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September 23 2020
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Vol. XXXIII โข No. 20
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Construction of the dual bridges over the Southwest Prong of Slocum Creek.
Lessen COVID Impact on Jobs By Lucy Perry CEG CORRESPONDENT
Brex Enter prises Sets Standards for Safety, Innovation...8
U.S. 70 Havelock Bypass: Another Upgrade to Critical North Carolina Corridor
The coronavirus is a fact of life on the construction job site this year, and contractors have been forced to change the way they complete projects as a result. It is an ongoing challenge as the industry conditions itself to new approaches to work and personal safety. But best practices and ingenuity have advanced safety and efficiency on the construction job site. Beyond social distancing, sanitizing and personal protection equipment (PPE), contractors and site owners are adopting site safety protocols for tracking traffic and materials; integrating apps, drones and wearables to monitor employee distancing and exposure; and expanding daily routines to include temperature checks and limit in-person meetings. โResponsible contractors are hungry to publicly prove they can work safely and prevent the spread of COVID-19 while supporting the nationโs critical infrastructure and providing much-needed income for the people who work on those projects,โ wrote Jordan Hollingsworth, field operations manager of Safety Management Group, Indianapolis, Ind., in a company blog post. โAfter all, the construction industry employs almost 10.7 million people in the United States,โ he added. Massman Construction, Overland Park, Kan., is clear about its company-wide safety policy. โThe Massman Safety and Health Plan is a living document that is updated frequently based on project-specific requirements for safety, security and environmental stewardship. The plan outlines the written program that assists our project teams in preventing incidents and injuries on our project sites.โ
Although not an interstate highway, U.S. Highway 70 in eastern North Carolina is steadily being transformed into one. CEG CONTRIBUTING EDITOR The highway is already one of the stateโs most critical transportation arteries. Most of the route across the length of the state is made up of four lanes, while some sections have been converted to freeways. In North Carolina, U.S. 70 runs 488 mi. east to west from the Atlantic Ocean to the stateโs mountainous border with Tennessee. Along the way it passes through every region of the Tarheel State, including the Appalachian Mountains, the foothills and the Piedmont Triad and Triangle cities.
Contractor Conquers Challenges Tempe, Ariz.-based Sundt Construction chose โto get out in frontโ of the challenge, taking a direct approach to the coronavirus. โConstruction firms have been given a tall order: To maintain workersโ safety during a pandemic while also building essential structures that allow society to function,โ the company stated in a press release on its pandemic response.
see BYPASS page 32
see COVID page 28
Customer Feedback Leads to Bobcatโs New E165 Excavator...26
Logging Leader Discusses Industr y After RNC Speech...30
Table of Contents ........4 Paving Section ......35-51 Off-Road Trucks Section ..............................53-68 Auction Section ....84-85 Business Calendar......85 Advertisers Index ......86
By Eric Olson