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Construction Employment Sets Records
undergoing a restoration. The full estimated cost is $7.3 million. The project started in the late fall of 2013 and should continue and be completed in the spring of 2016, weather permitting. Excess rain has been a factor of late. The prime contractor is Anchor Construction Corporation of Washington, D.C. The project
Construction employment in July climbed to the highest level since February 2009, while the number of unemployed workers with construction experience shrank to a 14-year low, according to an analysis by the Associated General Contractors of America. Association officials cautioned that the diminishing pool of available qualified labor may be having an impact on the industry’s ability to meet growing demand. “It is encouraging to see construction employment rising again, but the industry could hire many more workers if they were available,” said Ken Simonson, the association’s chief economist. “The lack of experienced construction workers may be impeding the industry’s ability to start or complete new projects. The recent acceleration in construction spending may soon level off unless the sector can draw in more workers with the right skills.” Construction employment totaled 6.38 million in July, the most since February 2009, but the total rose by only 6,000 in July and by an average of only 7,200 per month over the past five months, Simonson noted. The number of unemployed workers who reported last working in construction totaled 474,000, the lowest amount since 2001. “The sector’s job gains in the past five months have been intermittent and relatively sluggish
see BRIDGE page 124
see JOBS page 110
George and Swede Thanks Cu stomer s at Event…32
The project includes widening the westbound direction of the bridge. SHA will replace the bridge deck and supporting steel beams and widen the shoulders on the structure. The result will be 4 ft. (1.2 m) lanes with 10-ft. (3 m) shoulders with bike lanes. H.O. Penn Showcases Technology…34
Anchor Construction, ‘Zipper Machine’ Star on Bridge Project By Brenda Ruggiero CEG CORRESPONDENT
Leslie Equipment Unveils New Faci lit y…38
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As a part of the Maryland State Highway Administration’s (SHA) ongoing statewide bridge system preservation program, the MD 140 Bridge over Liberty Reservoir/North Branch of the Patapsco River on the Baltimore/Carroll County line is currently
Truck & Trailer Section ....57-62 Attachment & Parts Section ...... ..........................................63-69 Recycling Section ..........73-101 Auction Section ............122-140 Business Calendar................130 Advertisers Index ................138
ASA Files Brief in Major Insurance Court Case The American Subcontractors Association, ASA of Texas, and other key construction industry organizations on July 31 filed an amici curiae brief in another major construction insurance coverage case that has percolated through the court system. The case involves the incorporation of a defective product into a refinery, but has widespread implications for contractors and subcontractors as to coverage for defective construc-
tion and installation of particular parts, products and equipment into construction projects. ASA, ASA of Texas, the Associated General Contractors of America, Texas Building Branch — AGC and ABC of Texas filed the brief in support of appellant U.S. Metals Inc., in U.S. Metals Inc. v. Liberty Mutual Group, 2014 WL 465892 (5th Cir. Sept. 19, 2014). “Whether AGC, TBB — AGC, ABC of
Texas and ASA members can depend on their commercial general liability insurance policies for coverage for the many risks they face is a matter of continuing and urgent interest to them,” Patrick J. Wielinski and René R. Pinson of Cokinos, Bosien & Young, Irving, Texas, wrote in the brief. In the underlying case, U.S. Metals, the insured, contracted to manufacture and supply see ASA page 110