Pacific Builder and Engineer articles from May 2006

Pacific Builder and Engineer archives from May 2006

Contract Awards Summary.
May 1, 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...

Machinery at Risk.
May 1, 2006... Staff Study Reveals Consistent Trends in Construction Industry Theft Thievery may be a nagging fact of life on construction sites, but at least the thieves are consistent, a new study has revealed. LoJack Corp. recently announced...

A Better Way.(American Roofing Recyclers LLC's services)
May 1, 2006... Story by Carl Molesworth American Roofing Recyclers Finds New Uses For Old Materials Like many good business ideas, the inspiration for Merv Reykdal's company was the product of an irritation. After many years of working in Western...

Hotel Renovation Takes Eagle Award.
May 1, 2006... Staff Associated Builders and Contractors Competition Recognizes Excellence in Construction Judges for Associated Builders and Contractors of Western Washington chose 10 outstanding projects to receive the 2006 Excellence in...

NW Members Earn AGC Honors.
May 1, 2006... Staff Palm Springs, Calif.-- The Associated General Contractors of America presented the 2006 Aon Build America Awards and the AGC/Willis Construction Safety Excellence Awards during the recent AGC 87th Annual Convention in Palm Springs....

APAO Presents Paving Awards.
May 1, 2006... Staff Salem, Ore.-- The Asphalt Pavement Association of Oregon recently presented its 36th Annual Excellence in Paving Awards. The awards are presented each year to the top paving projects in eight categories. Awards for Oregon...

Shoring Completedat Overlake Hospital.
May 1, 2006... Staff Bellevue, Wash.-- DBM Contactors Inc., Seattle, recently completed foundation and excavation support work for the Overlake Hospital and Medical Center South Tower Expansion project. The project required installing a temporary...

Briefs.(Schuchart Corp., Evette Garcia, Cadman Inc., Bryce Long, Art Anderson Associates, Doron Zilbershtein )
May 1, 2006... Staff Seattle -- Schuchart Corp. has promoted Evette Garcia to project manager. A Schuchart employee for more than three years, she holds a bachelor's degree in construction management from the University of Washington. Seattle --...

Industry Watch.
May 1, 2006... Staff Roseburg, Ore. -- RSC Equipment Rental is opening a store in Roseburg, one of 12 stores opening nationwide over the next three months as part of its growth strategy. RSC also plans to add 20 more new rental stores later in 2006...

Another Assaulton Highway Funding.
May 1, 2006... Compiled by Carl Molesworth In a "Dear Colleague" letter sent to fellow members of the House on March 7, House Transportation Appropriations Subcommittee Chairman Joe Knollenberg (R-Mich.) suggested that Congress reassess the budget...

Editor's Report.
May 15, 2006... By Carl Molesworth The Hazards of Night Work You're driving along an interstate highway at night. The traffic is light, so you're pushing the speed limit by a few miles per hour -- fast enough to make a little extra time, but not...

Beauty and the Beast.(construction contracts)
May 15, 2006... Story by Stephanie Worrell Trenching Is Tough Going on Rocky Site of Nampa Gateway Center When it comes to almost any construction project, the beast always comes before the beauty -- beast being site preparation and beauty the...

Fast-Paced Pipe Installation.
May 15, 2006... Edited By Carl Molesworth CCFRPM Pipe Chosen For King County Force Main Project The usual description of many sewers is "out of sight and out of mind." Prior to 2005, that might have also been true of the 348 miles of interceptor sewer...

Deal Sending Light Railto SeaTac Airport.
May 15, 2006... Staff Seattle-- The Port of Seattle Commission and the Sound Transit Board have reached an agreement clearing the way for extending Central Link light rail to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. The agreement outlines the details of...

People.
May 15, 2006... Staff Renton, Wash.-- Greg Neumeier has joined Putzmeister America as service supervisor for the company's new Northwest Customer Support Center in Renton. The center opened on Jan. 1 to offer full parts and service capabilities to...

The Roads That Built America.
May 15, 2006... Staff By Dan McNichol. American Road & Transportation Builders Association, Washington, D.C, (202) 289-4434, e-mail at kevans@artba.org , or online at www.artbastore.org ; $16 plus shipping and handling . The U.S. Interstate Highway...

Design-Build Lessons Learned.(construction guidance)(Brief article)
May 15, 2006... Staff By Michael Loulakis. The Design-Build Institute of America, 1100 H Street NW, Suite 500, Washington, D.C., 20005-5476, $299.95 for members; others $425 (10 volumes). Learn from the experience of others and stay abreast of the...

Telescopic Hydraulic Gantry Systems Video.
May 15, 2006... Staff Specialized Carriers & Rigging Association, (703) 698-0291 or visit www.scranet.org/store ; $125 for SC&RA members and $150 for others (VHS + Book) and $150 for members and $175 for others (DVD + Book) . This new 13-minute...

Oregon Contractor Wins ABC Award.
May 15, 2006... Staff Las Vegas-- The Associated Builders & Contractors presented the 2006 Construction Excellence Awards during the recent ABC Annual Convention. Gray Purcell Inc., Lake Oswego, Ore., was the only winner from the Northwest, taking...

NW Members Earn AGC Honors.(Associated General Contractors of America)(Brief article)
May 15, 2006... Staff Palm Springs, Calif.-- There was one Northwest winner when Associated General Contractors of America presented the 2006 Marvin M. Black Excellence in Partnering Awards at its 87th Annual Convention to the construction companies that...

Seattle Approves New Streetcar Line.
May 15, 2006... Staff Seattle-- The Seattle City Council gave final approval in late March to a plan to build a 1.3-mile streetcar line, connecting downtown's Westlake Center to the rapidly developing South Lake Union neighborhood. Construction could...

Vista Awards Honor NW Projects.
May 15, 2006... Staff Seattle-- Three of the four top winners of the American Society for Healthcare Engineering's 2006 Vista Awards have more in common than their Northwest locales. Seattle-based electrical engineering and technology consulting firm...

Power Plant Planned In Medford.
May 15, 2006... Staff Medford, Ore.-- SCS Energy, a division of California-based SCS Engineers, has been awarded a contract to design, construct and operate a 3.2-megawatt, landfill gas-fired power plant in Medford. The contract calls for SCS to...

Park-And-Ride Serves Plateau.(Sammamish Park-and-Ride facility)(Brief article)
May 15, 2006... Staff Sammamish, Wash.-- The new Sammamish Park-and-Ride lot at 228th Avenue SE and the Issaquah-Pine Lake Road opened in March. "This new park-and-ride lot adds 265 new parking stalls to a fast-growing area of our transit district,"...

Briefs.
May 15, 2006... Staff Seattle -- The Department of Construction Management at the University of Washington inducted three longtime industry leaders into its Construction Hall of Fame at a gala dinner held April 28. The inductees are Sam E. Baker Jr. ,...

Industry Watch.(WP Rentals LLC and Pro-Tec equipment seminars)(Brief article)
May 15, 2006... Staff Great Falls, Mont. -- WP Rentals LLC and Pro-Tec equipment hosted a trench box training seminar in Great Falls on April 18. The all-day seminar, designed by the National Utility Contractors Association to prepare workers for...