Midwest Contractor articles from December 2004

Midwest Contractor archives from December 2004

Midwesterners Named To ARTBA's Top 100.(American Road and Transportation Builders Association)(Brief Article)
December 13, 2004... Staff Eleven Midwesterners are among those named to the American Road and Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) Foundation's "Top 100 Private Sector Transportation Design and Construction Professionals of the 20th Century." The...

Extending Undercarriage Life.
December 13, 2004... By Curt Grandia Foley Installs Cat SystemOneacents On Sherwood Construction D6R XL A first in Caterpillar's Denver District, Foley Equipment Company recently installed a Caterpillar SystemOneacents Undercarriage on a D6R XL dozer owned...

Building Branson Landing.
December 13, 2004... By Curt Grandia Boyce Excavating Lays Foundation For Tourist City's Newest Jewel It may surprise some outside the region but Branson, Mo., is among the nation's top 20 tourist destinations, drawing more than 8 million visitors each...

J.E. Dunn Tackles Kansas City Mega Project.(Brief Article)
December 13, 2004... By Curt Grandia J.E. Dunn Construction is at work on the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Building and Kansas City Main Post Office Relocation in downtown Kansas City, Mo. Owned by Pershing Road Development Company LLC, the $275-million...

Editor's Report.(Missouri Department of Transportation)
December 13, 2004... By Curt Grandia I haven't met the new director of the Missouri Department of Transportation but when I do run into Pete Rahn at one or another of the upcoming association conventions I suspect he may still be smiling about the overwhelming...

PCA Awards Concrete Bridges.(Portland Cement Association)(Creve Coeur Lake Memorial Park Bridge)(Brief Article)
December 13, 2004... Staff The Portland Cement Association (PCA) has named the winners of the 2004 Ninth Biennial Bridge Awards Competition. The competition, which was instituted in 1988, recognizes excellence in design and construction of concrete bridges...

Multiquip Introduces New Pumps.(Brief Article)
December 13, 2004... Staff Multiquip recently introduced its new QP Series trash pumps, improving on the original versions that have been in use in dewatering applications for more than three decades. The QP-2T and QP-3T engine-drive trash pumps are 2-inch...

Fayat To Buy BOMAG From SPX.(SPX Corporation)(Brief Article)
December 13, 2004... Staff SPX Corporation announced Oct. 29 that it had signed a definitive agreement to sell its BOMAG compaction equipment business to Fayat for approximately $446 million in cash. SPX will use net proceeds from the transaction to pay down...

ACPA Recognizes Two Iowans.(American Concrete Pavement Association )(Brief Article)
December 13, 2004... Staff Two Iowa men were recognized for their achievements by the American Concrete Pavement Association (ACPA) at its Annual Convention in Marco Island, Fla., Dec. 1-3. Bill Kirk received the national association's Outstanding...

MoDOT Reports To Legislature.(Missouri Department of Transportation)(Brief Article)
December 13, 2004... Staff The Missouri Department of Transportation recently issued its annual report to state lawmakers. The report details department finances and activities for the past fiscal year (July 1, 2003, to June 30, 2004), as well as upcoming...

ARTBA Honors Tom Hill.(American Road & Transportation Builders Association')
December 13, 2004... Staff Tom Hill, chief executive of Washington, D.C.-based Oldcastle Materials, Inc., is the private sector recipient of the American Road & Transportation Builders Association's (ARTBA) most prestigious award. The 2004 "ARTBA Award" was...

Curtis Joins HDR.(Don Curtis)(Brief Article)
December 13, 2004... Staff Don Curtis recently joined HDR in the company's Kansas City location as department manager. Curtis will oversee all department activities in the states of Missouri and Kansas. Prior to joining HDR, he was the commander of the...

CMCI To Launch New Exam.(Construction Manager Certification Institute)(Brief Article)
December 13, 2004... Staff The Construction Manager Certification Institute (CMCI) has announced that effective January 10 it will launch a reformatted and updated exam for CM certification candidates. "The exam has been reformatted and revised in response...

