Rocky Mountain Construction articles from June 2006

Rocky Mountain Construction archives from June 2006

Editor's Report.
June 12, 2006... By Hol Wagner Dam safety is a minor "hot button" issue today, and with all the dams in Mountain America, concern over maintaining and upgrading existing dams is certainly legitimate. Therefore, we were pleased when the American Society of...

"Pride of the West" Infiltration Control.(mine reclamation construction)
June 12, 2006... By Joseph J. Feiler, Project Manager, Frontier, Environmental Services Inc. Covering mine stope high in the Rockies mitigates metals seeping into Animas River watershed Historical mining operations in Colorado and other western states...

SuperRedTan Interchange.
June 12, 2006... Article by Terry Ertter Massive freeway-to-freeway traffic interchange links Superstition, Red Mountain and Santan freeways Historically, travelers driving to or from Phoenix have used one of five available highways to enter or exit...

Wheeler Addresses Utah Mechanics Lien Laws.
June 12, 2006... Staff Salt Lake City-- On May 4, Wheeler Machinery Co.'s Finance Department held a customer seminar on the new Utah mechanics lien laws, the State Construction Registry (SCR) and the new standardized lien waivers. Licensed contractors...

Colorado Machinery Grows With Mergers.
June 12, 2006... Staff Colorado Springs-- Colorado Machinery LLC has completed a merger that increases its store total from five to nine and broadens its product mix and geographic reach. On April 8, the Colorado Springs-based construction equipment...

Summer Roadwork For Denver Area.
June 12, 2006... Staff Denver-- This summer the Colorado Department of Transportation will have a minimum of 25 construction projects under way in the Denver metro area alone, totaling approximately $125 million (not including the $1.67-billion T-REX...

Road Construction Season In Wyoming.
June 12, 2006... Staff Cheyenne-- With the return of warm weather, the Wyoming Department of Transportation and several dozen construction companies have geared up for another season of improvement work on the Cowboy State's roads. Numerous projects...

Contractor-Owned Batch Plant.
June 26, 2006... By Hol Wagner Lillard & Clark Construction uses on-site Port-a-Pour batch plant to expand Westminster, Colo., wastewater treatment plant Why would a general contractor want to buy and operate his own concrete batch plant? The...

Q&D Does C&G At A Record Pace.(curb and gutter machinery)(Q&D Construction purchases machinery from GOMACO Corp. )
June 26, 2006... Staff Jack-of-all-trades Construction keeps breaking its own curb and gutter record Courtesy GOMACO Corp. Q&D Construction is a general contractor in Sparks, Nev. When the company starts a subdivision project, it has the...

Fifty Years Of Post-Tensioning.(Company overview)
June 26, 2006... Staff VSL celebrates 50th anniversary of tendon post-tensioning of prestressed concrete VStructural LLC (VSL) -- technical leader in the design, manufacture and installation of post-tensioning systems and components for the...

WYDOT Awards 10 Contracts.(Wyoming Department of Transportation contracts construction and engineering companies)
June 26, 2006... Staff Cheyenne-- Contracts totaling more than $16.2 million for 10 highway projects around the state were awarded by the Wyoming Transportation Commission during a recent meeting in Cheyenne. Simon Contractors, of Cheyenne, won the largest...

HDR To Engineer Albuquerque Street Car.
June 26, 2006... Staff Albuquerque-- Albuquerque Mayor Martin ChEivez and ABQ RIDE director Greg Payne announced recently that a contract for the engineering of the city's modern street car project has been signed and awarded to HDR Inc. Headquartered in...

Casino Construction To Start In Wyoming.
June 26, 2006... Staff Riverton, Wyo.-- Construction on a $10-million casino on the Wind River Indian Reservation will begin soon, according to Norman Willow, councilman with the Northern Arapaho Tribe. Though no specific date was given, Willow said no...

Ground Broken For Downtown Condos.
June 26, 2006... Staff Denver-- Ground was broken recently for One Lincoln Park, the first high-rise condominium development in downtown Denver in about 25 years. Erik Osborn is developing the 32-story, 186-unit building on a triangular block bordered...

NCA Names 2006 Board Of Directors.(Nevada Contractors Association appoints Guy Wells, David Papadopulo, and Kris Sundell)(Brief article)
June 26, 2006... Staff Las Vegas-- The Nevada Contractors Association has named Guy Wells, president of Wells Cargo Construction, as its 2006 chairman. David Papadopulo, Olson Precast Co., is vice chairman; Kris Sundell, Stewart & Sundell Concrete, is...

Pape Rents Adds Ingersoll Rand Handlers.
June 26, 2006... Staff Las Vegas-- Ingersoll Rand Co. Limited has expanded its dealer network with the addition of Pape Rents as a new material handling equipment dealer, providing more equipment solutions to customers in southern Nevada. The...

