Pacific Builder and Engineer articles from April 2005

Pacific Builder and Engineer archives from April 2005

ACEC Washington Awards.(The American Council of Engineering Companies)
April 4, 2005... Staff Library Projects Dominate The Annual Competition Twenty-nine projects, representing a wide range of engineering achievements and demonstrating the highest degree of skill and ingenuity, were recognized at American Council of...

Hard Rock Under Big Sky.(Tunnel Systems Inc)
April 4, 2005... Staff Small Boring Unit Drills Intake Line For Golf Course Reservoir Tunnel Systems Inc., an experienced boring contracting company based in Woodinville, Wash., recently completed a 318-foot-long water-line bore for a Montana golf...

Contract Awards Summary.
April 4, 2005... Staff How To Use the Contract Awards Summary: All numbers and charts are in real dollars. The chart immediately below tracks cumulative awards for all categories of construction in PB&E' s five-state area. The last two years are shown...

Deep-Water Outfall.(Construction)
April 4, 2005... Story by Drew L. Wilson Pipeline Partnership Improves Environment In Northwest The key to pollution is dilution, and environmentalists are applauding a deep-water outfall project for Everett, Wash., that is accomplishing just that. ...

Study: Northwest Highways Dangerous.
April 4, 2005... Staff Washington, D.C.-- Nearly two-thirds -- 63 percent -- of traffic fatalities in the five Northwest states between 1999 and 2003 occurred on rural, non-interstate roads and highways, according to a new report released by The Road...

People.(Sandy Shaffer and Steve Gould awarded by Hyster Co.)(Brief Article)
April 4, 2005... Staff Eugene, Ore.-- Sandy Shaffer and Steve Gould , PapE[umlaut] Material Handling territory managers in Seattle and Fremont, Calif., respectively, have been selected by Hyster Co. as two of only eight recipients throughout North America...

New Products.(Allied Power Products Inc. supplies crane to United States. Department of Commerce)(Brief Article)
April 4, 2005... Staff Beaverton, Ore.-- Allied Power Products Inc. has released a new material handling davit crane equipped with a Columbia HD650 AC electric wire rope hoist. Specifically designed and manufactured by APPI to meet U.S. Department of...

Industry Watch.(Rental Service Corp. changes its name)(Komatsu America Corp. shifts manufacturing facility to Chattanooga)
April 4, 2005... Staff Scottsdale, Ariz. -- Rental Service Corp. is changing its brand name to RSC Equipment Rental. Over the past few years the company has consolidated a number of large and small acquisitions into one streamlined corporation, and...

Transportation Bonds Proposed.(Brief Article)
April 4, 2005... Staff U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), along with Senators Jim Talent (R-Mo.) and John Corzine (D-N.J.), recently unveiled a plan to increase transportation funding using Build America Bonds for a $30-billion, one-time bonding program...

Dam Repair Bill Reintroduced.(Brief Article)
April 4, 2005... Staff The American Society of Civil Engineers and the Association of State Dam Safety Officials, members of the Dam Safety Coalition, have hailed the reintroduction of the Dam Rehabilitation and Repair Act of 2005, a bill that will create...

Clean Water Funding Cuts Opposed.(Brief Article)
April 4, 2005... Staff The release of the Bush administration's FY 2006 budget proposal in February has reignited the federal water infrastructure debate. Under the White House plan, funding for the Clean Water State Revolving Fund would be cut by 33...

"Fine Tuning" of CAA Sought.(Clean Air Act)(Brief Article)
April 4, 2005... Staff The American Road & Transportation Builders Association has urged Congress to fine-tune the federal Clean Air Act's transportation conformity requirements and said provisions in the House highway and transit reauthorization bill...

Web-Integrated Scheduling.(Brief Article)
April 4, 2005... Staff Toronto, Ont., Canada-- CMiC, a provider of enterprise and project management software for the architectural, engineering and construction industries, has released CMiC Resource Scheduling, a powerful tool for assigning staff and...

Ruggedized Handset.(Motorola i325 IS handset)(Product introduction)(Brief Article)
April 4, 2005... Staff Reston, Va.-- Nextel Communications Inc. and Motorola Inc. have launched the Motorola i325 IS handset, an intrinsically safe, ruggedized phone that provides off-network communications capabilities. The Motorola i325 IS handset...

As-Built Information Software.(Brief Article)
April 4, 2005... Staff Vancouver, B.C., Canada-- Quantapoint Inc. has released PRISM 3D(tm) 5.0 software for managing, sharing and extracting critical information from as-built laser documentation using patented interactive 3-D visualization technology...

Architects Chosen For Alaska Capitol.(Capitol Planning Commission )(Brief Article)
April 4, 2005... Staff Juneau, Alaska-- Members of the Capitol Planning Commission and the Alaska Capitol Design Competition Jury have chosen Thom Mayne, FAIA, of Morphosis (Santa Monica, Calif.) and Mike Mense, FAIA, of mmenseArchitects (Anchorage) to...

New Plan For NASCAR Track Proposed.(Brief Article)
April 4, 2005... Staff Longview, Wash.-- The Cowlitz Indian tribe has proposed a new plan for building a track for NASCAR races in the southern part of the Washington. International Speedway Corp., which operates several NASCAR tracks nationwide,...

