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Construction crews are working to complete a major $300 millionreplacement facility for Baptist Memorial Hospital North Mississippi,which will serve Oxford, Lafayette County and the surrounding area. The

new five-story structure will have 602,831 sq. ft. (56,004 sq m), including 217 beds with morecomprehensive medical and surgical services.

With the growth our area has experienced in the last decade, building a newer, updated hospi-tal to serve the community became an easy decision, said Bill Henning, administrator and CEOof Baptist North Mississippi. The new hospital is a replacement hospital with the same numberof beds as the current hospital. However, the new building will afford us the space to add newservices, the flexibility for future changes in patient care and provide the infrastructure for new

see ELFA page 24

Baptist to Better Serve Miss.With New $300M Facility

By Challen StephensCEG CORRESPONDENT

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (AP) Huntsville couldsoon pass Birmingham to become the largestcity in Alabama.

We believe we will be the biggest city inthe state within a decade, said Dennis

Madsen, long-range planner for the city ofHuntsville.

Right now, Huntsville is fourth. Its thesmallest of the four main cities in this state.But those cities have evolved in ways that findall four at nearly the same size.

And demographers with Huntsville projectthe city slipping past Mobile in two years,

passing Montgomery in four years and grow-ing larger than Birmingham by 2022.

Birmingham is currently the largest city inAlabama with about 212,000 people.Huntsville is the smallest of the four at about188,000.

But Huntsville Mayor Tommy Battle was

Huntsville Could Be Alabamas Largest City by 2022

The Equipment Leasing and FinanceAssociations (ELFA) Monthly Leasing andFinance Index (MLFI-25), which reports eco-nomic activity from 25 companies representing across section of the $1.046 trillion equipmentfinance sector, showed its overall new businessvolume for October was $7.7 billion, down 8 per-cent from new business volume in October 2014.Volume was down 8 percent from $8.4 billion inSeptember. Year to date, cumulative new businessvolume increased 3 percent compared to 2014.

Receivables over 30 days were 1.0 percent,down from 1.1 percent the previous month anddown from 1.26 percent in the same period in2014. Charge-offs were 0.27 percent, unchangedfrom the previous month.

Credit approvals totaled 80.1 percent inOctober, down slightly from 80.5 percent inSeptember. Total headcount for equipmentfinance companies was up 5 percent year overyear.

Separately, the Equipment Leasing & FinanceFoundations Monthly Confidence Index (MCI-EFI) for November is 60.2, an increase from theprevious months index of 58.7. ELFA Presidentand CEO William G. Sutton said, Performancein the equipment finance market was mixed inOctober: new business volume weakened some-what both in terms of the month- and year-ear-lier periods while portfolio quality remained

Finance Indexfor Oct. RevealsVolume of $7.7B

see HUNTSVILLE page 92

see BAPTIST page 72

By Cindy Riley CEG CORRESPONDENT

Baptist Memorial Hospital North Mississippi photoOfficials have stated that a bigger, more modern facility will allow Baptist to betterserve patients and offer more convenience to those it serves.

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8 HENNINGS CONSTRUCTION PUTS ITS CUSTOMERS FIRST

That attention to customer service goes a long way in explaining why HenningsConstruction, specializing in grading and site utilities from its East Bend, N.C.,headquarters, not only survived the recent recession intact, but in the yearsbetween 2008 and 2011 doubled in size. The companys only downturn was in2009 when revenue fell a mere two percent.

12 MWI PUMPS PREPARES FOR MILESTONE 90TH ANNIVERSARY

MWI Pumps is a pump manufacturing company, located in Deerfield Beach, Fla.,with a simple philosophy, to provide innovative, high quality pumps at competitiveprices and take care of each customer.

22 LIEBHERR DEMOS IRON AT 2015 SALES SEMINAR,OPEN HOUSE

More than 170 sales professionals, dealers, Liebherr representatives, customers and special guests gathered at the 2015 Sales Seminar and Open Househeld Nov. 2 to 6 at the Liebherr Construction Equipment Co. headquarters in Newport News, Va.

