Constructioneer articles from April 2005

Constructioneer archives from April 2005

Two miles of LaGuardia runway to be rehabbed.(Brief Article)
April 4, 2005... Staff The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey announced March 7 that about 10,000 feet of pavement on Runway 13-31 and related taxiways at LaGuardia Airport will be rehabilitated later this year. The construction project includes...

Skanska promotes Greene to Co-COO, Ek to CFO.(Skanska USA Building Inc.)(chief operating officer )(Steve Greene)(Conny Ek )(Brief Article)
April 4, 2005... Staff Steve Greene has been promoted to co-chief operating officer of Skanska USA Building with responsibility of overseeing both the Parsippany, New Jersey, and Blue Bell, Pennsylvania, operations. Based in Parsippany, Greene most...

Skanska names Reibel as Philadelphia business development director.(Paul M. Reibel)(Skanska USA Building Inc.)(Brief Article)
April 4, 2005... Staff Skanska USA Building Inc. announced in February that Paul M. Reibel had joined the Philadelphia office as director of business development. With over 15 years of marketing experience, Reibel is responsible for identifying and...

Volvo Rents signs new franchise in New Jersey.(Volvo Construction Equipment Rents)(Brief Article)
April 4, 2005... Staff Volvo Construction Equipment Rents, Inc. has announced the signing of a franchise agreement for a new Volvo CE Rents equipment rental center in Egg Harbor Township (Atlantic City), New Jersey. PJ Rental LLC, Egg Harbor Township, has...

Schultz, Hamlin assume new responsibilities at Trico.(Pete Schultz)(George Hamlin)(Brief Article)
April 4, 2005... Staff New Jersey equipment dealer Trico Inc. recently announced promotions for Pete Schultz and George Hamlin. Schultz's new position is parts manager at the firm's South Plainfield, N.J., dealership. With over 15 years in parts and...

Recent expansions at AmQuip.(Brief Article)
April 4, 2005... Staff AmQuip has significantly increased its presence in the tower crane market. Founded in 1967 by owner Joseph L. Wesley Sr., AmQuip is a provider of crane rentals and related services in the Northeastern United States with cranes...

Williams new PB CIO.(James Michael Williams)(chief information officer)(Parsons Brinckerhoff Inc.)(appointment)(Brief Article)
April 4, 2005... Staff James Michael Williams has been named chief information officer (CIO) at Parsons Brinckerhoff (PB), a New York-based planning, engineering, program, and construction management organization. Mr. Williams has over 20 years of...

ACC promotes Testa to chief estimator.(Anthony Testa)(ACC Construction Company Inc.)(Brief Article)
April 4, 2005... Staff Construction industry veteran Anthony Testa has been promoted to chief estimator for ACC Construction, a leading WBE general contracting and construction management firm, announces Michele Medaglia, president. Testa joined ACC...

Texas Detective Pierson receives national award for equipment theft.(ARA Insurance Services/National Equipment Register Award)(Daniel Pearson)(Brief Article)
April 4, 2005... Staff The first annual ARA Insurance Services/National Equipment Register Award (AIS/NER Award) was presented February 14 at the Rental Show to Detective Daniel Pearson of the Tarrant Regional Auto Theft Task Force in Texas. The award...

Steelers scale back amphitheater plans.(Brief Article)
April 4, 2005... Staff The Pittsburgh Steelers have scaled back a planned entertainment complex near Heinz Field, the team president said February 19. The team has ditched plans for an indoor nightclub and might make changes to the roof design and...

Funding to complete Hudson River Park announced.(Brief Article)
April 4, 2005... Staff February 9 Governor George E. Pataki announced an additional $10 million in Port Authority of New York and New Jersey capital funding to help complete the construction of the Hudson River Park in Manhattan. This funding is in...

