Pacific Builder and Engineer articles from November 2004

Pacific Builder and Engineer archives from November 2004

Cooperative Effort.
November 1, 2004... Story By Carl Molesworth Oregon Cities Combine Forces To Improve Their Water Supply Cooperation starts at the top in the Albany-Millersburg Joint Water Supply Project currently under way in Oregon's beautiful Willamette Valley, and...

Pavement Failures To Get Scrutiny.(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... Staff Salem-- The Oregon Department of Transportation is planning to fund a research project to investigate premature pavement failures on five different projects paved in the past few years, according to the Asphalt Pavement Association...

Senate Steps Up For Clean Water.(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... Staff The Senate Appropriations Committee approved an FY 2005 Appropriations bill funding the Department of Veterans Affairs, Department of Housing and Urban Development, the Environmental Protection Agency, and other independent agencies...

Structural Aspects of Building Conservation.(Book Review)(Brief Review)
November 1, 2004... Staff By Poul Beckman and Robert Bowles. Butterworth Heinemann, An Imprint of Elsevier, 200 Wheeler Rd., Burlington, Mass., 01803. $54.95. (368 pages). This second-edition guide to the assessment and repair of historic buildings is...

Diseno y Control de Mezclas de Concreto.(Book Review)(Brief Review)
November 1, 2004... Staff Portland Cement Association, Skokie, Ill. $50. This book, the Spanish-language edition of the Portland Cement Association's premier publication -- the 14th U.S. edition of Design and Control of Concrete Mixtures -- will be useful...

Construction Safety Management.(Book Review)(Brief Review)
November 1, 2004... Staff By Michael Hayslip. Associated Builders and Contractors, 4250 N. Fairfax Drive, Alexandria, Va., 22203. (118 pages). Fully titled "Construction Safety Management: Fundamental Components of Successful Safety Programs," this...

Forklift Rigging Attachments Video.(Video Recording Review)(Brief Review)
November 1, 2004... Staff Specialized Carriers & Rigging Association, 2750 Prosperity Avenue, Suite 620, Fairfax, Va. 22031. (15 minutes). This program was produced to meet the growing demand for information about attachments used on forklifts to lift...

Rock Blasting and Overbreak Control.(Book Review)(Brief Review)
November 1, 2004... Staff By Calvin Konya. Precision Blasting Services, P.O. Box 189, Montville, Ohio 44064-0189. $75. The second edition of the former Federal Highways Administration book "Rock Blasting and Overbreak Control" is a guide to efficient...

Construction Safety Management and Engineering.(Book Review)(Brief Review)
November 1, 2004... Staff Darryl C. Hill, editor. American Society of Safety Engineers, Des Plaines, Ill., (847) 699-2929. $89.95 for ASSE members and students, and $99.95 for non-members. Designed as a tool and reference text for safety practitioners,...

Contract Awards Summary.
November 1, 2004... 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...

Concrete Bridges Win Awards.
November 1, 2004... Staff Skokie, Ill.-- The Portland Cement Association has named two Northwest bridges among the nine winners in its 2004 Ninth Biennial Bridge Awards Competition. The competition recognizes excellence in design and construction of...

Interstate Moves.(Interstate Construction Group Inc.)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... Staff Puyallup, Wash.-- Interstate Construction Group Inc. recently moved its offices into new quarters. The company's new address is 437 29th St. NE, Suite F, Puyallup, WA, 98372-6784. The new telephone number is (253) 435-0949, and...

Washington Site Chosen For Speedway.(International Speedway Corp.)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... Staff Marysville, Wash.-- International Speedway Corp. has chosen an 850-acre parcel of land in Marysville as its preferred site for building a NASCAR racetrack in the Pacific Northwest. The location, which was chosen over several...

Briefs.
November 1, 2004... Staff Bellevue, Wash. -- Jon Havelock , health and safety consultant for Med-Tox Northwest and owner of H2 Environmental, has been elected as the 2004-2005 chairman of the board of directors of Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) of...

Industry Watch.(Iveco Motors of North America signed distribution and service agreement with Great Pines Equipment LLC.)
November 1, 2004... Staff Great Falls, Mont. -- Iveco Motors of North America, a diesel engine manufacturer, has signed an exclusive agreement with Great Pines Equipment LLC for the distribution and service of Iveco diesel engines and parts to the Montana...

New Products.(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... Staff Moline, Ill.-- John Deere's new rubber over-the-tire tracks for John Deere 200 and 300 Series skid steers are designed to maximize productivity in applications that require additional traction or flotation. This system is ideal...

Another Transportation Extension.
November 1, 2004... Staff Having again failed to pass a new six-year transportation reauthorization package, Congress on Sept. 30 approved legislation (H.R. 5183) to extend the expired federal surface transportation program for eight months until May 31,...

How To Close The Gap.(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... Staff As the nation continues to move toward alternative sources of energy to power its motor vehicle fleet, Congress must consider other highway user fees to augment the federal gasoline tax in order to finance America's growing...

Keeping Tabs On Gas.
November 1, 2004... Staff Technology Talks Trash At Hidden Hollow Sanitary Landfill Ada County, Idaho, officials recently installed a wireless high-speed Ethernet radio network at the Hidden Hollow Sanitary Landfill to monitor the emission of various...

Editor's Report.(construction industry)(Editorial)
November 15, 2004... By Carl Molesworth I had a birthday last month, and it reminded me that I have reached an age when many of my contemporaries are preparing to retire. In fact, some already have. I'm not there yet myself, but as a Baby Boomer I understand...

Getting Their Nickel's Worth.(Nickel Funding Package)
November 15, 2004... Staff Grade Control System Helps Contractor Stay Ahead of Schedule on SR 500 Project If Washington motorists wonder whether the additional 5 cents per gallon in gasoline tax they have been paying for the past year is having an impact,...

Anything But Ordinary.(Armadillo Underground Inc)
November 15, 2004... Staff Drilling Project On Remote Blakely Island Succeeds Through Proper Planning It wasn't quite a construction project on a desert island, but it was about as close as a Northwest contractor could get to such a challenge. In...

AGC and Urban League Team Up For Training.(Associated General Contractors)(Contractor Development and Competitiveness Center)(Brief Article)
November 15, 2004... Staff Seattle-- The Urban League of Metropolitan Seattle and Associated General Contractors of Washington have formed a joint scholarship program for new and emerging construction contractors working under the auspices of the Contractor...

Deal Allows Construction Of Power Plant.(Brief Article)
November 15, 2004... Staff Helena-- The Montana Public Service Commission has given final advanced approval to NorthWestern Energy's proposed contract to buy electricity from the proposed Basin Creek natural gas-fired power plant in Butte, Mont., for at least...

ABC Forms HR Partnership.(Brief Article)
November 15, 2004... Staff Tigard, Ore.-- The Pacific Northwest Chapter of Associated Builders and Contractors has formed a partnership with HR Answers Inc. to make human resources services available to its members in Oregon and Southwest Washington. ...

Ground Broken For SeaTac Buildings.(Express Construction Co)(Brief Article)
November 15, 2004... Staff SeaTac, Wash.-- Express Construction Co. recently broke ground on Scott Plaza, a two-building retail and office development in SeaTac. The plaza, located at 16219 42nd Ave. S., also will include a 40,000-square-foot parking garage...

Briefs.(Associated Construction Publications )
November 15, 2004... Staff Norcross, Ga. -- Associated Construction Publications has hired Cindi V. Richardson to serve as advertising sales representative for Pacific Builder & Engineer and California Builder & Engineer. "I am excited to be part of ACP,"...