Constructioneer articles from June 2005

Constructioneer archives from June 2005

Tearing Down the Old Medallion.(Bianchi Industrial Services)
June 6, 2005... Text by Matthew Phair Bianchi demos Scranton's historic parking garage with just inches to spare. Positive changes continue for downtown Scranton. Not only did the locale open a new seven-story Hilton hotel and Conference Center in...

Bridge Products.(Link-Belt Construction Equipment Co)(Lincoln Electric Co.)(Allied Construction Products LLC)
June 6, 2005... Staff Bridge Inspection Unit Staff Aspen A-30 by Aspen Aerials Inc. accesses under highway and railroad bridges to perform inspections or maintenance work. Operating without use of outriggers, with only 102 inches of track/roadway...

East River turbines.(Verdant Power loc)
June 6, 2005... Staff A Virginia company won federal permission April 13 to install six underwater turbines in the East River in a $3.5-million experiment to generate electricity from tides. The company, Verdant Power loc, based in Arlington, eventually...

Neville Chemical ordered to clean wastewater system.(Brief Article)
June 6, 2005... Staff Pittsburgh-based Neville Chemical Co. will spend $2 million to move wastewater pipes above ground over the next five years to avoid paying up to $17 million in pollution penalties proposed by state environmental officials. The...

Wine and culinary center planned for Finger Lakes.(Constellation Brands Inc)(Brief Article)
June 6, 2005... Staff The Finger Lakes wine country is taking a tip from Napa Valley. Constellation Brands, the world's biggest wine company, said Friday it plans to build a wine and culinary institute next year on the shore of Canandaigua Lake. The...

New Devils stadium.(Brief Article)
June 6, 2005... Staff Hockey fans stepping out of trains toward a new arena for the New Jersey Devils in downtown Newark will be greeted by a giant video screen that could show highlights of Stanley Cup seasons. The screen is among the most striking...

ScottishPower invests $160 million in New York windfarm.(Brief Article)
June 6, 2005... Staff Energy group ScottishPower announced plans in April to invest $160 million in a massive joint venture windfarm in upstate New York. The move means that this time next year, the Glasgow-based group can legitimately claim to be...

Legendary Philadelphia Planner Donates Library.
June 20, 2005... Staff Edmund Bacon's former personal collection becomes the new Charter High School library. On Friday, April 29, 2005, the Charter High School for Architecture + Design (CHAD), the Young CHADvocates Committee and The Ed Bacon...

Freedom Tower to be redesigned.(Brief Article)
June 20, 2005... Staff Officials May 4 announced that an agreement had been reached to redesign the World Trade Center's Freedom Tower to meet NYPD security standards. Larry Silverstein's team will work closely with the NYPD in coming weeks to create...

Transportation Trust Fund could run dry next year.(Brief Article)
June 20, 2005... Staff The state fund that pays for statewide bridge and road repairs is running out of gas. Assemblyman John Wisniewski, chairman of the Assembly transportation committee, said the Transportation Trust Fund could collapse in just over a...

PennDOT starts on third 309 contract.(Pennsylvania. Department of Transportation)(Brief Article)
June 20, 2005... Staff The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation started work May 3 on the third of four mainline contracts to rebuild the Route 309 Expressway and its interchanges between Cheltenham Avenue at the Philadelphia border and Route 63...

Football Giants getting a new stadium.(Brief Article)
June 20, 2005... Staff State officials approved a new $750 million stadium for the New York Giants that should be ready for the 2009 season, a year later than first expected. Eleven commissioners of the New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority voted in...

New Yankee stadium plans.(Brief Article)
June 20, 2005... Staff The New York Yankees are close to reaching an agreement with city and state governments to build a new stadium, the Daily News reported in April. The new stadium will be built just north of the existing facility in the Bronx, and is...

Silver: West Side stadium could be on hold until after Olympics vote.(Brief Article)
June 20, 2005... Staff Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver said April 21 it is unlikely a key state panel will give final approval to a West Side stadium in Manhattan before Olympics officials decide who gets the 2012 Games. Republican Gov. George Pataki,...

