Dixie Contractor articles from November 2007

Dixie Contractor archives from November 2007

ACP/Reed Construction Data Sponsors Construction Challenge Team.
November 5, 2007... Staff Associated Construction Publications/Reed Construction Data has announced its sponsorship in the Construction Challenge. The Construction Challenge is an event the Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) has developed in...

GUCA Golf Tournament Draws Record Turnout.
November 5, 2007... Staff Members of the Georgia Utility Contractors Association recently hit the greens at the Orchard Hills Golf Course in Newnan, Ga., for the 2007 GUCA Larry S. McReynolds Golf Tournament. With 316 players in attendance, this event was...

Obituary: Mike Blankenship.(Obituary)
November 5, 2007... Staff Mike Blankenship of Blankenship Contracting, Inc., in Tallahassee, passed away recently. Mike worked in the construction industry for his entire professional life, first as a pipe layer for an underground utility contractor,...

BE&K Personnel News.
November 5, 2007... Staff A.H. "Nick" Gaede Jr. has been named vice president and general counsel for Birmingham, Ala.-based BE&K. Gaede's responsibilities will include legal, risk management and security for BE&K, Inc. and its subsidiary companies. Gaede is...

Condo Project Moves Ahead.
November 5, 2007... By Steve Hudson Golden & Associates is general contractor on the 2600 Highland Condominiums in Birmingham, a challenging project which combines site work challenges with the additional demands of a very tight site. In Birmingham, Ala.,...

Portable Generators Provide Hurricane Relief.
November 5, 2007... By Eric Morse Selecting the right generator, and properly maintaining it, can keep you running following a hurricane or tropical storm. Now is the time to purchase a generator, according to Todd Howe, Ingersoll Rand product marketing...

Hurricane Charley Memorial Sculpture Unveiled.
November 5, 2007... Staff In Punta Gorda, Fla., the construction industry helped make the "Spirit of Punta Gorda" sculpture a reality. General contracting firm CORE Construction Services Southeast, Inc. d/b/a CORE Construction, recently participated in...

Alabama Road Builders Association Installs New Officers.
November 19, 2007... Staff Greg Abramson, of Abramson, LLC in Birmingham, has been installed as the 62nd president of the Alabama Road Builders Association. Abramson was born in Florence, and is operating manager of Abramson LLC in Birmingham, Ala. The...

Harkins Development Corporation Receives Industry Award.
November 19, 2007... Staff Harkins Development Corporation, a division of Lake Mary-based Harkins Companies, received the 2007 Grand Aurora Award from the National Commercial Builders Council, Washington, D.C., for its 46-unit, 178,000-square-foot Live/Work...

Fintec Names C&D Equipment As New Dealer For Florida.
November 19, 2007... Staff Fintec Crushing and Screening Ltd has named C& D Equipment of Ocala, Fla., as its new dealer for the state of Florida. Based in Northern Ireland, Fintec manufactures mobile screening and crushing plants for construction,...

Skanska Orlando Office Announces New Small/Special Projects Division.
November 19, 2007... Staff Skanska USA Building Inc. has launched its Small/Special Projects Division, a new area of construction concentration for the Florida Region of Skanska, exclusive to the Orlando/Central Florida office. The division will initially...

Portland Cement Association Education Foundation Presents Fellowships.
November 19, 2007... Staff The Portland Cement Association (PCA) Education Foundation recently presented eight graduate students with the educational fellowships at the association's recent fall meeting in Chicago. The 2007 recipients include Jun Chen,...

Joshua Cofer Honored By FHWA.
November 19, 2007... Staff Georgia Department of Transportation's Joshua Cofer was honored at this year's Annual Employee Appreciation Day by the Federal Highway Administration. According to DOT Commissioner Harold Linnenkohl, "The FHWA Jim Condron Award...

GUCA Presents Scholarships To Construction Management Students.
November 19, 2007... Staff Georgia Utility Contractors Association, Inc. recently presented scholarships to five construction management students at four-year higher education institutions in Georgia. Junior- and senior-level students attending four-year...

West Gordon Elementary Tops Out In Valdosta, Ga.
November 19, 2007... Staff Representatives from Pinnacle Prime Contractors, Inc. joined Valdosta public officials, School Board members, administrators, and educators recently for the topping out of the new West Gordon Elementary School. More than 300...

