Rocky Mountain Construction articles from September 2006

Rocky Mountain Construction archives from September 2006

Some Glue Might Have Helped!(Yenter Companies of Golden)(Brief article)
September 11, 2006... Staff On July 8th a rock climber parked his car alongside US-6, right beside the rock wall that constitutes the south side of Clear Creek Canyon, a few miles west of Denver. The canyon is well known for rockfall incidents and last year was...

Editor's Report.
September 11, 2006... By Hol Wagner The news regarding Wyoming highways is not good. See Industry News on page 67 for funding shortfall reports from the Wyoming Department of Transportation and the Department of State Parks and Cultural Resources. Now comes the...

Gluing Rock.
September 11, 2006... By Carol Carder Mining technology applied to stabilize Poudre Canyon highway tunnel A technology used since the mid 1970s in the mining industry has transferred to the civil arena thanks to the pioneering efforts of the Federal Highway...

Flood Devastates COLO-67.
September 11, 2006... Staff Deckers, Colo.- The destruction wrought on a canyon highway last weekend by a surging flood along West Creek in Douglas County, southwest of Denver, will cost millions of dollars to repair and likely take all summer to complete. ...

Funds Shortfall Hurting WYDOT.
September 11, 2006... Staff Cheyenne- The amount of federal highway funding the Wyoming Department of Transportation will be able to use to improve and maintain highways in the Cowboy State this year is now estimated to be about $29 million lower than...

Rocky Website Adds Contractor Weather Channel.
September 11, 2006... Staff Denver- To help you get your day started, we have added the ACP Contractor Weather Channel to our website. Now all you have to do to know what to expect from Mother Nature is go to www.rockymountainconstruction.com or www.acppubs.com...

Town Lake Bridge.
September 11, 2006... By Terry Ertter Signature bridge to carry light rail over Tempe Town Lake Like an oasis in the desert, Tempe Town Lake has attracted many of Arizona's most spectacular construction projects during the past few years. That's saying...

Construction Starts Summary.
September 25, 2006... Staff How To Use the Construction Starts Summary: The information on this page reports non-residential construction activity in the region by contract value. The chart at the bottom of the page tracks cumulative starts for all...

Wyoming Interstates At 50.
September 25, 2006... By Hol Wagner Cowboy state fights declining funds to preserve and improve 914-mile highway system Wyoming, with its population of just over 509,000 and its total area of 97,818 square miles, has just 5.2 residents per square mile,...

Diesel Land Speed Record.
September 25, 2006... Hol Wagner JCB's DIESELMAX hits 350 mph at Bonneville, breaking day-old world speed record On western Utah's Bonneville Salt Flats last month, equipment manufacturer JCB set a world land speed record for diesel-powered vehicles with...

T-REX Done After Five Years.(Brief article)
September 25, 2006... Staff Denver-- After five years, T-REX is now officially extinct. Gov. Bill Owens marked completion of the $1.75-billion design-build project Aug. 22 by picking up the last of the orange traffic cones that have marked the project corridor....

Alameda Interchange For C-470 Beltway?(Brief article)
September 25, 2006... Staff Jefferson County, Colo.-- Rapid residential growth on the far west side of the Denver metro area is causing Lakewood and Jefferson County officials to consider reviving long-dormant plans for an interchange on the C-470 beltway at...

Pipe Manufacturer Plans Casper Plant.(PolyPipe Inc plans to open a pipe manufacturing plant)(Brief article)
September 25, 2006... Staff Casper, Wyo.-- PolyPipe Inc., Gainesville, Texas-based manufacturer of small- and large-diameter high-density and medium-density polyethylene pressure pipe, is planning a pipe manufacturing plant in the Cole Creek Industrial Park in...

Pueblo Cement Plant Construction Begins.
September 25, 2006... Staff Pueblo, Colo.-- Three years after it first announced plans, GCC Rio Grande Inc. (a subsidiary of Grupo Cementos de Chihuahua, Mexico) has begun construction on a new $200-million, 2,900-tons-per-day cement plant at Pueblo. FLSmidth...

Wyoming Contractors Relocate Office.
September 25, 2006... Staff Cheyenne-- After 37 years at the same site -- the Hitching Post Inn on Cheyenne's west side -- the Wyoming Contractors Association moved to new office space in the College Park development on the east side of the city at the end of...

House Heads New Mexico ACEC.(appointment of Steve House in American Council of Engineering Companies)(Brief article)
September 25, 2006... Staff Albuquerque-- Steve House of HDR has been named president of the New Mexico chapter of the American Council of Engineering Companies. He will serve in this capacity for one year. House is a registered professional engineer and...

Condo Hotel Tower For Denver Suburb.
September 25, 2006... Staff Greenwood Village, Colo.-- ING Clarion Partners has announced plans for a $75-million, 200-room, four-star hotel adjacent to a light rail stop along Interstate 25 and next to the developer's Plaza Tower One office building at 6400...

