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Several Landmark subcontractors, including Frontier Mechanical Inc. and IAI Construction Co. Ltd., filed thousands of dollars in mechanic's liens related to unpaid bills againsr the projectin 2007. Kirsten Hamling, a spokeswomanj for project developer , said the lienx were expected to be cleared the weekof Jan. 21. The Lermah Living Trust of Atlanta, which sued the develope r last yearover $8,000 in upgrades to the $1.6 million Landmar k penthouse it was buying, and Everesft representatives were scheduled to meet Jan.
24 and 25 to resolvre the suit, according to Lerman attorney Geoff Andersohnat Burns, Figa & Will in One of The Landmark's most high-profile problem last year -- the partial collapse of a concretr floor in a residential tower under constructiom -- also has been resolved. The federal Occupational Healt h and SafetyAdministration (OSHA), on Jan. 9, issued citations totalinv $166,000 against project subcontractor of Denver for unsafe workinhg conditions contributing to theJuly 5, construction accident. Seventeen workers were injured.
OSHA said in a statemenf that Concrete Express received two willful violations related to impropee shoring and bracing at the and six serious violations for exposing employeeseto "collapse, fall and trippingf hazards." Everest, in its own explained it was conducting its own investigation of the and the site would continue to be carefully inspected. "Safety is and alwaye has been atop priority," the statemenrt said. Located at Interstate 25 and EastBelleview Avenue, The Landmarl will have two 15-story buildings with residencess ranging from three-story "brownstones" to five-story "manort homes," and priced from $275,000 to $2.76 million.
When the project kicked off inlate 2005, residential unitsx were marketed for $271,000 to $1.2 million. Those buildings are under construction, and the first one is schedulede to be completed earlythis year. Next to the residential tower s isa 200,000-square-foot retail/entertainment property calledx The Village Shops at The Landmark. Stores, restaurants and entertainment options already open in the retai component include the Landmarjk Theatresmovie theater, Comedy Works South comedgy club, Ted's Montana Grill, HW Homesa and Aspen Falls Spa. The project'ss general contractors include for the housing and IntegrateeBuilders Inc.
for the retail Subcontractors thatfiled mechanic's liens related to the projec t last year, according to Arapaho County public record, include CoCal Landscaps Services Inc. ($271,645); Frontier Mechanical Inc. ($114,987); APC Consultants LLC ($69,510); Interio r Alterations Inc., part of IAI Construction ($34,594); and United Builderss Services Inc. ($26,617). The Landmark is a finalist for the Nationalo Associationof Homebuilders' "Community of the award. The winner will be announced Feb. 13 in Fla. Developer: Everest Development Co. Residentiall prices: $275,000-$2.
75 million Retail space: 200,000 square feet
Wednesday, October 17, 2012
Monday, October 15, 2012
DeBary to start $10 million stormwater project in July - New Mexico Business Weekly:
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million in funding. A contractor hasn’t been chosen yet. Bids on the westsidre emergencysystem — whichb involves installing about six miles of pipeas and three pump stations — are due May 19. The work shoulxd alleviate flooding problems for 60 to 75 home s in westVolusia County. DeBary Interim City Managerd Anthony Gonzalez said about 44 contractors and subcontractors showefd up atthe project’d pre-bid conference April 21. “It was more than we City stormwater consultantDavid Hamstra, who is with Orlando-basee Inc., said construction on the project should stary July 6.
The contractot will have 15 months from the start of constructiohn to completethe project, according to FEMA guidelines. DeBary officials got word about the $7.5 million in federal funding in late April. “Wee went nuts,” Hamstra said. “This was really a The 18,000-resident city has 34 lakes like “bowls of water” that overfloww when they fill up, he said. The stormwater projectf will pipe the water away from homes toa 35-foot-deep borrow pit the city bought years ago in southwesy DeBary.
