Construction News articles from March 2009

Construction News archives from March 2009

T.L. Wallace on MDOT Bridge.
March 2, 2009... Staff The Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT) has begun a bridge replacement project along U.S. Highway 49 at Myers Creek in Forrest County. The bridge is located about a mile south of Highway 98. T.L. Wallace, Inc. of Columbia...

H&E Becomes Doosan Dealer.
March 2, 2009... Staff H&E Equipment Services, Inc. (H&E) has been appointed as the new authorized Doosan dealer for excavators and wheel loaders for the state of Oklahoma. As a full-service Doosan dealer, H&E will provide new and used sales, rentals,...

AT&V Awarded.(American Tank and Vessel, Inc.)(Brief article)
March 2, 2009... Staff American Tank & Vessel, Inc. (AT&V) has been awarded the 2008 Chemical Processing's Reader's Choice Award for Best Technology Provider of Tanks and Vessels in 2008. AT&V's services include all terminal, pipeline, mill-plant projects...

Shaw/Westinghouse Awarded EPC Contract.
March 2, 2009... Staff The Nuclear Division of the Power Group at Shaw Group Inc. of Baton Rouge and Westinghouse Electric Company, its AP1000 consortium partner, has been awarded an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract by Progress...

LA-16 Widening Project Completed.(Barriere Construction Company Inc.)(Brief article)
March 2, 2009... Staff Barriere Construction Co. LLC of Franklinton has completed the LA-16 widening project between Denham Springs and Watson La. 16 for the DOTD. Work on the $7.7-million project included widening LA-16 from two to four lanes with a...

DOTD I-10 Widening Project.(Department of Transportation)(Austin Bridge and Road)(Brief article)
March 2, 2009... Staff Louisiana officials have broken ground on a project to add lanes to widen a 4-mile stretch of I-10 in Baton Rouge. The $86.2-million project, awarded to Austin Bridge and Road, will widen I-10 from four lanes to six lanes from the...

Durr Staff Members Honored by ABC.
March 2, 2009... Staff At the Associated Builders and Contractors, Inc. (ABC) New Orleans/Bayou Chapter Board of Directors Installation and Awards Celebration, Dana Stumpf of Durr Heavy Construction, LLC and Gentilly Landfill turned over the leadership of...

Warrior Group Hires Williams as Representative.(Brief article)
March 2, 2009... Staff Warrior Group, Inc. has hired Traci Williams as senior sales representative for the Southeast region covering Georgia, Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, Florida, North Carolina, and South Carolina. Williams brings more than...

Turner Names Font as New Treasurer.(Turner Industries Group, LLC. appoints Steve Font )(Brief article)
March 2, 2009... Staff Steve Font has been named treasurer for Turner Industries Group, LLC and its subsidiaries. Font was previously director of corporate treasury. In his new position, Font will be in the lead role for all treasury and related...

Ardmore Airport Expansion.
March 2, 2009... By Liz Moucka An Oklahoma city with a plan for growth Ardmore -- that stop halfway between Oklahoma City and Dallas -- has set its eye on the future. The Ardmore Development Authority is focusing on its proximity to both these...

Removing An Eyesore.
March 2, 2009... By R.G. Pickard H&H Enterprises helps Pascagoula prepare their riverfront project. After hurricane Katrina, the city of Pascagoula, MS, purchased an 8-acre block of land that included the former Heinz Pet Food Factory along the...

Walton Construction Assisting Marines LEED.
March 16, 2009... Staff The New Orleans Division, in conjunction with the St. Louis Division of Walton Construction Company, LLC, was recently awarded the contract to design and build the Parris Island Barracks Complex in Parris Island, SC. This...

Haskell Lemon Begins Construction on I-35.
March 16, 2009... Staff Oklahoma City-based Haskell Lemon Construction Co. has begun a widening Interstate 35 in Norman, OK, from four to six lanes both northbound and southbound, beginning between Main Street and Robinson and extending north to Indian...

Two Louisianans on Doosan Advisory Council.(Brief article)
March 16, 2009... Staff Doosan Infracore Portable Power (Doosan) has formed a new Dealer Advisory Council with the appointment of 10 executives representing dealers throughout the U.S. Members recently attended an inaugural council meeting at the...

Weaver-Bailey Begins Little Rock Project.(Weaver-Bailey Contractors Inc.)(Brief article)
March 16, 2009... Staff Due to favorable weather, Weaver-Bailey Contractors of El Paso, AR, was able to commence work in early February on the first phase of improvements to the I-430/I-630 Interchange in Little Rock, according to Arkansas State Highway and...

New Volvo Rents in North Arkansas.
March 16, 2009... Staff DuWayne and Jackie Eoff, Aaron Eoff and Rob Barnica of EBE Enterprises, LLC, announce the opening of their third construction equipment rental store. The new Volvo Rents -- Springdale location serves the northwest Arkansas market and...

Taminco Louisiana Expansion.(Taminco Higher Amines Inc.)(Brief article)
March 16, 2009... Staff Taminco Higher Amines Inc. has announced plans to expand its facility in St. Gabriel, LA. The company is scheduled to begin operating three new production units by early 2010. Two of the units will be relocated from the Taminco...

Pennington Builds in Baton Rouge.(Pennington Biomedical)(Brief article)
March 16, 2009... Staff Pennington Biomedical has broken ground on a new 90,000-square-foot Clinical Research Building and Imaging Center in Baton Rouge, LA. Construction is scheduled to be completed by July 2010. The new Clinical Research Building,...

Economic Stimulus Coming to State Highways.
March 16, 2009... By Liz Moucka Most people take infrastructure for granted until something goes wrong. The bridge collapses in Minneapolis and Webber Falls, OK, have resulted in more spending on bridge inspection, repair and replacement nationwide....