David S. Chartock - Fri July 07, 2006
Unexpected Groundwater Causes Stir at Pump Station
Project challenges can always be overcome. But, sometimes there are surprises that test the mettle of a team’s quickness to respond. One of these surprises occurred at the $17.5 million pump station No....
David Recht - Tue June 13, 2006
Landmark Tower Vanishes from Fort Worth Skyline
Fort Worth’s Landmark Tower, for years an icon of the Fort Worth skyline, was razed this spring in the heart of downtown. The 50-year-old building was a relic of a bygone day, and brought a crowd to downtown on a bleary March morning amongst the Fort Worth skyscrapers....
Brian Kern - Mon June 05, 2006
Sound Barriers Added to Sawgrass Expressway
Concrete noise wall panels are being lowered and locked into place between H-post after H-post along an approximately 7-mi. stretch of Southwest Florida’s Sawgrass Expressway. The Sawgrass, a section of the 312-mi....
Tue May 09, 2006
Saluda Dam Project Earns American Society of Civil Engineer’s Award
After setting a North American record for the most roller compacted concrete placed in a single day —18,590 cu. yds. — Columbia, SC’s Saluda Dam Remediation Project has been honored with the American Society of Civil Engineers’ (ASCE) 2006 Outstanding Civil Engineering Achievement (OCEA) award....
Wed April 12, 2006
Pillowtex Demolition Ranks Among Largest Implosions
KANNAPOLIS, NC (AP) In less than half a minute, two former Pillowtex textile plants covering more than 1 million sq. ft. crashed to the ground March 24 in a cloud of dust to make way for a new biotechnology hub....
Wed March 08, 2006
Bruce Griffin Joins Folcomer Equipment as New Salesman
Folcomer Equipment Corporation has hired Bruce Griffin as salesman for its Frederick, MD, store. Griffin will be responsible for the sales territory of Frederick and Carroll counties in Maryland. Griffin comes to Folcomer Equipment Corporation with extensive construction equipment sales experience....
Wed March 01, 2006
Textile Plant Demolition Becomes Huge Recycling Effort
KANNAPOLIS, NC (AP) Demolition of the massive Pillowtex Corp. textile plant is giving new life to more than just the former job site. As workers of the D.H. Griffin Wrecking Co. of Greensboro knock down the century-old plant to make room for the $1-billion North Carolina Research Campus, they salvage building materials — brick, wood and steel — with the promise of use elsewhere....
Mon January 16, 2006
Poster Contest Winners Stress Safe Work Zones
Highway construction workers throughout North Carolina can be assured that at least a few kids throughout the state are aware of the dangers of their job. A dozen students were honored by the North Carolina Department of Transportation for their entries in the 2005 Work Zone Safety Poster Contest, which were chosen from more than 1,000 entries received from school-aged children across the state....
Thu October 06, 2005
New Twin WR 2000 Stabilizers Work Texas LNG Site
Two of the first WR 2000 soil stabilizers in North America are working at the site of a massive liquid natural gas (LNG) receiving terminal south of Houston on the Texas Gulf Coast. Zachry Construction Corporation is using the Wirtgen WR 2000s to lime-stabilize the site of the $600-million LNG facility, first to be constructed in the United States in more than 20 years....
Thu September 01, 2005
D.H. Griffin Tears Down Century-Old Pillowtex Plant
KANNAPOLIS, NC (AP) Billionaire David Murdock’s redevelopment of the former Pillowtex property became visible to the public Aug. 16 when the demolition of the century-old Plant No. 1 began. At 5.8-million-sq.-ft....
