CITC Welding Lab/ASA Colorado Trade Show/CSI MasterFormat Released

Students are now undergoing apprenticeship training in CITC's new state-of-the-art welding lab at its Mariposa Street training center. (Photo courtesy of CITC)

The Construction Industry Training Council of Colorado has built a new state-of-the-art welding lab for students in apprenticeship classes at its Mariposa Street facility. CITC will offer classes in stick, pig and mig welding, and the eight-booth lab is also available for companies to rent for in-house training. Welding classes will begin at CITC in late January.

Lincoln Electric Co. donated the welders.

For more information about CITC or welding classes, call 303-893-1500.

ASA Colorado Planning for 2nd Annual Trade Show

Reservations for booths are now being accepted for the American Subcontractors Association of Colorado's second annual trade show, set for Feb. 24 at the Wings Over the Rockies Museum in Denver.

Companies are also being solicited to contribute materials to the handout bags that all attendees will receive and/or as prizes that will be raffled throughout the day.

The deadline for booth reservations is Jan. 21. For more information, call 303-759-8260.

Colorado Projects Win 2004 ICRI Awards

The strengthening of a reinforced concrete preheater tower in Florence has been named the International Concrete Repair Institute's 2004 Project of the Year while the KBP Coal Coaters Structural Fire Repair project in Denver won the Award of Excellence in the special projects category.

Construction Technology Laboratories shared the Project of the Year award with partners Walker Restoration Consultants; Holcim Group Support (Canada) Ltd., Structural Preservations Systems Inc.; Cutting technologies Inc.; VSL; Sika Corp.; and the owner, Holcim (U.S.) Inc.

The KBP Coal Coaters project was submitted by Restruction Corp.

CERF Seeks Nominations for 2005 Pankow Award

The Civil Engineering Research Foundation is seeking nominations for its 2005 Charles Pankow Award for Innovation, established in 1996 to celebrate innovative collaboration in the design and construction industry and to complement existing industry awards.

All public, private, academic or government organizations are eligible to apply. Nominations are due Jan. 14. For more information, visit the Web site at www.cerf.org.

CSI Releases MasterFormat 2004

The Construction Specifications Institute released its 2004 edition of MasterFormat in late November, marking the most significant upgrade in the standard's 40-year history.

As the "Dewey Decimal System" for project information, MasterFormat is a master list of titles and numbers for organizing data about construction requirements, products and activities. It's used on more than 70 percent of the commercial and institutional building projects in the U.S. and Canada.

Changes in the new MasterFormat reflect the rapid growth in the amount and complexity of construction information generated for today's increasingly complex buildings since it was last updated in 1995.

MasterFormat 2004 is published by McGraw-Hill Construction. For more information, visit the Web site at www.csinet.org/masterformat/ or call 800-689-2900.

Rock Tools Elected toInternational Membership

Rock Tools of Littleton was elected to membership in the Association of Equipment Manufacturers, an international trade group for companies that manufacture and market agriculture and construction-related equipment and services.

Rock Tools - one of 10 new members worldwide - is a manufacturer of saw attachments for excavators.

CONEXPO-CON/AGC Approves New Agreement

The owners and producers of the CONEXPO-CON/AGC international construction and construction materials exposition have signed a new cooperative agreement, effective May 31.

Under the agreement, CONEXPO-CON/AGC will be produced every three years through 2020. The show's joint was operated by an Association of Equipment Manufacturers and International Concrete and Aggregates Group dual-management system. The single-management structure will be handled by AEM, which will control the show and has entered a non-compete arrangement with ICAG.

The 2005 event will be held March 15-19 in Las Vegas.

CSI National Exams Registration Ends Jan. 31

The Construction Specifications Institute will offer certification exams for its construction documents technology, construction specifier, contract administrator and product representative programs on April 2 in 80 cities nationwide.

Regionally, the exam will be held in Colorado Springs. The test will be based on the "Project Resource Manual/CSI Manual of Practice" and the newly released MasterFormat 2004 Edition.

The registration deadline is Jan. 31.

For more information about the certification programs and exams, visit the CSI Web site at www.csinet.org/certification or contact CSI Member Services at 800-689-2900.

Historical Preservation Group Honors Pinkard Construction

Pinkard Construction has received the Historical Preservation Alliance of Colorado Springs' Award of Excellence for its work on the Lennox House at Colorado College.

Pinkard worked with the college and its architect to upgrade life safety systems that bring the building up to code while maintaining its historical integrity. Lennox House - which has served for many years as a coed dormitory - was built in 1900 by Colorado Springs businessman and Cripple Creek investor William Lennox, who served on the school's board of trustees from 1901 until his death in 1936.

Colorado College is at the beginning of a 10-year plan to renovate all of the dormitories on campus.

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