Pacific Builder and Engineer articles from October 2005

Pacific Builder and Engineer archives from October 2005

Contract Awards Summary.
October 3, 2005... 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...

Idaho Overlay.
October 3, 2005... Story by Stephanie Worrell Recycling The Asphalt Base Is A Good Fit For Scenic Highway The average passerby might conclude that a giant rototiller was utilized in the first stage of last month's rehabilitation of a well-traveled...

Spokane Kids Get A Taste Of Construction.
October 3, 2005... Staff Spokane, Wash.- Few adults can say they have driven an excavator, built a wood project from scratch and made over a house, but for a group of Spokane area children it was all in a day's work. In an effort to introduce children to...

Collins Marks 150 Years In Business.
October 3, 2005... Staff Portland- The Collins Companies marked 150 years as a family-owned forest products business this summer. In honor of the occasion, a four-day celebration was held at Kane Hardwood in Kane, Pa., not far from where Truman Doud...

States Adopt New Electrical Code.(Brief Article)
October 3, 2005... Staff Three Northwest states are among jurisdictions throughout the United States that have adopted the 2005 edition of NFPA 70, National Electrical Code. Since the 50th edition of the code was issued by the National Fire Protection...

Briefs.(Parsons appoints Thomas A. Donovan )(Knife River Corp appoints Bill Schneider )(Obituary)
October 3, 2005... Staff Medford, Ore. - Rudolph John "Jack" Batzer , founder of Batzer Inc., died Aug. 20 of injuries suffered in a fall at his home. He was 89. Batzer started his construction career during World War II and formed his own company in...

Editor's Report.
October 17, 2005... By Carl Molesworth What is it about the gas tax that makes it such a juicy target for demagogues, short-sighted solons and various other rascals circulating in the foggy morass that we call politics? Last month I expressed...

A Thumb With Grip.
October 17, 2005... Story by Carl Molesworth New Design Allows Excavator Thumb To Rotate With The Bucket For Greater Productivity When it comes to versatility in construction equipment, it's hard to beat a hydraulic excavator, especially a hydraulic...

Idaho Farmers Discover HDPE.
October 17, 2005... By Drew L. Wilson Conservation-minded Farmers Replacing Water-Wasting Open-Ditch Irrigation Brian Shields pulls his truck to the side of a rural Idaho highway to fire up his Pocket PC, check his GPS and talk on his headset phone. He...

Big Price Rises Predicted.(in construction materials)(Brief Article)
October 17, 2005... Staff Washington, D.C.-- Discussing the impact of Hurricane Katrina on construction activity, materials and labor, Ken Simonson, chief economist for the Associated General Contractors of America, said in September he believes construction...

Briefs.(Roger Anderson and Van Hardy retires from GLY Construction Company Inc.)(National Association of Women in Construction honours two women)
October 17, 2005... Staff Grapevine, Texas -- Two women from the Pacific Northwest were honored when the National Association of Women in Construction celebrated its 50th Anniversary Convention in Grapevine, Texas, Sept. 7-10. Tamie K. Taylor , CDT, CIT,...

Industry Watch.(Safway Services Inc acquires scaffold assets)(Western States Cat expands its facilities)(Brief Article)
October 17, 2005... Staff Idaho Falls, Idaho -- Western States Cat is building a 10,000-square-foot addition at its Idaho Falls branch, which is located at 1200 Foote Dr. The $1.2-million project will expand the facility by 60 percent with the addition...

People.
October 17, 2005... Staff Eugene, Ore. -- Jack Haworth , formerly parts supervisor for Pape Machinery in Eugene, Ore., has been named service pricing guide/service systems coordinator. In his new position, Haworth will work closely with Pape Machinery's...

Oregon ProjectEarns National Honor.
October 17, 2005... Staff Jacksonville, Ore.-- The National Partnership for Highway Quality has announced that its 2005 State Award will go to the Oregon Department of Transportation, project leader Vivian Payne, and general contractor Johnny Cat for their...

Utility Contractors Move To New Office.
October 17, 2005... Staff Seattle-- After 26 years in Bellevue, Wash., the Utility Contractors Association of Washington has moved its headquarters to a new location in the Tukwila/Southcenter area. The new office is located at 635 Andover Park West,...

Nominations Due Soon For Recycling Awards.
October 17, 2005... Staff Wilsonville, Ore.-- The Oregon-Columbia chapter of Associated General Contractors, in partnership with Portland Metro, is accepting nominations for the 2005 AGC/Metro Construction Recycling Awards. The awards, to be presented at...

Golf Tourney's Proceeds Go To Candlelighters.
October 17, 2005... Staff Newcastle, Wash.-- Bellevue-based repair and restoration company RemcoDeacon has donated the proceeds of its third annual RemcoDeacon Charity Golf Tournament to Candlelighters Childhood Cancer Foundation of Puget Sound, a non-profit...

Contractor Supports ADA Cycling Event.
October 17, 2005... Staff Lake Oswego, Ore.-- Gray Purcell Inc. served as a sponsor of the 10th annual Summit to Surf cycling event, held on July 30. The bike routes ranged from an easy 10 miles to a challenging 100-mile circuit, finishing along the...

HDR To Help Design Barrow Hospital.
October 17, 2005... Staff Omaha, Neb.-- HDR, a national architectural, engineering and consulting firm, was recently selected to provide hospital architect services for a replacement hospital in Barrow, Alaska, the northernmost community in North America. ...

OSU Teams Shine At PCI's Big Beam Competition.(Oregon State University)(Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute)(Brief Article)
October 17, 2005... Staff Corvallis, Ore.-- Engineering students at the Oregon State University won second place in the 2005 "Big Beam" national competition sponsored annually by the Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute. Team No. 2 from OSU, which took...

Otak Opens New Office in Yakima.(Otak Inc.,)(Brief Article)
October 17, 2005... Staff Yakima, Wash.-- Otak Inc., a planning, design and engineering firm based in Portland, opened an office in Yakima in August. The new office will enable Otak to better serve its growing client base in central and eastern Washington....

Under Control.
October 17, 2005... Story by Carl Molesworth Demonstration Illustrates Uses and Advantages of GPS and Laser Controls Contractors in the Seattle area had a chance to get up close and personal with Caterpillar's Accugrade GPS and laser control systems for...