State of Texas leadership selected the Dallas office of Skanska USA Building for pre-construction and construction management services for the new Texas Facilities Commission Regional Office in Weslaco. The $21.5-million facility will serve the South Texas region. Related Links: Texas Adopts BIM for State Design and Construction Projects DFW Airport Starts Eight-Year Terminal Renovation Project HyperTrack Speeds Construction at Rice University Houston Firms Redo Norwegian Consulate General Offices Corps of Engineers Awards $119 Million in Contracts Structura Restores Galveston Sites Damaged by Hurricane Ike Texas A&M University Selects CDCS for Housing Project Parking Planners to Build Garage for Stephen F.
The Environmental Protection Agency is awarding $9 million in stimulus funds to support the SmartWay Clean Diesel Finance Program in the Houston-Galveston area. The grant will spur innovative clean diesel projects that protect air quality and create and retain jobs through an innovative financing program that will promote the purchase of new, cleaner or retrofitted vehicles and equipment at the Port of Houston. City docks connect directly to rail at the Port of Houston, which recently authorized a program to distribute nearly $3 million in Diesel Emission Reduction Act funds. Related Links: Project Completed at Blue Creek Wind Farm Houston
Turner Construction Co.’s Houston office recently completed construction of the new 11,300-sq-ft municipal court building for the city of La Porte. Constructed with concrete tilt walls and a structural steel frame, it is designed to withstand a Category Three hurricane. Dallas-based Huitt-Zollars is the project architect. The recently completed 11,300-sq-ft municipal court facility built by Turner Construction for the city of La Porte . Huitt-Zollars is the project architect. Related Links: Texas Adopts BIM for State Design and Construction Projects DFW Airport Starts Eight-Year Terminal Renovation Project HyperTrack Speeds Construction at Rice University Houston Firms Redo Norwegian Consulate General Offices
Michigan-based Pulte Homes and Dallas-based Centex Corp. shareholders recently approved merging the companies. Pulte will acquire all outstanding shares of common stock of Centex in a stock-for-stock transaction. Related Links: McCarthy Named 2009 Contractor of the Year by Dallas AIA Tulsa Project Wins National Architecture, Engineering Award Architects Compete in Galveston Event Space Design Contest Governor Appoints Carlos Rubinstein as TCEQ Commissioner TCEQ Names New Clean Texas Members Gulf Guardian Awards Honor Efforts to Protect Environmental Health AGC Houston Recognizes Construction Safety Excellence Key Construction Recognizes Top Subs of ‘08 Intertech Flooring Purchases RWA Flooring Associates Dreyer Named POH Authority
Earlier this fall, the Texas Dept. of Transportation began work on the Northwest Passage mobility project, which will widen Loop 289 from four to six lanes, from Frankford Avenue to just west of Quaker Avenue. Related Links: Design-Build Contract Drives SH 161 Forward Contractor Selected for Laredo’s Cuatro Vientos Relief Route Construction Expected Soon for Portion of Manor Expressway Houston’s District’s IH-10 East Freeway Completed Early Passing Lanes to be Added on Kermit Highway SH 137 Rehabilitation Project Rebuilds 7-Mi Road Texas Sterling Starts $29-Million Harris County Project IH-45-Gulf Freeway Project Near Calder Progresses Castro County Maintenance Project Widens FM
The Central Texas Regional Mobility Authority expects to break ground early next year on the 6.2-mi Manor Expressway (U.S. 290 East) in Austin. Related Links: Design-Build Contract Drives SH 161 Forward Contractor Selected for Laredo’s Cuatro Vientos Relief Route Lubbock’s Loop 289 Project Widened from Four to Six Lanes Houston’s District’s IH-10 East Freeway Completed Early Passing Lanes to be Added on Kermit Highway SH 137 Rehabilitation Project Rebuilds 7-Mi Road Texas Sterling Starts $29-Million Harris County Project IH-45-Gulf Freeway Project Near Calder Progresses Castro County Maintenance Project Widens FM 1055, FM 2943 TxDOT Prepares to Fund Additional Mobility Projects
The Dallas-based Woodall Rodgers Park Foundation named New York-based Thomas Phifer and Partners as the architect for a 6,000-sq-ft restaurant, performance pavilion and two central amenities planned for a 5.2-acre deck park that will span across the freeway between Uptown and Downtown Dallas. Related Links: Texas Adopts BIM for State Design and Construction Projects DFW Airport Starts Eight-Year Terminal Renovation Project HyperTrack Speeds Construction at Rice University Houston Firms Redo Norwegian Consulate General Offices Corps of Engineers Awards $119 Million in Contracts Structura Restores Galveston Sites Damaged by Hurricane Ike Texas A&M University Selects CDCS for Housing Project Parking Planners
In an effort to expedite completion of the much-anticipated State Highway 161 project, in Dallas County, the North Texas Tollway Authority Board of Directors approved its largest single contract to date, a $414-million design-build project. The NTTA is using design-build for the development of State Highway 161, phase four. Related Links: Contractor Selected for Laredo’s Cuatro Vientos Relief Route Construction Expected Soon for Portion of Manor Expressway Lubbock’s Loop 289 Project Widened from Four to Six Lanes Houston’s District’s IH-10 East Freeway Completed Early Passing Lanes to be Added on Kermit Highway SH 137 Rehabilitation Project Rebuilds 7-Mi Road Texas
Houston businessman Alec G. Dreyer was recently named executive director of the Port of Houston Authority. Dreyer was previously CEO of Horizon Wind Energy, a Houston-based wind energy developer. Prior to that, he served as an executive vice president of Houston-based Dynegy Inc., in charge of the generation division. Related Links: McCarthy Named 2009 Contractor of the Year by Dallas AIA Tulsa Project Wins National Architecture, Engineering Award Architects Compete in Galveston Event Space Design Contest Governor Appoints Carlos Rubinstein as TCEQ Commissioner Pulte, Centex Merger Creates Nation’s Largest Homebuilder TCEQ Names New Clean Texas Members Gulf Guardian Awards Honor
Texas Dept. of Transportation officials have submitted nine applications to the Federal Railroad Administration for stimulus funding under the High-Speed Intercity Passenger Rail program. Related Links: $12 Million in Stimulus Funding Awarded for Texas Ports Project Completed at Blue Creek Wind Farm Houston Airport Lands Multimillion-Dollar Grants to Reduce Emissions State Approves Funding for Hale County Airport Improvements KBR Forms Government, Defense and Infrastructure Business Group TxDOT Making Safer Routes to Pecos Schools Leadership Team Changes at Savannah River Nuclear Solutions Gainesville Bridge Project Slated for Summer Completion Water Development Board Approves $14 Million in Loans, Grants In all, $8
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