Frank Daams Promoted to VP of Engineering and Estimating for FCI Constructors' Northern Division.BENICIA, Calif. -- Civil construction company FCI (Flux Changes per Inch) The measurement of polarity reversals on a magnetic surface. In MFM, each flux change is equal to one bit. In RLL, a flux change generates more than one bit. Constructors has promoted Frank Daams to vice president of engineering and estimating of the company's northern division, reporting to President Curt Weltz. In his new position, Daams will be responsible for all engineering and estimating services. Graduating with bachelor's degrees in both structural engineering and business administration, Daams began working for Dutch construction company Interbeton as a field engineer in 1992. Interbeton is the international division of FCI's parent company, the Royal BAM Bam (bäm), town (1996 pop. 70,100), Kerman prov., SE Iran, on the intermittent Bam River. Located on the western edge of the Dasht-e Lut, Bam is a trade center in a henna-growing region. Dates and other fruits are also grown; camels are raised. Group. Daams has extensive heavy civil construction experience and has worked on projects in Yemen, the Philippines, Qatar, Venezuela, and Egypt. Ten years ago Daams came to the Unites States to serve as a marine works engineer on Interbeton's $200-million Chesapeake Bay Bridge Not to be confused with Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel. The Chesapeake Bay Bridge, also known simply as the Bay Bridge, is a major bridge in the U.S. state of Maryland, which spans the Chesapeake Bay and connects the state's Eastern and Western Shore regions. Parallel Crossing in Virginia. He joined FCI and began working as a drilling superintendent on the Carquinez Suspension Bridge suspension bridge: see bridge. project, the largest suspension bridge of its kind to be built in the U.S. in thirty-five years. Daams soon became an area manager for FCI North. He oversaw projects in and around the San Francisco Bay Area “Bay Area” redirects here. For other uses, see Bay Area (disambiguation). The San Francisco Bay Area, colloquially known as the Bay Area or The Bay and worked as the planning manager for the $266-million T1/E2 foundations project for the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge, double-decked structure, W Calif.; built 1933–36. It has a total length of 8.25 mi (13.2 km). From San Francisco it crosses the bay to Yerba Buena Island, where a tunnel connects with spans leading to Oakland and Berkeley. . "Frank Daams has the ability to get involved in any situation and make it better," says FCI North President Curt Weltz. "He has been extremely valuable in every position that he has assumed." Daams will start his new role just after the Thanksgiving holiday and will work out of FCI North's main offices in Benicia, California Benicia is a waterside city in Solano County, California, United States. It was the first city in California to be founded by Anglo-Americans, and briefly served as the state capital for six months. The population was 26,865 at the 2000 census. . FCI Constructors is a subsidiary of Flatiron Construction Corp., a Royal BAM Group company. Flatiron specializes in transportation and heavy civil projects both on a national scale and in local districts. Its experience encompasses major highways, traditional and specialty bridges, toll roads, tunnels and rail transit projects throughout the United States. Flatiron is consistently ranked among the top bridge and highway builders in North America. |
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