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Meet Tom Ritter,

Hub's New Safety Products Manager

I was recently brought on board to help promote Hub's safety product category, support the outside sales team for all of Hub's 15 branches and to promote safety awareness and training to Hub's Customers.

As a self-proclaimed construction safety geek, I am in constant awe of the challenges and scope of responsibility of today's construction safety professional.

"September Safety Tip"

Distracted Driving -DON'T DO IT!

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$800 Million Makeover.

Westfield Corp. plans to spend $800 million on a massive makeover of its Century City mall.

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Safety at Heights!

Ask us how we can help you eliminate

ladder accidents at your jobsite.

Herb Bunker 909-376-5037

Tom Ritter 310-462-4454

Workers can stay on the job if employers watch out for their safety and remember 2 simple words: SAFETY FIRST.

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Hyperloop project moves closer to reality

with new engineering partners

You can keep calling it an ambitious pipe dream, but Elon Musk's brainchild known as theHyperloop is moving ever closer to reality.

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Construction Spending Up

The U.S. Census Bureau of the Department of Commerce announced today that construction spending during July 2015 was estimated at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $1,083.4 billion, 0.7 percent (ą1.5%)* above the revised June estimate of $1,075.9 billion. The July figure is 13.7 percent (ą2.0%) above the July 2014 estimate of $952.5 billion.

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Canada Slips into Recession

The G-7 economy is a big energy exporter and the slump in crude prices -- currently below $50 a barrel -- has spread pain across the country and hit growth.

Official data released by Statistics Canada on Tuesday showed second quarter GDP fell by 0.5% on annualized basis. First quarter GDP contracted by 0.8%. That puts the country in a technical recession, defined as two consecutive quarters of declining GDP.

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250-room W Hotel to be built in downtown L.A.

The trendy W Hotels chain has agreed to open its third Los Angeles outpost in a $700-million complex set to be built downtown near Staples Center.

Chinese real estate developer Shenzhen Hazens Real Estate Group Co. said the upscale hotel operator will run a 250-room W Hotel at the intersection of Figueroa and 11th streets. The existing W Hotels are in Hollywood and Westwood.

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Did You Know?

HUB Has

For Jobsite Equipment Demonstrations

and Supplies,

Call Herb Bunker at 909-376-5169.

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San Diego paying $13M to clear trolley path

San Diego officials say the city's water and sewer customers must cover the $13 million cost of moving pipes, casings and other structures in the pathway of the San Diego Trolley's 11-mile La Jolla extension.

The city will also provide five pieces of property valued at $3.5 million to allow construction of trolley stations and maintenance areas along the nearly $2 billion line, which is scheduled to begin operating in 2020.

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Comedy Corner

Goats

Groups of Americans were traveling by tour bus through Holland. As they stopped at a cheese farm, a young guide led them through the process of cheese making, explaining that goat's milk was used."

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11 Missing Days Mystery

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In This Issue

$800 Million Makeover

Safety at Heights

Hyperloop

Construction Spending Up

Canadian Recession

W Hotel in downtown L.A.

San Diego Trolley

Comedy Corner

HUB Flyers

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Raise in California Gas Tax?

Dixon starts wastewater plant

Does Your Business Need a CFO?

L.A. Shade Balls

Quote of the Month

Just 4 Fun

Hooters 2015 Calendar

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Senate panel votes to raise California gas tax

12 cents a gallon

State lawmakers on Wednesday took the first steps toward raising taxes and fees on motorists and further restricting Californians' tobacco use as the Legislature convened special sessions aimed at solving the state's transportation and health care funding crises.

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Dixon finally begins construction on wastewater treatment facility

More than 20 years after the city first butted heads with the state over wastewater issues, Dixon has finally begun construction on a new and improved wastewater treatment facility. It replaces an aging one and addresses stringent concerns including capacity, effluent quality and salinity, brought forward by the state's Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board

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Does Your Business

Need a C.F.O.?

Hiring a CFO could help you take your business to the next level and enjoy more profitability than ever before. So the question is, how do you know if you should hire a CFO?

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LA Rolls Out Water-Saving 'Shade Balls'

On Monday afternoon, August 10, 2015, the 20,000 black plastic balls tumbled down the slopes of Los Angeles Reservoir, joining 95,980,000 of their brethren already covering the surface of the water.

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QUOTE

OF THE MONTH

Your time is limited,

so don't waste it living

someone else's life."

-- Steve Jobs, entrepreneur

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Just 4 Fun!

Strange September Holidays

September 1 Emma M. Nutt Day

First Woman telephone operator.

September 5 Be Late for Something Day

September 19 Talk Like a Pirate Day

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Just 4 Fun!

Sorry this is so late, but here is the Hooters 2015 Calendar!

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