Michigan Contractor and Builder articles from December 2006

Michigan Contractor and Builder archives from December 2006

Land Cleared For Development.(Environmental Wood Solutions)(Brief article)
December 2, 2006... By Aram Kalousdian, Editor Horizontal grinder helps get the job done A land-clearing project off of Baldwin Road north of Interstate 75 in Orion Township that totals approximately 4 acres was recently completed by Environmental Wood...

JJR Receives Award.(Communication and Research Honor Award )(Brief article)
December 2, 2006... Staff The Michigan Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) presented JJR with a Communication and Research Honor Award for their Sustainable Urban Design Strategies Booklet at the Michigan ASLA Annual Conference on...

Barton Malow Honored.(2006 Corporation of the Year )(Brief article)
December 2, 2006... Staff The Michigan Minority Business Development Council (MMBDC) awarded Barton Malow the 2006 Corporation of the Year in the Construction sector. The award is presented to corporations that actively include certified minority suppliers in...

Theatre Restoration Recognized.(Theater review)
December 2, 2006... Staff The SmithGroup-designed restoration of the historic Michigan Theatre in Ann Arbor was recently recognized with The League of Historic American Theatres' (LHAT) prestigious 2006 Outstanding Historic Theatre Award. The award was...

Door Company Expands Sales Staff.
December 2, 2006... Staff Detroit Door & Hardware Company, a commercial, industrial and institutional door supplier, has expanded its staff with the addition of Nicholas Costa, E.E. as sales representative for Automated Entrance Systems. Tom Roy has...

HRC Announces New Partner.(Hubbell Roth and Clark Inc. appoints Thomas Doran)(Brief article)
December 2, 2006... Staff Hubbell, Roth & Clark, Inc. (HRC) has announced that Thomas Doran, P.E., has been elected to the board of directors as a vice-president/partner. According to HRC President George Hubbell, "Tom brings a wealth of specialized...

SSOE Announces Strategic Business Realignment.(Brief article)
December 2, 2006... Staff SSOE, Inc., an international architectural and engineering firm, is expanding the reach of its ownership structure by adding seven new principals and giving more than 15 percent of its regular full-time employees a chance to own a...

Romulus Site Cleared.(Harry Fox, Inc.)(Brief article)
December 2, 2006... By Aram Kalousdian, Editor 4-1/2 acres cleared for office building An approximately 4-1/2-acre wooded site off of Northline Road in Romulus was recently cleared to make way for an office building. Harry Fox, Inc., of Roseville, did the...

Passing Lanes Constructed On US-31.(Cordes Excavating, Inc.)(Brief article)
December 2, 2006... By Aram Kalousdian, Editor Northbound and southbound lanes constructed on 2-mile stretch in Emmet County Northbound and southbound passing relief lanes were recently constructed on a 2-mile stretch of US-31 in Resort Township, which is...

Erhardt Construction Implements Lean Construction.
December 9, 2006... Staff Erhardt Construction is leading the West Michigan construction industry in the implementation of lean construction. According to Joe Erhardt, president of Erhardt Construction, "We are putting lean construction into practice because...

URS Welcomes Wieland.(URS Corp. appoints Gregory J. Wieland)(Brief article)
December 9, 2006... Staff Gregory J. Wieland, A.I.A., has joined URS Corporation as a design principal. He will serve as the director of design for URS Corporation Great Lakes, based in Grand Rapids, as well as for the firm's national health care practice....

Godwin Pumps Founder Remembered.
December 9, 2006... Staff John Paz, 76, president of Paz Brothers, Inc. and the founder of North America's leading manufacturer and distributor of portable construction pumps, died August 12, at his home in Mickleton, N.J., after an extended illness. Paz...

Granholm Announces Redevelopment Projects.
December 9, 2006... Staff Governor Jennifer M. Granholm recently announced six brownfield redevelopment projects in the state that are expected to create and retain as many as 2,486 jobs and involve $678 million in private investment. The redevelopments in...

OCBA Receives Award.(O'Boyle, Cowell, Blalock & Associates, Inc.)(Brief article)
December 9, 2006... Staff O'Boyle, Cowell, Blalock & Associates, Inc. (OCBA) is pleased to announce that it has received the Outstanding Firm of the Year Award for 2006 from the Michigan Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects (MASLA). This...

Walbridge Aldinger Recognized.
December 9, 2006... Staff For the fourth consecutive year, Walbridge Aldinger Company, a Detroit-based worldwide full-service construction company, was named one of metropolitan Detroit's 101 Best and Brightest Companies to Work For by the Michigan Business...

Contractors Mechanical Receives Award.
December 9, 2006... Staff Contractors Mechanical, of Richland, has received the Associated Builders & Contractors (ABC) West Michigan Chapter "Award of Excellence" for Process Piping-under $1 million for the new Stryker Medical facility in Portage -- a...

RCOC Prepares For Winter.(Road Commission for Oakland County)
December 9, 2006... Staff The Road Commission for Oakland County (RCOC) has been preparing for snow by making sure all of its winter road maintenance equipment is in good shape, all of the necessary supplies are on hand and the staff has received refresher...

NAWIC Chapter Elects Directors.
December 9, 2006... Staff The Detroit Chapter of the National Association of Women in Construction (NAWIC) recently elected its board of directors for 2006-07. The NAWIC Detroit Chapter 2006-07 Board includes: President: Mickey Marshall, of North Coast...

TMP Announces Promotions.
December 9, 2006... Staff The board of directors at Bloomfield Hills-based TMP Associates, Inc. recently promoted Michael S. Xenos from associate to senior associate and Eric L. Geiser, A.I.A. from principal to vice president. TMP is a full service...