26 HOW CONTRACTORS CAN MAKE SOCIAL MEDIA WORK FOR THEM

Used smartly, Facebook can be a powerful sales, marketing and communicationtool for the construction contractor. However, a Facebook page is NOT a substituteor replacement for a company Web site.

27 HYSTER-YALE ANNOUNCES NAME CHANGES, NEWCORPORATE LOGO

The name change is designed to reinforce Hyster-Yale Groups position as the operating company under Hyster-Yale Materials Handling Inc. and to eliminate anyconfusion created by continuing to use NACCO in the operating company namesubsequent to the 2012 spin-off of Hyster-Yale Materials Handling from NACCOIndustries Inc.

27 PHIL PARANIC PROMOTED TO ALLIEDCONSTRUCTION PRESIDENT, CEO

The Allied Construction Products LLC board of members has announced the promotion of Phil Paranic to the position of president and CEO. Paranic recentlyserved as executive vice president.

29 AEM HONORS KOBELCO USAI MAKE AMERICA CAMPAIGN

AEM presented Kobelco with this award for Kobelcos active participation in AEMsI Make America campaign and efforts to improve the equipment manufacturingindustrys business environment.

32 TAKEUCHI ANNOUNCES COWIN EQUIPMENT COMPANYS TERRITORY EXPANSION

Cowin Equipment Company carries the full line of Takeuchi compact earthmovingequipment, including compact excavators, compact track loaders, compact wheelloaders and skid steer loaders as a full-service authorized distributor, and the company serves the Takeuchi rental business.

34 HOLIDAY GIFT IDEAS FOR CONTRACTORS, KIDS ONYOUR LIST

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80 LIUGONG ADVANCES ALONG PATH OF CHINASPROPOSED BELT AND ROAD INITIATIVE

The initiatives seek to promote win-win cooperation among participating nationsby breaking any infrastructure bottlenecks. This is achieved by boosting the efficiency of resource allocation and through the development ofmarket integration.

100 RITCHIE BROS. REPORTS 2015 THIRD QUARTER RESULTS

During the quarter, the company generated $109.3 million of revenue, a 7 percent increase compared to revenue of $102.2 million in the third quarter lastyear, and net earnings of $20.3 million, a 118 percent increase compared to $9.3 million and a 40 percent increase compared to adjusted net earnings of$14.5 million in the third quarter last year.

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Hennings Construction Puts Its Customers First By Lori TobiasCEG CORRESPONDENT

When Darren Hennings crews head outon a job, he tells them, I like our customersto see us like the calvary when they see uscoming over the hill, and thats how I wantyou to act, too.

That attention to customer service goes along way in explaining why HenningsConstruction, specializing in grading andsite utilities from its East Bend, N.C., head-quarters, not only survived the recent reces-sion intact, but in the years between 2008and 2011 doubled in size. The companysonly downturn was in 2009 when revenuefell a mere two percent.

We had a lot of good cus-tomers who were obviouslygood contractors so they hadsome work and in turn, theygave us work, Henningssaid. We thrive on repeatbusiness. We had good rela-tionships and we like tothink we are a kind of go-tocontractor and were able tohave enough work to keepthings moving. It was just alot of hard work and a lot ofhard work on the part of ouremployees.

Hennings knew from ayoung age that he wanted tooperate his own business.His father worked for a gen-eral contractor and Henningsgot involved working withthe firm during his highschool summers. He studiedat North Carolina State

University, earning a degree in engineering.His first year out of college, he worked for asoil testing company, then became a projectmanager for the general contractor where hisfather worked. But the call to start his ownbusiness was strong, and before long he hadhis first contract.

We did an animal shelter here in YadkinCounty, Hennings said. We did the clear-ing and grading and a bit of storm drains. Itwas a $40,000 job, moving a couple thou-sand yards of dirt.

At first he wasnt certain hed made theright decision, but it didnt take long forHennings to know he was exactly where hewas supposed to be.

I really felt like I was on vacation when Iwas out there working, just something Ialways wanted to do.

Today, he has a staff of 55, including hisbrother, Britt, a partner who looks after theoffice, and handles estimates, bidding andcontracts, and his wife, Cathy, who managesthe payroll.

