Construction articles from November 2007

Construction archives from November 2007

AEM Elects New Members.(Association of Equipment Manufacturers)(Equipment Web Services)(Rentals Inc.)(Brief article)
November 12, 2007... Staff The Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM)recently elected two companies from Construction's region to membership in the international trade group. They are Equipment Web Services in Norfolk, Virginia, a provider of...

Scott Chinery Elected ASHE Secretary.
November 12, 2007... Staff Scott Chinery, PE, of Mulkey Engineers & Consultants has been elected the 2007-2008 secretary of the American Society of Highway Engineers (ASHE) - Carolina Piedmont Section. As secretary, Chinery will be responsible for chapter...

Mohr Joins SIGAL Construction.
November 12, 2007... Staff SIGAL Construction Corporation has announced that Christine Mohr has joined the company as the director of Business Development. Mohr brings to SIGAL seasoned experience in business development, marketing, public relations, and...

R.W. Moore Promotes John Powers.
November 12, 2007... Staff R.W. Moore Equipment Company has announced the promotion of John Powers to parts manager of the New Bern branch. Powers previously worked in the parts department of the Fayetteville branch.

Hand, Hammer Join Cleantechnics International.
November 12, 2007... Staff Cleantechnics International, Inc. has added two members to its team. Jon Hand has joined CTI as the tech service manager and Herb Hammer as U.S. sales manager. CTI offers the trucking, transit and heavy equipment industries a...

Creighton Joins Greenhorne & O'Mara.(David Creighton)(Brief article)
November 12, 2007... Staff Engineering consulting firm Greenhorne & O'Mara, Inc. (G&O) announces the appointment of David Creighton as department head for its Maryland Construction Engineering and Inspection group. Working from G&O's Baltimore office,...

Henning Joins Lane Company.
November 12, 2007... Staff Erica S. Henning has been named development manager in the Carolinas division of multifamily real estate firm Lane Company. She is responsible for the firm's day-to-day development activities in the area.

Horn Named Associate Principal.
November 12, 2007... Staff Thorburn Associates (TA) promoted Jim Horn to associate principal in the Raleigh-Durham, N.C., office. He will continue spearheading TA's business development efforts.

Brundage-Bone & Blanchet Announce New Personnel.
November 12, 2007... Staff Brundage-Bone & Blanchet, L.L.C. is pleased to announce Michael Carr as the new area manager of their Tidewater, Virginia-area concrete pumping services. In addition Terry Hudgins has joined the team in charge of dispatch and sales.

Sink To Serve On Kubota Board.
November 12, 2007... Staff C.J. Sink, Lexington, N.C., has been selected to serve on the National Dealer Advisory Board for Kubota Tractor Corporation. He was elected by fellow dealers in the Kubota Southeast Division to represent them at the national level,...

Turner To Cover Southeast Territory.
November 12, 2007... Staff Robert M. Scalabrini, president and CEO, Allied Construction Products, LLC has announced the appointment of Eddie Turner to the position of district manager covering the Southeast territory including the states of Virginia, North...

Epps, Yarbrough Join Mulkey Engineers.(Mulkey Engineers and Consultants)(Shawn Epps)(Mark Yarbrough)(Brief article)
November 12, 2007... Staff Mulkey Engineers & Consultants, a multidiscipline civil engineering firm headquartered in Raleigh, N.C., has hired Shawn Epps to head up its Columbia, S.C., office and Mark Yarbrough, PLS as survey group manager in the company's Cary...

Stocks Finish On Higher Ground.(Statistical data)
November 12, 2007... By Margot Crabtree, Trade Trends The Construction Magazine Index continued its strong climb, adding 159.02 points, or 6.13 percent, and ending at 2755.02. The subprime meltdown continued; housing weakness and the ensuing credit crunch...

Choosing, Operating, Maintaining Portable Generators.
November 12, 2007... By Eric Morse Make sure you have a generator well before you need one,and then operate it and maintain it properly. Now is the time to purchase a generator according to Todd Howe, Ingersoll Rand product marketing manager for mobile...

