July-August 2014
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members, including contractors, associates
and suppliers. Actually, our contractor base
membershiphas remained fairly steady over
the course of that same period. The biggest
decline we’ve seen is maybe in the associate
area.
BUSINESS WORLD:
Are there other
associations out there that you would
consider competitive or similar, on a
national scope, that have the merit shop
philosophy as well? Or are you guys pretty
much the voice for thatmindset?
BELLAMAN:
There are a lot of
construction trade associations out there,