From that first job moving a couple thou-sands yards of dirt, Hennings Construction

has gone on to working onprojects including shoppingcenters, schools, a gym and afood service center. Today, hiscrews are hard at work clear-ing and grading pads for the26-acre Hanestowne Villagedevelopment in Winston-Salem, the former site of theHanes textile manufacturer.Its a brownfield site, withcontaminated soil that mustremain on site. Crews areusing some of the soil to cre-ate building pads.

We actually built amechanically stabilized earthwall, Hennings said It was30 feet tall and 400 feet long.Thats where we put 75,000yards of excess soil they need-ed to get rid of. The wall is soilwith a geogrid wire basketface.

His fleet of equipment has grown fromone piece to more than 50.

I started out with one piece, Henningssaid. I just added machines as we neededthem. I have 13 excavators, six track loaders,one rubber tire loader, three motor graders,rubber tire backhoes, skid loaders, trenchrollers. Its a lot to look after for sure.

He recently added new equipment fromMay Equipment.

I bought a motorgrader from them yearsago in 2007, Hennings said. That was aCaterpillar grader. I recently bought a Terexoff-road truck, and two new Hyundai exca-vators, a 260 last fall and a 160 this year.They gave us a real good price on them. Ithought they were nice machines and withthe price, they were a good value. Wehavent had any problems with them.Theyve been good to us. I also bought aTerex truck. We rented four of them on vari-ous jobs and rented this one for about a year.I just decided to go ahead and buy it. TheMay service crews have maintained themachines. I had couple of repairs on thetruck, which has about 3,000 hours on it, andno repairs on the excavators. The 260 has1,500 hours and the 160, less than a thou-sand. The service has been good.

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The Hyundai R260LC-9A has about 1,500 hours on it, and the machine has beentrouble free.

The wet conditions of the Hanestowne Village Project didnt slow down the Hyundai R260LC-9A.The operator loads the Terex TA300 artic truck.

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MWI Pumps is a pump manufacturingcompany, located in Deerfield Beach, Fla.,with a simple philosophy, to provide innova-tive, high quality pumps at competitiveprices and take care of each customer.

Founded in 1926, MWI is preparing forits 90th year in business. The company spe-cializes in the design, manufacture and useof high efficiency axial and mixed flow pro-peller water pumps worldwide for a varietyof applications, including constructiondewatering, bypass pumping, flood control,emergency pumping, storm drainage, irriga-tion, water transfer, mines, water diversion,water infrastructure security and open pitdewatering.

Throughout the years, the company hasgrown organically, as well as through acqui-sitions. In 1983, the company purchased oneof the oldest pump companies in Florida,Couch Pump, founded in 1917. In 1998,MWI purchased the assets of Sloan PumpCompany, a pioneer in the development anduse of hydraulically driven trash pumps forconstruction dewatering.

In 1968, MWI also got into the pumprental business, with the invention of ahydraulically driven axial flow pump whichcould move larger volumes of water at lowercost than anything previously on the market.The company named it the Hydraflo. Today,MWI is one of the leaders in providingpump, dewatering and sewer by-pass solu-tions throughout Florida, according to thecompany. Over the years, the company hasadded multiple locations for the rental divi-

sion from Fort Myers to Jacksonville, alongwith rental distributors in multiple locationsoutside of Florida and representativesthroughout the world.

In 1989, MWI built a 26,000 sq. ft. (2,415sq m) repair facility situated on 20 acres inVero Beach, Fla. This facility repairs andservices all makes of axial and mixed flowpropeller pumps as well as any brand ofdewatering equipment.

The company still remains a family busi-ness and all are engineers from theUniversity of Florida. Dana Eller is the pres-ident of the company. Ellers brother Darenis the vice president, and is a licensed pro-fessional engineer who heads up the compa-nys engineering department. His sisterDanielle also is a PE with her masters inenvironmental engineering, and works part-time (when not home schooling her five chil-dren), and their father David serves as thecompany chairman. John Springer runs theentire rental and repair branch, which makesup a sizable portion of the company, andMarc Boudet is head of engineered productsales for the factory.

I think we added up the other day with our top 15 leaders of the company, wehad over 415 years of experience, Ellersaid. Thats not too bad. All of our uppermanagement has been here almost 30years.

