Houston-based Cherry, provider of demolition, deconstruction, dismantling and recycling services, is accepting clean residential composition asphalt shingles for recycling. Cherry accepts used and manufacturer waste shingles at no charge. It plans to open more shingle-recycling locations in Houston. div id="articleExtrasA" div id="articleExtrasB" div id="articleExtras" Cherry will use special grinder machines to process the shingles into material for use in roadbeds and as dust suppressants for crushed concrete roads throughout Texas.
The Dallas office of Leo A Daly was recently selected to design two community medicine clinics for Parkland Health & Hospital System: The new Grand Prairie Clinic and the Maple Family Center Replacement. The scope of work includes full architectural services for a 35,000-sq-ft freestanding health and wellness clinic. The firm will provide architectural services for the replacement of the Maple Family Center in Dallas. The clinic will provide services similar to the Grand Prairie Clinic, with an expanded residency program in a new, 60,000-sq-ft facility. div id="articleExtrasA" div id="articleExtrasB" div id="articleExtras"
Dallas-based HKS designed the $78-million University of North Texas stadium in Denton, marking the firm’s first foray into collegiate football stadiums and teaming up with Dallas-based Manhattan Construction. The two firms worked together as key players on the new Cowboys Stadium in Arlington. Construction is under way and the UNT stadium is slated for a fall 2011 kick-off, HKS Vice President John Brooks tells Texas Construction. Photo: HKS Manhattan Construction and HKS, both of Dallas, the contractor/architect team that built the Cowboys Stadium, has teamed up for University of North Texas’ new stadium, under way in Denton. div id="articleExtrasA" div
Dallas-based TBG Partners completed the design and finish-out of Boston Consulting Group’s (BCG) new 57,000-sq-ft Dallas office, on three floors of the Saint Ann Court luxury office building. The $51-million, 27-floor Saint Ann Court opened in November 2009 and is currently seeking LEED certification. BCG, an international strategy and management consulting firm, relocated its 150 Dallas employees in March from its previous 25,000-sq-ft office space located in downtown Dallas’ Lincoln Plaza. Photo: TBG Partners. Boston Consulting Group opened a Dallas office in the Saint Ann Court building. TBG Partners and Gensler provided the interior/exterior finish-out for the firm’s three-floor office
Champion Forest Baptist Church of Houston recently dedicated three new buildings designed by Studio RED Architects and built by Tellepsen Builders., both of Houston. The facilities include a 75,000-sq-ft Children’s Building, a 52,000-sq-ft Student Education Building and 31,000-sq-ft Adult Education Building. The church renovated the 200,000-sq-ft Education and Family Life Center. div id="articleExtrasA" div id="articleExtrasB" div id="articleExtras"
The Public Utility Commission of Texas (or PUC) recently approved a new rule requiring electric utilities to file storm hardening plans to reduce outages and limit infrastructure damage from weather-related events. div id="articleExtrasA" div id="articleExtrasB" div id="articleExtras" Utilities are required to file their reports no later than May 1, 2011 and must include vegetation management plans, pole construction standards, post-storm damage assessment procedures and data collection improvements. The rule requires utilities to provide annual progress reports and a complete plan update every five years. A special provision regarding priority load service requires utilities to file plans and procedures to reduce
Houston-based Cadence McShane Construction Co. was awarded the 110,160-sq-ft Edgewood Elementary School on behalf of Spring Branch Independent School District. The single-story school will replace an existing one built in 1960. PBK Architects is the architect. It is scheduled for completion in July 2011. div id="articleExtrasA" div id="articleExtrasB" div id="articleExtras"
Fort Worth-based AUI Contractors was named a Certified Green Contractor by Associated Builders and Contractors Inc. ABC’s Green Contractor Certification program recognizes construction companies that implement green practices and principles in the workplace, including headquarters, branch offices and jobsite offices. To achieve certification by ABC’s National Green Building Committee, AUI Contractors submitted an application detailing its green efforts and underwent a third-party onsite assessment. div id="articleExtrasA" div id="articleExtrasB" div id="articleExtras"
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced final disapproval of the flexible permit program that the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (or TCEQ) submitted for inclusion in its clean-air implementation plan.
Dallas-based KAI Texas has been selected as the project designer for the new home for the National Multicultural Western Heritage Museum in Fort Worth. KAI will guide the design for the renovation to a 31,000-sq-ft space scheduled to open in 2013. div id="articleExtrasA" div id="articleExtrasB" div id="articleExtras"
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