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The
Hoffman family's been putting food on the table for the
last 88 years by staying one step ahead of its competition
in the dirt-hauling business.
"If
you don't change, you die," said Jim Hoffman, vice president
of Hoffman Construction Co., Black River Falls. "Be as
efficient as you can. Keep monitoring your markets and
adjust accordingly. Just try to stay one step ahead of
the past."
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Dangerous
Road Ahead
On
roadwork job sites, the safety hazards come often, and
they come fast.
"A
lot of people have never experienced a car going by at
70 miles per hour three feet from you," said Bob
Emmerich, owner of Safe-Con LLC, a Madison safety consulting
firm that works with road contractors statewide.
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Walker
walks
the walk
How
did a Brooklyn-born student of medieval history become
one of the leading voices for Wisconsin's transportation
industry?
As
Tom Walker tells it, the road to his current post as executive
director for the Wisconsin Transportation Builders Association
— the influential 280-member organization made up
of road-building contractors, suppliers and engineering
consultants — was no straight shot.
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Cook
fights for
'common interest'
Bob
Cook is no stranger to the very roads he's fighting for.
As
executive director of the Transpor-tation Development
Association of Wis-consin, Cook is constantly crisscrossing
the state from one speaking engagement to another, sometimes
three days a week.
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Down
the Road
The
state Department of Trans-portation's road-building program
is experiencing some uncertainty because of the state's
$3.2 billion budget deficit.
Earlier
this year, the agency's secretary, Frank Busalacchi, identified
99 projects — totaling nearly $250 million —
that would likely have to be delayed as WisDOT contends
with revenue cuts. But despite dire warnings that damaged
roads will go unrepaired and faulty interchanges will
be left untouched during the next two years, WisDOT officials
said there's still plenty of work out there for contractors.
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