Related Links: Historic Resource Study: Includes Construction of Minidoka Camp BSU CM Minidoka Guard Tower project blog NPS Minidoka site Construction management students at Boise State University gained some real-world experience in completing a design-build project for the National Park Service at a former World War II Japanese-American internment camp that now is a national historic site in Jerome County, Idaho.The pleased owner now may rehire the team for other possible facility projects at the former Minidoka "relocation center," whose quickly built structures once held up to 12,000 mostly U.S. citizens from 1942 to 1945.The 33,000-acre camp, one of the
Courtesy of Nevada DOT Project NEON is set to improve a stretch of Las Vegas highway that is currently the state's busiest, with traffic expected to double by 2030. Related Links: Virginia Will Build Tunnel as Design-Build After Rejecting Unsolicited Public-Private Proposal Nevada To Try P3 for Massive Neon Highway Project Nevada's Transportation Dept., which scrapped plans to use a public-private partnership (P3) approach for a massive and costly upgrade to a congested section of Interstate 15 in downtown Las Vegas, is turning to bond markets for financing. Higher interest rates, rising finance costs and increasing operation and maintenance expenses
Effective on Jan. 1, Skanska AB will elevate Richard Cavallaro to corporate executive vice president, president and CEO of Skanska USA, the Sweden-based contractor’s U.S. construction operations, which includes its Skanska USA Building and Skanska USA Civil units, the firm said on Aug. 19. He will succeed Michael McNally, who is retiring. Cavallaro now is president and CEO of the civil construction company. Set to succeed him is Michael Cobelli, who now is the unit’s chief operating officer.McDermott International Inc. has hired Stuart Spence executive vice president and chief financial officer following the departure of Perry L. Elders, from the
Photo by Tony Illia for ENR Flaking antimicrobial coating, which was possibly misapplied, has required project rework and a delay. Related Links: New Perch Being Readied for McCarran's Air Traffic Controllers McCarran Prepped for $2.4B Terminal 3 Grand Opening The nation's second-tallest federal air-traffic control tower, under construction at McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas, faces at least a one-year delay after an antimicrobial coating, which may have been improperly applied, flaked off from ductwork and became airborne. Project participants are staying mum about the problem and its origin, but legal observers speculate that corrective repairs could be expensive and
Courtesy Tony Illia The new control tower at McCarran Airport in Las Vegas, Nev., looks to be delayed for one-year due to "construction issues," according to the FAA. The new 352-ft.-tall federal air traffic control tower at McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas faces at least a one-year delay for repairs after an antimicrobial coating flaked from ductwork and became airborne, say project officials.A spray chemical was applied to dry building walls, ducts and subfloors, curbing a potentially toxic black mold called stachybotrys chartarum, which previously shutdown local buildings in the 1990s and 2000s. When the coating was placed in
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Garney Holding Garney Holding Co. (No. 23) crew pumps concrete for a water reservoir project in Centennial, Colo. for Denver Water. The project, designed by Brown & Caldwell (No. 36), is set to finish in 2015. Related Links: The 2014 Top 200 Environmental Firms-List and Market Analyses (ENR subscription only) Top 200 Environmental Firms 2014: Weeks Marine Finds Green Niches Collapse of Contractor Lakeshore TolTest Corp. Leaves a Messy Trail Spurred by the accelerating need for environmental services in the oil-and-gas boom and growth overseas, the Top 200 Environmental Firms, as a whole, managed to hike their revenue nearly 4%,
CavallaroEffective on Jan. 1, Skanska AB has named Richard Cavallaro corporate executive vice president and president and CEO of Skanska USA, the Sweden-based contractor's U.S. construction operations, which includes its Skanska USA Building and Skanska USA Civil units. He will succeed Michael McNally, who is retiring from the company. Cavallaro currently is president and CEO of the civil construction company. Set to succeed him in those roles is Michael Cobelli, who now is the unit's chief operating officer. Wier & Associates, Arlington, Texas, has elevated Carlo Silvestri to president. A principal of the engineering firm since 2004, he joined in
Related Links: Collapse of Contractor Lakeshore TolTest Corp. Leaves a Messy Trail Truland Group Units File For Bankruptcy Protection Michigan Contractor Lamar Construction Discontinues Operations, Terminating 180 Jobs Three prominent national contractors—Lakeshore TolTest Corp., Truland Group and Lamar Construction Co.—each has left a tangled mess for creditors, employees and clients in recent bankruptcy liquidation filings.Unlike a Chapter 11 filing under the federal bankruptcy code, where a company seeks to discharge debts but continue operations, Chapter 7 involves a sudden shutdown and sell-off of company assets. The collateral damage can be considerable."Non-dischargeable debts under Chapter 7 include sales taxes, employee withholdings
