“One of the reasons to be skeptical about the prospects for above average GDP growth next year is the knowledge that state and local government spending will continue to fall, at least in real terms.”
—ABC Chief Economist Anirban Basu.
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ABC STEP Award – 2010
Easterday Construction Co., Inc. received a Silver Level STEP (Safety Training and Evaluation Process) achievement award from Associated Builders and Contractors, Inc. (ABC) for our ongoing efforts to advance our safety program. Thanks to our Safety Officer, Will Pearson, for both administering our safety program and for completing the award application. Thanks to our superintendents and entire crew for realizing the value of safety to our company and every individual employee of Easterday Construction.
Russell Voss Receives NCCER Certification
Congratulations Russell! Russell completed Associated Builders and Contractors’ (ABC) Green Worker NCCER course “Your Role in the Green Environment” and received certification for this achievement. This was an afterhours course presented by Dave Weitz, a trainer at ABC’s Michiana Training Facility. Russell made the committment to attend this course and passed with flying colors. We’re proud of Russell! Easterday Construction Co., Inc. encourages all of our employees to pursue continuing their education and we feel knowledge of Green Building will be valuable to Russell and our company as we go forward. We’re encouraging Russell to share what he has learned with the rest of the ECC crew.
Continuing Tough Times in Construction
“The struggling economy is causing both nonresidential and residential construction to continue to slump, with the exception of a handful of stimulus-impacted segments such as highway/street and conservation/development.”
—ABC Chief Economist Anirban Basu
Replacing Bayh
As part of the program at the March Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) State Board of Directors’ meeting, we heard four of the five Republican candidates running against Brad Ellsworth for Evan Bayh’s Senate seat speak. There were three politicians, Marlin Stutzman, John Hostettler and Dan Coats. The fourth, John Bates, Jr., has not held political office in the past. This wasn’t a debate. Each candidate was allowed to make a short introductory speech and then they took questions from the audience. It was set up in half hour time slots, so we received individual presentations.