Rocky Mountain Construction articles from January 2005

Rocky Mountain Construction archives from January 2005

Conexpo-Con/Agg.
January 10, 2005... Staff March 15-19, 2005 Co Las Vegas, Nevada Co www.conexpoconagg.com Come see these exhibitors at the show! BOMAG's New BW190AD-4 HF Tandem Roller Staff With 79-inch-wide drums, BOMAG's new BW190AD-4 HF tandem vibratory...

CIT Finds Optimism In Mountain Region.(CIT Group Inc., reports)
January 10, 2005... Staff CIT's 29th annual Construction Industry Forecast indicates strong optimism, continued confidence in Mountain region for 2005 CIT Equipment Finance, Tempe, Ariz.-based unit of CIT Group Inc., has announced the results of the 29th...

Will Construction Thrive Or Dive In 2005?(industry forecasts)
January 10, 2005... By Ken Simonson, Chief Economist, Associated General Contractors of America AGC's chief economist shares his views with the organization's 2004 Market Outlook Conference, held in Albuquerque last fall Construction headed into the...

2005 Construction Forecast For Mountain America.
January 10, 2005... Staff Another good year for construction, with increases in most categories "Construction activity is soaring." "Downturn hurts road contractors." Dramatically different headlines from late 2004 news reports in Mountain America,...

Lingering Challenges Likely To Continue.(construction industry forecasts)
January 10, 2005... Staff Las Vegas contractor discusses industry outlook for coming year As 2005 begins, the construction and development industries celebrate and leave behind, without reluctance, the past year. Although construction continued to boom in...

Price Increases Concern Contractors.
January 10, 2005... Staff Material shortages drive price increases in project bidding according to PinnacleOne survey of construction industry According to a new study by Phoenix-based PinnacleOne, one of the nation's leading construction consulting...

Conexpo-Con/Agg.
January 10, 2005... Staff March 15-19, 2005 eCo Las Vegas, Nevada eCo www.conexpoconagg.com Come see these exhibitors at the show! New Product Staff Roadtec is proud to introduce the new RX-700 half lane cold planer. With its standard 700...

Editor's Report.(highway construction)(Editorial)
January 10, 2005... By Hol Wagner As we once again make our best guess at just how much construction, and of what type, will take place in Mountain America during the year ahead, it's interesting to take a brief look at the current status of the largest...

Denver's New Convention Center Hyatt.(Hyatt Hotel)
January 24, 2005... By Sara McGray Separate placing boom and zero-elevation frame combine for speed on Hyatt Hotel construction Since April of 2003, Denver-based Brundage-Bone Concrete Pumping has supplied a KVM 39 separate placing boom and an innovative...

Improving Arizona's SR-179.(state route)
January 24, 2005... By Jennifer Livingston, P.E., Senior Project Manager, Arizona Department of Transportation For a controversial highway improvement project, planning is a key element of construction preparation State Route 179 (SR-179), an Arizona...

Owens Pushes Highway Investment.(Bill Owens )(Brief Article)
January 24, 2005... Staff Denver-- Perhaps the biggest challenge facing the Colorado Legislature when it convenes in January will be finding a way to balance the state's budget, which currently faces a $52-million deficit. In the face of this task Gov. Bill...

Wyoming Power Plant Plans Announced.(Basin Electric Power Cooperative )(Brief Article)
January 24, 2005... Staff Gillette, Wyo.-- Basin Electric Power Cooperative announced Dec. 20 it intends to build a new 250-megawatt power plant near this Powder River Basin community by 2011 and will consider a low-emissions coal gasification plant design....

Supplemental EIS Done For Legacy Parkway.(nvironmental impact statement, Utah Department of Transportation)
January 24, 2005... Jim England Salt Lake City-- The long-awaited supplemental environmental impact statement for the disputed Legacy Parkway in northern Utah has been released by the Utah Department of Transportation. John Njord, UDOT executive director,...

Draft EIS For Atlas Utah Tailings.(environmental impact statement )(Brief Article)
January 24, 2005... Jim England Moab, Utah-- A 1,000-page draft environmental impact statement on how to dispose of the 12 million tons of Atlas Corp. uranium mill tailings stacked next to the Colorado River just north of Moab, Utah, has been released at...

Five Candidates Considered For WYDOT Director.(Wyoming Department of Transportation)
January 24, 2005... Staff Cheyenne-- Five candidates to become the next director of the Wyoming Department of Transportation have been recommended to Gov. Dave Freudenthal by the Wyoming Transportation Commission. The candidates are Col. John Cox, Wyoming...

CDOT Wins NPHQ Awards.(Colorado Department of Transportation)(National Partnership for Highway Quality)(Brief Article)
January 24, 2005... Staff Denver-- The Colorado Department of Transportation has received two 2004 "Making a Difference" Awards from the National Partnership for Highway Quality. NPHQ awarded its Gold Award for Risk Taking to the team behind creation of the...

AEM Elects 2005 Officers.(Charles Stamp Jr elected as chairman)(Brief Article)
January 24, 2005... Staff Milwaukee-- Charles Stamp Jr. , vice president-public affairs worldwide of Deere & Co., Moline, Ill., has been elected chairman of the Association of Equipment Manufacturers. Other 2005 officers are first vice chairman Gerald...