Western Builder back issues from April 2008:
Doosan Infracore Portable Power Renames Truck-Related Products.(Truck-Mounted Equipment)(Brief article)
Apr 07, 2008 ... Staff Doosan Infracore Portable Power has renamed its truck-related power products from "Onboard Power Solutions" to "Truck-Mounted Equipment." Doosan says the new name better reflects the products being an integral part of service trucks for utility, maintenance and ...
"Ground Support" Is New Brand For JLG Services.
Apr 07, 2008 ... Staff JLG Industries, Inc., an Oshkosh Corporation company, has made Ground Support the new umbrella brand for its full range of services, including parts, training, used-equipment sales, reconditioning, repair and maintenance, financing, and technical support. JLG ...
Grainger Completes Largest Product Expansion In Company History.(Brief article)
Apr 07, 2008 ... Staff Leading facility-maintenance-product supplier Grainger has released its 2008 catalog featuring more than 183,000 facility-maintenance products. The new catalog includes 44,000 more items than last year, the largest expansion in company history. Customer ...
Custom Equipment Has New Distributor In Western U.S.(Brief article)
Apr 07, 2008 ... Staff Custom Equipment, Inc., Richfield, Wis., has formed a distributor relationship with Las Vegas-based Ahern Rentals Inc. to provide rental, retail sales and service coverage for Custom Equipment's Hy-Brid aerial platforms throughout 11 states in the Western U.S. Ahern ...
Tweet/Garot Promotes Withbroe To COO.
Apr 07, 2008 ... Staff Tweet/Garot Mechanical, Inc., Green Bay, Wis., has promoted Raymond Withbroe to chief operating officer. Withbroe was most recently vice president of Tweet/Garot's industrial division. He has served the company in numerous other management positions since 1977. ...
Miron Names Dan Voss VP, Business Development, Of Northern Operations.
Apr 07, 2008 ... Staff Miron Construction Co., Inc., Neenah, Wis., recently named Dan Voss as vice president, business development, for its northern operations. Voss will direct the development of strategic alliances with clients, business partners and industry associations. ...
Bayer Is Miron's New BIM Specialist.(Brief article)
Apr 07, 2008 ... Staff Miron Construction Co., Inc., Neenah, Wis., has hired Dan Bayer as its new BIM (Building Information Modeling) specialist. His 12 years of extensive industry experience includes implementing and teaching BIM technologies in organizations nationwide. ...
Coleman Engineering Announces Sprague Graduation.(Brief article)
Apr 07, 2008 ... Staff Coleman Engineering Co., Iron Mountain, Mich., has announced that employee Marc Sprague recently graduated from Michigan Technological University with a bachelor's degree in surveying, earned through the university's distance learning program. Additionally, ...
McNeilly Joins R.A. Smith 's Transportation Division.
Apr 07, 2008 ... Staff Heather McNeilly has joined R.A. Smith & Associates, Inc. - civil engineering, planning, surveying, landscape architecture, GIS and 3-D visualization consultants - Brookfield, Wis., as a civil engineer in the transportation ...
Landscaper Grows Long-Term Customers.(Growth of MJB Services)(Editorial)
Apr 07, 2008; ... By Mike Larson, Editor Skill, range of services, and focus on customers helps MJB thrive for 20 years. MJB Services, Elkhorn, Wis., has built a thriving landscape-services business in southeastern Wisconsin by skillfully attending to its customers' needs and by ...
CONEXtra: More From The Wisconsin/Northern Illinois Trade Show.
Apr 07, 2008 ... Story by Mike Larson, Editor The Wisconsin/Northern Illinois CONEX show, held in Milwaukee at the end of January, offered tons - literally - of new or improved construction-industry products this year. They ranged from hand tools to power tools, mowers, mini-trenchers ...
Vermeer-Wisconsin HDD Seminar Delivers Valuable Information.
