Pacific Builder and Engineer articles from January 2009

Pacific Builder and Engineer archives from January 2009

University Link Getting Grant from FTA.
January 5, 2009... Staff Seattle- The Federal Transit Administration notified Congress in November that it plans to enter into a grant agreement with Sound Transit to provide $813 million to help build the University Link light rail extension. Sound Transit...

Ferguson Promotes Two, Hires One.(Ferguson Construction)(promotion of Joe Pomata and Corey Schubert)(appointment of Ian McDonald)(Brief article)
January 5, 2009... Staff Seattle- Ferguson Construction recently announced three personnel changes. Joe Pomata and Corey Schubert were promoted to project managers. Pomata has 15 years of experience and is LEED-certified; he graduated from the...

Marlette Promoted at Kuker-Ranken.
January 5, 2009... Staff Seattle- Kuker-Ranken Inc. has promoted Joe Marlette from service technician to machine control specialist, selling and supporting machine control products. Marlette is a graduate of Lake Washington Technical College and has worked...

People.(appointment of Steve Schetky and David A. Fierros in KPI-JCI and Astec mobile Screens)(appointment of Danny McGaugh in Case Power and Equipment)(Brief article)
January 5, 2009... Staff Yankton, SD - KPI-JCI and Astec Mobile Screens have appointed Steve Schetky to the position of sales director, Western Region of the United States. Schetky brings many years of management and aggregate sales experience along...

Industry Watch.(Peterson Machinery Company Inc.)(Caterpillar Inc.)(Brief article)
January 5, 2009... Staff Klamath Falls, OR- Peterson Machinery Co. recently held an open house event at the Caterpillar dealership's Klamath Falls store. The company invited the community to celebrate the extensive facilities remodel and visit the new Cat...

New Products.
January 5, 2009... Staff Seattle- Volvo Construction Equipment & Services in Seattle has signed on as the authorized dealer for Champion Motor Graders in Western Washington. "Our decision to carry the Champion Motor Grader line is definitely a response...

Port Adds Second Mobile Harbor Crane.
January 5, 2009... Staff Vancouver, WA- The Port of Vancouver USA recently signed a contract with Austrian crane manufacturer Liebherr to purchase a new mobile harbor crane, Executive Director Larry Paulson announced. It will be the port's second...

Contractor Wins National Design-Build Award.
January 5, 2009... Staff Tacoma- Mountain Construction, of Tacoma, was presented a National Design-Build Award at the recent Design-Build Institute of American national convention in Las Vegas. Mountain won the award for the Washington PUD Association...

WSDOT Earns National Communications Award.(Washington State Department of Transportation)(Brief article)
January 5, 2009... Staff Olympia- The Washington State Department of Transportation's campaign to warn commuters of massive lane closures on Interstate 5 in Seattle has won the National Partnership for Highway Quality's 2008 Gold Award for Public...

Montana Mine Expansion Gets Final OK.
January 5, 2009... Staff Helena, MT- The U.S. Bureau of Land Management has authorized operators of the Montana Tunnels metal mine, about 25 miles south of Helena, to expand the facility. The expansion also was approved in late October by another...

NWCC Promotes Crawford to Vice President.
January 5, 2009... Staff Portland- The Northwest College of Construction has announced two staff changes. Guy Crawford was promoted to vice president of operations. He previously served as the human resources manager at NWCC. Chuck Rogers was named...

Lewis Adds Four to Staff in Seattle.
January 5, 2009... Staff Seattle- Lease Crutcher Lewis has hired four people in the contractor's Seattle office. Scott Conrad , a project manager in the Special Projects Division, has 16 years of construction experience and holds a bachelor's degree...

Two People Join Schuchart Staff.(appointment of Annie Robinson and Mike Toombs)(Brief article)
January 5, 2009... Staff Seattle- General contractor Schuchart Corp. recently added two people to its project team. Annie Robinson joined the company as a project manager. She has more than five years of commercial construction experience and holds a...

Contractor Hires Senior Project Manager.
January 5, 2009... Staff Portland- David York has joined Pinnell/Busch Inc. as a senior project manager specializing in construction defects and building envelope construction. With 30 years of industry experience, York has degrees in architecture from...

Construction Forecast 2009.
January 5, 2009... Staff National Downturn Producing Challenges for Northwest Contractors What a difference a year makes. At this time in 2008 the Pacific Northwest economy was still chugging along - albeit at a modest rate - while other parts of the...

Slipforming Success.(Gomaco Corp.)(Axis Curb Co.)
January 5, 2009... Story courtesy of GOMACO. Preparation Meets Opportunity on a Record-Setting Day Almost a decade had passed since Axis Curb Co. set a company record for one day's curb and gutter slipforming production. The record was 6,003 feet of curb...

