Boerne businessman and city councilman Jeff Haberstroh was named to serve on the US Green Building Council’s Central Texas-Balcones Chapter Board of Directors. Haberstroh is filling a vacated position for the 2009-2010 year. 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 Barbours Cut Grand Prairie Uses Block Grant Funds for Energy Efficiency Improvements William Velasco Elected DART Board Chair Haberstroh has been in
Round Rock-based Moman Architects is providing architectural, planning and interior design services for AirBorn Inc.’s new office and manufacturing facility in Georgetown. 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 United Supermarkets Builds Second Distribution Center in DFW Cadence McShane Completes Houston Multi-Family Project Manhattan Construction to Build John Phelps Courthouse Arthouse Construction Starts on Project to Triple Space
Heldenfels Enterprises Inc., with plants in San Marcos and Corpus Christi, marked a century of operating the family business in late 2009. Heldenfels produces and installs precast/pre-stressed concrete products for all types of structures. The firm’s latest and largest project was producing and installing 3,000 precast concrete pieces for the new Dallas Cowboys Stadium in Arlington. 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
Houston-based KBR was awarded a Framework Contract by Sasol Technology (Pty) Ltd., the technology arm of the Sasol Group (Sasol), to provide engineering services across various sectors of Sasol Group’s business including downstream, petrochemical, and upstream in Southern Africa. Related Links: Warren Buffet-led Firm Acquires Fort Worth’s BNSF Southern Power Starts Work on Texas Biomass Plant; Among Nation’s Largest CB&I Upgrades Serbian Oil Refinery for $70 Million Port of Houston Authority Acquires 3.5 Acres Near Barbours Cut Grand Prairie Uses Block Grant Funds for Energy Efficiency Improvements William Velasco Elected DART Board Chair Boerne’s Jeff Haberstroh Named to US Green
Discovery Green earned LEED Gold Certification making it the first completed LEED Gold project for new construction in downtown Houston. The park project was initiated by Houston Mayor Bill White, who supported the development of the park through a public-private partnership between the city and the Discovery Green Conservancy, a non-profit organization that led the fundraising, design, building, construction and operations of the park. Related Links: PageSoutherlandPage the 2009 Architecture Firm Award from the Texas Society of Architects Balfour Beatty Construction Acquires SpawMaxwell Company Frisco ISD Facility Wins Terrazzo, Mosaic Association Award Overland Partners, CamargoCopeland Architects Win Design Award State
Harris County awarded Manhattan Construction Co. the construction contract for the Harris County John Phelps Courthouse project to be located in the city of Pasadena. 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 United Supermarkets Builds Second Distribution Center in DFW Cadence McShane Completes Houston Multi-Family Project Architecture Firm Spearheads Project to Promote a Greener Georgetown Arthouse Construction Starts
The Central Texas Regional Mobility Authority began the process of finding a contractor to construct the first phase of the 6.2-mi Manor Expressway project. The first phase will involve constructing four direct-connect flyover ramps between U.S. 183 and the Manor Expressway. Related Links: NTTA Links Highways with Sam Rayburn Tollway Opening Alternatively-Financed Projects Approved for Funding $20-Million Southbound U.S. 75 HOV Reopened Ahead of Schedule TxDOT Begins Rehab Work On IH-10 East In Downtown With Stimulus Funds TxDOT Announces Winner of the 2009 Environmental Achievement Award TxDOT Team Wins National Award for IH 10-Katy Freeway Reconstruction The Manor Expressway will
Dallas-based McShane Development Co.’s Healthcare Division built a Class A four-story medical office facility at 10740 North Central Expressway in Dallas. It was completed in December. 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 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
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Fort Worth District and the Air Force Center for Engineering and the Environment awarded 35 Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) and other military construction contracts worth a total of $738 million during fiscal year 2009. Related Links: Linbeck Puts BIM to Work on Cook Children’s Expansion Project 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 United Supermarkets Builds Second Distribution Center in DFW Cadence McShane Completes Houston Multi-Family Project Manhattan Construction to Build
Frisco Independent School District’s $33-million Career and Technical Education, CTE, Center, which opened in September 2008, won a 2009 Terrazzo Honor Award from the National Terrazzo and Mosaic Association. 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 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 Burwell Architects Merge into Ziegler Cooper
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