Michigan Contractor and Builder articles from March 2005

Michigan Contractor and Builder archives from March 2005

On The Border Restaurant Completed.
March 5, 2005... By Dirk C. Bloemendaal First West Michigan On The Border Mexican Grill & Cantina built in Grandville Sachse Construction & Development Corporation, of Farmington Hills, a provider of commercial construction and design-build services,...

Site Proves To Be Challenging.(Michigan Army Reserve National Guard's facility construction contract of Hitch Inc.)(Editorial)
March 5, 2005... By Aram Kalousdian, Editor Michigan Army Reserve National Guard facility will be completed in June A new Michigan Army Reserve National Guard (MIARNG) Calumet Readiness Center is under construction in Calumet Township. The new...

Expo Features Over 200 Exhibitors.(Construction Association of Michigan's Design & Construction Expo 2005)
March 5, 2005... Staff CAM's Design & Construction Expo 2005 had over 100,000 square feet of display space The Construction Association of Michigan (CAM) hosted Design & Construction Expo 2005, at the Novi Expo Center in Novi, February 9-10. This...

Hose And Parts Service Reopened.(Michigan CAT)(Brief Article)
March 5, 2005... Staff Quality hose service will be available for Portage area heavy equipment customers at the former Michigan CAT facility at 5140 Meredith Drive. The heavy equipment dealer has reopened the hose and parts service as a convenience for its...

MSU Facility Recognized.(Fishbeck, Thompson, Carr and Huber Inc.'s engineered building, Engineering Excellence Awards)
March 5, 2005... Staff Fishbeck, Thompson, Carr & Huber, Inc. (FTC&H), of Grand Rapids, is a finalist in the American Council of Engineering Companies' (ACEC) 39th annual Engineering Excellence Awards competition for designing the Biomolecular Nuclear...

Barton Malow Honored.(Corporate ONE award)(Brief Article)
March 5, 2005... Staff The Michigan Minority Business Development Council (MMBDC) selected Barton Malow as a recipient of the 2004 Corporate ONE Award. The award was presented for Barton Malow's outstanding corporate participation as a corporate member of...

Gengelbach Joins Byce.(Robert Gengelbach, Byce & Associates Inc.)(Brief Article)
March 5, 2005... Staff The consulting engineering firm Byce & Associates, Inc. has announced that Robert Gengelbach, P.E. has joined the firm as general manager of the Grand Rapids office. A 1987 graduate of State University of New York at Buffalo, he...

ALNM Announces Changes.(Ayres, Lewis, Norris and May Inc.'s human resource management)
March 5, 2005... Staff Ayres, Lewis, Norris & May, Inc. (ALNM) has announced several management changes and promotions. Dana M. Dougherty, P.E. has been promoted to Division president; Robert C. Harris Jr. has been promoted to vice president, Engineering...

Grand Rapids Separates Sewers.
March 12, 2005... By Dirk C. Bloemendaal Major sewer project will end sewer overflows by 2020 Work on a combined sewage overflow problem in Grand Rapids began in the early 1990s when the city spent $160 million to eliminate 96 percent of its combined...

CTI Announces New Division.(CTI and Associates, Inc.)(Brief Article)
March 12, 2005... Staff CTI and Associates, Inc. (CTI), a geotechnical, environmental, sold waste, and construction materials engineering and consulting company, has announced that James W. Shink and Associates Consulting Engineers (JWS) has become a...

Law Firm Moves.(Deneweth, Dugan and Parfitt )
March 12, 2005... Staff Deneweth, Dugan and Parfitt, specialists in construction developer and surety law, recently purchased and moved into their new office at 1175 West Long Lake and Crooks roads in Troy. The move was made to provide increased...

Sewer Project Recognized.(Dwight Street Sewer Rehabilitation project )(Brief Article)
March 12, 2005... Staff Tetra Tech has announced that the American Public Works Association (APWA) Michigan Chapter has named the city of River Rouge's Dwight Street Sewer Rehabilitation project "Project of the Year." The project will now enter national...

Kingscott Associates Honored.(achievements and awards of Kingscott Associates)(Brief Article)
March 12, 2005... Staff James Brady, AIA, REFP, executive director of America's Schoolhouse Council (ASC), recently presented an award of achievement to Kingscott Associates in recognition of their 75 years of "dedication to designing schools that enhance...

