Related Links: CHRISTUS Highland Medical Center McInnis Brothers Construction has started work on Phase 3 of a $55 million hospital expansion at CHRISTUS Highland Medical Center in Shreveport, La. The project broke ground in mid-March with a fast-track construction process and is expected to be completed in late-2015.The 118,000-sq-ft West Wing expansion will add two new entire floors to the facility and will house the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) Labor and Delivery, Cancer Center and Inpatient Rehabilitation.Chris R. Elberson, AIA, of lead project architect Somdal Associates, says the project is part of an overall campus renovation and expansion that
Texas has long been a land of drought. Now that more people are relocating to the state, thanks to a strong economy and the promise of jobs, counties must look for new ways to satisfy the water needs of their burgeoning populations. Related Links: San Jacinto River Authority Ground Water Reduction Program McCarthy Building Cos. Inc. HDR Engineering Inc. The San Jacinto River Authority (SJRA) is doing precisely that with its latest project, the $191-million Surface Water Facilities, being built on and adjacent to Lake Conroe in Montgomery County, just north of Houston.This project is part of the county's Ground
Work has been plentiful in Louisiana and Texas over the past year, with a slew of massive projects starting up in each state, ranging from energy, transportation and infrastructure to mixed-use and retail. ENR Texas & Louisiana's Top Starts list shows the cost of the top 25 projects that broke ground in 2013 in the region totaled $12.49 billion, a decline of $710 million compared with last year. But more energy projects are on the way in both states, as work remains strong in the Gulf Coast region. Related Links: 2013 Top Starts In Texas & Louisiana Oil and Gas
Vancouver, British Columbia-based methanol producer Methanex has fast-tracked the relocation of a major chemical plant across continents to capitalize on natural gas prices from Louisiana's shale plays. It's a massive undertaking involving thousands of skilled workers and a seven-month sea voyage—but it's still cheaper than building a new plant. Related Links: Idle Methanol Plant Moves From Chile To Louisiana Methanex Nearly 1,000 workers are on site each day at the Geismar, La., site, with a wide selection of contractors and subs. Jacobs Engineering, Pasadena, Calif., is the engineering and procurement contractor (EPC); Cajun Industries Inc., Baton Rouge, has handled site
Dilip Choudhuri has been chosen as Walter P. Moore's new president and CEO, effective Jan. 1, 2015. Choudhuri will become the fourth president and CEO in company history. He joined the firm in 2001 and became executive director of diagnostics in 2009. PETERSEN Related Links: People: Texas & Louisiana, February 2014 People: Texas & Louisiana, December 2013 Dennis W. Petersen has been promoted to corporate president of LEO A DALY, responsible for the day-to-day operations of the company, including the LEO A DALY and Lockwood Andrews & Newnam Inc. (LAN) brands. He has been president of LAN for the past
The Dept. of Energy's $7.7-billion Mixed Oxide Fuel Fabrication Facility at the Savannah River Site in Aiken, S.C., isn't dead yet. But the Obama administration's March budget request to put the unfinished plutonium disposal facility into "cold standby" could sound the bedeviled project's death knell. Photo courtesy of the South Carolina Chapter of the Sierra Club With construction costs soaring, and long-term operational costs doing the same, the Obama administration recommended halting the project and studying other alternatives for plutonium disposition. Related Links: DOE Looking at Cost, Schedule Problems at S.C. Nuclear Site Cold War Cleanup The lack of an
Lemoine Co. is constructing a new 178,000-sq-ft student union at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. The $36 million project is roughly halfway through construction and completion is expected in December of 2014. Courtesy of The Lemoine Co. Lemoine Co. is constructing a new 178,000-sq-ft student union at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. Related Links: University of Louisiana at Lafayette The new student union is being built on the location of the old one and will feature a cafeteria, dining area, bookstore, ballroom and theater. The facility spans nearly an entire city block and sits on the edge of
A collision near the Houston Ship Channel on March 22 involving a 585-ft bulk carrier and a barge containing 924,000 gal of bunker fuel sent oil straight into Galveston Bay, the gateway to one of the busiest ports in the U.S. Related Links: Gulf Oil Spill The Toxic Legacy of Exxon Valdez Texas City "Y" Response U.S. Coast Guard The U.S. Coast Guard has estimated that about 168,000 gal of oil were released following the collision. “Some of that has already been recuperated and they’re still working on the cleanup,” says Rosio Torres, spokesperson at the Joint Information Center, the
The $2.5 billion North Tarrant Express (NTE) that will overhaul I-820 and SH Texas 121/183 in Tarrant County will be completed six months ahead of schedule. Project developer, NTE Mobility Partners (NTEMP), says construction is expected wrap up by the end of 2014, rather than June 2015. Photo courtesy of NTE Mobility Partners North Tarrant Express developer NTE Mobility Partners says construction on the project is expected wrap up by the end of 2014, rather than June 2015. Related Links: North Tarrant Express Project Texas Dept. of Transportation The 13-mile NTE project is an overhaul of Loop 820 and Texas
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