On the construction dewatering side, thecompany builds off forecasts, so enginebuilds are locked in and are generally JohnDeere and Yanmar, although they can useany type of engine a customer requests.Most pumps from 4 to 12 in. (10 to 30 cm)

Marlin (L) and David Eller.

Throughout the years, the company has grown organically, as well as throughacquisitions. Founded in 1926, MWI is preparing for its 90th year in business.

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At first blush, the idea that a constructioncontractor should have a Facebook pagemay seem ridiculous.

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A construction company Facebook pagehas a different, distinct role from the compa-ny Web site. It can serve as the social gluethat connects employees, customers, andprospects to the company. The impressioncan be positive, human and professional.

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Kobelco Construction Machinery USArecently was honored with the Association ofEquipment Manufacturers (AEM) presti-gious Pillar of the Industry award. AEM pre-sented Kobelco with this award forKobelcos active participation in AEMs IMake America campaign and efforts toimprove the equipment manufacturingindustrys business environment.

To be eligible for AEMs Pillar of theIndustry award, Kobelco was required tomeet a series of qualifications that capturedthe many ways in which manufacturerscould get involved in their communities andtake action in state and national issues.Kobelco achieved this status by: hosting anelected AEM official during the ground-breaking ceremony of its U.S. productionfacility, meeting with a CongressionalRepresentative in Washington D.C. andholding an I Make America sign-up eventat its North American headquarters, amongother criteria.

Kobelco takes great pride in being aninfluence that shapes the manufacturingindustry of America, said Pete Morita, pres-ident of Kobelco USA. Our dedication togrowing the equipment manufacturingindustry and supporting the creation of newjobs across the U.S. helps to make Americaevery day.

AEM is proud to bestow our Pillar of theIndustry award to Kobelco to recognize theirefforts to go above and beyond their daily

business and become a champion for ourentire industry, said AEM President DennisSlater. Because of their commitment to pro-manufacturing solutions, Kobelco doesstand as a pillar that helps support the foun-dation of our entire manufacturing econo-my.

AEM honored Kobelco with the award atits annual conference held Nov. 2 to 4, inKey Biscayne, Fla. The awards ceremonycoincided with the fifth anniversary forAEMs successful I Make America cam-paign, AEMs principal grassroots advocacyprogram which engages AEM member com-panies and their employees to become cham-pions for the industry on manufacturingissues.

AEM is the North American-based inter-national trade group providing innovativebusiness development resources to advancethe off-road equipment manufacturingindustry in the global marketplace. AEMmembership comprises 850-plus companiesand more than 200 product lines in the agri-culture, construction, forestry, mining andutility sectors worldwide. AEM is headquar-tered in Milwaukee, Wis., with offices in theworld capitals of Washington, D.C.; Ottawa,Canada; and Beijing, China.

For more information, call 281/888-8430or visit www.KOBELCO-USA.com.

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Kobelco Construction Machinery USA recently was honored with the Association ofEquipment Manufacturers (AEM) prestigious Pillar of the Industry award. AEMpresented Kobelco with this award for Kobelcos active participation in AEMs IMake America campaign and efforts to improve the equipment manufacturingindustrys business environment.


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Community involvement go aheadand brag about the Boy Scout leader, theLittle League coach, the autism supportgroup volunteer and the one guy who faith-fully donates a pint of blood each month tothe local blood bank.

Share a tip ask an employee to sharethree things they do to maintain a work/lifebalance. Describe their role in the companyand their other commitments and how theyare able to strike balance.

Feature an employee profile every week pick a machine operator, a project super-visor, a site model developer, a bookkeeper,etc. Ask them each what their job entails;what excites them about their work; andwhat recent completed task or accomplish-ment they are proud of.

Ask an employee what motivates themto do well. If they can give an immediateanswer, great. If they want a day or so tothink about it, remind them that there is noright or expected answer. Start with anemployee who is a deep thinker, so a strongexample is established.

