Michigan Contractor and Builder articles from October 2004

Michigan Contractor and Builder archives from October 2004

Michigan Hospital Undergoes "Surgical" Demolition.(North Tower )
October 2, 2004... Staff Bierlein faced with dismantling former hospital building one floor at a time The before and after photos for demolition projects usually tell the story -- there is a building in the "before" photos, and freshly excavated ground...

SME Awarded FHWA Contract.(Brief Article)
October 2, 2004... Staff The U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) in Washington, D.C. has awarded Soil and Materials Engineers, Inc. (SME) a multi-million dollar contract to provide pavement research, field-testing, and...

Doppstadt Becomes AEM Member.(Brief Article)
October 2, 2004... Staff The Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) recently elected Doppstadt US L.L.C., of Laingsburg, for membership in the international trade group for companies that manufacture and market agriculture and construction-related...

Progressive AE Recognized.(40th Anniversary Campaign)(Brief Article)
October 2, 2004... Staff Progressive AE, of Grand Rapids, has announced that its 40th Anniversary Campaign placed second nationally in the promotional campaign category among architectural, engineering and construction firms at the 2004 Society of Marketing...

Triangle Associates Announces New Employees.(Brief Article)
October 2, 2004... Staff Triangle Associates, Inc., a Grand Rapids-based construction manager, general contractor, and design-build firm, has announced two new team members, Steve Compeau and Brenda Tjapkes. Compeau is a recent addition to the team. He...

NAWIC Installs Officers And Directors.(National Association of Women in Construction)(Brief Article)
October 2, 2004... Staff The National Association of Women in Construction (NAWIC), Detroit Chapter 183 welcomed its 2004-2005 officers and Board of Directors at its General Membership Meeting on September 15, at the Detroit Beer Company in Detroit. The...

Curt Christeson Honored.(Hubbell, Roth & Clark, Inc)(Brief Article)
October 2, 2004... Staff Hubbell, Roth & Clark, Inc. (HRC), a consulting engineering firm servicing Southeastern Michigan, is pleased to announce that Principal and Vice President Curt Christeson, P.E., has been honored with the prestigious Water Environment...

URS Appoints Currey.(Brief Article)
October 2, 2004... Staff URS Corporation recently appointed D. Timothy Currey, R.A., N.C.A.R.B., to the position of project director-Special Projects for the Michigan office. Based in Grand Rapids, Currey's responsibilities will include facility programming,...

Michigan's First Three-Lane Roundabout.
October 2, 2004... By Aram Kalousdian, Editor Innovative features used at Sterling Heights interchange A new roundabout and interchange under construction will connect Van Dyke, M-53 and 18 1/2 Mile Road in Sterling Heights. It is the first three-lane...

Thornapple Kellogg Schools Upgraded.
October 9, 2004... By Dirk C. Bloemendaal $23-million project is being done in two phases A $23-million two-phase upgrade at Thornapple Kellogg Public Schools in Middleville is continuing. The project is being done under the general contracting...

Improving Infrastructure For The Elderly.
October 9, 2004... By Aram Kalousdian, Editor Conference deals with transportation needs for senior citizens The North American Conference on Elderly Mobility held in Detroit September 12-15 and hosted by the Michigan Governor's Traffic Safety Advisory...

Wolverine Acquires Contractors Machinery.(Brief Article)
October 9, 2004... Staff Wolverine Tractor & Equipment Company (Wolverine), of Southfield, has purchased the assets of Contractors Machinery Company, Inc., of Grand Rapids, a Volvo Construction Equipment (Volvo CE) dealer, and was appointed the exclusive...

Pro Cut Reduces Replacement Parts.(Brief Article)
October 9, 2004... Staff Pro Cut Inc. has reduced the availability of replacement parts for existing Pro Cut (formerly Ingersoll-Rand Company) asphalt milling machines. Sales of Pro Cut asphalt milling machines ceased in 1995, and a limited number of...

Applications Available For Scholarship Program.(Brief Article)
October 9, 2004... Staff Details and applications are now available for the annual www.ConstructMyFuture.com construction industry scholarship program, which provides funding for post-secondary vocational education with a construction focus. ...

Interactive Product Information Offered.(Brief Article)
October 9, 2004... Staff Miller Electric has introduced its Bobcatacents 250 and 225 and the TrailblazerA[R] 302 and 275 gas engine-driven welding generators. With the exception of the Bobcat 225, both series feature a fully enclosed case design. The launch...

Thompson Earns LEED Certification.(Byce & Associates Inc)(Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design)(Brief Article)
October 9, 2004... Staff The consulting engineering firm Byce & Associates, Inc. has announced that Scott Thompson, P.E. recently earned his Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification from the U.S. Green Building Council. LEED is a...

Triangle Hires Wert.(Triangle Associates Inc)(Brief Article)
October 9, 2004... Staff Triangle Associates, Inc. continues to grow as they welcome a valuable new employee to their team. Triangle is a Grand Rapids-based construction manager, general contractor and design-build firm. Triangle welcomes the addition of...

