Pacific Builder and Engineer articles from April 2006

Pacific Builder and Engineer archives from April 2006

Contract Awards Summary.
April 3, 2006... 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...

Briefs.
April 3, 2006... Staff Federal Way, Wash. - ADSC: The International Association of Foundation Drilling recently elected Tom Armour , president of DBM Contractors Inc., as vice president of the board of directors for 2006. ADSC also announced that Kevin...

Free Posting and DWF Conversion.(Design Web Format )(Brief article)
April 3, 2006... Staff Reed First Source, a division of Reed Construction Data, and Autodesk Inc., have announced that qualified manufacturers of building products may now post up to 20 CAD files on the Reed First Source website for free. This offer...

Industry Watch.
April 3, 2006... Staff Eugene, Ore. - As operators gear up for the busy construction season ahead, Pape Machinery's product support team has compiled helpful tips for daily visual inspection of equipment. The tips are aimed at increasing the life and...

People.
April 3, 2006... Staff Kent, Wash. - Modern Machinery, the Komatsu distributor in the Pacific Northwest, has hired Matt Johnson as a resident field technician. In his new position, Johnson will be responsible for maintaining and servicing equipment at...

Bill Would Create Infrastructure Commission.(The National Infrastructure Improvement Act of 2006)
April 3, 2006... Staff The National Infrastructure Improvement Act of 2006, introduced in the Senate last month, includes provisions for the establishment of a National Commission on Infrastructure. The legislation - introduced by Senators George V....

Budget Plan Stirs Comments.
April 3, 2006... Staff Reaction to the Bush Administration's proposed 2007 budget, released in February, has been mixed at best. The budget requests slightly more than $39 billion in obligation authority for the federal highway program, which is a...

Getting Involved.(American Road & Transportation Builders Association )(transportation funding issues)(Brief article)
April 3, 2006... Staff With a huge budget deficit again facing Congress, the competition for federal funds is expected to be even fiercer than usual this year. That's why the American Road & Transportation Builders Association is urging transportation...

Self-Leveling Laser.
April 3, 2006... Staff Dewalt recently launched its self-leveling exterior rotary laser, the DW076KE. Dewalt engineered this laser to provide accuracy, durability and ease of use to the professional contractor. The DW076KE is suited for general...

Smart Antenna.
April 3, 2006... Staff Trimble has introduced the Trimble MS990 Smart Antenna for satellite positioning. The smart antenna is designed to provide contractors with a rugged and reliable positioning sensor for use with Trimble's next generation GCS900...

ePIPE Technology.(Seattle to adopt technology of epoxy barrier coating to pipes)(Brief article)
April 3, 2006... Staff Mr. Rooter of Seattle has adopted ACE DuraFlos ePIPE technology and will immediately offer this pipe restoration process to its customers in King and Snohomish counties. The ePIPE technology involves applying an epoxy barrier...

Form and Function.(Colf Construction Co. and its lanscaping project contract)
April 3, 2006... Story by Carl Molesworth Landscaping Adds to the Effectiveness and Beauty of a Stream Restoration For more than a century, the path of Burnt Bridge Creek ran like a scar through Vancouver, Wash. Farmers had ditched the creek into a...

Little Giant.
April 3, 2006... Staff Montana Landscaper Gets Beautiful Results with Mini Skid Steer When the Ditch Witch organization introduced the SK500 mini skid steer in 2002, Ditch Witch of Montana's Padriac Moriarty predicted a limited market of homeowners and...

Alaska Pipeline Deal Before Lawmakers.
April 3, 2006... Staff Juneau- The House Resources Committee of the Alaska Legislature began hearings early last month on a bill that could open the way for construction of a long-debated $20 billion pipeline to carry natural gas from Alaska to the rest of...

TCA Honors Spokane Project for Innovation.(Divcon Inc. recieves an award for its technological innovations in building construction)
April 3, 2006... Staff Spokane- A Spokane project was among the 2006 Tilt-Up Achievement winners. Now in its 15th year, the Achievement Awards program was established by the Tilt-Up Concrete Association to honor projects that use site cast tilt-up...

Big Pipe Award Sets Portland Record.
April 3, 2006... Staff Portland- The Portland City Council has approved the most expensive construction contract in the city's history, $426.3 million for the East Side Big Pipe project. Joint venture Kiewit-Bilfinger Berger was set to begin work in...

