PageSoutherlandPage the 2009 Architecture Firm Award from the Texas Society of Architects; also, looking to expand its presence in Texas markets outside of Dallas, Balfour Beatty Acquires one of the state’s largest interior construction contractors. Left to Right: John N. Cryer III of the Houston office; James M. Wright, of the Washington, D.C., office; Lawrence W. Speck of the Austin office; Mattia J. Flabiano III, of the Dallas office; and Matthew F. Kreisle, III, of the Austin office. Related Links: Balfour Beatty Construction Acquires SpawMaxwell Company Houston’s Discovery Green Project Achieves LEED Gold Certification Frisco ISD Facility Wins Terrazzo, Mosaic
Southern Power - a subsidiary of Atlanta-based Southern Company - acquires, builds, manages and owns wholesale generation assets, plans to build one of the nation's largest biomass-fueled projects in Nacogdoches. Southern Power acquired the 100-megawatt Nacogdoches Generating Facility from American Renewables, LLC in October, noting at the time that it would move ahead with construction and bring the plant on line in the summer of 2012. The plant's output is committed to Austin Energy in a 20-year agreement that will help the city of Austin meet a 30-percent renewable energy goal. Related Links: Warren Buffet-led Firm Acquires Fort Worth’s BNSF
Dallas-based Balfour Beatty Construction acquired Houston-based SpawMaxwell Company, the state’s largest interior construction contractor, for an undisclosed amount. SpawMaxwell will retain its brand, but now operates as “SpawMaxwell – a Balfour Beatty company.” Related Links: PageSoutherlandPage the 2009 Architecture Firm Award from the Texas Society of Architects Houston’s Discovery Green Project Achieves LEED Gold Certification Frisco ISD Facility Wins Terrazzo, Mosaic Association Award Overland Partners, CamargoCopeland Architects Win Design Award State Dam Safety Officials Present Annual Awards Beck Awarded Sarang Community Church Design Competition Encotech Engineering Consultants Opens San Antonio Office Haley-Greer Earns Artist/Craftsman of the Year by AIA Dallas
The Association of State Dam Safety Officials presents awards to individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the field of dam safety each year. Among this year’s award winners is a Fort Worth civil engineer/geotechnical specialist and an Oklahoma hydraulics expert. Related Links: PageSoutherlandPage the 2009 Architecture Firm Award from the Texas Society of Architects Balfour Beatty Construction Acquires SpawMaxwell Company Houston’s Discovery Green Project Achieves LEED Gold Certification Frisco ISD Facility Wins Terrazzo, Mosaic Association Award Overland Partners, CamargoCopeland Architects Win Design Award Beck Awarded Sarang Community Church Design Competition Encotech Engineering Consultants Opens San Antonio Office Haley-Greer Earns
The Houston District of the Texas Department of Transportation is leveraging the dollars from the American Recovery and Reinvestments Act to mobilize some of the much needed roadway maintenance work that has been delayed for many years on IH-10 in the heart of downtown Houston. Related Links: NTTA Links Highways with Sam Rayburn Tollway Opening CTRMA Seeking Contractor for Manor Expressway Project Alternatively-Financed Projects Approved for Funding $20-Million Southbound U.S. 75 HOV Reopened Ahead of Schedule TxDOT Announces Winner of the 2009 Environmental Achievement Award TxDOT Team Wins National Award for IH 10-Katy Freeway Reconstruction In late fall, IH-10 eastbound
Liberty Mutual Surety selected Fort Worth-based AUI Contractors to complete an apartment project on the Texas Masonic Retirement Center campus in Arlington. The project was approximately 40% complete when AUI assumed the management of the project. Related Links: Linbeck Puts BIM to Work on Cook Children’s Expansion Project Military Construction in San Antonio Hits $738 Million Walton Construction Wins $20 Million Tinker Air Force Contract Campus Living Villages Gets $34 Million Loan for Lubbock Property United Supermarkets Builds Second Distribution Center in DFW Cadence McShane Completes Houston Multi-Family Project Manhattan Construction to Build John Phelps Courthouse Architecture Firm Spearheads Project
Lubbock-based United Supermarkets purchased land in Hillwood’s Alliance Gateway Park on Freedom Drive in Roanoke for the firm’s second distribution center. Related Links: Linbeck Puts BIM to Work on Cook Children’s Expansion Project Military Construction in San Antonio Hits $738 Million Walton Construction Wins $20 Million Tinker Air Force Contract Campus Living Villages Gets $34 Million Loan for Lubbock Property Texas Masonic Retirement Center, Hurst Conference Center Pick AUI Contractors Cadence McShane Completes Houston Multi-Family Project Manhattan Construction to Build John Phelps Courthouse Architecture Firm Spearheads Project to Promote a Greener Georgetown Arthouse Construction Starts on Project to Triple Space
Dallas-based Turner Construction Company’s financial manager Victoria Klopfenstein was elected to the board of directors of the Architects, Constructors and Engineers Mentor Program of Dallas/Fort Worth. ACE is an after-school program that introduces DFW-area high school juniors and seniors to the many career opportunities offered by the architecture, construction and engineering professions. Related Links: PageSoutherlandPage the 2009 Architecture Firm Award from the Texas Society of Architects Balfour Beatty Construction Acquires SpawMaxwell Company Houston’s Discovery Green Project Achieves LEED Gold Certification Frisco ISD Facility Wins Terrazzo, Mosaic Association Award Overland Partners, CamargoCopeland Architects Win Design Award State Dam Safety Officials Present
Dallas-based Walton Construction Co. LLC, was awarded a $20.4-million contract to build a defense logistics warehouse and distribution center at Tinker Air Force Base in Oklahoma City. Related Links: Linbeck Puts BIM to Work on Cook Children’s Expansion Project Military Construction in San Antonio Hits $738 Million Campus Living Villages Gets $34 Million Loan for Lubbock Property Texas Masonic Retirement Center, Hurst Conference Center Pick AUI Contractors United Supermarkets Builds Second Distribution Center in DFW Cadence McShane Completes Houston Multi-Family Project Manhattan Construction to Build John Phelps Courthouse Architecture Firm Spearheads Project to Promote a Greener Georgetown Arthouse Construction Starts
Dallas businessman William “Bill” Velasco is the new chairman of the Dallas Area Rapid Transit Board of Directors. Velasco has served on the board since 2001. Board members also elected Irving member John Danish as vice chair, Dallas member Scott Carlson as secretary and Plano member Loretta Ellerbe as assistant secretary. Officers serve one-year terms. Related Links: Warren Buffet-led Firm Acquires Fort Worth’s BNSF Southern Power Starts Work on Texas Biomass Plant; Among Nation’s Largest KBR Earns Sasol Technology Framework Contract in Southern Africa CB&I Upgrades Serbian Oil Refinery for $70 Million Port of Houston Authority Acquires 3.5 Acres Near