Pacific Builder and Engineer articles from October 2004

Pacific Builder and Engineer archives from October 2004

Contract Awards Summary.
October 4, 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...

Port Angeles Graving Dock.
October 4, 2004... Story By Carl Molesworth Facility Will Build Pontoons And Anchors For Hood Canal Bridge The region we now call Puget Sound was virtual wilderness when the first white explorer, an American named Capt. John Kendrick, nosed his small...

Inland AGC Presents Awards.(Brief Article)
October 4, 2004... Staff Spokane-- The Inland Northwest chapter of Associated General Contractors recently presented its 2004 AGC Safety & Education Awards, recognizing companies and individuals that have excelled in each area. Ten member companies were...

Seattle Firm Gets Dallas Theater Project.(Dallas Center for the Performing Arts Foundation)(Brief Article)
October 4, 2004... Staff Seattle-- Magnusson Klemencic Associates has been chosen As Structural Engineer of Record by the Dallas Center for the Performing Arts Foundation for the center's Charles and Dee Wyly Theatre project. The Seattle-based...

Briefs.(Associated General Contractors)(Brief Article)
October 4, 2004... Staff Spokane -- The Inland Northwest chapter of Associated General Contractors recently presented Jay Meyers with the first annual Tom Mauer Safety Award. Meyers is the safety director for Garco Construction and a former AGC safety...

ABC Presses For Health Care Legislation.(Associated Builders and Contractors)
October 4, 2004... Staff Citing figures released in August by the U.S. Census Bureau showing that the number of Americans without health insurance increased by 1.4 million in 2003, to 45 million, Associated Builders and Contractors urged Congress to adopt...

Congestion Report Underscores Problem.
October 4, 2004... Staff The average annual increase in delay per traveler has climbed 30 hours over the past 20 years, according to a Texas Transportation Institute study released in September. Traffic congestion also costs America nearly 6 billion...

Work-Zone Fatalities Up In Northwest.(Brief Article)
October 4, 2004... Staff Roadway construction zone fatalities increased by 4 percent in the Northwest during 2003, according to federal data recently posted at the National Work Zone Safety Information Clearinghouse. There were 27 work-zone fatalities...

Oregon Asphalt Projects Honored.
October 4, 2004... Staff Eugene-- The Asphalt Pavement Association presented its 34th Annual Excellence in Paving Awards in ceremonies held earlier this year. The awards are presented to the top paving projects in eight different categories. The award...

Spokane Project Wins Tilt-Up Award.(Tilt-Up Concrete Association's Achievement Awards Program for 2004)(Brief Article)
October 4, 2004... Staff Spokane-- One Northwest construction project was among the winners in the Tilt-Up Concrete Association's Achievement Awards Program for 2004. DIVCON Inc., of Spokane, won the award in the Office-Speculative category for the Iron...

PCC-Emerick Relationship Continues.(Portland Community College)(Emerick Construction Co)(Brief Article)
October 4, 2004... Staff Portland-- General contractor Emerick Construction Co. has been awarded the CM/GC contract for Portland Community College's Sylvania Campus new College Services Building, estimated to be in the range of $3.9 million. The new...

Coastal Atlantic Expands Metal Building Program.(Coastal Atlantic Associates)(Bemo USA)(Metl-Span)(Brief Article)
October 4, 2004... Staff Edmonds, Wash.-- Coastal Atlantic Associates has expanded its metal building program by signing agreements with Bemo USA, of Mesa, Ariz., and Metl-Span, of Lewisville, Texas, to represent their products in the Northwest and Alaska....

Contractors Take Recycling Seriously.(Brief Article)
October 4, 2004... Staff Seattle-- M.A. Mortenson Co. and CH2M Hill Constructors Inc., the two contractors working on the Cedar Water Treatment Facility project, have joined King County's Construction Works recycling program. Construction Works provides...

ABC Joins Communications Partnership.(Associated Builders and Contractors Inc)(Brief Article)
October 4, 2004... Staff Washington, D.C.-- Associated Builders and Contractors recently signed a multiyear, communications services agreement with Sprint, a global, integrated communications provider serving more than 26 million customers. The...

EES Joins HDR Network.(Economic and Engineering Services Inc.)(Brief Article)
October 4, 2004... Staff Omaha, Neb.-- Washington-based consulting and engineering firm Economic and Engineering Services Inc. is joining HDR Inc., a national architecture-engineering-consulting firm based in Omaha. Financial terms of the agreement were not...

New Digs For Montana Dealers.
October 4, 2004... Story By Carl Molesworth Three Equipment Distributors Building New Facilities This Year This year, as always, Montana equipment dealers are playing a key role in their state's construction industry by providing sales, rentals and...

Mortenson Marks 50 Years.(Brief Article)
October 18, 2004... Staff Bellevue, Wash.-- M. A. Mortenson Company is celebrating its 50th year of operations in 2004. Founded in Minneapolis by M.A. Mortenson Sr. in 1954, the company has grown from its first project -- for the Paul Bunyan Bait Company...

PCI Honors Three Northwest Bridges.(Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute)(Brief Article)
October 18, 2004... Staff Chicago-- Three Northwest bridge projects were among 17 singled out by The Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute from around the country to receive PCI's 2004 Design Awards. The awards program, in its 42nd year, honored nine...

Industrial Urban Renewal Project Possible.(Brief Article)
October 18, 2004... Staff Portland-- The Portland Development Commission has proposed an urban renewal project on 696 acres of polluted industrial lands along the Willamette River to increase the amount of available industrial property in Portland. "This...

News Briefs.
October 18, 2004... Staff Bellevue, Wash. -- The Utility Contractors Association of Washington elected officers for 2004-2005 at its September membership meeting. The new UCAW officers are Dennis Molvik of Northwest Boring Co. Inc., president; Mark...

Machinery Row.(PapE[umlaut] Material Handling Inc.)
October 18, 2004... Staff Industry Watch Eugene, Ore. -- After 14 years of ownership by The PapE[umlaut] Group Inc., Hyster Sales Co. will change its name to PapE[umlaut] Material Handling, Inc. to reflect the company's broad selection of material...

Editor's Report.
October 18, 2004... By Carl Molesworth Act today! Time is running out! Don't miss this golden opportunity! Deal ends Dec. 31! Sound familiar? No, these aren't lines I culled from the latest batch of spam messages in my e-mail. And they aren't comeons...

New Look For Roche Harbor.
October 18, 2004... Story by Carl Molesworth Project Prepares Historic Resort in San Juan Islands For Future Development Not many people who visit Roche Harbor ever forget the place, a statement that was as true in the 19th century as it is today. Nestled...

Moving Freight FAST.(Freight Action STrategy)
October 18, 2004... Staff Major Project Improves Flow Of Traffic In Seattle's SODO District Traffic is flowing in and out of Seattle's busy SODO District with fewer delays and improved safety, thanks to a major construction project completed this year....