Dallas-based Turner Construction Company’s financial manager Victoria Klopfenstein was elected to the board of directors of the Architects, Constructors and Engineers Mentor Program of Dallas/Fort Worth. ACE is an after-school program that introduces DFW-area high school juniors and seniors to the many career opportunities offered by the architecture, construction and engineering professions. Related Links: PageSoutherlandPage the 2009 Architecture Firm Award from the Texas Society of Architects Balfour Beatty Construction Acquires SpawMaxwell Company Houston’s Discovery Green Project Achieves LEED Gold Certification Frisco ISD Facility Wins Terrazzo, Mosaic Association Award Overland Partners, CamargoCopeland Architects Win Design Award State Dam Safety Officials Present
Dallas-based Walton Construction Co. LLC, was awarded a $20.4-million contract to build a defense logistics warehouse and distribution center at Tinker Air Force Base in Oklahoma City. Related Links: Linbeck Puts BIM to Work on Cook Children’s Expansion Project Military Construction in San Antonio Hits $738 Million Campus Living Villages Gets $34 Million Loan for Lubbock Property Texas Masonic Retirement Center, Hurst Conference Center Pick AUI Contractors United Supermarkets Builds Second Distribution Center in DFW Cadence McShane Completes Houston Multi-Family Project Manhattan Construction to Build John Phelps Courthouse Architecture Firm Spearheads Project to Promote a Greener Georgetown Arthouse Construction Starts
Dallas businessman William “Bill” Velasco is the new chairman of the Dallas Area Rapid Transit Board of Directors. Velasco has served on the board since 2001. Board members also elected Irving member John Danish as vice chair, Dallas member Scott Carlson as secretary and Plano member Loretta Ellerbe as assistant secretary. Officers serve one-year terms. Related Links: Warren Buffet-led Firm Acquires Fort Worth’s BNSF Southern Power Starts Work on Texas Biomass Plant; Among Nation’s Largest KBR Earns Sasol Technology Framework Contract in Southern Africa CB&I Upgrades Serbian Oil Refinery for $70 Million Port of Houston Authority Acquires 3.5 Acres Near
The city of Grand Prairie plans revitalization efforts while going green with clean-tech initiatives that create sustainable, high-performance buildings. City leaders plan to use an energy efficiency and conservation block grant of nearly $1.5 million from the Department of Energy along with other funding resources including Oncor’s “Take-A-Load-Off-Texas” Government Facilities Program (GFP) administered through CLEAResult Consulting; LoanSTAR, a State Energy Conservation Office program. The result will be more than 76 energy-efficiency upgrades to Grand Prairie facilities, and an energy master plan that decreases energy-related expenditures for years to come. Related Links: Warren Buffet-led Firm Acquires Fort Worth’s BNSF Southern Power
Boerne businessman and city councilman Jeff Haberstroh was named to serve on the US Green Building Council’s Central Texas-Balcones Chapter Board of Directors. Haberstroh is filling a vacated position for the 2009-2010 year. Related Links: Warren Buffet-led Firm Acquires Fort Worth’s BNSF Southern Power Starts Work on Texas Biomass Plant; Among Nation’s Largest KBR Earns Sasol Technology Framework Contract in Southern Africa CB&I Upgrades Serbian Oil Refinery for $70 Million Port of Houston Authority Acquires 3.5 Acres Near Barbours Cut Grand Prairie Uses Block Grant Funds for Energy Efficiency Improvements William Velasco Elected DART Board Chair Haberstroh has been in
Round Rock-based Moman Architects is providing architectural, planning and interior design services for AirBorn Inc.’s new office and manufacturing facility in Georgetown. Related Links: Linbeck Puts BIM to Work on Cook Children’s Expansion Project Military Construction in San Antonio Hits $738 Million Walton Construction Wins $20 Million Tinker Air Force Contract Campus Living Villages Gets $34 Million Loan for Lubbock Property Texas Masonic Retirement Center, Hurst Conference Center Pick AUI Contractors United Supermarkets Builds Second Distribution Center in DFW Cadence McShane Completes Houston Multi-Family Project Manhattan Construction to Build John Phelps Courthouse Arthouse Construction Starts on Project to Triple Space
Heldenfels Enterprises Inc., with plants in San Marcos and Corpus Christi, marked a century of operating the family business in late 2009. Heldenfels produces and installs precast/pre-stressed concrete products for all types of structures. The firm’s latest and largest project was producing and installing 3,000 precast concrete pieces for the new Dallas Cowboys Stadium in Arlington. Related Links: PageSoutherlandPage the 2009 Architecture Firm Award from the Texas Society of Architects Balfour Beatty Construction Acquires SpawMaxwell Company Houston’s Discovery Green Project Achieves LEED Gold Certification Frisco ISD Facility Wins Terrazzo, Mosaic Association Award Overland Partners, CamargoCopeland Architects Win Design Award State
Houston-based KBR was awarded a Framework Contract by Sasol Technology (Pty) Ltd., the technology arm of the Sasol Group (Sasol), to provide engineering services across various sectors of Sasol Group’s business including downstream, petrochemical, and upstream in Southern Africa. Related Links: Warren Buffet-led Firm Acquires Fort Worth’s BNSF Southern Power Starts Work on Texas Biomass Plant; Among Nation’s Largest CB&I Upgrades Serbian Oil Refinery for $70 Million Port of Houston Authority Acquires 3.5 Acres Near Barbours Cut Grand Prairie Uses Block Grant Funds for Energy Efficiency Improvements William Velasco Elected DART Board Chair Boerne’s Jeff Haberstroh Named to US Green
Discovery Green earned LEED Gold Certification making it the first completed LEED Gold project for new construction in downtown Houston. The park project was initiated by Houston Mayor Bill White, who supported the development of the park through a public-private partnership between the city and the Discovery Green Conservancy, a non-profit organization that led the fundraising, design, building, construction and operations of the park. Related Links: PageSoutherlandPage the 2009 Architecture Firm Award from the Texas Society of Architects Balfour Beatty Construction Acquires SpawMaxwell Company Frisco ISD Facility Wins Terrazzo, Mosaic Association Award Overland Partners, CamargoCopeland Architects Win Design Award State
Harris County awarded Manhattan Construction Co. the construction contract for the Harris County John Phelps Courthouse project to be located in the city of Pasadena. Related Links: Linbeck Puts BIM to Work on Cook Children’s Expansion Project Military Construction in San Antonio Hits $738 Million Walton Construction Wins $20 Million Tinker Air Force Contract Campus Living Villages Gets $34 Million Loan for Lubbock Property Texas Masonic Retirement Center, Hurst Conference Center Pick AUI Contractors United Supermarkets Builds Second Distribution Center in DFW Cadence McShane Completes Houston Multi-Family Project Architecture Firm Spearheads Project to Promote a Greener Georgetown Arthouse Construction Starts
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