Inc. of St. Albans, W.Va., with Justin Koers as the see BRIDGES page 46
Who’s On OFCCP’s Audit Radar? Agency Begins Scrutinizing Federal Contractors for Compliance By Lucy Perry CEG CORRESPONDENT
Many of the infrastructure improvement projects that resulted from the mega bipartisan IIJA program will be under scrutiny this year by the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP). The agency is increasing its focus on companies receiving those IIJA federal monies. That means contractors on those projects need to don their best audit gear. The OFCCP released a list of 250 construction contractors and subcontractors that the agency has on see COMPLIANCE page 32
Some 250 federal construction projects that have resulted from IIJA are under scrutiny by OFCCP.