Western Builder articles from November 2008

Western Builder archives from November 2008

J. F. Ahern Co. Ranks Highly In Industry And State.
November 3, 2008... Staff J. F. Ahern Co., Fond du Lac, WI, was recently named to Deloitte & Touche LLP's 2008 listing of the top 75 privately held Wisconsin companies. Ahern has been included for several years in the group, which also includes other...

Manitowoc Chopper Cycle Available For Rent In U.S.
November 3, 2008... Staff Manitowoc Crane Group, Manitowoc, WI, is offering dealers and customers the chance to rent its crane-inspired custom chopper motorcycle, which was built by Orange County Choppers, unveiled at CONEXPO 2008, and featured in the popular...

Ritchie Bros. Launches Industry's First Online Equipment Wiki.
November 3, 2008... Staff Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers Company, Lincoln, NE, has launched RitchieWiki.com , a free online wiki for the equipment industry. "Wiki" comes from the Hawaiian word for 'fast.' A wiki website's defining feature is that its contents...

ACS Completes Research Center For UW Vet School.
November 3, 2008... Staff ACS, Inc., Madison, WI, has completed the $12.5-million Institute for Influenza Viral Research located in the University of Wisconsin's Research Park. The University of Wisconsin - Madison recently received approval from the...

Boldt Named As One Of America's Safest Companies.
November 3, 2008... Staff The Boldt Company, Appleton, WI, has been named one of "America's Safest Companies" by Occupational Hazards magazine, a leading safety journal. Boldt was among 19 companies honored, including global firms such as Novartis...

EPA OKs Self-Auditing For Some Wisconsin Colleges.
November 3, 2008... Staff The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 5, Chicago, IL, has agreed to let 16 independent Wisconsin colleges and universities perform their own compliance audits for seven major environmental laws. The agreement calls for...

W. R. Meadows, Inc. Offers Green Line Brochure.
November 3, 2008... Staff W. R. Meadows, Hampshire, IL, is now offering a new brochure focusing on its Green Line products for environmentally friendly building. The brochure includes a list of Meadows products featured in the GreenSpec directory and...

Community Planner Joins MSA.(MSA Professional Services Inc. appointed Sarah Elliott )(Brief article)
November 3, 2008... Staff Sarah Elliott has joined the Madison, WI, office of MSA Professional Services, Inc. (MSA) as a community planner. Before joining MSA, she worked as a program and policy analyst for the Wisconsin Coastal Management Program and as...

New Employees Join Mead & Hunt.(Tom Peterson, Adam Beherns and Tom Peterson)(Brief article)
November 3, 2008... Staff Tom Peterson, P.E., is a senior project manager on the Water Resources team. He has nearly three decades of project design experience in roadways, infrastructure, drainage, survey, and geotechnical. He is a licensed professional...

Precast Façade Panels Simplify Bridge Project.(Lunda Construction Co.)
November 3, 2008... Story by Mike Larson, photos courtesy of Crest Precast, Inc. Six precast panels installed in two days give new bridge look of Lannon stone. Six precast concrete panels, each measuring 11 feet tall, 53 feet long, and weighing 42,000...

Concrete Parking Ramp At Center Of Facility Expansion.(contract between J.P. Cullen & Sons, Inc. and Epic Systems Corporation)
November 3, 2008... Story and photos by Mike Larson, editor Four-story underground ramp central, as software company doubles campus size. J.P. Cullen & Sons, Inc., Janesville, WI, is the general contractor and construction manager building a...

Eppstein-Uhen Bike Ride Raises $50,000 For Charity.
November 10, 2008... Staff An 82-mile bike tour organized by Eppstein Uhen Architects (EUA), Milwaukee, WI, has raised more than $50,000 for charity. Nearly 250 business leaders and community supporters completed the fourth annual Beyond Design Bike Tour...

