Dixie Contractor articles from November 2006

Dixie Contractor archives from November 2006

Lockwood, Andrews & Newnam Names Rodrigo Pigna As Director Of Engineering For New Miami Office.
November 6, 2006... Staff Lockwood, Andrews & Newnam, Inc. has named Rodrigo Pigna , P.E., as the director of engineering for the firm's Miami office. In this role, Pigna will oversee the management and operation of LAN's professional planning and engineering...

Hoyt Gosnell Named GDOT Assistant Area Engineer For Dawson, Forsyth and Hall Counties.
November 6, 2006... Staff Hoyt Gosnell has been named GDOT's assistant area engineer for maintenance serving Dawson, Forsyth and Hall counties. Gosnell began his career with DOT in 1986 in the maintenance division of DOT. He worked his way up serving as...

Hettenbach Promoted To Senior Estimator At Palmer Electric.
November 6, 2006... Staff Michael Hettenbach has been promoted to senior estimator at Palmer Electric Company's Commercial Division. Hettenbach has 17 years of experience including eight years of field experience and nine years of estimating experience. He...

Billy Cantrell Named GDOT District Planning And Programming Engineer for Northeast Georgia.
November 6, 2006... Staff Billy Cantrell has been named the Georgia Department of Transportation's district planning and programming engineer serving Northeast Georgia. Cantrell began his career with DOT in 1985 in the maintenance department then...

Beck Joins CRS Engineering And Design Consultants Birmingham Office.
November 6, 2006... Staff Joseph M. Beck has joined the mechanical engineering division in the Birmingham, Ala., office of CRS Engineering and Design Consultants, Inc. As a production engineer, Beck's responsibilities include preparation of engineering...

Port Everglades Director Phillip Allen Elected FSTED Chair.
November 6, 2006... Staff Port Everglades Director Phillip C. Allen was elected chair of the Florida Seaport Transportation and Economic Development (FSTED) Council during a meeting of the Florida Ports Council. FSTED is a public entity created in 1990 by...

Georgia DOT Looks At Possible Solutions For I-285 Corridor Congestion.
November 6, 2006... Staff The Georgia Department of Transportation is continuing its focus on I-285 corridor congestion with a recent series of public meetings. The Atlanta Regional Commission's (ARC) Mobility 2030 Regional Transportation Plan (RTP) has...

Septic Success.
November 6, 2006... By Steve Hudson In Venice, Fla., Martin Septic has built business success on a market that many might ignore. Infrastructure projects, particularly in the area of wastewater processing, come in all shapes and sizes. Some are huge. But...

Grinding In North Georgia.
November 6, 2006... By Steve Hudson Ronnie Savage has made a business out of grinding clearing debris for site work contractors in northeast Georgia. Ronnie Savage, owner of Savage Grading & Grinding based in Maysville, Ga., got his start "like everybody...

FTBA Presents Best In Construction Awards.
November 6, 2006... By Steve Hudson Projects from across the state were recognized recently as recipients of Florida Transportation Builders Association Best In Construction Awards. The Florida Transportation Builders Association presented its annual...

Georgia Branch, AGC Hosts Annual Golf Tournament.
November 6, 2006... By Steve Hudson Golfers from across the state gathered recently for the 13th annual golf tournament sponsored by the Georgia Branch of the Associated General Contractors of America. The Georgia Branch, AGC recently hosted its 13th...

Breaking Down Breaker Selection.
November 6, 2006... By Kevin Loomis Here's a look at some of the important factors to consider when choosing a hydraulic breaker. Hydraulic breakers are powerful, productive machines used to break a variety of materials. But choosing the correct breaker...

Gary Kreisler Joins American Surveying and Mapping.
November 20, 2006... Staff Gary Kreisler , a 25-year veteran of Central Florida's construction industry, has joined Winter Park, Fla.-based American Surveying and Mapping, Inc. (ASM) as vice president of marketing. According to the company, Kreisler will be...

Brian Schmitt And Brad Kunz Named Project Managers At Hennessy Construction Services.
November 20, 2006... Staff Hennessy Construction Services has announced two new project managers. Brian Schmitt has been named project manager at Hennessy Construction Services in St. Petersburg, Fla. Schmitt was a project manager/estimator at a Tampa,...

CFA Elects New Officers And Board Of Directors.
November 20, 2006... Staff The Concrete Foundations Association, an international association dedicated to improving the quality and acceptance of cast-in-place concrete foundations, has announced the election of new board members and officers for the 2006...

Georgia Branch, AGC Members Active In Central Georgia Construction Schools.
November 20, 2006... Staff High school students in central Georgia recently got an up-close look at the construction industry, thanks to a group of Georgia Branch, AGC members in the Macon area. The group, officially known as the AGC Central Georgia...

DPR Construction's Inaugural "Building Great Things" Golf Tournament Raises Funds For American Red Cross Blood Services.
November 20, 2006... Staff A sell-out field of more than 110 golfers teed off recently at DPR Construction, Inc.'s first annual "Building Great Things" golf tournament held at Currahee Club in Toccoa, Ga. DPR Construction, Inc., a national commercial...

Tri-City Electrical Contractors Opens Panhandle Satellite Office.
November 20, 2006... Staff Orlando, Fla.-based Tri-City Electrical Contractors, Inc. has announced the opening of a Panhandle satellite office and has appointed Bob Duross as senior project manager in charge of the new office. With more than 1,200...

GUCA Holds Area Membership Meeting In Cartersville, Ga.
November 20, 2006... Staff The Georgia Utility Contractors Association recently held an area membership meeting in Cartersville, Ga. More than 40 registrants attended this luncheon. During the meeting, those present enjoyed an NPDES update presented by...

TruckMax Expands Into Ft. Pierce.
November 20, 2006... Staff Miami-based TruckMax, a medium-duty commercial truck dealer and the country's No. 1 commercial truck dealer for HINO Motors, an affiliate of The Toyota Motor Corporation, has announced its expansion into Ft. Pierce, Fla. Led by...

Construction Starts Summary.
November 20, 2006... Staff How To Use The Construction Starts Summary: The information on this page reports non-residential construction activity in the region by contract value. The chart at the bottom of the page tracks cumulative starts for all...

Editor's Report.
November 20, 2006... By Steve Hudson If you've been reading my ramblings for very long, you know that I write about all kinds of things. Sometimes they're even important things that immediately become topics of public discussion, news shows and TV mini-series....

GUCA Golfers Step Up To The Challenge.
November 20, 2006... By Steve Hudson The Georgia Utility Contractors Association's annual Larry S. McReynolds Memorial Golf Tournament recently raised funds to support GUCA's educational initiatives. Members of the Georgia Utility Contractors Association...

ILD Invitation Debuts In Florida.
November 20, 2006... By Steve Hudson The "I Love Dirt" invitational redfish tournament, brainchild of three members of the Florida construction community, recently made its debut near Boca Grande. Members of the construction community are no strangers to...

High-Pressure Pipe Work.
November 20, 2006... By Steve Hudson Patterson & Wilder Construction recently completed installation of a new gas line for Okaloosa Gas in Florida's Okaloosa County. In Florida's Okaloosa County, work was recently completed on a major new gas line...

Putting Waste In Its Place.
November 20, 2006... Staff Here's a look at how one Florida landfill gave itself some breathing room. If you're like most people, you've never seen the inner workings of a landfill. Most assume it's simply a dumping ground for our waste, and if you happen...