Pacific Builder and Engineer articles from October 2008

Pacific Builder and Engineer archives from October 2008

Briefs.
October 6, 2008... Staff Skanska Awards Two Scholarships Seattle - Skanska USA Building Inc. has awarded $3,000 academic scholarships to two University of Washington students, Tristie Tajima and Brett Valicoff, as part of the Skanska Scholars program for...

Industry Watch.
October 6, 2008... Staff Portland - Deere & Company will enhance its parts service capabilities in the U.S. and Canada by investing in capacity expansions at Deere's primary parts distribution center in Milan, IL, and three additional locations in the...

New Products.
October 6, 2008... Staff Los Angeles - Continental Crane Co. has been appointed the exclusive West Coast distributor for Kobelco Cranes. Continental Crane Co. represents the Japanese manufacturer of crawler cranes in the states of California, Oregon and...

People.
October 6, 2008... Staff Redmond, WA - Genie Industries' sales manager Scott Owyen has been awarded a Silver Communicator Award in the audio category of Inspirational Recording with special achievement noted for the Production of Original Music. Owyen...

Sound Transit Expansion on Ballot.
October 6, 2008... Staff Seattle - The Sound Transit Board has unanimously approved placing a 15-year mass transit package on the November ballot in the Central Puget Sound area. If voters in King, Pierce and Snohomish counties approve, the plan will...

Oregon Bridge Wins PCA Award.
October 6, 2008... Staff Redmond, OR -Nine winners have been named in Portland Cement Association's 11th Biennial Bridge Awards Competition. The competition, instituted in 1988, recognizes excellence in design and construction of concrete bridges. This...

Dewatering Project Completed in Spanaway.
October 6, 2008... Staff Federal Way, WA - DBM Contractors Inc. has completed a $300,000 dewatering project in Spanaway, WA, at the Holland Glen Lift Station. The project consists of 30 wells, each with a 36-inch diameter at an average depth of 28 feet....

Demolition Completed over I-405.
October 6, 2008... Staff Bellevue, WA - The Washington State Department of Transportation and Atkinson Construction, with its subcontractors, completed the demolition of the Wilburton Tunnel over Interstate 405 in Bellevue with just two August weekend...

Paving Picks Up in Seattle.
October 6, 2008... Story and Photos by Carl Molesworth SDOT Avoids Volatility in the Asphalt Market by Bidding Projects Early This Year As a very busy road construction season nears its end in Seattle, city officials are calling 2008 the biggest year yet...

Team Effort Overcomes Conditions.
October 6, 2008... By Amber Reed and Camille Wolfe Project Replaces Wetlands Disturbed By Oregon Road Construction Constructing a wetland near a river is tough, muddy work - especially during the winter. That's why harsh conditions were a top...

Skanska Expands Leadership in Seattle with Promotions.
October 20, 2008... Staff Seattle- Skanska USA Building Inc. has announced the promotion of three employees in the company's Seattle office. Dave Harrison was promoted to senior vice president. Harrison's 24 years with Skanska includes work on a multitude...

Industry Watch.
October 20, 2008... Staff Portland - On Sept. 17, Shanxi ChangfengWearparts Co. Ltd. celebrated its 10-year joint venture with Portland-based ESCO Corp. and Taiyuan Heavy Machinery Group Co. of the People's Republic of China. SCW employs approximately...

'Floor Pour' at Kent Events Center.
October 20, 2008... Staff Kent, WA- Aug. 26 marked the next major milestone for the Kent Events Center as the concrete was poured to form the ice rink floor. The extensive process began at 6 a.m. and lasted more than 12 hours. The 17,000-square-foot...

ODOT Chooses Traffic Controller Software.
October 20, 2008... Staff Tualatin, OR- The Oregon Department of Transportation has selected the latest version of Voyage traffic controller software from Northwest Signal Supply Inc. for a three-year statewide implementation. The software provides...

Duwamish Longhouse Project Boosted.
October 20, 2008... Staff Seattle- A tribal longhouse under construction in Seattle by the Duwamish tribe got an important boost recently when The Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community of Prior Lake, MN, announced a matching donation of $60,000 to the Duwamish...

