Closner Equipment has been appointed the dealer for Roadtec products for a large area of Texas. Closner Equipment will be responsible for 118 Counties in Texas. Its territory includes the IH-35 Corridor and West Texas. Related Links: Skanska Texas Office Makes Diversity a Priority Houston Loses More Construction Jobs Than Any Other Metro New Board Member Joins Mobility Authority Houston AIA Chapter Selects 2010 Design Awards Linbeck Wins Aon Award for Dallas Opera House ROMCO Equipment Co. Wins Customer Satisfaction Award Hoffman Fixtures Acquires Phoenix Fabrication LLC in Oklahoma City Terex Roadbuilding Modifies Operations, Sales and Operations Yates Construction, Mundy
Nearly 24 hours after Texas Stadium imploded in mid-April, contractors began working on clearing the site, which should be done by end of July. Weir Brothers Inc. of Dallas was awarded a $5.8-million contract to carry out demolition the plan outlined by Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. of Houston. The Texas Dept. of Transportation signed a $15.4-million lease from Irving for the next 10 years to use the site as a staging area. At least 95% of the concrete will be recycled into surrounding highway projects, and steel will be sold as scrap metal. Photo: City of Irving Remains of the
Three Eldridge Place in Houston was awarded LEED core and shell gold certification by the U.S. Green Building Council. Related Links: McCarthy Building Completes $240M Houston Hospital Expansion Armed Forces Reserve Center Under Construction in Lewisville San Antonio BRAC Project Reaches New Heights, Workers Double Contract Awarded for Lackland’s First Airmen Training Complex Historic Fort Sam Houston Theater Gets $17M Renovation, Expansion Yates Construction Builds Army Reserve Center, Fort Worth School Hermann Park Lake Plaza Earns LEED Gold Certification Houston Selects Cadence McShane for Green Elementary School LEED certification was supported by Houston-based Gensler Architects; general contractor, Houston-based E.E. Reed
A contract for the first facility of the Airmen Training Complex to be built at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio was awarded to Dallas-based Balfour Beatty and Houston-based Satterfield & Pontikes in a joint venture. Merrick & Co. of Aurora, Co., will be the lead architect and engineer. Image: Merrick & Co. A rendering of the Lackland Airman Training Complex, being built by Balfour Beatty and Satterfield & Pontikes, with Merrick & Co. as architect, engineer and construction manager. Related Links: McCarthy Building Completes $240M Houston Hospital Expansion Armed Forces Reserve Center Under Construction in Lewisville San Antonio
Work began in Fort Worth to expand U.S. 67 to a four-lane divided highway in preparation for the future SH 121/Chisholm Trail direct connectors. The project will construct bridges, access ramps and continuous frontage roads and eliminate at-grade “jug-handle” connections to be replaced with direct on/off ramps. Related Links: SH 161 Project Will Expand Artery on Major Interstates in DFW Region Williamson County Toll Road 5-Mi Extension Starts Bay Area Highway Projects Move Forward; More in the Works Southwest Parkway Work Crosses Tarrant County in Multiple Areas A second, $12.8-million project will extend the road from Nolan River Road to
Construction started on the 5-mi, northern extension of the 183A toll road in Williamson County, north of Austin. The project is being paid for through sale of toll revenue bonds to be repaid over the next 30 years. Related Links: SH 161 Project Will Expand Artery on Major Interstates in DFW Region Bay Area Highway Projects Move Forward; More in the Works Southwest Parkway Work Crosses Tarrant County in Multiple Areas U.S. 67 Expansion Project Starts The $105-million 183A Northern Extension will be a limited-access toll road with three lanes in each direction. It will be constructed in the median
Jurors selected 13 projects out of more than 130 entries for awards in seven categories at the Architecture Center Houston. Related Links: Skanska Texas Office Makes Diversity a Priority Houston Loses More Construction Jobs Than Any Other Metro New Board Member Joins Mobility Authority Linbeck Wins Aon Award for Dallas Opera House ROMCO Equipment Co. Wins Customer Satisfaction Award Hoffman Fixtures Acquires Phoenix Fabrication LLC in Oklahoma City Terex Roadbuilding Modifies Operations, Sales and Operations Yates Construction, Mundy Cos. Earn ABC National Safety Awards STG Design Relocates Offices to Downtown Austin Roadtec Forms Texas Partnership with Closner Equipment Co. Inc.
Promoting diversity across Texas led Skanska USA to create a new statewide position and bring in company veteran Maritza Burgos as Texas diversity manager. Related Links: Houston Loses More Construction Jobs Than Any Other Metro New Board Member Joins Mobility Authority Houston AIA Chapter Selects 2010 Design Awards Linbeck Wins Aon Award for Dallas Opera House ROMCO Equipment Co. Wins Customer Satisfaction Award Hoffman Fixtures Acquires Phoenix Fabrication LLC in Oklahoma City Terex Roadbuilding Modifies Operations, Sales and Operations Yates Construction, Mundy Cos. Earn ABC National Safety Awards STG Design Relocates Offices to Downtown Austin Roadtec Forms Texas Partnership with
The Houston ISD selected Houston-based Cadence McShane Construction Co. to build the 98,724-sq-ft, LEED-registered Patterson Elementary School. The $13.7-million facility on a seven-acre site in Houston is scheduled for a May completion. Houston-based Sustaita Architects will design the project. Related Links: McCarthy Building Completes $240M Houston Hospital Expansion Armed Forces Reserve Center Under Construction in Lewisville San Antonio BRAC Project Reaches New Heights, Workers Double Contract Awarded for Lackland’s First Airmen Training Complex Historic Fort Sam Houston Theater Gets $17M Renovation, Expansion Yates Construction Builds Army Reserve Center, Fort Worth School Houston’s Three Eldridge Place Achieves LEED Gold Certification Hermann
Houston’s Hermann Park Lake Plaza was awarded LEED-gold certification. Designed by San Antonio-based Overland Partners Architects, the $11-million, eight-acre Hermann Park Lake Plaza opened in May 2009 as the threshold to the 445-acre Hermann Park. Related Links: McCarthy Building Completes $240M Houston Hospital Expansion Armed Forces Reserve Center Under Construction in Lewisville San Antonio BRAC Project Reaches New Heights, Workers Double Contract Awarded for Lackland’s First Airmen Training Complex Historic Fort Sam Houston Theater Gets $17M Renovation, Expansion Yates Construction Builds Army Reserve Center, Fort Worth School Houston’s Three Eldridge Place Achieves LEED Gold Certification Houston Selects Cadence McShane for