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September 30, 2015 • Vol. XXVII • No. 20 • 470 Maryland Drive • Ft. Washington, PA 19034 • 215-885-2900 • Toll Free 800-523-2200 • Fax 215-885-2910
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Pipelines Prompt Safety Rule By Matthew Brown
Farm land Specializes in Collaborative Jobs…8
ASSOCIATED PRESS
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Crews in downtown Nashville, Tenn., are working on a $62 million bridge rehabilitation that will replace eight bridges when work is completed in 2016.
High-Standards Produce Success for Flowe…12
Fast Fix 8 to Significantly Accelerate Construction Crews in downtown Nashville, Tenn., are working on a $62 million bridge rehabilitation that will replace eight bridges when work is completed in 2016. Known as Fast Fix 8, the project calls for significant closures, resulting in construction being completed in months, instead of years. “These bridges are prime examples of aging infrastructure, and they are long overdue for major work,” said John Schroer, Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) commissioner. “By using accelerated construction methods, we will greatly reduce the time a project like this would normally take, and will ensure these bridges can continue safely carrying the some 140,000 vehicles that use this stretch of I-40 each day.” Originally built in 1968, the bridges over Herman Street, Clinton Street, Jo Johnston Avenue and
By Cindy Riley
CEG CORRESPONDENT
Hyund ai Unvei ls New Machi nes at Ev ent…20
Table of Contents ................4 Paving Section ..............37-50 Off-Road Trucks Section ........ ......................................55-65 Parts Section ................66-67
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Construction Employment Rises in 36 States, D.C. Over Past Year
Auction Section ........90-101 Business Calendar ............91 Advertisers Index ............102
Construction employment expanded in 36 states and the District of Columbia between August 2014 and August 2015 while only 25 states added jobs between July and August, according to an analysis of Labor Department data by the Associated General Contractors of America. Association offi-
cials noted that job gains may be lagging as many firms report they are having a hard time finding qualified workers to employ. “While half the states added construction jobs in August, construction spending data and industry see JOBS page 70
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) A long-delayed rule to strengthen safety requirements for pipelines that move oil and other hazardous liquids will be unveiled in September following a recent surge in accidents, the U.S. government’s pipeline safety administrator said Sept. 18. More than five years in the making, the rule will determine if extra safety measures that are required in environmentally sensitive and populated areas should be expanded to new locations. It was cleared by the White House said Marie Therese Dominguez, head of the Department of Transportation’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration. A boom in U.S. energy production in recent years has led to rising numbers of pipeline accidents. There were 445 pipeline accidents spilling a combined 1.9 million gallons of hazardous liquids in 2014. That marks roughly a 30 percent increase in accidents annually prior to 2008, when domestic crude production started to ramp up, largely to expanded production of shale oil in the Northern Plains and Texas. “The proposed regulations will result in critical safety improvements, and we hope they will spark a robust dialogue moving forward about pipeline safety in the United States,’’ Dominguez see PIPELINES page 74