Construction Bulletin articles from October 2007

Construction Bulletin archives from October 2007

MAPA Appoints Office Manager.
October 1, 2007... Staff Bridget Spiess was appointed office manager at the Minnesota Asphalt Pavement Association, approved by the MAPA board of directors. She replaces Nancy McCann who has retired. Mark Thorsen, president of MAPA, said the appointment will...

Manitowoc Appoints Wood.
October 1, 2007... Staff Mike Wood is the new global product manager for Manitowoc crawler cranes to oversee strategy and financial performance, manage the company's manufacturing alliances and analyze market conditions. He will work with sales, marketing,...

Best Value Law In Effect.
October 1, 2007... Staff On August 1 the Best Value contracting law took effect in Minnesota after the Legislature and Gov. Tim Pawlenty signed it into law last spring. The law allows state and local governments to award construction bids based on a system...

AGC Awards Scholarships.
October 1, 2007... Staff AGC of Minnesota's Education foundation presented 14 scholarships with a total of $16,300 for the 2007/2008 academic year to students with interest in construction career. They must be enrolled in a Minnesota post-secondary...

Taking Off On Runway 7-25.
October 1, 2007... By Eric Morse Northstar Materials tried a unique method of rebuilding one of Bemidji Regional Airport's runways. Unique challenges exist on any paving job site, but airports are considerably different from highway or commercial paving....

Managing Stormwater With Hot Mix Asphalt Pavements.
October 1, 2007... By Richard O. Wolter, P.E., Executive Director, Jill M. Thomas, P.E., Assistant Director, Minnesota Asphalt Pavement Association Pavement design depends upon soil type, topography and climate. The concept of managing stormwater with...

Second store opens.
October 8, 2007... Staff Central Landscape Supply, St. Cloud, Minnesota, opened a second location in Farmington, south of the Twin Cities, at 1120 220th Street West. The wholesale lawn and garden distributor serves retail garden centers, landscapers,...

ASLA presents awards.(American Society of Landscape Architects)(Bret C. Wieseler )(Brief article)
October 8, 2007... Staff The American Society of Landscape Architects presented student awards for designs in 2007. Among them was an honor award in the General category to Bret C. Wieseler at the University of Minnesota student chapter of ASLA. Bret's...

Price named president.(W. R. Meadows Inc.)(Matthew Price)(Brief article)
October 8, 2007... Staff Matthew Price was named president of W. R. Meadows Inc., a manufacturer of a broad line of construction products used in several facets of the construction industry. He began his career in sales at the Goodyear, Arizona branch...

ARA scholarships awarded.
October 8, 2007... Staff The American Rental Association, through its ARA Foundation, awarded $28,000 in scholarships to 17 students, from across the United States, who are pursuing careers in the equipment rental industry. Among them is John St. Martin...

Machinery exports up.(Brief article)
October 8, 2007... Staff According to the Association of Equipment Manufacturers, exports of U.S.-made construction equipment increased 22 percent in the first half of 2007 to $8.2 billion. Export volume to the Asia region rose 67 percent to $1.16 billion...

Incentives Help Minority Recruitment.
October 15, 2007... By Ivy Chang North Dakota's TERO program is aimed at recruiting Native Americans who are the dominant ethnic minority group. Like all states wanting federal money for construction contracts, the North Dakota Department of...

FlowSense hires Lengle.
October 15, 2007... Staff FlowSense LLC hired George Lengle as project manager in its Building Services Group. He will have on-site supervision for a multimillion-dollar construction project in Pennsylvania. Lengle has over 30 years of federal services in...

ACP/RCD Sponsors Construction Challenge Team.
October 15, 2007... Staff ACP/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 partnership with Destination ImagiNation...

Ziegler promotes executives.
October 15, 2007... Staff Ziegler Cat, Bloomington, Minnesota, named Stan K. Erickson its president and chief operating officer and Mark R. Allen its executive vice president and chief financial officer. Ziegler's board of directors announced the promotions...

Holte Contracting moves.
October 15, 2007... Staff Holte Contracting Inc. moved from the St. Paul suburb of Little Canada to Ramsey, Minnesota. The new address is 8019 146th Avenue N.W., Ramsey, MN 55303. New telephone number is (763) 576-7100 and fax is (763) 576-3395. Holte...

Construction starts up.(Brief article)
October 15, 2007... Staff Reed Construction Data said that construction starts in the United States through August 2007 were $208.243 billion, an 18.6-percent increase over 2006 and approximately the same as in July 2007. This was the first starts report that...

Editor's Report.
October 15, 2007... By Richard O. Wolters, P.E., Executive Director, Jill M. Thomas, P.E., Associate Director, Minnesota Asphalt Pavement Association Clearly, the environment in which we operate is shifting. Customer needs are changing, and changing fast....

Small Business Moves Mountains.
October 15, 2007... By Ivy Chang Guthmiller Earthmoving Inc. has found dozens of projects in North Dakota and South Dakota to keep it busy buying more used equipment. Medina, North Dakota, may be a pin dot on the map, but tell that to Guthmiller...

Trimble Construction Boot Camp.
October 15, 2007... Story by Tom Hale Attendees learn about productivity-enhancing products at Dayton event Several hundred people attended Trimble Construction Boot Camp 2007, a field-based, hands-on training event for the construction industry, held...

KKE promotes seven.
October 22, 2007... Staff KKE Architects, a full-service architectural, interior design and planning firm, promoted three staff employees to senior associates and four staff employees to associates positions. Cliff Buikema, AIA, was promoted to senior...

Rupp Industries changes name.
October 22, 2007... Staff Rupp Industries, Inc., Burnsville, Minnesota, changed its ownership and its name after a private investment group purchased the 42-year-old company. The provider of temporary HVAC solutions is now called TEMP-AIR, Inc. with products...

Iveco changes name.
October 22, 2007... Staff Iveco Motors of North America announced its new name, Fiat Powertrain Technologies of North America (FPT NA), effective immediately. It is part of the Powertrain sector of Fiat Powertrain Technologies S.p.A. wholly owned by Fiat...

Cement consumption falls.(Brief article)
October 22, 2007... Staff According to the Portland Cement Association, cement consumption fell 4.4 percent compared to 2006 but is expected to rise 2.2 percent in 2008. Chief economist Ed Sullivan said that the trends in residential construction contributed...

Gibbons manages Midwest region.
October 29, 2007... Staff The Concrete Reinforcing Steel Institute appointed Jack Gibbons as Central Region manager responsible for CRSI activities in the Central Region and within the region's individual chapters. States in the region are North Dakota, South...

Paul Koszarek appointed.(Brief article)
October 29, 2007... Staff PSI, an independent engineering testing firm, appointed Paul Koszarek, P.E., to primcipal consultant of Geotechnical Engineering for PSI's offices in Waukesha, Wisconsin, and St. Paul, Minnesota. He has been with PSI since 2003 as...

John Stencel promoted.(Kraus-Anderson Construction Co.)(Brief article)
October 29, 2007... Staff Kraus-Anderson Construction Company promoted John A. Stencel to director of operations to oversee the South Minneapolis, Minnesota, and Kansas City, Kansas, offices. Stencel joined the company in 1995 as project manager and...