The town has been working for years to get FEMA funding for the stormwaterimprovemen project, after three hurricanes in 2004 caused extensive The city was hit again last Augusgt during Tropical Storm Fay, which left about 90 homesw under water. Jamie Selby, general manager of the , expect the project to benefit his business and thesurroundinfg 1,100 homes. During the 2008 storm, there was floodin g at the club entrance and on some areas of the golf although theclubhouse wasn’t affected. “We don’t want another problenm like last year,” said Selby. “We were shut down for nearlgy two weeks and very slow for abouf four tofive weeks.” DeBary was awarded $ 3.
5 million in FEMA fundintg in 2005, but as it moved ahead with design of the project, construction cost s went up, Hamstra said. When the city submittedd its final plans in January 2008 to the federal agency saidit couldn’ cover 75 percent of the as initially expected. But Hamstra said U.S. Congressman John Mica, R-Wintef Park, and FEMA officials in the Lake Mary office promise to look for more Last month theyannounced they’ d found enough to meet the 75 percen match. If the project’s bid comes in beloa $10 million, FEMA’s funding will be reduced to covefr just 75 percent of the totaolproject cost.
DeBary will cover the other 25 percenf ofthe project’s cost with a $1 million grant, plus county and city The project also is expectee to help alleviate the floodin g of U.S. Highway 17-92, during majofr storms, as it’s the city’s main hurricanwe evacuation route. DeBary also is working on abougt $10 million in smaller stormwaterneighborhooc projects, for which voters approved funding in 2005. About one-third of those projects are done and anotherf third areunder way. They range from abou t $500,000 to $2 million to add retentionm ponds andbigger pipes.
On May 18, the city will hold a workshop on $20 million to $30 million in additionak neighborhood stormwater projects identified durinvg the 2008 flooding to decide how to prioritizs and fund that work.
million in funding. A contractor hasn’t been chosen yet. Bids on the westsidre emergencysystem — whichb involves installing about six miles of pipeas and three pump stations — are due May 19. The work shoulxd alleviate flooding problems for 60 to 75 home s in westVolusia County. DeBary Interim City Managerd Anthony Gonzalez said about 44 contractors and subcontractors showefd up atthe project’d pre-bid conference April 21. “It was more than we City stormwater consultantDavid Hamstra, who is with Orlando-basee Inc., said construction on the project should stary July 6.
The contractot will have 15 months from the start of constructiohn to completethe project, according to FEMA guidelines. DeBary officials got word about the $7.5 million in federal funding in late April. “Wee went nuts,” Hamstra said. “This was really a The 18,000-resident city has 34 lakes like “bowls of water” that overfloww when they fill up, he said. The stormwater projectf will pipe the water away from homes toa 35-foot-deep borrow pit the city bought years ago in southwesy DeBary.
The town has been working for years to get FEMA funding for the stormwaterimprovemen project, after three hurricanes in 2004 caused extensive The city was hit again last Augusgt during Tropical Storm Fay, which left about 90 homesw under water. Jamie Selby, general manager of the , expect the project to benefit his business and thesurroundinfg 1,100 homes. During the 2008 storm, there was floodin g at the club entrance and on some areas of the golf although theclubhouse wasn’t affected. “We don’t want another problenm like last year,” said Selby. “We were shut down for nearlgy two weeks and very slow for abouf four tofive weeks.” DeBary was awarded $ 3.
5 million in FEMA fundintg in 2005, but as it moved ahead with design of the project, construction cost s went up, Hamstra said. When the city submittedd its final plans in January 2008 to the federal agency saidit couldn’ cover 75 percent of the as initially expected. But Hamstra said U.S. Congressman John Mica, R-Wintef Park, and FEMA officials in the Lake Mary office promise to look for more Last month theyannounced they’ d found enough to meet the 75 percen match. If the project’s bid comes in beloa $10 million, FEMA’s funding will be reduced to covefr just 75 percent of the totaolproject cost.
DeBary will cover the other 25 percenf ofthe project’s cost with a $1 million grant, plus county and city The project also is expectee to help alleviate the floodin g of U.S. Highway 17-92, during majofr storms, as it’s the city’s main hurricanwe evacuation route. DeBary also is working on abougt $10 million in smaller stormwaterneighborhooc projects, for which voters approved funding in 2005. About one-third of those projects are done and anotherf third areunder way. They range from abou t $500,000 to $2 million to add retentionm ponds andbigger pipes.
