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April 3, 2013 • Vol. XXV • No. 7 • 470 Maryland Drive • Ft. Washington, PA 19034 • 215-885-2900 • Toll Free 800-523-2200 • Fax 215-885-2910
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Unique Trail System to Link Six Communities
CGA Holds Safety Conference, Expo…8
Phases that have already been opened have held celebrations with ribbon cuttings and enthusiastic biking groups testing out their new trails.
Calder Brothers Hosts Sales Training School…12
Primarily off-road, the Greenway passes through six communities, taking advantage of undeveloped land and in some cases restoring and revitalizing underutilized urban landscapes.
By Mary Reed CEG CORRESPONDENT
The 36-mi. (58 km) long Razorback Regional Greenway is using phased construcPin nacle Cr anes Hol ds Cookout for Crowder…26
Table of Contents ....................4 Truck & Trailer Section ..36-38 Recycling Section ............39-49 Attachment Section ........51-54 Business Calendar ................64 Auction Section................69-77 Advertisers Index ..................78
tion to link together six communities in northwest Arkansas — Bentonville, Rogers, Lowell, Springdale, Johnson and Fayetteville — with a hard surfaced 10 to 12 ft. (3 to 3.5 m) wide trail. see GREENWAY page 56
Contractors Find Work in More Parts of the Country Construction employment expanded in two-thirds of all states in January as the industry showed signs of emerging from a six-year slump, according to an analysis by the Associated General Contractors of America of Labor Department data. Association officials cautioned however that the industry’s recovery remains fragile and
that current and looming federal budget cuts threaten to drag down construction employment in numerous states. “These results show that contractors are finding work in more parts of the country than they have for many months,” said Ken Simonson, the association’s chief economist. “Further gains appear likely
but could be derailed if lawmakers continue to make indiscriminate cuts to key construction and infrastructure programs.” From January 2012 to January 2013, 24 states and the District of Columbia added construction jobs, 25 shed workers and one — Wisconsin — had no change. D.C. see EMPLOYMENT page 22
New Glades Span to Boost Water Flow EVERGLADES NATIONAL PARK, Fla. (AP) Interior Secretary Ken Salazar was on hand at the opening of a new $81 million bridge intended to increase water flowing into Everglades National Park. The one-mile bridge is along Tamiami Trial in Miami-Dade County. Salazar said it’s one of the largest construction projects in National Park Service history. Officials say the bridge will increase water flow by 92 percent into northeast Shark River Slough. The project also will boost the amount of water in some 104,000 acres of the eastern section of the park and make the flow reflect natural seasonal depth changes. The bridge project was approved in 2000 but encountered a series of planning and legal challenges. Officials say construction sped up after an infusion of federal stimulus money. (This story also can be found on Construction Equipment Guide’s Web site at www.constructionequipmentguide.com.)