W.E. O'Neil In New Colorado Office.
September 25, 2006... Staff Denver-- W.E. O'Neil Construction Co. of Colorado has relocated to new office facilities as of July 1. The company renovated an older 13,000-square-foot warehouse into a new regional office facility at 229 Vallejo Street, Denver, CO...

Hotel Conversion In Downtown Denver.
September 25, 2006... Staff Denver-- Sage Hospitality Resources, Denver-based developer/operator of 47 hotels in 21 states, is preparing to convert the old Executive Tower Inn at 1405 Curtis Street in downtown Denver into The Curtis, a 336-room hotel in the...

Another Wind Farm For Wyoming.
September 25, 2006... Staff Rawlins, Wyo.-- PPM Energy of Portland, Ore., proposes to install up to 125 wind turbines on private land northwest of Medicine Bow, Wyo. The project would produce up to 187.5 megawatts of power per year, enough to power about 46,800...

Indian Community Moving Casino.(Brief article)
September 25, 2006... Staff Gila River Indian Community, Ariz.-- The Gila River Indian Community south of Phoenix plans to relocate the largest of its three casinos closer to Interstate 10, building a new casino resort with a 250-room, 10-story hotel,...

Wyoming Park Roads Hurting Too.(Brief article)
September 25, 2006... Staff Cheyenne-- The Wyoming Department of Transportation has already reported the reduced availability of funding for highway improvement projects, and now the Department of State Parks and Cultural Resources has voiced a similar need for...

Coal Railroad To Cost $6 Billion.
September 25, 2006... Staff Newcastle, Wyo.-- The Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern Railroad's project to tap the Powder River Basin coalfields of northeastern Wyoming will require at least $3.5 billion in private funding on top of a $2.5-billion Federal Railroad...

Weitz Awarded CH2M Hill Building 4.
September 25, 2006... Staff Denver-- The Denver office of the Weitz Co., national full-service general contractor, design-builder and construction manager with 13 offices nationwide, recently began construction on CH2M Hill's Building 4 on the design...

Ingersoll Rand Adds Dealer In Durango.
September 25, 2006... Staff Durango, Colo.-- Ingersoll Rand Co. Ltd. has expanded its dealer network with the addition of Bobcat of Durango as a new utility equipment dealer, providing Ingersoll Rand solutions to customers in southwest Colorado. Bobcat of...

TLC Trucks/El Paso Great Dane Newest East Dealer.(East Manufacturing Inc.)(Brief article)
September 25, 2006... Staff El Paso-- TLC Trucks & El Paso Great Dane has been named a franchise trailer dealer for East Manufacturing. In business since 1999, the company serves the West Texas and southern New Mexico market. "We decided to partner with...

TEREX Reedrill Signs King Energy Services.
September 25, 2006... Staff Farmington, N.M.-- TEREX Reedrill has named King Energy Services Inc. as a new distributor for drilling equipment in select counties of New Mexico, Arizona and Colorado. King Energy will carry the TEREX Reedrill line of hydraulic...

UDOT Completes SR-201 Project.
September 25, 2006... Staff Salt Lake City-- After two years, 54,822 cubic yards of concrete and 41,145 tons of asphalt, work on Utah's SR-201 Design-Build Project has been completed and the improved highway opened to traffic in ceremonies held Aug. 23. ...

ADOT Awards Another Rubberized Asphalt Job.
September 25, 2006... Staff Phoenix-- The Arizona State Transportation Board has approved three contracts for highway projects in the Phoenix area, including the next round of rubberized asphalt resurfacing work on Interstate 10 in the West Valley. The board,...

Second Togwotee Pass Project Awarded.
September 25, 2006... Staff Cheyenne-- A $16.9-million contract for the second phase of the reconstruction of US 26/287 between Dubois and Moran Junction is among the more than $20 million in highway contracts awarded by the Wyoming Transportation Commission...

Snowbird Completes Skier Tunnel.
September 25, 2006... Staff Snowbird, Utah-- Workers at the Snowbird Ski & Summer Resort have holed-through a 595-foot tunnel that will take skiers from the Peruvian Gulch into Mineral Basin starting this winter. Boise, Idaho-based Small Mine Development LLC...

Xcel Commits To Clean Coal Plant.
September 25, 2006... Staff Denver-- Xcel Energy has committed $3.5 million through 2007 toward development of Colorado's first clean-coal power plant. The money will fund engineering studies and other project development activities for the proposed...

US-89 Improvements In Logan Canyon.(Utah Department of Transportation contracts with Frehner Construction Company Inc.)(Brief article)
September 25, 2006... Staff Garden City, Utah-- A Utah Department of Transportation project is under way that will reconstruct approximately seven miles of US-89 between the summit of Logan Canyon and Garden City. It will make driving the canyon easier and...

McCarthy Will Build Le Meridien Hotel.
September 25, 2006... Staff Tempe, Ariz.-- McCarthy Building Cos. has been selected as general contractor for a $105-million, 14-story, 183-room Le Meridien Hotel as part of the Hayden Ferry Lakeside project at Tempe Town Lake. Hayden Ferry Lakeside is a...