Arlington-based Ascension Group Architects’ design-and-build project to replace Portneuf Medical Center in Pocatello, Idaho, was named the state’s top private construction project in 2009 by Idaho Business Review. Sixty-four commercial projects were honored by the weekly business journal, including 19 other private projects. div id="articleExtrasA" div id="articleExtrasB" div id="articleExtras" The roughly $100-million Portneuf project broke ground in June 2009. Plans call for the construction of an addition on the east campus of the medical center and interior renovations throughout Portneuf’s existing facility. Construction is slated for completion in mid-2011.
The American Road & Transportation Builders Association named Texas Dept. of Transportation Executive Director Amadeo Saenz, Jr., as Public Sector Entrepreneur of the Year. div id="articleExtrasA" div id="articleExtrasB" div id="articleExtras" Saenz was named the 19th executive director of TxDOT in 2007. In July, he was elected president of the Western Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials. His term will run through July 2011. He previously served as vice president of the group.
Austin-based URS Corp. was awarded a new contract to provide support services for the Red River Army Depot in New Boston. Under the contract, which covers a one-year base period with two one-year options, URS will provide ongoing maintenance, repair, overhaul, modification and upgrade of vehicles, including trucks, tractors and trailers and all-terrain material handling equipment. div id="articleExtrasA" div id="articleExtrasB" div id="articleExtras" The company also will provide environmental clean-up services. URS has worked with RRAD since 1996. The depot contract, which has a one-year base period followed by two one-year options, has a maximum value of $140 million to URS,
Satterfield & Pontikes Construction Inc. of Houston finished construction of the $27.3-million North East ISD’s Cibolo Green Elementary School in San Antonio. The campus meets LEED-silver standards and is the 18th LEED building constructed by S&P. div id="articleExtrasA" div id="articleExtrasB" div id="articleExtras" Designed by San Antonio-based Pfluger Associates Architects, the two-story, 122,000-sq-ft school opened for the fall semester. The firm also completed a new junior-senior high school and renovation of the intermediate school for the Teague ISD. Designed by Austin-based architects BLGY Inc., the 196,000-sq-ft school includes an 800-seat auditorium and $1-million kitchen. The new facility was ready for the
The Texas Transportation Commission gave the Texas Dept. of Transportation authority to move forward with funding for the Transportation Enhancement Program. div id="articleExtrasA" div id="articleExtrasB" div id="articleExtras" The federally funded program supports transportation-related activities that promote the quality of the environment through aesthetic enhancements associated with transportation. The current federal transportation bill, SAFETEA-LU, requires transportation enhancement projects be funded over the life of the bill. The program provides funding for projects that contribute to the livelihood of communities, promote the quality of the environment and enhance the aesthetics of roadways. Projects were selected on a competitive basis. TxDOT issued a
After a cooperative effort by the Texas Dept. of Transportation and the city of Gainesville, the Texas Transportation Commission granted $11.3 million of the $14.3 million to build a new interchange in Gainesville. The extra $3 million will come from TxDOT’s Wichita Falls District. div id="articleExtrasA" div id="articleExtrasB" div id="articleExtras" The funds come from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. TxDOT has experienced under bids on dozens of jobs around the state, leaving enough funds on the table to proceed with the IH 35/U.S. Hwy. 82 interchange. The city is also pledging $56,000 in funding as well as Governor’s Community
The San Antonio Water System moved toward securing one of the largest non-Edwards Aquifer supplies in its history. The Gonzales County Underground Water Conservation District will permit SAWS to move up to 11,687 acre-ft of Carrizo Aquifer water from Gonzales County. Photo: SAWS Brise�o announced that SAWS may produce and transport up to 11,687 acre-ft of Carrizo Aquifer water from Gonzales County. div id="articleExtrasA" div id="articleExtrasB" div id="articleExtras" The SAWS Regional Carrizo Aquifer Project is estimated at $131 million, with water for approximately 40,000 households expected to start flowing in late 2013. In 2006, SAWS applied for permits from GCUWCD
HTS Texas – with offices in Houston, San Antonio, Austin and Beaumont – was tapped by Randolph Air Force Base officials in San Antonio to outfit the 200,000-sq-ft military facility with more efficient HVAC equipment. div id="articleExtrasA" div id="articleExtrasB" div id="articleExtras" The equipment includes a McQuay magnetic bearing chiller, McQuay air handling units and Enviro-Tec Variable Air Volume boxes in a system designed for energy efficiency. HTS Texas also provided a McQuay magnitude magnetic-bearing, water-cooled chiller to Cedar Valley Middle School in Round Rock ISD. Other school districts in Texas are getting high-tech chillers including a dozen schools in Conroe
Fort Worth-based Hahnfeld Hoffer Stanford completed its work on Texas Christian University’s Scharbauer Hall and Reed Hall, which will serve as the permanent home for the university’s Addran College. div id="articleExtrasA" div id="articleExtrasB" div id="articleExtras" The conclusion of both projects also represents the final phase in the completion of TCU’s master plan for the West Campus quad and University Commons area, which was initiated with the new design and relocation of the Brown-Lupton University Union. Scharbauer Hall becomes TCU’s first LEED- gold classroom/administrative facility. It’s also Hahnfeld Hoffer Stanford’s second LEED gold higher-education project in North Texas. The Embrey Engineering
Irving-based Hanson Pipe & Precast is providing precast concrete box culverts to the Central Texas Garden Ridge community to replace five deteriorating corrugated metal pipes that caused a 5-ft sinkhole to form on a roadway. div id="articleExtrasA" div id="articleExtrasB" div id="articleExtras" The cycle of corrosion/erosion of the metal culverts lead to portions to be eaten away. As this occurred, openings were created in the metal pipe allowing its surrounding bedding material to be washed away and ultimately became large enough to cause a structural failure of the roadway base and roadway on top of it. The large hole over the
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