Construction News articles from September 2005

Construction News archives from September 2005

Winrock International Earns Gold Rating.
September 5, 2005... Staff Little Rock- Winrock International has earned the gold rating from the U.S. Green Building Council's (USGBC) Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design program and is the first office building in Arkansas to receive this honor....

New CSDA Website Refocuses On Members, Specifiers.
September 5, 2005... Staff The Concrete Sawing and Drilling Association has launched a new website at the association's existing address, www.csda.org . The site has been fully redesigned and includes several new features such as a Members Only area, a...

Southco Launches New Website.
September 5, 2005... Staff Southco has launched a new and improved version of its website, www.southco.com , with quicker access to the solutions sought by today's engineers. The website features Partstream, which provides viewable solid CAD drawings in...

RMC Research Foundation Unveils New Website.
September 5, 2005... Staff The RMC Research Foundation announced the launch of a completely revised website. Although at the same web address as the previous site - www.rmc-foundation.org - the revised site will provide a great deal more information and will...

TCA Announces Call for Entries for 2006 Awards Program.(Tilt-Up Concrete Association )
September 5, 2005... Staff The Tilt-Up Concrete Association (TCA) - a non-profit international organization that serves to expand and improve the use of Tilt-Up as the preferred construction method - has announced the call for entries for the 2006 Tilt-Up...

Arkansas Executive Order Victory for Taxpayers, Small Businesses.
September 5, 2005... Staff Taxpayers and supporters of free-market business scored a victory last week when Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee issued Executive Order 05-09, promoting and preserving fair competition, proclaimed Associated Builders and Contractors...

APA Announces 2005 Perpetual Pavement Award Program.
September 5, 2005... Staff Lanham, MD- The Asphalt Pavement Alliance announces that applications are being accepted for the 2005 Perpetual Pavement Awards. The award honors owners of hot-mix asphalt pavements that are at least 35 years old, have never had a...

CSDA Partners with Drug Free Workplaces.
September 5, 2005... Staff The Concrete Sawing and Drilling Association has partnered with Drug Free Workplaces, Inc. (DFW), a company that works to implement drug-free workplace policies in businesses across the US. These programs have been shown to reduce...

People.
September 5, 2005... Staff Stuart C. Irby Co. , one of the nation's leading electrical distributors, has named Doug Walo as vice president of commercial and contractor sales. Walo will lead outside sales efforts within the company's commercial division. ...

2005 Transportation Officials & Engineers Directory.(Directory)
September 5, 2005... Staff If you are looking for a one-stop guide to reach key state or federal transportation agency officials, a new publication from the American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) will make your job easier. ARTBA has...

Principles of Applied Civil Engineering Design.
September 5, 2005... Staff Ying-Kit Choi ASCE has released Principles of Applied Civil Engineering Design. This pioneer reference in the civil engineering profession details the guidelines, principles and philosophy needed to produce design documents for...

National Demolition Association Offers Members-Only Services Online.
September 5, 2005... Staff Current and new members of the National Demolition Association can now take advantage of a "Members ONLY" page that has been launched on the Association website www.demolitionassociation.com . The first featured item on the page is a...

Bridge Over Lock And Dam.
September 5, 2005... By Jeff Thatcher Pulaski County Pedestrian/Bicycle Bridge Cycling Toward Fall 2006 Completion When the Pulaski County, Arkansas, Pedestrian/Bicycle Bridge is completed sometime in late summer or early fall of 2006, it will link the...

$38.5-Million Project Breaks Ground in South Fayetteville.
September 19, 2005... Staff Fayetteville, Ark.-- After two years of conceptual planning and nine months of detailed design, Town Creek Construction & Development, LLC officially broke ground on approximately 28 acres of what will become a residential...

People.
September 19, 2005... Staff Oklahoma Department of Transportation Chief Engineer Bruce Taylor is retiring in September 2005. During the I-40 Webbers Falls bridge disaster and rebuilding in 2002, Taylor was the senior engineer on-site and spent most of the...

Editor's Report.
September 19, 2005... By Lisa Doyle Signed, Sealed And Delivered On August 10, 22 months and 11 extensions after its predecessor TEA-21 expired, President Bush signed the Transportation Equity Act-Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU). The long-awaited legislation...

Building On Solid Ground.
September 19, 2005... Staff Oklahoma's J&S Exchange Inc. Finds Success In Soil Stabilization Sand is a substance one hopes to find at a beach, not on a job site. These golden granules add a level of complexity to a road construction project that requires a...

Mats Stabilize Storm-Ravaged Soil.
September 19, 2005... By Ron Houghton and Wes Lockwood After a storm hit El Dorado, Arkansas, in mid-January, killing two people and wreaking havoc across a 20-mile stretch of land, it cut the power to key transmission lines and left twisted hulks of metal and...