Apr 07, 2008 ... Story by Mike Larson, Editor Seminar about directional drilling definitely not boring. About 60 directional drilling professionals from across Wisconsin and Upper Michigan attended the HDD seminar put on by Vermeer-Wisconsin just west of Milwaukee at the Country ...
WisDOT Posts Seasonal Weight Restrictions For North-Central Highways.
Apr 14, 2008 ... Staff The Wisconsin Department of Transportation's (WisDOT) North-Central office has posted seasonal weight limits on state highways in its region. The restrictions are 6 tons gross load for single-axle vehicles and 10 tons gross load for tandem-axle vehicles (any ...
Skid-Steer Loaders Still No. 1 Theft Target.
Apr 14, 2008 ... Staff A recent study by LoJack Corp., Westwood, Mass., shows that construction-equipment thefts cost construction companies up to $1 billion per year in lost assets, and the costs are still growing. The study, which analyzed LoJack stolen-vehicle recovery reports for ...
Construction Faces Tumultuous Year, Says AGC Economist.
Apr 14, 2008 ... Staff Nonresidential construction will experience wide variance in demand, materials cost and labor availability, according to the Construction Inflation Alert released recently by the Associated General Contractors of America (AGC). In the report, AGC Chief ...
Ready-Mixed Concrete Association Holds Convention.
Apr 14, 2008 ... Staff The Wisconsin Ready-Mixed Concrete Association's 2008 convention included education, networking and a simulated radio show. Phill Domask claimed concrete is not a commodity; Dave Gorwitz discussed collection issues in the industry; Penny Giles focused on the ...
Civil Engineers Extend Time For Grouting Comments.
Apr 14, 2008 ... Staff The American Society of Civil Engineers' Geo-Institute (ASCE/G-I) has extended the public comment period on its new compaction grouting guideline until May 7, 2008. Working with the belief that compaction grouting is a reliable methodology for improving the ...
R.A. Smith And National Survey & Engineering Become R.A. Smith National, Inc.
Apr 14, 2008 ... Staff R.A. Smith & Associates, Inc. and its National Survey & Engineering division, both of Brookfield, Wis., have been renamed R.A. Smith National, Inc. The name change brings together R.A. Smith & Associates, which serves state and local government, and its ...
PCA Report: Recovery Will Begin in 2010.
Apr 21, 2008 ... Staff U.S. construction activity and cement consumption will experience significant declines this year, according to a recent PCA economic research report. Portland cement consumption is expected to drop 10 percent in 2008, followed by an additional 3.6 percent in ...
Electric Generator Safety Tips.(Brief article)
Apr 21, 2008 ... Staff The Upper Peninsula Power Company (UPPCO) is offering these tips for safe operation of portable electric generators: The generator should be the correct size, with a slightly larger output than the power needed to operate all the equipment connected to it ....
AB & J Contributes To United Flight 93 Memorials.(Brief article)
Apr 21, 2008 ... Staff Michels Corp., Brownsville, Wis., donated 40 6-foot-tall pieces of Wisconsin Red Granite that form the center pieces of the first memorial paying tribute to the 40 passengers and crew members killed when United Flight 93 crashed in a Pennsylvania field during the terrorist ...
BASF Revises Website, Offers New Asphalt Brochure.
Apr 21, 2008 ... Staff BASF has launched new communication materials about the use of latex to enhance the performance of pavement-preservation systems and conventional hot-mix and warm-mix asphalt ...
Wisconsin's Sondergard Elected To Board Of CSDA.
Apr 21, 2008 ... Staff Jack Sondergard, of Central Concrete Cutting, Inc., Edgar, Wis., was among the board members elected by ...
R.A. Smith National Announces Promotions And Registrations.
Apr 21, 2008 ... Staff R.A. Smith National, Inc., Brookfield, Wis., has announced several employee promotions and professional registrations. Thomas Bock , land development services division, has been promoted from project manager to senior project manager. He has more than 12 years ...
