The Environmental Protection Agency and the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality announced the Van der Horst USA Corp. site in Terrell has been proposed to the National Priorities List of Superfund sites. Related Links: World’s Largest Wind Farm Opens in Roscoe Fluor Enables Solar Plant to Reach First Production in 20 Months DFW Contractors Sign Agreement to Keep Waters Pollution-Free KBDJ Quarry Earns Industry Awards for Environmental Operations Port of Houston Reduces TxDOT Project by Half Million The Van der Horst USA site, located in a commercial warehouse district, is an inactive chromium and iron plating facility that began operations
Ocean Towers LP hired Controlled Demolition Inc. of Phoenix, Md., to raze its incompletecondominium tower on South Padre Island, which is plagued by 14 in. of differential vertical subsidence between the post-tensioned, low-rise parking garage attached to the tower, Engineering News-Record reported. According to the owner, the tower’s weight caused a layer of expandable clay under an upper sand layer to compress. Settlement followed, causing damage to the garage at the connection to the tower. The developer stopped construction last year, when the frame was topped out and half clad. The building, designed by Brownsville-based Walker & Perez Architects with
The Trinity Trust Foundation and the city of Dallas announced a $10 million gift for The Trinity project, which features the Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge - the first vehicular bridge designed by Santiago Calatrava in the United States. This world-class bridge is being constructed to seamlessly connect Singleton Boulevard in West Dallas across the Trinity River to Woodall Rodgers (Spur 366) in downtown Dallas. This bridge’s central arch will reach 400-ft high upon completion. Pieces of the white arch, which arrived in late July, and other steel bridge components could begin being hoisted into place by the end of the
Austin-based interior architecture and design firm lauckgroup and Dallas-based Heery International teamed up to design the University of Texas at Austin’s new $7.5-million H.J. Lutcher Stark Center for Physical Culture and Sports. Slated for completion this month, the new 27,500-sq-ft center, located in the North End Zone Building at Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium, will showcase sports and physical cultures information and artifacts. Related Links: Poor Economy Doesn’t Slow Student Housing Construction GSA Awards Beck Technology $60M in BIM, Laser Scanning Contracts Dallas Museum of Nature & Science Unveils Designs, Building Model Satterfield & Pontikes Tops Out at Texas A&M
Texas A&M University-San Antonio selected San Antonio-based Bartlett Cocke General Contractors as the construction manager-at-risk and the San Antonio-based architecture firm Kell Muñoz, Inc. as the designer of the campuses’ first building. Related Links: Poor Economy Doesn’t Slow Student Housing Construction GSA Awards Beck Technology $60M in BIM, Laser Scanning Contracts Dallas Museum of Nature & Science Unveils Designs, Building Model Satterfield & Pontikes Tops Out at Texas A&M Health Science Center McCarthy Constructing Fort Worth Westside Water Treatment Plant Sinking Texas Gulf Coast Condos Razed Before Completion Work Under Way on 85-Acre Beaumont ISD Athletic Complex Montgomery County Emergency
Dallas-based crane and hoist firm Lewis Equipment Co. filed a voluntary petition under Chapter 11 of the US Bankruptcy Code with the US Bankruptcy Court, Northern District of Texas, for bankruptcy protection. Related Links: Port of Galveston Names Director of Gov Relations, Legislative Affairs Is the U.S. Falling Behind Europe in the Green Race? Whirlwind Building Components Receives Best of Freeport Award HCSS of Sugar Land Among 15 Top U.S. Small Workplaces $10 Million Gift Provided Toward The Trinity Project in Dallas Walter P Moore’s Raymond Messer Enters Carroll College Hall of Fame Past President AGC of Texas, Charles Schmidt,
For the seventh year, Austin-based Stanley Consultants has been recognized by AARP as a Best Employer for Workers Over 50. The company ranked eighth on this year’s list of the 50 top firms from across the country. AARP’s annual program acknowledges companies and organizations with policies that best address an aging workforce. In 2005, Stanley Consultants garnered the top spot on AARP’s list. Related Links: Port of Galveston Names Director of Gov Relations, Legislative Affairs Is the U.S. Falling Behind Europe in the Green Race? Whirlwind Building Components Receives Best of Freeport Award HCSS of Sugar Land Among 15 Top
LJA Engineering Inc.’s corporate office location at 2929 Briarpark Drive, Ste. 600, in Houston reopened earlier this fall after temporarily relocating due to the damage from Hurricane Ike. Related Links: Port of Galveston Names Director of Gov Relations, Legislative Affairs Is the U.S. Falling Behind Europe in the Green Race? Whirlwind Building Components Receives Best of Freeport Award HCSS of Sugar Land Among 15 Top U.S. Small Workplaces $10 Million Gift Provided Toward The Trinity Project in Dallas Walter P Moore’s Raymond Messer Enters Carroll College Hall of Fame Past President AGC of Texas, Charles Schmidt, Dies at Age 79
Raymond F. Messer, P.E., president and chairman of the board of WALTER P MOORE, was presented with The Alumni Hall of Fame Award of Carroll College in Helena, Montana. The award honors alumni who have given outstanding contributions of stewardship – sharing of time, talent and treasure in distinguished service to his/her community and/or to Carroll College. Messer was one of three alumni to receive the Hall of Fame honor this year. Related Links: Port of Galveston Names Director of Gov Relations, Legislative Affairs Is the U.S. Falling Behind Europe in the Green Race? Whirlwind Building Components Receives Best of
The Central Texas Regional Mobility Authority reselected Kansas City, Mo.-based HNTB Corp. as its general engineering consultant. The authority operates Highway 183A, the only toll road in the nation during the past 20 years to meet operations, maintenance and debt service financial requirements in its first year of operation — generating $400,000 per month above expenditures, according to a statement released by HNTB. Related Links: TxDOT to Lose $742 Million in Federal Funding $273 Million Approved for Pass-Through Projects Statewide Sterling Construction Awarded $20-Million Collin County Project NTTA Opens Seven-Mile Segment of Sam Rayburn Tollway Texas Sterling Starts IH-610/North Loop
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