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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is preparing to start a $200 million project to reinforce more than 80 miles of earthen levees in the New Orleans area. Photo courtesy of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers To further minimize the impacts of erosion, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will reinforce earthen levees in the New Orleans area with a combination of Bermuda sod and a high performance turf reinforcement mats (HPRTMs). Related Links: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Circle Construction LLC In 2005, a tidal surge from Hurricane Katrina led to the failure of a number of earthen

The New Orleans Sewerage and Water Board will start $350 million worth of construction and improvements to the city's sewer system in 2015. Work will include repairs and upgrades to drainage canals, pumping stations, pipes and outdated power supply stations. Related Links: New Orleans Sewerage and Water Board New Orleans' sewerage and water system is more than 115 years old and loses up to 40% of its drinking water through leaks and broken pipes. The system has a number of deteriorating pump stations, along with sinking lines that create potholes in streets. There are also damaged wastewater lines that have

The Southern Hotel originally opened in 1907 and shut down in the 1960s. Together with the building's new owners, Woodward Design+Build and Trapolin-Peer Architects partnered on an ambitious restoration and renovation project to restore the building to its original use.

The University Health System's Sky Tower Project in San Antonio's Medical District was completed in spring 2014.

In 1972, Rubicon LLC completed construction of its MDI-1 Unit with the latest technologically advanced control system available at that time. The system controlled all of the facility's major chemical processes.

Southwest University Park is a state-of-the-art minor league baseball park and the new home of the AAA El Paso Chihuahuas.

The Phipps is an office building on the Museum Reach of the San Antonio Riverwalk. Attorney Martin J. Phipps approached design firm Durand-Hollis Rupe Inc. to create a workplace that would break the stereotype of the mahogany-walled lawyer's office.

Seven art installations were built within four separate, freestanding enclosures, or pods, as part of the Turrell Retrospective.

The LPV-9.2 project constructed a continuous line of hurricane flood protections across reinforced and extended discharge basins at Jefferson Parish Pumping Stations No. 1 through 4, plus modifications to two existing breakwaters at Stations No. 2 and 3.

The George W. Shannon Wetlands Water Recycling Facility at Richland-Chambers Reservoir serves as an important component in Tarrant Regional Water District's water supply system.