Posts Tagged ‘ Queen Anne’s ’

• Wegmans:Opening in Gambrills this August. Are you excited?

  • June 28th, 2012
  • Posted in Reliable Contracting
  • Tags: Tags: Charles, construction industry, government agencies, hospitals, New Wegmans in Gambrills, Queen Anne’s, reliable contracting and wegmans, Reliable Contracting Company, Reliable Contracting maintains a reputation as a leader in the construction industry, Talbot, twitter, Washington D.C.
    

  Greenberg Gibbons Commercial Corp. and Reliable Contracting are nearing completion of their 1.2 million-square-foot, $275 million addition to the Village at Waugh Chapel, which will comprise of several major retailers, including Wegmans. “The project, we’ve always felt, was going to… Read More

• Green Infrastructure to Manage Stormwater :: Reliable Contracting

  • May 17th, 2012
  • Posted in Safety Tips, Storm Water Runoff
  • Tags: Tags: Anne Arundel, building project, church, clean water, EPA, facebook, going green, green city, green infrastructure, philadelphia, Queen Anne’s, Reliable Contracting, Reliable Contracting maintains a reputation as a leader in the construction industry, stormwater run off, Washington D.C.
    

  The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania recently signed a $2 billion agreement allowing the city to use green infrastructure – including porous pavements, rain gardens, grassy swales, and more – to better manage stormwater flows…. Read More

• The Types of Asphalt Explained

  • February 17th, 2012
  • Posted in Reliable Contracting, The History of Asphalt, Types of Asphalt
  • Tags: Tags: Annapolis, Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Baltimore City, Calvert, Caroline, Charles, facebook, History of Asphalt, Howard, improve water quality, multi-layer paving design process, OGFC, open-graded friction course, paving material, Perpetual Pavement, Porous Asphalt, Prince George, promote infiltration, Queen Anne’s, Quiet Pavement, Reconstruction, Reliable Contracting, SMA, St. Mary’s, stone-matrix asphalt, Surface restoration, Talbot, The Types of Asphalt Explained, twitter, Types of Asphalt, warm-mix asphalt, Washington D.C., water management systems
    

  Last week, we gave you a quick overview of the History of Asphalt. This week, we are going to take a look at the many different types of asphalt pavement currently available. You may be surprised at how versatile this… Read More

• The History of Asphalt

  • February 9th, 2012
  • Posted in Benefits of Recycled Asphalt, Benefits of Warm-Mix Asphalt, Reliable Contracting, The History of Asphalt
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  Often time in life, we take the inventions and innovations around us for granted. For instance, when is the last time you really sat there and thought about how a light bulb works, or where you would be if it… Read More

• Benefits of Warm-Mix Asphalt

  • February 3rd, 2012
  • Posted in Benefits of Warm-Mix Asphalt, Reliable Contracting
  • Tags: Tags: $10 million, 100 degrees Fahrenheit - at which the material is mixed and placed on the road, About WMA, affording us unequalled reach for commercial asphalt projects in the Baltimore, airports, and especially hot-mix asphalt producers, and installation, and residential neighborhoods earning our reputation by providing clients with consistent quality and dedication to their projects, and Washington D.C., Annapolis and Washington D.C. metropolitan areas, Anne Arundel, asphalt production, Baltimore, Baltimore City, Benefits of Warm-Mix Asphalt, By controlling the raw paving materials, Calvert, Caroline, Charles, churches, contractors, developers, Drastically decreases the production of greenhouse gases, facebook, highways, hospitals, Howard, If you have any questions about Warm-Mix Asphalt or if you have a construction project that you need completed right the first time, Improves working conditions for asphalt pavers, individuals and government agencies, Looking for an asphalt contractor in Maryland? Then turn to Reliable Contracting!, Lowers fuel consumption, NAPA, office parks, or can tailor a mix or installation to suit your project’s specific needs, Our accredited quality control lab and certified technicians ensure consistency while our experienced plant and field crews deliver a final product of which you and we can be proud. To finish off your, Our clientele includes builders, parking bumpers and speed bumps, please contact Reliable Contracting, Prince George, Queen Anne’s, Reduces the production of emissions, Reliable can be seen working on Maryland’s roads, Reliable can produce all of today’s high-performance asphalt paving products, Reliable can provide complete single-source solutions for your Maryland asphalt paving project, Reliable Contracting Company serves the following and surrounding Counties: Annapolis, Reliable Contracting maintains a reputation as a leader in the construction industry, Reliable Contracting operates three asphalt plants in Anne Arundel County, researchers, shopping centers, signage, St. Mary’s, Talbot, The National Asphalt Pavement Association, the United States in 2002 after WMA grew in popularity in Europe, This new technology instantly spurred interest for government agencies, trucking, twitter, warm-mix asphalt, Warm-mix asphalt allows producers of asphalt pavement material to lower the temperatures, we also offer parking lot striping, WMA
    

