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Fri August 27, 2010

Coble’s SBH Slide-Rail System Provides Necessary Protection on Small Job Site

Coble Trench Safety shoring specialist Mike Kavanaugh was installing a pH balancing tank for O’Donnell Construction Co. The tank would keep the company’s products from entering the sanitary sewer without lowering the pH....

Greg Ehm - Wed September 16, 2009

Laclede Gas Discovers New Method for Cathodic Protection

Dean Pieper, Ron Adler and Dave Biggs collectively have been involved in the natural gas utility business for 63 years and have seen a number of changes in the industry. They are part of the construction and maintenance department responsible for the installation and maintenance of more than 1,800 mi....

Fri January 23, 2009

Jindal: $195M for Terrebonne Hurricane Protection

HOUMA, La. (AP) Gov. Bobby Jindal marked his one-year anniversary in office Jan. 14 by announcing the state will use $101 million in hurricane protection money for a long-awaited levee project in Terrebonne Parish....

Sat November 08, 2008

Trailer-Mounted Attenuators Protect Workers, Motorists

Barrier Systems’s U-MAD Trailer TMA units protect errant motorists who impact slow moving or stationary shadow vehicles, thus improving safety for the motorist, the support vehicle operator and shielded highway workers....

Thu June 12, 2008

Caltrans Receives Green California Leadership Award for Protect Recycle

Caltrans received the Green California Leadership Award for Project Recycle, an innovative solution to divert litter from landfills and increase recycling in the Adopt-A-Highway program. Green California Leadership Awards are given to state and local governments to acknowledge outstanding achievements in environmental sustainability....

Mon April 07, 2008

Iron Assists in Arkansas Flood Protection Effort

LITTLE ROCK (AP) Workers installed barriers used to stop insurgents’ bullets in Iraq to hold back water from a leaky levee along the swollen Black River, as more rain fell across an already soaked Arkansas....

Sat September 01, 2007

Caltrans Submits Plan to Protect $3B in DBE Funds

In order to protect $3 billion in federal transportation funding and in response to the findings of a recent Disparity Study, the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) Aug. 1 submitted a plan to the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) to ensure California’s compliance in federal Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) Program guidelines....

Mon April 23, 2007

$255M Allocated to Louisiana for Coastal Protection Projects

NEW ORLEANS (AP) Louisiana will get $127.5 million from the U.S. Department of Interior this year and in 2008 to be used for coastal protection and restoration in relation to offshore energy exploration, members of Louisiana’s congressional delegation said April 16....

Tue November 21, 2006

Hurricane Protection Plan Would Alter Louisiana Coastline

NEW ORLEANS (AP) _ A multi-billion dollar proposal state officials have drafted to protect New Orleans and other south Louisiana communities from hurricanes while rebuilding coastal wetlands would dramatically change the shape of the state’s coastline....

Wed September 27, 2006

Pete’s Trucking and Demolition Repairs Protective Berm

A small crew from Pete’s Trucking and Demolition were called to Boca Raton, FL, this summer to repair damage caused last year during Hurricane Wilma. The Plantation, FL-based company brought its Kawasaki 80ZV wheel loader and a Komatsu D39 bulldozer to build a 6-ft....