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November 2nd, "Fall Back"

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Orange County, Los Angeles, and the Inland Empire
              
 

A "Spooky Irish Halloween" Story


This story happened a while ago in Dublin , and even though it sounds like an Alfred Hitchcock tale, it's true.


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85 Foot Tilt-Up Panels Lifted at Great Wolf

Waterpark  !


Largo Construction, Mr. Crane, and 
Hub Construction Specialties Engineering 
have combined to lift the tallest concrete panel
ever, in California ! 


Great Wolf Water Park

Garden Grove, CA

Concrete: Largo Concrete

Crane : Mr. Crane

Engineering: Hub Construction Supplies & Equipment

Bracing: Hub (B-12 32',B-14 42',& B-15 52' 

all fixed length Super Brace

Inserts: Dayton T-110

Bondbreaker: Dayton J-6WB


 


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Caltrans Suspends Bay Bridge Construction Project After Metal Plates Cause Commute Chaos


Caltrans crews were in the process of replacing a number of aging expansion joints on the western section of the bridge after cracks were discovered during a recent inspection.   The plates, about an inch and a half thick, were used to cover the work zones during commute hours.

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New Port Of Long Beach Bridge 

To Be Among Nation's Tallest


Desmond Bridge
 After extensive preparatory work, construction crews are pouring the foundation of a bridge that will replace an aging span at the 
Port of Long Beach,

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NOVEMBER HOT DEAL!
 
Trade in your old worn out 14.4V or greater, cordless tool 
with 2 or more batteries, 
and get $100.00 Trade-In on a 
NEW Milwaukee M18 Fuel Cordless Tool.

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and the dates of the HUB SPECIAL EVENTS for Milwaukee Tools.

Big debut for 1st-of-its-kind water tunnel 

below S.F. Bay

Four years ago, a few dozen miners and engineers, hired to work around the clock, set out to do something no one else had done: dig a tunnel beneath San Francisco Bay. At just 100 feet a day, the crew's high-tech boring machinery, backed by a long conveyor belt for towing out clay and gravel, carved slow but steady progress through the dark, damp underworld. And now, the shaft that began near Redwood City is seeing the light in Newark, 5 miles away.

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Desalination Plant Two-Thirds Complete, 

Delivering Water in 1 Year



 

The desalination plant under construction in Carlsbad is 65 percent complete and should begin water deliveries in about one year, the developer announced.

The $1 billion project will produce 50 million gallons of water a day for use across the San Diego region, meeting about 7 percent of the county's need for water in 2020, and account for about one-third of locally generated water, according to Poseidon Water.


 

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California High Court  Declines Appeal Of Rail Case
Bullet train
 
 The California Supreme Court decided Wednesday not to consider an appeal of a case brought by opponents of the state's $68 billion bullet train project, delivering a crucial ruling that allows construction to go ahead as planned.


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Comedy Corner

Traffic Court

A contractor was forced to take time off from work to appear at traffic court for a minor violation. He grew increasingly restless as he waited hour after endless hour for his case to be heard.
 

 

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In This Issue
Bay Bridge - Another Delay
85 Foot Panels
Desmond Bridge
Hot Deal
Desalination Plant Progress
H.S.R. starts again
Comedy Corner
Product of the Month
Quote of the Month
Non-Res Construction UP
Southwest Airlines Revamp Terminal
Construction Confidence High
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Nonresidential Construction Accounted for 20% of Construction Job Gains in September 2014


The U.S. construction industry added 16,000 jobs in September, according to the October 3, 2014, Bureau of Labor Statistics preliminary estimate.

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L.A.X. Breaks Ground on $508 M
Revamp of Southwest Air Terminal

The  $7.3-billion capital improvement program at Los Angeles International Airport continues with Tuesday's groundbreaking of a $508-million Terminal 1 Modernization Program. The renovation is being performed by Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA) in partnership with the terminal's only operator, Southwest Airlines.


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Construction Confidence Index Indices 
at Post-Recession High

The Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) Construction Confidence Index (CCI) increased across all three indices in the first half of 2014. 

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