  The National Asphalt Pavement Association (NAPA) first introduced warm-mix asphalt (WMA) to the United States in 2002 after WMA grew in popularity in Europe. This new technology instantly spurred interest for government agencies, researchers, contractors, and especially hot-mix asphalt producers…. Read More

• The Many Benefits of Recycled Asphalt

  • January 25th, 2012
  • Posted in Benefits of Recycled Asphalt, Reliable Contracting
  • Tags: Tags: airports, and residential neighborhoods earning our reputation by providing clients with consistent quality and dedication, Annapolis, Anne Arundel, Asphalt, Asphalt is derived from the remnants of oil, asphalt is made using petroleum, Baltimore, Baltimore City, Benefits of Using Recycled Asphalt, better for the environment, better for your wallet, Calvert, Caroline, Charles, churches, Colorado Asphalt Pavement Association, Economic Benefits, Engineering Benefits, Environmentally Friendly, facebook, highways, hospitals, Howard, ideal material for road and parking lot construction, its price fluctuates with the price of oil, mixed with sand and stone, More Fun Facts, new oil, office parks, old asphalt can be reused, old asphalt roads are replaced, pavement mixes using recycled asphalt, Prince George, Queen Anne’s, recyclable, recycled asphalt, recycled asphalt will save you money, Reliable Contracting, Reliable Contracting Company, saving taxpayers over $300 million each year, shopping centers, St. Mary’s, strong material for paving, superior performances, Talbot, The Many Benefits of Recycled Asphalt, twitter, up to 25 percent of the asphalt in some states is made up of recycled asphalt, using recycled asphalt, virgin material, Washington D.C., waterproofing and binding properties, “hot mix” and “cold mix” asphalt
    

  Asphalt is one of the most commonly used paving materials around. Its waterproofing and binding properties make it an ideal material for road and parking lot construction. But what many people do not know is that asphalt is also recyclable…. Read More

• Proposed Project Labor Agreement for the Prince George’s County Detention Center Unfairly Excludes Merit Shop Contractors from Submitting Bids and Winning Construction Contracts

  • January 20th, 2012
  • Posted in Construction Contracts, Project Labor Agreement, Reliable Contracting
  • Tags: Tags: 8 out of 10 construction workers, a reputation as a leader in the construction industry, academic studies indicate PLAs increase the cost of construction, airports, Annapolis, Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Baltimore City, being employed for said projects, benefit plans to pay their employees’ health and welfare benefits, Calvert, Caroline, Charles, churches, clientele includes builders, construction projects, Detention Center in Cheltenham, developers, disadvantaged businesses, discourage merit shop contractors, facebook, federal and state-approved non-union apprenticeship programs, Governor Martin O’Malley, Governor O’Malley proposing a PLA for the Detention Center, highways, hospitals, Howard, individuals and government agencies, inefficient union work rules, labor agreements discriminate against merit shop contractors, mainly due to artificial and societal barriers, Maryland's roads, non-union companies, non-union companies from working on PLA projects, non-union employer, obtain apprentices exclusively from union apprenticeship programs, office parks, PLA, PLA project, Prince George, Prince George’s County, professional enrolled in a non-union apprenticeship programs are excluded from work in their hometowns, Project Labor Agreement, Proposed Project Labor Agreement for the Prince George’s County Detention Center Unfairly Excludes Merit Shop Contractors from Submitting Bids and Winning Construction Contracts, Queen Anne’s, recent data, Reliable Contracting, remain with the union until vested, reputation by providing clients with consistent quality and dedication to their projects, shopping centers, St. Mary’s, submit bids and potentially win construction contracts, Talbot, traditionally underrepresented by unions, training programs, twitter, U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics’, unfair to women-owned and minority-owned business, union hiring halls, union membership and union apprenticeship, union trust funds, Union-only PLAs, unionized private construction workers, Washington D.C.
    

