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® November 13 2024 Vol. XXXVI • No. 23
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Coal Miners Clear Path Near Hurricane Helene Damaged Highway...8
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South Carolina’s Demtek LLC Works to Demolish Its Workload...12
By Eric Olson
One small town getting hit by a pair of destructive floods in three years by powerful hurricanes is almost assuredly going to lead to expensive engineering countermeasures. That certainly has been the case the last few years in Lumberton, N.C., where Hurricane Matthew in 2016 and Hurricane Florence in 2018 each caused 1,000-year-floods along the city’s Lumber River and inundated CEG CONTRIBUTING EDITOR
‘Machinery Pete’ Interviews Jack Lyon On RFD TV...84
Table of Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 Aggregate & Recycling Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47-64 Attachments & Parts Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .65-68 Truck & Trailer Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .69-72 Auction Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .80-85 Business Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .81 Advertisers Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .86
sections of Interstate 95, the United States’ primary freeway on the East Coast, leading to its partial closure in the Tarheel State’s Coastal Plain. In particular, floodwater from each tropical storm surged across the twin I-95 north-south bridges over the Lumber River in the community, rendering them out-of-service for several days and forcing drivers to use detours. see BRIDGE page 32
Construction Market Boosts Economy Employment in 2024 Rises Three Times Faster Than Pre-Pandemic Years By Lucy Perry
Due in large part to the 2021 IIJA bill, the construction sector is adding jobs to the U.S. economy. In September alone, the industry added 25,000 jobs compared with August. In fact, from September 2023 construction gained 238,000 jobs, which equates to a 3 percent increase. That’s three times faster than overall employment since before the pandemic. There are currently approximately 16 percent more construction jobs than in March of 2020, reported the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB). That’s 5 percent more than CEG CORRESPONDENT
see JOBS page 62
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The AGC found that 24 states and the District of Columbia added construction jobs between August and September of this year.