Dixie Contractor articles from July 2007

Dixie Contractor archives from July 2007

Stafford Development Company Board Adds John F. Claflin.
July 2, 2007... Staff Stafford Development Company's board has elected John F. Claflin to its membership. Claflin, a resident of Lexington, Ky., is retired from Link-Belt Construction Equipment Company, where he served for more than 30 years and had...

Atlanta's Downtown Connector To Get New Bridge, Ramps, Pavement.
July 2, 2007... Staff During the next three years, the Georgia Department of Transportation will be completing significant work in the I-75/I-85 corridor through the city of Atlanta including the replacement of the 14th Street Bridge, two additional exit...

Georgia Branch, AGC Young Leaders Hosts Charity Golf Tournament.
July 2, 2007... Staff Members of the Georgia Branch, AGC's Young Leadership Program (YLP) recently hosted their 8th Annual Charity Golf Tournament. The original plan was to hold the tournament at the 27-hole course at Orchard Hills Golf Club in...

Central Florida Chapter, ASHRAE, Hosts National President Terry Townsend.
July 2, 2007... Staff The Central Florida chapter of the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) recently hosted its national president, Terry E. Townsend, PE. Townsend delivered a presentation titled "The ASHRAE...

Beck's Atlanta Office Names New Project Manager And New Chief Estimator.
July 2, 2007... Staff The Atlanta office of Beck recently announced two additions to its staff. Jeff Landefeld has joined the company as chief estimator. Landefeld will be working under Bert Bauer on the pre-construction team at the firm. Nova...

Retirement Of Ring Power Governmental Sales Manager Prompts Promotions, Transfers.
July 2, 2007... Staff Ring Power President and CEO Randal Ringhaver has announced that Alan Thomas will replace Clark Ricke as governmental sales manager, with Sean McKillip taking over responsibilities as Ocala regional manager from Thomas. Thomas...

Palmer Electric Names William Lassiter As Project Manager.
July 2, 2007... Staff William Lassiter has been promoted to project manager at Palmer Electric Company. Lassiter oversees electrical construction of commercial projects at Palmer. He has been employed at Palmer for more than six years. Founded in...

Hal Rives.
July 2, 2007... Staff Hal Rives, commissioner of the Georgia Department of Transportation from 1987-1991, passed away recently. He was a civil engineering graduate of Southern Methodist University and began his career with GDOT in 1953. He worked in...

W.E. Johnson Relocates Headquarters.
July 2, 2007... Staff W.E. Johnson, a South Florida supplier of material handling equipment, has announced plans to move its headquarters from Hialeah to Doral. According to the company, the new 30,000-square-foot facility will be able to house more...

Top 10 Ditch Witch Dealerships Announced.
July 2, 2007... Staff Ten Ditch Witch dealerships were recently honored by The Charles Machine Works, Inc., manufacturer of Ditch Witch products, as members of the 2006 Crescent Club. According to the company, "From sales and marketing to parts and...

Greenhorne & O'Mara Atlanta Office Moves to New Location.
July 2, 2007... Staff Engineering consulting firm Greenhorne & O'Mara (G&O) has announced a new location for its Atlanta regional office. The new address is 2121 Newmarket Parkway, Ste. 100 in Marietta, Ga. "We are excited about this move," said Theon...

Piedmont Construction Group Receives Adaptive Reuse Award.
July 2, 2007... Staff Macon, Ga.-based Piedmont Construction Group was recognized recently for its work on the Macon-Bibb County Convention and Visitors Bureau when the Historic Macon Foundation awarded a preservation award for adaptive reuse to the...

Motor grader, Dozer And GPS Boost Site Work Efficiency.
July 2, 2007... By Gini and Dan McKain Technology boosts productivity on a site work project in Indian Harbour Beach, Fla. Tiger Contracting is using GPS technology on a new motor grader and a new dozer to complete site work on a 178,000-square-foot...

Alabama Road Builders Hall Of Fame Inducts New Members.
July 2, 2007... Edited by Steve Hudson Six noteworthy individuals from the Alabama transportation construction industry recently received industry-wide recognition as members of the Alabama Road Builders Hall of Fame's fifth class of inductees. The...

United Rentals Sponsors Hurricane Preparedness Night With Florida Marlins.
July 16, 2007... Staff United Rentals, Inc. recently sponsored a Hurricane Preparedness Night in partnership with the Florida Marlins at Dolphin Stadium. During the event, United Rentals and the Miami-based Major League Baseball club teamed up to tell...

