California Builder and Engineer articles from June 2007

California Builder and Engineer archives from June 2007

Central California's Highway 99 upgrade.
June 4, 2007... By P.T. Hill Often called "California's Main Street," Highway 99 has suffered neglect for decades in favor of highways in the state's congested urban areas. Over the years, as traffic congestion visibly worsened in major coastal...

Industry News.(Company overview)
June 4, 2007... Staff Santa Fe Springs, Calif. - Griffith Company, one of California's earliest full-service general contractors, recently named Tom Foss as president and chief operating officer, and Gordon Csutak as vice president and chief financial...

Kalb's Q & A for California Contractors.
June 4, 2007... Staff Q: Is it a crime to represent your company using a contractor's license that expired 13 years ago? When checking this license on the Internet, I noticed it is also in a name different than the company being represented. What avenue...

Editor's Report.
June 18, 2007... By Loren Faulkner By the time this report is being read, CARB's Off-Road Diesel Rules public input meeting in San Diego will have been held. Since we work a month in advance of issues, we can only guess as to what transpired at that...

Valley Springs And Gorman Area Work.
June 18, 2007... By Loren Faulkner Like many rural areas of California, Valley Springs, in the east Central Valley, is experiencing population growth. Thanks to that, the Jenny Lind Water Treatment Plant is under expansion there. Further south, California...

Shoring Challenge At O.C. Water Plant.
June 18, 2007... By Chris Musser The Robert B. Diemer Water Treatment Plant that serves Orange and Los Angles counties is one of the largest treatment plants in the United States. Kiewit had taken on the task of doing major modifications to the facility to...

Rethinking HDPE Pipe.
June 18, 2007... By Michael Pluimer, M.S.M.E., Plastics Pipe Institute Just how long will corrugated HDPE pipe last? The answer may surprise you. As we move further into the 21st century, engineers are thinking more critically than ever about the...

Cook Equipment Company Celebrates 50th.(Brief article)
June 18, 2007... By Loren Faulkner The Fullerton headquartered company also showcased their JCB, New Holland, Bobcat, VIBROMAX Compaction Equipment, iron at the celebration recently. A May 1st open house was held at Cook Equipment Company's Fullerton...

Industry News.
June 18, 2007... Staff Escondido, Calif. - Peter Filanc, P.E., a nationally recognized leader in the water and wastewater industries and former president of J.R. Filanc Construction Co., died on May 9, 2007, following a lengthy illness. Filanc was 54. ...