b're s ident \' sArtic l e.L - - - Q The "Greening" of America By Rod,wy Petrick, MRCA President Looking at avisitingInMidwest we hear varyingof it Weappre ate thepositive newspaper,theciany news site on the Web or catch opinionsonthesubjectbutonefeedback with the r in ecent changes ingthenewsontheTVisathingisfor sure,it\'s headingourour 81L4RP d ts.can ocumen They iddlet\'s reminder that we are in the m way with bullet speed. I time tobea usefultoolin youroverall of stormand aone atput it on your radar and toh th andprogram. season,badbecomeeal safety that. As Iite this article, manyinformedabouttheopportunitiesWeather patterns, the economy, wr of MRCA\'smembercompaniesandandcha lengesthatroofingcon oilices and other instabilities are Iprtheir employees are being impactedtractorsfacein consideringthisimpacting just about every areaof by theonslaughtof recent torna potential new area of business.life these days. As contractors, it\'s does,storms andflooding.OurEach day we are also remin more imp tant than ever for us to dedorthoughts are with those that are fac of the effectiveness or ineffective keepthelinesofcommunication appear ess . its ouringthedauntingtasksofmajorn of our safety practices. Withopen with our customers, suppliers clean-up and repair.ancrane accidents andandother vendors, Watchout for color boxes are beingincrease in Elsewhere in the news, itpressure for more job-site inspec unannoun price escalations aappearscednd reduced to one color,our color boxes are being reducedtions,may see increased OSHAproductii ity issues. youava lab I toonelor,and that\'s the coloractivity inur region. The num T 59th AnnualConvenco yo berheMRCA and that\'s the color\'green\'. Al Kansas town com one safety concernin our compa tion and Trade Show will present smaldestroyedSEprotectionni\'green\'.pletelyby an F tornadonies must be theof ourgreatopportu tiesforeducation is beingbuilt back\'green\'. Newemployees. If youaandn ingon the issues I\'ve havequestionetworkconstruction in most public build about yourortalkedaboutin this article and company\'s practices \\ingshasatleastsomerequire needhelpinthisarea,contactmuchmore.Mark your calendars ments for \'green\'. It seems the onlyMRCA to reach our safety consu now to join us November 12-14 at ltword of the day anymore is \'green.\'ant or legalunsel. This ismem theGaylordTexanin Grapevine, co a ber benefit to you so take advantageTexas. 3'