Construction Digest articles from August 2008

Construction Digest archives from August 2008

Hospital Expansion.
August 11, 2008... Staff Danville, IN- Hendricks Regional Health plans to undertake its largest expansion project to date by building a 205,000-square-foot addition to the north end of the Danville hospital. The three-story addition will house six...

Ohio CAT Sponsors Pulling Team.(National Tractor Pullers Association)(Brief article)
August 11, 2008... Staff Broadview Heights, OH- The Ohio CAT Agri Business Division has entered into a three-year sponsorship with the Carl and Corey Atley Pulling Team. The purpose of the sponsorship is to increase awareness of Ohio CAT's products and...

IED Meeting At Governor's Mansion.
August 11, 2008... Staff Indianapolis- About 25 members of the Indiana Equipment Distributors recently gathered at the governor's mansion for a roundtable luncheon with guest speaker Indiana Lt. Governor Becky Skillman. She answered questions about...

West Side Tractor Opens New Facility.
August 11, 2008... Staff Rockdale, IL- West Side Tractor Sales recently opened its newest facility in Rockdale, near Joliet. The new 3-acre facility is located at 600 Walnut Court, off of the south frontage road of Rte. 7 (Larkin Avenue) which runs parallel...

People.(Kentucky. Transportation Cabinet appointed R. Winn Turney)(SafeWorks L.L.C. division Spider hired Tim Downing)(James McHugh Construction Co. has promoted Steve Wiley to vice president)
August 11, 2008... Staff Indianapolis - Suzy Hankins has been named to the new customer development position at Red Top Rentals. St. Louis - Carol M. Schmidt , director of capital projects for Metro, has been named co-chair of PRIDE of St. Louis Inc. ...

Mainline Paving On Cumberland Parkway.(Kentucky. Transportation Cabinet)(Brief article)
August 11, 2008... Story by Tom Hale Gaddie-Shamrock places asphalt on long segment of major Kentucky corridor Columbia, KY-based paving contractor Gaddie-Shamrock LLC recently rehabilitated a 9.53-mile segment of the Louie B. Nunn Cumberland Parkway -...

Casey County Construction.
August 11, 2008... Story by Tom Hale Haydon Bridge Co. building two structures in southern Kentucky Extensive bridge and earthwork operations are taking place in Casey County in southern Kentucky. Near the city of Liberty, crews are busy realigning KY 70...

Online Safety Training.
August 11, 2008... Staff Kroeschell Inc. implements e-learning to enhance training program For 127 years, Chicago-based Kroeschell Inc. has been a leader in mechanical and electrical engineering. The company constructs,installs and services industrial...

Flood Control Infrastructure Saves Ste. Genevieve.
August 25, 2008... Staff Levee and flood-control pump station hold back high water A levee and powerful flood-control pump station that entered service following the devastating 1993 floods helped win the battle to save historic Ste. Genevieve, MO,...

Southern Kentucky's Highway Construction Boom.
August 25, 2008... Story by Tom Hale Somerset surrounded by several major projects The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet is overseeing another busy construction season, with many key highway and bridge projects taking place across the state -- most notably...

Cleveland's Avenue District Project.(Brief article)
August 25, 2008... Staff Cleveland-- Construction is proceeding on the rehabilitation of E. 12th Street between Lakeside Avenue and St. Clair Avenue. The Avenue District Project is a three-phase project to promote redevelopment of the E. 12th and E. 13th...

Bobcat Tour Visits Canton, Indy.
August 25, 2008... Staff West Fargo, ND-- As part of the year-long 50th anniversary celebration of the Bobcat loader, a traveling historical exhibit is visiting 23 Bobcat dealers in the United States and Canada. The Bobcat 50 Years Unleashed North American...

Solstice On The Park.
August 25, 2008... Staff Chicago-- Solstice on the Park, Hyde Park's first new-construction condominium high-rise in more than 20 years, will also be the neighborhood's greenest building. In fact, it may be one of the greenest residential buildings in the...

Barge Unloading Facility.
August 25, 2008... Staff St. Louis-- S.M. Wilson & Co. has been selected by Continental Cement Co., LLC to build a new $15-million barge unloading facility and dome storage facility at the company's terminal in downtown St. Louis. Construction will be...

LEED Certification Awarded.(Graycor Inc.)(Brief article)
August 25, 2008... Staff Bolingbrook, IL-- Graycor Construction Co. Inc. (Graycor Construction), a subsidiary of the Graycor family of companies, announces that six buildings it recently constructed for The Promenade Bolingbrook -- a 1.1-million-square-foot...

Clayco Managing Supercomputer Facility.
August 25, 2008... Staff Champaign, IL-- Clayco has been named construction manager for a new 90,000-square-foot computing facility for the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and the National Center for Super Computing Applications (NCSA). ...

People.(Whayne Supply Co. has appointed Scott Robinson Scott Robinson )(Allied Construction Products, LLC has appointed Frank DiRaimo)(Walton Construction has appointed Tom Kaiman, Steven Frisbee, Nathan Wever )
August 25, 2008... Staff Louisville, KY -- Scott Robinson has accepted the position of used inventory manager for Whayne Supply Co. Cleveland -- Allied Construction Products, LLC announces the appointment of Frank DiRaimo to the district manager position...

Editor's Report.
August 25, 2008... By Tom Hale The Missouri Highways & Transportation Commission has OK'd a new five-year transportation construction program that shows spending for Missouri's roads and bridges will plummet in fiscal year 2010, which begins July 1, 2009, to...