Steel Components Protected At Whitewater Center.
November 12, 2007... Staff When the U.S. National Whitewater Center in Charlotte, North Carolina, was being designed, the engineers knew that galvanizing would be the best way to ensure long-term, reliable protection from corrosion. Corrosion could be a major...

Rammed Aggregate Piers To Support D.C. Condo.(Washington, D.C.)(Yale Steam Laundry)(Clark Multi-Family Builders - MidAtlantic, LLC)(condominiums)
November 12, 2007... Staff In a town where dirty laundry can have multiple meanings, the Yale Steam Laundry in Washington, D.C., makes a great backdrop for intrigue. In its day it was the destination for used linens from the White House, Congress and many...

Greg Gouldin Joins SmithGroup.(Brief article)
November 26, 2007... Staff Greg Gouldin has joined SmithGroup's Washington, D.C., office as principal where he will be responsible for client development and strategic planning in the science, technology and health care arenas. Gouldin has over 20 years of...

Rosenberg Named National Aviation Practice Leader.(Arnold Rosenberg)(Brief article)
November 26, 2007... Staff Arnold Rosenberg has been named national aviation practice leader at PB, a global infrastructure consulting, planning, engineering, and program/construction management organization. In his new position, Rosenberg will be responsible...

Roanoke Cement Ranked "Top Performer".
November 26, 2007... Staff Energy Star, a joint program of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Energy, has awarded Roanoke Cement Company the 2007 Energy StarA[R] for superior energy efficiency within the cement industry. The...

Sakrete[R] And Orioles Help Baltimore Homeless.(Brief article)
November 26, 2007... Staff Charlotte, North Carolina-based Sakrete together with professional baseball's Baltimore Orioles presented a check for $8,600 at a game against the Boston Red Sox to HomeAid (www.homeaid.org ), a leading national non-profit provider...

Astec Underground Announces New Dealership.
November 26, 2007... Staff Astec Underground recently announced the opening of Astec Underground of the Carolinas. This new dealership, owned by Kiely Equipment Co., LLC, will offer sales, service and rental to the utility, irrigation, landscape, and...

Balfour Beatty Announces Promotions, New Hires.
November 26, 2007... Staff Balfour Beatty Construction announces the promotions of Matt Dye to division vice president, operations and business unit leader; David Salzer, P.E., to senior vice president, operations; David Laib, P.E., to division senior vice...

ARTBA Elects Officers, Presents Awards.(American Road and Transportation Builders Association)(Brief article)
November 26, 2007... Staff The American Road and Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) announced the election of its 2007-2008 officers and directors during its recent convention. Leo Vecellio Jr., chairman, president and CEO of The Vecellio Group, will...

GeoStructures Relocates To New Headquarters.
November 26, 2007... Staff GeoStructures has relocated to its newly built headquarters in the Browning Industrial Park. The 11,000-square-foot office and 5,500-square-foot workshop is home for the company's 90-person staff consisting of executive management,...

Reed Construction Data Partners With RCMS Group.(Brief article)
November 26, 2007... Staff Reed Construction Data (RCD), a leading international provider of construction information solutions, has announced that it has partnered with RCMS Group, an innovator in providing building information modeling (BIM) services to the...

Concord's Wind Tunnel Under Construction.
November 26, 2007... By Christina Fisher Construction is nearly complete on Windshear, Inc.'s $40-million rolling road wind tunnel - the first of its kind in North America. Choate Construction Company and Jacobs Technology, a subsidiary of Jacobs...

Wireless Technology On The Construction Site.
November 26, 2007... By Tom Shaughnessy These 10 tips will help contractors of all sizes leverage wireless technologies to maximize productivity. To be productive in today's construction industry, builders and contractors must find easier more efficient...

Attracting, Retaining The Mature Worker.
November 26, 2007... By Christina Fisher With many people making mid-life career changes and working well into their golden years, attracting and retaining the mature worker could help ease the labor shortage in the construction industry. With the huge...