U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood attended AGC’s 92nd Annual Convention in Las Vegas to discuss pipeline safety and federal investment in transportation infrastructure.
The Common Ground Alliance hosted Secretary LaHood and Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) Administrator Cynthia Quarterman at the CONEXPO-CON/AGG construction show, where they outlined national measures designed to improve the safety of oil and gas pipelines. AGC plays a lead role in the pipeline safety coalition and helped organize the media event.
AGC member and past Municipal & Utilities Division Chair Brad Barringer of B.R.S. Inc. (Richfield, N.C.), pictured above with Secretary LaHood, also spoke at the event, highlighting the perspective of the professional excavation community and the need for casual excavators to call 811 before they dig. Barringer's remarks spoke to the need for underground damage prevention to be a shared responsibility and emphasized that all excavation companies want their employees to return home safely at the end of every day. His remarks were featured in Engineering News-Record.
For more information contact Scott Berry at (703) 837-521 or berrys@agc.org.