- Quality Initiative Structures Awards
The Associated General Contractors of Iowa and the Iowa Department of Transportation (IDOT) announced the winners of their 2002–2004 Iowa Quality Initiative Structures Awards program March 1 at a luncheon held in conjunction with the Structural Design/Construction Quality Workshop held in Ames. The awards program recognized structures built in Iowa ......
- Area Dot Perspectives
For the forecast issue, we asked the heads of the departments of transportation in each of the four states about their programs. We asked about the challenges they face in 2005 and how they intend to address those challenges; and about any positive developments or changes in the way they ......
- Iowa
HEADNOTE Iowa's award-winning quality of life - in terms of economics, healthcare, public safety, and environmental record -is one of the state's primary attractions. IOWA IS FOCUSED on development activities in three target industry clusters: advanced manufacturing, life sciences, and information solutions, which includes insurance/financial services and software development. In ......
- Iowa wins two corporate expansions.
Two highly sought, high-profile business expansions will bring more than 300 jobs to Iowa, according to recent announcements by the state's Department of Economic Development. The Cedar River Paper Co., a joint venture of Weyerhaeuser and Midwest Recycle Co., will build a state-of-the-art paper mill that uses recycled paper. Maytag ......
- West Burlington, Iowa, chosen by COBO International
COBO INTERNATIONAL, Italian maker of electrical harnesses and other components for industrial vehicles, plans to build a manufacturing plant in West Burlington, Iowa. The $1 million, 30,000-square-foot building is to be located in the Flint Ridge Business Park and should be open in early 2004. The plant will initially employ......
- ICPA Celebrates Concrete
The Iowa Concrete Paving Association (ICPA) celebrated 50 years of slip form paving and of the Interstate Highway System during its 42nd Annual Concrete Paving Workshop Feb. 1–3 in Des Moines. In addition to the business meeting, seminars and information forums, the workshop was highlighted by the presentation of awards....
- Liebherr Offers Sales Training
Liebherr Construction Equipment Company invited the sales staff of REXCO Equipment, Inc. to its headquarters in Newport News, Virginia, for a two-day product training seminar. The seminar featured sales presentations and product demonstrations of Liebherr's line of earthmoving and material-handling equipment, including wheel loaders, dozers, crawler and wheeled excavators, and ......