Texas Contractor articles from August 2005

Texas Contractor archives from August 2005

Ft. Bliss.(GMH Communities Trust partnered with Department of Army)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2005... Staff GMH Communities Trust (NYSE: GCT), through its military division, has partnered with the Department of the Army to design, build, manage, and maintain the military family housing at Fort Bliss in El Paso and the White Sands Missile...

Cadence McShane.
August 1, 2005... Staff Sandy Field , office coordinator for Cadence Mc-Shane, was recently awarded the prestigious 2005 Houston Associated General Contractors of America (AGC) Standard of Excellence Award. The AGC Houston Chapter presents this prestigious...

Reaching New Lows.(Guadalupe County Road and Bridge Department)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2005... By Paul Parker, ROMCO The Guadalupe County Road and Bridge Department has found that adding a Rototilt attachment to a Volvo EW180B wheeled excavator allows them to handle a wider variety of jobs and save time in the process. One...

TTC.(Texas Transportation Commission )(Brief Article)
August 1, 2005... Staff Preservation of Texas transportation system will continue as a top priority with approval of the $11.3-billion Statewide Preservation Program by state officials. The Texas Transportation Commission has approved the four-year plan to...

Trimble.(Apache Technologies Inc.)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2005... Staff Trimble has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire privately held Apache Technologies, Inc. of Dayton, Ohio, in an all-cash transaction. Apache designs, manufactures, and distributes professional laser products for...

ARTBA.(American Road and Transportation Builders Association)
August 1, 2005... Staff The 46,717-mile ribbon of concrete and asphalt that links and moves America, and is the envy of the world, will be 50 years old on June 29, 2006. The American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) -- the national...

Granite.(Granite Construction Inc.)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2005... Staff The largest highway construction project ever let in Lubbock, and the largest engineering project ever undertaken on the South Plains, has broken ground in Lubbock. Granite Construction has begun work on Phase 2 of the Marsha Sharp...

Cadence McShane.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2005... Staff Cadence McShane Corporation has been selected by Koll Development Company (KDC) to construct the new 75,000-square-foot headquarters facility for Epsilon, a leading relationship marketing firm. The two-story office facility will be...

GeoShack.(General Construction Co. appoints Steve Delaney )(Brief Article)
August 1, 2005... Staff Steve Delaney has been appointed General Construction Specialist for GeoShack's San Antonio territory, offering general construction companies the benefit of his 20-plus years' experience. Delaney returned to the area after several...

McCarthy Building.(McCarthy Building Companies Inc. Texas Div appoints Jeff Christmann )(Brief Article)
August 1, 2005... Staff Jeff Christmann recently joined the McCarthy Building Companies as Vice President of Health Care for the Texas Division, where he will be responsible for overseeing Mc-Carthy's healthcare business development and supervising the...

C&B.(Carter and Burgess)(appointments)
August 1, 2005... Staff Mitch Chokas has joined Carter & Burgess as vice president and aviation program manager with the Fort Worth Facilities Unit. Chokas, who served formerly as vice president of the aviation group at HKS Inc., has 23 years of experience...

The Power Of GPS.(Global Positioning System)(L and K Construction and Development Inc.)
August 1, 2005... By Richard Rybka, Topcon L & K Construction has significantly increased their field output with GPS machine control. You don't have to be a huge contractor with specialty divisions and dozens of machines to take advantages of the...

Truck Fleet Tracking.
August 1, 2005... By Jeff Winke, High Velocity GPS improves operational efficiency for construction fleets. Do a Google search using the phrase "timing is everything" and you'll get 1,400,000 entries. Among them it is certain that the laments of truck...

GeoShack/Topcon Roadshow.
August 1, 2005... By Richard Rybka, Topcon Market Communications GeoShack hosts a hands-on GPS learning experience. Years ago, it was easy to keep up with new products. We used equipment until it was worn out. Then we shopped for a new model, one with...

Shoring Solutions.
August 1, 2005... Staff Fishel Company looks to Trench Plate Rental for Houston project. Fishel Company is one of several contractors who have been involved in utility relocation for the preparation of the Katy Freeway expansion in Houston. SBC...