Final Major Light Rail Bid Opened.(Brief Article)
April 4, 2005... Staff Seattle-- Sound Transit opened bids in February for the last major construction contract for building the initial segment of Central Link light rail. PCL Construction's apparent low bid of $231.7 million for the Tukwila segment was...

ABC Forms Benefits Partnership.(Brief Article)
April 4, 2005... Staff Tigard, Ore.-- The Pacific Northwest Chapter of Associated Builders and Contractors will be partnering with The Walker Group EAP to provide its members a new benefits program. The Walker Group EAP is a provider of employee...

Contractor Starts Shopping Center Job.(Brief Article)
April 4, 2005... Staff Portland-- Commercial general contractor Gray Purcell Inc. has started renovation of a vacant school building for the $1.5-million Fubonn Shopping Center at 2850 SE 82nd Ave. in Portland. Local developer Jinthay Trading Company...

Ground Broken For The Mercer.(Brief Article)
April 4, 2005... Staff Mercer Island, Wash.-- Express Construction has broken ground on The Mercer, a $48-million, 237-unit luxury apartment complex at 7650 SE 27th St. Owned by Mercer Landmark LLC and managing member James Cassan of Dollar...

Globe Award Nominations Sought.(Brief Article)
April 4, 2005... Staff Washington, D.C.-- The American Road & Transportation Builders Association Transportation Development Foundation has issued a call for nominations for its 2005 "Globe Awards." This annual competition honors U.S. transportation...

Briefs.
April 4, 2005... Staff Spokane -- The Inland Northwest chapter of Associated General Contractors installed new officers and directors at its 2005 Annual Convention in January. Chapter members elected the following officers: Jim Paras , Paras General...

No More Flat Tires.
April 18, 2005... Staff Flatproofing Vehicles At Stillwater Palladium Mines in Montana Is A Growing Business Flatproofing has become a necessity in the mining industry for many of the wheeled machines used underground in difficult and remote terrain....

Editor's Report.(Transportation Improvements)
April 18, 2005... By Carl Molesworth This magazine, by its very nature, tends to concentrate on construction projects that are under way or have been completed. In many of our feature stories, we try to tell you how a project is being built -- the...

On Track.(Alaska Mechanical Inc.)
April 18, 2005... By Gene Storm Tight Schedule, Winter Weather Test Fairbanks Rail Terminal Project In July 1923 when President Warren G. Harding drove the golden spike completing the Alaska Railroad in ceremonies at Nenana, the combined population of...

Hanford Cleanup Contract Awarded.(Department of Energy gives contract to five companies)
April 18, 2005... Staff Hanford, Wash.-- Washington Closure LLC was awarded a contract in March to manage the cleanup and remediation of the Columbia River Corridor at the Department of Energy's Hanford Nuclear Reservation in central Washington. The...

Waterfront Retaining Wall Completed.(Construction)(Brief Article)
April 18, 2005... Staff Seattle-- DBM Contactors Inc. recently completed a sculpted retaining wall between the railroad tracks and the Tacoma waterfront on Ruston Way. The 8,000-square-foot retaining wall required drilling 30-inch-diameter shafts and...

Timber Artisans Frame Pavilion.(Brief Article)
April 18, 2005... Staff Salem-- Timber frame craftsmen and women from across the United States, Canada and England are in Salem this month to raise a riverfront pavilion reminiscent of the great cathedrals of Europe. The Salem Rotary Club is...

Spokane Contractor Changes Name.(name change of subsidiary of Graham Group Inc.)(Brief Article)
April 18, 2005... Staff Spokane-- Graham Group (US) Inc. has announced the name change of one of its subsidiary operating companies from Shea Graham Construction Inc. to Graham Construction and Management Inc. Graham Construction and Management is...

Briefs.(Emerick Construction Co. promotes Larry Sitz)(Associated General Contractors of America appoints Wade Perrow)(Shannon & Wilson Inc. appoints Gary Peterson )
April 18, 2005... Staff Portland -- There has been a changing of the guard at Emerick Construction. On April 1, Larry Sitz became president of the company and Jim McKune became chief operating officer. For the past 18 years, they have managed Emerick...

People.(Mike Higgins and Mark Lydon promoted in Pape Machinery)(Brief Article)
April 18, 2005... Staff Eugene, Ore.-- Mike Higgins , formerly sales manager for Pape Machinery's Portland region, has been promoted to sales manager for commercial worksite products. A new position for Pape Machinery, sales manager for CWP was...

Industry Watch.(Volvo Construction Equipment Rents signs a franchising agreement with Zenders Truck & Equipment Inc.)(Brief Article)
April 18, 2005... Staff Bellingham, Wash. -- Volvo Construction Equipment Rents Inc. has signed a franchise agreement for a new Volvo CE Rents equipment rental center in Bellingham. Zenders Truck & Equipment Inc., Bellingham, has entered into a Volvo...

"The Art of Demolition".(Construction Industry)
April 18, 2005... Staff Oregon Company Works Toward Achieving Near-Perfect Recycle Rates When employees of Staton Companies characterize their work as "The Art of Demolition," they mean business. Based on the recycle rates of over 95 percent that...