Pacific Builder and Engineer articles from November 2007

Pacific Builder and Engineer archives from November 2007

Alaska Abandons Controversial Ketchikan Bridge.(Brief article)
November 5, 2007... Staff Juneau, Alaska- Gov. Sarah Palin has directed the Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities to look for the most fiscally responsible alternative for access to the Ketchikan airport and Gravina Island instead of...

Montana Wind Farm Project Scaled down.
November 5, 2007... Staff Glasgow, Mont.- A proposed 500-megawatt wind farm north of Glasgow that was canceled earlier this year after facing opposition from environmentalists is being revived at 10 percent of the project's original goal. Gary Evans,...

DBM Completes Shoring for West 8th Project.
November 5, 2007... Staff Seattle- DBM Contactors Inc. is completing a $4.2-million excavation support system for the West 8th Office Building located between Westlake Avenue and Virginia Street on 8th Avenue in Seattle. The 5.5-month project required...

Elevated Light Rail Trackway Completed.
November 5, 2007... Staff Seattle- Sound Transit contractors lifted the last of 2,457 concrete segments into place Sept. 28 to finish almost five miles of elevated Link light rail trackway between South Seattle and Tukwila. PCL Construction Services is...

Quillayute River Dredging Gets Under Way.(Brief article)
November 5, 2007... Staff La Push, Wash.- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has awarded Portable Hydraulic Dredging of Eagle Creek, Ore., a $1,196,000 contract to dredge 58,000 cubic yards from the Quillayute River between Oct. 15 and Dec. 1, barring any...

Briefs.
November 5, 2007... Staff Boise - Michael Gifford, executive director of the Idaho chapter of Associated General Contractors, is leaving his job at the end of the year to become the executive director of the Colorado AGC. During his eight years with Idaho...

New Products.(BOMAG Americas, Inc)(Brief article)
November 5, 2007... Staff Kewanee, Ill.- BOMAG Americas, Inc. has reached new agreements with two distributors in the Pacific Northwest. Mid-Mountain Machinery Inc. adds BOMAG heavy compaction, landfill, recycling/soil stabilization and milling equipment...

People.
November 5, 2007... Staff Estes Park, Colo. - John Hoppe, Pierce County (Wash.) Public Works, finished third at the national Motor Grader Roadeo competition for snow plow operators, held Sept. 25 at the Western Snow & Ice Conference in Estes Park, Colo. ...

Design-Build Prison Project.
November 5, 2007... Story by Carl Molesworth Cooperation Pays Big Dividends at Coyote Ridge Corrections Center The popular image of a prison is that of a massive, intimidating building with bars in the windows and a high wall around the outside. But...

Idaho Airport Project Beats The Clock.
November 5, 2007... Story by John Arroyo Full-Depth Reclamation With Cement Also Cuts Cost By More Than $1 Million Central Idaho attracts a steady flow of visitors and new residents, so the local airport in the town of Hailey is a key transportation link....

Two NW Projects Win ARTBA Awards.(American Road and Transportation Builders Association)(Brief article)
November 19, 2007... Staff Washington, D.C.- Highway and bridge improvement projects from nine states, including one in Washington and one in Montana, were recognized Oct. 10 for their contributions to environmental protection and mitigation at the American...

ODOT Rolls Out Program for Small Businesses.
November 19, 2007... Staff Salem, Ore.- The Oregon Department of Transportation has launched the statewide rollout of a program aimed at increasing contracting opportunities for Oregon small businesses. Successfully piloted in the Portland metropolitan area,...

UCAW Awarded Three Grants by NUCA Foundation.
November 19, 2007... Staff Arlington, Va.- The Utility Contractors Association of Washington was one of four chapters of the National Utility Contractors Association nationwide that won 2007 Education and Training Grants from the NUCA Foundation for Education...

Leadership Honors for Washington Group.(Brief article)
November 19, 2007... Staff Boise- Washington Group International, a leading engineering, construction and management solutions company, has been named one of "North America's Top Companies for Leaders" by Hewitt Associates, FORTUNE magazine, and The RBL Group....

I-5 Columbia Bridge Gets High Priority.(Brief article)
November 19, 2007... Staff Portland- Federal highway officials have named the Interstate 5 bridge over the Columbia River one of the nation's top transportation priorities, promising to clear the federal bureaucracy to help a $2-billion to $6-billion...

New Winery Design Reflects the Past.
November 19, 2007... Staff Portland- Yost Grube Hall Architecture has completed Kiona Winery in Benton City, Wash. Unlike many of the Northwest's chateau-like wineries, YGH designed this building to blend with the surrounding landscape. The structure resembles...

Briefs.(appointments)
November 19, 2007... Staff Wilsonville, Ore. - Craig Honeyman , executive director of Associated General Contractors Oregon-Columbia Chapter, stepped down from his position effective Oct. 26. In late September, Honeyman revealed his departure plans in an...

People.(appointment of Bob Casalegno at Modern Machinery)(Brief article)
November 19, 2007... Staff Portland- Bob Casalegno has joined Modern Machinery as the new compact machinery sales representative for the Northwestern Oregon territory. Casalegno brings with him prior Komatsu sales experience. Modern Machinery has...

Industry Watch.
November 19, 2007... Staff Nampa, Idaho - Cobalt Truck Equipment, one of the nation's largest assemblers of custom mechanics trucks, recently moved into a new 7-acre, 60,000-square-foot facility in Nampa, which includes a new lean manufacturing line and a...

Editor's Report.(Editorial)
November 19, 2007... By Carl Molesworth Perhaps more than most other industries, construction is populated with entrepreneurial types who start their own businesses after reaching a certain point in their careers. Usually, that point arrives when someone has...

One Project, Four TBMs.
November 19, 2007... Story by Carl Molesworth Conveyance Tunneling Begins for the Massive Brightwater Treatment System The massive Brightwater Treatment System project passed a major milestone in September when the first of four tunnel boring machines...

Heavy Hauling In Montana.
November 19, 2007... Edited By Carl Molesworth Owner-Operator Emigrated from Belarus in 1995 Owner-operator Mikhail Lesko contracts to Firkins Trucking Co., a heavy hauler based in Corvallis, Mont., that specializes in moving lumber building supplies,...

Two Ways To Extend Workers' Careers.
November 19, 2007... Story by Carl Molesworth Improving Construction Safety and Ergonomics Could Pay Off in the Future While Northwest contractors worry that a crisis is brewing as middle-aged workers retire and take their skills with them when they leave...