PROJECT COST: $47,596,691 Photo: Jacobs Texas Army National Guard � Armed Forces Reserve Center Joint Vehicle Maintenance Facility Related Links: Top Project Starts 1-25 Top Project Starts 26-55 Key Facts Location: El Paso (Fort Bliss) Construction Start Date: January 2009 Expected Completion Date: May 2010 Utilizing BIM? Seeking LEED certification? Yes - Silver Owner/Developer: State of Texas Adjutant General’s Department, Austin General Contractor/Construction Manager: CF Jordan Construction, El Paso Architect/Structural and MEP Engineer: Jacobs, Dallas Civil Engineer: Huitt-Zollars Inc., Fort Worth Main Specialty/Subcontractors:The Garick Group Inc., El Paso; Diversified Interiors Inc., El Paso; Infrastructure Constructors, El Paso Next Project »
PROJECT COST: $62,400,000 Photo: Kirksey Texas A&M University, Agricultural Headquarters Related Links: Top Project Starts 1-25 Top Project Starts 26-55 This 300,000-sq-ft, four-building complex combines 14 agriculture departments with student classroom space, public assembly, campus dining and office space. Anchoring the complex and showcasing the history and future of agriculture is a new visitors’ center and museum. “Agriculture is Life” is the theme driving the design and construction of the Agriculture and Life Sciences complex. More than 600 faculty, staff and researchers will call this new complex home. Although the owner is not seeking LEED certification, the project is designed
PROJECT COST: $53,690,478 Photo: Bay Architects Texas City High School Related Links: Top Project Starts 1-25 Top Project Starts 26-55 The new Texas City High School has been designed and located to be part of the community’s Town Center Complex, which includes the civic center; community center and natatorium; the city library and city hall. All of these facilities are part of a city park that includes playgrounds, walking trails and live oaks. The 2,200-student school includes fully-equipped science facilities; career and technology labs; gymnasium and athletic programs; a multi-purpose cafeteria; and a performance auditorium, along with fine art spaces,
PROJECT COST: $54,553,962 Photo: Goody Clancy Texas Tech University Jerry S. Rawls College of Business Administration Related Links: Top Project Starts 1-25 Top Project Starts 26-55 The Jerry S. Rawls College of Business Administration project at Texas Tech University includes a new, four-story, 150,000-sq-ft academic facility conforming with the traditional Spanish Renaissance architecture of the campus. The project includes 22 technology rich classrooms; comprehensive undergraduate and graduate level student services; grouped and individual study areas; faculty and staff office spaces; and conference and large meeting spaces. Particular attention was given to site design to create multi-level, outdoor rooms and areas
PROJECT COST: $78,000,000 - TIE Photo: David Dillard, D2 Architecture The Stayton at Museum Way Related Links: Top Project Starts - 1 to 25 Top Project Starts - 26 to 55 The Stayton at Museum Way retirement community, located on a 2.8-acre site in Fort Worth's cultural district, includes three interconnected, 11-story towers built over a two-level, below-grade concrete parking structure. The 800,000-sq-ft project has an schedule of just 22 months. Its proximity to the Trinity River presents several challenges. The design team created a soil retention system that would allow the 25-ft-deep excavation for the garage to be done
PROJECT COST: $62,200,000 Photo: PBK Architects Tomball Memorial High School Related Links: Top Project Starts 1-25 Top Project Starts 26-55 The new Tomball Memorial High School – Tomball ISD’s second high school – will serve approximately 2,200 students in a two-story, 350,000-sq.-ft. building. Its arched entry was inspired by the architecture of the former Cherry Street school, which was built in 1936. The front portion of the new high school will house the main administrative offices, which are located near the library. The building is organized by departments. Each department also includes an administrative suite that includes offices for counselors
PROJECT COST: $81,000,000 Photo: Jacobs "Grow the Force" Advanced Individual Trainee Barracks Complex 1 Related Links: Top Project Starts - 1 to 25 Top Project Starts - 26 to 55 Construction of the "Grow the Force" trainee barracks at Fort Sam Houston follows two earlier projects (Task Orders One and Two) performed by design-build contractor Hensel Phelps. Following the completion of three, 1,200-person dormitories on the Medical Education and Training Campus, the contractor was awarded Task Orders Three and Four. Task Order Three includes a full-sized, 1,200-person barracks, as well as facility connections to the post-wide local area network for
PROJECT COST: $98,54,0000 Photo: W.W. Webber President George Bush Turnpike, Section 28 Related Links: Top Project Starts - 1 to 25 Top Project Starts - 26 to 55 Section 28 of the President George Bush Turnpike is one part of an ongoing series of projects currently under construction by the North Texas Turnpike Authority. The project is 2.3 mi in length and includes 1.4 mi of bridges that cross the environmentally sensitive Rowlett Creel estuary system. The project is the first of the last four northern sections that will ultimately connect IH-20 in Grand Prairie with IH-30 in Garland and
PROJECT COST: $100,000,000 Photo: Whr Architects Research Park Complex-Stage II, Dental Branch Replacement Building Related Links: Top Project Starts - 1 to 25 Top Project Starts - 26 to 55 The new Dental Branch Replacement Building is the latest addition to the 485,000-sq-ft, phased UT Health Science Center Research Park Complex. The project includes a 296,500-sq-ft dental school replacement building and a 2,000-sq-ft central plant expansion. The six-story DBRB functions as a research, educational, clinical and patient care facility. Features include dental clinics; simulation and pre-clinical labs; clinical support labs; a clinical research lab; classrooms; a learning resource center; student
PROJECT COST: $65,000,000 Photo: Rice University Rice University Brockman Hall for Physics Related Links: Top Project Starts 1-25 Top Project Starts 26-55 The new Brockman Hall for Physics building on the Rice University campus serves as a state-of-the-art space for the teaching and research mission of the university’s physics and astronomy department. The facility will include vibration and noise controlled underground laboratories to support work in atomic, molecular and optical physics; biophysics; condensed matter physics; nano-engineering and photonics. In addition to the labs, the space will include lab support space, interaction spaces, meeting spaces, instructional spaces, and offices for faculty,