Caterpillar Updates Govbidspec.com.(Brief Article)
December 13, 2004... Staff Caterpillar has launched an expanded and enhanced version of Govbidspec.com to help governmental buyers build well-defined Requests for Proposal (RFPs) quickly and accurately, with minimal editing. Caterpillar introduced the online...

Komatsu Launches New Financing.(Komatsu America Corp. join forces with HSBC Business Solutions)(Brief Article)
December 13, 2004... Staff Komatsu, a leading manufacturer and supplier of construction, mining and utility equipment and parts and services in North America, announced Dec. 1 that it has begun a new multi-year relationship with HSBC Business Solutions to...

Cessford Sets Management Changes.(Cessford Construction Co.)(Brief Article)
December 13, 2004... Staff Heidi Cessford Krabbe, president of Cessford Construction Company of LeGrand, Iowa, has announced several management changes in its Southeast Division. Mel Wilson, vice president and general manager of Cessford's Southeast...

Crumbling Down.(Premier Demolition Inc.)(Brief Article)
December 13, 2004... By Curt Grandia Kobelco Excavators Help Contractor Fill His Niche Premier Demolition Inc. of Cedar Hill, Mo., is demolishing the old Lucent Technology building off of Interstate 35 in Merriam, Kan., to make way for a new shopping...

CISAP Earns National Award.(Construction Industry Substance Abuse Program)
December 27, 2004... Staff The Builders' Association Substance Abuse Fund was recently recognized for its groundbreaking workplace drug testing program. The Mo-Kan Construction Industry Substance Abuse Program (CISAP) Fund received the national Gary E. Bird...

Editor's Report.
December 27, 2004... By Curt Grandia Doesn't seem possible that it can be (almost) 2005 already. Where did 2004 go? I was contemplating my New Year's resolutions the other day and, once again, discovered that I still hadn't accomplished the resolutions...

Harlan Joins TRIP Board.(Keith Harlan, The Road Information Program )(Brief Article)
December 27, 2004... Staff Keith Harlan, president of A.M. Cohron & Son, Inc., of Atlantic, Iowa, has been named to the board of directors of The Road Information Program (TRIP), a national transportation research group. "I am pleased and excited to be...

AASHTO Lauds NDOR.(American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials)(Nebraska Department of Roads)(Brief Article)
December 27, 2004... Staff While transportation agencies are continually challenged to improve the safety of motorists traveling through work zones, the Nebraska Department of Roads (NDOR) has been cited as a model for its use of Intelligent Transportation...

Management Study Available.(Brief Article)
December 27, 2004... Staff A newly published survey provides for the first time critical financial and operational data on the highway and bridge contractor sector of the construction industry. Prepared by the American Road & Transportation Builders...

Deere Posts Record Results.(Brief Article)
December 27, 2004... Staff Deere & Company in November announced worldwide net income of $356.7 million, or $1.41 per share, for the fourth quarter ended October 31, compared with net income for the same period last year of $70.6 million, or $0.27 per share....

Concrete Recycling.
December 27, 2004... Staff A Natural For Aggregates Producers Recycling concrete and asphalt rubble and demolition debris can be a very profitable addition to an aggregates producer's competitive arsenal, as many have discovered in recent years. In fact, a...

Stringless Curb Placement.(Crossland Construction Company Inc. tests TSD's control system on Gomaco GT 3600 curb machine)
December 27, 2004... Story by Richard Rybka, Topcon Market Communications Writer Kansas Contractor Employs New Technology On Paving Project One of the most revolutionary concepts in machine control technology became reality recently at the site of a new...

A Century On Tracks.
December 27, 2004... Staff Caterpillar Celebrates 100th Anniversary Of The Track-Type Tractor, Launches New T-Series Celebrating the 100th anniversary of the track-type tractor, Caterpillar Inc. launched the new T-Series track-type tractor at a worldwide...

Harnessing The Wind.(MidAmerican Energy Project)
December 27, 2004... By Curt Grandia MidAmerican Energy Project Is Among World's Largest From a distance, the wind turbines look like so many pinwheels scattered across the north Iowa countryside. Up close though, the units are massive, with towers rising...