David B. Walls has been promoted to president and CEO of Austin Industries. He succeeds Ronald J. Gafford who will continue to serve as chairman of the firm, which is the parent company of Austin Commercial, Austin Bridge & Road and Austin Industrial. Walls has been with Austin Commercial since 1980 and president since 1996. He is a director of the Texas contractors association TEXO. Named to succeed him at Austin Commercial is William McAdoo, who was unit senior vice president in the central and South Texas region. With $1.5 billion in 2011 revenue, Austin ranks 33rd on ENR's list
NCCR’s Build Your Future Campaign recently teamed up with the Construction Education Foundation of North Texas and North Lake College to host the second annual Construction Career Day at CEF/NLC’s West Campus, the DFW Education Center in Irving Texas. Related Links: Build Your Future Campaign Construction Education Foundation This was one of several events held in Houston, North Carolina and Orlando, Fla., that offered students the chance to meet with construction professionals.More than 800 high school juniors and seniors attended the Dallas event, representing 35 north Texas high schools. The event featured equipment and welding demonstrations, opportunities to speak with
Panda Power Funds broke ground November 8 on its 758-megawatt natural gas-fueled, combined-cycle power plant in Sherman, Texas. The facility is being built by a turn-key consortium of Bechtel and Siemens Energy Inc. on a 204-acre site. Photo courtesy of Panda Power Funds Artist representation of the 758-MW Panda Sherman, Texas Power Plant. Photo by Sonia Taylor, Bechtel Panda Power Funds, Bechtel and Siemens Energy Inc. join with Texas officials to break ground on the Sherman, Texas power plant November 8. From left to right: Sam Scuchi, Rich Marl, John McCann, Rick Gummo, Todd Whorten, Jeff Brightman, Morad Hekmat and
In 2007, a fire ripped through the Jacksonville Humane Society's facilities. Firefighters battled the flames to save more than 80 animals, but tragically nearly the same number of pets died.
The construction industry may still be stuck in low gear as a result of lingering economic trouble, but the Southeast's contractors and designers are obviously not wasting any time showcasing their expanding set of tools and capabilities as they team up on impressive projects throughout the region.
The design-build team of KBR Building Group and Clark Nexsen was charged with programming, designing and constructing Medicago's 97,000-sq-ft research and production center in just 12 months.
The University of North Florida Science and Humanities project included a 117,000-sq-ft teaching and research facility as well as a 116,500-sq-ft biological sciences building with 45 labs.
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