Construction News articles from February 2009

Construction News archives from February 2009

Cajun Receives Refinery Project.
February 2, 2009... Staff Cajun Constructors received the approximately $20-million contract to perform all civil and underground piping work for the HCU project at the Valero -- St. Charles Refinery, St. Charles, LA. Cajun will be teaming with Fluor...

DOTD I-12 Widening Project.(Louisiana. Department of Transportation and Development)(Brief article)
February 2, 2009... Staff Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD) Secretary William D. Ankner has signed a $100-million design-build contract to widen parts of Interstate 12 from four lanes to six lanes before Thanksgiving 2011. The...

ECC Awarded AFCEE WERC Contract.
February 2, 2009... Staff ECC was selected to receive one of 20 awards for a 5-year, $3-billion 2009 Worldwide Environmental Restoration and Construction (WERC) contract from the Air Force Center for Engineering and the Environment (AFCEE). Of the 20...

Broadmoor to Build Calibration Laboratory.
February 2, 2009... Staff Broadmoor, LLC, Metairie, LA, is being awarded $8 million for firm fixed price task order No. 0002 under a previously awarded multiple award construction contract for design and construction of Calibration Laboratory at Naval Air...

Denton-James Award for LA I-49.(Brief article)
February 2, 2009... Staff A contract for the $20.9-million, 2-mile-long "Segment A" was awarded to Denton-James LLC and is scheduled to begin spring 2009 and be completed spring 2010. Segment A includes the construction of an overpass at Ida State Line Road...

$800,000 Gift to U of Ozarks.(University of the Ozarks)(Rogers Foundation)(Brief article)
February 2, 2009... Staff University of the Ozarks, Clarksville, AR, has received an $800,000 gift from the Rogers Foundation of Fairfax, VA, for the expansion and renovation of the Seay Student Center. Key elements of the $4.1-million student center project...

Edwin Foulke Jr. Joins Fisher & Phillips.
February 2, 2009... Staff Edwin G. Foulke Jr., former Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health, has joined Fisher & Phillips LLP as a partner in the Workplace Safety and Catastrophe Management Practice Group. The former head of OSHA...

Hanson's Clifford Hahne Honored.
February 2, 2009... Staff Clifford Hahne -- president of Hanson Pressure Pipe and South Central region president of Hanson Pipe & Precast, both divisions of Hanson Building Products North America -- recently celebrated 25 years with the company. Awarded and...

Shaw Names Executive VP and COO.
February 2, 2009... Staff The Shaw Group Inc. has named Gary P. Graphia, currently executive vice president of Corporate Development and Strategy, as their new executive vice president and chief operating officer. In this new role, Graphia will oversee the...

James Construction Widening U.S. 167.
February 2, 2009... Staff The Baton Rouge-based contractor has been awarded numerous Louisiana TIMED Program contracts. James Construction Group is about 50 percent complete with construction of a new section of U.S. 167 in northcentral Louisiana. The...

Nabholz Expands Mercy Heart Hospital in OKC.
February 2, 2009... By Liz Moucka Nabholz Construction Corp. is near completion on a $30-million expansion project at Mercy Heart Hospital on W. Memorial Road in Oklahoma City. The five-story building will add 70,000 square feet to its existing facility. ...

T.J. Lambrecht.
February 16, 2009... Staff The Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department (AHTD) awarded a $22,672,617 contract to T.J. Lambrecht for grading and structures at I-630 Steep Bank Creek. It is project 020353 in District 2, Jefferson County.

Contract Awarded for Plaquemines Pump Station Repairs.(Healtheon, Inc.)(United States. Army. Corps of Engineers)(Brief article)
February 16, 2009... Staff Healtheon, Inc. has just begun repairs on five Plaquemines Parish non-federal storm water pump stations. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers awarded a $1.65-million contract to modify the stations so that they can remain operable during...

Doggett Machinery To Represent Morbark.
February 16, 2009... Staff Morbark, Inc., an industry-leading manufacturer of forestry and recycling equipment, has announced that Doggett Machinery Services, Inc. has been awarded an exclusive dealership to serve the state of Louisiana. Doggett Machinery...

Scott Equipment To Represent SENNEBOGEN.(Scott Equipment Company, L.L.C.)(Sennebogen North America)(Brief article)
February 16, 2009... Staff Constantino Lannes, president of SENNEBOGEN America, is pleased to announce that Louisiana-based Scott Equipment is now an authorized distributor of SENNEBOGEN purpose-built material handlers for all of Louisiana and portions of...

$85 Million for Mississippi Recovery.(Brief article)
February 16, 2009... Staff More than $85 million has been awarded for Hurricane Katrina recovery projects in Hancock County, MS. The funds are composed of Community Development Block Grants (CDBG), which are administered through the federal Department of...

Focusing on Asphalt.
February 16, 2009... By Liz Moucka This issue of Construction News focuses on asphalt. We have found some interesting contractors, producers and projects to feature. With the price of liquid asphalt (AC) rising to as much as $800 per ton in some regions, every...

Asphalt Deep Heat.
February 16, 2009... By Rick Zettler Dustrol relies on a conventional paver as part of its economical Hot In-Place Recycling train Similar to the oil crisis of the 1970s, recent exorbitant oil prices have had a profound impact on the price of liquid...

Micro Surfacing In Tennessee.(Vance Brothers, Inc.)(Tennessee. Department of Transportation)(Vulcan Materials Company)
February 16, 2009... By Paul Fournier Vance Bros. applies a cost-effective approach to give older pavement a new lease on life. Tennessee has claim to some of the best roads in the country, and last year the state launched a program that represents a sea...

Walton Construction Leads Team On NOAA Project.
February 16, 2009... Staff In January 2008 the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded a construction contract to replace its National Marine Fisheries Service, Pascagoula, MS, facility that was destroyed by Hurricane Katina in 2005....