Charles Schmidt, 79, died Sept. 22, 2009. He was the president of Amarillo Road Co. LP and a past president of the AGC of Texas. Memorials may be made to a favorite charity or St. Andrews Episcopal Church, 1601 S. Georgia, Amarillo, Texas, 79102. 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
Houston-based Sterling Construction Co. Inc.’s subsidiary, Texas Sterling Construction Co., will begin a $20.3 million construction project in Collin County this quarter and should be completed in summer 2011. Related Links: TxDOT to Lose $742 Million in Federal Funding $273 Million Approved for Pass-Through Projects Statewide NTTA Opens Seven-Mile Segment of Sam Rayburn Tollway HNTB, Central Texas Mobility Authority Renew Partnership Texas Sterling Starts IH-610/North Loop Reconstruction Project The project consists of converting a 2-mi section of asphalt highway into a four-lane concrete, divided highway, the construction of a bridge and installation of 5,000 ft of storm sewer.
The Museum of Nature & Science unveiled the design for the Perot Museum of Nature & Science at Victory Park in Dallas with the groundbreaking on the approximately $185-million project planned for later this year. The museum is expected to open in 2013. Balfour Beatty will build the Perot Museum of Nature & Science at Victory Park in Dallas. Related Links: Poor Economy Doesn’t Slow Student Housing Construction GSA Awards Beck Technology $60M in BIM, Laser Scanning Contracts Satterfield & Pontikes Tops Out at Texas A&M Health Science Center McCarthy Constructing Fort Worth Westside Water Treatment Plant Sinking Texas Gulf
KBDJ, a limestone quarry in Hays County, won two awards from the Texas Aggregates and Concrete Association: the industry group’s prestigious “Bob Beard Good Neighbor Award” and the “Public Appearance Award” for its Nehemiah Pit operation in Buda. Related Links: EPA, TCEQ Adds Terrell Warehouse to Superfund Clean-Up Sites 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 Port of Houston Reduces TxDOT Project by Half Million The “Bob Beard Good Neighbor Award” was created in 1999 to encourage the members of TACA
While the overall green building market will likely more than double from today’s $36 to $49 billion range to $96 to $140 billion by 2013 according to McGraw-Hill Construction’s “Green Outlook 2009: Trends Driving Change,” architects, developers and contractors in the U.S. could still learn a lot from their European counterparts, according to engineer Jerry Yudelson, a green building proponent. Photo: Kellie Kost, Kost Photography. Jerry Yudelson, engineer and green building guru, addresses the Central Texas-Balcones Chapter of the U.S. Green Building Council. Related Links: Port of Galveston Names Director of Gov Relations, Legislative Affairs Whirlwind Building Components Receives Best
Sugar Land-based construction software developer HCSS was named one of 15 winners of The Wall Street Journal’s Top Small Workplaces in America competition. HCSS and the other winners were profiled in the September 28 edition of The Wall Street Journal. 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 $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
Round Rock-based Moman Architects was selected to re-design five residential floor plans for the Williamson County Habitat for Humanity. The five plans have become the foundation for Round Rock’s first Habitat homes and others to be built throughout the county. The first designed residential floor plan was unveiled earlier this fall in Round Rock. 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
Houston-based Satterfield & Pontikes Construction topped out the Texas A&M Health Science Center with the placement of the last piece of structural steel on the HSC’s first two buildings at the college’s new Bryan campus. 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 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 Texas A&M University-San Antonio Starts Design for First Building Montgomery County
While many construction projects languish in limbo awaiting the turnaround of the economy, university projects – particularly student housing - continue moving forward. “The higher education market is going fairly strong because there are only a few markets with money and that market is moving at a fairly strong pace,” Rick Johnson, COO of student housing developer Collegiate Development Services in Irving, told Texas Construction. A rendering shows new housing Collegiate Development Construction Services will build for Texas A&M University. Collegiate Development Services recently finished a project at Midwestern State University in Wichita Falls. Related Links: GSA Awards Beck Technology
Dallas-based Cadence McShane Construction Co. is working on an expansion and reconstruction assignment for Plano ISD including an 84,299-sq-ft project at Plano East Senior High School to be completed in August. Dallas-based WRA Architects Inc. is providing architectural services for the project. 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
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