Pacific Builder and Engineer articles from March 2005

Pacific Builder and Engineer archives from March 2005

Bellevue Booms Again.
March 7, 2005... Edited by Carl Molesworth Resumption Of The Summit And Lincoln Square Projects Symbolizes Recovery Just a few years ago, tower cranes loomed over the downtown areas of most major Pacific Northwest cities, symbols of a burgeoning demand...

Idaho Highway Plan Introduced.(Brief Article)
March 7, 2005... Staff Boise, Idaho-- Gov. Dirk Kempthorne has proposed spending $1.6 billion over the next decade to improve Idaho's highway system. Introduced during the governor's recent State of the State and budget address before a joint session...

People.(Brief Article)
March 7, 2005... Staff Redmond, Wash. -- Brent Anderson has been named trading manager of Sunbelt Rentals' Washington Division, which includes 12 locations in the state. Anderson joined Sunbelt in 2001 with the acquisition of Super Rents, where he had...

Industry Watch.(Index Sensors & Controls)
March 7, 2005... Staff Stanwood, Wash. -- Index Sensors & Controls made a presentation and took part in a technical panel discussion at the Mobile Air Conditioning Society Worldwide Convention & Trade Show Feb. 1 in Las Vegas. Tony Thorne , Index...

Highway Funds Up In Budget Plan.
March 7, 2005... Staff The Bush administration is proposing to increase its federal highway and transit spending recommendations to the levels proposed by House Republicans during the 2004 highway bill negotiations, as part of its FY 2006 budget proposal....

Briefs.(Gray Purcell Inc., Associated Builders & Contractors of Western Washington)
March 7, 2005... Staff Lake Oswego, Ore. -- Commercial general contractor Gray Purcell Inc. recently hired Ryan McGuire as a project manager. McGuire has more then five years of design-build, construction management, hard-bid, negotiated, and...

Timber Construction Manual, 5th Edition.(John Wiley & Sons Inc.)(Brief Article)
March 7, 2005... Staff John Wiley & Sons Inc., 111 River St., Hoboken, NJ 07030, $150 (496 pages). First published in 1996, this manual provides information for the design and construction industries on building with wood; both sawn lumber and...

Technical Bulletins on Metal Construction.(Metal Construction Association)(Brief Article)
March 7, 2005... Staff Metal Construction Association, Glenview, Ill. No cost. The Metal Construction Association recently released four new technical bulletins that touch on different areas of metal in construction, helping MCA stay diverse in all...

Contract Awards Summary.
March 7, 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...

Domes Come Down in Tacoma.
March 7, 2005... Staff Tacoma-- The waterfront profile of Tacoma changed permanently in late January, as the first of the two "original Tacoma Domes" was demolished. Landmarks since they were built in 1968 and 1971, the two domes were designed to...

ABC Bill Seeks Apprenticeship Expansion.(Associated Builders and Contractors)(Brief Article)
March 7, 2005... Staff Salem-- The Pacific Northwest Chapter of Associated Builders and Contractors recently submitted legislation to the Oregon Legislature designed to expand the state's opportunities in apprenticeship training among construction trades....

Contractor To Expand Outlet Center.(Woodburn Company Stores)(Brief Article)
March 7, 2005... Staff Woodburn, Ore.-- Woodburn Company Stores has announced plans expand the center by 23,700 square feet. Construction on the premier outlet shopping center was scheduled to begin March 1, with the new space accommodating up to four...

Schlecht Celebrating 40th Anniversary.(Schlecht Construction)(Brief Article)
March 7, 2005... Staff Kelso, Wash.-- Schlecht Construction will be spending 2005 celebrating an important company benchmark -- 40 years of being in business. Ray Schlecht started the Longview-based construction business in 1965, building houses and...

New Montana Plan Center Opens.(American Subcontractors Association of Montana)(Brief Article)
March 7, 2005... Staff Great Falls, Mont.-- The American Subcontractors Association of Montana has opened a new plan center in Great Falls at 1625 3rd Ave. North, the former location of the Great Falls Builders Exchange. ASAM, which concentrates...

Wallboard Shipments Set Another Record.(Brief Article)
March 7, 2005... Staff Washington, D.C.-- The United States gypsum board industry achieved its highest rate of annual shipments ever in calendar year 2004 when the U.S. manufacturers of gypsum board (also known as wallboard or drywall) shipped a total of...

Good Turnout For Demolition Convention.(National Demolition Association's 32nd Annual Convention)(Brief Article)
March 7, 2005... Staff Doylestown, Pa.-- The National Demolition Association's 32nd Annual Convention is on track to be one of the most successful gatherings in the association's history, according to Michael R. Taylor, CAE, executive director. The...

Contractors Sought for Olympics Construction.(Vancouver Organizing Committee )(Brief Article)
March 7, 2005... Staff Vancouver, B.C.-- Contractors in Western Washington were presented with a new business opportunity recently when organizers of the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver invited them to submit bids on construction contracts valued between $5...

Getting Ready for Light Rail.(Sound Transit Project)
March 7, 2005... Story by Carl Molesworth Equipment Attachments Help To Speed Work On Sound Transit Project A few years from now, when Sound Transit's Link light rail trains are rolling back and forth between downtown Seattle and SeaTac Airport, people...

Get The Truck You Need.(fleet management)
March 7, 2005... Staff Five Rules for Controlling Fleet Costs Through Better Component Purchasing Construction fleet managers in the Pacific Northwest are under constant pressure to control costs and manage expenses. A critical step in this process is...

Multi-Tasking Motor Grader.
March 7, 2005... Staff Equipment Works Overtime To Open Snowbound Pass In Montana With 6 feet or more of snow cover and drifts up to 30 feet high, opening U.S. Highway 212 through Beartooth Pass near Red Lodge, Mont., each spring is no easy task. ...

Editor's Report.(Editorial)
March 21, 2005... By Carl Molesworth The magazine you hold in your hands right now is a tool, more so than any of the other 23 editions of PB&E we publish each year. And just like most tools, it gives the best service if it's used as it was designed to be...

Company Triples Paver Production.(Willamette Graystone Inc.)
March 21, 2005... Staff Wood Village, Ore.-- A recent investment in a 17,000-square-foot facility and equipment has allowed Willamette Graystone to increase production of concrete interlocking pavers to more 30,000 square feet daily -- enough pavers to...

Briefs.(Rushforth Construction Company Inc. )
March 21, 2005... Staff Snohomish, Wash. -- Art Chase has joined Snyder Roofing of Washington as an estimator and project manager. He has more than 20 years of industry experience. Anchorage -- Associated General Contractors of Alaska has hired two new...

People.(Brief Article)
March 21, 2005... Staff Portland-- Three parts managers for Triad Machinery have been recognized by LBX Co. LLC, maker of the Link-Belt Earthmoving, Forestry and Material Handling Equipment, as recipients of 2005 Parts Distributor of Excellence Awards. ...

Industry Watch.
March 21, 2005... Staff Ida Grove, Iowa -- GOMACO Corp. recently recognized Tri-State Truck and Equipment, Inc., of Wyoming and Montana, and CONAGGBIT, Inc., of Washington and Oregon, for their decades of service as GOMACO distributors. Tri-State Truck and...