Construction News articles from July 2008

Construction News archives from July 2008

Sewer Emergency Repair.(Arkansas contractor)
July 7, 2008... By Valerie Van Kooten, Technical Writer, Two Rivers Marketing, Des Moines, Iowa Arkansas contractor bursts collapsed sewer line in industrial park with a HammerHead impactor on a Vermeer Navigator horizontal directional drill. Take an...

Ruston Embraces Single-Source Solution.(Company overview)
July 7, 2008... Staff The city of Ruston, Louisiana, embraces single-source approach and builds an improved, high efficiency sewer system with the aid of Gorman-Rupp pumps. Ruston, Louisiana, a city that boasts a population of just over 20,000 as...

Geoshack Opens Store In Baton Rouge, LA.
July 21, 2008... Staff Dallas, TX-- GeoShack is excited to announce the opening of a new retail store in Baton Rouge, LA. Geoshack's presence in Monroe and Houston were not enough to cover the southern half of the state, so a new store will provide better...

New Holland Adds Mid South Ag Equipment As Dealer in Memphis.
July 21, 2008... Staff New Holland Construction has appointed Mid South Ag Equipment as its new dealer covering the Memphis, TN, area. Mid South Ag Equipment joins the New Holland Construction network of 700 dealers and more than 1,800 outlets in 100...

Grainger Announces Gulf Area Expansion.
July 21, 2008... Staff Grainger, a local business-to-business distributor of facilities maintenance products, plans to expand and enhance its operations throughout the Gulf region to better serve customers. As part of this expansion, the company will...

Zagis USA To Invest $75 Million In Two New Louisiana Textile Mills.
July 21, 2008... Staff Lacassine, LA-- Officials of Zagis USA and Louisiana Economic Development (LED) broke ground June 18 on the first of two greenfield textile mills the company will build in the state. Zagis USA, a newly formed corporation between...

ABC Supply Co.(Company overview)
July 21, 2008... Staff ABC Supply Co. Inc. has promoted Todd David -- a resident of Conway, AR, and manager of its store in North Little Rock, AR -- to managing partner. David joined ABC Supply in 2003 and was named manager of the North Little Rock branch...

Simonton Windows.
July 21, 2008... Staff Scott Sheffield, a Simonton Windows employee since 2003, has been promoted to the position of plant manager for the company's McAlester, OK, facility. In his new role, Sheffield will oversee the operations at the...

Louisiana and Oklahoma Approved Financing Packages.
July 21, 2008... By Liz Moucka Since our last issue, Construction News, along with its sister publications in the Associated Construction Publications group, has undergone some major changes. It is with sadness that I must announce that Construction News...

WMC Contracting's Power of Choice.
July 21, 2008... Staff GOMACO GT-3600 makes slipforming curbs a breeze. WMC Contracting Company of Trenton, Tennessee, has been in the construction business since 1950 and has specialized in all kinds of slipform concrete projects. If they think the...