New England Construction articles from September 2007

New England Construction archives from September 2007

SouthernPhoto.com.
September 10, 2007... Staff SouthernPhoto.com, a supplier of surveyor's equipment, announces the publication of "A Brief History of Surveyors' Tools," which traces the history of surveyor's tools from using a length of chain to measure, some poles and a bit of...

Dexter + Chaney.
September 10, 2007... Staff Dexter + Chaney's Query and Dashboards module for its Spectrum(TM) Construction Software provides graphic displays (or dashboards) of a construction company's key performance indicators. The module provides real-time access to...

Userful Corporation.
September 10, 2007... Staff Userful Corporation notes that its software that allows up to 10 people to work from one PC has saved over 13,250 tons of CO2 emissions, the equivalent of taking 2,300 cars off the road. DiscoverStation leverages this unused...

Komatsu Monitoring System.
September 10, 2007... Staff Komatsu's Komtrax provides location and hour meter updates as well as information regarding machine health and productivity. Komtrax relays basic and critical performance data from a machine to the owner's computer as well as to the...

Carlson Software.
September 10, 2007... Staff To increase user productivity as it creates better designs, features working with Carlson Civil 2008 include LotNet for quick/easy subdivision design, SiteNet for automated earthworks, as well as RoadNet, StormNet and SurvNet....

Telsmith Inc.
September 10, 2007... Staff Telsmith Inc. has launched its interactive website at www.telsmith.com , with complete product line information and new product highlights. Customers can easily access listings on used or certified rebuilt equipment, locate and...

National Demolition Association.
September 10, 2007... Staff A new feature of the National Demolition Association's website, www.demolitionassociation.com , allows visitors to quickly locate products and services related to the demolition industry at the click of a mouse. "Find a Product"...

Dexter + Chaney.
September 10, 2007... Staff After 26 years, Dexter + Chaney has changed the name of its software marketed to construction companies throughout the United States from Dexter + Chaney's Forefront(TM) Construction Suite to Spectrum(TM) Construction Software. In...

Zurich.
September 10, 2007... Staff Since the surety industry has experienced a rise in the number of fraudulent bonds in the last few years, property-casualty insurance company, Zurich, has introduced its "Surety Bond Validator." The new system enables commercial and...

Hard Dollar Corporation.
September 10, 2007... Staff Hard Dollar CorporationA[R], a provider of integrated project lifecycle management solutions, launched the latest version of its Enterprise and workgroups editions for the engineering/construction and power/energy industries. Hard...

Topcon Positioning System.
September 10, 2007... Staff Topcon Positioning Systems' Millimeter GPS precise position technology has expanded into the paving industry, and says it has created the world's first 3D-GPS+ control system for pavers, profilers and trimmers. The technology, known...

Trimble Productivity Module.
September 10, 2007... Staff Trimble has released Trimble Productivity Module as parts of its Connected Construction Site solutions. A new component of Trimble SiteVisionA[R] Office Version 7.0, Productivity Module delivers new functionalities for monitoring and...

Leica Geosystems and COADE.
September 10, 2007... Staff Leica Geosystems and COADE has released CADWorx fieldPipe, a jointly-developed spatial data capture tool that works within Leica fieldPro, a field-based plug-in to CAD products, to interface with total stations in the field,...

Heavy Crane Lift For Science.
September 10, 2007... By Paul Fournier O.B. Hill squeezes powerful 17-ton research MRI into building at McLean Hospital, Belmont, Mass. As a small group of McLean Hospital researchers and medical personnel watched intently, a rigging contractor's crane...

Thousands View Historical Equipment.
September 10, 2007... By Paul Fournier Over 230 old construction machines are displayed at show in Colchester, Conn. New England's largest collection of historical construction equipment was on display at the International Convention and Old Equipment...

Foundation & Marine Contractors Outing.
September 10, 2007... By Paul Fournier Framingham, Mass., Country Club event features golf, barbecue buffet, dinner, and prizes More than 180 members and friends of the Foundation and Marine Contractors of New England Inc. celebrated their annual summer...

New Brooks Pharmacy Headquarters.
September 10, 2007... By Paul Fournier Contractor D.F. Pray builds $34-million sustainable building in East Greenwich, R.I. General contractor D.F. Pray has completed construction of the new $34-million Brooks Pharmacy headquarters in East Greenwich, R.I....

