Midwest Contractor articles from April 2005

Midwest Contractor archives from April 2005

AGC Of Missouri Presents Awards During Convention.(Associated General Contractors )
April 11, 2005... By Curt Grandia The Associated General Contractors of Missouri held its Annual Convention Feb. 21-22 at Harrah's in North Kansas City. In addition to educational sessions and presentations, the event was highlighted by a breakfast address...

118th Anniversary George F. Will Keynotes Builders' Association Banquet.
April 11, 2005... By Curt Grandia A keynote address by George F. Will highlighted the Builders' Association's 118th Anniversary Banquet Feb. 25 at the Kansas City Downtown Marriott. Will, one of the nation's foremost political commentators and...

Quality Initiative Structures Awards.
April 11, 2005... By Curt Grandia AGC Of Iowa, IDOT Honor Projects The Associated General Contractors of Iowa and the Iowa Department of Transportation (IDOT) announced the winners of their 2002-2004 Iowa Quality Initiative Structures Awards program...

Excellence In Construction.
April 11, 2005... Staff ABC Cornhusker Chapter Honors Members For Quality Projects Two hundred fifty Construction professionals were present as the Cornhusker Chapter of Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) held its Ninth Annual "Excellence in...

Contractors Take Control.
April 11, 2005... By Daniel T. Keough Companies Manage Risk Through Captive Insurance Purchasing insurance continues to be difficult and expensive for construction firms. While the risks contractors face every day in their businesses may not have...

Hauling More Tons Per Load.
April 11, 2005... Story Courtesy of MHC Kenworth Sutton Trucking Boosts Productivity With Kenworth W900S Super 16 For Jeff Sutton, hauling construction materials is all about productivity, moving as much payload as possible in the fewest number of trips...

Heavy Hauling.(Construction Equipment)
April 11, 2005... By Curt Grandia HDB Uses Bell 4206D Tractors To Pull Triple 18-Yard Scrapers At Ethanol Plant Site In Garnett HDB Construction and Environmental Services (HDB) is bringing some heavy haulers to bear in its earthmoving at the site of a...

Phillips Joins Dean Machinery.(appointment of Steven C. Phillips)(Brief Article)
April 11, 2005... Staff Regional Caterpillar dealer Dean Machinery has announced the hiring of heavy equipment specialist Steven C. Phillips. Phillips has worked for such prominent companies as the Victor L. Phillips Company, the Mid-America Industrial...

New Asphalt Software Debuts.(SW-1 Asphalt Pavement Thickness Design Software)(Brief Article)
April 11, 2005... Staff The Asphalt Institute has introduced its latest software, offering "SW-1 Asphalt Pavement Thickness Design Software" for highways, airports, heavy wheel loads, and other applications. The software is designed to run on Microsoft...

New PCA Book Available.(Concrete Floors and Moisture)(Brief Article)(Book Review)
April 11, 2005... Staff "Concrete Floors and Moisture," a new 164-page book from the Portland Cement Association (PCA), explores how to prevent unwanted moisture in concrete floors, a problem causing millions of dollars in damage to buildings annually in...

AGC of Iowa Sets 2005 Leadership.(Associated General Contractors)(Brief Article)
April 11, 2005... Staff Richard Sojka, of Iowa Bridge & Culvert LC, was elected 2005 president of the Associated General Contractors of Iowa (AGC/I) Board of Directors at the association's recent convention. Other 2005 officers are Senior Vice President Dan...

Stanley Among ACEC Finalists.(American Council of Engineering Companies)(Brief Article)
April 11, 2005... Staff Stanley Consultants, Inc., of Muscatine, Iowa, is a finalist in the American Council of Engineering Companies' 39th annual Engineering Excellence Awards competition for designing a new water treatment plant to serve Mason City, Iowa....

Nix Leads J.E. Dunn Construction.(appointment of Jack P. Nix )(Brief Article)
April 11, 2005... Staff Effective Jan. 1, Jack P. Nix Jr. became the first non-family member to hold the position of president of J.E. Construction. "Jack's appointment reflects a shift toward creating greater leadership opportunities for our...

CIMO Working in Kansas City.(Capital Improvements Management Office)(Brief Article)
April 11, 2005... Staff A little more than a year after Mayor Kay Barnes and City Manager Wayne Cauthen created the city's Capital Improvements Management Office (CIMO), the CIMO staff of 90 oversees more than 300 capital improvement projects estimated at...

KDOT Announces AIP Sites.(Kansas. Department of Transportation)(Brief Article)
April 11, 2005... Staff The Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT) has selected 16 public use airports to receive funding for safety and/or service enhancements through the Kansas Airport Improvement Program (AIP). "KDOT funds $3 million in airport...

Transportation Contracts Up.(Brief Article)
April 11, 2005... Staff The nation's state and local transportation agencies awarded nearly $3 billion in new contracts for transportation construction projects in January, an American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) report shows. The...

AGC Supports "Death Tax" Bill.(Associated General Contractors of America )(Brief Article)
April 11, 2005... Staff The Associated General Contractors of America (AGC) supports legislation introduced recently by Representatives Kenny Hulshof (R-Mo.) and Bud Cramer (D-Ala.) that would permanently eliminate the death tax. The proposed legislation...

Odell Heads New HOK Team.(Hellmuth, Obata and Kassabaum)(Brief Article)
April 11, 2005... Staff St. Louis-based HOK (Hellmuth, Obata and Kassabaum, Inc.) has named Bill Odell chairman of its new firm-wide science and technology leadership team. Odell is senior vice president and design principal in HOK's St. Louis office. ...

Renovating Kinnick Stadium.
April 11, 2005... By Curt Grandia Knutson Construction At Work On Phase One Of $87-Million Project Knutson Construction Services is at work on Phase One of what may be the highest-profile project in the state, the renovation of Kinnick Stadium at the...

More Efficient Clearing.
April 11, 2005... By Tara Deering, Technical Writer, Two Rivers Marketing, Courtesy of Vermeer Manufacturing Company Reilly Construction Uses Tracked Grinder To Speed Right-Of-Way Preparation You might not expect that a family-owned construction company...

Editor's Report.(on construction industry)
April 25, 2005... By Curt Grandia America's crumbling infrastructure is eroding our quality of life. That's the conclusion of a report released in March by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) and their estimates on what it will take to remedy the...

Putting Power To Work.(Dennis Johnson Construction, Inc)
April 25, 2005... By Curt Grandia Dennis Johnson Construction Uses Komatsu PC600LC To Speed Project Dennis Johnson Construction, Inc. specializes in utility work, particularly water and sewer projects with deeper open cuts. To get their work done as...

MO/KS ACPA Hosts 25th Annual Conference.(Missouri/Kansas)(American Concrete Paving Association)
April 25, 2005... By Curt Grandia The Missouri/Kansas Chapter of the American Concrete Paving Association held its 25th Annual Portland Cement Concrete Paving Conference March 1-3 at the Kansas City Downtown Marriott. In addition to numerous educational...