Unique New Graphics for Roman Electric Service Trucks.(Brief article)
Apr 21, 2008 ... Staff Milwaukee electrical contractor Roman Electric Co., Inc. is redesigning the graphics on its large fleet of service trucks to include huge, individual photos of working electricians. Roman has redone three trucks and is working on 10 more to be completed in a couple of ...
Editor's Report.
Apr 21, 2008 ... By Mike Larson Good Samaritans On The Way To Conexpo While I was flying from Milwaukee to Las Vegas to attend the Conexpo trade show in March, I had a medical emergency during the flight. Although it was an experience I would not want to repeat, it ...
Madison's Magnificent University Square.
Apr 21, 2008; ... Story by Mike Larson, Editor Impressive $190-million mixed-use project moving ahead, on schedule. It is the largest mixed-use project in Madison, Wis., history - a 1.1-million-square-foot facility that combines retail space, housing, University of Wisconsin offices, ...
Laborer Training Center Builds Skills.
Apr 21, 2008; ... Story by Mike Larson, Editor Labor Union's 50,000-square-foot facility near Madison trains apprentices and journeymen from across state. One of the construction industry's greatest and most-discussed current challenges is how to recruit, train and continually develop ...
Miller-Bradford Excavator Competition May 2 In Negaunee.
Apr 28, 2008 ... Staff Case equipment distributor Miller-Bradford & Risberg will hold the first annual MBR Case Challenge competition on Friday, May 2, from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. at its facility at 75 US Hwy 41, Negaunee, Mich. Excavator operators will be able to compete in a skill ...
EPA To Award $5 million To Midwest Clean-Diesel Projects.
Apr 28, 2008 ... Staff U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 5's Midwest Clean Diesel Initiative expects to award some $5 million in grants for diesel-emission reduction projects in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin. Project proposals will be accepted ...
SRW Professionals Can Now Join NMCA.
Apr 28, 2008 ... Staff The National Concrete Masonry Association (NCMA), a global trade association representing the concrete masonry and hardscape industry, has created new membership categories for segmental retaining wall (SRW) contractors and installers. NMCA says that there are ...
Case Rodeo Series Champion.
Apr 28, 2008 ... Staff Nick Market of Windsor, Ont., Canada, beat four other finalists to earn the title of Case Rodeo Series North American Champion. Along with the title, Market won the grand prize - a 50th Anniversary limited-edition Case 580 Super M Series 2 loader/backhoe valued ...
UW-Stout Team Wins In ABC National Contest.
Apr 28, 2008 ... Staff A team from the University of Wisconsin-Stout, Menomonie, Wis., was one of just four teams honored by the Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) in a recent nationwide student essay contest. The competition, held by the ABC's educational affiliate, the ...
ESM Names Smith Engineer Of The Year.(2007 Engineer of the Year Award to Richard Smith)(Brief article)
Apr 28, 2008 ... Staff Richard Smith, president and owner of R. A. Smith National, has received the 2007 Engineer of the Year Award from Engineers & Scientists of Milwaukee (ESM). The ESM Engineer of the Year award is presented to an outstanding contributor to the engineering ...
Krueger Construction Earns DKI Rookie Award.
Apr 28, 2008 ... Staff Disaster Kleenup International, Inc. (DKI), Wood Dale, Ill., the largest disaster restoration contracting organization in North America, has bestowed its 2007 Rookie Award on Carl Krueger Construction, of Milwaukee, Wis. The annual DKI Rookie Award recognizes a ...
Laird Retires, Pignolet Now President Of Wildeck.(Wildeck, Inc.)(Brief article)
Apr 28, 2008 ... Staff Wildeck, Inc., Waukesha, Wis., a leading manufacturer of mezzanines, materiallifts and safety-guarding products, has completed strategic management changes that reflect the company's continuing growth. In March, former President Ralph Laird retired after 29 ...
Gille Named Wausau Architectural Services Manager.
Apr 28, 2008 ... Staff Wausau Window and Wall Systems, Wausau, Wis., has named Steve Gille as architectural services manager. Gille's new role involves educating and assisting the architectural community, general contractors and construction managers, as well as other Wausau ...