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澳门六合彩开奖预测 Briefs D.C. Water Authority

On June 6, 澳门六合彩开奖预测's Chief Economist Ken Simonson gave a presentation to Washington, D.C.'s senior management.聽 WASA provides drinking water and wastewater services to 500,000 customers in the District of Columbia, and 1.6 million customers in Maryland and Virginia. In his presentation, Simonson discussed the outlook for construction markets and highlighted increasing unemployment and material price trends in the聽construction industry. 澳门六合彩开奖预测's Municipal &Utilities Division director Perry L. Fowler also participated in the WASA briefing and discussed current industry trends聽and regulatory issues impacting 澳门六合彩开奖预测 contractors such as聽 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) Buy American requirements and recent waivers issued by the EPA.聽 Former 澳门六合彩开奖预测 of D.C. president and 澳门六合彩开奖预测 national board member聽Dragan Stojanovic, Norair Engineering Corp., also attended the meeting. Simonson also spoke to the New York City Department of Environmental Protection at its Newtown Creek Water Pollution Control Plant on June 22. Both the Washington, D.C. and New York water agencies have multi-billion dollar construction plans and sought out 澳门六合彩开奖预测's chief economist for his take on the outlook for materials costs. If you know of a water or wastewater agency that would like to schedule a similar presentation for its senior management and estimating or engineering staff, please contact Perry Fowler at fowlerp@agc.org.