Pacific Builder and Engineer articles from May 2008

Pacific Builder and Engineer archives from May 2008

Briefs.
May 5, 2008... Staff Las Vegas - Mark Knudson , an instructor at the Construction Industry Training Council of Washington, received the National Construction Craft Instructor Award at the recent 89th Annual Convention of the Associated General...

APAO Presents 2008 Paving Awards.(Brief article)
May 5, 2008... Staff Salem- The Asphalt Pavement Association of Oregon recently presented its 38th Annual Paving Awards. The award winners in each category are listed below: Commercial/Industrial: First Place, North Bend Municipal Airport,...

Washington Transportation Budget Shortfall Addressed.
May 5, 2008... Staff Olympia- Gov. Chris Gregoire has signed the 2008 supplemental transportation budget (House Bill 2878) that allows Washington to continue progress on three transportation goals - increase safety, improve maintenance and provide...

Walsh Completes Washougal Town Square.
May 5, 2008... Staff Portland- Walsh Construction Co. recently completed five projects for customers in Portland and Southwest Washington. The Washougal Town Square was built for owner Lone Wolf Development, LLC. The $11-million project is a single...

TBM Completes Second Link Tunnel.
May 5, 2008... Staff Seattle- Sound Transit contractors punched through the east side of Beacon Hill in Seattle on March 5, completing the second of two 4,300-foot tunnels through the hill for Link light rail trains to begin service in 2009. ...

Northwest Companies Win National AGC Awards.(Brief article)
May 5, 2008... Staff Las Vegas- The Associated General Contractors of America presented its 2008 Aon Build America Award for Municipal & Utilities Renovation to the Natt McDougall Co. for the River Mill Dam - Spillway and Fish Ladder Renovation project...

2008 Engineering Excellence Awards.
May 5, 2008... Staff Giant Concrete Caissons for Bridge Help Win Top Honors for Parsons/HNTB Parsons/HNTB Corp. won the top honor - the Platinum Award - in the American Council of Engineering Companies of Washington's 2008 Engineering Excellence...

Transforming Downtown Puyallup.(Brief article)
May 5, 2008... Staff Project Includes a Five-Story, 53,000-Square-Foot City Hall Building Construction is well along on a project that is helping to change the face of downtown Puyallup, Wash. The city of Puyallup signed an agreement in February...

Bringing Down the Stock House.
May 5, 2008... By Carl Molesworth Contractor Uses New High-Reach Excavator for Seattle Demolition Job J. Harper Contractors put its recently acquired Kobelco SK480LC high-reach excavator to good use this winter to demolish a building in the historic...

New Products.
May 19, 2008... Staff Spokane - Mid-Mountain Machinery Inc. recently took on the Champion Motor Grader line. The equipment distributor, which operates from Washington state locations in Spokane and Clarkston, covers the eastern part of the state,...

People.
May 19, 2008... Staff Priest River, Idaho - Luck was a lady recently for Sonny and Nadine Parker of Big Moose Rental Center, Priest River, at The Rental Show. They won a 2008 Harley-Davidson Softail Deluxe motorcycle from Doosan Infracore Portable Power....

Industry Watch.
May 19, 2008... Staff Kirkland, Wash.- APSCO Inc., a Kirkland-based manufacturer of portable dewatering diesel pumps, was one of 14 companies recently elected to membership in The Association of Equipment Manufacturers. AEM, an international trade...

Puget Sound Water Supply Better Than Most.
May 19, 2008... By Carl Molesworth I guess this should come as no surprise in a place where it rains so much, but two of the Puget Sound region's largest water suppliers have projected they will have enough water to supply their customers for at least a...

Clearwell Going Underground.
May 19, 2008... Story by Carl Molesworth Project Doubles Storage Capacity of Potable Water at Filtration Plant The Everett Clearwell No. 2, which Stellar J Corp. is building at Lake Chaplain near Sultan, Wash., can be considered an underground...

Rafn Wins ABC's Eagle Award.
May 19, 2008... Staff Western Washington Chapter Honors Excellence in Construction Winners Associated Builders and Contractors of Western Washington honored nine outstanding projects with 2008 Excellence in Construction Awards. "This year's...