Texas Contractor articles from October 2007

Texas Contractor archives from October 2007

TxDOT.(appointment of Steve Simmons at Texas Department of Transportation)(Brief article)
October 1, 2007... Staff The Texas Transportation Commission has named Steve Simmons as interim executive director of the Texas Department of Transportation. Simmons is a 25-year veteran of TxDOT and has served as deputy executive director since 2001....

Bury+Partners.(appointment of James Grandin III)(Brief article)
October 1, 2007... Staff Bury+Partners is pleased to welcome James Grandin III, P.E., to their team as a project manager. Grandin has over six years of construction and land development experience, including the management of municipal utility districts and...

CB Richard Ellis.(appointment of Jim Peck at Building Owners and Managers Association International)(Brief article)
October 1, 2007... Staff Jim Peck, RPA, FMA, senior director, asset services, CB Richard Ellis, has been elected to serve as vice president 2007-08 for The Building Owners and Managers Association (BOMA) International. In his position as senior director in...

Eye Protection.
October 1, 2007... Staff Radians has introduced two new eye protection products, the Cloak(TM) Goggle and the Dagger(TM) Safety Glass. Both meet ANSI Z87.1+ standards and are 99.9-percent UVA/UVB resistant. The Cloak Goggle features interchangeable...

Landscaping.
October 1, 2007... Staff NDS, Inc. has created a green alternative for commercial landscapes with the TuffTrack grassroad paver. Developed as an alternative to concrete or asphalt pavements to maintain healthy grass turf in high-traffic areas, TuffTrack is...

Gloves.
October 1, 2007... Staff The NorthFlex(TM) NF11 by North Safety Products is the latest palm-coated, general purpose glove for construction workers. A form fitting, seamless knit, red nylon shell coated with a pliable, black foamed PVC coating offers superior...

Time Clock.
October 1, 2007... Staff TrakitGPS introduces BioTrakit(TM) - a biometric sensor and software solution designed to act as a time clock for workers who are unable to login to the TrakitGPS(TM) vehicle tracking and reporting module. TrakitGPS is a web-based,...

Gas Detection.
October 1, 2007... Staff The MSA ALTAIR Pro Single-Gas Detector Product Line now features the ALTAIR Pro O2-R Detector for remote oxygen monitoring, and the ALTAIR Pro ClO2 Chlorine Dioxide Detector. Featuring a replaceable sensor and battery, each ALTAIR...

Proposition 12.(amendment for highway improvements)(Brief article)
October 1, 2007... Staff Voters in Texas' November 6 election will decide Proposition 12, an amendment to the Texas Constitution authorizing the next state legislature in 2009 to issue up to $5 billion for highway improvements. The actual language on the...

Volvo.
October 1, 2007... Staff The Volvo Construction Equipment Road Institute has announced the course schedule for this fall for their Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, and Phoenix, Arizona, facilities. The 20 courses, available on a first-come, first-served basis,...

UP.(Union Pacific Corp.)(Brief article)
October 1, 2007... Staff Union Pacific has broken ground on a $90-million state-of-the-art intermodal terminal between Old Pearsall Road, Interstate 35 and Loop 410. The facility, which is planned for completion in late 2008, is expected to generate $2.48...

Hillwood.(Hillwood Properties)(Brief article)
October 1, 2007... Staff Hillwood has begun construction on the 333,372-square-foot Lakeside Trade Center 4 building and the 456,950-square-foot Lakeside Trade Center 5 building in its development in Flower Mound. The two new speculative buildings, which are...

Deficient Bridges.(reports)(Brief article)
October 1, 2007... Staff TxDOT has released a list of the state's 2,024 structurally deficient bridges. This number represents 4 percent of the state's approximately 50,000 bridges. The term "structurally deficient" has been mischaracterized in public news...

HDR.
October 1, 2007... Staff Phil Armstrong, P.E., has joined HDR as a vice president and director of public ventures. He is responsible for overseeing HDR's public-private partnership (P3) advisory services for the firm's transportation program and will be...

Superior Industries.(appointment of Roger Wuellner)(Brief article)
October 1, 2007... Staff Superior Industries has appointed Roger Wuellner as its territory manager for conveyor components products in the mid southern region of the United States. Roger has 18 years of sales experience as a territory manager and national...

Fikes.(appointment of Rick McCain at Fikes Truck Line )(Brief article)
October 1, 2007... Staff Fikes Truck Line announces the promotion of Rick McCain to vice president of Sales. Fikes Truck Line is the second-oldest truck company in the state of Arkansas, with headquarters in Hope, Arkansas, and terminals in Kentucky, Texas...

Greater Profits Through Asphalt Milling.
October 1, 2007... By John Hood, Product Manager, Milling & Paving, BOMAG Americas, Inc. How milling machines can help positively transform any paving contractor's business. Given America's progressively aging infrastructure, cold milling machines are...

Tyler Loop 49 A Little Closer To Reality.
October 1, 2007... By Liz Moucka Longview Bridge & Road is nearing completion of Segment 2 of Loop 49. Loop 49 around Tyler is the toll road that when joined to I-20 to the north will create an outer loop around the growing East Texas city. Commercial...

Balancing HMA Production And Placement.
October 1, 2007... By Dale Starry Understanding the role of vibratory compactors in asphalt laydown. Provided By Volvo Construction Equipment, Shippensburg, Pa. To achieve the best results and most profitable operation on a paving project,...

