SEPTEMBER 2014 Not quite winter yet,
Not quite Autumn either,
But Summer has definitely left. But, enough of that trash!
ARE YOU READY FOR SOME FOOTBALL? Serving the Construction Industry Since 1957
American Subcontractors Association
2013 Supplier of the Year
for
Orange County, Los Angeles, and the Inland Empire
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Please Note:
All Hub Construction Specialties, Inc. locations will be closed on Monday, September 1, 2014.
Have a Great Labor Day!
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Napa Earthquake Raises Flags for Masonry Building Safety
The August 24 earthquake that hit Napa, Calif., and the surrounding area, made it clear that there's still work to be done to ensure that unreinforced masonry buildings are safe during a seismic event.
To read more, please click "HERE"
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Football Season is HERE (Finally)
To check out your favorite college football team's schedule,
To check out your favorite NFL team's schedule,
To see which teams are the most hated, by state, |
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Hubsters Take the A.L.S. Ice Bucket Challenge
Even though it has been HOT here in California, the pouring of ice cold water over one's head is quite a shock to one's system.
To see some of the reactions, please click "HERE"
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New Construction Starts
Climb 6% in July 2014
New construction starts in July climbed 6 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $588.8 billion, according to McGraw Hill Construction, a division of McGraw Hill Financial. Nonresidential building continued to advance, supported by yet another robust month for manufacturing plant projects as well as improvement for commercial building.
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US Housing Starts Leap
15.7% in July
Fueled by strong single- and multifamily growth, nationwide housing starts rose 15.7% to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.093 million units in July, the highest level since November 2013, according to newly released figures from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and the U.S. Census Bureau.
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BART Receives Final $760 Million In State Money
For Silicon Valley Extension
SAN JOSE (CBS SF) - Elected and appointed officials on Wednesday celebrated the final installment of more than $760 million in state money for a planned 10-mile extension of BART to north San Jose, which is scheduled to be completed in 2018.
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Cool Story of the Month
One World Trade Center in Two Minutes Flat
Time lapse video compresses 30,000 images into 2 minutes as landmark rises.
Six years of construction of the One World Trade Center has been condensed into a fascinating two-minute time-lapse video.
Please click "HERE" to view the video
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Be aware of what's on OSHA's radar
An unfortunate side effect of the improved economy and rise in work has been a noted increase in fatality and injury rates in the construction industry, according to David Michaels with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
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California's high-speed rail gets approval
for 114-mile stretch
Aug 12 (Reuters) - California's high-speed passenger rail project won approval from federal officials at the Surface Transportation Board on Tuesday to construct a 114-mile section from Fresno to Bakersfield.
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Inland California Home Construction
Building Momentum
Across Southern California's Inland region, developers are looking with renewed interest at thousands of acres where residential communities were approved or under construction when the recession hit - but never finished.
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Feds call off highway funding cuts
$11 billion Band-Aid will tide over Highway Trust Fund to May 2015.
The federal government is calling off plans to cut payments to states and communities for construction projects in the wake of a transportation funding patch passed by Congress last week.
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You know you are living in 2014 when...
...You accidentally enter your PIN on the microwave.
...You haven't played Solitaire with real cards in years.
...You have 15 phone numbers to reach your family of three.
...You e-mail your co-worker at the next desk.
...You no longer stay in touch with friends and family because they're not on Facebook.
...You pull into your driveway and use your mobile phone to see if anyone is home to help you carry in the groceries.
...Leaving the house without your cell phone, which you didn't even have the first 30 (or 60) years of your life, is now a cause for panic and you go back to get it.
...You wake up in the morning and go online before getting your coffee.
You start tilting your head sideways to smile. : )
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Product of the Month
Special Sale on Rebar Tiers
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QUOTE OF THE MONTH
"Everyone has a photographic memory, some just don't have film"
-- Steven Wright
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Construction Backlog Indicator Reaches
All-time High
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CAJON CRAWL:
The 15 will be open for the
Labor Day Weekend, but
Resumes 9-2-14
This phase will lay down new concrete that is expected to last as long as 40 years along a 5-mile stretch of northbound lanes. Caltrans expects the longer lifespan to be a money-saver in terms of maintenance and replacement costs. The downside is that it takes longer for the concrete to cure, Havins said.
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Top Caltrans officials are expected to respond Tuesday to accusations that they "gagged and banished" engineers who identified construction problems on the new Bay Bridge eastern span and that the agency failed to maintain basic quality control on the project.
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