Key Schedule Items:
 

The ball park is 90% complete and remains on target for Opening Day 2003 completion. (Phase 1 – substantial completion)   The ball park plaza and parking remain on target for spring 2004 completion. (Phase 2)   The Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame is on schedule for a summer 2004 completion.
SBE Numbers Remain Strong: Project managers also released a report outlining the level of Small Business Enterprise participation in the Great American Ball Park project. As of November 30, 2002, a total of 25.9% of all contracted work had been committed to small businesses, which includes any minority- and women-owned businesses that also are classified as small businesses. A further breakdown shows that 11.5% of contracts went to minority-owned businesses and 4.1% to women-owned business enterprises.
Safety Update: Through November 30, only eight lost workday incidents were reported for the construction of Great American Ball Park and related projects. Even with these incidents, the project lost workday incident rate stands at 1.0, well below the national average of 5.4. This statistic encompasses more than 1.75 million hours worked.
	For more information on next week’s ball park activity, contact:	Barnard Baker Dan Pinger Public Relations, Inc. (513) 564-0700

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