Construction And The American Dream.
October 15, 2007... By Liz Moucka Trade organizations for minorities in construction facilitate workers' upward mobility. Blacks in Construction While black Americans have a long history of serving as a labor force in U.S. construction markets, there...

Thornton Tomasetti.(contract between Presbyterian Hospital and Thornton-Tomasetti Engineers)(Brief article)
October 15, 2007... Staff Thornton Tomasetti has recently completed the structural engineering of a $151-million expansion and renovation of the Walnut Hill campus at Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas. This major expansion includes a 512,000-square-foot...

Collegiate Development Services.(appointments of Mark S. Keller, Richard D. Wygle and Bryan Brady )(Brief article)
October 15, 2007... Staff Mark S. Keller has been named project manager at Collegiate Contracting Services, an Irving-based general contractor providing construction management services to colleges and universities nationwide. Keller has more than 25 years of...

Meridian Bank.
October 15, 2007... Staff Meridian Bank Texas, headquartered in Fort Worth, announces the official opening of its Lake Dallas office headed by Senior Vice President John Spencer. The Lake Dallas office will focus on real estate and construction lending in...

Timarron Partners.
October 15, 2007... Staff Honeywell Power Products announces the expansion of its U.S. sales force with the addition of local rep firm, Timarron Partners, Inc. With a long history of promoting premium security and fire alarm products, Timarron is well suited...

W. R. Meadows.(appointment of Matthew Price )(Brief article)
October 15, 2007... Staff Matthew Price was recently named president of W. R. Meadows, Inc. Matt previously held the position of executive vice president. Price began his full-time career with Meadows in 1994 at the Goodyear, Arizona, branch office, working...

Spider.(appointments of Brandon Lamb and Mike Gibbs )(Brief article)
October 15, 2007... Staff Spider, a division of SafeWorks, LLC, recently hired Brandon Lamb as district sales representative for the Houston operation center where he will be responsible for solving contractors' suspended access and safety challenges in the...

Fiat Powertrain.
October 15, 2007... Staff Colleen Phelps has been promoted to human resources manager for Fiat Powertrain Technologies (FPT) of North America, Inc., formerly Iveco Motors of North America. She joined the company in 2005, and served in a variety of different...

HCA.(Hispanic Contractors Association)(achievements)(Brief article)
October 15, 2007... Staff The Hispanic Contractors Association of Dallas/Fort Worth (HCADFW) honored the achievements of women entrepreneurs in construction-related firms this summer. The Luna Awards luncheon drew an audience of more than 800 to the Hyatt...

Cobb, Fendley & Associates Tribble & Stephens.
October 15, 2007... Staff Cobb, Fendley & Associates, Inc. and Tribble & Stephens recently participated in the groundbreaking ceremony for the new Henriksen Jet Center, a full-service fixed base operator located at the Houston Executive Airport in Waller...

Jaster-Quintanilla.
October 15, 2007... Staff Jaster-Quintanilla (JQ) has been engaged to perform engineering services on projects representing more than $300 million in new construction activity in Tarrant County. Among these are the firm's engineering work for the new...

CompGroup AGC.(Brief article)
October 15, 2007... Staff Texas Mutual Insurance Co. has declared a $2.96-million dividend for members of the CompGroup AGC. CompGroup AGC returns workers' compensation premiums to their members based upon criteria driven by their loss ratio. "This...

TTI.(Texas Transportation Institute)(Brief article)
October 15, 2007... Staff The newly formed University Transportation Center for Mobility (UTCM) at the Texas Transportation Institute (TTI) is opening new doors for researchers and educators to pursue projects for mobility enhancement. The UTCM is...

JLG.
October 15, 2007... Staff JLG Industries, Inc., a subsidiary of Oshkosh Truck Corporation (NYSE: OSK) and the world's leading producer of access equipment, announced that it has been awarded an estimated $78-million firm-fixed-price and cost-plus-fixed-fee...

CEC.
October 15, 2007... Staff Civil Engineering Consultants (CEC) welcomes Frank M. Jaster, P.E., as their new Construction Quality Management Division manager. Jaster has over 25 years of experience, including 17 years' experience with the Texas Department of...

C&B.(appointment of Martin Krueger at Carter and Burgess Inc.)(Brief article)
October 15, 2007... Staff Martin Krueger, ASLA, has joined Carter & Burgess as National Transportation Enhancements Studio leader in the Urban Design and Planning division of the Dallas office. Krueger formerly served as senior landscape architect and lead...

HOK.(appointments of William Hudgens, Rex Criswell, Steve Stock and Mari Harrington )(Brief article)
October 15, 2007... Staff HOK is pleased to welcome four new employees to their successful Houston practice. William Hudgens has joined HOK as a project manager. Bill brings with him over 37 years of experience in the field of design. Bill's extensive...

Fulton International Trade Corridor.
October 15, 2007... By R.G. Pickard Haas-Anderson Construction builds expansion roadway/rail corridor for the Port of Corpus Christi. Beginning in the 1960s, plans were developed to expand the terminal capacity of the Port of Corpus Christi and, after a...

DART Expansion.
October 15, 2007... By Larry Trojak, Trojak Communications New TerexA[R] PS600 Site Dumper fits well in Dowager Construction's Dallas light rail project. Provided by Terex Construction In construction, "the right tool for the right job" is more a...