Houston-based KBR formed a government, defense and infrastructure business group, which will serve existing and future customers in North America, the Middle East, United Kingdom and Australia. Related Links: $12 Million in Stimulus Funding Awarded for Texas Ports Project Completed at Blue Creek Wind Farm Houston Airport Lands Multimillion-Dollar Grants to Reduce Emissions State Approves Funding for Hale County Airport Improvements TxDOT Applies for Federal Railroad Administration Stimulus Funds TxDOT Making Safer Routes to Pecos Schools Leadership Team Changes at Savannah River Nuclear Solutions Gainesville Bridge Project Slated for Summer Completion Water Development Board Approves $14 Million in Loans, Grants
Construction will get under way late this fall in West Texas on a $2.2-million safety improvement project to add five 1.5- to 2-mi sections of passing lanes to the two-lane SH 302 between Notrees and Kermit. Related Links: Design-Build Contract Drives SH 161 Forward Contractor Selected for Laredo’s Cuatro Vientos Relief Route Construction Expected Soon for Portion of Manor Expressway Lubbock’s Loop 289 Project Widened from Four to Six Lanes Houston’s District’s IH-10 East Freeway Completed Early SH 137 Rehabilitation Project Rebuilds 7-Mi Road Texas Sterling Starts $29-Million Harris County Project IH-45-Gulf Freeway Project Near Calder Progresses Castro County Maintenance
Denver-based wind power company NACEL Energy Corp. completed major environmental assessment work at its Blue Creek wind-power project in Moore County and received Federal Aviation Administration permits covering the placement of 27 turbines there. Related Links: $12 Million in Stimulus Funding Awarded for Texas Ports Houston Airport Lands Multimillion-Dollar Grants to Reduce Emissions State Approves Funding for Hale County Airport Improvements KBR Forms Government, Defense and Infrastructure Business Group TxDOT Applies for Federal Railroad Administration Stimulus Funds TxDOT Making Safer Routes to Pecos Schools Leadership Team Changes at Savannah River Nuclear Solutions Gainesville Bridge Project Slated for Summer Completion Water
Irving-based Collegiate Development Construction Services recently began construction at Texas A&M University in College Station on a new housing project with 250 total units. Related Links: Texas Adopts BIM for State Design and Construction Projects DFW Airport Starts Eight-Year Terminal Renovation Project HyperTrack Speeds Construction at Rice University Houston Firms Redo Norwegian Consulate General Offices Corps of Engineers Awards $119 Million in Contracts Structura Restores Galveston Sites Damaged by Hurricane Ike Parking Planners to Build Garage for Stephen F. Austin Student Housing Cadence McShane Completes Near Half-Million SF Distribution Center Dallas Park Foundation Selects Architect for Performance Pavilion SHW Starts
Gov. Rick Perry appointed Carlos Rubinstein of Austin to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality to a term to expire Aug. 31, 2015, and appointed Bryan W. Shaw of Round Rock as presiding officer of the commission. The commission oversees the state’s environmental permitting and enforcement agency. Related Links: McCarthy Named 2009 Contractor of the Year by Dallas AIA Tulsa Project Wins National Architecture, Engineering Award Architects Compete in Galveston Event Space Design Contest Pulte, Centex Merger Creates Nation’s Largest Homebuilder TCEQ Names New Clean Texas Members Gulf Guardian Awards Honor Efforts to Protect Environmental Health AGC Houston Recognizes Construction
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Fort Worth District recently awarded $118.7 million in contracts to Hensel Phelps Construction of Austin for construction of two barracks to house Army personnel that will attend the Medical Education and Training Campus at Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio. The barracks will augment three dormitories already under construction as part of the ongoing development of METC, which will consolidate the enlisted medical training programs of all branches of the U.S. military. The Army barracks include a 366,000-sq-ft unit for 1,200 individuals and a 192,000-sq-ft facility for an additional 600 personnel. The three dormitories
J.C. Evans Construction Co. of Leander submitted the low bid of $33.8 million for the Cuatro Vientos (State Loop 20 extension) construction project for South Laredo. Related Links: Design-Build Contract Drives SH 161 Forward Construction Expected Soon for Portion of Manor Expressway Lubbock’s Loop 289 Project Widened from Four to Six Lanes Houston’s District’s IH-10 East Freeway Completed Early Passing Lanes to be Added on Kermit Highway SH 137 Rehabilitation Project Rebuilds 7-Mi Road Texas Sterling Starts $29-Million Harris County Project IH-45-Gulf Freeway Project Near Calder Progresses Castro County Maintenance Project Widens FM 1055, FM 2943 TxDOT Prepares to Fund
Through the approval a $20.75-million contract for URS Corp. of Dallas to begin the preliminary design work for the renovation of Terminals A, B, C and E, which opened with the Airport in 1974, DFW International Airport’s Board of Directors began an eight-year renovation process. Related Links: Texas Adopts BIM for State Design and Construction Projects HyperTrack Speeds Construction at Rice University Houston Firms Redo Norwegian Consulate General Offices Corps of Engineers Awards $119 Million in Contracts Structura Restores Galveston Sites Damaged by Hurricane Ike Texas A&M University Selects CDCS for Housing Project Parking Planners to Build Garage for Stephen
McCarthy Named 2009 Contractor of the Year by Dallas AIA November 2009 McCarthy Named 2009 Contractor of the Year by Dallas AIA The Dallas Chapter of the American Institute of Architects has recognized Dallas-based McCarthy Building Cos. as the 2009 Contractor of the Year for its efforts at taking on technically oriented, complex projects. McCarthy was selected along with 13 other organizations and individuals for their contributions to the city’s cultural and architectural environment. The Contractor of the Year award is given to the general contractor that has advanced architecture through its achievement of the built environment, according to the
Editor’s note: This article was written for our December issue, and went to press on November 5, the day of the shooting at Fort Hood that took the lives of 13 persons and injured some 20 others. Texas Construction offers its deepest sympathies to the families of those injured or killed in the heinous act of violence. Courtesy Randy Cephus/USACE The 45-acre, 32-building Combined Arms Collective Training Facility at Fort Hood. Courtesy Randy Cephus/USACE Fort Hood�s mock village is part of the base�s mobilization mission, which includes training of some 58,000 soldiers from the base as well as outside units
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