Valeri Joins Yamasaki Team.(Yamasaki Associates Inc. appoints Joseph Valeri)(Brief article)
December 9, 2006... Staff Yamasaki Associates, Inc., an architecture, interior design and planning firm, has announced the addition of Joseph Valeri, R.A., N.C.A.R.B., to the architectural team as a project manager. In addition, he will coordinate and...

New Concrete Specification Reviewed.(Michigan Concrete Paving Association)(National Concrete Pavement Technology Center)
December 9, 2006... By Aram Kalousdian, Editor Michigan Concrete Paving Association addresses alkali-silica reactivity A concrete pavement study that was done in the Metropolitan Detroit area and a new concrete specification that resulted from it were...

Preventive Maintenance.
December 9, 2006... By Aram Kalousdian, Editor Greasing components is an important part of a preventive maintenance program "The first thing we talk about whenever we talk about a preventive maintenance schedule is greasing components," Barry Stodola, of...

Business Forum Held.
December 16, 2006... Staff On October 24 Barton Malow, Skanska, and Beaumont Hospitals held a Minority and Women's Informational Forum. The forum, which took place at Beaumont Hospital in Troy, was held to assist minority-owned and women-owned businesses in...

Environmental Firms Merge.
December 16, 2006... Staff Two of Michigan's leading environmental engineering and consulting firms will merge on January 1, 2007. PM Environmental, Inc. and AKT Peerless Environmental Services will become AKT-PM Environmental & Development Services,...

DSA Architects Announces New Employees.
December 16, 2006... Staff Robert Ban, Rob Long, E.I.T., and Bill Zaske, R.A., recently joined DSA Architects, a member of SHW Group; an architecture, planning and interior design firm located in Berkley. Ban, a project architect at the firm, received his...

Two Earn Structural Engineering Registrations.(Ruby Associates)(Brief article)
December 16, 2006... Staff Ruby+Associates, a structural engineering firm based in Farmington Hills, has announced that Thad Greiner, P.E., and Chad Fox, P.E., have earned their structural engineering registrations. Greiner joined the firm in 2004. Greiner...

Woodward Becomes Senior Project Manager.(Terry Woodward)(Brief article)
December 16, 2006... Staff URS Corporation Great Lakes has announced that Terry Woodward, P.E., is Water Resources senior project manager in the firm's Farmington Hills Office. As a project manager with URS Corporation, his responsibilities include...

JJR Board Announces New Associates.(Cory Gallo )(Dave Wilber )(Jennifer Sieracki )(Brief article)
December 16, 2006... Staff The JJR board of directors has announced the election of new associates as future leaders of JJR. Cory Gallo is a registered landscape architect in the Ann Arbor studio and has a bachelor's degree in landscape architecture from...

US-23 Project Completed.(Bolen Asphalt Paving)
December 16, 2006... By Aram Kalousdian, Editor Work included milling, rubblizing and asphalt paving An approximately 4-mile-long road construction project on US-23 in Alcona County involved cold milling off the existing asphalt, milling off black base...

Haworth Renovation Proceeds.
December 16, 2006... By Aram Kalousdian, Editor LEED certification for the office furniture company facility is desired Work is currently under way for the Haworth Center Renovation project in Holland. Haworth, Inc. is an office furniture manufacturer....

Stark Road Upgraded.
December 16, 2006... By Aram Kalousdian, Editor Project is one of the first to receive funding through Local Jobs Today program The Stark Road paving project in Livonia was one of the first projects to receive funding through Governor Jennifer Granholm's...

Detroit Project Honored.
December 23, 2006... Staff The SmithGroup-designed Clark Street Technology Park in Detroit was awarded The Office Building of the Year Award (TOBY) by the Building Owners and Managers Association (BOMA) in October, in the category of Office Technology Park....

Doyle Returns To JJR.(appointment of Bob Doyle at Johnson, Johnson and Roy Inc.)(Brief article)
December 23, 2006... Staff JJR has announced the return of Bob Doyle to the Ann Arbor office as a senior landscape architect. Doyle originally joined JJR in 1985 and spent 11 years successfully serving public and private sector clients as a project manager and...

Five Professionals Honored.(Benjamin C. Maibach III)(Leon P. Clark)(Ralph J. Stephenson)(Sheldon G. Hayes)(Sheldon W. Hayes)
December 23, 2006... Staff Five construction industry professionals were inducted into the Michigan Construction Hall of Fame at an October 19 banquet and ceremony in Ferris State University's Granger Center for Construction and Heating, Ventilating, Air...

Tooles Contracting Opens in Detroit.(Tooles Contracting Group L.L.C)(BrixCom Construction, L.L.C.)
December 30, 2006... Staff Tooles Contracting Group L.L.C., a general contractor, equipment installer and construction management company, and one of the state's largest minority-owned firms of its kind, is making its Detroit debut. The firm's creation is...

URS Selects Klooster.(URS Corp.)(Peter Klooster)(Brief article)
December 30, 2006... Staff URS Corporation Great Lakes has announced that Peter Klooster has been selected to be civil-road engineer out of the firm's Grand Rapids office. Klooster will work with the transportation, site and civil groups working on both...

McRobb-Ackland Earns License.
December 30, 2006... Staff Kelly McRobb-Ackland, P.E., of Wade Trim's Taylor office, recently received her professional engineer license. She is a member of the firm's Municipal Services Group. Professional engineers are required to pass two exams, earn a...