Codey calls for reform at N.J. Schools Construction Corp.(New Jersey)(Schools Construction Corp)(Brief Article)
June 20, 2005... Staff Less than a week after receiving an official report blasting the state agency's practices, acting Gov. Richard J. Codey on April 26 signed an executive order calling for reforms at the New Jersey Schools Construction Corp. State...

New York DOT abandons WTC tunnel plans.(Brief Article)
June 20, 2005... Staff The New York State Department of Transportation announced April 14 that it had abandoned plans to build a tunnel to route vehicle traffic next to the World Trade Center memorial and Freedom Tower sites in lower Manhattan. DOT will...

Clean-up plans for Hatco site in Woodbridge.(Brief Article)
June 20, 2005... Staff New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection Commissioner Bradley M. Campbell announced April 21 approval of a privately funded $13.2-million PCB-contaminated soil cleanup at the Hatco site in Woodbridge Township. He also...

Rendell's transit funding plan could create winners and losers.(Ed Rendell)(Brief Article)
June 20, 2005... Staff Gov. Ed Rendell's contingency plan to carry financially strapped mass-transit agencies through 2006 will mean less money for highway and bridge work in rural areas far from the urban centers that would benefit from the state bailout....

Precast concrete industry consortium unveils new 3-D modeling tool.(StructureWorks)(Brief Article)
June 20, 2005... Staff A consortium of three precast concrete industry leaders unveiled April 7 a new 3-D modeling application that promises to re-shape the way the industry designs precast concrete construction projects. StructureWorks, built on the...

Cat introduces first factory-installed, sensor-independent, grade-control system.(Caterpillar installs AccuGrade)
June 20, 2005... Staff Caterpillar is the first in the construction equipment industry to provide a machine-integrated, sensor-independent solution that allows customers to easily interchange between laser and GPS. AccuGrade leverages proven hydraulics and...

LoJack helps New Jersey Police uncover equipment theft ring.(Brief Article)
June 20, 2005... Staff LoJack Corporation announced April 19 that it reached a milestone 1,000th construction equipment recovery in the United States. The recovery that took place on February 23 involved a stolen 2002 Ingersoll-Rand loader, which was...

ChevronTexaco launches a lube-oriented training and information website.(LubricantsUniversity.com )(Brief Article)
June 20, 2005... Staff ChevronTexaco Products Company announced March 17 the launch of LubricantsUniversity.com , an online training and informational resource for individuals in the lubrication and maintenance markets serving the commercial on- and...

Trimble acquires Apache Technologies.(Brief Article)
June 20, 2005... Staff Trimble announced March 21 that it had entered into a definitive agreement to acquire privately held Apache Technologies, Inc. of Dayton, Ohio, in an all-cash transaction. Apache designs, manufactures and distributes professional...

RSC Equipment Rental unveils new website, services.
June 20, 2005... Staff RSC Equipment Rental of Scottsdale, Arizona, recently unveiled its new, enhanced website service. Users of RSC's older online systems, eFacts and Online Rental, can still log in with their same user name and password, and their...

Site Automation integrated into Forefront.(Brief Article)
June 20, 2005... Staff Dexter + Chaney has integrated BMG Seltec's Site Automation truck ticketing software into its Forefront Construction Management Software, giving aggregate and asphalt suppliers and construction companies a seamless...

Trenchless Solution For Middletown Sewer.( Austin & Belnach Construction Inc. installs a new sanitary sewer system )
June 20, 2005... Text by Matthew Phair Pilot-tube boring enables Austin & Belnach to install 12-inch pipe 24 feet down into sandy soil on a tight residential job site. Surgeons and utility contractors have a lot in common. Both are often charged with...

Do-Gooding.
June 20, 2005... Staff Being a "do-gooder" is good business I'm not exactly sure what led me to become a do-gooder about fifteen years ago. Perhaps some of us don't develop a social conscience until we reach 40. I can, however, pinpoint the timing--it...

Fireproofing The New World Trade Center Building.(Seven World Trade Center )
June 20, 2005... Staff Developer opts for high-bond-strength system Seven World Trade Center was the last building erected in the original World Trade Center complex, and was the last to collapse on September 11, 2001, after burning for seven hours....