 With a reputation based on competitive pricing and technical ability, Monterey Peninsula Engineering (MPE) is prepared to earn more bids in the Northern California construction market, even during slow economic times, Vice President Peter Taormina says.
“In the economic downturn, we have been doing better than most in terms of maintaining an...
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 Its large inventory of equipment has helped Las Vegas Paving Corp. (LVPC) grow to more than $400 million in annual revenues. Claiming to be the leader in asphalt recycling, the Las Vegas-based firm has placed more than 30 million tons of asphalt – which equals to 40,000 miles of asphalt – ...
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 Though less than a month into its work on the nearly $42 million San Mateo I-40 Interchange realignment project, Albuquerque-based A.S. Horner Inc. is betting on a strong, successful finish. The company is adding one eastbound and one westbound lane, and additional auxiliary merging lanes spanning a mile and a ha...
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 Working on a public project such as the Nacimiento Water Project, which involves the construction of an 11-mile mainline pipe on the Salinas River in San Luis Obispo County to bring water to the Nacimiento Lake, can pose both political and professional challenges to the chosen contractor.
Yet the assignment’s long ho...
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 The projected increase in population in Colorado’s Douglas County in the near future has put increased pressure on residents and municipalities to curtail water usage for fear of a shortage, but conservation isn’t the only remedy to this potential problem.
As a result Parker Water & Sanitation District (PWSD) embarked on ...
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 After narrowing 12 applications down to four candidates, the Lake Tahoe Unified School District (LTUSD) Board of Education named Reno-based SMC Contracting the general contractor for its new $64.5 million bond measure to finance the renovation and construction of six district schools.
Passed in November 2008, “Measure G” is now providing th...
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 A relentless commitment to quality is the centerpiece of Progressive Roofing’s success. The Phoenix-based roofing contractor is one of seven companies owned by the Farrell family, a familiar name in the roofing industry that’s been steeped in tradition since Bill Farrell started A.W. Farrell & Son Inc. in Buffalo, N.Y., in...
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 Mark Leafstedt has long known the importance of evaluating buildings’ electric and mechanical systems to ensure the highest levels of efficiency, but when he started out, he felt alone in his endeavor. After graduating from Iowa State University, he began a career as a field engineer, working for the University of...
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 With more than 7 million square feet of data center construction under its belt, Holder Construction Co. says it’s a leader in the industry. “Whether building a new or upgrading an existing mission-critical data center facility, we have the kn...
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 Many markets within the construction industry are slow right now, but military construction is not one of them. The military market has been going strong for nearly two years, but the 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act provided the U.S. Department of Defense with $7 billion more in funds ...
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 HHI Corp. acknowledges there are many construction companies in business today, but says it is the only one that can give every project its full attention, treating each project as important.
“Each construction project is a stand-alone project,” Project Manager Aaron Smith says, who also performs business development duties for the co...
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 Many high-profile projects run into problems that cause delays that are out of a general contractor’s control, including weather issues, material or equipment shortages and manpower needs. But as JE Dunn progressed on The Spire project in Denver, the company had to deal with a new reality that might be mo...
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