California Builder and Engineer articles from January 2007

California Builder and Engineer archives from January 2007

California Construction Forecast 2007.
January 1, 2007... By Loren Faulkner It looks very good thanks to voter-approved bond measures and budget funding, but it's not a time to put our guard down. California's highway/infrastructure construction outlook for 2007 and beyond looks the best it...

Bigge Offers New Crane Rentals.
January 1, 2007... Staff San Leandro, Calif.- State-of-the-art remote-controlled hydraulic gantries and computer-controlled strand jacking systems are now available to rent nationwide from Bigge Group, headquartered in San Leandro, California. It already has...

Western Machinery LLC as Dealer in Hawaii.
January 1, 2007... Staff Kapolei, Oahu/Hawaii- The Ingersoll Rand dealer network expands with the addition of Western Machinery LLC as a new utility products dealer, providing Ingersoll Rand solutions to customers in Hawaii. Based in Kapolei, on the island...

Frieder Seible Receives Humboldt Research Award.(Frieder Seible)(Brief article)
January 1, 2007... Staff San Diego, Calif.- Frieder Seible , Dean of the Jacobs School of Engineering at the University of California, San Diego, has received a 2006 Humboldt Research Award. The prize from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation is one of the...

RMS Appoints Mary Lou Zoback.
January 1, 2007... Staff Newark, Calif.- Risk Management Solutions (RMS), the world's leading provider of products and services for the management of natural hazard risk, today announced that Mary Lou Zoback has joined the firm as Vice President, Earthquake...

New PCI Chairman.
January 1, 2007... Staff Perris, Cailf.- Robert H. Konoske , vice president and general manager of Coreslab Structures (LA) Inc. in Perris, Calif., has been named the 2007 chairman of the Board of Directors for the Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute. His...

New Construction At Oxnard College.
January 1, 2007... Staff Oxnard, Calif.- Oxnard College is working on a $26.3-million student services building, the first new construction on the campus since 2002. The approximately 40,000-square-foot project will consist of a two-story student services...

Safety Upgrades On Highway 74.
January 1, 2007... Staff Lake Elsinore/Palm Desert, Calif.- Highway 74 is known as one of the most dangerous roads in Southern California. "Blood Alley," an 8.5-mile stretch from Perris to Lake Elsinore, recently received an $80-million safety upgrade, after...

College District Awards Construction Contracts.
January 1, 2007... Staff Los Angeles, Calif.- The Los Angeles Community College District, one of the largest community college districts in the country, announced this week its awarding to local businesses some $2.1 million in construction contracts for...

California Employment At 30-Year High.
January 1, 2007... Staff Sacramento, Calif.- Latest statistics as of press time from the California Employment Development Department (EDD) shows that the state is enjoying the highest employment rate in 30 years. According to EDD, 95.5 percent of eligible...

Parsons Brinckerhoff On Sacramento Project.(Brief article)
January 1, 2007... Staff Sacramento, Calif.- Parsons Brinckerhoff (PB) has been awarded a contract by the Sacramento Regional County Sanitation District to provide construction management services for construction of a new interceptor sewer. The project...

Solar System "Online".
January 1, 2007... Staff Rohnert Park, Calif.- The largest privately owned solar energy system in California was placed "online" recently. The 200-acre business/live-work center near Sonoma State University, north of San Francisco, is called Sonoma Mountain...

High Desert Freeway Proposal.
January 1, 2007... Staff Lancaster, Calif.- Both Los Angeles and San Bernardino counties may soon form a joint powers authority to construct a 66-mile High Desert freeway connecting the community of Adelanto with the city of Lancaster. The project could cost...

CARB Reopens PERP for Tier 1 and 2 Engines.
January 1, 2007... Staff Bakersfield, Calif.- The California Air Resources Board (ARB) approved emergency amendments to the Portable Equipment Registration Program (PERP), reopening the program to allow the construction industry to register some existing...

Kalb's Q & A for California Contractors.
January 1, 2007... Staff The names have been changed to protect the innocent. While not necessarily implying that anyone is "guilty" of anything our first contractor's question is loaded with "suspense." Another question on corporate licensing suggests some...

Southern California Office/Industrial Construction.
January 15, 2007... By Loren Faulkner The numbers are in: When it comes to constructing office and industrial buildings, Inland Empire is king, in 2007 and beyond. The Inland Empire of Southern California remains one of the fastest growing areas in the...

Editor's Report.(emissions rules )
January 15, 2007... By Loren Faulkner 2007 and 2008 will be watershed years for the California Construction Industry. Will the new, proposed, strict clean air regulations about to be imposed on equipment owners be the ruin of many contractors? If things...

Historic San Jacinto Hotel.
January 15, 2007... By Loren Faulkner The historic Vosberg Hotel in San Jacinto, California, was constructed in the 1880s and had a long, successful run before it was shuttered up in the 1990s. Located near mountains and Soboba Hot Springs, the hotel was a...

The Exit Planning Process.
January 15, 2007... By Carlos H. Lowenberg Jr. Thinking of handing over your business? Here are some tips on getting started... (Editor's Note: The principles are the same for a construction business owner.) Nora Chapman's story was typical of most...

ROEL Supports Local Schools.(Roel Construction Company Inc)(Marshall Elementary)(Brief article)
January 15, 2007... Staff San Diego, Calif.-- At the start of the school year, a group of employees from ROEL Construction presented truck loads of school supplies including backpacks, notebooks, paper, pencils, and crayons to the staff at Marshall...

SCCA Installs New Officers.
January 15, 2007... Staff Anaheim, Calif.-- The Southern California Contractors Association (SCCA) installed new officers and directors at the Disneyland Hotel Marina Ballroom, November 4th. The event marked the 34th annual President's Gala and installation...

Boyle Engineering Merges with Psomas.
January 15, 2007... Staff Los Angeles, Calif.-- Psomas merged with Daniel Boyle Engineering, Inc., October 31, 2006. "With this merger we are making great strides towards meeting our strategic objective of continued growth in the water market," said...

Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers Breaks Sales Records.
January 15, 2007... Staff Perris, Calif.-- Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers, the world's largest auctioneer of industrial equipment, announced the results of its two-day unreserved industrial auction held at the company's permanent auction site in Los Angeles...

Fanselau Joins HDR.(Jason Fanselau appointment)(Brief article)
January 15, 2007... Staff Folsom, Calif.-- Jason Fanselau has joined as HDR as a program development manager based in the Folsom office. His primary role will be leading strategic pursuits for the company's Environmental & Resource Management group in the...

CARB reopens PERP for Tier 1 and 2 Engines.
January 15, 2007... Staff Bakersfield, Calif.-- The California Air Resources Board (CARB) approved emergency amendments to the Portable Equipment Registration Program (PERP), reopening the program to allow the construction industry to register some existing...