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February 2010
- Virginia Transportation Funding Crisis More Desperate Than Commonly Portrayed
- HCCA Office Moves Back to City of Manassas
- New Member Profile – Arthur Construction
- Theros Equipment Rental Honored in Magazine Article
- White Oak Equipments 26th Annual Oyster Roast

- Sidney R. Johnston Memorial Scholarship Trust
- 2010 Ditch Digger’s Open – May 14, 2010
- Inauguration of Govenor Bob McDonnell
- 2010 Underground Damage Prevention Conference April 20-22, 2010

January 2010 New
- HCCA Wishes You a Safe and Prosperous 2010
- HCCA Proposes Management Training Curriculum
- Understanding the Registration Process for Joint HCCA-IEC Classes
- HR Corner - Accommodating Seasonal Affective Disorder
- Legislative News Corner
- 2010 Membership Directory "One More Time"
- New Member Profile - Cartridge World of Ashburn
- Gerry Connoly to Speak at February 16 Dinner Meeting
- HCCA Office Relocation
- Attention All Cell Phone Users
- FATAL VISION - Simulating the Affects of Blood Alcohol Levels

December 2009
- HCCA Celebrates 2009 Holiday Party, Silent Auction and Trust Raffle
- Changes to the HCCA Board of Directors for 2010-2011
- HCCA Enters Into Training Consortium with Other Local Associations
- HCCA Members “Exposed” to H1N1 Information at November Dinner Meeting
- HCCA Continues Relationship with VUHCC for 2010
- Membership Directory for 1020
- In Memoriam
- Steve Rodgers (CPC) Elected to Board of NPCA

November 2009
- SCC Addresses HCCA Dinner Meeting on Damage Prevention Incentive Program
- Dinner Meeting Attendees Get Treated to a Variety of Timely and Interesting “Short Subjects”
- New Reverse Signal Regulations Explained to HCCA Members by Virginia DOLI Representatives
- HCCA Participation in 911 Cell Phone Bank
- Protecting Yourself Against the Flu
- Update Your HCCA Member Directory Information
- Virginia Paving Stafford Open House
- New Members
- New Member Profile: Flagstaffers, LLC
- Letter to the HCCA from Creigh DeedsCalendar of Events

October 2009
- State Corporation Commission to Address Members About Performance Incentive Program
- HCCA Fredericksburg Chapter Meeting Features Virginia State Police
- HCCA and Member Firms Participate in VDOT 2009 Career Fair
- 2009 Northern Virginia Business Community Resolution
- Thank You Letter from Bob McDonnell
- HRUHCA Has New Executive Director -- Whom You Already Know Well!
- Your Help Is Needed to Recruit New Members

September 2009
- Republican Gubernatorial Candidate Bob McDonnell Speaks to HCCA
- 2009 President's Cup Golf Tournament
- Boost Your Bottom Line by Helping Your Employees Improve Their Financial Health
- Creigh Deeds Unable to Speak to HCCA
- Important New Items on the HCCA Web Site
- HealthMarkets: Health protection the fits your life
- Donate Your Old Cell Phones to the "911 Cell Phone Bank"

August 2009
- HCCA Academy Training Programs Take Off In Big Way
- Top 10 Storm Water Polution Prevention Plan Omissions
- HCCA 2009 Holiday Party, Silent Auction and Johnston Trust Raffle Set for Friday, December 4
- Performance Incentive Program for Damage Prevention
- VDOT Internet Bidding Goes Local
- HCCA Applies for Susan Harwood Training Grants
- Virginia Proposes Statewide Storm Water Regulations
- Regulations for Backup Alarm Protection Finalized
- Crane Operator Certification - HCCA Begins the Process to Offer Training
- IRS Seeks New Issues for the Industry Issue Resolution Program
- VDOT 5th Annual Career Fair
- HCCA Member Firm The Blue Book Offers Three New Products

July 2009
- Association Launches "HCCA Academy"
- HCCA Presents 2009 Charitable Contributions
- Junior College Advisory Council Meeting
- Stimulus Effect in Virginia "Subatomic"?
- New Member Profile - Total Engineering, Inc.
- Making the Most of the HCCA Website
- Downloading Pictures from the Website
- VDOT Work Zone Traffic Control Certification Requirements Went into Effect July 1, 2009
- The Stimulus Package is a Band Aid - A Very Big Band Aid
- Watch for Your Holiday Party Survey

June 2009
- HCCA Awards 2009 Scholarships
- Ashley Mansfield (SCC) Speaks to HCCA Fredericksburg Chapter Meeting
- HCCA Awards Lifetime Membership to Don Powell of H&E Equipment Services
- Attention All Contractors - Work Zone Safety Deadline Drawing Near
- Fifth Annual HCCA Motorcycle Rally a "Roaring" Success
- Current Resumes

