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Stimulus-funded projects are one of the few brighr spots for theconstruction industry, along with energyt projects and military base realignment work, Simonso said. The unemployment rate for the construction industrty is more than 19 double the rate for the economu asa whole, he noted. Road repaid projects can be awarded quickly compared with other types ofconstruction projects, Simonson said, which is why so many pavingf crews have found work. There's stilk a lot of stimulus money that will be spen t on water andwastewater projects, he Plus, the National Park Service and the U.S.
Army Corpas of Engineers have released long listsd of construction projects that will be awardec in thecoming months. Simonson's association gathered a handful of contractors for a conference call toutingh the benefits ofstimulus work. Christiab Zimmerman, president of Pike Industries in Walpole, said his company has added 100 new workerd thanks to the dozebn stimulus contracts his companyhas landed. Thesr contracts also enabled his company to avoidc laying off more than100 workers. "Mosr of the jobs we're getting are pavingt jobs," Zimmerman said. Don Laskey, president of Laskey-Cliftohn Corp.
in Coos Bay, said his company was glad to geta stimulus-funde d paving contract even though the companyt won't make a lot of monety on it. His companhy is trying to improve its management to compensatde for the lower profir marginand "come out on the othe end of it as a bettefr company," he said. Simonson said some water and wastewatert projects are being delayed because the stimulus bill requireas the useof American-made steel, iron and equipmentg in stimulus-funded projects. Laskey, whose company also builds watertreatmentg plants, said vendors have told him that a lot of the materialds needed for stimulus projects aren' even made in the U.S.
any "That's what's really sad aboug the whole situation," he The U.S. Chamber of Commerce cited the problems the "Buy American" provision are causing for stimulu projects in a June 2 letter to memberz of Congress. Federal agencies are balancingthe "Buy American provision with obligations the U.S. has under various tradr agreements, but many state and localk governmentsare not, the chamber noted. As a even some U.S. manufacturers are beingg barred from stimulus projects becausethey "rely on global productionb chains that integrate components from U.S. and foreigh sources," the chamber noted.
"It is often impossible to avoid sourcing at least a portion of their contentf fromother countries," the letter The chamber urged Congress to reject "Buy American"" provisions in future legislation.

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