California Builder and Engineer articles from November 2008

California Builder and Engineer archives from November 2008

Jere Meacham, 1946-2008.
November 3, 2008... Staff Long Beach, CA -The obituary below was supplied to the Chattanooga Times by his son Jon: Jere Ellis Meacham, 62, a native and longtime resident of Chattanooga, died September 29, 2008, in Long Beach, Calif. The cause was...

Liberty Station Office District Building 902 Walls Tilted.
November 3, 2008... Staff San Diego, CA- McMillin Commercial and CB Richard Ellis announced that the walls have been tilted on the Liberty Station Office District's final addition, Building 902. The 104,397-square-foot Class A office building is 77 percent...

U.C. Davis, Health and Wellness Center Topped Out.
November 3, 2008... Staff Davis, CA - McCarthy Building Companies, Inc. recently topped out the future $34-million, 75,000-square-foot Health and Wellness Center at the University of California, Davis (UCD). Construction on the facility, which will provide...

Kalb's Q & A For California Contractors.
November 3, 2008... David Kalb Was it Mom or perhaps the bureaucracy that wants, 'a place for everything and everything in its place?' Both, right? A contractor's license application is no exception to that rule. Both a family of contractors and a 'former'...

San Diego Zoo's New Elephant Odyssey.
November 3, 2008... By Loren Faulkner $40 million project - with extensive shotcreted walls - will be a combined habitat for roaming elephants, jaguars and lions. Tour buses at the San Diego Zoo are making a detour to view rarely seen creatures at the...

Contractors' Fiduciary Liability: Three Things To Think About.
November 3, 2008... By Jeffrey W. Cavignac (Edited by Loren Faulkner) Fiduciary: a person entrusted with the property or finances of another - Nearly all construction and design firms have some sort of employee retirement program as well as health care...

McCarthy Helping Children At Job Site.
November 17, 2008... Staff San Diego, CA - Armed with hope, imagination and crayons, around 25 young patients of Rady Children's Hospital-San Diego gathered recently to colorize a 4-foot by 8-foot mural depicting a child's cartoon version of the new...

Mathews Machinery, nc. Merging with Volvo Construction Equipment & Services.
November 17, 2008... Staff Corona, CA - Since 2002, Mathews Machinery Inc. has provided equipment and services to aggregate, demolition, recycling, agriculture, road construction and civil engineering customers. Volvo Construction Equipment & Services, has...

Road Machinery Acquires Shanahan Equipment.
November 17, 2008... Staff Sacramento, CA - Road Machinery LLC has acquired the assets of Shanahan Equipment, the Komatsu distributor for northern California. Headquartered in Phoenix, AZ, Road Machinery is the exclusive distributor for Komatsu equipment in...

$37-Million High School Upgrade.
November 17, 2008... Staff Alhambra, CA - Extensive building and infrastructure upgrades have begun at one of five high schools in the Alhambra Unified School District. Construction recently started on a $37-million project at Mark Keppel High School...

Editor's Report.
November 17, 2008... By Loren Faulkner California Builder & Engineer Blog Site Thanks again for logging on to our blog site at www.acppubs.com . More people are reading it each month. Go ahead and leave a comment there. It's a good forum to talk back about...

Greening Hillsides For Safety.
November 17, 2008... By Mike Crummy Edited by Loren Faulkner Heavy construction equipment and aircraft mobilize to place hydro-mulch in wildfire-ravaged areas of California. It is California's wildfires season again, with the potential of destroying...

Kalb's Q & A For California Contractors.
November 17, 2008... David Kalb Here's a quick quiz for contractors. How many licenses can a corporation apply for? If you're not sure, you may be surprised by the answer given to one of our contractor inquiries. Unfortunately, another contractor will be...