May 2009
- HCCA's New Executive Director: Les Eszenyi
- Whit Clement Addresses HCCA Members on 2009 General Assembly
- Attention Contractors: Work Zone Certification Deadline Approaching
- HCCA's 2009 Ditch Digger's Open - a Rousing Success
- Job Opportunity Advertising and Job Seeker Resumes

April 2009
- HCCA Presents 2009 Safety Awards
- HCCA Presents 2009 Safe Employee Awards
- HCCA Presents Special 2009 Humanitarian Award
- Attention All HCCA Roadway Contractors - Work Zone Safety
- Jim Stepahin Honored at Fredericksburg Chapter Meeting
- Mary Lee Carter Addresses HCCA Fredericksburg Chapter Meeting
- New Member Profile: Powerscreen Mid-Atlantic, Inc.

March 2009
- Virginia Assembly Wraps: Kaine Cuts Losses
- Lawmakers Approve Revisions to 2-Year Budget
- Motivational Corner: Dolly Partin's Cosmetic Surgery on Larry King Live
- Using Air Vacuum Excavation to Safely Locate Utilities
- Executive Director Jim Stepahin Leaves the HCCA After Twelve Years

February 2009
- Industry Coalition "Deflects" Overweight Truck Fee Increases"
- HCCA Board Approves New Member Program
- OSHA Clarifies Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Rule
- New Member Focus: CycleNet

January 2009
- HCCA Contractors Work Hard to Protect the Environment
- HCCA Announces New Officers and Board
- Telling the Truth to a Nation of Cockeyed Optimists
- Legislative Report
- Motivational Corner: The Special Day
- Virginia General Assembly "Eyes" Large Increase in Overweight Permits
- Virginia Outlines Anticipated Share of Stimulus Bill
- Kasimer & Annino Celebrate 25th Anniversary
- McDonough Bolyard Peck and FAI Construction Consultants Announce Acquisition

November/December 2008
- HCCA Members "Ring-In" The Holiday Season
- Oil Industry "Insider" Briefs HCCA Members on His Vision for the Future of US Energy
- Investing During Uncertain Times
- The Audacity of Success
- Motivational Corner: Marriage Counselling
- The Shirley Construction Christmas Tree
- VUHCC Meets with VDOT and DMV to Find Solutions to Bridge Weight Restrictions
- New Member Focus: C. A. Murren Company
- Americast Acquires Mack Concrete Facility

September 2008
- HCCA Members Focus on Work in a Slow Economy
- HCCA Member Firm Offers Membership Recruitment Incentive
- New Member Focus: Vermeer Mid-Atlantic
- Chris Gardner Interview: "Surviving Financial Crisis"
- HCCA Contractor Using the Mediation System
- Virginia Paving Wins Fall Presidents Cup Golf Tourney

August 2008
- September Meeting Highlights VDOT "Megaprojects"
- 11th District Congressional Race in November
- Coble Trench Safety Holds Open House
- New Member Focus: Liebherr Equipment Source
- Reason and Roads

July 2008
- General Assembly Fails Again On Transportation Funding Bill
- VDOT and DMV Study Overweight Truck Fee Increase
- Industry Succeeds in Favorable Rewrite of Reverse Signal Rules
- Issue of Contractors Criminal Citation for HazMat Release
- Miss Utility Message to Change
- SCC Adopts New Policy
- August SCC Advisory Committee Meeting in NVA
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June 2008
- Legislators Adjourn Until July: No Transportation Bill in Sight
- Motivational Corner: The "ID-Ten-T Error"
- HCCA Participants "Survive" the 2008 Ditchdiggers Open
- 2008 HCCA "Rally In The Valley" Bike Ride
- Johnston Trust Awards 2008 College Scholarships
- HCCA Presents 2008 Charitable Donations at May Dinner Meeting

May 2008
- First District Congressman Rob Wittman Visits with HCCA
- HCCA Awards 2008 Safety Awards
- 2008 Spring "Broken Pigeon" Clay Shoot

April 2008
- Will Session on Roads Fix Problems or Fix Blame?
- Motivational Corner: I Chose to Look the Other Way
- VETTRO Announces New Technology for Ms. Utility
- Bobcat "50 Years Unleashed American Road Show"
- What You Missed at the Virginia Damage Prevention Conference

February-March 2008
- Virginia Supreme Court Rules HB3202 Unconstitutional
- Another HCCA Scholarship Success Story
- Why You Need to Use the Miss Utility Mediation System
- Wittman Learning the Ropes on Capitol Hill
- Legislative Report: Virginia General Assembly

