California Builder and Engineer articles from December 2004

California Builder and Engineer archives from December 2004

California Construction Statistics.
December 6, 2004... Staff Public Buildings and Heavy Construction Year-To-Date Comparisons: 2003-2004 Public works construction in the first nine months of 2004 totaled $13.3 billion, up 3.3 percent from the same period in 2003. Public building was up...

Prado Dam Upgrade.(Army Corps of Engineers working on a dam construction project)(Brief Article)
December 6, 2004... Staff The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is working on a $430-million upgrade for the 60-year-old Prado Dam in Corona, California. The construction is scheduled for completion in 2006 and will include adding 28 feet in height to the...

Sacramento Air Park Challenge.
December 6, 2004... By Loren Faulkner 3-D GPS system made a tough storm water grading project near Sacramento International Airport manageable for contractor The task of scraping and making contours for phase I of Sacramento's Metro Air Park was a...

Construction Storm Water Treatment.(Western Engineering Contractors Inc. uses ProTech Services's water treatment systems in a construction project)
December 6, 2004... By J. Plummer Welcome to construction site storm water treatment in the 21st century. When the Rocklin School District was planning storm water control for the site construction of its new Granite Ridge High School, it originally...

California Transportation Tax Measures.
December 6, 2004... By P.T. Hill Votes on November 2 indicate transportation projects are key issues Five California counties passed measures Nov. 2 to fund local transportation projects. At press time, success of two additional counties depended on...

Torrance Medical Center Completed.
December 6, 2004... By Steven C. Mynsberge McCarthy recently finishes construction on the $28-million office tower. The project began in October 2002 with construction completing in just 21 months. Located on the west side of the medical center campus in...

2005 Golden Beaver Awardees Selected.
December 6, 2004... Staff Los Angeles, Calif.-- Ron Fedrick of Nova Group, Inc., 2004 president of the Beavers, has announced the individuals who will receive Golden Beaver awards at the 50th Annual Awards Dinner to be held Friday, January 21, 2005, at the...

Topcon To New Headquarters.
December 6, 2004... Staff Livermore, Calif.-- After being located in Pleasanton, California, since 1996, Topcon moved into its new headquarters in early September 2004. The company took the morning of October 27, 2004, to thank its employees, its distributors...

Torrey Hills Center Under Construction.(Brief Article)
December 6, 2004... Staff San Diego, Calif.-- Construction is under way for Torrey Hills Center, a 138,250-square-foot outdoor mixed-use community center comprised of retail stores and a family medical center, located on the corner of Carmel Mountain Road and...

Bay Bridge Massive Pour.
December 20, 2004... By S. McGray New San Francisco/Oakland Bay Bridge requires steady flow of concrete The new East Span of the new San-Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge offers state-of-the-art seismic safety features, such as a shock-absorbing hinge system...

Editor's Report.
December 20, 2004... By Loren Faulkner Like a bad case of the flu, the California State Budget woes just keep hanging on. It was bad enough when former Governor Gray Davis and members of both houses of the legislature squandered a $12-billion windfall that...

McCarthy Building Co. Awarded.(Brief Article)
December 20, 2004... Staff San Francisco-- McCarthy Building Companies, Inc. (www.mccarthy.com ) was recently recognized as the 2004 Commercial Contractor of the Year by the East Bay Business Times, the region's leading business publication. Part of the...

WBMWD ChoOses Filanc-HDR Team.(Brief Article)
December 20, 2004... Staff Lake Forrest, Calif.-- Consumers of recycled water in the West Basin Municipal Water District will have a more robust system processing the water, thanks to a new pretreatment system. West Basin Municipal Water District asked a...

San Francisco Tunnel Work.(Drill Tech Drilling & Shoring)
December 20, 2004... Loren Faulkner If traffic is always tight in San Francisco, it has been more so since August 27th as Caltrain Bayshore & Paul Street Tunnels work began. When work for work for rehabilitating downtown San Francisco was awarded to Drill...

Workers Comp in 2005.
December 20, 2004... By: Jeffrey W. Cavignac, CPCU, RPLU, CWCA California's Workers Compensation Market: What to Expect in 2005 California's workers compensation market remains a challenge. Although significant legislation was passed in an effort to curb...