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May 2, 2015 • Vol. IX • No. 9 • 470 Maryland Drive • Ft. Washington, PA 19034 • 215/885-2900 • Toll Free 800-523-2200 • Fax 215/885-2910
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Crews Celebrate Milestone on Great Falls Clinic
Trophy Tractor Hosts Crawfish Boil...10
The $25 million Great Falls Clinic Medical Center will include a 19-bed hospital, operating rooms, procedure rooms and an emergency department.
By Cindy Riley CEG CORRESPONDENT New AED Chairman Looks Toward Future...12
Powerscreen Confer ence Attr act s Hundr eds...33
Table of Contents ................4 Atachment Section ......19-23 Recycling Section ........33-41 Truck & Trailer Section ........ ......................................45-47 Auction Section ..........50-59 Business Calendar ............57 Advertisers Index ..............58
Located adjacent to the existing Great Falls Clinic Specialty Center, a new Crews utilized a large crawler crane for structural steel and roofing. A series 70,000 sq. ft. (6,503 sq m) of all-terrain forklifts were used for the exterior skin, windows and canopies. project is taking shape in Great Falls, Mont. The $25 million Great Falls Clinic Medical Center will include
a 19-bed hospital, operating rooms, procedure rooms and an emergency department. Crews recently celebrated a milestone in the construction, with the symbolic placement of a pine tree at the top of the building. Local partners Dick
Construction Firms Add Jobs in 41 States Over Year ARTBA Warns DOT of Job Cost Increases Even as construction firms added jobs in 41 states between March 2014 and March 2015, construction employment declined in 29 states and the District of Columbia between February and March, according to an analysis of Labor Department data by the Associated General Contractors of America. Association officials cautioned that ongoing D.C. gridlock over how to pay for needed infrastructure improvements and declining demand for oil-related projects likely contributed to so many states shedding construction jobs in March. "While the year-over-year data remains relatively positive, it is troubling to see so many states losing con-
struction jobs during the past month," said Ken Simonson, the association's chief economist. "As energy firms cancel or delay projects and Congressional action on transportation and other infrastructure measures remains stalled, many construction firms appear to be reducing headcount, at least temporarily." California added more new construction jobs (46,300 jobs, 6.9 percent) between March 2014 and March 2015 than any other state. Other states adding a high number of new construction jobs for the past 12 months included Texas (39,300 jobs, 6.2 percent), Florida (37,400 jobs, 9.7 percent), see EMPLOYMENT page 56
see CLINIC page 44
A U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) pilot program that would allow state and local transportation agencies to utilize local hiring preferences on federal-aid highway and transit projects will increase costs, decrease competition, and could actually result in less frequent hiring of minorities and women, according to the American Road and Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA). U.S. Secretary of Transportation Anthony Foxx announced the one-year pilot program on March 3. The agency said allowing the local preferences will enable “disadvantaged workers in the communities where projects are located to benefit from the economic opportunities such projects represent.” State or local transportation agencies would need to initiate a hiring preference and seek approval from see ARTBA page 54