Related Links: Congress Promotes Green-Building Practices with Financial Incentives Rider Appointed to Industrialized Building Code Council Corrpro Houston Crew Earns Safety Excellence Award Former Austin District Engineer Hired by Williamson County TCEQ Names M.D. Anderson New Clean Texas Member Tellepsen Launches New Brand to Mark Anniversary Mike Kress, VP With The Bayou Companies in Houston, Dies Dallas-based Adolfson & Peterson Construction surpassed the milestone of three million man hours with no lost time due to accidents. A&P also earned safety credentials including the selection as a Merit winner in ABC’s 2009 National Safety Award competition. Additionally, the firm has an
Congress wants to increase incentives for green-building practices with the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009, informally known as the Waxman-Markey bill. Related Links: Adolfson & Peterson Marks Safety Milestone, Earns ABC Award Rider Appointed to Industrialized Building Code Council Corrpro Houston Crew Earns Safety Excellence Award Former Austin District Engineer Hired by Williamson County TCEQ Names M.D. Anderson New Clean Texas Member Tellepsen Launches New Brand to Mark Anniversary Mike Kress, VP With The Bayou Companies in Houston, Dies The bill passed in the U.S. House of Representatives on June 26 and was headed for the Senate
Going green for the Collin County Community College Preston Ridge campus also meant saving green in the $3.5-million conversion of the college’s natatorium into a culinary arts building. A rendering shows one of the new kitchen labs in the Collin County Community College Preston Ridge Culinary Arts building, designed by Corgan Associates and built by Hunt Construction. Related Links: New Texas A&M Agriculture Headquarters Breaks Ground UH Freshman Housing Facility Construction Under Way Dallas Cowboys Break Ground on Mega-Merchandise HQ El Paso Boasts Building Activity Frenzy Hanson Installs Modular Bridge at New Braunfels Middle School Dallas-based Hunt Construction - the
Related Links: Congress Promotes Green-Building Practices with Financial Incentives Adolfson & Peterson Marks Safety Milestone, Earns ABC Award Rider Appointed to Industrialized Building Code Council Former Austin District Engineer Hired by Williamson County TCEQ Names M.D. Anderson New Clean Texas Member Tellepsen Launches New Brand to Mark Anniversary Mike Kress, VP With The Bayou Companies in Houston, Dies The Houston-based crew of Corrpro Cos. Inc., a subsidiary of Insituform Technologies Inc. of Chesterfield, Mo., was recently honored with the Houston Business Roundtable Gold Award in Safety Excellence. The Houston Business Roundtable has been recognizing Greater Houston area industrial contractors for
Photo: Courtesy DART) DART takes delivery of first rail for the Orange Line to Irving Related Links: DHS Grant Jump Starts Houston Ship Channel Security District Port of Houston Awards Electrical Contract, Approves Green Energy TCEQ Increases High and Significant-Hazard Dam Inspections Travel to and from Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport will soon involve trains as well as planes. The Dallas Area Rapid Transit board put plans in motion to connect the Orange Line to DFW by 2013. “The 14-mi Orange Line is a key component of a regional rail expansion that will lead to the doubling of DART’s rail network
Related Links: DART Light Rail Scheduled to Land at DFW Airport in 2013 Port of Houston Awards Electrical Contract, Approves Green Energy TCEQ Increases High and Significant-Hazard Dam Inspections Harris County Commissioners Court recently approved a measure to improve security for the Houston Ship Channel with the creation of the Houston Ship Channel Security District. It will be a public-private partnership that will fund enhancements to security technology, infrastructure and processes along the ship channel. With about $31.3 million in grants under the Department of Homeland Security’s Port Security Grant Program, Harris County plans to design and construct a portwide
Related Links: Corgan Converts Natatorium Into Culinary Arts Building New Texas A&M Agriculture Headquarters Breaks Ground UH Freshman Housing Facility Construction Under Way El Paso Boasts Building Activity Frenzy Hanson Installs Modular Bridge at New Braunfels Middle School After opening its new $1.1-billion stadium, the Dallas Cowboys broke ground on a 400,000-sq.-ft merchandise headquarters to meet their fans’ demand for Cowboys apparel and goods. Located at the Dallas Fort Worth International Airport, the building will consolidate and expand existing Cowboys operations. It is scheduled to open in February. Dallas-based developer Bandera Ventures previously built a 103,845-sq-ft facility for the Cowboys
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Related Links: Corgan Converts Natatorium Into Culinary Arts Building New Texas A&M Agriculture Headquarters Breaks Ground UH Freshman Housing Facility Construction Under Way Dallas Cowboys Break Ground on Mega-Merchandise HQ Hanson Installs Modular Bridge at New Braunfels Middle School The Greater El Paso Chamber of Commerce recently hosted a construction symposium and discussed a wide variety of El Paso-area construction projects. Among the high-profile projects listed by the chamber are: The U.S. Army Corp. of Engineers at Fort Bliss has $627 million worth of construction projects for bid this year and in 2010. They include: $355 million for three infrastructure
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