Rocky Mountain Construction articles from October 2005

Rocky Mountain Construction archives from October 2005

Perpetual Pavement.
October 10, 2005... By Carol Carder A great deal: 10 years more wear for only an inch Littleton, Colo., will be receiving 10 additional years' wear on Mineral Avenue with just one additional inch of asphalt, and Frank Marbury, P.E., thinks 50-percent more...

Field of Dreams.
October 10, 2005... By Carol Carder Asphalt surfaces baseball field of Mile High Miracle League for special children At the end of July construction began on an unusual predominantly asphalt project, the Jason Jennings Mile High Miracle League Adaptive...

Dillman In Arizona.
October 10, 2005... Staff Through its Las Vegas-based representative, Cox & Associates, Dillman Equipment Inc. of Prairie du Chien, Wis., has been steadily increasing its presence in Arizona. Early this year, FNF Construction, based in Phoenix and doing...

Back To Work.
October 10, 2005... Staff Congress returned to work from its August recess after Labor Day with some major issues involving the construction industry resolved and others awaiting action. That progress paves the way for what could turn out to be a memorable...

Commuter Rail Breaks Ground.
October 10, 2005... Staff Salt Lake City-- Utah Transit Authority officials broke ground on Tuesday, Aug. 30, for the first phase of a commuter rail line linking Salt Lake City and Ogden -- five years after residents of Salt Lake, Davis and Weber counties...

WyGen II Plant Construction OK'd.
October 10, 2005... Staff Gillette, Wyo.-- The Wyoming Public Service Commission has granted a certificate of public convenience and necessity to Black Hills Corp., the final approval needed before construction begins on the $169-million WyGen II coal-fired...

Tri-State, Xcel Plan New Colorado Plants.
October 10, 2005... Staff Southeastern Colo.-- Tri-State Generation & Transmission Association Inc. of Westminster, Colo., has announced plans to invest $5 billion over the next 15 years for electric generation and transmission facilities. The plans include...

Editor's Report.
October 10, 2005... By Hol Wagner With gas prices reaching $3 per gallon or more as a result of disruptions to the motor fuel supply chain, some are calling for a suspension or repeal of the 18.4-cents-per-gallon federal tax on motor fuel sales. Since 1956,...

Guaranteed!(Rocky Mountain Materials & Asphalt Inc)
October 10, 2005... By Carol Carder Colorado's first 10-year warranty asphalt project completed on US-24 by Rocky Mountain Materials & Asphalt Rocky Mountain Materials & Asphalt Inc. of Colorado Springs is standing behind its pavement design with the...

Rehabbing Kenosha Pass.(A&S Construction Co)
October 10, 2005... By Carol Carder A&S Construction, Dustrol employ hot-in-place recycling on US-285 rehab over Colorado's Kenosha Pass "Hot-in-place-recycling is an important tool in maintaining asphalt highways, particularly with our limited...

Moving Dirt For Cabela's.
October 24, 2005... By Carol Carder Huge site preparation project for outfitter's new Colorado store under way in Wheat Ridge A whole lot of scraping has been going on at the 120-acre site for the newest "retail destination showroom" of Nebraska-based...

Treating Water for Phoenix.
October 24, 2005... Staff The demanding nature of the Lake Pleasant water plant construction project shows why renting makes sense If you were to ask anybody, "What's the one most important thing you need in the desert?" The typical answer would most...

Rig Craters Utah Highway.
October 24, 2005... By Jim England A tractor-trailer rig carrying 35,000 pounds of explosives used in mining operations overturned Aug. 10 on curvy highway US-6 in Spanish Fork Canyon, south of Provo, Utah, and exploded, leaving a crater 75 feet wide and more...

Power Motive Cuts Ribbon At New Milliken Branch.
October 24, 2005... Staff Milliken, Colo.-- Denver-based equipment distributor Power Motive Corp. held an open house and ribbon cutting ceremony last month for its new branch facility at Milliken. Why would the successful Komatsu distributor locate a...

Wyoming Pipelines Approved, Announced.
October 24, 2005... Staff Wamsutter, Wyo.-- The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has approved Entrega Gas Pipeline Inc.'s proposal to build a 330-mile natural gas pipeline from northwest Colorado up to the Wamsutter Hub in southwestern Wyoming, then east...

New Retail Center For Prescott Valley.
October 24, 2005... Staff Prescott Valley, Ariz.-- Kitchell Development Co. has partnered with Yavapai Hills Commercial on the development of a new, approximately 800,000-square-foot retail power center in Prescott Valley. The site is located on both sides of...

Colorado Machinery's Colorado Springs Addition.(Brief Article)
October 24, 2005... Staff Colorado Springs-- Colorado Machinery has opened its new facility in Colorado Springs -- an additional building next door to its existing facility at 1100 East Cheyenne. The existing facility handles the John Deere line, while the...

Legacy Parkway Settlement Reached.
October 24, 2005... Staff Salt Lake City-- Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr. and the Sierra Club's Brad Yates signed an agreement in principle last month, establishing a framework for settling the Sierra Club's 2001 lawsuit that halted construction of the Legacy...

Federal Funds For Nevada Maglev.
October 24, 2005... Staff Las Vegas-- An interesting portion of the recently approved SAFETEA-LU federal transportation funding act relates to magnetic levitation transportation projects and authorizes $15 million in both fiscal 2006 and 2007, followed by $30...

Power Line Bonds Sold In Wyoming.
October 24, 2005... Staff Gillette, Wyo.-- The new Wyoming Infrastructure Authority has brokered its first deal, issuing $34.5 million in bonds which were purchased by the state treasurer's office, with the proceeds then loaned to Basin Electric Power...

Wind Power Project Under Way In New Mexico.
October 24, 2005... Staff Portales, N.M.-- Roosevelt County Commissioners have authorized the issuance of industrial revenue bonds to help finance construction of Xcel Energy's $160-million San Juan Mesa wind power plant near Elida, along highway US-70 in...

Colorado Ethanol Plant Construction Begins.
October 24, 2005... Staff Windsor, Colo.-- Front Range Energy has begun construction of its ethanol plant near Windsor. ICM of Colwich, Kan., provided the process design and is serving as general contractor on the plant, which will process about 14 million...

FHWA Endorses 11400 South Project.(Federal Highway Administration )(Brief Article)
October 24, 2005... Staff Salt Lake City-- The Utah Department of Transportation has received a favorable record of decision from the Federal Highway Administration on the 11400 South environmental impact statement that will allow UDOT to move forward with...

Sundt to Build Phoenix Bus Facility.(Brief Article)
October 24, 2005... Staff Phoenix-- Sundt Construction Inc. has been chosen as the design-build contractor for the Phoenix Public Transit West Operating Facility, a bus operations center at the northeast corner of 79th Avenue and Van Buren Street. RNL Design...