Here are suggestions for business contentthat can be posted:

Project wins announce the winning ofa new project contract, when it will start, andwho will be on the team

Project milestones if a phase of aproject has been completed, theres anopportunity to congratulate those involvedand acknowledge any extra individual orwork team effort include photos of workbeing done and identifying everyone in thephoto or relevant to the photo, even if not

pictured (e.g., Jim Smith is compacting theroadway after Bill Thompson had fine grad-ed it.).

New equipment additions it is a bigdeal if a new piece of equipment is added tothe fleet and make sure to describe how themachine will enhance or expand capabilities.

New employees announce each newhire by describing their background andwhat they will be doing.

Customer testimonials if a customeris happy at the end of a project, ask them if

you can say so on Facebook. It helps if theycan comment on the workflow, productivityand communication during the project, aswell as the final results.

Work photos post photos of employ-ees working, whether they are operating arough excavating machine, sitting at a deskmonitoring progress with the companysproject management software system orinspecting and neatening up a utility trench.Each work photo provides an opportunity tobrag about an employee while promoting acompany service or capability.

A construction contractor Facebook pagecan be easy to create and maintain withtremendous benefits. There are no fees fromFacebook to launch or maintain a page.Almost every employee carries a smartphone with a camera these days. Encouragethem to use it, even if they take a quick self-ie on a job site. The texture of the pagesshould reflect the employees and representthe personal, human side of the business,which after all is the reason why customersand providers connect.

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The company Web site should explain andpromote the companys market expertiseand experience that supports the contractorservices offered.

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Takeuchi-US, a manufacturer of compact equipment,announced Cowin Equipment Companys expansion intosouthern Mississippi to include: Lamar, Forrest, Perry,Stone, Harrison, Jackson, George and Greene Counties, inaddition to Washington County, Ala. Cowin EquipmentCompany carries the full line of Takeuchi compact earth-moving equipment, including compact excavators, compacttrack loaders, compact wheel loaders and skid steer loadersas a full-service authorized distributor, and the companyserves the Takeuchi rentalbusiness.Founded in 1938, Cowin

Equipment Company Inc., afamily-owned constructionequipment and rental com-pany, has carried theTakeuchi line for more than12 years.Company representatives

said they were pleased to beawarded the territory expan-sion, and look forward toserving their customersneeds in southernMississippi.Takeuchi was the first

manufacturer to introducethe compact excavator and

compact track loader to North America, setting the stage forone of the fastest growing market segments in the construc-tion industry, according to the company.For more information on Cowin Equipment Company

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Takeuchi Announces Cowin EquipmentCompanys Territory Expansion

May Heavy Equipment LLCannounced the acquisition of Tar HeelEquipment Inc., headquartered inRaleigh, N.C.The transaction closed Oct. 19, and

financial terms were not disclosed. TarHeel will change its name to MayHeavy Equipment effective immedi-ately. All employees will be retained.May Heavy was already doing a sig-

nificant amount of business in Raleighand eastern North Carolina, but with-out a dealership and service centerlocation and without local support per-sonnel. The Tar Heel acquisition pro-vides May Heavy with all of the abovein addition to exclusive representationof the SANY excavator line in the ter-ritory.The Tar Heel acquisition represents

a key milestone in our ongoing effortsto become the premier heavy equip-ment rental and sales company in theSoutheast said Jacob May, May

Heavy president. The greater Raleigh-area is already

such an important and growing regionfor our business. The addition of theSANY excavator line and our dedicat-ed and more efficient service capabili-ties in the area will meet customerdemands and will allow us to growmarket share aggressively said CEOKerry Vickar.Scott Woody, founder of Tar Heel

Equipment, will stay on as MayHeavys general manager NorthCarolina. We are impressed withMay Heavys reputation in the indus-try, its access to capital and its steadfastcommitment to having the newest andbest rental fleet in its geography. Ifirmly believe this transaction com-bines great capabilities at both of thecompanies.Earlier this year, May Heavy

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move its center of operations fromN.C. Highway 8 to a large, more visi-ble property adjacent to I-85. Thecompany is currently building a new5,862-sq. ft. (544.5 sq m) office andrental center and 15,100-sq.-ft. servicecenter on 49 acres not far from theLexington Airport.In addition, May Heavy has