Albert Kahn Promotes Four.(Professional Engineers)
October 9, 2004... Staff The board of directors of Albert Kahn Associates, Inc. (AKA), a leading planning, design and management firm of the built environment, is pleased to announce that the following AKA staff members have been elected to the status of...

Fabric Duct Realizes Savings.
October 9, 2004... Staff Fabric ductwork also provides quiet operation A wall of windows in a humid natatorium setting is an expensive aesthetic because it typically requires costly under deck ductwork for air distribution to the bottom half of the glass...

TPTA Receives Award.(Tower Pinkster Tutus Associates Inc.)(Brief Article)
October 16, 2004... Staff Tower Pinkster Tutus Associates, Inc. (TPTA) has announced that it has received an International Illumination Design Awards Section Award for its lighting design of the Kent County Sheriff's Department. TPTA's engineering department...

New Team Members Join Triangle.(Brief Article)
October 16, 2004... Staff Triangle Associates, Inc. has announced the addition of Judy Potyraj and Greg Yarhouse to their team. Triangle is a Grand Rapids-based construction manager, general contractor and design-build firm. Potyraj recently joined...

JJSB Joins Ford & Earl.(JJSB Architects)(Brief Article)
October 16, 2004... Staff Troy-based design firm Ford & Earl Associates has announced that JJSB Architects, a Ferndale-based architectural, planning and interior design firm, joins the firm. JJSB Architects has focused on health care, corporate and retail...

BEI Associates Earns Championship.(Brief Article)
October 16, 2004... Staff BEI Associates, Inc., a Detroit-based architectural and engineering firm, is the 2004 Champion of the Building Arts Softball League (BASL), comprised of 11 Metropolitan Detroit architectural, engineering and construction firms. This...

Home Depot Selects FTC&H.(Brief Article)
October 16, 2004... Staff Fishbeck, Thompson, Carr & Huber, Inc. (FTC&H) Engineers * Scientists * Architects has announced its selection by The Home Depot, Inc. to identify cost savings in all areas, including site acquisition and design, building design and...

Job Board Launched.(Brief Article)
October 16, 2004... Staff The American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) and JobTarget, a leading Internet-based job board management company, have joined forces to develop a new transportation construction industry online job board...

NTEA Honored.(National Truck Equipment Association)(Brief Article)
October 16, 2004... Staff The National Truck Equipment Association (NTEA) was recently honored with three coveted Michigan Society of Association Executives (MSAE) Diamond Awards -- for the Print Newsletter, Website and Public Relations categories. The...

Three Join UPEA.(Brief Article)
October 16, 2004... Staff Three professionals, civil engineer Jon Kangas, P.E., architect Geoffrey C. Bowman, A/I.A., and landscape architect John Rowe, A.S.L.A., recently joined the staff of U.P. Engineers & Architects, Inc. (UPEA). Kangas' duties...

Durex Products Hires Anderson.(Brief Article)
October 16, 2004... Staff Durex Products, Inc. has announced an addition to its U.S. sales team. Jon Anderson, a 20-year Durex sales veteran, has been promoted to the position of regional sales manager. Anderson will oversee direct and dealer/agent sales in...

Efficiency Hires Wood.(Brief Article)
October 16, 2004... Staff Efficiency Production Inc. and Safe-T-Shore have announced that Wendell Wood has become the new director of Distributor Development. Wood will advance the growth of the company's national distribution base of over 80 dealers. He...

Editor's Report.(Job Market Improves)
October 16, 2004... By Aram Kalousdian Job Market Improves "The job market is definitely improving for anyone with a background of interest to architecture, engineering and environmental consulting firms, even those with little or no work experience,"...

Restoration Project Under Way.(Lake Macatawa)(Jackson-Merkey Inc.)
October 16, 2004... By Dirk C. Bloemendaal Landscaping project is expected to help clean Lake Macatawa A $550,000 project to restore wetlands, plant trees and seed grassy buffer strips that eventually is expected to help in cleaning up Lake Macatawa is...

Park Rehabilitation Proceeds.(Brief Article)
October 16, 2004... By Aram Kalousdian, Editor Two soccer fields will be constructed at Attwood Park in Wayne Rehabilitation of Attwood Park in Wayne includes removal of a sledding hill, construction of two soccer fields with surface water drainage...

Mine Transformed Into Golf Course.
October 16, 2004... By Sharon Hanks Site was expected to be seeded this fall A wooded 192-acre site where workers once mined gypsum 150 feet below ground is being transformed into a rolling public golf course that's only a five-minute drive from downtown...

Recycling Process Provides Durability.(foot lane)
October 23, 2004... By Aram Kalousdian, Editor Stringent specifications met on King Road project Wayne County wanted speed and savings, a tight process control including weighing and sizing, precision paving and compaction, and 14-foot lane width...

M-50 Rubblized With Drop Hammers.(Construction industry)
October 23, 2004... By Aram Kalousdian, Editor Machine can rubblize 12-1/2 feet to 16 feet wide Approximately 5 miles of M-50 in Monroe County is being resurfaced with asphalt. There is some concrete reconstruction on the project. The $5.6-million project...

