Rocky Mountain Construction articles from July 2007

Rocky Mountain Construction archives from July 2007

Atlas Copco Construction Tools Opens Denver Service Center.
July 9, 2007... Staff Denver- Atlas Copco Construction Tools LLC announces the opening of a new regional service center near Denver. Located at Longmont, just off Interstate 25at Colo.-119, the new site gives Atlas Copco an excellent logistical location...

New Mexico Power Plant Construction Begins.
July 9, 2007... Staff Hobbs, N.M.- Colorado Energy Management of Lafayette, Colo., has begun construction of a 550-megawatt natural gas-fired power plant west of Hobbs. CEM is building and will operate the plant, selling the electric energy to Xcel...

High Crude Oil Prices Raise Cost Of Asphalt.
July 9, 2007... Staff Salt Lake City- The skyrocketing price of crude oil has driven up not only the cost of driving but also the cost of paving roads. "The price of asphalt these days is outrageous," says Ron Case of Ron Case Roofing and Asphalt...

Attachment Manufacturer Opens AIM Southwest.(AIM Attachments)(Brief article)
July 9, 2007... Staff Phoenix- AIM Attachments has announced the recent opening of AIM Southwest. The new location has been established in Phoenix to allow AIM to better facilitate communication and services to customers across the United States. AIM...

NCA Names Scholarship Winners.(Nevada Contractors Association)(Brief article)
July 9, 2007... Staff Las Vegas- The Nevada Contractors Association recently named the recipients of its 2007 "Howdy" Wells Construction Scholarship. Those winners are Matthew Newman, Anders Farstad and Pak Ho Cheung. All three are full-time students...

Utah AGC Wins National Award.(Associated General Contractors)(Brief article)
July 9, 2007... Staff Salt Lake City- The Utah Chapter of Associated General Contractors, trade organization for Utah's building and construction industry, has been recognized with the J. Howard Mock Membership Growth and Retention Award, one of highest...

New Presidents For Meadow Valley.
July 9, 2007... Staff Phoenix- Meadow Valley Corp., Phoenix-based contractor and supplier of construction materials, announced that its subsidiary, Meadow Valley Contractors, has promoted area managers Robert W. Bottcher and Robert A. Terril to the new...

CDOT Acquires Highway Vacuum.(Colorado. Department of Transportation)
July 9, 2007... Staff Aurora, Colo.- The Colorado Department of Transportation unveiled its newest tool against the sands of winter this spring: a large, orange vacuum truck known as "GapVax," the largest vehicle of its type in CDOT's fleet. "Its...

Hospital Construction Booming In Arizona.
July 9, 2007... Staff Phoenix- Arizona's hospital industry is in the midst of a building boom, with health care networks and private companies planning to build at least nine new hospitals and expand or renovate 23 existing ones in the next five years....

Colorado Springs Utilities Hires Land Acquisition Consultant.
July 9, 2007... Staff Colorado Springs- Colorado Springs Utilities will select one of four consultants who submitted proposals for appraising properties the utility must acquire to build its Southern Delivery System. The water delivery project's first...

Governor's Highway Plan To Nevada Senate.
July 9, 2007... Staff Carson City, Nev.- On Tuesday, May 29, Gov. Jim Gibbons sent his plan to fund highway improvements to the state Senate. The plan, which calls for diverting Las Vegas area hotel room taxes to the highway fund, appears to fall well...

Scenic Crossing.
July 9, 2007... By Carol Carder Replacing Colorado's oldest vehicle bridge over Maroon Creek at Aspen One hundred feet in the air over the Maroon Creek Basin near Aspen joint venture BTE/Atkinson has been casting cantilevered bridge deck sections...

FLETC Dormitories.(federal law enforcement training center)
July 9, 2007... By Bruce Higgins Skanska building new Federal Law Enforcement Training Center dormitory complex in Artesia, New Mexico For over 20 years, the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC) has quietly operated in the small community...

ACP Feature Articles Online: www.acppubs.com.(briefs)(associated construction publications)(California. Air Resources Board)
July 9, 2007... Staff You can find these articles on the ACP website under the respective magazine's title. Simply go to www.acppubs.com . California Builder & Engineer Ten Mile River Bridge Construction Environmental issues and saturated...

Construction In Wyoming.
July 23, 2007... By Hol Wagner Construction is going strong in the Cowboy State, though by standards of other, larger states the volume is low Construction added 2,300 jobs in Wyoming during the first quarter this year, an increase of 11.2 percent over...

Editor's Report.
July 23, 2007... By Hol Wagner Though their members often have differences in the course of their work, Associated General Contractors of America and the American Subcontractors Association both came out strongly in voicing their disappoint with the U.S....

The Chicken Or The Egg?
July 23, 2007... By Terry Ertter Phoenix hopes to attract more conventions, visitors and residents downtown because of new Sheraton Hotel rising there The concrete skeleton of the new Sheraton Hotel in downtown Phoenix has passed the halfway point on...

Ditch Witch of New Mexico Celebrates New Digs.
July 23, 2007... Bruce Higgins Albuquerque- On Friday, May 11, Ditch Witch of New Mexico held a gala open house at its new facilities at 2520 Comanche NE, about three blocks east of I-25 in Albuquerque. This was not only a celebration to show the new and...

Red Mountain Machinery Co. Opens New Las Vegas Facility.
July 23, 2007... Staff Las Vegas- Red Mountain Machinery Co. has opened a new facility in Las Vegas. After more than five years in Las Vegas, Red Mountain continues to invest in its operations to ensure that its customers receive the highest level of...