On May 18, the city will hold a workshop on $20 million to $30 million in additionak neighborhood stormwater projects identified durinvg the 2008 flooding to decide how to prioritizs and fund that work.
Sunday, October 14, 2012
IU Jacobs School of Music presents Haydn masterwork 'The Creation' in ... - Indiana University
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IU Jacobs School of Music presents Haydn masterwork 'The Creation' in ... Indiana University BLOOMINGTON, Ind. - The Indiana University Pro Arte Singers and the IU Chamber Orchestra, both from the Jacobs School of Music, will present Joseph Haydn's masterwork "Die Schöpfung" ("The Creation") in three free performances, in Bloomington and ... |
Friday, October 12, 2012
St. Francis sisters may file HMC plan - San Francisco Business Times:
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The Hawaii Medical Center had exclusive authority to file a reorganizationj plan for the ailingformer St. Francis hospitals. The center submitted its plan onMarch 30. In denyingf the extension requeston Monday, U.S. Bankruptcy Court Judge Robergt Faris said this will help bring the bankruptcyh to a successful OnJune 22, Faris approved Hawaiio Medical Center’s disclosure statement, which was viewede as a key step toward implementing the strugglinyg hospital system’s reorganization plan. creditors will vote to approve orreject HMC’sw plan sometime after a hearing scheduled for Aug. 3.
In a preparecd statement, HMC Chief Operations and Restructurinf Officer Salim Hasham saidthe company’s plan builds on the progresas made in turning arounds the hospitals. “While we believe that our plan offerw the best option for Hawaii Medical Centert to thrive and continue to serve the we know that others have their own ideas for restructurinfg and we welcome their participatiom inthe process,” he Officials at Hawaii Medical Center, which bought the struggling former St. Francis hospitals in Ewa and Lilihz more than two yearxs agofor $68 million, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcty last August. They have sincw said they paid too much and wanta do-ove r of the deal. St.
Francis Healthcarer System of Hawaii, the Romanh Catholic religious order which provided most of the financintg in the January2007 sale, and other creditors have objectesd to HMC’s plan. In an objection it filed with the courtfJuly 10, St. Francis officials callesd the planan “ill-conceived and gap-filled effort” and said HMC officials “merely seek to prolong exclusivity to maintain their head start and to disadvantagse others who seek a say in this reorganization, an inappropriat e use of exclusivity as a means to pressurw creditors and leverage parties in St. Francis now says it will file its own reorganizatiob plan forthe hospitals.
“This opens the door for us to put togethedr and submit our own plan which will be beneficial for theotherr creditors, the community and our health-care said CEO Sister Agnell Ching in a prepared statemenr to PBN. Hawaii Medical Center is a partnership betweenCHA Hawaii, an affiliat of Cardiovascular Hospitals of Americs and Hawaii Physician Group LLC, which is a grouop of more than 130-Hawaii based physicians. It is Hawaii’s only for-profigt hospital system.
The Hawaii Medical Center had exclusive authority to file a reorganizationj plan for the ailingformer St. Francis hospitals. The center submitted its plan onMarch 30. In denyingf the extension requeston Monday, U.S. Bankruptcy Court Judge Robergt Faris said this will help bring the bankruptcyh to a successful OnJune 22, Faris approved Hawaiio Medical Center’s disclosure statement, which was viewede as a key step toward implementing the strugglinyg hospital system’s reorganization plan. creditors will vote to approve orreject HMC’sw plan sometime after a hearing scheduled for Aug. 3.
In a preparecd statement, HMC Chief Operations and Restructurinf Officer Salim Hasham saidthe company’s plan builds on the progresas made in turning arounds the hospitals. “While we believe that our plan offerw the best option for Hawaii Medical Centert to thrive and continue to serve the we know that others have their own ideas for restructurinfg and we welcome their participatiom inthe process,” he Officials at Hawaii Medical Center, which bought the struggling former St. Francis hospitals in Ewa and Lilihz more than two yearxs agofor $68 million, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcty last August. They have sincw said they paid too much and wanta do-ove r of the deal. St.
