NEW STATE AND NATIONAL DATA TO SHOW DANGERS OF HIGHWAY WORK ZONES TO MOTORISTS AND WORKERS; OFFICIALS TO CALL FOR NEW MEASURES TO PROTECT WORKERS AND MOTORISTS ON THURSDAY, MAY 23 AT 1:00 P.M. EDT

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May 23, 2024

WASHINGTON, D.C. – RealEstateRama – On Thursday, May 23 at 1:00 p.m. EDT, officials with the Associated General Contractors of America and HCSS will unveil new state* and national survey results highlighting the dangers of highway work zones for motorists and workers and call for new measures to protect workers and motorists in those work zones. The announcement is scheduled to take place before the start of the busy summer driving season.

The association’s chief executive officer, Jeffrey Shoaf, will discuss the results of an AGC-HCSS survey. Steve McGough, President and CEO of HCSS, will talk about his firm’s efforts to improve highway work zone safety. Skip Partington, vice president with Elizabeth City, N.C.-based Barnhill Contracting, will talk about how an employee was recently killed in a highway work zone crash. And Glenn Morris, employee ambassador with Colchester, Vt.-based ADA Traffic Control, will talk about the dangers facing the road flaggers he works with.

WHO: Jeffrey Shoaf, Chief Executive Officer, Associated General Contractors of America, Arlington, Va.

Steve McGough, President & CEO, HCSS, Sugar Land, Texas

Skip Partington, Vice President, Barnhill Contracting, Elizabeth City, N.C.

Glen Morris, Employee Ambassador, ADA Traffic Control, Colchester, Vt.

WHAT: Release of New State* and National Data Showing Dangers of Highway Work Zones to Motorists and Workers; Association to Call for New Measures to Better Protect Motorists and Workers

WHEN: Thursday, May 23

1:00 p.m. EDT

WHERE: Zoom Webinar

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89351096368

Or One tap mobile: +13092053325,,89351096368#

CONTACT: Brian Turmail, 703-459-0238 or