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Infusion of Funds Brings Some Stability to Sector

Passage of $305-billion transportation bill kick-starts projects
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Jim Parsons
September 29, 2016
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Though it may be another year before the full effects of the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act are felt nationwide, the $305-billion funding measure enacted in December 2015 already has provided many of the sector’s contractors with something they have not experienced in quite a while: a sense of stability.
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Cleveland Electric: Specialty Contractor of the Year

The Atlanta-based electrical contractor is keeping busy in a charged-up construction market
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Jim Parsons
September 12, 2016
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“Staying within the headlights” is how Vann Cleveland, vice president at specialty contractor Cleveland Electric Co., describes the family-owned company’s vigilance against overextending its capabilities in the vigorous Georgia construction market.


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Court Ruling Clouds Future of MD’s Purple Line

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Jim Parsons
August 8, 2016
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Monday, August 8, was supposed to have been a day of celebration for Maryland’s  Purple Line, as state transportation officials and the Federal Transit Administration would officially ink an agreement for a $900 million New Starts grant for the new $5.6 billion light rail system across Washington, D.C.’s northern suburbs.
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