Michigan Contractor and Builder articles from March 2006

Michigan Contractor and Builder archives from March 2006

Committee Approves Road Funding.
March 4, 2006... Staff Funding was approved for three road widening projects, one gravel road paving project, and five resurfacing or reconstruction projects for 2009 by the Oakland County Federal Aid Task Force Funding Committee at its annual project...

TMP Makes Personnel Announcements.(TMP Associates Inc. appointed Jhana Frederiksen and Michelle McCulloch and promoted Andrew G. Karow)(Brief Article)
March 4, 2006... Staff Jhana Frederiksen and Michelle McCulloch recently joined the staff at TMP Associates, Inc. and the board of directors recently promoted Andrew G. Karow, A.I.A. to senior associate. TMP is a full-service architectural/engineering firm...

MITA Promotes Bukoski.
March 4, 2006... Staff Glenn Bukoski, P.E., director of technical services for the Michigan Infrastructure & Transportation Association has been promoted to vice president of engineering services. Bukoski has over 30 years of experience in the...

Precision Grading.(Michigan Laser Inc)
March 4, 2006... By Aram Kalousdian, Editor Positioning system provides accuracy and productivity E.T. MacKenzie Company, of Grand Ledge, recently constructed an approximately 30-acre parking lot in Sumpter Township for a vehicle auction company....

Making The Grade.
March 4, 2006... By Aram Kalousdian Positioning systems save on surveying costs Site work is currently under way for a mixed residential and retail development in East Lansing called Beaumont. Van's Excavating, of Grand Ledge, is the contractor doing...

Keeping Up With Technology.
March 4, 2006... By Aram Kalousdian The construction industry must keep up with technological advances E-construction was the subject of an Engineering Society of Detroit (ESD) conference entitled "e-Construction III: Dreams and Realities" held...

Construction Partnership Discussed.(Michigan Infrastructure and Transportation Association)
March 4, 2006... By Aram Kalousdian Charter expected to be signed in the spring Prior to the Michigan Infrastructure & Transportation Association's (MITA) 2nd Annual Conference at Soaring Eagle Casino & Resort in Mt. Pleasant in January, an industry...

Jickling Joins TMP.(TMP Associates Inc)(Brief article)
March 11, 2006... Staff TMP Associates, Inc. announced that Troy-based Jickling Lyman Powell Associates, Inc. has joined its family of architects and engineers. The unification of the two companies creates a stronger 140-person professional firm that offers...

Bidding Software Updated.
March 11, 2006... Staff InfoTech, Inc. recently announced the release of a new version of the electronic bidding software, Expedite 5.6a, which contains improvements to the currently implemented version Expedite 5.3a. As InfoTech, Inc. releases newer...

Sterling Trucks Launches Website.
March 11, 2006... Staff Sterling Truck Corporation has launched a website to assist municipalities in selecting truck specifications for their specific applications. Located at SterlingTrucks.com/MunicipalHQ , the new "Municipal HQ by Sterling Trucks" now...

Harmon Launches Website.
March 11, 2006... Staff Specialty glazing contractor Harmon, Inc. launched a new website at www.HarmonInc.com . Visitors can learn about the company, its exemplary projects and its three business lines -- new construction, glass services and renovation. ...

Two Join NTH Consultants.
March 11, 2006... Staff NTH Consultants, Ltd. has announced that Larry Cooper, P.E. has joined its team as a principal engineer in its Farmington Hills office. Cooper is a well-known consultant in the Michigan transportation industry, with over 38 years of...

Peter Basso Makes Personnel Announcements.
March 11, 2006... Staff Peter Basso Associates has announced that Casimir J. Zalewski and Andrew F. Luzenski have passed the final part of the professional engineers' exam and are now licensed in Michigan. Zalewski is a project leader with Peter Basso...

Steudle Appointed MDOT Director.(Kirk T. Steudle appointed as the director of Michigan Department of Transportation )
March 18, 2006... Staff Governor Jennifer M. Granholm has appointed Kirk T. Steudle as director of the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT). Steudle currently is chief deputy director of the department and has worked as an MDOT engineer for the last...

Peter Basso Associates Announces Promotions.
March 18, 2006... Staff Peter Basso Associates has announced that Daniel J. Englehart, P.E., L.E.E.D.TM A.P., has been promoted to the firm's newly created chief operating officer position from senior vice president. Englehart will be responsible for the...

Editor's Report.(law on employment discrimination in construction business)
March 18, 2006... By Aram Kalousdian Ballot Proposal Will Restrict Opportunities The Michigan Civil Rights Initiative -- a proposal to amend the Michigan constitution to "prohibit all state entities from discriminating or granting preferential treatment...

ECC Replaces Bridge Joints.
March 18, 2006... By Aram Kalousdian, Editor Engineered Cementitious Composite is durable and cost-effective Concrete deck replacement on the Grove Street bridge over Interstate 94 in Ypsilanti included the use of Engineered Cementitious Composite...

Michigan Roads Get Poor Grades.
March 25, 2006... Staff A transportation research group, The Road Information Program (TRIP), recently released a report giving Michigan's roads poor grades. The report said that approximately 14 percent of Michigan's major roads and highways were in poor...

Company Changes Name.
March 25, 2006... Staff West Michigan Plumbing and Heating, of Richland, has changed its name to Contractors Mechanical, unveiling its new corporate identity. The mechanical contractor design-builds and constructs plumbing, heating, hydronic, air...

Future City Builders Mentored.(Barton Malow Co.)(Brief article)
March 25, 2006... Staff Barton Malow Company employees mentored students and acted as judges for the 2006 Engineering Society of Detroit (ESD) Michigan Regional Future City Competition held at the Rock Financial Showplace in Novi on January 18. Fifty-seven...

Two Join Barton Malow.
March 25, 2006... Staff Barton Malow Company has announced the addition of Kenneth J. Dawson as director of Business Development in its Southfield headquarters. Dawson's experience includes business development, estimating, and construction project...

Regional Sales Manager Announced.
March 25, 2006... Staff Power Climber, a division of SafeWorks, L.L.C., has announced the addition of Teresa Kinney in the newly created position of Midwest regional sales manager. Kinney will be serving existing customers, developing new distribution...

Gordon Keith Ray Dies.(Brief article)
March 25, 2006... Staff Gordon Keith Ray, 86, of Arlington Heights, Ill., one of the country's best-known paving engineers and an internationally recognized authority on the design and construction of concrete pavements for roads and airport runways, passed...