Construction News articles from October 2008

Construction News archives from October 2008

TDOT Breaks Ground on US 412 Widening Project.(Tennessee Department of Transportation)(Brief article)
October 6, 2008... Staff Tennessee Department of Transportation Commissioner Gerald Nicely joined state and local officials in Henderson County recently to break ground on a new US 412 (SR 20) widening project. The project is 4 miles in length and stretches...

ESI Designs New Industrial Rail Spur.
October 6, 2008... Staff ESI is currently designing a new industrial rail spur from the BNSF railroad to the Toyota MS Manufacturing facility in Blue Springs, MS. The project consists of approximately 20,000 feet of new spur line and sidings, including...

ODOT Completes SH-6 Segment.
October 6, 2008... Staff A ribbon-cutting ceremony at the Retrop junction of SH-6 and SH-55E with Elk City and Altus civic and business leaders, joined by legislators and ODOT officials, opened the new section of four-lane highway. The improvement is part of...

Eutaw Contract for University-Oxford Airport Taxiway.
October 6, 2008... Staff Eutaw Construction Company, Inc. of Aberdeen, MS, was recently awarded the contract for the construction of the East Parallel Taxiway at the University-Oxford Airport located in Oxford, MS. The project contract amounts to a sum of...

AHTD Funding for Safe outes to Schools Program.
October 6, 2008... Staff The Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department (AHTD) has announced the award of funding to applicants for 'Safe Routes to School Program' projects. The program is a 100-percent federally funded initiative of the 2005 Safe,...

Ditch Witch Launches Used Equipment Website.
October 6, 2008... Staff The Ditch Witch organization - based in Perry, OK, along with Equipment Web Services (EWS), a division of Dominion Enterprises - has launched DitchWitchUsed.com, an interactive website for customers to find quality, used Ditch Witch...

Warming To Warm Mix Asphalt.
October 6, 2008... By Liz Moucka, Photos courtesy of Astec Inc. and the Louisiana Asphalt Paving Association Madden Contracting and Astec showcase WMA foaming process to the Ark-La-Tex region. State DOTs are warming up to warm mix asphalt, a process...

Haskell Lemon Paves Near Purcell.
October 6, 2008... Staff Haskell Lemon Construction Co. has just wrapped up a $4.165-million resurfacing job on I-35 near Purcell, OK. The old pavement of the approximately 3-mile long section of roadway was milled and stockpiled for recycling on other...

Biloxi's Ohr-O'Keefe Museum Rebuilding.
October 6, 2008... Staff You can't keep a good dream down. After destructive construction setbacks attributed to Hurricane Katrina, portions of the Ohr-O'Keefe Museum of Art campus in Biloxi, MS, have begun to be opened to the public. The campus had been...

SCS Developing Resort Hotel.
October 20, 2008... Staff SCS Capital Group will be developing the new Lake Murray Resort Hotel. Lake Murray Resort is a master planned $40-million resort development located in Lake Murray State Park near Ardmore, OK. Lake Murray State Park has 12,500 acres...

CLM Reclaims Genesis Dealer of the Year.(CLM Equipment)(Brief article)
October 20, 2008... Staff For the second time in three years, Gulf-Coast sales/rental specialist CLM Equipment - headquartered in Lafayette, LA, with branches in Lake Charles, LA and Baytown, TX - has been named Genesis Attachments' Dealer of the Year. While...

ECC Receives Outstanding CCASS.
October 20, 2008... Staff ECC received an outstanding CCASS rating for work performed at Keesler Air Force Base, located in Biloxi, MS, under their Navy EMAC Region 4 contract. The project consisted of demolition of buildings damaged by Hurricane Katrina. In...

Hill Brothers Awarded New Orleans Contract.(Hill Brothers Construction and Engineering Co.)(Brief article)
October 20, 2008... Staff Hill Brothers Construction Co., Inc., of Falkner, MS, has been awarded a $58,826,055 firm fixed fee contract. The work consists of excavation, driving sheet pilling, driving timber pilling, driving steel pipe pilling, utility...

OSHA Regional Emphasis Program on Cranes.
October 20, 2008... Staff The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Region VI office in Dallas, TX, has established a Regional Emphasis Program (REP) covering employees in the construction industry who perform crane...

SCS Awarded El Paso Contract.(United States. Army)(Brief article)
October 20, 2008... Staff SCS, LLC, Oklahoma City, OK, was awarded an $11,872,442 firm fixed price contract for building a combat aviation brigade complex and enlisted personnel dining facility for Brigade Combat Team 3. Work will be performed in El Paso, TX,...

Bradley Arant Expands Jackson Office.
October 20, 2008... Staff Bradley Arant Rose & White LLP has expanded its construction and procurement law practice with the addition of William R. Purdy and Ralph B. Germany Jr. as partners in its Jackson, MS, office. Purdy and Germany will close their...

Highway Trust Fund $8-Billion Relief Bill Keeps State DOTs Contracting.
October 20, 2008... By Liz Moucka President Bush has signed legislation approved by Congress in September to transfer $8.017 billion to the Highway Trust Fund. The move allows state departments of transportation (DOTs) to pay their bills and to continue the...

Bobcat Compact Excavator Is The Right Fit.
October 20, 2008... By Eric Morse Red Tech Inc. finds the right fit in excavators for small commercial job sites When it comes to digging in the dirt, Ronald Dowda has a lot of experience. Based in Covington, LA, Dowda is the president and owner of his...

Mercy Health Care Campus Expansion.
October 20, 2008... By R. G. Pickard Nabholz Construction builds new hospital patient tower in growing Ardmore Nabholz Construction Corporation's Oklahoma Division is currently halfway through a two-year project to build a new Patient Tower for Mercy...