KPFF Opens Lacey Office.(KPFF Consulting Engineers Inc.)(Brief article)
April 3, 2006... Staff Lacey, Wash.- KPFF Consulting Engineers has opened a new office near the state's capital, in Lacy. Mark Steepy, a longtime KPFF civil engineer and associate, has transferred from the firm's Tacoma office to manage the new...

Oregon Restoration Project Goes "Green".
April 3, 2006... Staff Hood River, Ore.- Gray Purcell Inc. recently completed work on a "green" seismic upgrade of the historic Heilbronner Block, at 116 Third Street in downtown Hood River. Work on the $671,000 project began in July 2005. This was the...

Stormwater360 Announces 2005 Grants.
April 3, 2006... Staff West Chester, Ohio- Two Northwest organizations were among 13 such groups nationwide that received grants from Stormwater360's Year-End Giving Campaign. The company designates a portion of its year-end profits to environmentally...

Editor's Report.(Editorial)
April 17, 2006... By Carl Molesworth A pleasant breakfast meeting at the venerable Rainier Club in downtown Seattle last month was my introduction to the Northwest Chapter of the Design Build Institute of America. The program for the morning was "The...

A Pier Into Puget Sound.(Manson Construction and Engineering Co.)
April 17, 2006... Story by Carl Molesworth Port of Everett's Rail/Barge Transfer Facility Will Serve Boeing The combination of conscientious owner, an environmentally friendly design, a heady contractor and a little help from Mother Nature is pushing...

They Must Come Down.
April 17, 2006... Story by Carl Molesworth Demolition Makes Way for New Development At Two Puget Sound Sites The basic lesson of gravity tells us that "what goes up must come down." Or, in the case of structures that have outlived their usefulness, what...

Cancer Care Center.
April 17, 2006... Editing by Carl Molesworth The Market for Medical Construction Continues To Show Strength Construction of medical facilities continues to be a hot market for contractors and designers in the Northwest, and the action extends well...

Northwest Construction Students Compete.(Brief article)
April 17, 2006... Staff Reno, Nev.-- Teams from the University of Washington, Washington State University and Oregon State University brought home trophies from the 19th ASC Western Region Student Competition, hosted by the Associated Schools of...

Enhancement Projects Get Federal Funding.
April 17, 2006... Staff Olympia-- The Washington State Department of Transportation has selected 148 projects across the state for allocating a total of almost $42 million in federal transportation "enhancement" funding. Transportation "enhancement"...

Program Continues,Thanks to Grant.
April 17, 2006... Staff Portland-- Portland YouthBuilders, a private non-profit organization benefiting low-income youth, received a $685,000 grant from the U.S. Housing and Urban Development Department to fund the construction trades training portion of...

Material Prices Continue To Rise.
April 17, 2006... Staff Washington, D.C.-- Highway and street construction material prices continued to outpace inflation in December, as contractors paid approximately 14.4-percent more for materials in December 2005 than in December 2004, research...

Timber Bridges Win Awards.
April 17, 2006... Staff Tacoma-- Two Northwest bridges took garnered first-place honors in the 2004-2005 timber Bridge Awards competition. In the Pedestrian/Light Vehicle Bridges category, the winner was Centennial Garden Bridge, which spans 100 feet...

Briefs.
April 17, 2006... Staff Seattle -- The Associated General Contractors of Washington installed its new officers and trustees of the board on Jan. 27 at the group's annual meeting. Several members also received special recognition. The AGC Contractor of...

Industry Watch.
April 17, 2006... Staff Missoula, Mont. -- Modern Machinery, the Komatsu distributor for the Northwest, has expanded its headquarters in Missoula. An office building was recently opened in the company headquarters at 101 International Way, adding 15,000...

People.(Genie Industries appoints Morgan Rudolph as trade show manager )(Brief article)
April 17, 2006... Staff Redmond, Wash.-- Genie Industries recently hired Morgan Rudolph as trade show manager to coordinate, manage and execute national trade shows for Genie and TEREX Construction, while also providing international trade show support. ...

New Products.
April 17, 2006... Staff Missoula, Mont.-- Felco Industries has announced Felco Roller Wheel and Vibratory Plate Compaction Buckets are now available with the patented Variable Mounting System by Allied Construction Products, LLC. Basic Felco buckets are...