Mead & Hunt Grows Milwaukee Presence.(Brief article)
November 10, 2008... Staff Civil engineering firm Mead & Hunt is growing its Milwaukee-area office. One of the company's current projects in the area is designing the Cumberland Avenue reconstruction for the village of Whitefish Bay. The project...

Planning Design Build Changes Name To Iconica.(Planning Design Build, Inc.)(Brief article)
November 10, 2008... Staff Planning Design Build, Inc., Madison, WI, has changed its name to Iconica. "It was time for a change," said Tom Pientka, owner and chief executive officer of Iconica, who says the name "Iconica" more accurately reflects the...

MSA's Valerius and Sorensen Earn LEED Accreditation.(MSA Professional Services)(Jason Valerius and Erik Sorensen )(Brief article)
November 10, 2008... Staff Two employees of MSA Professional Services, Madison, WI, have recently earned Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) accreditation. Their accreditation recognizes that they have the knowledge and skills to steward...

Training Company Offers Road Worker Safety Video.
November 10, 2008... Staff Coastal Training Technologies has released its latest program on road construction safety: Roadway Worker Safety: In the Zone. The video identifies crucial roadwork hazards, from falls, excavation and trenching to electrocution,...

Link-Belt Names Smoot Marketing Specialist.
November 10, 2008... Staff Link-Belt Construction Equipment Co., Lexington, KY, has named Brian Smoot as marketing specialist for its telescopic-boom cranes. Smoot most recently worked in the service department supporting Link-Belt customers in the field....

ADSC Publishes New Infrastructure Resource.
November 10, 2008... Staff The International Association of Foundation Drilling (ADSC) has just published a new resource for those involved in infrastructure work. The 354-page illustrated book -- Infrastructure: Evaluation, Maintenance and Repair -- was...

Grainger Foundation Gives $100K To Michigan's No Worker Left Behind Program.
November 10, 2008... Staff The Grainger Foundation is donating $100,000 to the state of Michigan's No Worker Left Behind (NWLB) program and Michigan Technical Education Centers (M-TEC) facilities near Grainger. The donation is being made based on the...

Magill Construction Names Dunklau Director Of Marketing.
November 10, 2008... Staff Magill Construction Company, Inc., Elkhorn, WI, recently announced the addition of Caralyn Dunklau as director of marketing/project coordinator. Dunklau's more than 20 years of real-estate and construction experience includes...

RMT Named One Of Nation's Top Power Contractors.(RMT Inc. (Madison, Wisconsin))(Brief article)
November 17, 2008... Staff RMT, Inc. (RMT), Madison, WI, has been ranked number 21 among the top 50 power contractors in the U.S. by Engineering News-Record magazine. This is the second consecutive year the company has been named to the list. One of...

Cat's New Unreserved Auction Reduces Risk For Buyers And Sellers.
November 17, 2008... Staff Cat Auction Services is changing the rules in the auction industry. A partnership of Caterpillar[R] dealers, the new business is focused on creating value and reducing risk for both buyers and sellers. Cat Auction Services...

Fact Sheet Explains Quarry Impact On Groundwater.
November 17, 2008... Staff Courter Resource Group, Oshkosh, WI, an aggregate location and education consulting firm, has released a new four-page groundwater fact sheet designed to help neighbors, elected officials and pit/quarry operators hold informed...

Roland Machinery Announces Three New Parts And Service Sales Reps.
November 17, 2008... Staff Roland Machinery, the Komatsu distributor serving Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Missouri, and Wisconsin, has added new parts and service sales representatives at three of its 15 locations in the region. John Lyon is a new parts...

Fire Protection Engineering Career Guide Now Available.(Society of Fire Protection Engineers offered free guide "Guide to Careers in Fire Protection Engineering")(Brief article)
November 17, 2008... Staff To help high school and college students with career choices, the Society of Fire Protection Engineers (SFPE), Bethesda, MD, has created the third edition of its Guide to Careers in Fire Protection Engineering. The free guide...