Industry News.(Company overview)
September 24, 2007... Staff OOPS! The cover story for our June 25, 2007, issue ("Unveiling Pervious Concrete") omitted the fact that concrete finishers for D&M Concrete of Fall River, Mass., also participated in the demonstration with Hathaway Concrete of...

Caterpillar Safety Services.
September 24, 2007... Staff Custom Safety Services, a division of the Caterpillar Technology and Solutions Division, has launched SAFETY.CAT.COM(TM), a website dedicated to promoting the safety and health of everyone in, on or around Caterpillar products. The...

Turner Construction Company.
September 24, 2007... Staff Curtis J. Kuck has been promoted to project executive of the company's Connecticut office. Since joining the company in 1988 as field engineer on the Americas Tower Project in New York, Curtis has held various field and cost...

J. Calnan & Associates Inc.
September 24, 2007... Staff J. Calnan Construction has recently hired Herby Gaston, project superintendent; Kenneth Snee, assistant superintendent; and Denisse Ocasio, project accountant. Gaston brings over 10 years of experience to the firm and will be working...

RSMeans.
September 24, 2007... Staff RSMeans, a business unit of Reed Construction Data, announces a new, full-color guide that helps readers build their skills in rough carpentry and framing - from the basics through advanced techniques. With Complete Book of Framing,...

American Road & Transportation Builders Association.
September 24, 2007... Staff President and Chief Executive Officer Pete Ruane, of the American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA), pointed to a recently released forecast of Highway Trust Fund revenues showing a shortfall that could result in a...

Associated General Contractors of America.
September 24, 2007... Staff Associated General Contractors of America (AGC) has released the 2007 edition of the Engineers Joint Contract Documents Committee (EJCDC) construction-related documents. EJCDC documents are the pre-eminent standard contracts for...

Bacou-Dalloz.
September 24, 2007... Staff The question of whether radio earmuffs provide protection or add damaging noise is addressed in a new Sound Source(TM) bulletin released by the Bacou-Dalloz Hearing Safety Group, makers of Howard LeightA[R] and BilsomA[R] brand...

Grace Construction Products.
September 24, 2007... Staff Grace Construction Products has expanded its green building initiative with the launch of a dedicated section on green building products and practices to its website, www.graceconstruction.com . The "Building Green with Grace" site...

CONEXPO-CON/AGG 2008 and IFPE 2008.
September 24, 2007... Staff The websites of CONEXPO-CON/AGG 2008 and co-located IFPE 2008 expositions feature an interactive Virtual Trade Show (VTS). Attendees will be able to find companies and products of most interest to them with VTS and floorplan maps...

Sakrete.
September 24, 2007... Staff At www.sakrete.com , Sakrete highlights all of the firm's product lines, including cement mixes, mortar and masonry products, concrete and masonry repair products, sand and gravels, blacktop repair products, and roof coatings. The...

The Nuclear Energy Institute.
September 24, 2007... Staff The Nuclear Energy Institute's (NEI) website, www.nei.org , features a refreshed design, easier navigation, improved organization, and new content. The News and Events page offers top stories in the industry, NEI news releases, and...

Towns Gassed Up.
September 24, 2007... By Paul Fournier Utility contractor NEUCO upgrades Bedford and Westford, Mass., gas lines for KeySpan Underground utility contractor New England Utility Constructors Inc. (NEUCO) is upgrading natural gas distribution lines in Bedford...

NAWIC Chapters Educate Youths.
September 24, 2007... By Paul Fournier New England chapters help develop future workforce for construction industry While a major thrust of the National Association of Women in Construction is helping to pave the road to success for women in this industry,...

Are New England Bridges Safe?
September 24, 2007... By Paul Fournier The Minnesota bridge failure has some questioning the integrity of spans in this region The collapse of the Interstate-35W bridge over the Mississippi River in Minnesota on August 1 that took the lives of 13 people and...

Largest New Haven Development.
September 24, 2007... By Paul Fournier Fusco Corporation is named construction manager for $160-million mixed-use project. Construction is expected to begin soon on 745 Chapel Street, the largest private development in the history of New Haven, Conn. ...