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April 7 2021
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Vol. XXXIII • No. 7
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Inside
Federal Funds W ill Finish Chickamauga Lock Job...8
SGTM Goes Well Beyond Tree Waste Solutions...12
STORY on page 56 Sandvik, Allied Gr ow By Doing It Right...27
NCDOT photo
Table of Contents ............4 Recycling Section.....27-36
Embracing Industry Careers
Attachment & Parts Section ......................41-45
Women Gaining Ground in Titles, Respect, Awareness
Truck & Trailer Section .... ..................................47-50
By Lucy Perry CEG CORRESPONDENT
When her husband became ill in the
Auction Section ........66-73 late 1850s, Emily Roebling served as Business Calendar ........68 Advertisers Index ..........74
field engineer and took the Brooklyn Bridge to its completion. She also made history as one of the first documented women in construction. Today, women make up 10 percent of
the construction workforce, and many are front and center in the industry. “While women are still very much in the minority in construction safety see CAREERS page 16
When exploring careers in construction, women should try a few different trades and look at where opportunities are.