Midwest Contractor articles from June 2008

Midwest Contractor archives from June 2008

ASFE Names New President.
June 9, 2008... Staff ASFE/The Best People on Earth, has named Edmond D. "Ed" Alizadeh, P.E., Esq., president and CEO of Geotechnology, Inc., as their new president. ASFE is a not-for-profit association of "earth-engineering" firms that develops programs,...

New Winch Boom.(Construction Lifters)(Brief article)
June 9, 2008... Staff Construction Lifters, a division of The Caldwell Group, has come out with a new Winch Boom that can quickly turn a forklift into a "portable crane." It combines the reach of a fork lift boom with the precise lifting of a winch,...

Jamieson New Crane Rep.
June 9, 2008... Staff Michael Jamieson has joined Manitowoc's crane division as a regional business manager in North America. He will represent Manitowoc crawler cranes as well as Grove mobile hydraulic cranes and call on distributors throughout Oklahoma,...

Rental Show Attendance Audited.
June 9, 2008... Staff The Rental Show has received the results of the first event audit conducted of the Show by BPA Worldwide, a global media auditor based in Shelton, Conn. The audit verified the attendance numbers, demographics and geographic...

A Ready Mix Family.(Hamilton Ready Mix)
June 9, 2008... By David Huey The really good jugglers know that the more you put in the air, and keep it there, the better. That's especially true of the spinning plates trick - where you start one plate after another spinning on a rod, so that when the...

Greensburg Icon Rebuilt "Green".
June 9, 2008... By Jim Ladesich Less than a year after a devastating tornado leveled Greensburg, Kansas, on May 4, 2007, the first commercial reconstruction had taken root along the rural town's Main Street. More than 95 percent of the town's structures...

HCA Safety Awards.
June 23, 2008... Staff Member contractors of the Heavy Constructors Association of Greater Kansas City recently awarded certificates to the following companies for outstanding safety records in the year 2007: Class A: (more than 300,000 work hours):...

Yanmar Offers New Compact Loaders.
June 23, 2008... Staff Two new diesel compact, wheeled loader designs -- the V3-6 and V4-6 -- have entered the highly competitive construction market, manufactured by Yanmar. Either loader can be equipped with an optional mechanical Quick-Coupler that fits...

Curb And Gutter The Right Way.(Personal account)
June 23, 2008... David Huey I did an awfully lot of curb and gutter out west in my first years working construction, most of it hauling rails and stakes. So when I heard about a contractor in eastern Iowa who found a better way, I was interested....

Concrete Results.
June 23, 2008... By David Huey The ISU Stadium Renovation Is Taking Shape Driving into the fenced contractor's yard in the middle of May is like entering a small town. Dozens of trailers, construction equipment and piles of building materials fill the...