The soaring cost of maintenance is prompting ship owners to adopt the RISE Extender Frame that can be retrofitted onto cable and pipe transits on ships and offshore installations. The extender frames were designed for the purpose of upgrading existing conventional conduit systems to the RISE system. The frames not only make it easier to remove or add cables and thus reduce maintenance costs, but also instantly double the usable space inside any block system transit frame.
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“When the going gets tough, the tough get going”, that seems to be the slogan of Beele Engineering when it comes to offering gas and watertight sealing solutions. More than 35 years ago the company started with gastight penetrations for utility pipes, preventing gas explosions due to leaking gas inlets. The latest specialist sealing concerns the immersion tunnel near the South-Korean city of Busan that is being immersed by Mergor, a subsidiary of Strukton. The deepest element of this tunnel was placed recently at a depth of 50 metres.
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NEW YORK—February 4, 2010— ABLE Equipment Rental, Inc. has been retained for a series of projects at New York area hospitals to ensure that these facilities are continually equipped with backup power sources, even if their main source malfunctions. ABLE has provided back-up generators a several major New York hospitals, including Kings County, Jacobi and Elmhurst Hospitals.
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Muskegon, MI - SnoKontrol has announced a new expanding rear snow plow. This rear plow can expand from about 8 and 1/2 feet when closed to an whopping full 16 feet wide.
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ABLE Rigging Contractors (ABLE) is proud to announce their association with CONSTRUCTION INTERVENTION, an all-new Discovery Channel series.
CONSTRUCTION INTERVENTION follows Charlie Frattini, New York Construction Extraordinaire, and his trusted team of contractors and designers as they find businesses who are in danger of failing due to botched, delayed, or impossible construction jobs and rescue them from their construction woes.
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North Liberty, Iowa – 24 June 2009 – Collective Data Inc., a leading provider of fleet operations management software, announced today the release of collectiveFleet, a product that combines their fleet management software with the mobility of the multifunctional Motion Tablet PC that includes a digital camera, barcode scanner, and optional mobile broadband.
“Clients were looking for more mobility options,” said Rob Kinney, Vice President of Sales and New Product Development for Collective Data. “Data is everywhere and they need to capture it. Clients and potential customers are excited to have such an easy yet reliable way to collect data out in the field.”
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D.C. General Contractors, Casablanca Construction Co. and Hanco Corp. are 3 of the companies bidding on the job that are located in Hattiesburg.
Hanco Corp. provided the lowest bid at $2.8 million, while Commercial Contracting Corp. of Michigan had the highest bid at $3.6 million.
A unique training facility features curriculum designed to meet the demand for GPS training in construction and agriculture industries.
Machine Control Technology Inc. (MCT) has opened its doors in Meeker, Oklahoma and is now accepting students for upcoming courses in 2D and 3D automated machine control. MCT, the premier GPS training facility in the United States offers multiple levels of construction training for every phase of the site.
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LANSING – State Representative Robert Dean (D-Grand Rapids) today announced that an aggressive plan to immediately create jobs for Michigan residents is moving forward, and now heads to the House floor for a vote. The “Hire Michigan First” plan will ensure that Michigan residents get the first crack at jobs created by companies benefiting from state economic development programs or tax breaks. The plan will also crack down on companies that hire undocumented workers by canceling their state contracts and tax incentives.
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