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FROM THE EDITOR

VOLUME 7, ISSUE 2

EDITORIAL DIRECTOR John Krukowski

(jkrukowski@schofield-media.com)
CONSTRUCTION TODAY EDITOR, SPECIAL PROJECTS
Brooke Knudson
A ‘Stimulating’
MANAGING EDITOR Staci Davidson
SENIOR COPY EDITOR Erica Burke
SENIOR EDITOR Joanna Miller
ASSOCIATE EDITORS Kate Burrows, Genevieve Diesing,
Alan Dorich, Libby John, Kathryn Jones,
Kelly McCabe, Chris Petersen, Brian Salgado, Fernie Tiflis
CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Tony Miliote, Al Bachman, Jim
Idea for 2009
Gibson, Kelly Weston

VICE PRESIDENT OF EDITORIAL RESEARCH Ben Berger

TEAM LEADER Ryan Milley
RESEARCHERS Lauryn Kindle, Tony Toledo,
Moumita Khatua, Kevin Harding, Tim Beltran,
Sean Luby, Thomas Pappas, Dan Curley

DIRECTORS OF SALES Jerome Henderson,

M ere days before this issue went to press, the House Democratic
Leadership announced details of the American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act – the $825 billion package that could boost
the construction industry. The package consists of $275 billion for economic
recovery tax cuts and $550 billion in specific investments. Roughly $150 bil-
Alaina Neibuger, Steve Campagna
ADVERTISING MANAGERS Jai Smith, Dean Jones
SENIOR ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE Leslie Demarco,
lion of the proposed spending could go toward the construction industry.
Lynn Barbus
ACCOUNT EXECUTIVES Mike Pronold,
I must say, I don’t know whether to be thrilled for the professionals in
Tom Simon, Mike Berger, Zach Potter, Kim Leonard,
Beth Lerner, Nichelle Brigham, Chris Cushman,
our industry, or skeptical that a stimulus package might create false hope
Kyle Borchardt, Eddie Bonilla, Kathryn Hemingway,
Ted Witham, Joseph McMahon, Adam Berndes,
and fall short of the monies needed for infrastructure improvements.
Joffre-Charles Colbert
Others agree. Associated General Contractors CEO Stephen Sandherr
SALES DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR Robert Levinson
has said that the details of the proposed stimulus package are encourag-
WEB ADVERTISING MANAGER Brian Levinson,
blevinson@schofield-media.com
ing, and would be needed to rebuild our aging infrastructure and ineffi-
WEB ACCOUNT EXECUTIVES Stephanie Ness, cient public buildings. But roughly 900,000 construction workers have lost
Dash Blankenship
their jobs because of the economy, he noted.
GRAPHIC DESIGNER Traci Dicks
ADVERTISEMENT DESIGNERS Brian Currie, For the construction industry, benefits of the package would include
Julie Rodriguez, Vida Soriano
school construction bonds; tax exempt and tax credit bonds in areas with
PRODUCTION COORDINATORS Tracy Pilarczyk,
Kathleen Anderl higher percentages of poverty, unemployment or foreclosures; and energy
efficiency tax incentives.
The good news about the package is there is a level of transparency built
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EDITORIAL DIRECTOR John Krukowski
PRODUCTION DIRECTOR Victoria Nodal new stimulus plan be enough to get contractors back in action? Where
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