Early in the planning stages of Texas A&M’s Health Science Center project in Round Rock, university leaders and the construction team recognized the importance of integrating technology infrastructure early for the 164,000-sq-ft anchor building, which was designed within a master plan to support several future buildings in the medical school. Photo: JanCom Technologies JanCom Technologies worked to develop an IT structure for the Texas A&M�s Health Science Center in Round Rock. “The infrastructure supporting IT systems is no less important in the design and construction of a facility than electrical service and water utilities,” John Jankowski, president and founder of
Alec Dreyer, Port of Houston Authority CEO, says August container TEUs (twenty-ft equivalent container units) at the port totaled 152,077 with year-to-date at nearly 1.2 million, which is a 2% increase over August 2009 year-to-date. div id="articleExtrasA" div id="articleExtrasB" div id="articleExtras" Steel throughput was at 285,000 tons, four times what it was in August 2009. The amount of export steel—60,467 tons—was the highest since March 2008. The POHA Commission approved a $2.9-million contract to Houston-based U.S. Builders for construction of two stevedore-support buildings at the Bayport Container Terminal. Intermodal steel building units (recycled shipping containers) will be modified and engineered
George Bush Intercontinental Airport received a $15-million Federal Aviation Administration Airport Improvement Program Grant for taxiway rehabilitation. It will rehab one of the five major runways to accommodate larger aircraft and extend its life by 30 years. div id="articleExtrasA" div id="articleExtrasB" div id="articleExtras" New runway center line and runway status lights will be installed as part of the project. Two of the taxiways were constructed in 1965. A concrete overlay was added in 1976 to accommodate larger aircraft. Taxiways typically have a 20-year design life. Rehabilitating the taxiways with a new overlay will extend their use for 30 years and
Gary Thomas, Dallas Area Rapid Transit president/executive director, was elected as the new vice chair of the American Public Transportation Association at the organization’s annual meeting in San Antonio. div id="articleExtrasA" div id="articleExtrasB" div id="articleExtras" Thomas has been DART’s president/executive director since 2001 and has been vice chairman of APTA for the past three years.
A screening by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Fort Worth District showed Denton County’s 57-year-old Lewisville Dam wasn’t in imminent danger of failing, but it had high-risk characteristics. div id="articleExtrasA" div id="articleExtrasB" div id="articleExtras" Risk factors included downstream fatalities as well as economic, environmental and other impacts. Corps engineers said the dam is performing as intended, but interim risk-reduction measures and further studies are warranted. No changes in operations of the lake are anticipated while the interim risk-reduction measures, which are temporary solutions, are implemented and long-term studies are being conducted. The studies will take about two years and
The North Texas Tollway Authority board of directors elected Victor Vandergriff and Dave Denison to chairman and vice chairman, respectively. div id="articleExtrasA" div id="articleExtrasB" div id="articleExtras" Tarrant County appointed Vandergriff to the board in September 2007. He most recently served as the board’s vice chairman. Denton County appointed Denison to the board in October 2005. Duncanville City Manager Kent Cagle joined the NTTA board of directors in September, and community advocate Jane Willard joined the board in October. Cagle was appointed by the Dallas County Commissioners Court in August and replaces Alan Sims, who served on the board since June
With the help of Houston-based roofing manufacturer Architectural Building Components, Great Hills Baptist Church in Austin got a new roof on its 50,000-sq-ft sanctuary. div id="articleExtrasA" div id="articleExtrasB" div id="articleExtras" Working with Austin-based Austech Roof Consultants and Chamberlin Roofing & Waterproofing, Houston, Architectural Building Components retrofitted the old roof with its 238T structural standing-seam panel system. Workers used an Archzilla jobsite production truck that manufactured 125-ft metal panels on location.
TxDOT’s 2012-13 legislative appropriates request for the next biennium and beyond has decreased from previous years. The baseline request for 2012 is $8.3 billion and $7.2 billion for 2013, or about $1.3 billion less than the current biennium. div id="articleExtrasA" div id="articleExtrasB" div id="articleExtras" The drop in funds is mostly attributed to diminishing bond proceeds, lower federal stimulus expenditures and lower federal reimbursements. To provide legislators with a clearer picture of how to increase the number of new projects that can begin in 2012 and 2013, TxDOT requested exceptional items for general revenue, fewer diversions and additional proceeds from Prop
Earl Broussard, founding principal at Austin-based landscape architecture firm TBG Partners, and James Richards Jr., founder and principal of Fort Worth-based Townscape, were inducted into the American Society of Landscape Architects’ council of fellows. div id="articleExtrasA" div id="articleExtrasB" div id="articleExtras" Fellowship is among the highest honors ASLA may bestow and recognizes the contributions these individuals have made to the profession and the public through their works, leadership and service.
The Dallas Independent School District awarded Houston-based Satterfield & Pontikes Construction a $40-million contract to build the new W.H. Adamson High School. Designed by Dallas-based Corgan Associates, the three-story school is expected to take two years to complete. Image: Satterfield & Pontikes A rendering shows the W.H. Adamson High School, designed by Corgan Associates of Dallas. Satterfield & Pontikes will build the new three-story school for the Dallas Independent School District. The facility will replace the existing Adamson High School, one of the oldest school buildings in Dallas. It will be built adjacent to the current campus. The job includes
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