Article: New Jersey school building drives the construction industry in state.

Large and small companies are clamoring to get a bite out of the New Jersey School Construction Corporation's $8.6 billion construction program already underway.

In 2000, New Jersey enacted the Educational Facilities Construction and Financing Act, This Act set aside $8.6 billion in State money for the public school construction in 30 special needs school districts, known as the Abbot School Districts.

This Act has been a Godsend for the construction industry that has suffered in a sluggish economy.

"There hasn't been a lot of construction in the private sector since 9/11," said Gerald Murphy, NJSCC managing director of policy and ...

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