Construction Bulletin articles from March 2007

Construction Bulletin archives from March 2007

Editor's Report.
March 5, 2007... By Ivy Chang In Minnesota, the Transportation Amendment passed last November and, finally, provides funds for Minnesota's road projects. Gov. Tim Pawlenty and Lt. Gov./Transportation Commissioner Carol Molnau announced the multifaceted...

Floating Pipes Pulled Underground.
March 5, 2007... By Steve Greenfield Contractor used a directional drill to pull and install six 3,000-foot sections of sewer pipes. We all know that directional drilling for sewer construction work is fairly common. But it's quite rare when that work...

Directional Drilling Crosses A Border.
March 5, 2007... By Cathy Medina Crews set back roughly 200 feet and initially drilled at a 25-degree pitch through 10 feet of ground with the Vermeer horizontal directional drill. Dan Tehle would probably agree that some horizontal directional...

Dennis Wipf dies.(Obituary)(Brief article)
March 5, 2007... Staff Dennis Wipf, 58, Sioux Falls, died on February 2 after a 10-year battle with multiple myeloma. Wipf worked for the state of South Dakota and the city of Sioux Falls, then joined Myrl & Roy's Paving Company in 1981 where he remained....

Lorsung is senior planner.
March 5, 2007... Staff Schoell Madson, Plymouth, Minnesota, hired Rose Lorsung as senior planner with responsibilities in master planning, concept design and taking projects through the entitlement process. Lorsung is also accomplished in mapmaking and...

Braun Intertec hires 2.
March 5, 2007... Staff The St. Cloud, Minnesota, office of Braun Intertec hired Andrew Brummer as project manager to manage environmental investigations and site assessments, including Phase I and Phase II Environmental Site Assessments, petroleum site...

MnDOT names deputy commissioner.(Minnesota. Department of Transportation appoints Lisa Freese )(Brief article)
March 5, 2007... Staff Carol Molnau, Minnesota lt. governor and commissioner of transportation, named Lisa Freese as deputy commissioner of Transportation, replacing Doug Differt, who resigned. Freese served as an area manager in MnDOT's Metro District and...

Nonresidential construction jobs grow.
March 5, 2007... Staff "Nonresidential construction jobs jumped in January, while homebuilding employment grew chillier," said Ken Simonson, chief economist for The Associated General Contractors of America (AGC), as he commented on the January employment...

Bobcat revenues decrease.(Financial report)(Brief article)
March 5, 2007... Staff Ingersoll Rand Company, Annandale, N.J., said its revenues increased by 7 percent, to $2.89 billion, in the fourth quarter of 2006 compared with the fourth quarter of 2005. However, its Bobcat business unit had decreased revenues of...

Krause Anderson bolsters staff.(Krause Anderson Construction Company appoints Scott Bents, Christopher McKane, James Carpenter )(Brief article)
March 12, 2007... Staff Krause Anderson Construction Company hired three managers in its Minnesota offices. Scott Bents is a preconstruction manager with 26 years of experience in commercial, municipal, institutional, health care, industrial, and...

Vermeer promotes three.
March 12, 2007... Staff Vermeer Manufacturing Company, which produces agricultural, environmental and construction equipment, promoted three employees to its executive management team. Mike Byram was named senior director of environmental solutions to...

MnDOT re-lets Crosstown project.(Minnesota. Department of Transportation)(Brief article)
March 12, 2007... Staff The Minnesota Department of Transportation is advertising the I-35W/Highway 62 project for competitive bidding. Last year, MnDOT asked contractors to finance the project until it received money from the federal government. The...

Schwan Ice Rink.
March 12, 2007... Staff The expanded Schwan Super Rink and Herb Brooks Training Center, with eight NHL-sized sheets of ice, held a dedication on January 19 at the National Sports Center in Blaine, Minnesota (right). Former Gov. Wendell Anderson, a hockey...

Fargo Builds And Expands Libraries.
March 12, 2007... By Ivy Chang Fargo residents will have more places to hit the books when the city's three new libraries are fully open with larger spaces, updated construction materials and designs, and additional library materials. In November 2004,...

NAMC Presents Annual Awards Banquet.(National Association of Minority Contractors)(Brief article)
March 12, 2007... By Ivy Chang The National Association of Minority Contractors, Upper Midwest chapter, presented its annual awards banquet with over 300 members attending the dinner. Kathy Meyer, vice president of NAMC and owner of Meyer Contracting,...

Asphalt Association Presents Awards.
March 19, 2007... Staff The Minnesota Association of Asphalt Paving Technologists (MAAPT) Bituminous Conference and the Minnesota Asphalt Pavement Association (MAPA) 53rd Annual Meeting were held jointly in December 2006 in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota. ...

Nickols elected director.
March 26, 2007... Staff Dan G. Nickols, senior land surveyor/principal at Schoell Madson in charge of the Surveying Division, was recently elected a director of the Minnesota Society of Professional Surveyors at its annual meeting on February 1 and 2. He...

AGC of Minnesota receives award.(Associated General Contractors of America)(2007 Chapter Public Relations Award)(Brief article)
March 26, 2007... Staff AGC of America selected AGC of Minnesota to receive its 2007 Chapter Public Relations Award in the Best Infrastructure Awareness Project category. The chapter took on a major role in the campaign to pass the Minnesota Constitutional...

New alliance protects workers.
March 26, 2007... Staff The Associated General Contractors of America signed an alliance with OSHA and the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) to establish a collaborative relationship to protect workers in highway work zones. They...

Grainger expands catalog.
March 26, 2007... Staff Grainger, a leading distributor of facilities maintenance supplies, released its 2007 product catalog that is newly redesigned and features more than 138,000 products, 20-percent more than 2006. The catalog offers enhanced search and...

AMAP adds members.(E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Co. and Alberty Additives join Association of Modified Asphalt Producers)(Brief article)
March 26, 2007... Staff The Association of Modified Asphalt Producers announced two new members: DuPont and Alberty Additives. DuPont, based in Wilmington, Delaware, offers a wide range of innovative products and services for a variety of markets, including...