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July 23, 2017 • Vol. IX • 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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$15M HQ Rising for Oklahoma Dept. of Wildlife By Chuck Harvey
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Table of Contents................ 4 Attachment & Parts Section ........................................ 9-11 Recycling Section........ 27-33 Truck & Trailer Section........ ...................................... 39-40 Auction Section............ 44-47 Business Calendar............ 45 Advertisers Index.............. 46
Work is under way on a $15 million project to provide a new and roomier 38,403-sq.-ft. headquarters building for the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation in Oklahoma City. Crews also will construct a 7,825-sq.-ft. warehouse to replace the one currently in use. It will house the department’s communications manager who installs radios in department vehicles for law enforcement. The warehouse also houses lawn equipment, data storage and equipment used for the department’s Wildlife Expo. The new building site is at NE 18 and N. Lincoln Blvd. It will stand three stories tall and provide more room for wildlife conservation staff. It’s slated to be completed in July 2018. Money for new construction comes from hunting and fishing
Work is under way on a $15 million project to provide a new 38,403-sq.-ft. headquarters for the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation in Oklahoma City.
license fee revenue rather than state appropriations. Also, the new building is funded without the need for a license fee hike. The project is on schedule, but zoning requirements regarding the
building’s parking area resulted in some additional cost and a few design changes. CMS Willowbrook, based in Oklahoma City, was selected through a competitive bid process
as construction manager and is in charge of the project’s demolition and construction. As construction manager, CMS Willowbrook handles preliminary see WILDLIFE page 38
CDOT Trains Local Talent for Central I-70 Project The Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT), Mayor Michael B. Hancock, Speaker Crisanta Duran, members of Denver City Council, city officials, Gary Community Investments (GCI), Community College of Denver (CCD), Emily Griffith Technical College and construction training providers gathered to celebrate the opening of a new Neighborhood Career Training and Resource Center in the Elyria-Swansea neighborhood. A new, unique investment from GCI also will bring additional job training and support programs to local residents along the I-70 East corridor. The training center and foundation investment will support a first-inColorado local hire program requiring
that 20 percent of the Central 70 work force — the equivalent of approximately 350 local residents — be hired from 15 local neighborhoods adjacent to I-70 in Denver and Aurora. Last year the U.S. Department of Transportation gave CDOT — one of only nine other transportation agencies nationwide — permission to pilot a local-hire program for Central 70. “The Central 70 Project is by itself a major economic driver for the entire Denver-metro region. CDOT wanted to also ensure that these economic and job opportunities were made available to local residents,” said Shailen Bhatt, CDOT executive director. “CDOT is one of only see TRAINING page 26
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Officials cut the ribbon on the Neighborhood Career Training and Resource Center.