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Rocky Mountain Construction articles from September 2004
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Rocky Mountain Construction archives from September 2004
ADOT Names State Engineer.(Arizona Department of Transportion)
September 13, 2004... Staff
Phoenix- Michael Ortega, city manager of Douglas, Ariz., has been hired as state engineer of the Arizona Department of Transportation, where he will oversee the agency's highway development, construction and maintenance programs for...
Design-Build Project Under Way on Utah's SR-201.(Brief Article)
September 13, 2004... Staff
Salt Lake City- Construction began late in July on the Utah Department of Transportation's SR-201 Design-Build Project, which will improve the 2100 South Freeway from the Jordan River west to the Bangerter Highway. Ralph L. Wadsworth...
WYDOT's Dover Plans To Retire.(Sleeter Dover)(Wyoming Department of Transportation)
September 13, 2004... Staff
Cheyenne- Sleeter Dover, director of the Wyoming Department of Transportation for the past four years and an employee of the department since 1976, has announced his intent to retire late this year or early next year. He was named in...
Nevada Victory For Building Contractors.(Brief Article)
September 13, 2004... Staff
Las Vegas- A Nevada casino project proved to have a silver lining for the state's building contractors when the Nevada Supreme Court earlier this year decided that state law includes exceptions to the enforcement of...
Opus To Build LoDo Building For EPA.(Brief Article)
September 13, 2004... Staff
Denver- Developer Opus Northwest will build a nine-story, 250,000-square-foot building in Denver to house a new regional office for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The $70-million project, to rise at the corner of 16th and...
Pipeline Authority To Issue First Bonds.(Wyoming Natural Gas Pipeline Authority)(Brief Article)
September 13, 2004... Staff
Cheyenne- The Wyoming Natural Gas Pipeline Authority plans to issue its first bonds shortly to raise loan money for a $33-million office complex that will rise on 36 acres south of Rock Springs to support natural gas extraction in...
Associations In New Home.(Colorado Ready Mix Concrete Associations)(Colorado Rock Products Association )(Brief Article)
September 13, 2004... Staff
Centennial, Colo.- On Aug. 23, the Colorado Ready Mix Concrete Association and Colorado Rock Products Association moved from their previous home in the Colorado Contractors Association building in Englewood to a new home at 6855 S....
Editor's Report.
September 13, 2004... By Hol Wagner
Sadly, at a time when the greatest attention should be paid to getting a highway program reauthorization bill through Congress, interest is waning for a variety of reasons, among them the succession of stopgap extensions of...
Helicopter Hangar Nears Completion.
September 13, 2004... By Betty Johnston
Army National Guard facility in Marana, Ariz., will house Apache, Black Hawk attack helicopters
On a 12-acre site at the Silverbell Army Heliport in Marana, Ariz., Sundt Construction of Phoenix is more than 80-percent...
Avalanche!
September 13, 2004... By Knox Williams, Director, Colorado, Avalanche Information Center
Recent history demonstrates danger of snowslides in the Rockies
Avalanches are common occurrences in Colorado and other Rocky Mountain states. And they can suddenly and...
Partners In Tool Management.
September 13, 2004... By Don Kafka
RK Mechanical employs ToolWatch system to keep tabs on valuable tools and equipment
RK Mechanical is well known throughout the Rocky Mountain region for its quality work in HVAC and plumbing. The company is working on...
A Concrete Connection To Quality.
September 13, 2004... By Robert Garbini, President, National Ready Mixed Concrete Association
The National Ready Mixed Concrete Association Links Performance-Based Specifications to Customer Satisfaction
If you have a stake in highway construction, you've...
Partnering For Highway Quality.
September 13, 2004... By Stephen Sandherr, Chief Executive Officer, The Associated General Contractors of America
Football great Rosie Greer said, "You learn a lot of things on the field. But most of all you learn you need those ten other guys." His observation...
Agilia.
September 27, 2004... By Carol Carder
Lafarge North America's new self-consolidating concrete
Although the concrete industry calls the test for workability and load-to-load consistency the slump test, for Lafarge North America's Agilia self-consolidating...
Cement Shortage.
September 27, 2004... By Robert Damora
Widespread problem plagues many Arizona contractors
The ready availability of cement still remains tight in Arizona. Reduced cement production on a local level, coupled with tariffs on imported cement, fewer cement...
Helipost.(Construction equipment)
September 27, 2004... By Carol Carder
Fort Collins, Colo., firm introduces "the next generation in foundations"
Secure Piers LLC of Fort Collins, Colo., aims to change the way highway signs, high mast light poles and sound walls along highways are...
Extend The Tax?(sales tax funds)
September 27, 2004... By Robert Damora
Phoenix area voters to decide fate of sales tax that funds Regional Transportation Plan
For nearly four decades, Maricopa County, Ariz., transportation officials knew the Phoenix area's population boom demanded more...
Woodbrik.(building block)
September 27, 2004... By Carol Carder
A new earth-friendly building block from Denver inventor
Denver area inventor William M. Strabala has perfected the process for the ultimate green building material. For Woodbrik(tm), he combines Class C fly ash and...