The Texas Transportation Commission approved two grants for more than $153 million to jump-start several transportation projects for the Texas Dept. of Transportation and Central Texas Regional Mobility Authority. Photo: TxDOT The $500-million Manor Expressway/U.S. 290 East project is under way in TxDOT�s Austin District. The agencies will use the money to complete the $500-million Manor Expressway/U.S. 290 East project and accelerate work on four other projects: the MoPac Improvement Project (Loop 1), Oak Hill Expressway (U.S. 290 West), Manchaca Expressway (45SW) and Bergstrom Expressway (U.S. 183 South). “We have been fortunate to receive the support of our Capital Area
The Texas Water Development Board will loan $104.6 million from the Clean Water State Revolving Fund to the Trinity River Authority – Central Regional Wastewater System to finance wastewater system improvements. div id="articleExtrasA" div id="articleExtrasB" div id="articleExtras" The funds will be used to rehabilitate existing buildings and treatment components at the existing 162 million-gallons-per-day wastewater treatment plant, as well as approximately 33,440 linear ft of pipe. The authority also proposes to fund engineering costs pertaining to the planning and design of four additional interceptor projects. In operation since 1960, the wastewater system serves portions of 20 cities and Dallas/Fort Worth
Dallas-based Turner Construction Co. completed 14 school projects in time for the start of the 2010 school year in the Dallas Fort Worth area. The projects totaled $43 million. div id="articleExtrasA" div id="articleExtrasB" div id="articleExtras" Turner completed $15 million of renovations at five schools for the Dallas Independent School District. It also completed the $14-million Forest Middle School and $13.9 million of renovations to eight schools for the Fort Worth ISD.
Dallas-based Corgan earned two 2010 Design Excellence Awards from the International Interior Design Association Texas/Oklahoma Chapter. The awards recognize the highest quality and achievement in interior design and honor creativity and innovation of the best of Texas and Oklahoma designers. div id="articleExtrasA" div id="articleExtrasB" div id="articleExtras" Valliance Bank in McKinney received an honorable mention in the retail category, and the CIGNA Pointe office building in Plano received an honorable mention in the sustainability category.
A $23-million athletic facility opened recently at the Episcopal School of Dallas. div id="articleExtrasA" div id="articleExtrasB" div id="articleExtras" Designed by Cambridge, Mass.-based ARC/Architectural Resources, Cambridge, and built by Dallas-based The Beck Group, the 114,000-sq-ft Stephen B. Swann Athletic and Wellness Center includes a gym, indoor running track, sports medicine facilities, dance studio and bookstore.
Work started this fall on the I-35 expansion project, stretching for 8 mi from north of Salado into Belton. div id="articleExtrasA" div id="articleExtrasB" div id="articleExtras" The project is funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, and construction is expected to take approximately 48 months with completion in fall 2014. Baton Rouge-based James Construction Group was awarded the $106.9-million project.
Fort Worth-based Hahnfeld Hoffer Stanford completed the Hazel Harvey Peace Elementary, the first new campus completed under the 2007 Bond Election for the Fort Worth ISD. It is one of the first schools in the state built under specifications set forth in the Texas Collaborative for High Performance Schools program. div id="articleExtrasA" div id="articleExtrasB" div id="articleExtras"
Irving-based Fluor Corp. was awarded the Project Hijau Gasoil Phase-1 by Shell Refining Co. FOM Malaysia. The new diesel-processing unit project is in Port Dickson, Malaysia. div id="articleExtrasA" div id="articleExtrasB" div id="articleExtras" Fluor will perform engineering, procurement and construction management services as a follow-up to its previous front-end engineering and design work. The award value was undisclosed. The project is expected to peak at approximately 650 craft and professional employees.
Dallas-based KAI Texas increased its Fort Worth office space by relocating 777 Main to 1412 Magnolia. div id="articleExtrasA" div id="articleExtrasB" div id="articleExtras" KAI added a location in Fort Worth five years ago when the firm began providing professional services for Tarrant County and the Fort Worth Independent School District. The firm is currently serving as project manager for Tarrant County’s new downtown jail as well as the expansion and renovation of the county’s medical examiners’ offices. It is also completing four projects for FWISD.
The U.S. Navy selected San Antonio-based Cram Roofing Co. and five other contractors for $100 million in general roofing projects in North Carolina. The contract runs through 2011, and could extend through 2015. div id="articleExtrasA" div id="articleExtrasB" div id="articleExtras" Cram was also awarded a contract as part of a multimillion dollar national roofing contract for UNICOR Federal Prison Industries with four other contractors.
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