Michigan Contractor and Builder articles from September 2005

Michigan Contractor and Builder archives from September 2005

Large Cranes Work Consumers' Project.
September 3, 2005... By Dirk C. Bloemendaal Cranes are key components to $350-million project Two of the six largest cranes ever built in the U.S. are busy working at the Consumers Energy J.H. Campbell power plant located on the shores of Lake Michigan at...

Oliver/Hatcher Hosts Charity Tournament.
September 3, 2005... Staff When a child of an executive at Oliver/Hatcher Construction was a patient at C.S. Mott Children's Hospital in Ann Arbor, she received a great deal of love and care from the Child and Family Life (CFL) Department. Hoping to give...

Merger Announced.
September 3, 2005... Staff Atwell-Hicks, a land development consulting firm, has merged with Seiber, Keast & Associates, a civil engineering firm located in Novi. "We are pleased to add the consulting engineering expertise of Seiber, Keast & Associates to...

Spalding DeDecker Associates Makes Appointments.
September 3, 2005... Staff Spalding DeDecker Associates, Inc. (SDA) recently named Sean M. Patrick to the position of marketing manager in their Detroit office. Formerly a communications manager with Federal-Mogul, Patrick has nearly 20 years of progressively...

Barton Malow Promotes Kevin Braye.
September 3, 2005... Staff Barton Malow Company has announced the promotion of Kevin Braye, C.P.A., from corporate controller to treasurer and controller. Barton Malow's volume of work has exceeded $1 billion for five consecutive years. The company has a long...

Ruby and Associates Announces Appointments.(Brief Article)
September 3, 2005... Staff Ruby and Associates, a structural engineering firm based in Farmington Hills, is growing. David Whirret is the firm's new manager of Business Development, located in South Carolina. He is responsible for building the firm's presence...

Boom, Luffer Combination Provides Versatility.
September 3, 2005... By Aram Kalousdian, Editor Greektown Casino parking deck project is on an expedited schedule Assemblers, Inc., of Pinckney, is installing precast concrete for the new Greektown Casino parking deck in downtown Detroit. There are...

General Motors' New Parking Deck.
September 3, 2005... By Aram Kalousdian, Editor Precast placement for downtown Detroit facility will be completed in October Assemblers, Inc., of Pinckney, has been using a 330-ton Manitowoc M250 crane to lift precast concrete panels into place for the...

Colwell Named Link-Belt Dealer.
September 10, 2005... Staff LBX Company, makers of Link-Belt earthmoving, forestry and material handling equipment, has announced the appointment of Colwell Equipment Co., Inc. as the authorized dealer of Link-Belt excavators, forestry equipment, scrap, and...

MDOT Celebrates 100th Anniversary.
September 10, 2005... Staff The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) celebrated its 100th anniversary at Greenfield Village in Dearborn on August 14. The celebration included a parade with early 20th-century clothing and vehicles. Attendees were treated...

Nominations Sought For Engineering Awards.
September 10, 2005... Staff The American Society of Civil Engineers is seeking nominations for its 2006 Outstanding Projects and Leaders (OPAL) Awards and 2006 Outstanding Civil Engineering Achievement (OCEA) Award. The OPAL Awards honor professional civil...

Clark Names Eight New Owners.
September 10, 2005... Staff Charles Clark, chief executive officer/president of Clark Construction Company, has named eight current employees of the company as part of the ownership team. The announcement was made during the company's annual meeting, which was...

New Team Member Joins Triangle.(Josh Szymanski)(Brief Article)
September 10, 2005... Staff Triangle Associates, Inc. continues to grow as they announce the hiring of Josh Szymanski. Triangle is a Grand Rapids-based construction manager, general contractor and design-build firm. Triangle welcomes Josh Szymanski, project...

Two Join GZA.
September 10, 2005... Staff John (Zhiyuan) Ding has joined GZA GeoEnvironmantl Inc. as a senior project manager. Ding has been servicing a broad variety of clients including commercial and residential development, airport, highway, railway, and city water and...

Widening Big Beaver Road.(Florence Pavement Providers)
September 10, 2005... By Aram Kalousdian, Editor Big Beaver Road in Troy is being widened to six lanes Big Beaver Road between Rochester Road and Dequindre in Troy is being widened from four lanes to six lanes. One lane is being added to the eastbound and...

Pipe Bursting Fusible PVC Watermain.
September 10, 2005... By Aram Kalousdian, Editor PVC has advantages over HDPE pipe An existing 6-inch cast iron watermain in downtown Ypsilanti was upsized with a 135-foot, 8-inch fusible polyvinyl chloride (PVC) pipe using the trenchless pipe bursting...

Muskegon's Water Plant Improvements.
September 10, 2005... By Dirk C. Bloemendaal $15-million project will provide increased capacity A $15-million project for improvements at Muskegon's Water Filtration Plant was recently completed. The upgrade at the 15-acre site on Lake Michigan at Pere...

Editor's Report.
September 17, 2005... By Aram Kalousdian Congress Passes Key Legislation Congress recently passed several bills that will impact the utility construction industry. There is some good news and some bad, but the progress paves the way for what will certainly...

Wayne Upgrades Infrastructure.(Editorial)
September 17, 2005... By Aram Kalousdian, Editor $1.8-million project is expected to be completed in October Sanitary sewer, storm sewer and watermain are being replaced in the city of Wayne. The project also includes road construction. "We are running...

Holland's 40th Street Undergoes Reconstruction.
September 17, 2005... By Dirk C. Bloemendaal The project is scheduled for completion this fall An approximately 1-mile section of road reconstruction and widening on 40th Street on the south side of Holland is scheduled for completion this fall. The...

Subscribers Receive Free Color Plotter.
September 24, 2005... Staff Reed Construction Data has announced the availability of the Reed Data Services/HP Plotter bundle that provides a free HP plotter to new and renewing subscribers of the Reed Connect or Reed Bulletin data service. New subscribers or...

Statewide Disaster Restoration Joins DKI.
September 24, 2005... Staff Disaster Kleenup International, Inc., (DKI) a network of quality, independent property damage restoration contractors, recently announced that Statewide Disaster Restoration, Inc., based in Southfield, has joined the organization to...

STAHL Conducts Power School.
September 24, 2005... Staff Distributors of STAHL Commercial Truck Equipment recently attended STAHL's Power School where they received specialized training for selling and servicing STAHL products. The one-day school was conducted at STAHL's Cardington,...

Kniga Joins HRC.
September 24, 2005... Staff Timothy J. Kniga, P.E., has joined Hubbell, Roth & Clark, Inc. (HRC) as project engineer working in HRC's Mt. Clemens office. Kniga's background includes infrastructure planning, design and project management of water main, sanitary...

AKA's New Business Development Director.
September 24, 2005... Staff Albert Kahn Associates, Inc. (AKA), a leading planning, design and management firm of the built environment, has announced that Kimberly Whitt has joined the firm as director of Business Development. In this capacity, she will lead...

Three Join TMP.
September 24, 2005... Staff Jose Melero, Stefanie Francisco and Kristin Merrill recently joined the staff at TMP Associates, Inc., a full service architectural/engineering firm based in Bloomfield Hills. Melero previously worked as an architectural...