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January 20, 2016 • Vol. XXIX • No. 2 • 470 Maryland Drive • Ft. Washington, PA 19034 • 215-885-2900 • Toll Free 800-523-2200 • Fax 215-885-2910
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850-Acre Project to Feature NTCC Campus By Cindy Riley CEG CORRESPONDENT
Hills Machinery Names New Corporate Service Director…8
Ritchie Bros. Leader Discusses Success in the Business…79
Lloyd Meekins & Sons Hosts Its Dec. Contractors Sale…80
Table of Contents ........4 Paving Section ......33-47 Parts Section ........48-49 Auction, Profiles Section ................................79-97 Business Calendar......96 Advertisers Index ......98
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Tamanend’s master-planned community will have 182 homes on estate lots for sale, along with more than 600 single-family homes on smaller lots, 148 garden homes, more than 100 townhomes and 210 leased apartments.
In Louisiana’s St. Tammany Parish, work is underway on an 850-acre mixed-use development that will feature a new $10 million campus for Northshore Technical Community College (NTCC), along with a new emergency operations center and a commercial/residential development in Lacombe off Highway 434. The various projects are expected to have a major economic impact in the region. “Tamanend will be home to over 1,300 families, in addition to a town center, business park and educational campus currently under construction by the parish,” said Scott Gilbert, project manager, Weyerhaeuser Real Estate Development Company (WREDCO). “This will allow residents the convenience of living, learning, working and playing in one place. “We envision the town center becoming a central location for retail opportunities in the parish, and with the incorporation of the business park and educational campus, we believe that Tamanend will provide signifsee TAMANEND page 62
S.C. Legislators to Address AGC Report Shows Road Funding, Flood Relief Industry Spending
By Seanna Adcox ASSOCIATED PRESS
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) While legislators pledge to address road funding and flood relief over the next six months, there’s no consensus on what they’ll do. A $1.3 billion windfall makes a compromise even harder. And in a year when every House and Senate seat is up for grabs, concern over attracting challengers could delay votes until after the March 30 filing deadline. But legislators do agree there’s a bright side to October’s catastrophic flooding, which caused roadways — many of them already in bad shape — to crumble. At the Oct. 5 peak, more than 500 roads and bridges were closed across the state, including a long stretch of
Interstate 95 that forced a 168-mile detour. “The flood highlights just how poor our roads and bridges are,’’ Sen. Greg Hembree, R-North Myrtle Beach, said at a pre-session gathering of reporters. “It brings a new sense of urgency that’s necessary.’’ Fixing South Carolina’s roadways topped last year’s priority list, too. The House passed a plan last April that would raise an additional $400 million annually. A bill raising roughly twice that through increases in gas taxes, vehicle sales taxes and license fees reached the Senate floor. But a weekslong filibuster by Sen. Tom Davis blocked a vote. “The focus has been on raising the gas see FUNDS page 74
Continues to Grow Construction spending slipped in November from a month earlier but maintained a strong rate of year-overyear growth in all major categories, according to an analysis by the Associated General Contractors of America. Association officials noted that the new spending data demonstrate a lot of uncertainty within the private sector about the need for new projects while state and local government officials are worried about budget constraints. “The November data show divergent trends for residential, private nonresidential and public construction,” said Ken Simonson, the association’s chief economist. “Compared to October levels, spending dipped overall but climbed for homebuilding, school and office construction. Previously fast-growing categories such as multifamily, manufacturing and lodging construction have stalled for see SPENDING page 96