Houston-based Whirlwind Building Components was selected as the 2009 Best of Freeport Award in the Building Materials category by the U.S. Commerce Association. The USCA Best of Local Business award program recognizes outstanding local businesses throughout the country annually. The USCA identifies companies it believes have achieved exceptional marketing success in their local community and business category and that enhance the positive image of small business through service to their customers and community. Related Links: Port of Galveston Names Director of Gov Relations, Legislative Affairs Is the U.S. Falling Behind Europe in the Green Race? HCSS of Sugar Land Among
Chicago-based E.ON Climate and Renewables completed what it has called the world’s largest wind farm outside of Sweetwater near the community of Roscoe. Related Links: EPA, TCEQ Adds Terrell Warehouse to Superfund Clean-Up Sites Fluor Enables Solar Plant to Reach First Production in 20 Months DFW Contractors Sign Agreement to Keep Waters Pollution-Free KBDJ Quarry Earns Industry Awards for Environmental Operations Port of Houston Reduces TxDOT Project by Half Million The Roscoe wind complex has an installed capacity of 781.5 megawatts, generating enough electricity to power more than 230,000 homes. According to E.ON, completing the wind farm required more than
State transportation officials approved the selection of 10 projects across the state that will be funded by TxDOT’s pass-through finance program, which allows local municipalities or private entities to pay for a transportation project and get reimbursed from the state. The Texas Transportation Commission approved the an estimated $273 million for projects statewide. Related Links: TxDOT to Lose $742 Million in Federal Funding Sterling Construction Awarded $20-Million Collin County Project NTTA Opens Seven-Mile Segment of Sam Rayburn Tollway HNTB, Central Texas Mobility Authority Renew Partnership Texas Sterling Starts IH-610/North Loop Reconstruction Project
Diane Falcioni stepped in to the position of director of governmental relations and legislative affairs for the Port of Galveston. Related Links: Is the U.S. Falling Behind Europe in the Green Race? Whirlwind Building Components Receives Best of Freeport Award HCSS of Sugar Land Among 15 Top U.S. Small Workplaces $10 Million Gift Provided Toward The Trinity Project in Dallas Walter P Moore’s Raymond Messer Enters Carroll College Hall of Fame Past President AGC of Texas, Charles Schmidt, Dies at Age 79 LJA Engineering Returns to 2929 Briarpark After Hurricane Ike Lewis Equipment Files for Bankruptcy Protection Stanley Consultants Named
The Port Commission of The Port of Houston Authority reduced its original funding agreement with the Texas Dept. of Transportation to widen Port Road to a four-lane boulevard and construct an overpass at Bayport Terminal by $629,622. The original project costs, estimated by TxDOT at $16.6 million, and funding agreement, were based on preliminary design information. Because the low bid for the project came in at $4.3 million below the estimated construction cost, the port authority’s share of the total project cost has decreased by $629,622 to a total of $2.7 million. The balance of the cost is to be
Houston-based Texas Sterling Construction began work recently on Houston’s IH-610/North Loop reconstruction project with the removal of the existing pavement. The contractor must utilize the existing shoulders to for its work zone while maintaining the flow of traffic along the corridor. Related Links: TxDOT to Lose $742 Million in Federal Funding $273 Million Approved for Pass-Through Projects Statewide Sterling Construction Awarded $20-Million Collin County Project NTTA Opens Seven-Mile Segment of Sam Rayburn Tollway HNTB, Central Texas Mobility Authority Renew Partnership The $29-million project has an anticipated completion of summer 2011.
This fall, the Texas Dept. of Transportation transferred a portion of State Highway 121 from Hillcrest Road to Watters Road in Collin County to the North Texas Tollway Authority. SH 121 mainlanes became part of the NTTA system and are now an extension of the recently renamed Sam Rayburn Tollway. The service roads will retain the SH 121 designation. A new 7-mi segment of the roadway recently opened. Related Links: TxDOT to Lose $742 Million in Federal Funding $273 Million Approved for Pass-Through Projects Statewide Sterling Construction Awarded $20-Million Collin County Project HNTB, Central Texas Mobility Authority Renew Partnership Texas
Irving-based Fluor Corp. helped LDK Solar’s polysilicon plant in Xinyu City, China, toward its first successful production run. As the engineering, procurement and construction management contractor, Fluor helped bring the facility from groundbreaking to first production in 20 months. LDK Solar initiated production ramp-up of operations for its first 5,000 metric-ton train of its eventual 15,000 MT (annualized capacity) polysilicon plant in Xinyu earlier this month. Related Links: EPA, TCEQ Adds Terrell Warehouse to Superfund Clean-Up Sites World’s Largest Wind Farm Opens in Roscoe DFW Contractors Sign Agreement to Keep Waters Pollution-Free KBDJ Quarry Earns Industry Awards for Environmental Operations
Two years after the start of construction, The Austonian topped out with the placement of a final steel beam this fall on the tallest residential building in Austin and the western U.S., according to the project’s developer. Balfour Beatty has topped out on the 56-story Austin high-rise residential project aptly named The Austonian. The building will be the city’s tallest residential tower when complete. Related Links: Poor Economy Doesn’t Slow Student Housing Construction GSA Awards Beck Technology $60M in BIM, Laser Scanning Contracts Dallas Museum of Nature & Science Unveils Designs, Building Model Satterfield & Pontikes Tops Out at Texas
The Environmental Protection Agency and the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality announced the Van der Horst USA Corp. site in Terrell has been proposed to the National Priorities List of Superfund sites. Related Links: World’s Largest Wind Farm Opens in Roscoe Fluor Enables Solar Plant to Reach First Production in 20 Months DFW Contractors Sign Agreement to Keep Waters Pollution-Free KBDJ Quarry Earns Industry Awards for Environmental Operations Port of Houston Reduces TxDOT Project by Half Million The Van der Horst USA site, located in a commercial warehouse district, is an inactive chromium and iron plating facility that began operations
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