CM/GC Chosen for Rental Car Facility.
October 20, 2008... Staff Seattle- Turner Construction Co. has been selected by the Port of Seattle to provide general contracting and construction management services for the $224-million Consolidated Rental Car Facility at Seattle-Tacoma (Sea-Tac)...

Firm Expands to Southern California.
October 20, 2008... Staff Seattle- Shannon & Wilson, a Seattle-based geotechnical and environmental firm, has acquired Van Beveren & Butelo, a Los Angeles geotechnical engineering company. The acquisition expands Shannon & Wilson's geographic reach into...

BSU Student Chapter Honored for Service by AGC.
October 20, 2008... Staff Boise- The Associated General Contractors of America has recognized the AGC student chapter at Boise State University for dedication to community service and public service projects. AGC student chapters encourage and support...

Nature Inspires Engineering Series.
October 20, 2008... Staff Seattle- This fall, the University of Washington College of Engineering and the UW Alumni Association will present "Engineering Inspired by Nature: Robots, Greener Energy & Nanotech Systems," a series of three lectures that examine...

Ferworn To Lead Northwest Cascade Office.
October 20, 2008... Staff Portland- Northwest Cascade has hired Dave Ferworn to open an office in Portland for its geotechnical construction division. Ferworn, who has 25 years of experience in the field, will be developing business in the Portland metro...

PB Adds Six in Seattle Office.
October 20, 2008... Staff Seattle- Parsons Brinckerhoff (PB) has expanded its technical staff in Seattle with the hiring of Rick Browning , Frank Nelson , Kenneth Loen , James Eoff , Elaine Kuehn , and Pang Yen Lin . A supervising architect, Browning has...

CH2M Hill Co-Founder Passes Away.
October 20, 2008... Staff Corvallis, OR- A co-founder of engineering firm CH2M Hill, Jim Howland , died Aug. 28 at the age of 92. Howland, along with partners Burke Hayes , Holly Cornell and Fred Merryfield , founded the firm in 1946 and served as...

Isenhart Joins Tiger Construction.
October 20, 2008... Staff Everson, WA- Tiger Construction recently hired Derek Isenhart as a project manager. A former employee of the Denver Water Department and Parametrix, Isenhart holds a master's degree in civil engineering from Colorado State...

Mayes Testing Promotes Two.
October 20, 2008... Staff Lynnwood, WA- Mayes Testing Engineers recently announced two promotions. Dale Yoder , formerly laboratory manager in the Lynnwood office, was named laboratory technical director. He has more than 30 years of testing experience...

Beltramo Promoted at Rosendin Electric.
October 20, 2008... Staff San Jose, CA- Rosendin Electric has promoted Larry Beltramo to the position of president and chief operating officer. Beltramo will be assuming the duties of president from Tom Sorley , who will remain chief executive officer and...

People.
October 20, 2008... Staff Morris, MN-Superior Industries, a manufacturer of conveyor systems and components, has appointed Billy Berg as the new conveyor components territory manager throughout the Rocky Mountain and Northwest states. Berg joins existing...

New Products.
October 20, 2008... Staff Redmond, WA- The new Genie GRC-12 Runabout Contractor is designed for indoor construction sites where contractors are installing and repairing drywall, electrical, HVAC, and more. The GRC-12 is engineered with a steel platform...

Trust Fund Patch Just the First Step.
October 20, 2008... By Carl Molesworth I'm writing this on the morning of Sept. 18, during a week when the Dow Jones industrial average has lost something like 1,000 points. These are scary times for Americans. Fortunately, the prospects for stability in...

Fast Track for Commuters.
October 20, 2008... Story by Gene Storm Anchorage Interchange Project Eliminates Traffic Bottleneck Bottlenecks are an anathema to traffic engineers and commuters alike. A major Anchorage bottleneck on a route that sees upwards of 50,000 trips per day is...

Meeting the Challenge.
October 20, 2008... Story courtesy of Case Construction Equipment. Rapid Growth Fuels Construction in Idaho's Teton Valley West of Wyoming's famous Teton Mountains, the land drops to form the Teton Valley of eastern Idaho. This spacious basin is home to...