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Volume 3 Issue 2 

May, 2012

 
Hub is growing again!
Soon we will be opening a new location in the Bay Area to better serve our Northern California customers.
Look for more information in next month's News-O-Gram.
 
SPECIAL NOTICE

American Subcontractors Association will be celebrating their 22nd Annual Golf Classic at Black Gold Golf Club on May 10th.
Returning this year by popular demand, Complimentary "Hand Rolled Cigars" done on-site for each golf player. 
The golf event is enjoyed and appreciated by all who attend this awesome tournament.
ASA will be supporting CAST again this year (Child Abuse Services Team), making a difference in their lives.
 
If you would like to participate in this great event, 
please call Ruth Worden @ 714-970-8444
 
In This Issue
3D Exam at Nuclear Plant
High Speed Rail Plan?
Simulated Earthquake in San Diego
Bosch Wins Award
New Product-Dustless Grinding & Cutting
$1.2 Billion Stadium
10 mile BART extension to begin
Construction Comedy
Smith's Color Floor
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PG&E Quake Risks at Diablo Nuclear to Undergo 3D Exam
  
diablo cyn
PG&E Corp. (PCG) and Edison International (EIX) are embarking on the most extensive and costly study of earthquake risks ever undertaken for U.S. nuclear power plants using 3-D seismic technology pioneered by the oil industry.

 

To read the rest of the story, please click "HERE"


 

 
Lawmakers scrutinize $68B high-speed rail plan 

  high speed rail

A day after a highly critical report on a $68.4 billion high-speed rail proposal, Democrats who control the California Legislature said they remained committed to the project and the chairman of the authority that would oversee construction said it's still a risk worth taking.  

Please click"HERE"to get more information.

 
ENGINEERS' EARTHQUAKE SIMULATION READY TO ROLL
Intricate structure at UC San Diego facility will 
undergo severe tests.
earthquake house 

One of the biggest efforts ever made to understand how earthquakes affect buildings begins Tuesday at UC San Diego, where engineers will violently shake a five-story structure fitted with 500 sensors and 70 cameras. 

Please click  "HERE" to read the entire article

 
Bosch Bulldog Xtreme Max and 
Bosch D-tect150 Wall/Floor Scanner 
Named Most Innovative Products at 
World of Concrete
D-tectBulldog 

Bosch power and measuring tools were awarded two top honors following this year's World of Concrete industry tradeshow. The RH228VC Bulldog Xtreme Max Rotary Hammer received the Industry Choice award in the masonry materials and equipment category, while the D-tect150 Wall/Floor Scanner earned the Industry Choice award in the general tools and equipment category. 

 

Please click "HERE" to read the entire story

 
NEW PRODUCTS OF THE MONTH
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To view the flyer, please click "HERE"
 
Construction of $ 1.2 B California Stadium
has a Concrete Twist.
clark pacific 

 Robert Clark, left, and his brother Donald sit on a form that will be used to construct concrete panels for San Francisco 49ers stadium seating. Most of the work by their company, Clark Pacific, will be done at a former Spreckels sugar beet plant in Woodland, which the Clarks have converted.


Please click "HERE" to read the rest of the story

 

 

 
Construction begins on BART rail extension to Silicon Valley
The Santa Clara Valley Construction Authority broke ground on a $2.3B 10-mile extension of the San Fancisco Bay Area Rapid Transit rail system out to Silicon Valley that will provide a new choice for residents who commute to the high-tech corridor each day. 
 

 

Please click "HERE" to read the entire story.

 
Construction Comedy
 Crime Control
 
A burglar breaks into a construction jobsite trailer. He sees a computer that he wants so he takes it. Then he hears a voice 
"JESUS is watching you"
He looks around with his flashlight wondering 
"What The HELL Was That?"
He spots some company checks on a table and takes them.....Once again he hears a voice 
" JESUS is watching you"
He hides in a corner trying to find where the voice came from. He spots a birdcage with a parrot in it! He goes over and asks 
" Was that your voice?". The parrot says "YES"
The burglar then asks "What's your name?"
The parrot says "MOSES"
The burglar says 
" What kind of person names his bird moses??" 
The parrot replys 
"THE SAME PERSON THAT NAMES HIS ROTWEILER "JESUS". 

 

 
 
Available at HUB!
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 Smith's Color Floor is a water-based extra-strength stain developed to give a decorative natural appearance to concrete floors and other porous mediums. It is an excellent tool for the concrete market that can produce unbelievable works of art.
 
Please click "HERE" to read the entire article
 

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Strange Facts
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Useless Information
 

Americans eat on average 18 acres worth of pizza every day.


40% of McDonald's profits come from the sales of Happy Meals. 

Ketchup was sold in the 1830s as medicine.


 It takes more calories to digest a piece of celery than the celery has in it to begin with.
 
 

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