Construction Digest articles from February 2008

Construction Digest archives from February 2008

IED Names 2008 Board.(The Illinois Equipment Distributors )(Illinois Truck & Equipment has appoints Rolf Helland as director)(E TIP Inc. has appoints Hugh Goulding as executive secretary)(SES Inc. has appoints Rick Dahl as president)(Brief article)
February 11, 2008... Staff Downers Grove, Ill.- The Illinois Equipment Distributors has named its 2008 board of directors. The board includes Bob Jones, SES Inc. - president; Rick Dahl, Metrolift Inc. - vice president; Don Mabutas, Inland Detroit Diesel -...

West Side Tractor Growing.(Brief article)
February 11, 2008... Staff Rockdale, Ill.- West Side Tractor Sales Co. is growing again. The company's new Rockdale facility is being built on the south frontage road off Route 6 (Larkin Ave), parallel to Interstate 80. The new 23,000-square-foot facility will...

Martin Implement's New Store.(Martin Implement Sales Inc.)(Brief article)
February 11, 2008... Staff Orland Park, Ill.- Martin Implement Sales Inc. celebrated its 62nd year of business by moving into a new, 34,350-square-foot facility at 18405 115th Ave. in the Orland Park Business Center. The facility is situated on the north side...

People.(Clayco Inc. has appoints Bryan Zehnder as project engineer)(BSA LifeStructures has appoints Dan Adler as landscape design team leader)(CNH Global N.V. has appoints Giuseppe Fano as president and CEO of New Holland Construction Equipment S.p.A. )
February 11, 2008... Staff Fort Wayne, Ind. - Building Contractors Association of Northeast Indiana (BCA) has elected officers for 2008. They include Steve Stewart , Stewart, Brimner & Co. - president; Holly Hunter , Hamilton Hunter Builders - 1st vice...

ACPA Presents 'Excellence' Awards.
February 11, 2008... Staff Area contractors, owners and engineers cited for work in concrete pavement industry Several area contractors, owners and engineers were among the winners in the American Concrete Pavement Association's (ACPA) 18th annual...

Lucas Oil Stadium Construction Update.
February 11, 2008... Story by Tom Hale New home of the Indianapolis Colts is just seven months shy of completion Construction of Lucas Oil Stadium in downtown Indianapolis is rapidly moving forward, with the sports and entertainment facility scheduled to...

Tire Management Systems.
February 11, 2008... Staff Information is power for construction companies Unless you want to pick tires for your construction trucks based on "gut feelings," intuition or data gathered by your peers, a good recordkeeping system to track tire performance...

Indy Hotel Features Striking Design.
February 11, 2008... Staff Plans call for JW Marriott tower to have a crescent moon shape and multicolored glass curtain wall system White Lodging Services, headquartered in Merrillville, Ind., and REI Real Estate Services, Carmel, Ind., announced the...

Church Raises Golden Dome.
February 25, 2008... Staff New Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church under construction in Carmel, Ind. Shiel Sexton hosted a 50-ton, ornate golden dome to the top of Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church as part of the topping-off ceremonies at the church,...

Construction Challenge Is Hands-On, Educational Experience.
February 25, 2008... Story by Tom Hale Cincinnati qualifying rally introduces students to new skills and future industry job opportunities Twenty-two teams, composed of approximately 130 students enrolled in high school or equivalent technical or...

Manchester Highlands Emerging.
February 25, 2008... Staff Manchester, Mo.- A $120-million retail center is taking shape in the St. Louis suburb of Manchester. Brinkmann Constructors has finished site work and begun building the first stores at Manchester Highlands, a 70-acre track that...

New Notre Dame Engineering Building.
February 25, 2008... Staff South Bend, Ind.- Collaborative learning environments will be a hallmark of the University of Notre Dame's new Stinson Remick Hall, the new engineering and nanotechnology facility for the university's College of Engineering. The...

School Construction Project.
February 25, 2008... Staff O'Fallon, Ill.- O'Fallon Township High School District No. 203 has broken ground for the new Milburn Campus to help alleviate overcrowding at the existing high school. At this time, the $37.5-million expansion is planned to house a...

Cleveland's I-90 Innerbelt Bridge.
February 25, 2008... Staff Cleveland- While the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) continues its multiyear planning to modernize Interstate 90 and the Central Viaduct through downtown Cleveland, the state's top bridge engineers are proposing a new...

People.
February 25, 2008... Staff St. Louis - Tarlton Corp. President Tracy E. Hart has been elected chairman of the board of Associated General Contractors of St. Louis. St. Louis - Michael Braun , Bill Butler and David Gregory have joined Walton Construction...

Editor's Report.
February 25, 2008... By Tom Hale The U.S. General Services Administration and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) have announced that Duke Realty Corp has been selected to design and build a new FBI field office on the northwest side of Indianapolis....

Installing The Big Sandy Pipeline.
February 25, 2008... Staff ALLU SM Screener-Crusher helps bring natural gas to eastern Kentucky Gary (Red) Bailes of Leslie Equipment puts his pickup truck into four-wheel drive and heads up the nearly vertical slope of the construction right-of-way to...

Whayne Supply's New Bowling Green Branch.
February 25, 2008... Staff New facility scheduled to open in July Whayne Supply Co. is building a new Bowling Green, Ky., branch at 390 High Rail Way. The new facility, which will replace the current facility at 651 U.S. 31 W bypass, will sit on 20 acres...