Midwest Contractor articles from November 2004

Midwest Contractor archives from November 2004

Thompson Pump To New Facility.(Brief Article)
November 8, 2004... Staff Thompson Pump's Kansas City Service Center has moved from East 40 Highway in Kansas City, Mo., to 504 South 70th Street in Kansas City, Kan., just off K-32 between Interstates 435 and 635. The move to the larger, more convenient...

Ingersoll-Rand Names New Dealer.(Brief Article)
November 8, 2004... Staff Ingersoll-Rand has expanded its dealer network with the addition of Midwest Underground Supply L.L.C. as a new utility products dealer. With locations in Bondurant, Iowa, and Omaha, Neb., Midwest Underground Supply serves customers...

IMT Names President/COO.(Brief Article)
November 8, 2004... Staff Iowa Mold Tooling Co., Inc. (IMT), a leading supplier of commercial service vehicles and lifting equipment, has appointed Steve Fairbanks to president and chief operating officer. Most recently, Fairbanks served as president of...

Case Awarded TACOM Contract.(Brief Article)
November 8, 2004... Staff Case Construction Equipment, a brand of CNH, has been awarded its second U.S. military contract this year, this time by TACOM (Tank, Automotive and Armaments Command) to refurbish close to 100 MW24C wheel loaders for the Army. ...

Volvo Awarded Iraq Contracts.(Brief Article)
November 8, 2004... Staff Volvo Construction Equipment North America has been awarded contracts totaling approximately $30 million by the United States government to build and deliver more than 200 units of construction equipment to the Iraqi government to be...

Theft Recoveries Rise Again.
November 8, 2004... Staff According to the results of its third annual Construction Equipment Theft Report, LoJack Corporation recovered more than $9 million in construction assets stolen in 2003, up 15 percent from 2002. "Our most recent theft study...

Editor's Report.(American Jobs Creation Act)(Editorial)
November 8, 2004... By Curt Grandia Congress last month passed HR 4520, the "American Jobs Creation Act," a new tax reform that will benefit the construction industry. According to the Associated General Contractors of America (AGC), which lobbied for...

Walton Manages Harrah's Expansion.(Brief Article)
November 8, 2004... By Curt Grandia Walton Construction of Kansas City, Mo., is managing a project at Harrah's North Kansas City that includes the construction of a new 11-story hotel and a pavilion that will feature new restaurants and a nightclub. The...

Rew Materials Delivers.
November 8, 2004... By Tara Deering, Technical Writer, Two Rivers Marketing Group Hydraulic Loaders Prove Strong, Fast, Reliable Brian Taber , center manager of Rew Materials in Des Moines, Iowa, remembers the equipment he operated when he began his career...

Paving Outside The Box.
November 8, 2004... By Curt Grandia Box Out Saves Time, Money On I-235 Slipform Paving Project Working as a subcontractor for Des Moines Asphalt and Paving Company on Interstate 235 between 35th and 56th streets in Des Moines, Dormark Construction faced a...

Editor's Report.
November 22, 2004... By Curt Grandia Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) is calling for a two-year extension to the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act. President Bush signed the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002 (TRIA) into law two years ago. It...

Improving Farmability.(Hauschild Construction Co.)(terracing)
November 22, 2004... By Curt Grandia Land Improvement Contractor Sculpts Fields For Ease Of Farming, Better Yields The crops are in, the combines are stored for another year and land improvement contractors across the Midwest are hustling to get their...

AASHTO Lauds IDOT Engineer.(Iowa Department of Transportation, Thomas M. Welch)(American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials)(Brief Article)
November 22, 2004... Staff Thomas M. Welch, P.E., state transportation safety engineer for the Iowa Department of Transportation (IDOT), was recognized by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) President John Njord for...

CMAA Presents Awards.(Construction Management Association of America)(Brief Article)
November 22, 2004... Staff From repaving a key road in Afghanistan to rebuilding an entire university campus in California, America's professional construction and program managers helped clients worldwide to save time, save money and improve project quality...

PCI Honors Buildings, Bridges.(Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute)(Brief Article)
November 22, 2004... Staff Two Nebraska projects were among 17 selected by The Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute (PCI) from around the country to receive its 2004 Design Award. The awards program, in its 42nd year, honored nine bridges and eight...

J.E. Dunn To Construct Grand Island Hospital Addition.(J.E. Dunn Construction Rocky Mountain Region)(Brief Article)
November 22, 2004... Staff J.E. Dunn Construction Rocky Mountain Region has been selected as general contractor for the 250,000-square-foot, nine-story tower addition to St. Francis Medical Center in Grand Island, Neb. Construction of the acute care hospital...

Topcon Introduces New Technology.
November 22, 2004... By Richard Rybka, Topcon Meeker RoadShow Informs Contractors On Millimeter GPS/Lazer Zone Equipment A scenic farm in Meeker, Okla., was the setting for the world's first look at large-scale grading operations controlled by Topcon's...