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March 23 2022
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Vol. XXXIV • No. 6
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Inside
Parman Holdings Corporation Acquires Wilder Equipment..8
HRBT Expansion Project photo
Carolina Cat Celebrates 95 Years as Family Business...20
As the largest highway construction effort in the Commonwealth of Virginia’s history, the Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel (HRBT) Expansion Project will increase capacity, ease major congestion and enhance travel time reliability when complete.
By Cindy Riley
CEG CORRESPONDENT
Mecalac Shows Benefits of MCR Line Through Videos...26
The $3.8 billion design-build undertaking calls for widening the current four-lane segments along nearly 10 mi. of the I-64 corridor in Norfolk and Hampton, with new twin tunnels across the harbor. “The HRBT is one of the most congested corridors in the region, with more than 100,000
vehicles traveling the existing four-lane crossing during peak summer months,” said Jim Utterback, Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) project director. “The expansion project will provide much needed capacity by widening the roadway and building see HRBT page 16
Table of Contents ............4
Aspiration Begins to Slowly Meet Jobs Demand
Asphalt, Concrete, Paving, Compaction & Milling Section ....................32-57
Construction Needs Workers … Workers Want to Learn a Good-Paying Trade
Parts Section ................58
By Lucy Perry
Business Calendar.........72
The first two months of 2022 saw a sizable increase in payroll numbers in the construction industry. The AGC reports employment rose 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.
Auction Section .......75-77 Advertisers Index ..........78
CEG CORRESPONDENT
see JOBS page 30
Construction employment rose by 60,000 jobs between January and February, and hourly pay jumped its highest in nearly 40 years.