New Orleans' Mayor Mitch Landrieu's administration has ordered construction to be halted at the city's new $145 million prison, saying the client, Orleans Parish Sheriff Marlin Gusman, is in violation of city codes.
Stantec has acquired VI Engineering, a Houston-based electrical engineering firm. The acquisition closed on July 10. VI’s existing leadership will remain intact, and the 30-person firm will remain located at its current Houston office. However, VI will eventually transition its brand and name to Stantec, says Matt McBurnett, principal at VI.VI Engineering was founded in 2004 and operates across Texas and the Gulf Coast region, as well as the Northeast. The company also has a national list of clients that includes Southern California Edison, MidAmerican Energy, Pacific Gas and Electric, Bayer and Valero Energy Corp.“The utility transmission and distribution marketplace
Houston will host to the tenth commercial spaceport in the United States, following approval announced June 30 from the Federal Aviation Administration. Courtesy of Houston Airport System The Houston Airport System has received a Launch Site License from the Federal Aviation Administration that will allow the agency to establish Ellington Airport as a launch site for reusable launch vehicles. The Houston Airport System (HAS) has received a Launch Site License from the FAA that will allow the agency to establish Ellington Airport as a launch site for Reusable Launch Vehicles (RLV).HAS will now move forward with development of infrastructure and
EVERETTBrad Everett has been named president and chief operating officer with Austin, Texas-based civil contractor J.D. Abrams. Everett, who has been with Abrams for more than 30 years, managed its Austin and El Paso, Texas, markets prior to assuming his new role. He succeeds Jon F. Abrams, who remains CEO and chairman of the board. Related Links: ENR Texas and Louisiana People Showcase ENR People Steve DeRouen has been named vice president with the Lake Charles, La., office of ISC Constructors, a contractor serving chemical processing, petrochemical, refining, power and pulp and paper industries. DeRouen has more than 25 years
Kathy Berek has joined engineer-architect Burns & McDonnell as regional practice manager for a newly created water division in the firm's Houston office. Berek, who has more than 30 years of experience in industrial and municipal water fields, previously led programs for one of the state's largest water districts. She also is a member of the Austin-based Texas Water Conservation Association, chairs the ethics committee for the Construction Management Association of America and is a member of the diversity committee at the American Water Works Association. Related Links: ENR People ENR Top 25 Newsmakers Mike Mehno has joined the Dallas
Average construction backlogs in the South, including Texas and Louisiana, surpassed nine months during the final quarter of 2014, a feat regional builders haven't achieved since the first quarter of the year, according to data compiled by Washington, D.C.-based Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC). Backlogs in the region rose .30 months, to 9.29 months, in quarter-to-quarter comparisons but declined .36 months, from 9.65 months, in year-over-year comparisons for the same period, data indicate. The Midwest and Eastern regions also logged increases in quarter-to-quarter comparisons, though a 21% decrease in the West, from 9.42 months to 7.42 months, contributed to a
Gibbs Construction has broken ground on a $15-million, low-income senior-housing complex in New Orleans under development by Enterprise Community Partners and Providence Community Housing, a pair of low-income housing enterprises, and New York City-based L+M Development Partners. The project is part of a third phase involving reconstruction of the Faubourg Lafitte housing complex, which sustained heavy damage from Hurricane Katrina in 2005. When completed, the entire development will include 896 apartments in addition to for-sale and rental homes on a 27-acre site. Gibbs President Rob Wooderson says the current phase will consist of a three-story, 100,000-sq-ft elevated concrete slab extending
Houston’s Museum of Fine Arts (MFAH) is planning a major redevelopment of its 14-acre campus, a $450 million effort that will include a new exhibition building, an art school, parking garage, rooftop garden, tunnel connectors, a central plant and extensive site development. Related Links: The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston McCarthy Building Cos. McCarthy Building Cos. will act as construction manager at risk on the project, “providing preconstruction and construction services for the new Glassell School of Art, which includes a 290-car, two-level below grade parking structure and a three-level 86,000 sq ft school,” says Jeff Wagner, project director at
Contractors recently broke ground on a $115 million retail project at Ambassador Town Center in Lafayette, La. The shopping center will be segmented into four quadrants with more than 425,000 square feet of retail space spread out over 58 acres. The project is being constructed by a joint venture between Stirling Properties and CBL & Associates Properties, one of the country's largest developers and owners of shopping centers. Stirling Properties Senior Leasing Consultant Ryan Pecot says the center is being constructed on a 120-acre parcel of clear land at one of the city's busiest intersections. Construction is being divided into two segments,
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