Michigan Contractor and Builder articles from March 2009

Michigan Contractor and Builder archives from March 2009

LAN Opens Midwest Office.
March 2, 2009... Staff Planning, engineering and program management firm Lockwood, Andrews & Newnam, Inc. (LAN) has announced the opening of a Midwest office in Oakbrook Terrace, IL, a suburb of Chicago, IL. The Midwest office will focus on water-related...

SDA Acquires DBA.
March 2, 2009... Staff Spalding DeDecker Associates, Inc. (SDA) acquired Dietrich, Bailey and Associates, PC (DBA) on February 4. Both firms are professional engineering and surveying firms that have served Southeast Michigan for many years. DBA is...

Dick Fullmer Honored.(Caro Rental)(Regional Person of the Year Award)(Brief article)
March 2, 2009... Staff During The Rental Show each year, the American Rental Association recognizes individuals for outstanding service to the association and the rental industry. Individuals will receive their awards at The Rental Show 2009, which is...

Skarritt Elected RCOC Board Chairman.
March 2, 2009... Staff The Road Commission for Oakland County (RCOC) Board of Road Commissioners elected Richard G. Skarritt as board chairman at its meeting on January 14. Skarritt, a retired senior staff engineer for General Motors, has served on the...

Durand Elected To Kahn Board.(Albert Kahn Associates Inc.)(Michael Durand)(Brief article)
March 2, 2009... Staff The Albert Kahn Family of Companies (Kahn), a provider of architecture, engineering, planning, design and management services, has announced that Michael Durand, P.E., LEED[R] AP, was elected to serve for a two-year term on the...

Delphi Facility Comes Down.
March 2, 2009... By Aram Kalousdian, Editor Congested facility presents environmental challenges Environmental work in preparation for demolition of the one-story Delphi Technological Center in Flint, MI, began in January and demolition began in...

Demolishing Livonia Mall.
March 2, 2009... By Aram Kalousdian, Editor Most of Livonia, MI shopping center is coming down Approximately 70 percent, or 550,000 square feet of Livonia Mall in Livonia, MI, is being demolished. The property will be redeveloped. Adamo Demolition...

Island Composts Aggressively.
March 2, 2009... By Tara Hansen, Technical Writer, Two Rivers Marketing, Des Moines, IA Vermeer HG6000 brought to Mackinac Island, MI, to tackle wood waste When it comes to recycling wood waste on Mackinac Island, MI, the city's public works director...

Demolition Duty.
March 2, 2009... By Amber Reed, Performance Marketing, West Des Moines, IA Compact excavators make breaking up not so hard to do Gone are the days of using only a wrecking ball and crane for demolition work. Today, demolition crews employ more...

Ajax Paving Industries, Inc. Honored.
March 9, 2009... Staff The National Safety Council (NSC) recently announced that Ajax Paving Industries, Inc. has been honored with an Occupational Excellence Achievement Award for reporting injuries and illnesses that involved days away from work equal to...

HRC Announces Office Relocation.
March 9, 2009... Staff Hubbell, Roth & Clark, Inc. (HRC) has announced the relocation of its Howell, MI, office from 3399 E. Grand River Avenue in Genoa Township, MI, to 105 W. Grand River Avenue in the city of Howell, located downtown at the crossroads of...

APAM Recognized.(National Asphalt Pavement Association)(Brief article)
March 9, 2009... Staff The National Asphalt Pavement Association (NAPA) recently announced that the Asphalt Pavement Association of Michigan (APAM) is the recipient of NAPA's Outstanding Web Site Award in the state asphalt pavement association division....

SmithGroup Promotes Three.
March 9, 2009... Staff SmithGroup, an architectural and engineering firm, has promoted three employees of its Detroit, MI, office to principal. Andrea Reynolds, S.E., P.E., is director of structural engineering at the Detroit office. Active as a...

Two Pass LEED Exam.
March 9, 2009... Staff TMP Associates, Inc., a full-service architectural and engineering firm based in Bloomfield Hills, MI, has announced that Danielle Duncanson and Allison Miller have passed the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) exam...

West Michigan ASCE Elects Board.
March 9, 2009... Staff The West Michigan Branch of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) recently elected its 2008-2009 board of directors. Andy T. Bolton, E.I.T., senior engineer in the Grand Rapids, MI, office of Soil and Materials...

Kotowicz Receives Landscape License.
March 9, 2009... Staff O'Boyle, Cowell, Blalock & Associates, Inc. (OCBA) has announced that SuLin Kotowicz, A.S.L.A., has passed her state licensing exam and is now a licensed landscape architect in the state of Michigan. Kotowicz has been with OCBA...

Albanelli Elected President Of ASCC.
March 9, 2009... Staff Paul Albanelli, president of Albanelli Cement Contractors, Inc., of Livonia, MI, has been elected president of the American Society of Concrete Contractors (ASCC) for 2009-2010. Albanelli Cement Contractors, Inc. is a concrete...

Safety Requirement Goes Into Effect.
March 9, 2009... By Aram Kalousdian, Editor High-visibility safety apparel is required on federal-aid highway projects A federal regulation went into effect on November 24, 2008, requiring workers to wear high-visibility safety apparel when they are...

Editor's Report.
March 16, 2009... By Aram Kalousdian Stimulus Funds For Michigan Under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009, Michigan will receive approximately $847 million in highway and bridge funding, according to the Associated General...

CAM Expo 2009.
March 16, 2009... Staff Green Building Products Showcase featured at event The Construction Association of Michigan (CAM) presented its CAM Expo 2009 at the Rock Financial Showplace in Novi, MI, on February 4 and 5. This was the 25th anniversary of the...

Pedestrian Bridge Construction Proceeds.
March 16, 2009... Staff Temporary bridge built over wetland for construction project Construction of an approximately $2.3-million pedestrian bridge that will cross over Interstate 696 and connect Harrison High School on the north side with Beechview...

FTC&H And WCR Announce Merger.(Company overview)
March 23, 2009... Staff Fishbeck, Thompson, Carr & Huber, Inc. (FTC&H) and Wetland and Coastal Resources (WCR) merged in January. WCR principals and staff joined FTC&H in FTC&H's Lansing, MI; Grand Rapids, MI; and Farmington Hills, MI, offices. FTC&H...

MDOT Announces Metro Region Investments.
March 23, 2009... Staff The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) has announced its 2009 construction schedule, which will provide millions of dollars for infrastructure improvements in the Metro Region serving four counties -- Macomb, Oakland, St....

MDOT Offers Internships And Scholarships.
March 23, 2009... Staff High school seniors graduating in 2009 can now apply for paid summer internship positions with the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT). Upon completion of the seven-week program, students will receive a $2,500 scholarship to...

Upper Peninsula Transportation Investments Announced.
March 23, 2009... Staff The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) plans to invest $30 million in Upper Peninsula road and bridge repairs and improvements in 2009. The Superior Region program includes $29.2 million to repair 105.2 miles of state trunk...