Construction News articles from October 2006

Construction News archives from October 2006

People.(briefs: appointments, promotions and achievements and awards)
October 2, 2006... Staff Topcon Positioning Systems (TPS) has announced three key promotions. Peter Wallace , former national sales manager-survey, has been promoted to director of sales-survey. Murray Lodge , former national sales manager-construction, will...

Skyline Steel Opens Iuka Facility.
October 2, 2006... Staff Iuka, Miss.-- Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour officially opened the Skyline Steel Pipe Group facility near Yellow Creek Port in Tishomingo County, Mississippi, on August 22 during a ribbon-cutting ceremony. The new $17-million...

JCB DIESELMAX Breaks Diesel Land Speed Record.
October 2, 2006... Staff Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah-- JCB DIESELMAX achieved a stunning 350 mph last month, breaking its own land speed record for diesel-powered cars. August 22nd, JCB DIESELMAX became the world's fastest diesel when Andy Green drove...

Bobcat Company Recognizes Oklahoma Dealer.
October 2, 2006... Staff Tulsa, Okla.-- Bobcat Company has recognized White Star Machinery & Supply, Tulsa, Okla., for 40 years of exemplary service in providing customers with Bobcat[R] compact equipment. White Star Machinery is part of a network of 900...

Heil Environmental Sells Truck Equipment Business.(Heil Environmental Industries Ltd.)
October 2, 2006... Staff Chattanooga, Tenn.-- Heil Environmental has sold its truck equipment business, consisting of the Heil Truck Equipment Group and Heil South distributorship, to Truck Bodies and Equipment International, Inc., a portfolio company of...

PrimeSource Building Products, Inc. Acquires Pacific Steel and Supply.
October 2, 2006... Staff Carrollton, Texas-- PrimeSource Building Products, Inc., the largest full-service wholesale distributor of building materials specializing in fasteners in the United States, announced that PrimeSource Building Products, Inc. is...

Link-Belt To Build New Parts Distribution Center.(LBX Company L.L.C starts construction of its distribution center)(Brief article)
October 2, 2006... Staff Lexington, Kentucky-- LBX Company, makers of Link-Belt earthmoving, forestry and material handling equipment, is pleased to announce the start of construction of a 50,000-square-foot service parts distribution center to be located at...

Right Bang For The Buck.
October 2, 2006... Story by Mike Crummy JoB Construction Finds Multiple Benefits With Intelligent Asphalt Roller Road construction can be a very profitable endeavor, provided that jobs are completed properly and deadlines are met. But when things go...

Beau Rivage Reopens.
October 2, 2006... Staff Restored Resort and Casino Opens its Doors Exactly One Year after Hurricane Katrina The Beau Rivage Resort & Casino reopened this week, exactly one year to the day that Hurricane Katrina ravaged the Gulf Coast, destroying much...

Twin Span Phase II to Let in November.
October 16, 2006... Staff Baton Rouge, La.-- A letting for the second phase of the new I-10 Twin Span Bridge has been scheduled for November 15th. The new bridge will replace the temporarily repaired Twin Span Bridge between New Orleans and Slidell that was...

Leica and Locata Sign Cooperation Agreement.(Leica Geosystems )(Locata Corporation)(Brief article)
October 16, 2006... Staff Norcross, Ga.-- Leica Geosystems and Locata Corporation, Australia, signed a cooperation agreement in September. The agreement gives Leica Geosystems worldwide rights to distribute Locata positioning technologies for the open cast...

Takeuchi-US Moves to New Facility.(Brief article)
October 16, 2006... Staff Atlanta, Ga.-- Takeuchi has moved to a new 250,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art headquarters, training, parts, and distribution facility. The recent move to Valentine Industrial Park in Pendergrass, Georgia, marks the fifth...

BMG Seltec Acquires TrakitGPS.
October 16, 2006... Staff Livermore Calif.-- BMG Seltec, provider of site automation controls, point-of-sale ticketing systems, and operations software for producers of aggregates and asphalt, has acquired TrakitGPS. Headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah,...

People.
October 16, 2006... Staff Mark Sorrell , an engineering intern at Neel-Schaffer Engineering in Jackson, Mississippi, is the winner of the Philip E. Rollhaus, Jr. 2006 Essay Competition. The competition is sponsored annually by Quixote Corporation and is named...

Clearing Way For Cable Bridge.
October 16, 2006... By Lisa Doyle As Clearing And Grubbing Nears Completion, The First Trestle Is Built On The East Bank For Audubon Bridge In St. Francisville, La. The 6-1/2 miles from US 61 to the site of the future Audubon Bridge is not yet an easy...

One Car, Two Engines, 350 MPH.
October 16, 2006... By Steve Hudson JCB, with North American headquarters near Savannah, Ga., and 17 plants, on four continents, recently went to Utah to set a new land speed record, for a diesel-powered car. It isn't every day that someone sets a new...