Nagy Is Strata's New Regional Sales Manager.
November 17, 2008... Staff Strata Systems, Inc., Cumming, GA, has named Joe Nagy as its regional sales manager for its North Central territory, which extends from the Dakotas eastward to the coast of Virginia. Nagy has more than 25 years of civil...

Neitzke Joins IMT As Vice President of Sales.
November 17, 2008... Staff Iowa Mold Tooling Co. Inc. (IMT), an Oshkosh Corporation company, has hired Eric Neitzke as its new vicepresident of sales. Neitzke is responsible for leading the IMT sales team and helping to drive business strategy for the...

Editor's Report.(financial crises affeting state budget)(Editorial)
November 17, 2008... by Mike Larson Reasons To Support A Second Economic Stimulus Package The National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL), a group representing all of the country's state legislatures, has said that federal action to help states is...

Realistic Training Prepares Operators For Real-World Projects.(Wisconsin Operating Engineers' training center)(apprenticeship training)(Editorial)
November 17, 2008... Story by Mike Larson, editor. Photos courtesyof IUOE 139 training center. Operating Engineers' training center simulates construction-site conditions in its classes The Wisconsin Operating Engineers' training center in Coloma, WI,...

Clean Partial Closure Of La Crosse Landfill.(Integrity Grading & Excavating, Schofield)(Foth Infrastructure and Environment LLC)(waste-disposal facility )(Editorial)
November 17, 2008... Story and photos by Mike Larson, editor Contractor's execution of engineered plan yields success Integrity Grading & Excavating, Schofield, WI, recently completed a four-month major project that completely closed a demolition-waste...

Access Manufacturers Agree On Design Of Safety Decal.(International Powered Access Federation)(Brief article)
November 24, 2008... Staff Manufacturer members of the International Powered Access Federation (IPAF) have agreed on a new symbol that will call out the location of emergency descent controls. "Even experienced operators sometimes have difficulty locating...

EUA To Design UW-La Crosse Residence Hall.
November 24, 2008... Staff Eppstein Uhen Architects (EUA), Milwaukee, has been selected to supply programming and design services for new student housing at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse. The project will provide accommodations for approximately...

Gradall Telehandlers Blending Into JLG Line.
November 24, 2008... Staff By the end of this year, JLG Industries, Inc., an Oshkosh Corporation company, McConnellsburg, PA., will incorporate Gradall[R] brand telehandlers into an expanded JLG[R] brand family of telehandlers. JLG Vice President of Global...

R.A. Smith National Services Aurora's Summit And Grafton Locations.
November 24, 2008... Staff Civil engineering, planning, surveying, landscape architecture, GIS, and 3-D visualization consultant R.A. Smith National, Brookfield, WI, is providing site work engineering and surveying to Hammes Company, Brookfield, and Albert...

New Richmond High School Awaits LEED Silver Certification.
November 24, 2008... Staff ATS&R planners, architects and engineers Minneapolis, MN, and the New Richmond, WI, School District are awaiting LEED silver certification for the New Richmond High School designed by ATS&R. Specifically designed for "green...

Strata Systems Launches New Website.
November 24, 2008... Staff Strata Systems, Inc., Cumming, GA, has rolled out a new interactive website, www.geogrid.com , which provides up-to-date technical data about the company's geosynthetic soil-reinforcement products and services. The site, says...

Trimble 2009 User Conference Set For March In Las Vegas.(Conference news)
November 24, 2008... Staff Positioning systems manufacturer Trimble, Sunnyvale, CA, will hold its 2009 international user conference from February 23-25, 2009, at the Mirage Hotel in Las Vegas. The conference will provide insight into how surveying,...

AAMA Releases Commercial Installation Practice For Windows and Doors.
November 24, 2008... Staff The American Architectural Manufacturers Association (AAMA), Schaumburg, IL, has released its IPBC-08, a newly developed standard practice for installation of windows and doors in commercial buildings. A publication outlining the...