Rocky Mountain Construction articles from January 2006

Rocky Mountain Construction archives from January 2006

Editor's Report.
January 9, 2006... By Hol Wagner Seems like yesterday that Y2K fears dominated the start of a new year, and here it is 2006 already. This year it seems to be rising prices and potential shortages of materials commonly used in construction that are causing...

2006 Construction Forecast For Mountain America.
January 9, 2006... Staff It's looking good for another year of construction growth in the West -- but with major cost increases The dollar volume of new construction reached an all-time high during the last months of 2005, and the new year shows all the...

Wyoming Firm Works Texas Refinery Job.
January 9, 2006... Staff Casper-based Energy Transportation utilizes new Grove crane on El Paso refinery upgrade project. A Grove GMK5165 all-terrain crane has been put to work on a refurbishment project at an oil refinery in El Paso, Texas. A large...

NCA Names Winners Of "Contractor of the Year".(Nevada Contractors Association)(Brief Article)
January 9, 2006... Staff Las Vegas-- The Nevada Contractors Association, a non-profit industry trade group, has named Las Vegas Paving Corp. as its 2005 Contractor of the Year recipient. The awards are the Nevada construction industry's highest honor,...

Power Motive Adds Employees.(Matt Juth)(Brad Neptune)(Richard Hill)(Brief Article)
January 9, 2006... Staff Denver-- Power Motive Corp., Denver-based distributor of Komatsu and other equipment lines, has added Brad Neptune, Matt Juth and Richard Hill to its sales and service team. Neptune will serve the needs of Colorado aggregate...

New GM For Road Machinery.
January 9, 2006... Staff Albuquerque-- Ray Baca has been named general manager of the Albuquerque and El Paso offices of Phoenix-based Road Machinery LLC. In this position he will oversee all product support, sales and rental of machinery and related...

Essex Crane Rental Names Branch Manager.
January 9, 2006... Staff Fontana, Calif.-- Essex Crane Rental Corp. of Buffalo Grove, Ill., has named James D. Chalmers branch manager of its California Service Center. Based at Fontana, Calif., Chalmers assumes full responsibility for customer service and...

Commuter Rail Comes To Utah.
January 23, 2006... By Richard Rybka, Topcon Rapid transit takes a long, slow road to reach the Wasatch Front The path to building cost-effective and successful public transportation systems is long and slow. Over the life of a project, the construction...

Lawrence Builds E-470 Interchange.
January 23, 2006... By Jean Hiller Bundle of dependable and reliable equipment keeps the job going It's easy for the average person to overlook smaller machinery on a large-scale construction site, but contractors like Lawrence Construction know that...

New Mexico Lands Spaceport.(Virgin Galactic)(Brief Article)
January 23, 2006... Staff Truth or Consequences, N.M.-- New Mexico has been actively seeking to build a spaceport for the past several years, and now the state has actually won a contract to build one. Virgin Galactic, the British company created by...

More Wyoming Power Plans.
January 23, 2006... Staff Gillette, Wyo.-- Plans for new power plants and electric transmission lines to deliver the power continue to grab headlines in Wyoming. North American Power Group of Denver, which, after six years of trying to obtain financing,...

Vail Getting Four Seasons Resort.
January 23, 2006... Staff Vail, Colo.-- Black Diamond Resorts-Vail LLC broke ground Dec. 13 on construction of the Four Seasons Resort and Residences Vail on a 2.7-acre site at One Vail Road, within a short walking distance to the base of Vail Mountain and...

Phoenix Building For Medical Research.
January 23, 2006... Staff Phoenix-- Work began last month in downtown Phoenix on the $29.4-million Arizona Biomedical Collaborative building, a joint project of the University of Arizona (which is contributing $17 million) and Arizona State University (which...

New Branches For United Rentals.(Brief Article)
January 23, 2006... Staff Phoenix-- United Rentals Inc. has announced the opening of its newest branches, in Phoenix and Salt Lake City. The 2.4-acre Phoenix facility at 7024 W. Van Buren Street will provide customers with equipment rentals, new and used...

United Rentals Buys Sandvick Equipment.(Company Profile)
January 23, 2006... Staff Phoenix-- In addition to opening a new Phoenix branch, United Rentals Inc. has completed the purchase of the trench safety rentals and sales assets of Sandvick Equipment & Supply Co., headquartered in Phoenix. Sandvick has a total of...

Daewoo Dealers Visit Factories.
January 23, 2006... Staff Distributors of Daewoo construction equipment traveled to Korea in early November as guests of Doosan Infracore America Corp., to visit factories where Daewoo hydraulic excavators and wheel loaders are built and to attend the Doosan...

Alliance Becomes Torix General Contractors.(name change of Alliance General Contractors LLC)(Brief Article)
January 23, 2006... Staff Colorado Springs-- On Dec. 1, 2005, Colorado Springs-based Alliance General Contractors LLC became Torix General Contractors. President Wendel Torres explained, "There has been confusion in the marketplace with our previous name....