Voters turned out to Texas polls November 4 to weigh in on nearly 100 bond packages across the state. According to the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts' Texas Transparency compilation of bond election results, of those bonds on the ballot last week, voters approved 84 (totaling a combined $5.589 billion), while 11 (totaling a combined $867.5 million) were defeated. Related Links: Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts' Texas Transparency A slew of education-related packages were approved last week, far outweighing those from other entities. Among the bonds that passed in the November 4 election were:A four-part bond package for Arlington, covering
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is constructing an $86.2 million drainage project in New Orleans. The 42-month contract will provide improved storm water drainage for the Uptown area of the city and reduce the risk of flood damages in a 10-year rainfall event. Related Links: SELA Drainage Projects U.S. Army Corps of Engineers New Orleans District The project is being managed by Boh Bros. Construction Co. and involves building 7,200 l-ft of concrete box culvert under the median on Louisiana Ave. The culvert will range from 8 to 16 ft wide and will run from Constance St. to South
The construction of the SCE&G Innovation Center, Clemson University's wind turbine drivetrain test facility in North Charleston, S.C., couldn't have proved more challenging, considering the site chosen for the building.
Contractors building the University of North Carolina at Greensboro's $5.8-million Railroad Pedestrian Underpass had to coordinate their work with a high volume of rail traffic through the project, which links the school's core campus and a mixed-use development that includes student housing, retail and a 225,000-sq-ft recreation center.
With renovation of Terminal 1, the design and construction team delivered a long-overdue permanent passenger terminal to Raleigh-Durham International Airport.
For Duke University's renovation of Baldwin Auditorium—a Georgian-style building originally built in 1927—LeChase Construction Services was charged with the task of transforming the eye-catching auditorium into an acoustically superior, world-class venue.
When fully open and upright, the 94 operable louver arms atop Florida Polytechnic University's $60-million Innovation Science and Technology building seem to salute in unison the birth of the nation's newest engineering school.
The 30,560-sq-ft Fort Lauderdale Temple is the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints' first temple in South Florida, and just the second in the state.
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