MOU signed for Nets' Atlantic Yards arena.(Memorandum of Understanding)(Brief Article)
April 4, 2005... Staff New York Governor George E. Pataki and Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg announced March 4 the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Forest City Ratner Companies to proceed with the development of the Atlantic Yards project in...

LIPA announces 10-megawatt fuel cell RFP.(Long Island Power Authority)(Request for Proposals )
April 4, 2005... Staff Long Island Power Authority Chairman Richard M. Kessel announced February 1 the issuance of a Request for Proposals for the construction and operation of a fuel cell generation project capable of producing 10 megawatts of...

Harlem's first new hotel in 40 years.(Brief Article)
April 4, 2005... Staff Ground was broken February 17 for a new hotel in Harlem, the neighborhood's first major hotel in 40 years. The glass-walled 34-story building will be designed by Enrique Norten, who also did the Brooklyn Visual and Performing Arts...

Hearst building topped out.(Brief Article)
April 4, 2005... Staff More than 100 elected officials, business leaders and construction workers joined Governor George E. Pataki, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and architect Lord Norman Foster on February 10 to top out the Hearst Corporation's 46-story...

Iron oxide may give abandoned Pennsylvania mines new life.
April 4, 2005... Staff Crouching in the marsh, Robert Hughes scoops large test tubes in the orange water of a 20-acre acid mine drainage pit in Newport Township. The Luzerne County pit, called Sheatown by locals, has been sitting on a federal...

PennDOT recommends two lanes in Route 202 study.(Pennsylvania Department of Transportation)(Brief Article)
April 4, 2005... Staff To relieve a congested 9-mile stretch of Route 202 in Bucks and Montgomery counties, a study released February 23 by the state transportation department recommends that a two-lane parkway, rather than a four-lane bypass, be...

Linking A Delaware Water Gap.(Artesian Water Company)
April 4, 2005... Edited by Matthew Phair HDPE pipe is used to join two drinking water systems across the Chesapeake & Delaware Canal A key component of Newark, Del.-based Artesian Water Company's commitment to providing a reliable source of quality...

Philadelphia Paving Seminar Draws Over 200.
April 4, 2005... Edited by Matthew Phair I-R offers attendees presentations, hands-on demonstrations and an Orange County chopper On February 10 the Ingersoll-Rand Equipment & Services (IRES) store in Philadelphia held their 2nd annual Paving Seminar....

Rural Road Safety Study Released.(TRIP)
April 4, 2005... Staff Fatalities on rural roads occur at a rate 2-1/2 times greater than on all other routes More than half -- 52 percent -- of traffic fatalities in the United States between 1999 and 2003 have occurred on rural, non-interstate roads...

Projects Are Finalists In National Competition.(American Council of Engineering Companies' 39th annual Engineering Excellence Awards )
April 4, 2005... Edited by Matthew Phair Engineer Daniel Frankfurt recognized for Stuyvesant Cove park restoration, FDR Drive outboard roadway Daniel Frankfurt, P.C. of New York City is a finalist in the American Council of Engineering Companies' 39th...

Radials Deliver For Landscaper.(Brief Article)
April 4, 2005... Staff Former bias-ply user is sold on cost effectivenes For landscaping professional Tony Condurso, a tire's value isn't just measured by how much it costs. There are other issues, such as performance and longevity. Condurso Landscape...

Rendell unveils $60-million mining project for Western Pennsylvania.(Governor Ed Rendell)(Brief Article)
April 18, 2005... Staff A $60-million coal mining project will create 310 jobs within three years, Gov. Ed Rendell told a crowd of politicians, company leaders and former miners. Rendell on March 24 unveiled a plan in which Latrobe-based Amfire Mining...

Smith honored as 2005 Black Engineer of the Year.(William D. Smith)
April 18, 2005... Staff William D. Smith, president of Parsons Brinckerhoff Quade & Douglas, Inc. (PBQ&D), has been named Black Engineer of the Year for 2005. The honor goes to an innovator who demonstrates a commitment to engineering expertise and...

