California Builder and Engineer articles from April 2005

California Builder and Engineer archives from April 2005

California Construction Statistics.
April 4, 2005... Staff Nonresidential Building Private, nonresidential building totaled $1.08 billion in January, up 13.2 percent from January 2004 totals. New permit valuations for nonresidential building was down 18.3 percent from December 2004, but...

From Landfills to Landscapes.
April 4, 2005... By Mike McLaughlin and Dan Johnson Challenges of redeveloping landfills can be overcome. There has been much recent interest in reclaiming real estate formerly occupied by municipal landfills in many jurisdictions. In California, state...

ECIS Interceptor.(East Central Interceptor Sewer )
April 4, 2005... By Phil Snyder Ongoing upgrade needed on L.A. sewer system. The city of Los Angeles operates more than 620 miles of sewers, numerous pumping plants and four wastewater treatment plants. These serve over three million people plus...

Hawthorne Machinery At Sports Arena.
April 4, 2005... Staff On Saturday Feb. 19th Hawthorne Machinery Company hosted an event at the San Diego Sports Arena. The event was a Customer Appreciation Night. It entailed an afternoon of excitement outdoors in the sports arena's parking lot....

Rural Roads Need Safety Upgrades.
April 4, 2005... Staff Washington, D.C.-- More than half -- 52 percent -- of traffic fatalities in the United States between 1999 and 2003 have occurred on rural, non-interstate roads and highways, even though vehicle travel on these roads only accounted...

Topping Off At Berkeley.(Construction)(Brief Article)
April 18, 2005... Staff Foster City, Calif.Rudolph and Sletten General Contractors has completed the "topping off" of structural steel for the Molecular Foundry at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, and will finish construction of the nanotech research...

California Construction Recycling & Reuse.
April 18, 2005... By Michelle Leonard Recycling/Reuse Programs at construction and demolition sites benefiting builders As Southern California's building community continues to embrace environmentally responsible construction methods and practices, the...

2005 ConExpo Images.(Brief Article)
April 18, 2005... By Loren Faulkner Some 125,000 people attended this year's ConExpo-Con/Agg in Las Vegas Walking through the equivalent of 41 football fields, taking in ConExpo exhibitions and booths for three or four days can be real work. The...

Editor's Report.(Column)
April 18, 2005... By Loren Faulkner As one of nearly 125,000 attendees of ConExpo-Con/Agg 2005 in Las Vegas last month, I offer a few observations. First, there was an upbeat sense of optimism among exhibitors and guests, alike. Gone were the post-9/11 doom...

Santa Clara County Gets Paving Award.
April 18, 2005... Staff Santa Clara, Calif.The Asphalt Pavement Alliance (APA) has announced that the county of Santa Clara, Roads and Airports Department has won a 2004 Perpetual Pavement Award for a section of Central Expressway. The award will be...