Allied Honors Power Equipment.
June 26, 2006... Staff Denver-- Power Equipment Co. has been recognized by Allied Construction Products LLC as a 2005 Top 10 distributor. Through more than 200 U.S. and Canadian distributors, Allied offers a complete line of attachments for...

GOMACO Recognizes Cate, Empire, Foster.(Empire Southwest LLC, Cate Equipment Company Inc., Foster Equipment Co.)(Brief article)
June 26, 2006... Staff Ida Grove, Iowa-- GOMACO Corp. recently recognized Empire Southwest LLC of Arizona and Cate Equipment Co. Inc. of Utah and Nevada as Top Ten Distributors for sales in the 2005 fiscal year. The awards were presented in recognition for...

Lowry Joins Road Machinery.
June 26, 2006... Staff Phoenix-- Jim Lowry has joined Road Machinery LLC as general manager of sales. He is responsible for overseeing the company's sales operations and for managing whole good ordering, inventory control and the rental fleet. "We are...

CLI Forms ClearWater Construction.(Colorado Lining International acquires Alliance Golf Corp.)(Brief article)
June 26, 2006... Staff Parker, Colo.-- Colorado-based geosynthetic leader Colorado Lining International (CLI) has purchased water feature builder Alliance Golf Corp. of Evansville, Ind., and formed ClearWater Construction International LLC. ClearWater will...

ADS Opening Phoenix Plant.
June 26, 2006... Staff Phoenix-- In another step that takes the company closer to meeting its strategic growth objectives, Advanced Drainage Systems (ADS) is opening a new production facility in Phoenix. Service will officially begin later this summer,...

West Corridor Light Rail Draws Four Proposals.
June 26, 2006... Staff Denver-- Four teams submitted proposals in response to the Denver Regional Transportation District's request for proposals for CM/GC services for the West Corridor Light Rail Transit Project, linking downtown Denver with the...

Littleton Station Breaks Ground.
June 26, 2006... Staff Littleton, Colo.-- Developer Littleton Capital Partners joined local officials recently for a groundbreaking ceremony for the construction start of the new Littleton Station mixed-use project, just east of the downtown Littleton...

Sundt Building New Country Club Facility.
June 26, 2006... Staff Phoenix-- Sundt Construction Inc. is giving a fresh look and expanded facilities to a piece of Phoenix history. Demolition and renovation of the historic Arizona Country Club at 5668 E. Orange Blossom Lane in Phoenix began on April...

NES-Tucson Adds Heavy Equipment.
June 26, 2006... Staff Tucson-- NES Rentals has begun offering heavy equipment rental at the company's Tucson branch at 4050 E. Columbia Street. NES said the move to add heavy equipment to the traffic safety equipment and services already offered in Tucson...

Galena Creek Bridge Contract Canceled.(Nevada Department of Transportation terminates contract with Edward Kraemer and Sons Inc.)
June 26, 2006... Staff Reno-- Since December 2003, crews from Wisconsin-based Edward Kraemer & Sons Inc. have been hard at work erecting the Galena Creek Bridge, one of the largest concrete arch structures in the world and the keystone of Northern Nevada's...

New Look For Bobcat of the Rockies.
June 26, 2006... Staff Golden, Colo.-- Bobcat of the Rockies has completed building renovations at its Golden location. The first of many changes to come to its Colorado locations, this fresh new look is in response to a branding initiative that has...

Fort Carson Entry Improvements Planned.
June 26, 2006... Staff Colorado Springs-- Colorado Department of Transportation officials have begun the process to upgrade the Gate 20 entrance to Fort Carson, which itself is in the midst of rapid growth as new units are assigned to the Army base on the...

Cement Plants To Expand Capacity.
June 26, 2006... Staff Laramie, Wyo., and Fernley, Nev.-- Dallas-based Eagle Materials is proceeding with expansion of its Mountain Cement plant in Laramie and its Nevada Cement plant in Fernley at a cost of about $320 million. The expansions will...

Coal-To-Liquids Plant Planned.
June 26, 2006... Staff Commerce City, Colo.-- Denver-based Rentech Inc. is preparing to begin construction of a $22-million to $25-million pilot plant in Commerce City to demonstrate its technology for converting coal into liquid fuels using the...

FAA Approves Sky Harbor Improvements.
June 26, 2006... Staff Phoenix-- Federal Aviation Administration approval was received April 14 for a $2-billion airport enhancement program at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport. Elements of the program will be undertaken as demand dictates and...

Utilities Endorse Wyo.-Calif. Power Line.
June 26, 2006... Staff San Diego-- At a press conference here on April 17, Wyoming Gov. Dave Freudenthal announced that seven Western electric utilities have agreed to back construction of an integrated gasification combined cycle power plant in Wyoming,...