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NewslineWashington

SAFETEA-LU Extension Expires Friday

ARTBA Slashes Emails to Membership by 90%

Nominate Next-Gen of Leaders, Win Apple iPad!

No, that is not a satirical

headline from “The Onion.”

It reflects a new approach

to ARTBA membership

communications in 2011. No

joke!

Last year, more than 660

e-mails—nearly three per work

day—were sent by staff to the

entire ARTBA membership. We

started thinking, “There’s got to

be a better way.”

So we asked you, via a

survey.

The response was loud and

clear: You overwhelmingly

praised the quality of the

information provided, but

wanted a more efficient way to

stay current on industry news

and all of ARTBA’s programs,

products and services.

The result is this new,

interactive digital “Washington

Newsline.” It will be delivered

to your desktop each Monday

morning at 6:00 a.m., Eastern

Time.

The Newsline is a one-

stop resource for all of

the transportation policy,

economic and safety stories

you’ve come to expect from

ARTBA, plus value-added

content, more member and

industry “news nuggets,” better

graphics and an easy-to-read

format.

On occasions when there

is breaking news from the

Nation’s Capital that you

need to know about before

Monday, ARTBA will e-mail a

“Washington Newsline Plus” to

keep you informed.

We hope you will find

this digital tool useful and

appreciate the association’s

effort to better communicate

with you, while significantly

reducing the volume of email

you receive.

Please let Jaime Mahoney

know what you think.

ARTBA has begun accepting

nominations for the 16th Annual

Young Executive Development

Program (YEDP) to be held

May 23-26, 2011 in D.C. The

program is held in conjunction

with the ARTBA Federal

Issues Program & TCC Fly-In

The current extension

of the federal highway and

transit programs’ spending

authority expires March 4.

The House Transportation and

Infrastructure (T&I) Committee

February 16 passed H.R. 662,

to extend the federal highway

and transit programs at FY

2010 authorized spending

levels through September

30, 2011. The measure is

sponsored by T&I Committee

Chairman John Mica (R-Fla.)

and Ranking Democrat Nick

Rahall (D-W.VA.). The full

House plans to consider this

legislation early this week.

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SAFETEA-LU Extension Expires Friday

ARTBA is asking you

to contact members

of your congressional

delegation, particularly

new members who

may not be as familiar

with the highway and

transit programs, to

explain the importance

of the extension and

ask for their support. You can use the

ARTBA Toll-Free Hotline at 888.448.2782

to connect to your members. Please tell

them H.R. 662 would help stabilize federal

transportation investment as we enter

the 2011 construction season and provide

Congress the time necessary to enact a

multi-year reauthorization bill.

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Upcoming Events

ARTBA Board & Council Meetings at CONEXPO-CON/AGGMarch 21–23Las Vegas, Nev.[Add to Calendar]

3rd Annual ARTBA Transportation Construction Law & Regulatory ForumApril 6–7 Washington, D.C. [Add to Calendar]

ARTBA Federal Issues Program & TCC Fly-InMay 23–25 Washington, D.C.[Add to Calendar]

International Bridge ConferenceJune 5–8 Pittsburgh, Pa.[Add to Calendar]

TransOvation 2011September 7–9 Near Dulles Airport, Va.[Add to Calendar]

ARTBA National ConventionOctober 2–5 Monterey, Calif. [Add to Calendar]

ARTBA Public Private Partnerships ConferenceNovember 15–16 Washington, D.C. [Add to Calendar]

ARTBA REGIONAL MEETINGsNortheastern November 28–29 New York, N.Y.[Add to Calendar]

southernNovember 30–December 1 Tampa, Fla.[Add to Calendar]

WesternDecember 5–6 Los Angeles, Calif.[Add to Calendar]

CentralDecember 7–8Chicago, Ill.[Add to Calendar]

Visit our Events Page for more information.

John Mica (R-Fla.)House T&I

Committee Chairman

Source: ARTBA Transportation Construction Industry Profile; U.S. Census Bureau

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so attendees can visit with & lobby their

congressional members on transportation

development issues.

The YEDP is a three-day, immersion

course designed to introduce the next

generation of leaders to federal legislative

and regulatory policies. It features

sessions on highway/transit financing,

economics, environmental issues, P3s &

industry innovation. The 2011 program

contains several enhancements including:

an interactive session with a high-profile

industry CEO & tour of FHWA’s Turner-

Fairbank Highway Research Center.

Admission is competitive. A nomination

letter must accompany each application.

Each person who refers an applicant

will be entered in a drawing to win a

new Apple iPad (16 GB “wi-fi” model).

The application deadline is April 1. Contact

Jeff Solsby at 202.289.4434 for more

information.

Products & ServicesAflac Insurance Now Available to ARTBA Members Via special Program

In addition to its many other member services, ARTBA is pleased to introduce a new Preferred Vendor: USI Insurance Services. As a member benefit, USI is offering Aflac insurance plans and no-cost FSA administration, for companies with 50 or more employees. Contact Liz Cavallaro at 202.289.4434 for more information.

Visit the ARTBA Store today!

400young execs From some 160 companies or organi-zations in 40 states & Washington, D.C., have completed the YEDP since ‘96.

Are you an industry leader or innovator? ARTBA wants to see you at Lansdowne Resort in Virginia, on September 7-9. Learn more.

