Constructioneer articles from December 2004

Constructioneer archives from December 2004

Urban Engineers Awarded Role In Sports Complex Rail Project.(Brief Article)
December 6, 2004... Staff Urban Engineers of Pennsauken has been chosen to provide construction management services for the $150-million Pascack Valley rail link to the Meadowlands Sports Complex and transportation infrastructure improvements at the site. Two...

Strober Purchases Moore's Lumber.(Strober Organization Inc., Moore's Lumber and Building Supply.)(Brief Article)
December 6, 2004... Staff Brooklyn, N.Y.-based Strober Organization, a major supplier of high-quality building materials to professional builders and contractors in the eastern United States, announced November 8 that it finalized the purchase of 19...

Protective Gear Giant Relocates To Franklin, Pa.(Brief Article)
December 6, 2004... Staff Bacou-Dalloz, the world leader in design, manufacturing and sale of personal protective equipment, announces plans to relocate its U.S. Protective Apparel operation from Grand Junction, Colo., to Franklin, Pa. Claude Barbeau, vice...

McGreevey Signs Executive Order Delaying Fast-track Law.(Brief Article)
December 6, 2004... Staff The start date for a new law to expedite some construction projects has been delayed for seven months. Gov. James E. McGreevey signed an executive order November 5 that puts on hold the Nov. 10 start date for the measure intended to...

Liquid Chocolate Closes I-390.(Brief Article)
December 6, 2004... Staff Part of a highway in the Finger Lakes region was closed for five hours November 4 after a tanker truck crashed, spilling 45,000 pounds of slippery liquid chocolate that hardened. State Police said there were no serious injuries in...

Empire State Development Corp. Approves Manhattan Stadium Plan.(Brief Article)
December 6, 2004... Staff The state's economic development authority on Thursday unanimously approved a plan for a sports stadium and convention center, part of a massive redevelopment of Manhattan's far West Side. Following the vote, the Empire State...

New York State's First Ethanol Plant Announced.(Brief Article)
December 6, 2004... Staff Empire Biofuels, LLC of Newark, N.Y., a farmer-driven company started by members of the New York Corn Growers Association, announced plans October 29 to build in Seneca Falls the state's first corn-to-ethanol production plant....

AC's Newest Casino Plans Big Addition.(Brief Article)
December 6, 2004... Staff A winner with gamblers, Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa wants to make room to accommodate more of them. The 2,010-room casino hotel, which is to break ground on a $200-million expansion in December, will add a 500-room hotel tower after...

Amusement Park Rebuilds After Cleanup.(Brief Article)
December 6, 2004... Staff Easton, Pa., residents are pitching in to help with a massive cleanup at a century-old amusement park that was damaged by the remnants of Hurricane Ivan. Bushkill Park sustained around $500,000 in damage in September when floodwaters...

G.A. & F.C. Wagman Announces Two Hires.(appointment of Brandon P. Zerilla and Michael J. Baddick.)(Brief Article)
December 6, 2004... Staff G.A. & F.C. Wagman, Inc. announced in November that it had hired Michael J. Baddick as human resources/safety representative. Baddick brings over 10 years of experience in the construction industry to Wagman. Baddick's primary...

Mack's Warmkessel Awarded Silver Spark Plug.(Mack Trucks Inc's Jerry Warmkessel)(Brief Article)
December 6, 2004... Staff Jerry Warmkessel, sales engineer for Mack Trucks, Inc., was recently awarded the Silver Spark Plug Award from the Technology and Maintenance Council of the American Trucking Associations. The award is the highest honor given by TMC,...

Up-To-Date Underground Expertise.(Book Review)
December 6, 2004... Staff NUCA releases 4th Edition of Trenchless Construction and Rehabilitation Methods Trenchless technology is continually changing, and projects that may not have been possible only a few years ago are now common practice. To help...

2004 Roadway Work Zone Safety Awareness Awards.
December 6, 2004... Staff Public and private transportation are recognized for their commitment to safety Public and private transportation groups were recognized November 5 for their commitment to safety at the American Road & Transportation Builders...

Material Shortages Drive Up Bid Prices.
December 6, 2004... Staff Surveyed executives concerned with false claims, lack Green Building knowledge According to a study issued November 9 by Phoenix, Ariz.-based construction consulting firm PinnacleOne, 89 percent of industry professionals have...

Gateway Arches Rising In Rochester.(Troup-Howell Bridge )
December 6, 2004... By Matthew Phair The new Troup-Howell Bridge begins to take shape "Rochester is rebuilding" may be a good slogan for this major New York city that has seen its share of troubles. Home to Eastman Kodak, which has crumbled a bit in...

Concrete Recycling.
December 6, 2004... Staff Recycling concrete and asphalt rubble and demolition debris can be a very profitable addition to an aggregates producer's competitive arsenal, as many have discovered in recent years. In fact, a road-portable recycling system could...

Synchronized Jacking.(Restoration of Rio Piedras bridge in Puerto Rico)
December 6, 2004... By Duane Dwyer Bridge Restoration in Puerto Rico There are instances when everything must go according to plan, when second chances are limited or non-existent. The recent uprighting of a seriously tilted 150-year-old masonry bridge in...