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Firm to Convert Landfills MethaneGas Into Electricity by Years EndBy David McGeeBristol Herald Courier

Bristol, Va. (aP) a Virginia firm expects to begin con-verting methane gas from the citys landfill into electricity byyears end.

ingenco resources development, a richmond-basedenergy production firm, is building a $4.5 million facilitythat will use gas created by rotting landfill garbage to fuel aseries of engines. in turn, the engines will create electricitythat will be sold to the tennessee Valley authority.

the work site was a beehive of activity as contractorsinstalled electrical wiring, set up the first of the convertedcommercial truck engines and performed dozens of othertasks needed to get the facility operational in december.

right now the city pulls the gas from wells in the landfilland flares [burns] it. Most landfills burn it because it controlstheir smell and it keeps them in ePa compliance, said tomHecmanczuk, the companys director of construction. Whatwere going to do is bring the gas into our plant and makeenergy.

ingenco has a contract to sell the electricity to tVathrough a connection being extended to BVus east Bristolsubstation.

the company employs this same technology at 12 of the17 energy plants it operates in Virginia, Maryland,Pennsylvania and North Carolina, Hecmanczuk said, notingthat its not rocket science.

at its absolute peak, the plant is designed to produce 6megawatts of power, which is roughly equivalent to the elec-tricity needed to power about 6,000 homes.

We build modularly. We use six engines, which we call asix-pack, and that generates about 2 megawatts of electrici-ty. in this case we are putting three six-packs in there so nom-inally we could create 6 megawatts, Hecmanczuk said. Wecan put another one in and, if they start generating a wholebunch of gas, we can expand the building and put more in.its an art more than a science and its hard to predict.

as we look at their gas curve, we think we will max outat 4.5 megawatts. You can power 1,000 to 1,200 homes witha megawatt. if they produce more gas we can get beyondthat, Hecmanczuk said.

Plans are to produce about 2 megawatts initially and about3 megawatts by the first quarter of 2016.

and while the electricity is produced here, it will be soldto tVa, which will then resell it to local provider BVu.

People ask about if their bill will go down. BVus solesupplier is tVa, so the physical electrons will stay here inBristol but the contract path is to tVa, and BVu will buythis power from tVa. We sell it wholesale and have nothingto do with the retail market, Hecmanczuk said.

BVu purchases about $28 million in power from tVaannually.

We are currently building a dedicated circuit from oureast Bristol substation over to their facility, BVu electricalengineer richard adkins said. We got the constructionagreement signed with them [ingenco] so that they wouldpay for all of the construction to get them a dedicated circuitto their site. if there is any problem with their facility, it wontaffect any of our customers.

this project has been in the works for about three years.We did procurement several years ago and signed this

contract in 2012, tabitha Crowder, city manager said.

ingenco had to get an air permit and tVa inter-connectagreement and those things take time.

tVa reported no negative findings after completing itsenvironmental assessment of this project in May 2014.

City leaders initially selected another firm that planned toclean up the landfill gas and sell it to natural gas provideratmos, but that deal was never completed.

With the original firm, the market fell out while we werenegotiating the contract, they wanted more control over ourwell field than we wanted to give them and we went to thenext highest respondent, which was ingenco, Crowder said.

as part of its agreement, ingenco agrees to pay the city apercentage of revenues it receives, based on the amount ofgas it receives.

the city provides the methane and, in exchange, we getfrom 5 to 25 percent of the revenue. its based on our flow.on average we did about 1,200 cfm [cubic feet per minute]so in that ballpark, that is 15 to 17 percent of the revenue,Crowder said. they gave us some projections in 2012. atbest, the first year we would get $350,000.

a recent presentation to the BVu board overestimated thecitys likely share, Hecmanczuk said.

the good thing for the city is any revenue we get is extrabecause presently we flare that gas off, Crowder said. thisallows us to recoup some money and all were doing is pro-vide the methane were already harvesting off the landfill.

the plant will employ four people and is expected to oper-ate around the clock every day of the year. in addition to acomputerized monitoring system inside the building, offi-cials at the company headquarters in richmond will be ableto monitor the production.

