Midwest Contractor articles from October 2004

Midwest Contractor archives from October 2004

Re-Phasing Speeds Airport Work.
October 11, 2004... By Curt Grandia Dobson Brothers Delivers Ahead Of Schedule On Central Nebraska Regional Airport Project Particularly in the current climate of enhanced security checks, airport arrivals and departures are more likely to be behind...

Editor's Report.
October 11, 2004... By Curt Grandia Kudos to the Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT), the city of Overland Park, Pyramid Contractors Inc., and Habitat ReStore who teamed up recently on a neat project to salvage building materials from homes being...

Highway 69 Work Heats Up.
October 11, 2004... By Curt Grandia KDOT Saves On Project Costs As Ideker Wins Second Contract It's a mutually beneficial situation when one winning bid leads to another. The contractor gets additional work and the owner saves a substantial amount of...

ARTBA Elects Officers.(Koch Performance Roads Inc.)(American Road and Transportation Builders Association)(Brief Article)
October 11, 2004... Staff Two area men were elected to leadership positions in The American Road and Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) during the association's annual meeting held Sept. 8-11 in Boston, Mass. Paul Wheeler, president of Koch...

Liebherr, Deere Sign Agreement.(Brief Article)
October 11, 2004... Staff Liebherr Construction Equipment Co. Sept. 3 announced the signing of an agreement between Liebherr-Werk Telfs GMBH and John Deere's Construction and Forestry Division of Moline, Ill., to end their current dual-branding strategy for...

National Launches 500E, 600E.(National Crane Corp.)(Brief Article)
October 11, 2004... Staff National Crane has announced the launch of two new boom trucks, the Series 500E and Series 600E. Improvements have been made to the lift and reach capacities and the manufacturer says there are numerous innovations that make the...

ATI Becomes Paladin.(Attachment Technologies Inc.)(Brief Article)
October 11, 2004... Staff Attachment Technologies, Inc. (ATI) recently announced a new company name, Paladin (www.paladinbrands.com ). The company was established in 1964 and has its corporate office in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Paladin products are produced...

World Equipment Markets Grow.(Brief Article)
October 11, 2004... Staff Exports of American-made construction machinery totaled $4.2 billion for the first half of 2004, a 19-percent increase compared to the first half of last year, according to data released by the Association of Equipment Manufacturers...

Vermeer Allies With Ring-O-Matic.(Ring-O-Matic Manufacturing Company, Vermeer Manufacturing Co.)(Brief Article)
October 11, 2004... Staff Vermeer Manufacturing Company, a leading underground equipment manufacturer, has entered into an exclusive strategic alliance with Ring-O-Matic Manufacturing Company, a key producer of vacuum excavation equipment, to distribute...

IRS Releases Industry Tax Guide.(Internal Revenue Service)(Brief Article)
October 11, 2004... Staff The Internal Revenue Service (www.irs.gov ) has developed a new educational product specific to the construction industry, the Construction Industry Federal Taxation Curriculum. Designed to provide an overview of the federal income...

World of Asphalt Growing.(Brief Article)
October 11, 2004... Staff The World of Asphalt Show and Conference has been named one of the 50 fastest-growing trade shows in the United States and Canada by Tradeshow Week, the weekly magazine covering the exposition industry. The publication selected the...

ARTBA Comments On PPE.(American Road and Transportation Builders Association, personal protective equipment)(Brief Article)
October 11, 2004... Staff In response to an Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) inquiry, ARTBA in August told the agency there are limited exceptions to the general rule that employers should be required to pay for personal protective...

Try Tools Website Redesigned.(Brief Article)
October 11, 2004... Staff Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) has redesigned its Try Tools website (www.trytools.org ). The new site highlights career opportunities in the construction industry and offers educational resources for elementary and high...

Blasting Book Updated.(Precision Blasting Services)(Brief Article)
October 11, 2004... Staff The Second Edition of the former Federal Highways Administration book "Rock Blasting and Overbreak Control" is now available. This book is a guide to efficient blast design and vibration control for heavy construction, mining and...