January 2008
- Funding Transportation Projects in Northern Virginia
- Legal Corner: Bid Quotes Are Not Contracts
- 2008 Virginia General Assembly Session Opens for Business
- Steve Murphy (1959-2008)
- SCC Nominates HCCA Member to Ms. Utility Advisory Committee

December 2007
- A Message from the HCCA
- The HCCA Celebrates 50th Anniversary
- HCCA Promotes New Miss Utility Mediation Process

September-October 2007
- HCCA Participates in Career Fair
- J. W. Burress Becomes H&E Equipment Services
- 2007 HCCA Fall Golf Tournament
- HCCA Sponsors First Safety Open House
- Motivational Corner: Shift Happens
- Change of Date - November Northern Virginia Dinner Meeting
- Motivational Corner 2: Thanksgiving Joke

August 2007
- HCCA Joins Coalition to Support NVTA
- Kaine Orders Trims in Spending
- One Legislator's Thoughts on the Transportation Bill
- HCCA Safety Committee Organizes Safety Open House

July 2007
- NVTA Approves Taxes to Fund New Transportation Projects
- Shell Oil Meets New Caterpillar Lubricant Standard
- Hanson Acquires Price Brothers
- Safety Focus: Truck Drivers Must Speak English
- HCCA Member Focus: C&P Offroad Specialists, LLC
- ESI Celebrates 20th Anniversary

June 2007
- Excavators Can Now Mediate Line Hits with Utility Operators
- Don't Miss the 2007 Construction Career Fair
- HCCA Fall Events (Legislative Dinner, 50th Anniversary Celebration)
- Heavy Equipment Operator Grads "Keep Coming"
- 2007 HCCA Spring Motorcycle Rally: A Huge Success

May 2007
- Dick Miller Honored as 2007 Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient
- Johnson Trust Awards 2007 Scholarships
- HCCA Works with VDOT and DMV to Change Overweight Permits
- Motivational Corner: Living Will

February 2007
- J. G. Miller Selected as a Lifetime Achievement Recipient
- Ron White (Superior Paving) Elected as President of NAPA
- General Assembly Passes Transportation Plan
- FBI Fraud Expert Speaks to HCCA at January Meeting
- HCCA President participates in Fairfax County DPWES Awards

January 2007
- Conex Metro DC Trade Show - Don't Miss It
- HCCA Announces New Officers and Board
- So Who Cares About Recordkeeping
- VA House Republicans Put Onus of Transportation on Counties
- January Membership Dinner Meeting
- NUCA Applauds Passage of Industry Legislation

November-December 2006
- Jim Larranaga Speaks to the HCCA
- R. L. Rider Celebrates 60th Anniversary
- Housing Slump May Be Ending
- HCCA Operator Training Scholarship Anniversary
- HCCA Holiday Party is a Huge Success

September-October 2006
- HCCA Honors Lifetime Industry Award Winner Earl Flippo
- National Waterworks Wins 2006 "President's Cup"
- HCCA Fall Motorcycle Rally
- Ricky L. Brown and Sons Wins 2006 Fall Clay Shoot

August 2006
- HCCA to Celebrate 50 Year Anniversary in 2007
- Waterworks Supply Holds Open House
- What to Do When OSHA Comes Knocking on Your Door
- Motorcycle Committee Forms Member Relief Fund

July 2006
- HCCA Motorcycle Rally
- HCCA Wins National Award for Legislative Affairs
- HCCA Visits Capitol Hill
- HCCA Operator Training Program "Picks Up Momentum"

April/May 2006
- Passing of John T. (Tom) Aylestock
- HCCA to Sponsor 2006 High School Construction Career Fair
- Virginia Delegate Harry Parrish Dies at 84
- Driver Behavior Causes Most Truck Crashes
- New Member Focus: Columbia Gas of Virginia

March 2006
- HCCA Awards 2006 Safety Awards
- The Definition of Safety and the Importance of Having a Safety Plan
- A Scholarship Recipients View - SouthSide Equipment Operator Program
- HCCA Co-Sponsors Spanish Damage Prevention Class

February 2006
- VDOT Administrator Addresses HCCA Membership
- No Signs of Pause to Northern Virginia Growth
- Off-the-Job Worker Injuries Outpace Safety Gains

- Earl Flippo Selected for HCCA 2006 Lifetime Achievement Award
- HCCA Initiates Damage Prevention Program

January 2006

- First HCCA Heavy Equipment Scholarship Recipients Begin Training
- HCCA Attends Operator Training Program Graduation
- HCCA Member Firm Wins Land Design Award
- Gift to Local High School Builds Fitness Center
- OSHA Concerned with Trench-Related Fatalities
- HCCA Releases 2006 Calendar of Events

December 2005
- HCCA 2005 Holiday Party
- Housing Prices: Should You Be Worried?
- New Member Focus: Falcon UHP, Inc.
- Motivational Corner: Time Magazine’s “A Fond Farewell”
- Governor Warner Releases Final Budget