Elenbaum Joins Triangle Associates.(Patti Elenbaum appointed)(Triangle Associates, Inc)(Brief Article)
March 12, 2005... Staff Patti Elenbaum recently joined Triangle Associates, Inc. as a project coordinator. As a project coordinator, Elenbaum provides support to the project engineers and project managers in a variety of areas including being a facilitator...

Porter Elected To DBIA Board.(Design-Build Institute of America)(Tom Porter)(Brief Article)
March 12, 2005... Staff Tom Porter, executive vice president of Barton Malow Company, has been elected to the Board of Directors of the Design-Build Institute of America (DBIA). Porter is a member of the Barton Malow Executive Committee. Having overall...

ALNM Announces New Department Managers.(Ayres, Lewis, Norris & May, Inc. )
March 12, 2005... Staff Ayres, Lewis, Norris & May, Inc. (ALNM) is pleased to announce that the following individuals have been promoted to department manager positions. Scott B. Dierks, P.E. has been promoted to Water Resources Department manager; Adam M....

Increasing Screening Throughput.
March 12, 2005... By Aram Kalousdian, Editor Current trends in screening discussed at workshop in Lansing Current trends in screening were discussed at the Michigan Aggregates Association (MAA) 2005 Winter Workshop in Lansing on February 22. ...

The New Marywood Health Center.
March 12, 2005... By Sharon Hanks The new facility will feature 50 rooms designed for different levels of care The Grand Rapids Dominican sisters, a congregation of Roman Catholic nuns established in 1894, will soon boast a new health care center on...

Constantine's New High School.
March 19, 2005... By Dirk C. Bloemendaal Upgrades done to Constantine schools Constantine's new $17.4-million high school was recently completed. Designed by TMP Associates, Inc., of Portage, the 124,000-square-foot building was part of a $24.8-million...

Editor's Report.
March 19, 2005... By Aram Kalousdian Infrastructure Security Guidelines Issued Drinking water and wastewater utilities working to incorporate enhanced security measures into facility design and operation can now benefit from three new interim voluntary...

Online Tax Construction Curriculum Available.(Brief Article)
March 26, 2005... Staff The Internal Revenue Service is providing its Construction Curriculum developed to assist the construction industry with their tax responsibilities, on its website. The web address is...

Blue Beam Becomes GeoShack.(Brief Article)
March 26, 2005... Staff Blue Beam, of Novi, has joined forces with GeoShack North America. GeoShack currently serves contractors and surveyors in Oklahoma, Ohio, Texas, Ontario, Canada, and now Michigan. Regis Brown, Blue Beam president, states, "By...

Design Receives Second Award.(Brief Article)
March 26, 2005... Staff Kingscott Associates' school design for Knapp Forest Elementary in Forest Hills received its second national architectural award. Termed "a very clever design with many unique qualities," the National School Board Association (NSBA)...

Rental Service Corporation Changes Name.(RSC Equipment Rental)
March 26, 2005... Staff Rental Service Corporation has announced that it is changing its brand name to RSC Equipment Rental. Over the past few years the company has consolidated a number of large and small acquisitions into one streamlined corporation and...

Pennala Earns Professional Engineer License.
March 26, 2005... Staff Hattie M. Pennala, P.E., of Wade-Trim's Grand Rapids office, recently received her professional engineer license. She is a member of the firm's Governmental Services Group. Pennala has over four years of experience in...

Progressive AE Announces Changes.
March 26, 2005... Staff Raymond F. Fix, P.E., L.E.E.D., chairman of the board of Progressive AE, of Grand Rapids, recently stepped down as the firm's chief executive officer to become the firm's new chief financial officer. Progressive AE, of Grand Rapids,...

Troubling Trends On Public Projects.
March 26, 2005... By Aram Kalousdian, Editor Use of construction managers poses threats on many fronts James Urban, an attorney with Butzel Long, told attendees of the recent Michigan Infrastructure & Transportation Association (MITA) 2005 Super...

Newaygo Completes Transformation.
March 26, 2005... By Dirk C. Bloemendaal Work included upgrading sewer lines, a streetscape and new parking lots The city of Newaygo recently completed an extensive transformation of its downtown area. The $9-million project, which was started in the...