D. Steven Henry has joined Austin Industries, Dallas, as senior vice president and chief legal officer. He was a partner at law firm Gardere Wynne Sewell. Henry Related Links: Engineering News Record Malissa Attebery was hired by Walter P Moore, Houston, as its learning manager. In this role, she manages the firm's learning program, which provides classes and training opportunities to employees. Prior to joining the firm, she was an instructional designer for Lone Star College. LJA Engineering, Houston, has announced several staff changes. Jack Shick was promoted to senior project manager in the firm's Houston transportation division. Riley Sladek
Zachry Engineering Corp. burst out of the recession with a full head of steam. On the heels of a tough couple of years, the design arm of Zachry Holdings is back among the region's powerhouse firms. After its regional revenue dropped from $124.5 million in 2009 to $41.4 million in 2011, the company more than doubled the total in 2012, reaching $90.4 million. That secured it eighth place on the current list of top design firms in Texas and Louisiana. Related Links: Best Industrial Project of 2009 - NRG Cedar Bayou, Baytown View Rankings of Top Texas & Louisiana Firms
Despite an overall rise in combined revenue among the region's top design firms, executives continue to take a cautious view of the market. The top 75 design firms in Texas and Louisiana saw regional revenue hit a combined $2.97 billion last year, up from $2.57 billion in 2011—a nearly 16% increase. Notably, the top three firms in this year's ranking all performed a significant amount of work in the transportation sector, which has been robust in recent years. Related Links: Power Player Zachry Named Design Firm of the Year Engineering News Record "It's a stable to strong market," says Todd
Emory Healthcare of Atlanta has teamed with a private developer for construction of a $200-million proton therapy center in downtown Atlanta. Brasfield & Gorrie, Kennesaw, Ga., is building the 107,000-sq-ft oncology center for San Diego-based developer Advanced Particle Therapy. VOA Associates is the project architect. Perkins + Will is serving as the landscape architect. Image courtesy VOA Associates Brasfield and Gorrie recently started construction in downtown Atlanta of the $200-million Emory Proton Therapy Center, scheduled to open in 2016. Related Links: Atlanta's Construction Industry Making a Comeback Atlanta Authority Hires 360 Architecture to Design Falcons Stadium To accommodate a scheduled
General contractor Samet Corp. of Greensboro, N.C., recently started construction of a $30-million senior-living facility in Charlotte, N.C. According to the contractor, the Brightmore Senior Living facility will feature 138 independent-living units, along with 16 assisted-living and 14 memory-care units. Liberty Healthcare of Wilmington, N.C., is the project owner. Image courtesy of Samet Corp. Samet Corp. is building the Brightmore Senior Living facility in Charlotte, N.C., for Liberty Healthcare of Wilmington, N.C. Related Links: Top Southeast Start Reflect a Rejuvenated Residential Market ENR Southeast: Projects James Reed, health-care group manager with Samet, said the contractor was able to trim the
FHP Tectonics Corp, New Orleans, will start construction in June on a $26.5 million school in New Orleans. Image courtesy FHP Tectonics The $26.5-million Morris Jeff Community School was designed by the joint venture of VergesRome Architects and Fanning Howey. The new Morris Jeff Community School is being funded by State of Louisiana Recovery School District and was designed by the joint venture of VergesRome Architects and Fanning Howey, both of New Orleans.The three-story building will be constructed in accordance with the Educational Specifications for PK-8 schools with 35 teaching stations and a total area of 108,000 square feet. It
On May 6, tunnel crews with Bouygues Civil Works Florida completed the last leg of mining for the second of two, twin 4,200-ft-long tunnels for the $1-billion tunnel project at PortMiami. That morning, the project's 380-ft-long tunnel-boring machine—nicknamed Harriet—broke through for the last time, landing back on Watson Island, where it had first launched in November 2011. Photo by Daniel Azoulay. Courtesy Bouygues Civil Works Florida On May 6, the PortMiami tunnel project's 380-ft-long boring machine completed the final bore of two twin, 4,200-ft-long tunnels. The $1-billion project is targeting an August 2014 completion. Related Links: Port Of Miami Tunnel
In a victory for Coral Gables, Fla.-based Odebrecht Construction, a federal appeals court in Miami has upheld a lower court ruling that Florida's anti-Cuba law is unconstitutional. The law—which the lower court blocked by injunction—banned public agencies in the state of Florida from awarding any contract valued at a minimum of $1 million to any firm with business dealings in Cuba or Syria. Image courtesy Reynolds, Smith and Hills Inc. Odebrecht Construction, which is vying for the concession contract on the $2-billion Interstate 4 Ultimate project (above), argued in court its business would have been significantly harmed by Florida's anti-Cuba
Creating a mechanically stabilized mountain and building a pair of massive, buried bridge structures are all part of a day's work for the crew working on the elevated and sloping runway project at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport (FLL). Related Links: Broward County Picks Designers for South Runway Project Balfour Beatty, Cummings Land Fort Lauderdale Terminal Contract The entire project, estimated at $750 million, is designed to extend the boundaries of the airport by raising one of its runways up and over a major highway and rail line.Targeted for completion by September 2014, the work is testing the limits of contractors
HALLR. Randall Hall has been promoted from president to chief executive officer for West Point, Ga.-based general contractor Batson-Cook Co. Hall takes over the CEO position from Raymond L. Moody Jr., who is retiring. The general contractor previously named Hall as president in January 2012. Prior to that, he had served as senior vice president and general manager for the company's Atlanta division. Related Links: ENR Southeast People News 2013 Award of Excellence Winner Wayne E. Jones Moody, who will now serve as an executive adviser, first started with Batson-Cook in 1963 as an engineer. He was elected executive
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