November 2005
- HCCA Confers Lifetime Membership on Oscar Burton
- HCCA Holds Legislative Breakfast
- Why Russ Potts is No Loser
- HCCA Silent Auction
- Six Month Automatic Extensions Available from IRS
- Damage Prevention Update
- Virginia Works to Implement 811 Number

September-October 2005
- HCCA “Two-Wheel Nation” Hits the Streets
- Russ Potts Addresses HCCA Membership in September
- McClung-Logan wins “President’s Cup” Golf Tournament
- Ricky L. Brown and Sons wins Fall Clay Pigeon Shoot
- 2005 Transportation Bill Yields Little New Money
- Shucet “Puts It On The Line” to General Assembly
- The Importance of Understanding Fuel Regulations
- Payne’s Parking Design Holds Open House
- Some Fuel for Thought: A New Look at Bio-Diesel

August 2005
- HCCA Executive Committee Invests in Industry’s Future
- First Ever Contractors Cup a Success
- HCCA Motorcycle Rally Plans Set
- Warner Won’t Seek Allen’s Senate Seat

July 2005
- Remembering Dave Krukenberg
- HCCA Participates in ESI “Constructability Class”
- J. W. Burress Announces Expansion
- HCCA Plans to “Take It To The Street”

June 2005
- Bruce Aylor Receives Lifetime Achievement Award
- HCCA Participates in NUCA Legislative Summit
- Let the Voters Decide
- Texas Traffic Study Confirms Transportation Crisis

April-May 2005
- Johnson Trust Presents 2005 Scholarships
- PAC Clay Pigeon Shoot a Huge Success
- HCCA Presents 2005 Safety Awards
- HCCA Presents 2005 Charitable Donations

March 2005
- R. Bruce Aylor 2005 Lifetime Achievement Recipient
- HCCA Raises Money for Member Firm’s Loss
- HCCA Lobbyist Speaks to Membership at Fredericksburg Chapter Meeting
- GMU Transportation Policy Expert Addresses Membership at March Meeting
- IRS Announces New Construction Industry Guide
- HCCA Announces New Golf Tournament

February 2005
- Kaine Promises a 2006 Serious Transportation Plan
- Digging Deep for Road Work
- Avoid Retirement Planning Mistakes

January 2005
- Why Existing Lines Need To Be Shown
- HCCA Announces 2005 Calendar of Events
- Fairfax County DPWES Awards 2004 Conservation Awards
- Working Together For The Common Good

December 2004
- HCCA to Launch Career Headquarters on Web Site
- HCCA Announces Election of Officers for 2005-2006
- HCCA Announces Election of New Board Members
- Sidney R. Johnston Trust Honors Its Chairman

October 2004
- Designer Ticket Task Force Yields Little Progress
- S. W. Rodgers Team Wins Fall PAC Clay Pigeon Shoot
- Taxes Must Be Raised to Fund Transportation
- HCCA Participates in County DPWES Hiring Process

September 2004
- HCCA Helps Fredericksburg Food Bank
- HCCA Fall Golf Tournement a Huge Success
- HCCA September Meeting Focus on Transportation
- VA Gubernatorial Candidates Need to “Come Clean”

July/August 2004
- Governor “Floats” Idea on Transportation Funding
- The Importance of Safety Training
- Boys and Girls Club Nears Completion
- Association Expands 2004 Fall Golf Tourney

June 2004
- HCCA Awards Charitable Donations
- With Power Comes Great Responsibility
- HCCA Receives NUCA National Award
- Senator Chichester Addresses Fredericksburg Chapter



May 2004
- Robert Gilson (R.G.) Griffith Remembered
- NY Times Best Selling Author Speaks at April Meeting
- HCCA Receives NUCA Community Service Award
- Flippo Construction Captures Spring Golf Tourney



April 2004
- Leading the 800 Pound Gorilla
- Hazel Team Repeats as Clay Shoot Champions
- Virginia Supreme Court Strikes Contract Clause
- OSHA Announces Targeted Inspection Plans



March 2004
- HCCA Board Approves Insurance Program
- Taking a Stand for the Commonwealth’s Future
- Safety Focus: Dangers of Trenching and Excavation
- Association Bulletin Board



February 2004
- Entrepreneurs and Northern Virginia Will Drive Virginia’s Economy in 2004
- The Truth About Death Tax
- Highway Bill Passes Senate
- Safety Focus: Why Wear a Face Mask?



January 2004
- 2004 Virginia Budget Realities Harsh
- HCCA Holiday Party a Huge Success
- In Memory of Pasquale (Pat) Marinelli (1915-2003)
- Association Bulletin Board

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