Contractors See a Mixed Outlook in Local Markets

Turner Industries broke ground on Valero's $250-million Diamond Green Diesel Biofuels project.
Photo courtesy of Turner Industries

McCarthy Building and Balfour Beatty broke ground on the $531-million Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center Replacement project at Fort Hood.
Photo courtesy of Balfour Beatty

Austin Industries started construction of the $250-million Circuit of the Americas in Austin last year.
Photo courtesy of Austin Industries

Boh Bros. built the $46-million Bridge Abutment/Floodwall at Causeway Bridge in Metarie, La.
Photo courtesy of Boh Bros.

SpawGlass built the $41-million Nationwide Center in San Antonio last year.
Photo by Mark Gaynor

One of Kiewit's largest starts in 2011 was a Chevron-operated project in the Walker Ridge Area in the Gulf of Mexico.
Photo courtesy of Kiewit Corp.
"The projects being discussed are huge, and while there will be some opportunities for locals, a lot of that will go to the multinational firms," he says.
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