New CFO and new Marketing Director for HSC.(Brief Article)
April 18, 2005... Staff Robert J. Hyland Jr. joined Exton, Pa.-based HSC Builders & Construction Managers in December 2004 as their new chief financial officer. Hyland will be responsible for the overall management of HSC's financial and accounting...

Godwin Expands Sales Team.(appointment)(Brief Article)
April 18, 2005... Staff Bridgeport, N.J.-based Godwin Pumps recently announced the addition of a new sales engineer to its team. Daniel R. Pulcher of Perkiominville, Pa., joins Godwin Pumps as a sales engineer responsible for developing new business and...

Levine Appointed to New York mayor's construction commission.
April 18, 2005... Staff Jeffrey E. Levine, a veteran New York City developer and president of the 25-year-old construction company Levine Builders, has been appointed to the Mayor's Commission on Construction Opportunity. The commission will work to ensure...

New Jersey launches Hyperbuild.(Brief Article)
April 18, 2005... Staff State transportation officials announced March 8 a new initiative called Hyperbuild, a program billed as having the potential to shave years off of road construction projects and save hundreds of millions of dollars in construction,...

New York Plan for conserving World Trade Center remnants released.(Brief Article)
April 18, 2005... Staff The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey has drafted a plan for conserving column bases and other remnants of the World Trade Center at a new transit hub at the site. The plan issued March 22 would preserve "to the maximum...

Downstate New York roadways shortchanged, study concludes.
April 18, 2005... Staff The 2005-2010 capital budget currently being proposed for New York state's roadways and bridges has set aside insufficient funds to meet the needs of downstate New York -- New York City and nine nearby counties -- and will lead to...

Pennsylvania parks department considers hosting wind farms.
April 18, 2005... Staff Pennsylvania has made more than a half-billion dollars from logging and oil and gas exploration on state forest land since 1935. Now, the state's parks and forests department is considering using its land to harvest another natural...

Record cargo volumes spur Port Authority facility expansion.(Brief Article)
April 18, 2005... Staff With the value of cargo at area docks reaching a record $114.54 billion in 2004, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey said March 16 it is considering more than 20 sites as possible locations for new warehouse and...

Easier lawsuits against New Jersey designers, contractors.(Brief Article)
April 18, 2005... Staff It could become a little easier for New Jerseyans to sue architects and builders long after work is completed. The Supreme Court on March 21 reinstated a lawsuit against architectural firm Kling Lindquist filed more than 10 years...

Anthrax-tainted postal facility reopens.(Brief Article)
April 18, 2005... Staff The Hamilton, N.J., postal facility that handled anthrax-laced letters reopened March 14, nearly 3-1/2 years after the deadly mailings that heightened the nation's fears following the 9/11 terror attacks. The postal facility was...

NJSEA board gives Xanadu approval to get started.(New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority board)
April 18, 2005... Staff The developers of the $1.3-billion Xanadu office and entertainment complex were given permission by the state on Wednesday to begin construction at the Meadowlands site. At its monthly meeting, the New Jersey Sports and...

Technology Expedites Environmental Obligations.(H. L. Wiker )
April 18, 2005... Edited by Matthew Phair Machine control gives H. L. Wiker a giant productivity boost For the site work contractor, environmental obligations are here to stay. Soil erosion and sediment control plans are an inescapable part of contract...

Building Mount Rockefeller.
April 18, 2005... Staff Seacoast Scaffold meets a last-minute challenge for the Today Show When Sunday River Ski Resort got the call that NBC's Today Show wanted to kick off the one-year count down to the Olympics with Matt Lauer and Anne Curry skiing...

Updating National Guidelines For Construction And Demolition Safety.
April 18, 2005... Staff Safety engineers announce review period on ANSI A10 standards. Providing safety requirements in construction and demolition operations to reduce workplace injuries, the American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) recently...