The 125,000-sq-ft Rockwall County Courthouse in Texas is a concrete structure wrapped with a blend of masonry and precast. Manhattan Construction Co. worked on the $33-million project from May 2010 to October 2011.
Working from August 2009 to July 2011, SpawGlass Contractors Inc. completed the University of Texas Marine Science Institute Reserve Headquarters and Lab Expansion with a focus on sustainability.
Texas Children's Hospital Pavilion for Women is a 15-story, 1.3-million-sq-ft facility that connects to the Texas Children's West Tower via a two-story sky bridge, the largest in the state.
International law firm Fulbright & Jaworski turned to Balfour Beatty Construction for the demolition and rebuilding of three-and-a-half floors—a total of 72,267 sq ft—at its Austin, Texas, office.
Lady Bird Johnson Middle School is the first net-zero public school in Texas. Balfour Beatty Construction completed the $29.9-million project in March 2012.
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
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