Officials are challenging state process in hurricane relief awards after neither local government made the cut, although both contend they bore the brunt of the 2017 storm. Amid the backlash, the Texas General Land Office is now requesting $750 million in direct federal aid for Harris County.
When completed in 2025, a nearly $120 million, 54-in. water line will move up to 75 million gallons per day of surface water from the Southeast Water Purification Plant to the city of Houston, as well as seven other cities and water authorities.
ENR Texas & Louisiana has selected civil site work and turnkey railroad contractor W.T. Byler Co. Inc. as the region’s 2020 Specialty Contractor of the Year
No COVID-19 shutdowns now are planned on projects for the city, TxDOT and Harris County agencies as long as contractors are willing to work, says the Houston Contractors Association.
Full-service recycling and demolition contractor Cherry Cos. has been named ENR Texas & Louisiana's 2019 Specialty Contractor of the Year. The Houston-based firm has been family-owned and operated since 1952, and is one of the largest recyclers in Texas and Gulf Coast, recycling more than 2 million tons of concrete and asphalt, and thousands of tons of steel every year.
With Hurricane Harvey almost two years in the rearview mirror, Houstonians have started to imagine a future city that is resilient to storms and stressors that can be a model for the nation.