Related Links: Houston Community College Finishes First Phase of Development Project First Phase of Paris Greenville Campus Master Plan Opens Dallas County Satellite Campus in Irving Completed Tarrant County College Campus Seeks LEED Certification for Project Cadence McShane Completes 99,000 SF Elementary in Pasadena Plano ISD Starts 76,000 SF Addition, Renovation at Vines High School White Rock Commercial's West Pointe Center Opens in Houston McShane Development Forms Alliance with Harrison Street Trinity River Project's 50-Ton Steel Bridge Pieces Make Big Entrance Texas Children's Hospital Tops Out Construction on West Campus Shreveport-based Shreve Land Constructors LLC was awarded the contract to
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Construction starts this month on a new flight control tower as part of a $71-million capital improvement program that began in 2002 to improve infrastructure needs at the Collin County Regional Airport in McKinney. Photo courtesy McKinney Airport Development Corp. The Collin County Regional Airport in McKinney will break ground this month on a new flight control tower that is part of a $71-million capital improvement program. Related Links: Houston Light Rail Project Selects JV Team for $121 Million Project Dallas Area Rapid Transit Awards Blue Line Extension Contracts EPA Announces $179 Mil in ARRA Funds for Wastewater Infrastructure EPA
Cadence McShane recently completed the 33,278-sq-ft Northlake College - South Campus for the Dallas County Community College District. Related Links: Houston Community College Finishes First Phase of Development Project First Phase of Paris Greenville Campus Master Plan Opens Tarrant County College Campus Seeks LEED Certification for Project Cadence McShane Completes 99,000 SF Elementary in Pasadena Plano ISD Starts 76,000 SF Addition, Renovation at Vines High School White Rock Commercial's West Pointe Center Opens in Houston McShane Development Forms Alliance with Harrison Street Trinity River Project's 50-Ton Steel Bridge Pieces Make Big Entrance Texas Children's Hospital Tops Out Construction on West
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Galveston continues its clean-up efforts after Hurricane Ike hit the city in September 2008. The city, with assistance from Beck Disaster Recovery of Orlando, has removed 2 million cu yds of debris, spending about $60 million on the effort. DRC Emergency Services of Mobile, Ala., removed another 1.6 million cu yds of debris from the island. DRC has started new debris removal work in Chambers County, says spokeswoman Paula Pendarvis. In addition, the Texas General Land Office removed 100,000 cu yds of debris from the beach, and the Texas Department of Transportation picked up 400,000 cu yds of it from
While the recession has hampered new high-rise starts, several continue rising skyward, and at least one, the $180-million, 850,000-sq-ft, 35-story, mixed-use Block 21/The W Hotel in Austin, broke ground last year. Meanwhile the 54-plus-story Austonian, designed by Zielger Cooper of Houston and being built by Balfour Beatty of Dallas, nears completion and will become Austin’s tallest skyscraper. Image: Courtesy of Gensler The Hess Tower, conceptualized in the front, right, designed by Gensler and being built by Gilbane. Photo: Courtesy The Vistana Units at San Antonio's The Vistana feature high ceilings and large windows. C.F. Jordan built the 17-story brick-clad building.
In this year’s Top Design ranking, URS Corp. takes the No. 1 spot, with more than $342.3 million in Texas billings during 2008. Related Links: Top Design Firms - Main Feature Story Top Design Firms - Ranking/Chart Top Design Firms - Ranking by Industry Sector Texas Construction’s annual ranking of the state’s Top Design Firms this year includes 90 architectural and engineering firms, down from last year’s 95. Despite the slightly lower participation, however, this year’s Top Design ranking represents an upturn in collective billings. Together, the 90 firms listed here generated approximately $2.9 billion in billings from Texas projects
While parts of the region continue to recover from Hurricane Ike, one year after the storm K-12 and university work continue to be strong building sectors in South Texas. Photo: Courtesy of Skanska USA Building Skanska USA Building has constructed the Professional Zone, a classroom and library building, for the University of Texas - Brownsville/Texas Southmost College in Brownsville. Related Links: Galveston Recovery “We’re not different here than other areas of the state,” says Perry A. Vaughn, executive director of the Rio Grande Valley chapter of the AGC in Harlingen. “We’re starting to see and experience a slowdown, particularly on