Western Builder articles from December 2006

Western Builder archives from December 2006

On The Job.(Brief article)
December 7, 2006... Staff National Survey & Engineering, a division of R.A. Smith & Associates, Inc., Brookfield, Wis., is providing surveying, sitework engineering, sustainable site design, and landscape architecture to Liberty Property Trust for...

Twice As Nice.(Western Lime Corporation)(Germantown High School)(Brief article)
December 7, 2006... Staff J.H. Hassinger, Menomonee Falls, Wis., has been selected as general contractor for Western Lime Corporation in West Bend, Wis. The scope of the project includes lower level and ground floor interior renovations. The architect for...

Teamwork.(Brief article)
December 7, 2006... Staff Ruekert/Mielke, a multidisciplinary engineering firm in Waukesha, Wis., is teaming with the design firm Plunkett Raysich Architects to develop strategies for municipalities to fund future facility improvements. The Financial...

Applications Available.
December 7, 2006... Staff Applications are now available for annual scholarships funded by the ConstructMyFuture.com website, an initiative that promotes construction as a career choice. The ConstructMyFuture.com annual scholarship program is open to...

Make-A-Wish.(Wisconsin Underground Contractors Association )(Brief article)
December 7, 2006... Staff The Wisconsin Underground Contractors Association (WUCA) raised $32,000 for the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Wisconsin at a fundraiser at the Milwaukee County Zoo's Peck Center. Approximately 175 WUCA members and guests attended the...

Solid Foundation.
December 7, 2006... Staff As part of the effort to construct a new home for the Koepke Family of Dundee, Wis., featured in the Nov. 19 episode of Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, CertainTeed Corporation donated the company's Form-A-Drain product. The...

On the Move.(briefs)(appointments)
December 7, 2006... Staff Wauwatosa, Wis. -- Zimmerman Architectural Studios has announced that Jay Knetter has been appointed to head a new studio located in the Zimmerman offices in metro Milwaukee. Knetter has more than 20 years of experience, and has...

From The Top.(Henry Marohl Construction Inc.)
December 7, 2006... By Barry Gantenbein, Editor, Western Builder Marohl accesses river bank stabilization project from the top of a 50-foot-tall bluff Sometimes getting started can be the hardest part of a job. Starting work from a bluff 50 feet above...

The Best.(ABC of Wisconsin)(Awards list)
December 7, 2006... Staff Merit honored at ABC of Wisconsin annual awards and election banquet Excellence was rewarded at the ABC of Wisconsin's 2006 Projects of Distinction Awards and Election Banquet. More than 30 awards were presented at the event...

In Demand.
December 7, 2006... Staff R.G. Huston using skid-steer loaders for a variety of jobs In today's hectic and competitive world, versatility and productivity rate among contractors' top needs in compact equipment. With the right tools to do more work at...

CraneFest '06.
December 14, 2006... Story by Tom Hale Link-Belt introduces new products at Lexington event Link-Belt Construction Equipment Co. recently hosted CraneFest '06 at its world headquarters in Lexington, Ky. More than 700 crane customers, executives and...

Precarious Shape.(Steve Massie)
December 14, 2006... Staff Steve Massie, senior vice president of the Associated General Contractors of America (AGC), testified in November at a hearing before the National Surface Transportation Policy and Revenue Study Commission that the highway trust fund...

Bank Job.
December 14, 2006... Staff VJS Construction Services (VJS), Pewaukee, Wis., is the general contractor for the ISB Community Bank Headquarters in Ixonia, Wis. Construction is currently under way with an anticipated completion date of July 2007. This...

New Plant.(Applied Technologies, Inc.)(Waupun Utilities)(Brief article)
December 14, 2006... Staff Construction is about to begin on a new water treatment plant for Waupun Utilities in Waupun, Wis. Applied Technologies, Inc. (ATI), headquartered in Brookfield, Wis., has been retained to provide engineering design services for...

Business Ethics.
December 14, 2006... Staff R.A. Smith & Associates, headquartered in Brookfield, Wis., is the recipient of the runner-up award for the 2006 Wisconsin Better Business Bureau's Torch Award for Business Ethics &Integrity. The award was given in the "100 to...

Hospital Work.
December 14, 2006... Staff CG Schmidt, headquartered in Milwaukee, has been named construction manager for Oconomowoc Memorial Hospital's 80,000-square-foot renovation and 44,000-square-foot addition, budgeted at $37 million. CG Schmidt will also be...

