The 84,500-sq-ft Carnegie Vanguard High School in Houston was completed in August 2012. Turner Construction's team headed the construction and finished work with no recordable incidents or lost-time accidents during 258,000 man-hours worked.
Walker Engineering did the electrical work and KBD Group led construction on the $95-million GE Manufacturing Solutions locomotive manufacturing facility.
MovassaghiDr. Kam Movassaghi, former secretary of the Louisiana Dept. of Transportation and current president of C.H. Fenstermaker and Associates, is the 42nd inductee into the Louisiana Highways and Transportation Hall of Honor. The Hall of Honor is sponsored by the Louisiana Good Roads and Transportation Association, Louisiana DOTD, Louisiana State Police, American Council of Engineering Cos. of Louisiana, Louisiana Associated General Contractors and the Louisiana Engineering Society. Related Links: Engineering News Record Architectural Record Gavin Cox has joined The Beck Group in the newly created role of chief information officer. Cox will provide vision and leadership for all aspects
The judges selected winning ENR Texas & Louisiana entries based on the following criteria: overcoming challenges and teamwork, safety, innovation, contribution to the industry and community, construction and craft quality, design function and aesthetics.
The City of Shreveport has agreed to make $342 million worth of improvements to its sewer system over the next 12 years. Courtesy of the Shreveport Water and Sewage Board The Shreveport Water and Sewage Department will repair its sewer system over the next 12 years, with work split into five phases. Related Links: Shreveport Water and Sewage Department City of Shreveport The improvements are part of a consent decree to settle violations of the Clean Water Act. A complaint by the Environmental Protection Agency alleges that raw sewerage has spilled into surrounding waterways since 2005 due to inadequate operation
After first shocking Atlanta Braves fans and local contractors alike with their plans to build a new stadium, the Major League Baseball team has added to the intrigue with an announcement to fully fund a $400-million mixed-use venue at a proposed site in Cobb County, Ga. Image courtesy of Atlanta Braves The Atlanta Braves organization announced plans to build a new ballpark in Cobb County, Ga. The team later added that it plans to fund construction of a $400-million mixed-use component. Image courtesy of Atlanta Braves The Braves stated that the project's mixed-use component will include retail, restaurants, residential, hotel
The first section of the $2.7 billion Interstate 635 upgrade, which includes a new TEXpress managed lane system, will open on Dec. 14. Meanwhile, construction work on the rest of the project, known as the LBJExpress, now moves into the technically challenging excavation phase. Related Links: LBJ Express Project $1.1 Billion DFW Connector Opens Texas Department of Transportation Construction began in spring 2011 and is more than half complete. The projected completion date is in December 2015.The I-635 corridor is one of the most congested major highways in the state. About 250,000 vehicles use the corridor daily and by 2020
The Lemoine Co. is in the process of constructing a 90,000-sq-ft, five-story casino hotel in Harvey, La. The project is valued at $14 million and is on target to be completed in May 2014. Courtesy of The Lemoine Co. A rendering of the new 90,000-sq-ft, five-story casino hotel now under construction in Harvey, La. Related Links: The Lemoine Co. Mathes Brierre Architects Lemoine Co. Project Operations Manager John Manion says the hotel at Boomtown Casino will feature 150 guest rooms, a fitness center, conference space and a 210-space parking lot. The hotel will be connected to the existing casino facilities
The vision behind the $76.5-million James B. Hunt Jr. Library project at North Carolina State University was nothing short of a redefinition of the modern research library, with one eye on the increasingly digital future and another on the benefits of interpersonal collaborations.
The Nemours Foundation had a clear vision for its new children's hospital in Orlando: a world-class facility that would offer Central Florida a new level of pediatric specialty care, from minor injuries to the most complex of illnesses and conditions.
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