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February 23, 2013 • Vol. IX • No. 4 • 470 Maryland Drive • Ft. Washington, PA 19034 • 215/885-2900 • Toll Free 800-523-2200 • Fax 215/885-2910
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CDOT Continues Work on I-25, Santa Fe Drive
Caltrans, FHWA Take on SR 4 Widening Job.. .35
Alex Lyon & Son Kicks Off Flor ida Auctions...55
The prime contractor is Hamon Contractors Inc., and the job is under the direction of Ted Schmidt as superintendent, Brad Davis as project manager and Sara Aupperle as project engineer. Yoder & Frey Holds 39th Annual Florida Sale...58
By Brenda Ruggiero
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The Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) is currently working through an interchange improvement project at the I-25/Santa Fe Drive inter-
Excavators & Attachments Section ......................15-31 California Section ....35-37
CEG CORRESPONDENT
change. When it is completed, there will be four lanes on I-25 in each direction through Denver from C-470 to U.S. 36. Budgeted at $50 million, the job is federally aided, as well as a separate funding stream through the Funding Advancement see DRIVE page 14
AGC: 139 of 337 Metro Areas See Employment Rise Construction employment increased in 139 out of 337 metropolitan areas between December 2011 and December 2012, declined in 131 and was stagnant in 65, according to a new analysis of federal employment data released Jan. 28 by the Associated General Contractors of America. Association officials noted that growing private sector demand for new construction projects boosted employment in a slight plurality of metro areas. “Private sector demand for energy, health care, higher education and residential construction is having a positive impact in a growing number of metro areas,” said Ken Simonson, the association’s chief economist. “Unfortunately, construction employment in almost as many metro areas appears to be suffering from declining public sector demand and a private sector market that is still well-below peak levels.” Pascagoula, Miss., added the highest percentage of new construction jobs (42 percent, 1,900 jobs) followed by Haverhill-North AndoverAmesbury, Mass.-N.H. (22 percent, 800 jobs); Lafayette, La. (17 percent, 1,100 jobs) and Omaha-Council Bluffs, Neb.-Iowa (16 percent, 3,000 jobs). Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, see EMPLOYMENT page 60
Nearly $120B Spent on 2012 Transportation Jobs
Paving Section ........41-51 Auction Section ......54-63 Business Calendar ........60 Advertisers Index ..........62
State departments of transportation (DOTs) and local governments committed a little more than $117 billion in funding for highway, bridge, transit, port and other transportation-related construction projects during 2012, according to
new analysis of the most recent U.S. Census Bureau data by the American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA). ARTBA’s monthly report, “Value of Transportation Construction Put in Place,” was
compiled by Alison Premo Black, the association’s chief economist. Black noted that while this represents a one percent increase over the $116 billion committed in 2011, real transportation construction activity fell well short of its
2010 peak, when $129 billion worth of construction work was “put in place” during the year, in large part because of the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act. Black’s analysis also found the see TRANSPORTATION page 60