INTERNATIONAL BRIDGE CONFERENCE

TECHNICAL SESSIONS, WORKSHOPS & SEMINARSFeaturing a new National Bridge Industry Workshop with key public and private sector speakers focusing on bridge preservation, asset management, contract management and procurement, P3s and FHWA’s “Highways for Life” and “Every Day Counts” programs.

PREMIER EXHIBITOR OPPORTUNITIES Service providers and manufacturers: Market your firm’s products and services to industry executives in the growing national and international bridge market. Exhibitor discounts available.

For more information or exhibitor opportunities, contact ARTBA’s Jim Colleton at 202.289.4434 or jcolleton@artba.org.

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Foundation News

Nominate a Worthy Student for the Lanford Family Highway Worker Memorial Scholarship

These scholarships provide

financial assistance to help

the children of highway

construction workers killed or

permanently disabled in the line

of duty pursue post-high school

education. If you are aware of

students who fit the scholarship

criteria, please contact Holly

Bolton at 202.289.4434.

Applications for 2011-12 are due

April 1 and are available on the

ARTBA-TDF website.

Submit Your Project for a PRIDE Award Momination

Nominations are now being

accepted for the 12th annual

“PRIDE Awards,” which honor

“excellence in community

relations and public education

that enhance the image of the

U.S. transportation construction

industry.” Deadline is March 11.

Entry forms are available on the

ARTBA-TDF website.

Is Your Project Setting New Environmental Leadership Standards?

Nominate it for a Globe Award!

The transportation construction

industry’s top award for

excellence in environmental

protection and mitigation is

back for the 12th time. Deadline

is April 1. Entry formsare

available on the ARTBA-TDF

website.

“The labor movement right now is collectively trying to put together a $100 billion fund from our pension funds to do infrastructure investment because of what you said: the return can be good but we create jobs in the process, we help the country out. It’s a three-fer for us.”

Richard Trumka, president, AFL-CIO

“This system is under great stress right now. I understand all the politics about this. Nobody wants to talk about user fees because they’re taxes well we’ve been doing this since Dwight Eisenhower. If you’ve got another way I’m glad to hear about it…I haven’t seen it. We shouldn’t get rid of that, we should reauthorize this whole bill, and my own view is that it isn’t so difficult to up the funding in something you have. It’s very, very difficult to create new funding right now.”

Thomas Donohue, president, U.S. Chamber of Commerce

TRB Newsletter: February 22, 2011ARTBA is pleased to make available another service for members that highlights new research, technologies, industry best practices and information resources available to the transportation design and construction industry. This material comes from the Transportation Research Board. Read the most recent newsletter.

Learn & Meet with Industry Innovators at TransOvationAttendees at ARTBA’s TransOvation 2011 workshop will meet with and learn from the industry’s best-of-the-best, including 2010 MacArthur Foundation “Genius Award” winner Ted Zoli, P.E., of HNTB, and “Engineering News Record” 2010 “Award of Excellence” winner John Hillman of TENG & Associates. How did they win their awards? How did they innovate to improve projects and their bottom line? To find out, register to attend this “can’t miss” educational program, to be held September 7-9, near Dulles Airport.

Overheard

Fostering Innovation

“ ”Nominations Sought for 2011 ARTBA Hall of Fame Class

Nominate an individual or a

family from the public and

private sectors who has made

extraordinary contributions

to U.S. transportation

development or demonstrated

exceptional leadership

over their lifetime to the

ARTBA Foundation’s Hall of

Fame. A new website—www.

artbahalloffame.org—contains

the 2011 nomination form and

details about the inaugural

class announced last November.

Nominations are due by June 1.

The 2010 and 2011 classes will

be honored at a September 7

dinner during the association’s

“TransOvation” workshop near

Dulles Airport in Virginia.

Economics & Research News 2011 ARRA Outlays Ahead of Last Year

The American Recovery and

Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of

2009 provided $26.4 billion

in highway investment grants

above annual investment

levels. As of February 16,

outlays of ARRA highway funds

totaled $18.02 billion. There

are 6,581 completed projects,

another 5,579 projects under

construction, and an additional

771 projects not yet underway.

For a complete report, visit

the “current issues” page of

www.artba.org.

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safety News

Become a scheduling Expert in Just Three Days!

Are you a scheduler, estimator

or project manager who would

like a better grasp on managing

transportation construction

projects? Do you and your

company take full advantage

of Primavera’s scheduling and

management tools? Would

you like to learn to prepare

project schedules more quickly

and efficiently? If any of

these questions apply to you,

then ARTBA Transportation

Development Foundation’s

Transportation Builder Institute

has the perfect solution—the

Scheduling Academy, planned for

April 19-21 in Washington, D.C.

For more information, contact

Laura Spitz at 202.289.4434.

Member News

ARTBA Members Make “Fortune” Top 100 List

Several ARTBA member

firms place on “Fortune

Magazine’s” “2011 Top 100

Best Companies to Work For”

list. NuStar Energy (#30), PCL

Construction (#38), Balfour

Beatty Construction (#40),

PricewaterhouseCoopers (#72),

Ernst & Young (#77), KPMG

(#86), and CH2M HILL (#90)

all ranked on the list (rank

number in parens). Read the

full list.

ARTBA Board, Contractors Division & Council Meetings at

CONEXPO-CON/AGG 2011

For more information, visit the “meetings & events” section of www.artba.org. Contact ARTBA’s Director of Meetings Ed Tarrant at etarrant@artba.org or 202-289-4434 with any questions.

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