Mark Campbell, the citys environmental and safety com-pliance officer, said residents shouldnt be concerned aboutany safety issues.

We monitor all around the [landfill] property boundary asrequired by the permit, Campbell said. We monitor week-ly at all the wellheads at the surface of the landfill to makesure we dont have any gas in any concentration that wouldcause any danger to human health or the environment andwe will continue to do so.

about 90 percent of the landfills gas piping is under-ground.

Power plant ventilation is designed to assure there is noconcentration of methane gas, Hemcamczuk said.

We will change the air inside this building more than onetime a minute. With that kind of ventilation we have done thecalculation where you can cut the gas pipe with a sawzall[reciprocating saw] and youre not going to get gas enoughin here to make it explosive, Hecmanczuk said. landfillgas is only about 50 percent methane and its coming in atlow pressure. We have never had even the slightest problemwith methane. Weve got oil in here, weve electric in here.its an industrial place and i think those are more of a hazardthan methane.

the engines are all inside the building and mufflers will beinstalled to reduce noise levels.

Both sides expect the project to have a long lifespan. Gasis piped from the current quarry landfill, which has 31 yearsremaining, and the two former landfills and Campbell esti-mates the gas supply totals more than 100 years.

For more information, visit http://www.bristolnews.com.(This story also can be found on Construction

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Holiday Gift Ideas for Contractors, Kids on Your ListBy Brenda RuggieroCEG CORRESPONDENT

Plenty of creative construction-themed gifts can be foundwith a little searching for little people, adults and everyone inbetween. Heres a compilation of some of our favorites.

The Construction GameBy The Weekend FarmerThis game allows players to bid on jobs and buy dozers,

backhoes, excavators and scrapers to get the work done.Adapted from the Farming Game by a construction engineer,the game is for 2 to 6 players and takes 30 to 45 minutes toplay. For ages 10 - adult.

http://www.amazon.com/The-Weekend-Farmer-300-Construction/dp/B0000DJX63/ref=sr_1_9?ie=UTF8&qid=1447871079&sr=8-9&keywords=top+contractor+gifts

Magnetic WristbandBy MagnelexPerfect for holding tools, screws, nails, bolts, drilling bits

and screwdriver bits, this handy wristband makes a great giftfor the handyman. Strong magnets keep everything in placeto allow for hands-free work. Constructed of breathable

polyester, the strap is adjustable to allow one size to fit most. http://www.amazon.com/Magnelex-Magnetic-

Wristband-Screwdriver-Projects/dp/B00R1UWNDE/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1447871237&sr=8-1&key-words=top+construction+gifts

Apple Cookie and Chocolate Company GiftsThe Apple Cookie and Chocolate Company offers a wide

selection of unique gifts such as this 24 in. toolbox filled withover 8 lbs. of chocolate chip cookies and an assortment ofapproximately 2 lbs. of chocolate tools.

http://www.applecookies.com/builder-contractor-con-struction-gifts/giant-toolbox/

Clippa Lady Mini ToolsClip

By Monkey BusinessThis clever hair clip has a

secret life as a handy gadget. Itoffers a nail file, bottle opener,small screwdriver, scraper andruler

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B010T7UJW2/?tag=frepixboa-20

Excavator Personalized Christmas OrnamentOrnamentShop.comThis excavator ornament included a boom, stick, bucket

and cab that sits on a rotating platform. Made of Polish glass,the ornament can be personalized to create a lasting keep-sake. It measures 3 3/4 in. by 5 1/4in.

https://www.ornamentshop.com/excavator-christmas-ornament-p7661-c107

Contractor PenBy Jac ZagooryThis multi-use contractor tool features level and plumb

bubbles, drywall and angle gauges, a ruler, a magnetic stripand a mini-pen holder. The pen included is a superior writ-ing instrument known as the Fisher Space Pen, designed towithstand the extreme temperatures and conditions of space.It writes upside down, in freezing cold and hot temperatures,underwater, on wood, on aluminum and on galvanized steel.

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TervisConstruction TrucksCup

Made in America andmicrowave and dish-washer safe, these cupsare great for both hotand cold and reducecondensation. Manydesigns are available,including this construc-tion truck design.

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