Pacific Builder and Engineer articles from August 2005

Pacific Builder and Engineer archives from August 2005

Contract Awards Summary.
August 1, 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...

GPS Finds Its Place.(Global Positioning System)
August 1, 2005... Story by Carl Molesworth Northwest Contractors Working Faster and More Accurately, Thanks To Satellite Technology The quiet evolution in machine controls taking place in the Northwest construction industry these days might better be...

Sticker Shock Rocks Monorail Project.(Cascadia Monorail Company LLC)
August 1, 2005... Staff Seattle-- The Seattle Monorail Project's executive director and board president resigned last month after the Monorail Board rejected contracts negotiated with the Cascadia Monorail Company LLC, to design, build, operate, and...

Planning Efforts Pay Off With Award.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2005... Staff Irvine, Calif.-- RBF Consulting was selected by the American Planning Association and the Planning Association of Washington to receive a Project of Merit Award for Implementation for the City of Enumclaw, Wash., Downtown Streetscape...

NW Firms Win Share Of Gold Nugget Awards.(2005 Gold Nugget Awards )
August 1, 2005... Staff San Francisco-- Ten Northwest projects were among those recognized when the 2005 Gold Nugget Awards were presented at PCBC in June. The oldest and largest program of its kind, Gold Nuggets honor creative achievements in...

Oregon Coast Tops Bottleneck List.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2005... Staff Seaside, Ore.-- The Oregon Coast had the dubious honor of landing at the top of a list of summer traffic bottlenecks, according to a new report released by a coalition of national transportation, travel, and motorist advocacy groups....

New Products.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2005... Staff Portland-- Kawasaki Construction Machinery Corp. of America has appointed Triad Machinery as the new dealer representing Kawasaki wheel loaders in the states of Washington and Oregon. "The Kawasaki wheel loader line increases our...

Boost In Spending.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2005... Staff The U.S. House of Representatives has completed work on all 11 Fiscal Year 2006 appropriations measures, which propose to increase overall spending for construction programs by more than 7 percent over FY 2005 levels. "The...

More Work To Do.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2005... Staff On July 1, President Bush signed another extension of the federal highway and transit programs that will allow funding to continue through July 19. This was the eighth extension since Sept. 30, 2003, when the Transportation Equity...

Briefs.(Tualatin Valley Water District)
August 1, 2005... Staff West Linn, Ore. -- Gregory E. DiLoreto, P.E., F.ASCE, general manager of the Tualatin Valley Water District, Oregon's second largest public water utility, will be awarded the 2005 Government Civil Engineer of the Year Award by the...

Editor's Report.(cement shortages)
August 15, 2005... By Carl Molesworth Iguess we should have seen the 2005 cement shortage coming in the Northwest. Though most areas of the region didn't experience much trouble until the end of last year's construction season, nothing happened over the...

Stayton's Big Three.(Emery and Sons)
August 15, 2005... Story by Carl Molesworth Small Town Benefits From Presence of Community-Minded Contractors It may not be unusual for a cities the size of Stayton, Ore., to be the home of a substantial highway/heavy contractor, or even two of them. But...

Serious Pumping.(construction of bank buildings)
August 15, 2005... By Sara McGray New Concrete Pump And Placing Boom Combination Debut On Seattle Bank Tower Things are looking up at the 42-story Washington Mutual Bank project in downtown Seattle. Under the supervision of Seattle-based general...

I-5 Improvement Project Gets Under Way.(Interstate 5)(Brief Article)
August 15, 2005... Staff Tacoma-- Drivers traveling one of Washington's busiest highways started seeing the familiar orange fences of highway construction in late July, but they likely will not feel the traffic squeeze until spring 2006. WSDOT recently...

CM/GC Chosen For Big Marina Job.(North Marina Redevelopment in Everett, Washington)(Brief Article)
August 15, 2005... Staff Everett, Wash.-- The Port of Everett and Maritime Trust have selected Hoffman Construction Co. as the top-ranking firm to serve as the general contractor/construction manager for Everett's North Marina Redevelopment. The owners...

Landscape Architecture Projects Honored.(Brief Article)
August 15, 2005... Staff Washington, D.C.-- Six Northwest projects were recognized when the American Society of Landscape Architects announced the 33 recipients of its 2005 Professional Awards in July. They are as follows. General Design Award of...

Kids Get Lesson In Construction.(Head Start programs)(Brief Article)
August 15, 2005... Staff Eugene, Ore.-- A rubber-tired backhoe brimming with toys recently delivered the gifts to a crowd of excited Head Start students dressed in homemade construction hats. A part of the Operating Engineers Local 701's annual toy donation,...

Renovation Produces Two Stores In One.(Brief Article)
August 15, 2005... Staff Parkland, Wash.-- Express Construction recently completed the renovation of an abandoned fast food restaurant into a 2,000-square-foot Starbuck's and a 1,300-square-foot Taco Del Mar. Both stores are currently open in Parkland. ...

Stormwater360 Launched at StormCon.(new company formed)(Brief Article)
August 15, 2005... Staff Portland-- Two leaders of the stormwater industry, Stormwater Management Inc. and Vortechnics. Inc., have united as Stormwater360. The new company identity was launched at StormCon, the North American Surface Water Quality Conference...

Biopower Projects Proposed.(Brief Article)
August 15, 2005... Staff Portland-- Energy Trust of Oregon Inc. has received 25 responses to its request for proposals seeking projects that turn organic waste into electricity. Projects could begin generating power as early as 2006. Through this...

Contractors Earn Workers' Comp Refund.(ssociated Builders and Contractors of Western Washington's Retro program earned more than $3.4 million.)(Brief Article)
August 15, 2005... Staff Bellevue, Wash.-- Associated Builders and Contractors of Western Washington's Retro program earned more than $3.4 million in workers' compensation premium refunds for the 197 members who participated in the ABC Retro Program for the...