On the Move.
December 14, 2006... Staff Oconomowoc, Wis. -- Quest Technologies, Inc. announced the appointment of James D. Banach to executive vice president. Banach has more than 20 years with Quest Technologies. He has served as president of the National Hearing...

Line-Up Addition.
December 14, 2006... Staff Case adds CX700 Excavator Case Construction Equipment , Racine, Wis., has introduced the CX700 excavator, which at 70 metric tons represents a new size offering for Case, fitting between the current Case CX460 and CX800 models....

Conquering Cold Weather.(Arctic Knight )
December 14, 2006... Staff Thompson Pump introduces Arctic Knight Thompson Pump & Manufacturing Co. has introduced the Arctic Knight cold weather pump package. The Arctic Knight is a simple and reliable cold weather package which allows a...

In Memoriam.(In memoriam)(Brief article)
December 21, 2006... Staff Charles "Chuck" Fredrick Mathy died Nov. 24, 2006, at age 71. He was president and chairman of the board of Mathy Construction Company in Onalaska, Wis. Chuck Mathy's father, Arnie, founded Mathy Construction Company in 1945....

Food Drive.
December 21, 2006... Staff Miron Construction Co., Inc., Neenah, Wis., recently completed the company's most successful food drive to date. For Miron's 17th Annual Food Drive a new twist was added. One hundred and thirty-five office and operations...

Teamwork.
December 21, 2006... Staff Klobucar Construction Co., Beloit, Wis., and J.H. Findorff & Son, Inc., Madison, Wis., have formed a construction team to build the $31-million, 106,000-square-foot Beloit College Center for the Sciences. Groundbreaking on the...

Seeing Is Believing.
December 21, 2006... Staff The Omni-Directional Airtrax SIDEWINDER forklift moves like no other machine you've ever seen. In addition to normal directional travel, it can travel laterally, diagonally and rotate within its own footprint. Airtrax...

On Schedule.(Milwaukee Transportation Partners)
December 21, 2006... By Barry Gantenbein Staging helps keep Marquette Interchange reconstruction on pace for completion in 2008 Like any other construction job, the Marquette Interchange reconstruction project in Milwaukee is being built step by step. ...

The Right Stuff.
December 21, 2006... Tara Deering Utility contractor drills on when difficult soil conditions wreak havoc on locating systems When Trevor Zimmerman and his crew arrived at the job site in Osceola, Wis., he thought things would go just as they had a year...

The Best.
December 21, 2006... Staff AGC of Wisconsin presents 2006 Build Wisconsin Awards The Associated General Contractors (AGC) of Wisconsin presented 2006 Build Wisconsin Awards Nov. 2 at Acuity Corporate Headquarters in Sheboygan, Wis. More than 20 awards...

Blondheim Joins Coleman Engineering Company.(James Blondheim)(Brief article)
December 28, 2006... Staff Iron Mountain/Ironwood -- Coleman Engineering Company is pleased to announce that James Blondheim has joined the firm's staff as a project surveyor. Mr. Blondheim will work in the Surveying/Engineering Department of Coleman...

Hogle Named Director Of Legislative Affairs.
December 28, 2006... Staff Portland Cement Association (PCA) named Jessica C. Hogle as director of legislative affairs. She will oversee PCA's political action committee, PCA PAC, as well as represent the cement industry in a variety of Capitol Hill...

Konoske Named 2007 Chairman.
December 28, 2006... Staff Robert H. Konoske, vice president and general manager of Coreslab Structures (LA) Inc. in Perris, Calif., has been named the 2007 chairman of the board of directors for the Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute. His plans for the...

Stewart Named AIA President.
December 28, 2006... Staff RK Stewart, FAIA, a principal at Gensler... Architecture, Design & Planning Worldwide, was inaugurated as the 83rd president of The American Institute of Architects (AIA) during ceremonies held on December 8 in Washington, D.C. He...

AEM Praises Leadership Of Al Frink.(Association of Equipment Manufacturers)(Al Frink)(Brief article)
December 28, 2006... Staff The Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) praises the leadership of U.S. Assistant Secretary for Manufacturing and Services Al Frink, who has announced he is leaving office January 31, 2007. Frink was nominated by then...

Ten Steps To Longer Tire Life.(John Funke)
December 28, 2006... By John Funke, director of Marketing Michelin Earthmover Tires, North America Tire maintenance crucial element to maximizing tire life Material production operators who are dealing with tire shortages can keep their machines operating...

Wisconsin Highway Construction Update.
December 28, 2006... Staff The Wisconsin Department of Transportation provides a weekly update on road construction in regions throughout the state. Only those counties with active projects are listed. Here are the updates as of December 8, 2006. North...