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Roadbuilding

PHOTOS: Idaho Transportation Department’s first design-build project wins engineering excellence award

An Idaho Transportation Department (ITD) project completed last year has received an engineering excellence award. The agency announced Tuesday that the reconstruction of Idaho 44 from Linder Road to Ballantyne Lane — its first design-build project — won an award from the American Council of Engineering Companies of Idaho at their Engineering Excellence awards luncheon […]

April 30, 2014

Roadbuilding

Weirdest U.S. Driving Laws

Don’t run red lights or stop signs. Stay on your side if there are double lines. These are all laws we know and hopefully abide by – but what about these crazy rules? Many states have outlawed texting while driving. But California has taken it a step further and made touching your map app while […]

September 2, 2013

Technology

Boise State construction management students required to use iPads as tablets become more commonplace on jobsites

Casey Cline, a professor at Boise State University who teaches construction management, calls iPads “essential” to “the new way” of managing projects on the jobsite these days. That’s why, according to a report from the Associated Press, he’s requiring freshman students in his class to use iPads. Before they graduate, Cline wants his students to know […]

August 6, 2013

Roadbuilding

Doosan Portable Power names Contractor’s Equipment Supply as dealer

Doosan Portable Power has named Contractor’s Equipment Supply (CESCO) as an authorized dealer. Headquartered in Meridian, Idaho, CESCO has three locations throughout Idaho–Meridian, McCall and Jerome–and serves customers in southern Idaho and Malheur County, Oregon. The company serves several markets, including residential and commercial building, state and local municipalities, underground site development and more. CESCO […]

May 15, 2013

Roadbuilding

And the Idaho road you drove in on

Idaho will now let extra-heavy trucks roam the state’s non-freeway routes. State Governor Otter has signed legislation approving the monster trucks, according to The Spokesman-Review. He’s tossed a couple of caveats into the decisions, but nevertheless trucks closing in on 130,000 pounds can now use roads beyond their previously designated routes. As you might expect, […]

April 3, 2013

Roadbuilding

Construction firms plan to hire, not cut, workers

More construction firms are planning to hire workers this year than are planning to make layoffs, according to a survey released by the Associated General Contractors of America and Navigant. While 55 percent of firms laid off staff and only 20 percent of firms added employees in 2010, the outlook is more positive in 2011, […]

January 25, 2011

Business

Construction firms plan to hire, not cut, workers

More construction firms are planning to hire workers this year than are planning to make layoffs, according to a survey released by the Associated General Contractors of America and Navigant. While 55 percent of firms laid off staff and only 20 percent of firms added employees in 2010, the outlook is more positive in 2011, […]

January 25, 2011

Technology

Kenworth Sales opens new Idaho facility

Kenworth Sales Company opened a new 13,800-square-foot parts and service facility in Heyburn, Idaho. The facility houses a 9,000-square-foot service department that offers eight bays and PremierCare ExpressLube and Air Conditioning service. Two Paccar MX engine certified technicians and two Cummins certified heavy duty engine technicians are on staff in the 2,300-square-foot parts department. Kenworth […]

June 2, 2010