New England Construction articles from April 2004

New England Construction archives from April 2004

Two-Day Topsham Pump Station.(concrete pump)
April 12, 2004... Story by Paul Fournier That's all it took for contractors to install Superior Concrete's three-story precast facility What appears to shoppers as a small, single-story, vinyl-sided building alongside the road to a new Home Depot in...

News.(construction industry)
April 12, 2004... Staff Berlin, N.H., is the site for a proposed $180-million federal medium-security prison. Expected to house up to 1,500 inmates, the federal prison will be about four times the size of the existing state prison in that community. As many...

Steel Prices Threaten Construction.
April 12, 2004... By Paul Fournier Contractors, fabricators, equipment makers feel the effects of soaring costs Fran Madigan hasn't seen the likes of current steel prices in his 25 years as a contractor. Madigan, president of F.W. Madigan Company...

Bonds Sale Saves Millions.(transportation infrastructure projects, Rhode Island )
April 26, 2004... Staff Rhode Island shaves $34 million off costs of critical transportation projects The sale of $270 million in bonds cleared the way for five critical Rhode Island transportation infrastructure projects and saved the state millions...

Attachments.(contruction equipment)
April 26, 2004... By Neil Smit Contractors know that the right equipment in the right place at the right time can save costs many times over. Today, the right equipment is defined by the appropriate attachment. Take, for instance, the horse-drawn and later...

News.(construction industry)
April 26, 2004... Staff The latest construction, building materials and mining machinery from around the world were on display at Bauma 2004, March 29 - April 4, 2004, in Munich, Germany. Said to be the world's largest trade show for construction machinery,...

$105-Million Stamford Plant.(sewage plant )
April 26, 2004... By Paul Fournier Carlin Contracting, CH2M Hill upgrade and expand 100-year-old wastewater facility The largest capital project ever undertaken in Stamford, Conn. -- a $105-million upgrade of its sewage plant -- is well on the way to...

Bridgecorp Sold To Pike.(Pike Industries Inc)
April 26, 2004... By Cindy York and Paul Fournier 129-year-old road builder purchased by 132-year-old paving, aggregate company Two of New England's oldest and best known construction companies made news recently when 129-year-old, Augusta, Maine-based...

Editor's Report.(construction industry)(Editorial)
April 26, 2004... By Paul Fournier The overall job situation has started to improve, led by the construction industry. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), nonfarm payroll employment increased by 308,000 in March. Payroll job growth...