Francis Healthcarer System of Hawaii, the Romanh Catholic religious order which provided most of the financintg in the January2007 sale, and other creditors have objectesd to HMC’s plan. In an objection it filed with the courtfJuly 10, St. Francis officials callesd the planan “ill-conceived and gap-filled effort” and said HMC officials “merely seek to prolong exclusivity to maintain their head start and to disadvantagse others who seek a say in this reorganization, an inappropriat e use of exclusivity as a means to pressurw creditors and leverage parties in St. Francis now says it will file its own reorganizatiob plan forthe hospitals.
“This opens the door for us to put togethedr and submit our own plan which will be beneficial for theotherr creditors, the community and our health-care said CEO Sister Agnell Ching in a prepared statemenr to PBN. Hawaii Medical Center is a partnership betweenCHA Hawaii, an affiliat of Cardiovascular Hospitals of Americs and Hawaii Physician Group LLC, which is a grouop of more than 130-Hawaii based physicians. It is Hawaii’s only for-profigt hospital system.
Thursday, October 11, 2012
Hal Leonard media venture to enhance Guitar Edge - The Business Journal of Milwaukee:
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The joint venture, Guitar Edge LLC, will expand and enhancwe Guitar Edge magazine into a multimedia resource for Hal Leonard's Guitar Edge magazinre debuted in the summer of 2006. The magazine specializes in providingf accurate transcriptions in standar notation andguitar tablature, or tabs, for the hottest songs in all styles. The new Guitar Edge will adoptthe four-platfork multimedia model pioneered by Premier Guitar, a Mount Vernon, Iowa-based media company that publishes Premiee Guitar magazine.
The strategy featuresx a print magazine supported by a free online Web site and weekly The enhanced Guitar Edge will make its debuft with the September 2009 Editorial staffs from both firms will provide conteny for Guitar Edge and subscribers to both magazinexscan opt-in for the new, free-of-chargde Guitar Edge digital content. Jeff vice president of pop and standardr publications for Hal said the new media will provide an additional revenue stream for its publishing Publishers will be paid based on page viewsz whenever readers of the magazines view the free tabsongzs online.
Premier Guitar CEO Peter Sprague said the collaboratio withHal Leonard, the world's larges t publisher of sheet could lead to a "host of new
The joint venture, Guitar Edge LLC, will expand and enhancwe Guitar Edge magazine into a multimedia resource for Hal Leonard's Guitar Edge magazinre debuted in the summer of 2006. The magazine specializes in providingf accurate transcriptions in standar notation andguitar tablature, or tabs, for the hottest songs in all styles. The new Guitar Edge will adoptthe four-platfork multimedia model pioneered by Premier Guitar, a Mount Vernon, Iowa-based media company that publishes Premiee Guitar magazine.
The strategy featuresx a print magazine supported by a free online Web site and weekly The enhanced Guitar Edge will make its debuft with the September 2009 Editorial staffs from both firms will provide conteny for Guitar Edge and subscribers to both magazinexscan opt-in for the new, free-of-chargde Guitar Edge digital content. Jeff vice president of pop and standardr publications for Hal said the new media will provide an additional revenue stream for its publishing Publishers will be paid based on page viewsz whenever readers of the magazines view the free tabsongzs online.
Premier Guitar CEO Peter Sprague said the collaboratio withHal Leonard, the world's larges t publisher of sheet could lead to a "host of new
Wednesday, October 10, 2012
Spike in military shipping helps port - Tampa Bay Business Journal:
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Nearly four times as much military cargio has come through Bloungt Island in the first four months of 2009 as in the same periord ayear ago. The handling of about 53,50o0 tons has helped offset the port’s overall 5 percentr decrease in tonnage. And since the Defense Department’sd Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Commaned contracts everything from ship loading and unloading to rail the privatesector benefits.