Jack Byrd Named New Sales Manager At Shaw Mechanical.
July 16, 2007... Staff Jack L. Byrd Jr. has been named existing building sales manager at Shaw Mechanical Services, LLC, a mechanical contracting company headquartered in Orlando, Fla. Byrd is responsible for overseeing maintenance agreements on existing...

Angela D. Wilson Named Controller/Business Manager At Mainstream Construction Group.
July 16, 2007... Staff Angela D. Wilson has been appointed controller/business manager at Mainstream Construction Group, Inc. Wilson brings more than eight years of experience in the construction industry to her responsibilities for managing the company's...

Heery International Acquires Miami Firm Sequeira & Gavarrete.
July 16, 2007... Staff Heery International, which has tripled in size in the past three years through new business and acquisitions, has acquired Miami architectural and project management firm Sequeira & Gavarrete. Sequeira & Gavarrete is a...

Hayward Baker Appoints New Chief Engineer In Southern Region.
July 16, 2007... Staff Geotechnical contractor Hayward Baker, Inc. has named Edward J. Garbin, Ph.D, P.E., as chief engineer for Hayward Baker's Southern Region Tampa, Fla., office. As chief engineer, Garbin leads the design of specialty geotechnical...

Brad Whitecotton Named Georgia DOT District One Right-of-Way Team Manager.
July 16, 2007... Staff Brad Whitecotton has been named right-of-way team manager for Georgia DOT's District One in northeast Georgia. Whitecotton has worked with DOT since 1981 when he joined the department and worked on the sign crew in Metro Atlanta. He...

Marty Molino Named Laboratory Manager At GeoTesting Express/Geocomp Corporation's Atlanta Branch.
July 16, 2007... Staff Marty Molino, who held the position of laboratory manager for GeoTesting Express, a subsidiary of Geocomp Corporation, at the corporation's headquarters in Boxborough, Mass., has been appointed as the new laboratory manager of...

Hardin Construction Promotes Matt Hoglund To Senior Project Manager.
July 16, 2007... Staff In Orlando, Hardin Construction Company has promoted Matt Hoglund to senior project manager. A graduate of the University of Florida, Hoglund joined Hardin in 2003. Hoglund recently served as the lead project manager on the Round...

GDOT Personnel Honored During Public Employee Recognition Week.
July 16, 2007... Staff Several Georgia Department of Transportation employees were honored recently during Public Employee Recognition Week. According to DOT District Engineer Russell McMurry, "Public Employee Recognition Week is a chance for us to...

Michael Carter Named Southeast Regional Sales Manager For Propex Concrete Systems.
July 16, 2007... Staff Michael Carter has been named southeast regional sales manager for Propex Concrete Systems. In his new position, Carter's primary responsibilities include overseeing Propex's southeastern territory managers, directing sales and...

Beck's Atlanta Office Promotes Two Senior Project Managers.
July 16, 2007... Staff Beck's Atlanta office recently announced the promotions of Steve Collins and Bill Hicks to project executives. For Hicks, this August will mark 26 years with Beck. He began working for the firm in Houston as a project engineer....

Editor's Report.
July 16, 2007... By Steve Hudson With summer in full swing, and being busy with vacations and all, you may have missed Flag Day about four weeks ago on June 14. Flag Day - actually "National Flag Day" - was first proclaimed in 1916 by Woodrow Wilson to...

Site Work Success.
July 16, 2007... By Steve Hudson In McDonough, Ga., south of Atlanta, Andrews Excavation is combining careful management of its heavy equipment fleet with an in-depth understanding of developers' excavating and grading needs to carve out a solid niche in...

Utility Construction In Santa Rosa County.
July 16, 2007... By Steve Hudson Santa Rosa Boring is using excavators, mini loaders and boring machines on utility projects near Pensacola, Fla. Utility construction is doing well in Florida's Santa Rosa County, and one of the contractors making it...

Alabama Cement Plant Earns State, National Recognition.
July 16, 2007... Staff In Alabama, the Holcim (US) Theodore plant recently received accolades from the state senate and a U.S. congressman. Alabama Senator Ben Brooks (R-Mobile) recently presented the Holcim (US) Theodore Plant in Theodore, Ala., with...