Michigan Contractor and Builder articles from November 2007

Michigan Contractor and Builder archives from November 2007

Interstate 196 Reconstructed.(Interstate Highway Construction Inc.)
November 5, 2007... By Aram Kalousdian, Editor New generation Cat motor grader reduces maintenance requirements An approximately 7-mile-long concrete reconstruction project on Interstate 196 was recently completed in South Haven. The approximately...

Major Reconstruction Done On US-131.(Rieth-Riley Company Inc.)
November 5, 2007... By Aram Kalousdian, Editor Coordinating work with businesses on the route was challenging An approximately 11-mile reconstruction project on US-131 in Kalkaska and Antrim counties began in May and it was completed in October. The...

Water Can Dry Operations.
November 5, 2007... By: Stephanie Morgan, Technical Writer, Godwin Pumps A preventive maintenance program can keep pumps working When the pumping stops so does production. Contractors can avoid this with a preventive maintenance program. In...

Purchasing And Maintaining A Generator.
November 5, 2007... Written by Eric Morse, Public Relations, Two Rivers Marketing Contractors should avoid making last-minute purchasing decisions Provided by Ingersoll Rand Instead of waiting until there is an immediate need, a contractor should...

Seeing The Light.
November 5, 2007... Written by Eric Morse, Public Relations, Two Rivers Marketing Maintaining light towers is important to keeping the job going Provided by Ingersoll Rand When the sun sets, the most important tool on some job sites becomes a light...

Concrete Is Competitive.
November 12, 2007... By Aram Kalousdian, Editor High oil prices have made the cost of concrete competitive with asphalt Attendees of a recent Local Roads Seminar were told that due to the high price of oil that has resulted in higher prices for asphalt,...

Jason Washler Honored.(Jason Washler of Prein and Newhof receives 2007 Young Engineer of the Year)(Brief article)
November 12, 2007... Staff Prein&Newhof engineer Jason Washler, P.E. was named 2007 Young Engineer of the Year by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), Michigan Section, at its recent annual conference. Washler has been with Prein&Newhof since...

Katzman Joins Oliver/Hatcher.(Oliver/Hatcher Construction)(Harris Katzman)(Brief article)
November 12, 2007... Staff Oliver/Hatcher Construction, an ISO 9001-accredited building and construction company based in Southeast Michigan, announced that Harris Katzman has joined their team as senior project superintendent. Company President Paul Hatcher...

SME Promotes Eight.
November 12, 2007... Staff Mark K. Kramer, P.E., president and chief operating officer of Soil and Materials Engineers, Inc. (SME), announced the promotion of eight team members: Jamie P. Buckingham, senior geologist in SME's Lansing office, has three...

LEED Accreditation Announced.(Company overview)
November 12, 2007... Staff Beckett & Raeder, Inc., a landscape architecture, planning and engineering firm based in Ann Arbor, is pleased to announce that John Iacoangeli, A.I.C.P., P.C.P., a partner and planner with the firm, and Christy Summers, a registered...

DSA Architects Announces New Employees.
November 12, 2007... Staff Elrashid Zomrawy and Elizabeth Beck recently joined DSA Architects, a member of SHW Group, an architecture, planning, interior design, and engineering firm located in Berkley. Zomrawy recently became an architectural intern at...

CAM Honored.(Construction Association of Michigan receives 6th annual Diamond Awards)(Brief article)
November 12, 2007... Staff The Construction Association of Michigan (CAM) was honored in four categories at the Michigan Society of Association Executives (MSAE) 6th annual Diamond Awards Banquet on September 13, at Lovett Hall at The Henry Ford in Dearborn....

Steudle Promotes Asset Management.
November 12, 2007... Staff Testifying before the Environmental and Public Works Committee of the U.S. Senate on Thursday, September 20, State Transportation Director Kirk T. Steudle said that additional funding for federal road and bridge programs needs to be...

RCOC Board Adopts Budget.
November 12, 2007... Staff The Road Commission for Oakland County (RCOC) Board of Road Commissioners adopted the agency's fiscal year 2008 budget on September 27. The budget had been presented to the public at the annual RCOC budget hearing on August 23....

Municipal Safety Day Held.
November 19, 2007... Staff On September 27, Efficiency Production, Inc., the Michigan Rural Water Association (MRWA) and AIS Construction Equipment Corp. hosted Municipal Safety Day for Michigan communities' departments of public works personnel. The third...

SDA Makes Personnel Announcements.
November 19, 2007... Staff Spalding DeDecker Associates, Inc. (SDA), a regional civil engineering and surveying firm, recently hired Andrew L. Keller to manage its Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) operations. Keller comes to SDA with over...

Editor's Report.
November 19, 2007... By Aram Kalousdian SCE/SEI Seeks Comments The American Society of Civil Engineers' Structural Engineering Institute (ASCE/SEI) is conducting a public comment period on the second supplement to its Minimum Design Loads for Buildings and...

Installing A New Pump Station.
November 19, 2007... By Aram Kalousdian, Editor New sanitary sewer lift station will service the west side of Novi Installation of a new sanitary sewer lift station that will service the west side of Novi is expected to be completed by the end of this...

MDOT Will Use Gated Barrier.
November 19, 2007... By Aram Kalousdian, Editor Gated system will be used on Interstate 75 project in Wayne County in 2008 The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) will be using a barrier wall system on a 3-1/2-mile reconstruction project on...

Sewer Installation Encounters Obstacle Course.
November 19, 2007... By James McRay, Efficiency Production Efficiency Production helps to overcome obstacles on the job site A new sanitary sewer interceptor for the southeast quarter of Mason was recently completed by Jule Swartz and Sons Contractors, of...

MSHA Increases Fines.(Mine Safety and Health Administration)
November 19, 2007... By Aram Kalousdian, Editor Safety violators will be fined based on "excessive history" The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) recently increased fines for mine safety violations. Terry Wagaman, chair of the Michigan...

Construction Faces Labor Shortage.
November 19, 2007... By Aram Kalousdian, Editor Older workers want to stay, but must keep their skills current Michigan, like the rest of the United States, will be facing a labor shortage in the construction industry with the retirement of baby boomers....

JM Olson Corporation Honored.
November 26, 2007... Staff Steven L. Braun, president of JM Olson Corporation, has announced that the John F. Kennedy Jr. Public Library in Dearborn Heights and the Ford Education Center at the Detroit Zoo in Royal Oak were selected as recipients of the 32nd...

STS Hires Two Engineers.
November 26, 2007... Staff STS has announced that Renee Lester, C.P., P.E., and Marc Plotkin, P.E., have joined the firm. Lester is an environmental engineer, and Plotkin is a geotechnical engineer. Lester brings more than 10 years of engineering...

McNamara Honored.
November 26, 2007... Staff Fishbeck, Thompson, Carr & Huber, Inc. (FTC&H) Engineers * Scientists * Architects * Constructors has announced that Timothy D. McNamara, P.E., has been honored with the Raymond J. Faust Award from the Michigan Section of the...

Dan Lewis Honored.(Prein and Newhof)(Brief article)
November 26, 2007... Staff Prein&Newhof civil engineer Dan Lewis, P.E., was recently named 2007 Young Professional of the Year by the American Water Works Association (AWWA), Michigan Section. Lewis received the award "in recognition of significant...