Pacific Builder and Engineer articles from December 2006

Pacific Builder and Engineer archives from December 2006

Contract Awards Summary.
December 4, 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...

Council Reaffirms Plumbers' Training.
December 4, 2006... Staff Bellevue, Wash.- The Washington State Apprenticeship and Training Council voted again on Oct. 20 to approve statewide operation of a nonunion training program for plumbers sponsored by Construction Industry Training Council. The...

People.(Mark Ramun)(Bruce Skurdahl)(Coby Parmenter)(Rich Dupuis)(John Scott)(Jewell Attachments LLC )(Modern Machinery)
December 4, 2006... Staff Tualatin, Ore. - Jewell Attachments LLC has appointed Mark Ramun sales and marketing manager. Ramun comes to Jewell from Genesis Attachments LLC, where he served first as regional sales manager, then as director of Demolition...

Industry Watch.
December 4, 2006... Staff Greenwich, Conn.- United Rentals Inc. has released the second in a series of white papers on issues of interest to the construction and rental industries and their customers. "Optimal Trench Protection: Key to Safety and...

Cadillac Hotel Wins Preservation Award.
December 4, 2006... Staff Seattle- The National Trust for Historic Preservation has presented the Cadillac Hotel in Seattle a National Preservation Honor Award. The project was one of 21 national award winners honored by the National Trust during its 2006...

Contractor Prevailsin "Acting For" Case.
December 4, 2006... Staff Renton, Wash.- The state Supreme Court has ruled unanimously in favor of the contractor in the long-running dispute between Scoccolo Construction and the city of Renton. The basic issue in the case is the meaning of the "acting...

Managers Prepare for Airport's Growth.
December 4, 2006... Staff Redmond, Ore.- Officials at Redmond Airport have opened talks with the U.S. Bureau of Land Management to buy land for extending the main runway by nearly 3,000 feet, or 42 percent. That would boost the runway to 10,000 feet,...

Harborview Renovation Project Grows.(Harborview Medical Center)(Brief article)
December 4, 2006... Staff Seattle, Wash.- The Metropolitan King County Council has approved a plan to restart construction of the Harborview Medical Center renovation project with a deal that triples the size of a planned medical office building. ...

Soil Nail Shoring Completed for Condo Project.
December 4, 2006... Staff Portland- Seattle-based DBM Contactors Inc. recently completed a 20,000-square-foot temporary soil nail excavation support system for the 24th Place Condominiums in Portland. The project involved installing 600 soil nails for...

Bank Plans to Expand in Spokane.
December 4, 2006... Staff Spokane, Wash.- Banner Bank has announced plans to open four new branches in Spokane over the next two years. The bank is close to securing sites for two branches and is in the initial stages of negotiations for two others, President...

Briefs.
December 4, 2006... Staff Sumner, Wash. - James C. "J.C." Brummond was hired recently as senior vice president of the new Heavy Civil/Transportation and Environmental Division of Parsons Construction Group, a global business unit of Parsons Corp. ...

Industry Watch.(Oregon Logging Conference)(Brief article)
December 4, 2006... Staff Eugene, Ore.- The Oregon Logging Conference has announced plans to expand its annual equipment show beyond the logging and trucking industries to include construction equipment in 2007. The 69th annual Oregon Logging Conference...

Extending Abbott Loop.
December 4, 2006... Story by Gene Storm Contractor Tackles Complex Anchorage Road Project For years, a debate on whether to extend an arterial road across a portion of Anchorage's almost 4,000-acre Far North Bicentennial Park kept the project on hold. ...

Testing Quieter Asphalt.
December 4, 2006... Story by Carl Molesworth WSDOT Will Monitor How Two Types Hold Up on Busy Stretch of I-5 Motorists traveling southbound on Interstate 5 between Everett, Wash., and Seattle have begun enjoying an 8.5-mile respite from the rutted, worn...

Editor's Report.(Implications of congressional elections)(Client entertaining )(Column)
December 18, 2006... By Carl Molesworth Excuse me if I gloat for a moment. In the Oct. 16 edition of this column, I argued strongly for a no vote on four ballot issues facing Northwest voters on Election Day. On Nov. 7, three of them went down to defeat. ...

Kings Corner Overpass.
December 18, 2006... Story by Stephanie Worrell Project Helps Growing Idaho Community Keep Up With Traffic Traffic in a Nampa, Idaho - considered the state's fastest growing community - just couldn't keep waiting for "the little train that could" to pass...

Investigators Probe Deadly Crane Collapse.
December 18, 2006... Staff Bellevue, Wash.- A tower crane collapsed and struck three buildings in downtown Bellevue on Nov. 16, killing one man inside a top-floor apartment that was hit by the crane's boom. The crane was working on the Tower 333 office...

Construction Training Program Expands.
December 18, 2006... Staff Lynnwood, Wash.- Edmonds Community College has received $108,000 from the State Board of Community and Technical Colleges to enroll 45 additional students in its high-demand construction programs. The college will use the funds...

Two PACAF Awards Go To Alaska.(Brief article)
December 18, 2006... Staff Anchorage- An Alaskan design team has received the Pacific Air Forces' 2006 Concept Design award for the C-17 Maintenance Complex at Elmendorf Air Force Base. The design team included the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Alaska...

Absher Honored for Community Service.
December 18, 2006... Staff Puyallup, Wash.- Absher Construction Co., headquartered in Puyallup, has been honored as the winner of the 2006 Community Service Award by the Tacoma Chapter of the A. Philip Randolph Institute for promoting community outreach and...

Bridge Projects Win Concrete Awards.
December 18, 2006... Staff Chicago- Two Washington bridge projects were among 23 buildings and bridges throughout North America to be honored in The Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute's 2006 Design Awards Competition. The Washington winners are: ...

Highway Teams Win National Quality Awards.
December 18, 2006... Staff New Orleans- The National Partnership for Highway Quality has awarded three of its 2006 "Making a Difference" awards to Northwest highway teams whose quality innovations promote roads that are completed more quickly, ride better,...

Permit Sought for Kalama Power Plant.
December 18, 2006... Staff Kalama, Wash.- Energy Northwest has applied for a permit to build a 600-megawatt, $1-billion power plant at the Port of Kalama on the Columbia River. Pacific Mountain Energy Center, an Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle...