Rocky Mountain Construction articles from May 2005

Rocky Mountain Construction archives from May 2005

GWAWRF Expansion Complete.
May 9, 2005... By Betty Johnston Sundt wraps up $31-million expansion of Glendale West Area Water Reclamation Facility A 17-month, $31-million project to expand Glendale (Arizona's) West Area Water Reclamation Facility (GWAWRF) has recently been...

Millimeters On Mountaintops.(Column)
May 9, 2005... Story by Richard Rybka, Topcon Precision positioning system aids construction of I-580 bridges in northern Nevada Perched on a rocky ledge the size of a coffee table, a man peers through the eyepiece of a survey instrument. Rock-fall...

Legacy Project Gets EPA Thumbs-Up.(Environmental Protection Agency)
May 9, 2005... Staff Salt Lake City-- On the final day of the public comment period for the Legacy Parkway Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS), the federal agency tasked with protecting the nation's environment issued one of its highest...

New Mexico Service Dubbed "RailRunner".
May 9, 2005... Staff Albuquerque-- New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson recently unveiled the name and designs for locomotives, railcars and interiors of the Albuquerque area commuter rail initiative. The New Mexico RailRunner is scheduled to begin service...

NMDOT Begins US-54 Reconstruction.(New Mexico Department of Transportation)(Brief Article)
May 9, 2005... Staff Santa Rosa, N.M.-- The New Mexico Department of Transportation broke ground April 8 on the reconstruction of US-54 between Santa Rosa and Vaughn. This $27-million project is one of 40 GRIP (Governor Richardson's Investment...

Work Begins On US-89 Widening.(Utah Department of Transportation)(Brief Article)
May 9, 2005... Staff Logan, Utah-- The Utah Department of Transportation has begun work on improvements to US-89 north of Logan. The project includes complete reconstruction and widening of the highway between the summit of Logan Canyon and Garden...

NDOT Bids Another US-95 Project.(Nevada Department of Transportation)(Brief Article)
May 9, 2005... Staff Las Vegas-- For the past two years, the Nevada Department of Transportation has been widening US-95 in northwest Las Vegas. The completed project will increase the freeway from six to 10 lanes from Martin Luther King Boulevard to...

Mitsui Acquires Road Machinery.(Mitsui and Company Ltd. (Japan) acquires Road Machinery Co.)(Brief Article)
May 9, 2005... Staff Phoenix-- Mitsui & Co. has acquired the majority ownership interest in Road Machinery Co., based in Phoenix. Komatsu America, the former owner, will maintain a minority interest in the newly formed company, Road Machinery LLC....

Kitchell In Charge Of Nevada Detention Center.(Brief Article)
May 9, 2005... Staff Phoenix-- Kitchell CEM, one of the nation's leading program/construction managers for correctional facilities, has been selected as owner's representative for a new detention facility by the Nye County (Nev.) Board of Commissioners....

Volvo Rents Opens Vegas, Tucson Centers.(Brief Article)
May 9, 2005... Staff Las Vegas-- Volvo Construction Equipment Rents Inc. (Volvo Rents) has announced the opening of new independently owned Volvo Rents equipment rental centers in Las Vegas and Tucson. NRL Rentals LLC has opened its first Las Vegas...

Neff Rental Sold.(Brief Article)
May 9, 2005... Staff Miami-- Odyssey Investment Partners LLC, a $1.2-billion buyout firm, said it has agreed to buy equipment rental company Neff Corp. in a deal valued at $510 million. Miami-based Neff said Odyssey would acquire Neff's equity for $240.5...

Attachments For HDD Machines.(Horizontal directional drilling)(Harr Technologies LLC )
May 23, 2005... By Tara Deering Harr Technologies invents tools for horizontal directional drilling units that efficiently clean culverts Sometimes it's the simplest ideas that turn out to be big business. For Bob Harr, owner and founder of Harr...

Proposal Provides $1.7 Billion For Roads.
May 23, 2005... Staff Denver-- For the first time in years, Democrats control both houses of the Colorado Legislature, and there have been widespread fears that this would doom the possibility of increasing state funding for highway improvements,...

Water Officials Propose $2-Billion Pipeline.(Southern Nevada Water Authority)(Brief Article)
May 23, 2005... Staff Las Vegas-- Officials of the Southern Nevada Water Authority have proposed construction of a $2.04-billion, 461-mile pipeline to bring surface and underground water from northern Nevada to Clark County to help quench the growing...

CDOT Schedules Busy Summer.(Colorado Department of Transportation)
May 23, 2005... Staff Denver-- Resurfacing projects, bridge replacement projects and new bridge construction will consume much of the construction season this summer for the Colorado Department of Transportation. In the Denver metro area alone there will...

ADOT Explains US-60 Widening.(Brief Article)
May 23, 2005... Staff Mesa, Ariz.-- An upcoming project to widen the US-60 Superstition Freeway through Mesa was explained at a public meeting in Mesa last month. The Arizona Department of Transportation offered residents the opportunity to learn about...

MOE Facility Construction Slogs On.(Maintenance of Equipment)
May 23, 2005... By Robert Damora Heavy rains slow progress on Phoenix area light rail equipment maintenance facility Despite near-biblical amounts of rain that fell on the Valley of the Sun during February, work continues on the $57.6-million Valley...