Construction on the new 185,221-sq-ft CTI Foods headquarters in Saginaw is scheduled to complete this month. Cost for the multipurpose facility on a 14.35-acre site was not released. Photo: Cadence McShane Cadence McShane recently completed the new CTI Foods headquarters building in Saginaw. Dallas-based Pross Design Group is the project architect. Dallas-based Cadence McShane Construction Co. utilized painted tiltwall and insulated metal-panel construction on the facility’s exterior. The building features a two-story office component, production area and refrigerated storage and distribution sections to facilitate the firm’s food processing operations. Cadence McShane was recently awarded the $12.6-million contract for construction of
The Waller Independent School District’s Evelyn Turlington Elementary School, which opened August 2009 in Hockley, won the 2010 Caudill Award. It is the highest honor for planning and design of Texas public education facilities at the Texas Association of School Boards’ and the Texas Association of School Administrators’ annual convention. div id="articleExtrasA" div id="articleExtrasB" div id="articleExtras" Plano-based SHW Group designed the 102,835-sq-ft facility. The annual Caudill Award is given to a facility that demonstrates excellence in design, innovation, educational appropriateness, process of planning, sustainability and value. A SHW Group-designed project has now received the Caudill six times since the award’s
Central Health is building its North Central Health Center in Austin. The 50,000-sq-ft facility should open by fall 2011. div id="articleExtrasA" div id="articleExtrasB" div id="articleExtras" The Lawrence Group of St. Louis designed the facility. Flynn Construction, the Bommarito Group and landscape architect Eleanor McKinney, all of Austin, round out the team.
Houston-based Integrated Electrical Services was awarded a contract for the installation of electrical systems at the Precision Measurement Laboratory at the National Institute of Standards and Technology in Boulder, Colo. The contract amount was not released. div id="articleExtrasA" div id="articleExtrasB" div id="articleExtras" IES is will install the primary and emergency power systems for an area that covers 68 laboratory and clean-rooms totalling more than 400,000 sq ft.
After garnering the International Bridge, Tunnel and Turnpike Association’s 2010 Toll Excellence Award in Customer Service, the North Texas Tollway Authority’s Customer Driven Management program has earned the IBTTA’s President’s Award for Excellence. div id="articleExtrasA" div id="articleExtrasB" div id="articleExtras" The IBTTA Toll Excellence Awards program recognizes member toll agencies that are furthering the aims of the industry through creative, innovative and positive programs.
The Oklahoma Transportation Commission approved a four-year statewide transportation improvement plan that includes preparation for a statewide rail-improvement plan. Photo: ODOT The Interstate 40 Crosstown project is under way in Oklahoma City. Work has been completed on 148 of the state’s 274 stimulus-funded projects with more than 80% paid to contractors. Construction on some stimulus projects will be completed next year. Commissioners approved 65 contracts totaling $195 million for a variety of projects, including the pavement of the new I-40 Crosstown from May Avenue to Classen Boulevard in Oklahoma City. The project should be completed in 2012 An engineering services
Dallas-based PageSoutherlandPage will relocate to downtown Dallas in the first quarter. The architectural and engineering company will occupy 34,000 sq ft of the historic Mercantile Building on Main Street. div id="articleExtrasA" div id="articleExtrasB" div id="articleExtras"
Houston’s METRO will receive $2.9 million as part of the Federal Transit Administration’s State of Good Repair Program, a new initiative to help address repair and maintenance backlogs in the nation’s transit systems. div id="articleExtrasA" div id="articleExtrasB" div id="articleExtras" METRO will use the funds to make repairs to its Kashmere and Hiram Clarke bus-operating facilities and will provide $728,000 in local match money for the project. The FTA estimates it will cost $77.7 billion to bring the nation’s rail and bus transit systems into a state of good repair. In addition, a yearly average of $14.4 billion would be required
As construction company owners shift their thoughts to a new year, it should not be forgotten that the recently enacted Small Business Jobs Act of 2010 (SBJA) may offer impressive cost savings to qualified firms. div id="articleExtrasA" div id="articleExtrasB" div id="articleExtras" Enacted in September, SBJA essentially provides various tax changes – most of them beneficial to company owners – and $30 billion for community banks to lend to small businesses. Because most Texas construction companies qualify as a small business, the law has a lot of appeal. Companies that aren’t certain about their status can go to the Small Business
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