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Thank You, ICA Membership Meeting Sponsors
Many thanks to Gold Sponsor Superior Construction Company, Inc. and Silver Sponsors
C-Tech Corporation, Inc., Jobsite Mobile Offices and
Nelson Oil Company, Inc. for generously supporting the 2011 ICA Membership Meeting. The meeting will take place this
Thursday, November 17 at Primo Banquet & Conference Center, located at 2615 East National in Indianapolis. Click
here for a list of
registrants (as of 11/16/11).
ASSOCIATION NEWS
Southwest Safety Forum to Feature Building Commissioner
Ben Miller, Building Commissioner for the City of Evansville Vanderburgh County, will speak at the Southwest Safety Forum on
Wednesday, December 7. He will review the Building Commission’s online software, including the building permit process and the process
for filing and tracking permits online. This event will take place at 1:00 p.m. (CDT) at the Evansville Vanderburgh
Public Library,
Browning Events Room A, located at 200 SE Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard in Evansville. RSVP to
ICA.
National Speaker Wows Audience
The Southwest Construction Roundtable hosted more than 60 attendees at its very successful motivational program on Friday, November
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LDC North Members Tour General Mills Distribution Center
On Thursday, November 10, ICA members in Fort Wayne visited the largest single building under construction in the country. [more]
BID NOTICES
Bid Notices: Click
here to see details of upcoming public works
bidding opportunities (building and road) throughout the state.
INDOT LETTING NEWS
Additional Information: Lettings of October 13, October 26 and November 2, 2011
Bids as Read: Letting of
November 16, 2011
INDUSTRY NEWS
AGC to Provide Two-Part, Advanced Davis-Bacon Webinar
The Associated General Contractors (AGC) of America will provide “The Davis-Bacon Act Today: What’s New for Federal Construction
Contractors" webinar on December 7 and 8. This advanced-level webinar will explain to construction contractors with federal and
federally-assisted contracts how administration of the law is changing and how to safeguard a company from the risks. An AGC user
profile is required to register. Click
here to create your profile and
here to register.
AGC Publishes Series on How to Meet National Oil Spill Planning Rule
AGC of America recently published a three-part series intended to help members determine if they need a federally-required oil
spill plan. If they do, the series will help them develop one that meets EPA requirements. Click
here for details.
Construction Hiring Rises, Openings Stay Scarce; Bid Prices Inch Up, Rider Levett Says
In the November 7 – 11 issue of Data DIGest, AGC of America Chief Economist Ken Simonson reports on Bureau of Labor
Statistics data and other
economic indicators. Click
here to view the full issue.
Obituaries
George Michael "Mike" Barth, Jr.,
father of ICA member Mike Barth, III, president of Barth Electric Company, Inc.
and member of the ICA Board of Directors, passed away on Monday, November 14.
[more]
Flora Jean Gossett,
mother of ICA member Darrell Gossett of ERMCO, Inc., passed away on Friday, November 13.
[more]
Toolbox Talk
Safe Ground Conditions - Mobile Elevated Work Platforms
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