Editor's Report.(Associated general contractors Trade and Equipment Show )(Editorial)
August 15, 2005... By Liz Moucka It is time to think actively about the AGC Trade and Equipment Show October 5-6, less than two months from now. Admission to the show is free, whether or not you are an AGC member. There are lots of hotel rooms in all price...

Doing More Than The Next Guy.(Belknap Plumbing Systems Inc)
August 15, 2005... By Tara Deering, Technical Writer for Two Rivers Marketing Compact excavator helps Houston plumbing contractor stay above par. Kenneth Belknap has a couple of theories about how to grow a successful plumbing business. And so far, every...

Financial Focus.(effect of falling dollar )(investment management)(Column)
August 15, 2005... By Jesse Abercrombie What does the falling dollar mean to you? As contractors, you like to see the prices of things fall. Whenever the price of copper goes down, electrical contractors are able to bid more effectively. Whenever the...

McCarthy Building Co.
August 15, 2005... Staff Topping out one Dallas project, beginning another. On July 14, McCarthy Building Companies topped out the $78-million North Tower of the W Dallas Victory Hotel & Residences, a 780,000-square-foot project that includes 252 hotel...

P.O'B Montgomery.(P.O'B Montgomery and Company )(Brief Article)
August 15, 2005... Staff The 140-acre Morrison Crossing development is finally underway in Brownsville. A set of four buildings between four and eight stories in height will change the landscape at the Hwy. 77/83 and Morrison Road intersection, near where...

HDR.(appoints Roger D. Blevins)(Brief Article)
August 15, 2005... Staff Roger D. Blevins , AICP, has joined HDR's growing team of professionals as national military facilities principal out of the San Antonio office. His responsibilities will include business development and account management for...

Cadence McShane Corporation.(appointments and promotions)
August 15, 2005... Staff Michael Murphy has been promoted from assistant superintendent to project superintendent at Cadence McShane. Murphy joined the firm in 2002 and has over 18 years of on-site supervisory experience in the construction of office,...

Sterling Construction.(contracts)(Brief Article)
August 15, 2005... Staff Sterling Construction Company, Inc. was recently the low bidder on two TxDOT contracts with an aggregate value of approximately $103 million. The larger of the two jobs, valued at $68.9 million, surpasses the $58.5 million contract...

MMIStrandCo.(MMI Products, Inc. and RettCo Steel, LLC form a strategic alliance)(Brief Article)
August 15, 2005... Staff MMI Products, Inc. and RettCo Steel, LLC have announced the formation of a long-term strategic alliance that brings together RettCo's state-of-the-art PC strand manufacturing capacity and MMI's nationwide marketing capabilities in...

ROMCO.(ROMCO Equipment Company )
August 15, 2005... Staff The Texas construction and heavy equipment industries have seen innumerable changes over the last 40 years, but there has always been at least one constant: D.L. "Moose" Lanham with ROMCO Equipment. This past July, Moose Lanham...

Beeler Guest Owens.(Beeler Guest Owens Architects, L.P.)(contracts)(Brief Article)
August 15, 2005... Staff Beeler Guest Owens Architects, L.P. has been hired to design renovations on three downtown Dallas towers recently purchased by 3J Development LLC of San Diego, Calif. 3J's plan is to convert all three of its new acquisitions into...

Four Seasons Equipment.(Brief Article)
August 15, 2005... Staff SAKAI America of Adairsville, Ga., is pleased to announce the appointment of Four Seasons Equipment as an authorized dealer in the state of Texas. The Four Seasons Equipment staff has been fully trained in the application, sales and...

FHWA.(U.S. Federal Highway Administration)(Brief Article)
August 15, 2005... Staff The U.S. Federal Highway Administration recently released a new software tool it hopes will speed up environmental approvals and documentation process for transportation projects. The free software will help users establish and...

Demolition Association.(National Demolition Association )(Brief Article)
August 15, 2005... Staff Current and new members of the National Demolition Association can now take advantage of a "Members ONLY" page that has been launched on the association website. The first featured item on the page is a Model Drug & Alcohol Program...

ICUEE.(International Construction and Utility Equipment Exposition)(Brief Article)
August 15, 2005... Staff The website of the 2005 International Construction and Utility Equipment Exposition (ICUEE) features a "virtual trade show" which provides detailed "Demo Expo" exhibitor information to help attendees plan their visit to the show....