Missouri STIP Approved.(Statewide Transportation Improvement Program)
October 11, 2004... Staff The Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission in September approved more than 700 transportation improvement projects to be built over the next five years. The $5.8-billion Statewide Transportation Improvement Program, or STIP,...

Foley Announces Appointments.(Foley Equipment Co.)(Brief Article)
October 11, 2004... Staff Foley Equipment Company recently announced four appointments to the Wichita sales staff: Karl Monger is the general line sales manager; Debbie Vanderbeke is sales coordinator; Beau Boggess is heavy equipment rental manager; and Johna...

Sellers Equipment Sets Staff.(Brief Article)
October 11, 2004... Staff David Sellers, president of Sellers Equipment, Inc., has announced changes in the management team at the company's store in Garden City, Kan. Jim Romesburg is the new parts department manager. Romesburg has 26 years of...

McCarthy Continues Work On USDA Research Facility In Ames.(United States Department of Agriculture, McCarthy Building Companies Inc. Texas Div.)
October 11, 2004... Staff McCarthy Building Companies is continuing its work on a $60-million Biosafety Level-3 Ag biocontainment laboratory project and a $20-million infrastructure upgrade project as a start of the United States Department of Agriculture's...

Editor's Report.(Missouri )(Editorial)
October 25, 2004... By Curt Grandia To me, absentee voting isn't a leap of faith but it is a hop or a skip of faith. I almost always vote absentee because my schedule is pretty unpredictable and so I cast my ballot for the November 2 general election more...

Growing Business.(R&C Landscape and Lawn Care, Inc.)
October 25, 2004... By April Goodwin, Story Courtesy of Bobcat Company Iowa Landscaping, Lawn Care Business Blossoms Chris Sprong and Ryan Kinart know firsthand that growing a business is a learning process. It takes hard work, determination and enough...

HDR Taps O'Gara To Lead HR.(Brief Article)
October 25, 2004... Staff Architecture/engineering/consulting firm HDR (www.hdrinc.com ) has named vice president Richard A. O'Gara director of its human resources program. He works out of HDR's corporate headquarters in Omaha. O'Gara is responsible for...

Senate Restores SRF Funding.(William Bowman)(Clean Water State Revolving Fund)(Brief Article)
October 25, 2004... Staff The National Utility Contractors Association (NUCA) scored a legislative victory in September as the Senate restored Clean Water SRF Funding to $1.35 billion in its FY2005 VA-HUD spending bill. NUCA has been engaged in a...

Wind Energy Development Set.(Brief Article)
October 25, 2004... Staff MidAmerican Energy has announced that its $323-million wind project will be located on two sites in northern Iowa; one north of Blairsburg and the other southwest of Storm Lake. A significant amount of development work has already...

Buechner Addresses Future Funding.(William Buechner)
October 25, 2004... Staff As the nation continues to move toward alternative sources of energy to power its motor vehicle fleet, Congress must consider other highway user fees to augment the federal gasoline tax in order to finance America's growing...

Survey Gauges Project Challenges.
October 25, 2004... Staff The beginning and end are the phases that most need improvement in the typical construction project, according to the most recent survey of project owners by the Construction Management Association of America (CMAA) and FMI...

Compensation Survey Available.(Brief Article)
October 25, 2004... Staff The American Road & Transportation Builders Association Transportation Development Foundation's (ARTBA-TDF) fifth edition of the "Transportation Contractors Salary & Benefits Survey" is available now. The 130-page publication can be...

Changing Landscape.(Schrimpf Landscaping Inc.)(company details)
October 25, 2004... By Curt Grandia Schrimpf Landscaping Adjusts To Recent Industry Developments Grass is the bread and butter of Schrimpf Landscaping Inc., of Jefferson City, Mo. Schrimpf crews also put up silt fence and build retaining walls, but the...

Septagon At Work On CRMC Expansion.(Capital Region Medical Center)
October 25, 2004... By Curt Grandia Septagon Construction Co., Inc. is at work on an expansion project that will add about a quarter-million square feet of space to Capital Region Medical Center (CRMC) in Jefferson City, Mo. Work on the expansion began...