Bridge Materials Recycled.(Bridge construction)
October 23, 2004... By Dirk C. Bloemendaal M-89 bridge replacement includes much of the original bridge components A $2.4-million bridge replacement project on M-89 in Plainwell includes the use of much of the original bridge components. The project,...

Composting Facility Fights Smells.
October 23, 2004... By April Goodwin New tub grinder aids Michigan operation near housing development Composting facilities often must battle scents associated with their operations, but when a multimillion-dollar housing development is built within one...

Megabyte Takes Mega Bite.(Brief Article)
October 23, 2004... Staff The Megabyte excavator attachment from Bandit Industries, Inc. is specially designed to break down stumps and oversized logs into manageable pieces that can be more efficiently processed through waste reduction equipment. As an...

Transportation Budget Bill Signed.(Brief Article)
October 23, 2004... Staff Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm signed the fiscal year 2004-2005 Transportation Budget bill (Public Act 361 of 2004) on September 30, just in time to avoid a complete shutdown of the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT)....

Congress Extends TEA-21 Again.(Transportation Equity Act)(Brief Article)
October 23, 2004... Staff Congress approved a sixth extension of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (TEA-21) on September 30. This extension (House Resolution 5183) ensures a continuation of federal surface transportation programs until May...

RCOC Board Adopts 2005 Budget.(Road Commission for Oakland County)
October 23, 2004... Staff The Road Commission for Oakland County (RCOC) Board of Road Commissioners unanimously adopted the RCOC fiscal year 2005 budget on September 23. The 2005 budget, at nearly $143 million, represents an increase of approximately $20...

Detroit Door & Hardware Announces Change.(Brief Article)
October 23, 2004... Staff Detroit Door & Hardware Company, of Madison Heights, is pleased to announce that Alan Hull has been promoted from senior sales development manager, Automatic Door Division to vice president, Service/Key Account Sales Development....

Giffels-Webster Hires Doherty.(Brief Article)
October 23, 2004... Staff Giffels-Webster Engineers, Inc. has hired Richard Doherty, P.E. as a senior project manager. Doherty holds a bachelor of science degree in civil engineering from Michigan State University and a master's of business administration...

Sachse Hires Two.(Brief Article)
October 23, 2004... Staff Sachse Construction, of Farmington Hills, a provider of commercial construction and design-build services, has hired two construction superintendents to handle its growing load of out-of-state work, John Hamburger, Sachse...

Triangle Associates, Inc. Hires Two.(Brief Article)
October 23, 2004... Staff Triangle Associates, Inc. grows with the addition of Randal Meyering and Judy Van Dyken to its team. Triangle is a Grand Rapids-based construction management, general contracting and design-build firm. Meyering is a graduate of...

Clark Construction Honored.
October 30, 2004... Staff Clark Construction Company of Lansing was recently honored for achieving a safety milestone of 1 million worker hours with no lost time due to injuries. The Accident Fund Insurance Company of America presented Clark Construction with...

ASSE Kicks Off Safety Contest.(American Society of Safety Engineers)
October 30, 2004... Staff Young artists needed! In an ongoing effort to educate children on the importance of workplace safety and health, the American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) has kicked off its third annual ASSE kids' "Safety-on-the-Job" poster...

Kantarek Appointed District Sales Manager.(Brief Article)
October 30, 2004... Staff H.H. Robertson Floor Systems, a CENTRIA company, has announced the appointment of Jeffrey Kantarek as district sales manager. In his new position, Kantarek will be responsible for the promotion and specification of H.H. Robertson...

SmithGroup Announces Promotions.(Brief Article)
October 30, 2004... Staff SmithGroup, an architectural, engineering, planning, and interior design firm, has promoted Carolina Lopez, Brian Noonan, James D. Paulson, Peter Yanchyshyn, and Elizabeth Vandermark to associates of the firm. Carolina Lopez,...

TMP Associates Announces Management Changes.(Brief Article)
October 30, 2004... Staff The board of directors of TMP Associates, Inc. recently announced the following promotions and management changes: Gail Allevato, C.P.S.M., director of marketing, has been promoted to senior vice president and will serve on the...

Western Michigan University Consolidates Services.
October 30, 2004... By Dirk C. Bloemendaal Project is expected to be completed in November Western Michigan University (WMU) is consolidating its College of Health & Human Services on the Kalamazoo Psychiatric Hospital property, which was transferred to...

Lost Work Time.(Brief Article)
October 30, 2004... By Aram Kalousdian, Editor Contractors must manage labor time on the job Lost productivity occurs when a contractor incurs increased labor costs and does not receive any increased productivity in return. It is important to identify...

Pervious Concrete Is Environmentally Friendly.
October 30, 2004... By the Michigan Concrete Association Pervious concrete is very strong and durable Paved surfaces are so common in our cities today that most of us give little thought to the impact they have on water quality and the health of the...