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Hauling Materials From Bautista Canyon By Loren Faulkner - 04/20/2009
Bautista Canyon in Southern California's San Jacinto Valley has a flood control catch basin at the base of Mt. San Jacinto that has been cleared out by contract material haulers for decades. The latest is Lovelady Trucking and Material, Inc., out of Fallbrook, CA. Until about a year ago, owner Mark Lovelady's company had been making a good living here, at this Riverside County Flood Control wor...
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Versatile Equipment Helps Landscaper Battle Economy By Eric Morse, Two Rivers Marketing Group - 04/13/2009
If there's one thing on the minds of most landscape contractors these days, it's the economy. It's certainly on the mind of Chris ...
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MDOT Announces Transportation Grants Staff - 04/06/2009
State Transportation Director Kirk T. Steudle recently announced that $2.5 million in new state Transportation Economic Development Fund (TEDF) Category F grants for 2010 will be used to build or preserve commercial all-season routes and keep the state's economy moving year-round. The targeted state transportation funds will help eight communities invest more than $5.
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What The Stimulus Plan Means For Construction By Christina Fisher - 03/16/2009
By Jeff Kimball, President and CEO, L. Robert Kimball Associates. The new federal Recovery and Reinvestment Act is designed to help halt and reverse the nation's current economic downturn, and its focus on infrastructure spending could mean a boost for the construction industry, although it will be far from a complete solution.
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California Builder and Engineer Loren Faulkner, Editor, California Builder & Engineer March 10, 2009 Gold!
If you know California’s history, you know that by 1848 these words were writte... More
Restoring The Bricks in Roswell An apartment building dating from almost 170 years ago is restored and expanded to create new residential space in an historic Atlanta suburb.
Restoring The Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum The restoration of the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum in New York City involved rebuilding the museum's Pier 86 into a state-of-the-art docking facility.
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