Midwest Contractor articles from October 2005

Midwest Contractor archives from October 2005

NDOR Publishes 2006 Program.
October 10, 2005... Staff Nebraska Department of Roads' Director John Craig Sept. 14 announced a $653-million fiscal year 2006 Surface Transportation Program. The published program reflects how the Department allocates the taxpayer's highway user dollars for...

Northcutt Is Newest East[R] Dealer.(Brief Article)
October 10, 2005... Staff Northcutt, Inc., of Wichita, Kan., which is celebrating its 40th year in business, has been named an authorized dealership for East Manufacturing's full line of aluminum dump and aluminum flatbed trailers. "We're really excited...

AED Pledges $100,000.
October 10, 2005... Staff Associated Equipment Distributors (AED) in September established the Construction Equipment Distribution Industry Hurricane Katrina Relief Fund and pledged to match the first $100,000 in contributions. "We extend our heartfelt...

Kubota Donates Funds, Equipment.
October 10, 2005... Staff Kubota Group and its affiliated companies in the United States in September committed a cash donation of $200,000 to the American Red Cross for immediate Hurricane Katrina relief efforts. "Kubota would like to express our...

Pump Noise Standard Developed.
October 10, 2005... Staff The Contractors Pump Bureau (CPB), a product group of the Association of Equipment Manufacturers, has developed a voluntary industry standard for measuring sound levels emitted by portable dewatering pumps, including power supply...

PCA Announces Spring Courses.
October 10, 2005... Staff The Portland Cement Association (PCA) recently released its spring course schedule for 2006 which includes the following courses: Kiln Process, Feb. 6-9; Cement and Concrete Overview, Feb. 9-10; Microscopy of Clinker and Cement, Feb....

Richardson Leads IDOT.(Nancy Richardson joins Iowa Department of Transportation)(Brief Article)
October 10, 2005... Staff Gov. Tom Vilsack has appointed Nancy Richardson to serve as interim director of the Iowa Department of Transportation (IDOT) following the departure in September of Mark Wandro. Richardson has been with IDOT for 23 years, most...

Ezell Heads Ash Grove HR.
October 10, 2005... Staff Ash Grove Cement Company, the largest American-owned cement manufacturer, has announced that Dave Ezell has been named Vice President - Human Resources. From the company's Overland Park, Kan., headquarters, Ezell will be responsible...

Plenge Takes NUCA Post.(William H. Plenge joins National Utility Contractors Association)(Brief Article)
October 10, 2005... Staff The National Utility Contractors Association (NUCA) has named William H. Plenge executive director of its Foundation for Education and Research. Founder and president/CEO of Potomac Services International, Inc. (PSI), a...

APA Accepts Award Nominations.
October 10, 2005... Staff The Asphalt Pavement Alliance is accepting applications until Dec. 1 for its 2005 Perpetual Pavement Awards. The application and details can be found on the Alliance's website at www.AsphaltAlliance.com or by calling (877)...

House Introduces Good Samaritan Legislation.(Brief Article)
October 10, 2005... Staff The Associated General Contractors of America (AGC) Sept. 9 applauded legislation introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives that includes an AGC-created concept to provide measured protections to contractors who respond to...

ASCE Urges Reconstruction Panel.
October 10, 2005... Staff The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Sept. 9 called for the creation of an independent, federally funded reconstruction advisory panel for New Orleans to serve as the primary advisor to local officials on the rebuilding of...

Hitachi Taps Murphy Tractor As Dealer In Four States.
October 10, 2005... Staff Hitachi Construction and Mining Products recently named Murphy Tractor & Equipment as its dealer in Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska. With 16 locations throughout the four states, Murphy Tractor & Equipment (www.murphytractor.com...

Local Pumps Help New Orleans.
October 10, 2005... Staff The local Thompson Pump facility is providing four pumps as part of the Thompson Pump & Manufacturing Co., Inc., emergency response to aid in the Hurricane Katrina relief effort. The company mobilized its Emergency Response Team...

KCMO Approves Corrugated HDPE.
October 10, 2005... By Matt Schroder, Courtesy of the Plastics Pipe Institute Pipe used must comply with PPI third-party certification There's nothing like crawling through several hundred feet of an active storm sewer pipe to help make up your mind about...

Installing Broadband At High Speed.
October 10, 2005... By Tara Deering, Two Rivers Marketing, Story Courtesy of Vermeer Manufacturing Company Water-Injected Plow Blade Helps Contractor Overcome Friction, Increase Productivity Installing dozens of miles of fiber optic lines in a rural area...

Pump It Again.(Putzmeister America)
October 10, 2005... Staff Putzmeister Provides Full Refurb Process Story Courtesy of Putzmeister Rebuilt, remanufactured, refurbished... they all have the same meaning: adding renewed life to an existing product. According to the Remanufacturing...

Asphalt 2005.
October 10, 2005... By Neil Smit Let's start from the bottom up. No pavement is going to stand up to even bicycle traffic without a good subbase. The greatest evidence of this is a pothole. Water percolates through the pavement, gets trapped beneath the...

Editor's Report.
October 10, 2005... By Curt Grandia What if asphalt mixes could be produced at temperatures 50 to 75 degrees lower than they are produced now (or even at a temperature as low as 140 degrees)? That was the intriguing premise of a recent article written by Dave...

Paving Kansas City's Airports.
October 24, 2005... By Curt Grandia Loch Sand & Construction At Work On KCI, Charles B. Wheeler Projects With concrete runway reconstruction projects on both airports in Kansas City, Loch Sand & Construction Company is using its experience and...

Editor's Report.
October 24, 2005... By Curt Grandia The American Subcontractors Association (ASA) recently published its annual ranking of states based on their policies impacting construction subcontractors. The report was mostly bad news for Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, and...

UNL Student Wins Competition.(University of Nebraska-Lincoln)(Brief Article)
October 24, 2005... Staff Linna Zhang, a graduate research assistant at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Mid-America Transportation Center (MATC), is the winner of the Philip E. Rollhaus, Jr. 2005 Essay Competition. The competition is sponsored annually...

Fund Assists Construction Workers.(Brief Article)
October 24, 2005... Staff Associated General Contractors of America (AGC), through the AGC Education & Research Foundation, recently reported that it had raised more than $200,000 for the AGC Katrina Construction Workers Fund. In addition, the fund also...

Speeding Site Work.(Larry Snyder Companies)
October 24, 2005... Story by Richard Rybka, Topcon LS&C Uses GPS Technology, Supplier Partnership To Bring Branson Hills Plaza In Ahead of Schedule Site work contractors in and around Branson, Mo., don't have to wonder whether they will hit rock... they...

Launching US 20 Iowa River Bridge.
October 24, 2005... Staff Iowa Highway Team Earns NPHQ 2005 National Achievement Award The National Partnership for Highway Quality (NPHQ) recently presented its 2005 National Achievement Award to the Iowa Department of Transportation and its project...