Construction Digest articles from January 2006

Construction Digest archives from January 2006

Editor's Report.
January 9, 2006... By Tom Hale Happy New Year! Hopefully 2006 will be an enjoyable and profitable year for all. Inside, we feature our annual forecast for the Digest area, and highlight many of the key construction projects planned or currently under way....

Midwest's Prospects Continue To Rise.
January 9, 2006... By Tom Hale Another positive outlook for Digest-area states Good times are forecast for the Midwest. During 2005, the economy rebounded nicely and experts anticipate this positive upswing will continue during 2006. Edward Sullivan,...

The Excitement Is Building.
January 9, 2006... By Tom Hale Alberici constructing 9th Street Garage in downtown St. Louis Construction of the $33-million (actual construction -- $20.7 million), 9th Street Garage is in its early stages of construction in downtown St. Louis. Alberici...

Contending With Cold Weather.
January 9, 2006... Staff Equipment maintenance helps Midwesterners continue construction during winter months If you're like most people, you've experienced those dark, chilly winter mornings when your body just doesn't want to get going. Everything...

Daewoo Dealers Visit Factories.
January 9, 2006... Staff Seoul, Korea-- Distributors of Daewoo construction equipment traveled to Korea in early November as guests of Doosan Infracore America Corp. to visit factories where Daewoo hydraulic excavators and wheel loaders are built and to...

Recapitalization.(Brief Article)
January 9, 2006... Staff West Chester, Ohio-- CONTECH Construction Products Inc., a civil engineering site solutions products and services company, and Apax Partners, L.P., a private equity investment group, announce that funds advised by Apax Partners will...

Tarlton Wins Keystone Award.
January 9, 2006... Staff St. Louis-- Tarlton Corp., a St. Louis-based general contracting and construction management firm, has won the Associated General Contractors of St. Louis 2005 Keystone Award in the "Building Construction Projects, $5 Million to $20...

Editor's Report.
January 23, 2006... By Tom Hale The Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) will use cell phone technology to improve traffic monitoring and transfer information. When data starts arriving in February, MoDOT will become the nation's leading provider of...

Getting Videos To The Web.
January 23, 2006... By Joe Dysart With the latest round of web video authoring programs, your construction firm can shoot and upload a professional-looking video to a website in about 10 minutes. Used to be, creating web video was a laborious process...

Smoother, Safer, Sooner In Missouri.(Pace Construction Co. contracts with Missouri Department of Transportation)
January 23, 2006... By Dan and Gini McKain Pace tackles projects under Smooth Roads Initiative In November 2004, Missouri voters approved Constitutional Amendment 3 which redirected some existing highway fees to the Missouri Department of Transportation...

The Voyage.(Holiday World & Splashin' Safari's construction of a unique, record-breaking wooden roller coaster)
January 23, 2006... Story by Tom Hale Holiday World & Splashin' Safari celebrates 60th anniversary with addition of huge coaster Construction of a unique, record-breaking wooden roller coaster is a major part of Holiday World & Splashin' Safari's...