  Recently, Governor Martin O’Malley proposed a Project Labor Agreement (PLA) for the Detention Center in Cheltenham, Prince George’s County. Such labor agreements discriminate against merit shop contractors and disadvantaged businesses, making it hard for them to submit bids and potentially… Read More

• The Future of High Rise Building Design

  • January 13th, 2012
  • Posted in Associated Builders and Contractors, Reliable Contracting
  • Tags: Tags: actual building codes, airports, Annapolis, Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Baltimore City, builders, Calvert, Caroline, Charles, churches, construction industry, contact Reliable Contracting, Continuing education and training, dedication to their projects, developers, earthquakes, Enhanced fire resistance of structures, facebook, government agencies, high-rise building design and functionality, highways, hospitals, Howard, Improved active fire protection, Improved building evacuation, Improved emergency response, Improved procedures and practices, Increased structural integrity, individuals, irlines, leader in the construction industry, Maryland's roads, National Institute of Standards and Technology, New methods for fire resistant design of structures, NIST, office parks, Prince George, Queen Anne’s, realizing there were some inherent flaws, Reliable Contracting Company, report, residential neighborhoods earning our reputation by providing clients with consistent quality, September 11th, shopping centers, St. Mary’s, Talbot, terrorist attack, the construction industry started questioning their current systems, The Future of High Rise Building Design, the primary question raised following 9/11, the terrorist attacks of September 11th, the towers, the Transportation Security Administration, tornadoes, twitter, varying other security agencies, Washington D.C., Why did the towers collapse?, widespread power outages
    

  Following the terrorist attacks of September 11th, several industries began to make drastic changes to the way they conducted business. Airlines, the Transportation Security Administration, varying other security agencies, and even the construction industry started questioning their current systems, realizing… Read More

• The Benefits of Choosing a Contractor Who is Part of Associated Builders and Contractors, Inc. (ABC)

  • January 6th, 2012
  • Posted in Associated Builders and Contractors, Reliable Contracting
  • Tags: Tags: a construction project, ABC affiliated contractor, ABC is recognized as one of the leading organizations representing America's business community and the merit shop construction industry, about ABC, airports, Annapolis, Anne Arundel, Associated Builders and Contractors, Baltimore, Baltimore City, Calvert, Caroline, Charles, Chesapeake Chapter, churches, clientele includes builders, Communications, construction industry, defend merit shop philosophy, developers, Education, Employee benefits, encouraging open competition, facebook, Founded in 1950 in Baltimore, free-enterprise approach to construction, Government representation, highways, hospitals, Howard, Inc. (ABC), individuals and government agencies, Information on best practices and business development through an online contractor search directory, Legal advocacy, Maryland, Maryland's roads, merit shop philosophy, office parks, Prince George, provides the lowest quote, Queen Anne’s, Recognition through national and chapter awards programs, Reliable Contracting Company, residential neighborhoods, shopping centers, St. Mary’s, Talbot, Technology, The Benefits of Choosing a Contractor Who is Part of Associated Builders and Contractors, twitter, United States covering all specialties within the construction industry, Workforce development
    

  Founded in 1950 in Baltimore, Maryland, Associated Builders and Contractors, Inc. (ABC) has since grown to become a national organization with 75 chapters throughout the United States covering all specialties within the construction industry. ABC chapters represent 23,000 merit shop… Read More

• What to Look for in a Commercial Contractor

  • January 6th, 2012
  • Posted in Reliable Contracting
  • Tags: Tags: airports, Annapolis, Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Baltimore City, building project, Business Practices, Business-like Demeanor, Calvert, Caroline, certificate of insurance, Charles, churches, commercial contractor, Communication, construction industry, construction schedule, contractor’s license, Experience, facebook, government agencies, highways, hospitals, Howard, ideal commercial contracting candidate, liability insurance and workers' compensation, Maryland's roads, office parks, potential contractor, Prince George, professional setting, Queen Anne’s, Reliable Contracting, Reliable Contracting maintains a reputation as a leader in the construction industry, remaining organized, Reputation, residential neighborhoods earning our reputation by providing clients, right commercial construction contractor, shopping centers, Skills, St. Mary’s, Talbot, twitter, Washington D.C., What to Look for in a Commercial Contractor
    

  Every building project begins with one very important decision; choosing the right commercial construction contractor. Choose the wrong commercial contractor and your entire project suffers (not to mention your wallet). Choose the right contractor and the sky is the limit!… Read More