4
th
Quarter 2010
President
Kevin Mason
ElectriCom, Inc.
President-Elect
Larry Libla
W & L Constuction
1st Vice President
Tommy Muse
Aubrey Silvey Enterprises, Inc.
2nd Vice President
Glen Amerine
Amerine Utilities Construction, Inc.
Treasurer
Steve Sellenriek
Sellenriek Construction
Secretary
Timothy D. Killoren
North States
Officer Directors
Official Publication of the
Power & Communication Contractors Association
Board of Directors
David Aubrey
Okay Construction
Tony Briggs
Vermeer Manufacturing
Ed Campbell
Henkels & McCoy, Inc.
James Dillahunty
Henkels & McCoy, Inc.
John Fluharty
Mears Group, Inc.
Herb Fluharty
Mears Group, Inc.
Matthew Gabrielse
Gabe’s Construction Co., Inc.
Jerrod Henschel
Michels Corporation
Dan Levac
Preformed Line Products
Todd Mix
ElectriCom, Inc.
Todd Myers
Kenneth G. Myers Construction
Robert Orr
Sherman & Reilly, Inc.
Larry Pribyl
MP Nexlevel, LLC
Brad Radichel
Condux International
Ron Tagliapietra
Michels Corporation
Matt Trawick
Trawick Construction Co., Inc.
BryanWesterman
MasTec, Inc.
Publication Staff
Publisher
TimothyWagner
twagner@pccaweb.orgAssociate Publisher
Cheryl Stratos
stratosc@pccaweb.orgEditor
Michael Ancell
mancell@pccaweb.orgAdvertising Sales
Manager
Victoria Geis
vgeis@pccaweb.org Stimulus Funding Offers Opportunity and Anxiety for Broadband Contractors 17 By John AllenThere are tremendous opportunities for contractors to benefit
from the broadband provisions of the American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act. But while there is plenty of excitement,
there is also a fair amount of anxiety. Contractors bidding on
these broadband projects created by the ARRA are subject
to the provisions of the Davis-Bacon Act, which may be
uncharted waters for many who haven’t previously worked on
government-funded jobs.
Managing Subcontractors in the Midst of Economic Meltdown 21 By Gregory T. SpaljThe current economic decline has hit the stage when those
who were just hanging on by their fingernails are starting
to fail and fall. While contractors must always be attentive
to ensure that subcontractors are passing along payments to
lower-tier subcontractors, the impact of the current economy
now requires that contractors be ever more vigilant in
protecting themselves and their sureties from bond claims and
mechanic’s liens by reason of payments diverted by an upper-
tier subcontractor that should have been passed on to a lower-
tier subcontractor.
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