Related Links: DART Light Rail Scheduled to Land at DFW Airport in 2013 DHS Grant Jump Starts Houston Ship Channel Security District Port of Houston Awards Electrical Contract, Approves Green Energy Due to increased funding from the state legislature and recent rules modifications, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality is making efforts toward inspecting all of the state’s 1,735 high and significant-hazard dams. So far this year, a total of 550 high- and significant-hazard dams have been inspected. In 2008, 316 dams were inspected, while 293 dams were inspected in 2007. Current legislative funding has allowed for hiring an additional
Related Links: Congress Promotes Green-Building Practices with Financial Incentives Adolfson & Peterson Marks Safety Milestone, Earns ABC Award Rider Appointed to Industrialized Building Code Council Corrpro Houston Crew Earns Safety Excellence Award Former Austin District Engineer Hired by Williamson County Tellepsen Launches New Brand to Mark Anniversary Mike Kress, VP With The Bayou Companies in Houston, Dies The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston has been named a platinum level member in the TCEQ’s Clean Texas program, which is designed to reward organizations whose environmental performance goes beyond compliance with environmental laws. M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Related Links: Congress Promotes Green-Building Practices with Financial Incentives Adolfson & Peterson Marks Safety Milestone, Earns ABC Award Rider Appointed to Industrialized Building Code Council Corrpro Houston Crew Earns Safety Excellence Award Former Austin District Engineer Hired by Williamson County TCEQ Names M.D. Anderson New Clean Texas Member Mike Kress, VP With The Bayou Companies in Houston, Dies Fourth-generation Houston commercial and industrial builder Tellepsen celebrates its centennial anniversary this year with the launch of a new brand: A Cornerstone of the Community. The brand is designed to reflect the company’s continued support of building industry and local community. The
As part of a planned 300,000-sq-ft, four-building complex for the Colleges of Agriculture and Life Sciences, the Texas A&M University System broke ground in early summeron its $62.4-million Agriculture Headquarters Building and Visitors Center on its main campus in College Station. A rendering shows new dormitory facilities for the University of Houston. The facility is being built by Hardin Construction and was designed by HADP Architecture . Related Links: Corgan Converts Natatorium Into Culinary Arts Building UH Freshman Housing Facility Construction Under Way Dallas Cowboys Break Ground on Mega-Merchandise HQ El Paso Boasts Building Activity Frenzy Hanson Installs Modular Bridge
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Congress wants to increase incentives for green-building practices with the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009, informally known as the Waxman-Markey bill. Related Links: Adolfson & Peterson Marks Safety Milestone, Earns ABC Award Rider Appointed to Industrialized Building Code Council Corrpro Houston Crew Earns Safety Excellence Award Former Austin District Engineer Hired by Williamson County TCEQ Names M.D. Anderson New Clean Texas Member Tellepsen Launches New Brand to Mark Anniversary Mike Kress, VP With The Bayou Companies in Houston, Dies The bill passed in the U.S. House of Representatives on June 26 and was headed for the Senate
Going green for the Collin County Community College Preston Ridge campus also meant saving green in the $3.5-million conversion of the college’s natatorium into a culinary arts building. A rendering shows one of the new kitchen labs in the Collin County Community College Preston Ridge Culinary Arts building, designed by Corgan Associates and built by Hunt Construction. Related Links: New Texas A&M Agriculture Headquarters Breaks Ground UH Freshman Housing Facility Construction Under Way Dallas Cowboys Break Ground on Mega-Merchandise HQ El Paso Boasts Building Activity Frenzy Hanson Installs Modular Bridge at New Braunfels Middle School Dallas-based Hunt Construction - the
Related Links: Congress Promotes Green-Building Practices with Financial Incentives Adolfson & Peterson Marks Safety Milestone, Earns ABC Award Rider Appointed to Industrialized Building Code Council Former Austin District Engineer Hired by Williamson County TCEQ Names M.D. Anderson New Clean Texas Member Tellepsen Launches New Brand to Mark Anniversary Mike Kress, VP With The Bayou Companies in Houston, Dies The Houston-based crew of Corrpro Cos. Inc., a subsidiary of Insituform Technologies Inc. of Chesterfield, Mo., was recently honored with the Houston Business Roundtable Gold Award in Safety Excellence. The Houston Business Roundtable has been recognizing Greater Houston area industrial contractors for
Photo: Courtesy DART) DART takes delivery of first rail for the Orange Line to Irving Related Links: DHS Grant Jump Starts Houston Ship Channel Security District Port of Houston Awards Electrical Contract, Approves Green Energy TCEQ Increases High and Significant-Hazard Dam Inspections Travel to and from Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport will soon involve trains as well as planes. The Dallas Area Rapid Transit board put plans in motion to connect the Orange Line to DFW by 2013. “The 14-mi Orange Line is a key component of a regional rail expansion that will lead to the doubling of DART’s rail network
Related Links: DART Light Rail Scheduled to Land at DFW Airport in 2013 Port of Houston Awards Electrical Contract, Approves Green Energy TCEQ Increases High and Significant-Hazard Dam Inspections Harris County Commissioners Court recently approved a measure to improve security for the Houston Ship Channel with the creation of the Houston Ship Channel Security District. It will be a public-private partnership that will fund enhancements to security technology, infrastructure and processes along the ship channel. With about $31.3 million in grants under the Department of Homeland Security’s Port Security Grant Program, Harris County plans to design and construct a portwide