Time To Buy.
December 6, 2004... By Christian A. Klein, Esq. The clock is ticking for contractors to take advantage of one of the most important business tax breaks in recent memory. The depreciation bonus, which Congress created in 2002 and expanded in 2003, expires...

Landmark Opening for Jamaica's Arts.
December 20, 2004... By Matthew Phair WASA guides the total restoration and reconfiguration of the town's historic First Reformed Dutch Church structure Churches have long served communities as sources of inspiration and guidance. That makes it all the...

EMCA Announces 2005 Scholarship.(Equipment Managers Council of America)
December 20, 2004... Staff The Equipment Managers Council of America announces the availability of the 2005 Edward W. Pawluk, Sr. Memorial Scholarship program. The award will be presented to one or more individuals who want to pursue a career as a heavy...

Bass Pro Outdoor World in Buffalo.(Brief Article)
December 20, 2004... Staff Buffalo has landed the third-largest Bass Pro Outdoor World store in the country. Bass Pro President James Hagale and Gov. George E. Pataki joined federal, state and local officials in Buffalo November 29 to sign the agreement that...

Driscoll appoints Stulb president.(Brief Article)
December 20, 2004... Staff L.F. Driscoll Co. is pleased to announce the appointment of Frank (Mack) Stulb as next president of the company. Mack, a resident of Whitemarsh, began working for L.F. Driscoll in 1984 as an estimator. Throughout the years, he...

Bancroft wins two DCA awards.
December 20, 2004... Staff Bancroft Construction Company of Wilmington recently won the 2004 Construction Excellence Award, sponsored by the Delaware Contractors Association and the state of Delaware Department of Administrative Services, for its Brandywine...

NUCA Past President Dan Carapellucci Dies.(Obituary)
December 20, 2004... Staff The National Utility Contractors Association is saddened to report the death of its 16th president, Dan Carapellucci Sr. on the eve of his 92nd birthday, Tuesday, November 16. Carapellucci served as president in 1982. During his...

Cleveland Brothers honored.(Brief Article)
December 20, 2004... Staff Cleveland Bros. Inc. was honored by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services as the winner of an Adoption Excellence Award for their role in increasing the number of foster children placed in permanent homes. Given...

New PCI Officers.(Brief Article)
December 20, 2004... Staff Thomas J. D'Arcy has been elected the 2005 chairman of the Chicago-based Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute (PCI). D'Arcy, founder and president of The Consulting Engineers Group, San Antonio, Texas, served on the board during...

Long Island Sound LNG Terminal.(Brief Article)
December 20, 2004... Staff TransCanada Corp and Shell US Gas & Power announced Nov. 9 that they plan to develop an offshore liquefied natural gas regasification terminal in Long Island Sound. The estimated cost of construction is approximately US$700 million....

Honeywell faces $450-million cleanup bill for Onondaga Lake.(Brief Article)
December 20, 2004... Staff State regulators are requiring Honeywell International to conduct a $448-million cleanup of Syracuse's Onondaga Lake, one of the nation's most polluted bodies of water. It is expected to take over seven years to clean up mercury and...

Allentown site for stadium.(Brief Article)
December 20, 2004... Staff Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell has chosen an Allentown site to receive a $12-million state grant for a stadium to bring professional baseball to the Lehigh Valley. Rendell said the project planned for a former Agere Corp. site had a...

NJDOT begins construction on Canal Bridge in Point Pleasant Boro.(Brief Article)
December 20, 2004... Staff New Jersey Department of Transportation Commissioner Jack Lettiere announced October 27 the start of work to rehabilitate the Route 13 Inland Waterway Canal Bridge in Point Pleasant Borough. This important project will overhaul the...

More than 100 workers laid off at stone company.(Brief Article)
December 20, 2004... Staff The holiday season started on a sour note for 130 people who were laid off from a stone company the day before Thanksgiving. Bedford County-based New Enterprise Stone & Lime Co. announced Wednesday the firing of 130 workers from its...

Congress approves bill creating Pennsylvania oil heritage area.
December 20, 2004... Staff Congress approved a plan to designate the birthplace of the commercial oil industry as a national heritage area and sent a trickle of money to restore the first commercially successful oil well. As part of a $388-billion spending...

Formation of Lower Manhattan Construction Command Center announced.(Brief Article)
December 20, 2004... Staff Governor George E. Pataki and Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg announced November 22 the creation of the Lower Manhattan Construction Command Center. The Command Center is charged with coordinating all of the construction projects in Lower...

Sackel to direct transit programs at URS.(Brief Article)
December 20, 2004... Staff URS Corporation has named Howard Sackel vice president and director of transit programs, with responsibility for development and oversight of the company's mass transit business line. Mr. Sackel has more than 33 years of experience...

Maintaining A Healthy Hydraulic System.
December 20, 2004... Staff You hear about it all the time. The skinny guy from work who ran a marathon a couple of months ago, but just had a heart attack. Or the vegetarian next door who's recovering from a stroke. Even the fittest among us can have serious,...