Rocky Mountain Construction articles from January 2007

Rocky Mountain Construction archives from January 2007

Editor's Report.
January 8, 2007... By Hol Wagner It's the start of yet another new year -- time for us to look at what's apt to happen in construction during the next 12 months, specifically in Mountain America. And since the six Mountain states currently have among the...

Construction Outlook For 2007.
January 8, 2007... By Hol Wagner The outlook for 2007 in Mountain America remains bright combination of the substantially inflated cost of construction materials and the bursting of the housing bubble will serve to slow the pace of construction growth in...

Mustang Names Phoenix Dealer.(Mustang Manufacturing Company Inc.)(Flag Equipment Rental & Sales)(Brief article)
January 8, 2007... Staff Phoenix-- Mustang Manufacturing Co. Inc. of Owatonna, Minn., has named Flag Equipment Rental & Sales, Phoenix, the newest member of Mustang's network of North American dealers. "The Mustang dealer network continues to grow along...

Excel Machinery Named Terex Finlay Dealer.(Brief article)
January 8, 2007... Staff Amarillo, Texas-- Excel Machinery Ltd., founded in 1964 and headquartered in Amarillo, Texas, is the new dealer for the full line of Terex Finlay screening plants and mobile crushers in Texas, New Mexico and Oklahoma. Excel's...

United Rentals Opens In Santa Fe.
January 8, 2007... Staff Santa Fe-- United Rentals Inc. has opened a branch at 2516 Camino Entrada in Santa Fe, the company's first location in New Mexico's capital city. The facility showcased the Greenwich, Conn.-based rental company's new...

Governor Seeks $162 Million For Wyoming Highways.
January 22, 2007... Staff Cheyenne-- As part of his $915-million supplemental budget request for the period through June 30, 2008, Wyoming Gov. Dave Freudenthal has asked the Legislature to allocate $162 million for highway construction and repair. He called...

Public Input Sought On Highway Plans.
January 22, 2007... Staff Phoenix and Salt Lake City-- The Arizona and Utah departments of transportation have been busy hosting public meetings about planned highway improvements. ADOT has held meetings about proposals to widen Grand Avenue (US-60)...

More Expansion Plans For Interstate 25.(Brief article)
January 22, 2007... Staff Denver-- With the massive T-REX expansion of Interstate 25 through Denver's Southeast Corridor now complete, the Colorado Department of Transportation is wrapping up an environmental study on similar expansion of the highway from the...

Rail Routes Studied For Nuclear Dump.
January 22, 2007... Staff Nevada-- The Department of Energy wants access to 208,000 acres of public land for studies of two possible rail routes to the proposed nuclear waste dump at Yucca Mountain in Nevada, reports the Associated Press. DOE officials...

Wyoming Power Plant Plans Announced.
January 22, 2007... Staff Glenrock, Wyo.-- Buffalo Energy Partners will seek a permit in January to build an 1,100-megawatt coal gasification power plant on a site near the North Platte River just north of Glenrock. If permits for the integrated gasification...

Bull Hog Masticator Thins Forest.(Forest Rehab )
January 22, 2007... Staff Santa Fe watershed protected by thinning trees to prevent forest fires It looked like a myriad of obstacles would stand in the way of reducing the density of the ponderosa pine forest of northern New Mexico's Santa Fe watershed....

It's All About Training.
January 22, 2007... By Hol Wagner Training in job skills and safety is an absolute necessity for recruiting, retaining employees Nationwide shortages of skilled workers are hampering contractors everywhere and often mean companies must resort to the...