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July 23, 2014 • Vol. XXVI • No. 15 • 470 Maryland Drive • Ft. Washington, PA 19034 • 215-885-2900 • Toll Free 800-523-2200 • Fax 215-885-2910
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Heartland Infrastructure Needs Update
Rubblemaster Hosts Three-Day Demo Event…8
Bill Persinger, APSU PR and Marketing photo
The sinkhole repair included removal of unsuitable soils, which were replaced with large boulders on top of eco-fabric, and then filled with a mixture of 57 stone and flowable fill concrete.
Calder Brothers Celebrates 20th Anniversary…12
Sinkhole Fails to Stop Crews on Governors Stadium Job By Cindy Riley CEG CORRESPONDENT
Despite a sizable sinkhole that surfaced during construction, the $19 million renovation of Governors Stadium at Austin Peay State University in Clarksville, Tenn., is still on schedule. The 10,000-seat stadium will make its
debut in September. “The stadium was constructed in 1946 by the city of Clarksville as Municipal Stadium, and purchased by the University in 1993,” said Bill Persinger, executive director of public relations and marketing of see AUSTIN page 40 Central Atlanta Tractor Sells First SANY…18
Table of Contents ............4 Truck & Trailer Section ...... ..................................28-30 Recycling Section ....47-63 Attachment & Parts Section ......................67-71 Auction Section ........74-85 Business Calendar ........85 Advertisers Index ..........86
Officials Report Construction Industry Adds 6,000 Positions June Construction employers added 6,000 workers to payrolls in June as the industry’s unemployment rate dropped to 8.2 percent, its lowest June level in six years, according to an analysis of new government data by the Associated General Contractors of America. Association officials cautioned, however, that recent employment gains could be undermined when the federal government begins scaling back transportation investments in August. “The construction industry continues to expand gradually and unevenly,” said Ken Simonson, the association’s chief economist.
“Despite recent job growth, construction employment is still more than 1.7 million jobs or 22 percent below its 2006 peak.” Construction employment totaled 6.015 million in June, the highest total since June 2009 and an increase of 186,000 or 3.2 percent from a year earlier, Simonson noted. Residential construction employers added 6,600 jobs in June and 106,300 (4.9 percent) over 12 months. Nonresidential construction employment was unchanged since May, but up by 80,000 (2.2 percent) since June 2013. see JOBS page 42
America’s rural heartland is home to nearly 50 million people, and its natural resources provide the energy, food and fiber that support the nation’s economy and way of life. But, a new report finds that the nation’s rural transportation system, which is critical to the nation’s booming agriculture, energy and tourism sectors, is in need of modernization to address deficient roads and bridges, high crash rates and inadequate connectivity and capacity. The report, “Rural Connections: Challenges and Opportunities in America’s Heartland,” was released July 10 by TRIP, a national non-profit transportation research group based in Washington, D.C. It defines Rural America as counties that lack an urban area of at least 50,000 in population or lack a large commuting flow to an urban county. The TRIP report finds that traffic crashes and fatalities on rural roads are disproportionately high, occurring at a rate nearly three times higher than all other roads. In 2012, non-interstate rural roads had a traffic fatality rate of 2.21 deaths for every 100 million vehicle miles of travel, compared to a fatality rate on all other roads of 0.78 deaths per 100 million vehicle miles of travel. Rural traffic fatality rates remain stubbornly high, despite a substantial decrease in the number of overall fatalities. “More than 46 million Americans live in rural and less densely populated areas of the country where their primary mode of transportation is a personal vehicle,” said Kathleen Bower, AAA vice president, public affairs. “Motorists expect and deserve safe, well maintained roads and bridges no matter if they are traveling on see TRIP page 64