California Builder and Engineer articles from March 2007

California Builder and Engineer archives from March 2007

Mike Agbodo Joins HDR In Inland Empire.(appointment of Mike N. Agbodo)(Brief article)
March 5, 2007... Staff Riverside, Calif.-- Mike N. Agbodo , P.E., has joined HDR's Riverside office, as the national hydraulic modeling practice group leader and water/wastewater business section manager for the Riverside office. He is also responsible for...

Industry News.(Metropolitan Water District drills exploratory holes Corona and Irevine)(McCarthy Building Companies renovates University of California, San Diego library)(Report reveals flooding risk on Sacramento)
March 5, 2007... Staff Orange County, Calif. -- Metropolitan Water District (MWD) began drilling exploratory holes recently in mountains between the cities of Corona and Irvine to determine the feasibility of boring a tunnel under the Cleveland National...

ROEL Construction Earns Award.
March 5, 2007... Staff San Diego, Calif.-- ROEL Construction Company, Inc. received the San Diego chapter Associated General Contractors' (AGC) Construction Safety Excellence Award (CSEA) for 2006 Building Division 300,001 to 700,000 hours worked. This...

Editor's Report.
March 5, 2007... By Loren Faulkner For our engineering readers, here are some notes: 2007 CELSOC Awards The Annual CELSOC Engineering Excellence Awards Banquet was held in January at the Hyatt Regency in Sacramento. CELSOC honored 34 firms and 42...

Pipeline Contractor Digs Safety.
March 5, 2007... By Loren Faulkner Training work crews about safety is easy; it's the public you have to worry about. It's a typical day on a typical pipe laying job for Jim Badger, foreman of a nine man crew for SJ&B Group, Inc. His crew is working...

"Call Before You Dig".(introduction of www.call811.com)
March 5, 2007... Staff CGA launches national 811 website to help save lives and protect American underground infrastructure (Editor's Note: In Riverside recently, an excavating crew struck a main gas line, forcing the evacuation of a several-block area...

Kalb's Q & A for California Contractors.
March 5, 2007... Staff The following is some of the "best of" Capitol Connection, that helps sort out real world licensing and other issues next week. From August 2003 One of my greatest pleasures is hearing from readers who often respond to a...

Rock-Solid Drilling Tips.
March 5, 2007... By Elaine Watkins-Miller, Technical Writer, Two Rivers Marketing, Des Moines, Iowa Patience, planning and preparation are rock-drilling essentials. The saying "patience is a virtue" is certainly true when it comes to drilling through...

Beavers 2007 Awards Dinner.
March 19, 2007... Staff Los Angeles, Calif.- The 2007 Golden Beavers Awards were presented at the 52nd Annual Beavers Awards Dinner held Friday, January 19th, at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza in Los Angeles. Ralph Larison, 2006 Beavers president, was the...

Editor's Report.(federal budget for transporatation programs)(Editorial)
March 19, 2007... By Loren Faulkner This 2007 Buyers' Guide edition of California Builder & Engineer should be helpful, convenient and easy for busy contractors to use. Although the Internet is popular for research, we find that folks still like the old...