To support the military's goal of expanding its Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) program, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers built the UAS Maintenance Hangar in Fort Hood, Texas.
The 111,500-sq-ft U.S. Coast Guard Houston-Galveston Sector Building was completed in October 2013 at Ellington Field. Planning for the project began after Hurricane Ike caused significant damage to the U.S. Coast Guard Sector Field Office in Galveston in 2008.
Thinkery, formerly the Austin Children's Museum, turned to The Beck Group to lead construction on its 35,000-sq-ft facility located just north of downtown Austin.
Barriere Construction was tasked with demolishing and rebuilding a defunct 230-kV electrical substation for Entergy Services in New Orleans because of the increased power demand from the city's new BioDistrict.
At the request of Chevron, Versabar Inc. developed the VersaCutter, a subsea cutting tool that provides a safer, more efficient and environmentally friendly way of severing subsea structures such as platforms and pipelines no longer in operation.
John T. Lucey Jr. has been named president and CEO at McKim & Creed Inc. Lucey was previously the executive vice president of engineering and business development at Heckmann Water Resources (now Nuverra Environmental Solutions). Lucey succeeds Michael W. Creed, who will continue to serve as McKim & Creed's chairman of the board. Related Links: People: October 2014 People: August 2014 Dilip Choudhuri will become Walter P Moore's fourth president and CEO, effective Jan. 1. Choudhuri joined the firm in 2001, most recently serving as executive director of diagnostics since 2009. Ray Messer, the firm's outgoing CEO, will take on
Contractors are preparing to break ground on the second phase of the South Market District in New Orleans. When completed, it will be the largest mixed-use development in the city with 700 apartments, a boutique hotel and 200,000 sq ft of retail space including shops and restaurants. Related Links: South Market District New Orleans Industrial Development Board Construction of the $250 million project started in June 2013. The first phase, which includes The Paramount and The Park buildings, is nearing completion. The Paramount includes 21,000 sq ft of retail space and 209 apartments, The Park features 435 garage spaces and
Voters turned out to Texas polls November 4 to weigh in on nearly 100 bond packages across the state. According to the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts' Texas Transparency compilation of bond election results, of those bonds on the ballot last week, voters approved 84 (totaling a combined $5.589 billion), while 11 (totaling a combined $867.5 million) were defeated. Related Links: Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts' Texas Transparency A slew of education-related packages were approved last week, far outweighing those from other entities. Among the bonds that passed in the November 4 election were:A four-part bond package for Arlington, covering
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is constructing an $86.2 million drainage project in New Orleans. The 42-month contract will provide improved storm water drainage for the Uptown area of the city and reduce the risk of flood damages in a 10-year rainfall event. Related Links: SELA Drainage Projects U.S. Army Corps of Engineers New Orleans District The project is being managed by Boh Bros. Construction Co. and involves building 7,200 l-ft of concrete box culvert under the median on Louisiana Ave. The culvert will range from 8 to 16 ft wide and will run from Constance St. to South
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