ATTENTION APC MEMBERS – Review Your Listng for the 2012 Directory
APC Membership Directory questionnaires for the 2012-13 book are being processed online. We urge all APC members to review their listing and submit any necessary changes as soon as possible! (The deadline for submitting is May 11, 2012) Click the link below and follow the easy step-by-step instructions. GO HERE TO REVIEW YOUR DIRECTORY LISTING In addition, instructions regarding how to list your company in the directory's Buyers' Guide section, are detailed by using the link above. Please remember, the listings in last year’s directory will not automatically be repeated. Contact Cindy Sells at APC with questions (717-238-2513 ext. 103).
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APC is a trade association consisting of more than 400 members that include contractors, consulting engineers, material suppliers, manufacturers, and others with an interest in Pennsylvania’s road and bridge construction industry. The association has been serving the industry for more than 80 years and represents the majority of active highway contractors in the state.APC NEWS & UPDATES
Removal and Replacement of DBE Firms
Please be advised of the following notice on ECMS
This is to remind prime contractors of their responsibility to notify the District and secure concurrence prior to the removal or substitution of a DBE firm.
Primes must afford DBE firms an opportunity to respond to a removal or substitution request. DBE firms should be provided five (5) business days to respond from receipt of notification. This is consistent with 49 Code of Federal Regulations Part 26.53 (f)(5) which states,
“The prime contractor must give the DBE five days to respond to the prime contractor’s notice and advise you and the contractor of the reasons, if any, why it objects to the proposed termination of its subcontract and why you should not approve the prime contractor’s action. If required in a particular case as a matter of public necessity (e.g., safety), you may provide a response period shorter than five days.
The intent of this requirement is not to place additional burden on the prime or the District. Rather, it is a safeguard to prevent the arbitrary substitution or removal of DBEs working on PennDOT projects. This time period may be shortened in cases of emergency with Department approval.
America Celebrates 2012 National Transportation Week
ARTBA Releases Transportation Fast Facts
Few people fully grasp the size and scope of America’s transportation infrastructure or the economic impact of the U.S. transportation construction industry. The American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) is setting out to change that during 2012 National Transportation Week, held May 13-19.
ARTBA, which is celebrating its 110th Anniversary this year, released the following “fast facts” about the nation’s transportation infrastructure contained in a landmark economic profile authored by the association’s chief economist, Dr. Alison Premo Black. Read More…
PennDOT District Borrow/Waste Permit Contacts Designated
Recently, APC met with PennDOT Central Office to seek solutions to the increasingly difficult and time consuming problems contractors have experienced when dealing with other agencies to obtain required Borrow and/or Waste permits for department projects. Read More…
PennDOT Announces Several Personnel Changes
PennDOT Regionalization Task Force
Mr. Brian Thompson, P.E., Highway Administration Bureau Director for Project Delivery, and R. Craig Reed, P.E., Municipal Services Director, will begin on the task force on May 7, 2012. Mr. Richard Roman, P.E., Assistant Highway District Engineer for Maintenance for Engineering District 8-0 will join this Task Force, effective May 14, 2012. Their offices will be located at the Riverfront Office Center and specific contact information will be provided once established. Read More…
2012 Membership Directory – Buyers’ Guide & Advertising Opportunities
Directory advertising opportunities are now available. Use the advertising form (linked below) to reserve your space with TriAd by June 15, 2012. Need help creating an ad? TriAd can assist you with that, too!
The order form for listings in the directory’s Buyers’ Guide section, can be downloaded here. The listings in last year’s directory will not automatically be repeated. Please fax the form to APC by May 11 (717-238-5060).
The Membership Directory will be distributed in August 2012. Call Cindy Sells at APC with questions (717-238-2513 ext. 103).
Committee News
DBE/EEO Committee to Meet June 5
Safety Committee Agenda for May 17
Highlights – March 27 Risk Allocation Committee Meeting
News from PHIA
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Road and Bridge Safety Award Program Now Open to First Class Townships and Cities
May 2, 2012
Each year the Pennsylvania Highway Information Association (PHIA) and the Pennsylvania Department of .... Read More
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2012 National Work Zone Safety Awareness Week
April 30, 2012
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PennDOT issues $152 million in construction projects during April
April 27, 2012
The state Department of Transportation (PennDOT) bid just over $152 million in projects in April bri .... Read More
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National Work Zone Safety Awareness Week Begins April 23
April 19, 2012
National Work Zone Safety Awareness Week is April 23-27. .... Read More