Construction Management Association of America Honors 12 Projects.
November 19, 2007... Staff A dozen projects, ranging in cost from less than $10 million to more than $100 million and spanning the spectrum from a community branch library to a major enhancement of one of America's busiest highways, received "Project...

Greenhorne & O'Mara (G&O) Acquires Florida Firm, SCR Surveying & Mapping, Inc.
November 19, 2007... Staff National engineering consulting firm Greenhorne & O'Mara (G&O) has announced the acquisition of SCR Surveying & Mapping, Inc., a Florida-based surveying firm. Founded in 1981, SCR Surveying and Mapping, Inc. is a 14-person firm...

Allied Construction Products Names Eddie Turner To Cover Southeast Territory.
November 19, 2007... Staff Allied Construction Products, LLC has announced the appointment of Eddie Turner to the position of district manager covering the Southeast Territory including the states of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida,...

Phil Johnson Named Blastrac Southeast Area Sales Manager.
November 19, 2007... Staff Phil Johnson recently joined Blastrac as an area sales manager for Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi. In this capacity, Johnson will sell a full range of Blastrac products, including tools for applications such as shot blasting,...

Liew Joins PSI.
November 19, 2007... Staff PSI has announced the addition of Willie Liew to its staff. Liew will serve as a senior engineer in the company's Kennesaw, Ga., operations office. PSI, headquartered in Oakbrook Terrace, Ill., operates from 125 offices in North...

Rusty Winters Hired To Lead Propex's Engineering Services Department.
November 19, 2007... Staff Rusty Winters has been named to head up Propex's Engineering Services department. Propex is a producer of geosynthetic, concrete, furnishing, and industrial fabrics and fiber. In his new position, Winters' primary responsibility is...

Brandon Kirby Named Assistant District Construction Engineer For GDOT District One.
November 19, 2007... Staff Brandon Kirby has been named assistant district construction engineer for Northeast Georgia's District One. District One serves 21 counties in Northeast Georgia. Kirby began his career with DOT in 1996 as a transportation...

Wingfoot Commercial Tire Systems Opens Pilot Truck Care Center.
November 19, 2007... Staff Wingfoot Commercial Tire Systems LLC is opening a new Pilot Truck Care Center in Temple, Ga. The new center is located at Exit 19, Interstate 20, 635 Carrollton St., in Temple. It will provide trucking fleets with new tires,...

Stribling Equipment Acquires Three Nortrax Locations.
November 19, 2007... Staff Stribling Equipment, LLC, headquartered in Jackson, Miss., has acquired the South Region Operations of Nortrax, Inc. in Mississippi, western Tennessee and Arkansas. Stribling Equipment's John Deere Construction and Forestry sales and...

Corcoran Ota Receives Industry Honors For Parc at Buckhead.
November 19, 2007... Staff The Corcoran Ota Group, Inc. recently received the National Association of Home Builders Gold Award of the "2007 Best of 50+ Housing Awards," for its design of Parc at Buckhead, an upscale retirement community in Atlanta. The Gold...

Editor's Report.
November 19, 2007... By Steve Hudson Now that the cooler months have arrived, working in the yard is something that's actually kind of fun. It's too cool for the grass to grow much, so lawn mowing is not required. But all sorts of other projects beckon...

Horizontal Grinder Creates Business Opportunities.
November 19, 2007... By Larry Trojak Adding a track-mounted horizontal grinder to its fleet completes the picture for a Georgia firm. In the business world, there are those who wait for opportunity to knock and there are those, like Dennis Waters, who go...

High-Tech Formwork Helps Build Classical Monument.
November 19, 2007... By Kimberly Kayler Formwork helps build the Millennium Gate, the largest classical monument built in America since the Jefferson Memorial. From their genesis, monuments are designed to become icons and gathering places for generations...

Wireless Solves Contractor's Communications Needs.
November 19, 2007... By Randy Whitmore For Alabama-based Saiia Construction, communications technology is a key to business success. With several high-profile construction projects under way at any given time, the 500-plus employees of Birmingham,...

Retaining The Over-50 Employee.
November 19, 2007... By Steve Hudson They call it "silver mining" - the art of finding and keeping older workers - and here's a look at some factors that may help your own company keep and retain the over-50 set. What do contractors in the southeastern...