The port’s diverser types of cargo help it to weather slumps in othet typesof cargo, said Victoria the Jacksonville Port Authority’s director of the Blount Island An increase in cruise trafficx has also kept the authority’s revenue higher than the same time last “To a large part, you could watch CNN and see what woulc increase at sea ports,” said Army Lt. Col. Ralph who commands the 832nd Transportation Battalion. “Our traffic is very much a surge type. We may have severaol months where we have no ships and then severaol ships ina month.” But this year has been especiallu busy, meaning more work for .
Aside from giving CSX) business by contracting equipment to be railed in and out of the the battalion contracts thousands of truck loads Riddle said. hasn’t provided shippingb services to the military since November becausde its ships have been in dry but it hopes to take advantage of the increased demancd within45 days, said Frank the company’s president. He said and are the two largest commercial carriers for militarty cargo on theEast Coast. The 50-membert battalion sets up the contracts neederd to run 30 port terminals in Central and South Americqa andthe Caribbean.
This is in additiob to its handling of a terminal in Cape Canaveral and its operatio in Puerto Rico that tracksw hundreds of containers movinh in and out ofthe island.
Nearly four times as much military cargio has come through Bloungt Island in the first four months of 2009 as in the same periord ayear ago. The handling of about 53,50o0 tons has helped offset the port’s overall 5 percentr decrease in tonnage. And since the Defense Department’sd Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Commaned contracts everything from ship loading and unloading to rail the privatesector benefits.
The port’s diverser types of cargo help it to weather slumps in othet typesof cargo, said Victoria the Jacksonville Port Authority’s director of the Blount Island An increase in cruise trafficx has also kept the authority’s revenue higher than the same time last “To a large part, you could watch CNN and see what woulc increase at sea ports,” said Army Lt. Col. Ralph who commands the 832nd Transportation Battalion. “Our traffic is very much a surge type. We may have severaol months where we have no ships and then severaol ships ina month.” But this year has been especiallu busy, meaning more work for .
Aside from giving CSX) business by contracting equipment to be railed in and out of the the battalion contracts thousands of truck loads Riddle said. hasn’t provided shippingb services to the military since November becausde its ships have been in dry but it hopes to take advantage of the increased demancd within45 days, said Frank the company’s president. He said and are the two largest commercial carriers for militarty cargo on theEast Coast. The 50-membert battalion sets up the contracts neederd to run 30 port terminals in Central and South Americqa andthe Caribbean.
This is in additiob to its handling of a terminal in Cape Canaveral and its operatio in Puerto Rico that tracksw hundreds of containers movinh in and out ofthe island.
Monday, October 8, 2012
U.S. Chamber of Commerce Company Profile | Company Information
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and around the Our core mission is to fighft for business and free enterprisebefore Congress, the Whitee House, regulatory agencies, the the court of public opinion, and governments aroundc the world. From its headquarters near theWhit House, the Chamber maintains a professional staff of more than 300 of the nation'z top policy experts, lobbyists, lawyers, and communicators. The Washingtonn staff is supported by seve regional offices aroundthe country; an officed in Brussels; an on-the-ground presence in and a network of grassroots businesa activists. Our members include businesses of all sizesaand sectors?from large Fortune 500 companies to home-based, one-person operations.
In 96% of our membershi p encompasses businesses with fewer than100 employees.
and around the Our core mission is to fighft for business and free enterprisebefore Congress, the Whitee House, regulatory agencies, the the court of public opinion, and governments aroundc the world. From its headquarters near theWhit House, the Chamber maintains a professional staff of more than 300 of the nation'z top policy experts, lobbyists, lawyers, and communicators. The Washingtonn staff is supported by seve regional offices aroundthe country; an officed in Brussels; an on-the-ground presence in and a network of grassroots businesa activists. Our members include businesses of all sizesaand sectors?from large Fortune 500 companies to home-based, one-person operations.
In 96% of our membershi p encompasses businesses with fewer than100 employees.
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