An Educated Decision.
January 5, 2009... Story courtesy of Schwing. Concrete Placing Boom is a Champion on Coeur d'Alene Condo Proving that concrete pumpers still need to be ready to educate the market, Champion Concrete Pumping Inc. convinced a skeptical general contractor...

Alaska AGC Honors Safety, Excellence.
January 19, 2009... Staff Anchorage-- Associated General Contractors of Alaska recognized its top construction projects and safety programs for 2008 during its annual conference in November. Marsh USA Excellence in Safety award winners were as follows:...

Skanska Promotes Executives in Seattle.
January 19, 2009... Staff Seattle-- Skanska USA Building Inc. has promoted three executives in the company's Seattle office. Curt Burks has been promoted to corporate senior vice president of Technical Services. Burks has more than 27 years of experience...

Pottabathni and Naidu Join PB.(Ranga Pottabathni and Nagaraju Naidu)(Parsons Brinckerhoff Inc.)(Brief article)
January 19, 2009... Staff Seattle-- Ranga Pottabathni has been named a senior supervising estimator and Nagaraju Naidu a lead engineer in the Seattle office of Parsons Brinckerhoff, a global infrastructure strategic consulting, engineering and...

Alaska AGC Elects New Officers.(Associated General Contractors of Alaska)(Brief article)
January 19, 2009... Staff Anchorage-- Associated General Contractors of Alaska has elected Sam Robert Brice , an owner of Fairbanks-based Brice Inc., as president for 2009. Joining Brice on the executive board are Dave Cruz of Cruz Construction in...

BPA Completes Removal of PCB Capacitors.
January 19, 2009... Staff Vancouver, WA-- The Bonneville Power Administration recently completed a multiyear effort to remove and replace more than 100,000 capacitors that contained high levels of Polychlorinated BiPhenyls -- more commonly known as PCBs. ...

Idaho Leads Nation with Online Access.
January 19, 2009... Staff Boise-- Avolve Software, developers of ProjectDox communication and collaboration software, announced today that the state of Idaho will deploy the company's ProjectDox ePlan solution as part of its CAS statewide citizen services...

Glazing Products Available in BIM.(Technical Glass Products)(building information modeling)(www.fireglass.com, www.tgpamerica.com)(Brief article)
January 19, 2009... Staff Snoqualmie, WA-- To provide design professionals with greater access to detailed product specification data, all products from Technical Glass Products are now available in Building Information Modeling (BIM) through TGP's websites....

Roofing Company Earns Hall of Fame Spot.
January 19, 2009... Staff Lynden, WA-- Hytech Roofing, of Lynden, recently completed its 250th Perfect 10 installation of a Carlisle SynTec roof system. Presented to authorized Carlisle applicators for outstanding quality and workmanship, Perfect 10...

Seattle Job Marks 100th for Hycrete.
January 19, 2009... Staff Carlstadt, NJ-- Hycrete Inc., a green building materials company named a 2008 Technology Pioneer by the World Economic Forum, recently completed a Seattle job that was its 100th project. The New Jersey-based company produces an...

Machinery Row.
January 19, 2009... Staff Redmond, WA -- Terex Aerial Work Platforms recently introduced an addition to its generator line, the T30 Super Quiet Generator. The T30 comes standard with 110-percent spill containment, simple user-friendly controls and a fuel...

People.
January 19, 2009... Staff Redmond, WA -- Terex Aerial Work Platforms, a business segment of the Terex Corp., has hired Mike Samora as the global director of marketing solutions. Samora will provide leadership for all marketing communication functions,...

New Products.(McCloskey International Ltd.)(Columbia Crushing and Screening LLC)(Brief article)
January 19, 2009... Staff Sherwood, OR-- McCloskey International, a designer and manufacturer of screening and crushing products, has appointed Columbia Crushing & Screening LLC as the company's official distributor for Oregon, Washington and Idaho. In...

Calling for Infrastructure Investment.
January 19, 2009... By Carl Molesworth Barack Obama starts work tomorrow as the 44th President of the United States. It will be a historic day, as Obama will become the first African-American to hold this nation's highest office. Everyone's excited about...

Boise's New Airport Tower.
January 19, 2009... Story by Stephanie Worrell Safety a Key Element from Conception through Construction Keeping people safe: That is, in large part, the reason for the construction of the new air traffic control tower that broke ground earlier this year...

Building Oregon's Energy Future.
January 19, 2009... Story by Shelley Parker Northwest Continues to Lead Nation in Renewable Energy Remarkable transformations are occurring high on the hills east of the Cascade Mountains in Oregon. As cows roam and crops grow, the wind blows -- and it...

Built-In Fuel Efficiency.
January 19, 2009... Story by Bob Johnson How to Put Your Work Trucks on a Reduced Fuel Diet The high cost of fuel, combined with a growing interest in environmental issues, has many construction fleet managers thinking about ways to improve the fuel...